The three hurried to regulate their breathing and recover until the half-hour was up.
During that time, more Creation Examinees climbed to the summit and entered the Grand Array to rest.
But the late arrivals could no longer form alliances with the strongest Creation Examinees. Some could not even find enough people to make a team of five.
This time, though, someone did approach Xu Yuan's group.
But...
"If you want to team up, you take all three of us. Otherwise, no deal," Xu Yuan said.
One look at the injury on Jiang Xueyao's leg, and they understood.
A team had five members.
If one person could not fight at all, the other four would have to take every turn.
It would be exhausting!
They might even be eliminated!
With their futures riding on the Special Admission Test, they had to be careful.
In the end—
No one came to join their team.
Not until the final few minutes.
Two figures suddenly rushed onto the summit, stumbled into the Grand Array, and collapsed to the ground, panting.
Zhang Pengcheng!
Tong Ni!
Before they could rest, a teacher came over and explained the rules for the next round.
"What? We only get five minutes to rest?"
Zhang Pengcheng could not help shouting.
"You were too slow," the teacher said with a sigh.
"But more than a dozen members of the Demon Race surrounded us! We barely escaped," Tong Ni said indignantly.
"Luck is part of strength too." With that, the teacher drifted away.
The two stood stunned.
"Hey!"
Someone called from a distance.
It was Xu Yuan!
"Is your team full?" Zhang Pengcheng asked.
"Some of us are injured, some are exhausted, and we've used too much Spiritual Power. We haven't filled the team," Xu Yuan said.
"Then, Brother Xu Yuan,