
Sam walks towards the other three people from the city lord's house and breaks their tokens after he deals with Oliver. After staying there and recovering his spiritual energy for some time, Sam stood up and looked at the dark sky. He took out many spatial rings from his pocket. This was obtained from the descendants of the nobles whom he fainted with. After forcibly removing the spiritual senses from the original owner, Sam took out a large number of weapons from them. There were normal swords, spears, axes, swords and there were even some ranked weapons. There were about fifty weapons in total. Sam looked at them and looked around. As he looked at the flat ground, he smiled as light flashed across his eyes. He immediately made a move as he took out a few formation flags.
Sam placed one formation flag after another quickly. All the spectators looked at him dumbfoundedly upon seeing the many flags, as far as they knew, there was no rank-1 formation that used many formation flags. The spectators on the viewing platform all turned towards the head of the formation tower as they waited for his explanation.
"He laid down a number of rank 1 formations at the same time. As for how much and what it is, I can't guess from here." Hearing his reply, all the spectators were shocked as they remained concentrated on the projection.
Right now, the battle at the testing ground was not happening as everyone was waiting for the right opportunity. No one wants to be the first person to break the balance.
Sam finished putting up the formation flag. He picked up the weapons as he stored them in various places and placed the spirit stones with them. Sam then walked towards the setting center as he took out his bow and arrows. He pulled out an arrow and he aimed at the Sky. He spread out his spiritual energy and the arrow began to glow with golden light as a ball of light began to form at its tip. Sam released his arrow and the arrow flew into the sky and exploded giving a brilliant flash that could be seen throughout the testing grounds. Sam kept the Bow and took out the formation flag and kept it in the middle and he jumped towards the tree and stood on its branch.
Everyone at the testing site saw a bright flash. When they saw it, they could not help feeling shocked. They did not think that one would break the fragile balance by using such a conspicuous method. Whoever was responsible for the flash must have been confident or he must have been a lunatic. Whoever it is, this is a declaration of battle with them. He asked them to come and find him if they dared.
All the remaining candidates were not easy to despair of. They also have some pride as they reach the top 100. So, everyone is moving in the direction. And when everyone moves towards the same point, different people will cross paths and battles are inevitable. The delicate balance is broken again. Elimination increased as they fought each other. The nobles and the other spectators could not help but shake their heads as they watched the various people fall into Sam's obvious trap.
But there are still some people with enough brains to think about what is going on. They avoided the fights and moved cautiously towards Sam. They carefully searched for the traps set up. Sam fired another shot towards the sky as if he was asking them to hurry. This made the slowly moving candidates turn red from feeling provoked.
There were only fifty candidates left at the testing grounds. They all walked towards Sam. All the spectators looked curious. They wanted to see what kind of trap Sam had set up. When at last the first person appeared, all he saw was an empty open field surrounded by trees, Immediately everyone walked over and the forty-nine people remained silent. Finally, someone broke the silence. "Who gave the signal?" This is none other than Shawn. No one answered. Then someone from the crowd shouted.
"Whoever signals, go out and talk. Don't tell me you have the guts to make a fuss but don't admit it." Someone spoke in a mocking tone. As soon as he finished, there was the sound of wind whistling as the arrow tore through the air from a dark corner. The arrow hit the formation flag hidden in the middle of the grass field. Immediately after the arrow hit the formation flag, a dazzling light appeared as it blinded everyone.
*Whoosh**Whoosh*
Then suddenly all kinds of whistling sounds appeared as many weapons flew and hit everyone.
"Well.....
"Damn it"
"My hands…"
"Ahhhh"
"Ahhh, it's a trap.."
"I can't see,,,,,,,,,"
Screams of all kinds appeared as the light slowly dimmed. By the time everyone adjusted in again, there were only ten people left. The rest groaned in pain, as they rolled around on the ground with their hands holding onto various wounds.
The ten people who left were all not in the best condition. They used all their strength to keep themselves from getting hurt. They looked at each other with caution. Just as they were all thinking who the mastermind behind the trap was, a black figure suddenly appeared and stood in the middle. None other than Sam.
The other ten people understood that this person was the mastermind behind everything. They stared intently at him as their eyes filled with hatred.
Sam did not care about them and looked at the people on the ground and said. "You better stop. Otherwise, you won't have a chance later even if you want to."
The candidates in the field all wanted nothing more than to tear Sam apart. But they had no energy left because they were completely exhausted. They reluctantly took their tokens one after another as they disappeared. On screens on display platforms, rankings are being improved as people crack their tokens.
