Both Bright Moon powerhouses passed their respective trials; they merely differed in the amount of time they spent on them.
By calculation, Kane spent around an entire noon passing the first stage, while Punk spent only a little over an hour feeding the cat and making a plate of tomato scrambled eggs that he never got the chance to eat. During the first stage, Punk had actually progressed much faster than the mad knight.
However, once the second stage began, "Instant Kill Spear," having been beaten viciously like a ball, spent only ten minutes walking out of his mental blind spot and passing the trial. Meanwhile, Punk wandered through an endless white world for more than five hours before the trial space's self-check system discovered a bug. Judging solely from the outcome, the Golden Flash Knight, who had gone through the trial properly, was actually much faster than Punk.
In fact, when the caster passed through the colorful light gate and left the trial space, Baron Bisadas, clad in a suit of battered, twisted, misshapen armor, was already waiting for "Whisper of Destruction" atop a dark golden floor engraved with magnificent runes.
"Hey, hey, hey, you were way too slow, Sai'an. You needed that much time for such a simple trial? I got it done without even trying."
Having finally surpassed his "old friend" at something, the unreliable Bright Moon Knight naturally could not resist showing off. Though he was actually quite astonished that "Whisper of Destruction" had cleared the trial so smoothly and quickly, he had no intention of revealing his true feelings.
Thus, as soon as those provocative words left his mouth, the mad knight's expression instantly turned into that arrogant, highly punchable look.
Of course, the caster, long accustomed to the arrogant attitude of certain "baboons," had