Wilderness Trial

One month later, the wilderness trial was held as scheduled. Led by Su Wan, the students from Class A took specialized flying demonic beasts to the "Black Wind Ridge" trial area located in the outskirts of Kyoto.

Black Wind Ridge is a mid-level trial area, inhabited by a large number of Exotic Beasts in the Body Tempering Realm and Martial Master Realm, and even a small number of Catastrophe-level Exotic Beasts, making it extremely dangerous. The trial mission is to survive in Black Wind Ridge for seven days, and each group must kill at least ten Body Tempering Realm Exotic Beasts and one Martial Master Realm Exotic Beast, collecting their Inner Cores as proof.

Fang Yan and Chu Feng were assigned to the same group. Carrying their respective weapons, the two cautiously entered Black Wind Ridge.

"Let's find a hidden place to set up camp first, then we can slowly look for Exotic Beasts," Chu Feng suggested. Although he had lost to Fang Yan before, he clearly had more experience in wilderness survival.

Fang Yan nodded, "Good idea."

The two found a cave in a dense forest. After clearing out the miscellaneous items inside, they set up some simple defenses.

"I'll go scout the surroundings, you stay here and guard the camp." After speaking, Chu Feng used his movement technique and quickly disappeared into the forest.

Fang Yan sat in the cave, circulating the Extreme Ice Prison Art to recover the Blood Essence consumed on the way. At the same time, he was recalling the insights on spear techniques given by Instructor Qin Feng, constantly honing his spear skills.

Not long after, Chu Feng returned, his expression somewhat grim. "The situation isn't good. I found traces of a large number of Exotic Beasts to the east, it looks like they're forming a Beast Tide."

"Beast Tide?" Fang Yan was startled, "How big is the scale?"

"At least a hundred, including quite a few Martial Master Realm Exotic Beasts," Chu Feng said in a deep voice. "We'd better leave here as soon as possible, otherwise, if we get surrounded by the Beast Tide, it'll be trouble."

Just as Fang Yan was about to nod, he suddenly heard the sound of dense footsteps and roars from outside the cave.

"It's too late, they're already here!" Chu Feng's expression changed, and he immediately drew his Folding Fan, ready for battle.

Fang Yan also gripped the Ink Ice Spear, warily watching the cave entrance.

Soon, a massive "Black Wind Bear" appeared at the cave entrance first. Its Blood Essence was as high as 3.2, already reaching the early Martial Master Realm. Behind it followed dozens of "Black Wind Wolves," all at the peak Body Tempering Realm.

"Kill!"

The Black Wind Bear roared, swinging its huge paws towards the cave.

"Careful!"

Fang Yan let out a low cry, rushed out of the cave, and thrust his Ink Ice Spear, condensing a giant ice dragon phantom at the tip.

"Ice Soul Spear Technique · Ice Dragon's Roar!"

The ice dragon phantom collided with the Black Wind Bear's paw, emitting a deafening roar. The Black Wind Bear felt a tremendous force from its paw, forcing it to retreat repeatedly.

Chu Feng also seized the opportunity to attack. He opened the Folding Fan in his hand, shooting out dozens of silver needles that accurately hit the eyes of several Black Wind Wolves. The Black Wind Wolves let out screams and fell to the ground, incapacitated.

"Leave those Black Wind Wolves to me, you deal with that Black Wind Bear!" Chu Feng shouted.

"Alright!"

Fang Yan responded and charged at the Black Wind Bear again. Although injured, the Black Wind Bear was still ferocious. It opened its mouth and spewed out a black wind pillar towards Fang Yan.

Fang Yan used the Wind-Treading Steps to nimbly dodge the wind pillar, while simultaneously circulating the Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger, sending an icy blue finger force towards the Black Wind Bear's eyes.

"Pfft!"

The finger force accurately hit the Black Wind Bear's left eye. The Black Wind Bear let out a shrill scream and became completely enraged. Ignoring its injuries, it madly lunged at Fang Yan.

Fang Yan's eyes narrowed, and he unleashed the full power of the Extreme Ice Prison Art's internal energy. The cold air on the Ink Ice Spear grew denser, and the spear shaft even began to freeze.

"Ice Soul Spear Technique · Ice Seal Ten Thousand Miles!"

Fang Yan grunted and thrust his spear forward. The spear erupted with surging cold energy, forming a giant ice spear phantom that crushed towards the Black Wind Bear.

This strike, gathering all his internal energy and the essence of the Ice Soul Spear Technique, was far more powerful than before.

Although enraged, the Black Wind Bear also felt a fatal threat. It wanted to dodge, but its body was stiffening from the cold.

"Pfft!"

The ice spear phantom hit the Black Wind Bear squarely, sending it flying backward. It crashed heavily onto the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and never moved again.

[Ding! Host has killed a Martial Master Realm early stage Exotic Beast, Black Wind Bear, by surpassing their level. System rewards: Martial Master Realm Qi and Blood Pill x1, Ice Soul Spear Technique proficiency +30%, unlocked new skill "Ice Spear Thrust".]

The system's prompt sounded in Fang Yan's mind, making him overjoyed. He hadn't expected killing a Martial Master Realm Exotic Beast to yield such generous rewards!

At this moment, Chu Feng had also dealt with the Black Wind Wolves. He looked at the Black Wind Bear's corpse on the ground, then at Fang Yan, his eyes filled with admiration. "Fang Yan, you're truly amazing. That Black Wind Bear was at the early Martial Master Realm, and you managed to kill it so quickly."

Fang Yan smiled, "We're teammates, just cooperating."

Just then, more dense roars came from the distance. Clearly, more Exotic Beasts were heading their way.

"Oh no, the Beast Tide is really here!" Chu Feng's face changed drastically.

Fang Yan also frowned. He could feel that the number of Exotic Beasts this time was much greater than before, and their strength was also stronger.

"We can't fight them head-on, we need to leave here as soon as possible," Fang Yan said.

Chu Feng nodded, "I know a shortcut that can quickly get us out of Black Wind Ridge. Let's go!"

The two dared not delay, immediately packed their belongings, and ran towards the shortcut Chu Feng mentioned. The roars behind them grew louder, not allowing them to linger.

While running, Fang Yan checked the newly acquired skill "Ice Spear Thrust" in his mind. It was a very fierce single-target attack skill that could condense internal energy at the spear tip and unleash it instantly with extreme penetration power.

"With this move, my strength has increased significantly," Fang Yan thought to himself.

He knew that this wilderness trial would likely be more dangerous than they had imagined. But he was confident that with his own strength and Chu Feng's cooperation, they would definitely complete the trial mission successfully, and might even obtain more system rewards.