After all the injured candidates left, Sam finally turned his attention to the remaining people. There are some familiar faces for Sam. They are Shawn, Jack, Harry and one other person from the evergreen family. She is Philip's cousin; her name is Mathew. He is the only one left of the Evergreen family group.
The remaining six people were all wearing ordinary clothes, they did not belong to any noble families. Sam stood there and observed each of them. There were a total of five single men and a single woman in the remaining six. He looked at them and observed them closely.
"What form are you using?" The young lady spoke directly breaking the silence, without any manners. He immediately spoke of the points he needed and ignored all the formalities about the introduction. Sam did not answer and just stood there.
"As far as I know, there are no formation masters at your age listed on the formation tower. It is impossible to use formation discs, so you must have laid out the formation yourself. Who You? May I know who that is? your teacher?" The young woman continued. Sam did not answer his question and said.
"I have no obligation to tell you. But if you still want to know, you can beat the answer from me." His voice is as slow as possible. He furrowed his brows as he moved. He immediately formed some hand seals quickly as he formed a water ball directly and launched it towards Sam. But the water hit nothing but a tree when Sam avoided it. He looked around to find where Sam was, but before he could react there was an arrow pointing down his throat, he immediately lunged to the side to dodge the attack, just as he was about to make a hand seal for another spell. He felt a burning heat coming from his back. As soon as he turned around, he saw a fireball running towards him and behind him he saw Sam looking at him with a cold smile. He gritted his teeth in hatred as he took out a bronze token and broke it. He immediately disappeared as the fireball directly smashed into the burning tree into ashes.
The remaining candidates looked a little puzzled as they watched the fight end even before they could react. They didn't even manage to catch Sam's movements let alone predict his attack. They really feel surprised. They wonder if they can defend Sam's attack. But they felt that it was almost impossible. They all looked at each other, then a burly man said. "Let's attack him together." He said and waited for others to answer. The idea of gnawing is okay, but the first person to do it will definitely face a higher risk, that is the reason, no one answered.
Just as the burly man was about to say something, someone spoke.
"I'm out." That person was none other than Mathew Evergreen. His cousin Philip said earlier that if he were to face Sam, even if in a group, he would have to compromise immediately because he said that Sam would not pull his punch at all. So, he quickly took out his token and broke it. Following him, Shawn and Jack also looked towards Sam and nodded and then they broke their tokens at the same time. They also did not want to fight with Sam because they had already been forgiven once. They are not naive enough to think that Sam will show them mercy again. Looking at the three people who stopped, Harry also took out his token and left. There are five more people left. They looked at each other and simultaneously launched their attacks towards Sam.
Sam sees various spells and weapons being launched towards him. In front of everyone's eyes, Sam disappeared leaving only a shadow. The five candidates all looked around warily. But suddenly an explosion came and one of the candidates flew into the air, with charred skin. The remaining four began to feel anxious and another arrow hit the burly man who spoke first and he also flew away with an explosion. The remaining three did not dare to hesitate anymore and immediately broke their tokens. Finally, Sam was the only one left at the testing ground. Then a voice came and echoed.
"The second round of assessment is complete, the candidate who left please, destroy your rider token." The voice came and Sam took out his token and broke it.
Sam reappeared somewhere and looked around. He felt quite confused because he was in an unexpected place. He thought that he was going to come out of the testing ground, but he was in a place that looked like a cave and all the other people with the top 100 were inside. Then the same voice that gave the previous announcement came again and echoed.
"Now all the top hundred candidates are selected and you will participate in the next round of assessment tomorrow. You will participate as a team and have a group battle against the senior team. The senior team only has people who joined last year. Some elders will monitor your battles and interfere, if there is a critical situation. You will be given a new token and use it to escape as soon as possible if you cannot handle the situation. Although the elders can save you, it may be too late. Your life is still in your hands. Because, some of your seniors are already in the late stages of Acolyte, you can use weapons up to rank 2. But written weapons and inscription scrolls and pills were still prohibited. Those who want to heal, there will be Elders visiting you to heal you. It is forbidden to fight among yourselves." The voice finished the announcement quickly and disappeared.
Sam then looked around at the people inside the cave and he felt so many sharp glances towards him. He then shook his head and smiled as he walked to a corner and sat down as he stretched his body and closed his eyes. But he could still feel a hateful gaze. His gaze only stopped when the elder came to heal the injured. Sam sighed and leaned against the wall to take a nap.