Universe Trainee Mercenary Assessment

The next arrangement was the Universe Mercenary Alliance's trainee mercenary assessment.

This was Babata's suggestion.

After all, for Star level cultivators, there really were not many suitable places in the universe to temper themselves. And though this was merely an assessment, its elimination rate was actually quite high. Its purpose was to weed out those unsuited to risking their lives on this path.

And the method of elimination—

For the vast majority, it was death. Only a tiny handful of lucky souls could keep their lives.

But before handling all that, Vinina still needed to return to Earth and deliver the 100,000 tons of Purple Light Dew she had purchased. At the same time, she would lay bare the cruel law of the jungle in the Vast Universe.

Only then would these people feel a sense of crisis. Only then would their efficiency improve, and only then would they find every possible way to use those 100,000 tons of Purple Light Dew to increase the number of Martial Artists on Earth and speed up the evolution of Earth's humanity.

Of course, that was just the idea.

As for whether things would proceed according to the path Vinina hoped for, she had her doubts. Human nature was ultimately unpredictable. She found it difficult to control, and she could not be bothered to do so.

If she really found them unpleasant to look at later on—

Then she would kill a batch of them!

As the closest and most prosperous life planet to Earth, Qiulong Star was controlled by a Domain Lord Level powerhouse. Naturally, it had a Universe Mercenary Alliance branch.

The moment she stepped inside—

A sea of people came into view. Most were registering as adventurers. Vinina and the three newly purchased ninth-rank Star level Martial Artists spent nearly an hour queuing amid the crowd before finally completing their adventurer registrations.

Only after completing that step could they apply for the Universe trainee mercenary assessment.

There were far fewer people here. There was no need to queue at all, as staff members immediately came to receive them.

"A first-rank Star level Mental Master, three ninth-rank Star level Martial Artists."

"You all meet the application requirements for the trainee mercenary assessment. Please pay a fee of 10,000 Black Dragon Coins each."

The staff member swiftly measured the four of their strengths. After watching Vinina pay the registration fee, he swiped their adventurer cards, and their identification numbers were entered into the "Universe Trainee Mercenary Assessment" system. "These are the detailed contents of your assessment mission. Read them yourselves."

Vinina nodded slightly, then went straight to a bar nearby and began carefully reading the assessment mission.

"Enter the World Lord world on Canglan Star and obtain three Wind Horn Stones and one horn from a Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros. Then hand them over to the Universe Mercenary Alliance staff guarding the exit of the World Lord world. That will signify that you have passed the trainee mercenary assessment. From then on, you will be qualified Universe trainee mercenaries."

"Lightning World?"

Vinina was initially startled, but after recalling the information regarding the Universe trainee mercenary assessment, understanding appeared on her face.

Universe trainee mercenary assessments were all conducted inside World Lord worlds. The purpose was to use the various dangers inherent in those worlds to temper the participants. World Lord worlds were not something one could find everywhere, so they were naturally fixed resources used by each region.

As for the treasures hidden in Lightning World by the Lightning World Lord—

It would depend on fate.

There was a gap of several decades between them. Vinina did not think her luck was good enough for her to successfully find the entrance to the Inner World within that enormous World Lord world.

She drained the drink in her cup, turned, and left. She headed straight to the Rare Treasure Shop and purchased Tier 2 Battle Suits and Tier 2 Force Weapons for the three newly bought ninth-rank Star level Martial Artists. Then, she boarded Black Dragon Mountain X81 and departed Qiulong Star for the assessment site, Canglan Star.

As the Universe Mercenary Alliance assessment site for the surrounding region, Canglan Star's prosperity went without saying. Even within the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire, it ranked among the top hundred.

Inside the spaceship control room.

With the 100% exterior simulation active, Vinina looked at the azure life planet in the distant starry sky and nodded slightly.

Canglan Star had arrived!

Beep!

A prompt sounded as the spaceship received a guidance signal. Under its guidance, the Black Dragon Mountain landed at Canglan Star's planetary docking port.

The four disembarked and headed straight for the trainee mercenary assessment site.

It was a villa surrounded by a large number of guards.

Just as Vinina approached the villa—

The guards quickly parted to form a path. A man with a "One-star Mercenary" badge on his chest walked out, lifting his head to gaze at the sky. The surrounding guards looked at him with great respect, as though he were one of the leaders here.

Following his gaze, a spaceship was flying directly toward them.

Clearly, this spaceship had no small background.

Normally, upon arriving at a planet, one had to enter its docking port. Only those whose strength or background equaled or even surpassed the planet's owner could ignore the guidance signal and fly directly into the planet.

But the owner of Canglan Star was a World Lord Level existence!

Within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's territory, even the strongest members of the so-called four great organizations and sixteen great holy lands were merely World Lords.

Though he did not reside on Canglan Star, his status was there for all to see. To be able to fly directly into a life planet under his control was clearly not something ordinary people could do.

Whoosh!

The spaceship hatch opened, and three women walked down. Leading them was a woman with short silver hair. Even from far away, Vinina could clearly sense the faint chill emanating from her body, as though she were the ruler, the deity, of the surrounding area!

Merely looking at her naturally caused one's heart to tremble!

But her goal seemed clear. After watching the two women enter the three-story villa, she turned and returned directly to the spaceship.

Everything remained as before.

After confirming their identities, Vinina and her group also entered. The two guards standing at the villa entrance looked at the four and gave the routine reminder. "Four adventurers, I trust you understand the dangers of the World Lord world you are about to enter. If you regret it now, you may still withdraw!"

"No need. Open the door."

Vinina responded. One of the women in black pushed open the villa's front door. "The World Lord world is on the second floor."

They entered one after another.

After reaching the second floor, all the rooms appeared normal except for one, outside which stood a woman with purple markings on her face. When she saw Vinina's group of four, she did not delay and directly pulled open the door.

At once, streams of light scattered out like bubbles.

"Inside is Lightning World."

Vinina nodded slightly. Threads of lightning then flickered across her body as she stepped inside.

The instant she entered, the blue-gold light formed by her Lightning Domain mixed with Battle Intent Power instantly enveloped the three ninth-rank Star level Martial Artists behind her.

This was to prevent them from being scattered to different locations after entering Lightning World.

Holding hands could have solved the problem too, but Vinina felt this was more convenient.

Little did she know just how conspicuous that blue-gold domain, formed from her Lightning Domain mixed with Battle Intent Power, was within the Star level assessment area.

The temperature has dropped sharply in Anhui lately. I have a headache and a cold, so I'm only updating 2,000 words today. I'll make it up tomorrow.