Survival Trial

"We're here to take the Cosmic One-Star Mercenary assessment."

Before a villa, Luo Feng's group of nine appeared.

Beep!

A signal scanned over the nine of them. Only after hearing the notification did the guards nod. "Go in."

Clearly, Luo Feng's group had passed the identity signal verification.

"It's actually true. Madman, you really weren't lying to me." After passing through the gate and entering the garden before the villa, Jin Guitai, a towering member of the Gold Viper Clan in Luo Feng's party, spoke with a face full of shock.

They had met Luo Feng at a tavern.

That day, Luo Feng's group had approached them under the pretext of looking for Cosmic-level teammates to take the One-Star Mercenary assessment.

At first, Jin Guitai had loudly mocked the three of them. Star-level warriors wanted to take the One-Star Mercenary assessment?

Even geniuses who had comprehended high-level domains probably would not possess such ability!

But after Luo Feng's trio revealed three Cosmic-level auxiliary lifeforms, his expression immediately turned much more serious.

Cosmic-level sixth-rank auxiliary lifeforms were something even he, with his current Cosmic-level eighth-rank strength, absolutely could not cultivate!

Moreover, the three before him were clearly extremely young. At the very least, they had to be core disciples raised by some major force!

Whether the three were joking or not, he could not afford to offend them. His attitude had even softened in an instant.

These three youngsters, who seemed to come from a powerful background, might even bring him an opportunity for a breakthrough.

Having remained at the Cosmic level for tens of thousands of years, he did not want to simply wait for his lifespan to run out!

Thus, he and Luo Feng's trio began chatting enthusiastically, eventually arranging to take the assessment together in the World Lord World!

However, deep down, he did not think the three could truly participate in the assessment. He had only agreed in order to build a closer relationship with them.

But now that the facts were right before his eyes, no matter how much he doubted it, he had nothing to say in rebuttal.

"Haha, I told you long ago that the three of us came to take the One-Star Mercenary assessment!" Luo Feng merely smiled faintly in the face of the doubt.

According to their agreement, if the three of them could truly participate in the mercenary assessment, they could join this squad!

"Mm. Then, according to our agreement, you're now members of our squad." Jin Guitai did not go back on his word and nodded in agreement.

The realm of those three auxiliary lifeforms was already enough to prove Luo Feng's trio's strength.

The squad followed the path through the garden and arrived at the villa entrance.

Two black-clad women with icy expressions stood outside the villa. One of them looked over Luo Feng's group of nine and solemnly said, "Nine probationary mercenaries, I trust you understand the danger of the World Lord World you are about to enter! If you regret this now, you may still withdraw!"

"No need. Open the door." As the squad leader, Jin Guitai spoke directly.

Creak!

One of the black-clad women pushed open the villa doors. "The World Lord World is on the second floor."

Luo Feng's group of nine filed inside, entered the hall, and then climbed the stairs to the second floor.

The other rooms on the second floor were all ordinary, but a gigantic figure several meters tall stood outside one particular room.

The gigantic figure glanced at Luo Feng's group before opening the door.

"Go in. The world for this assessment is inside." The gigantic figure spoke coldly.

In a flash of light, Luo Feng's group of nine walked through the doorway.

The world spun around them.

A moment ago, there had been sunlight, a villa, and the bustling Universe Mercenary Alliance headquarters. In the blink of an eye, night lay before them!

"Madman, Hong, Lei Shen, quickly use the planets within your bodies to counteract the gravity!"

As a veteran who had participated in several assessments, Jin Guitai immediately reminded the three of them.

Hearing this, Luo Feng's trio hurriedly mobilized the planets within their bodies to counter the surrounding gravity, controlling themselves as they slowly descended toward the ground.

"So this is the World Lord World?" After landing, Luo Feng surveyed the surroundings and spoke softly.

The world was pitch-black, with only faint streaks of light high in the distance. Yet with his current realm, he could still see the surrounding environment clearly.

Towering trees stood everywhere. Clearly, they were deep within a forest.

"This is the Soul-Devouring Forest." Jin Guitai came to Luo Feng's side and spoke quietly.

This World Lord World had undergone five assessments in total. Although he had never taken an assessment in this world, he still knew some basic intelligence about it.

"Let's go. We should leave the forest first. It isn't safe here!" Jin Guitai waved his hand and led the group flying in a certain direction.

The Soul-Devouring Forest was immensely vast. Even after the squad flew for several hours at full speed, they still had not left the forest.

"Watch out!"

Mid-flight, Jin Guitai's expression changed drastically as he issued a warning. A third-rank psychic weapon then appeared in his hand.

The psychic weapon became a streak of light and slashed toward the back of a Cosmic-level fifth-rank squad member.

Rip!

Luo Feng saw a thick green vine get cut into two by the psychic weapon!

Seemingly enraged by Jin Guitai's attack, the previously silent forest suddenly erupted with a chaotic din.

Thick branches and vines had appeared all around them at some point.

"These are plant lifeforms called Soul-Devouring Vines. Do not let them touch your bodies, or they'll attack your souls directly!" Jin Guitai controlled the psychic weapon as he warned them.

"Understood!" Jin Guitai had been addressing Luo Feng's trio all along. As for the veteran members, they had already deployed their own methods.

Seeing this, Luo Feng's trio each had their Mo Yun Vines transform into armor, while their respective weapons appeared in their hands.

"Yue Lin, Ming You, take the right side. Luo Feng, you three follow me and charge forward. Soul-Devouring Vines are hard to kill!" After laying out the strategy, Jin Guitai shot forward in an explosive burst.

Countless vines thrust straight toward him from ahead.

But before that psychic weapon, those vines were utterly helpless, each one being cut cleanly in half.

Luo Feng's trio followed close behind, swinging their weapons at the vines attacking from the sides.

With the power of laws and domains unleashed, the three of them were already comparable to Cosmic-level first- or second-rank warriors!

Yet even so, while Jin Guitai could effortlessly sever the vines, they needed to strike several times before cutting one apart.

"Damn it!" Lei Shen shouted. The Mo Yun Vine within his body suddenly extended a vine, blocking the attack before him.

There were simply too many vines. With their strength, they could not resolve the crisis!

If not for the Mo Yun Vine protecting his body, that strike would have severely injured him!

I'm not in great condition today and something came up, so the update will be later. I'll finish writing Luo Feng's trio's part as soon as possible—at most three chapters. I won't continue writing after that.