
When Sam went to the third floor, there was no one else in the corridor. Only two rooms were occupied and that was it.
The rooms are the fourth and fifth rooms. Sam entered the first room and was greeted with a holographic screen.
"In this room you will be tested for your fighting power against the puppet, one attempt will be considered complete if you are defeated or you defeat the puppet.
Ranking will be published by evaluating your prowess based on the amount of effort you put into completing the stage and the time you took to beat the puppet."
After that, the screen disappeared suddenly and Sam saw a wooden puppet of the same height as him standing in front of him. The doll is humanoid and looks almost similar to the video game character Mokujin from Tekken.
No eyes, nose or other facial features.
Sam looked at the doll and threw the blade of wind, the puppet dodged it and replied with the same blade of wind. There were no hand signals and chants, the doll attacked in the same way that Sam did.
Sam dodged it and countered with the same attack as he walked forward, his arm enveloped in golden flames and punching the puppet right in the chest, but what he expected did not happen, he said, the puppet blocked the blow and countered it with another. Sam's shocking blow was a punch similar to his.
Sam frowned at the sight of this. He did not expect that the puppet also possessed fire element abilities and surprised him even though it was not the same golden flame, its fists were almost identical and at least in terms of appearance.
It did not have the explosive ability that Sam used by compressing fire, but rather just an ordinary fist covered with fire.
Sam took a step back and thought about whether the doll was emulating its elements or had all of its elements.
Sam did not use any other elemental attacks and rushed towards him, but the puppet started attacking with wind blades and fireballs. There were no other elemental attacks.
Sam continued to dodge and when he was near the doll, he took out a reaper and slashed it right without any other elements. It was pure raw power. But the sword did not cut completely, it cut a piece of wood that showed some damage, but the puppet was still able to fight.
At this moment, Sam was stunned. The puppet took out a wooden sword out of nowhere and before Sam could think any further, the puppet started attacking him with a combination of sword and blade of wind.
Sword rays began to come towards Sam with traces of extremely sharp elements and wind.
Sam dodged the hair wide and looked at the doll again.
For the next few minutes, the puppet actually attacked with a combination of wind, fire, and sword.
Sam only defended himself while observing the puppet's behavior. And after a long time he confirmed that the puppet does not imitate his movements or techniques. These are more like pre-programmed robots with specific sets of combat elements and techniques and they will only be triggered if the candidate uses certain warrior elements or skills.
Because, Sam used wind blades, fire elements, and swords. Puppets attacked them and were used on these three aspects.
To test his theory, Sam struck and healed himself with the light element and to his surprise, the doll did the same and chipped pieces of wood were chipped back.
But the way the puppet is different from Sam. Sam only focused the light inside his wound, whereupon the doll used one hand to conjure light on the 'wound' to heal itself.
So, from what Sam could understand, the puppet had all kinds of pre-programmed elements within itself and they would only be triggered if the opponent used that element skill.
Sam suddenly thought of something and triggered the fusion of elements. He transformed himself into a fire element body and attacked the puppet from close range. But the doll did not turn into a fire element body, but after studying Sam for a while, the doll tried to cover itself with fire that did not work in the same way.
From this, Sam concluded that puppets also strive to learn and develop according to the strengths of candidates.
He was fascinated by the doll and could not help but admire the creator's extraordinary skills. For a moment, he wanted to tear it apart and examine it which was almost impossible, but Sam didn't have to do that, he had observation skills and all he needed was close contact with the puppet for a moment.
But Sam didn't do that. Since the first room already housed such a puppet, there was a high chance that the fifth room would host a much better puppet, so he decided to settle this and at this moment, he was, Sam stopped in his tracks and sent a laser towards the head of the doll and within two seconds, the burning head completely knocked down the doll.
Sam walked out of the room and just as he was about to walk towards the second room, he realized that the room was already filled. He tried to open the door, but did not move. Sam understood that on this floor only one person could occupy the room at a time.
He waited for five minutes, when the door opened and someone was taken out of it and more importantly the person looked dazed.
Only after the door was firmly closed did the person regain consciousness.
But he's still a little confused. Sam walked around and was about to open the door, and the man who came out stopped him.
Sam turned around and looked at him and only he realized that this man also came from the thunder god temple. He is not from another kingdom.
"Then why did you come back; you should just stay inside."
Sam asks as others also observe Sam and understand that he is from a kingdom and soon his eyes turn demeaning.
"Why do you talk so much, just step aside. I came out by accident."
Sam didn't like the tone of his voice and he didn't bother talking anymore, he turned around and was about to enter.
"How dare you?"
The man did not want to back off and threw a punch at Sam, but before he realized it, he was thrown and hit the wall.
He puked out a mouthful of blood and was completely dazed. But Sam wasn't in front of his eyes after he regained consciousness.
Sam did not think too much about the meeting and entered the room. This time the puppet was the same as the first but stronger than the previous one.
The puppet in the first room had the same cultivation level as Sam and in this room, its level was one step higher than Sam.
Now Sam was a Tier 3 Great realm and the puppet in room two was a Tier 4 Great realm.
Sam didn't use any elemental energy this time. He started attacking at close range and especially with fists.
He started punching quickly, he wanted to see if the puppet would also only use fists, but that was not the case, the puppet used fists and legs to attack.
Sam suddenly grabbed the doll's arm and strangled her neck.
His fleshly energy was in full swing as he suppressed his movements completely and Sam used his current observation ability.
The internal structure of the puppet was simple and the connection was a simple mechanical connection. Each mechanism is made of simple elements but with the highest complexity and precision. This kind of robot would not be possible in the modern world due to the availability of materials, resources, and lack of proper manufacturing as well as complicated assembly facilities.
Sam only observed them for a moment and noticed that there was a dark glowing object at the heart of the body.
He did not dare to go any further because he knew that his main target was the fifth. He did not have to observe the rest. But his curiosity won and he did this on impulse.
He suddenly unleashed a huge blaze as he strangled the doll around the neck.
The wood starts to burn and Sam wins in seconds.
Door opens. Sam walked out with some charred wood chips still stuck to his body. He did not care about them because he thought they would come off on their own when he passed the door because he assumed that there would be certain actions to be taken so that the participants could not take all the items spoils.
But as he walked out, he was dazed when he saw that the pieces of wood were still stuck to his shirt.
This took him by surprise and he was so shocked that he did not realize there was a group of four people in front of him and one of them was the idiot he had sent flying before.
As Sam wonders if he can bring the items out or not, the group of four starts attacking and Sam finally realizes it.
Two minutes later.
Sam had a grim expression as his precious thought process was interrupted and around him were four people lying as they bled out from their mouths.
Their teeth were completely dislodged and their faces were bruised and swollen.
Sam did not even see them a second time and went towards the third room.
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