"This time, you'll be facing Evil Entities and monsters stronger than the ones before. You've been training for over a month, and this is a test you must pass to become a Witcher. Are you confident?"
Bai Yi panted heavily, tightened his grip on the sword hilt, and gritted his teeth.
"Don't worry! I can definitely do it this time! Bring it on!"
He instinctively clenched the Silver Bracelet strapped to his palm. On closer inspection, a few fragments of flesh could just barely be seen inside the tiny Glass Container secured at its center.
And strangely enough...
Those fragments of flesh still seemed to be wriggling slightly.
Had Lynn been there, he would have clearly sensed that the wriggling tissue was part of the little finger he had chopped off when sending Bai Yi back to Blue Star.
"Good! Begin the test. Bai Yi, good luck."
As that female voice rang out...
The next moment...
The patterns on the magic array slowly began to shine with a faint, blood-colored light. The surrounding temperature seemed to drop more than ten degrees in an instant, becoming utterly eerie.
They were underground, yet gusts of cold, sinister wind seemed to drift through the room.
Bai Yi gritted his teeth in complete concentration. Beads of cold sweat trickled down his forehead, his muscles taut as he stayed alert for anything that might happen around him.
It had been a long time.
It had already been over a month since he last summoned Big Brother.
After encountering so many uncanny incidents and even visiting Hell himself, his destiny had changed dramatically. Without those experiences, without meeting that Big Brother from Hell, he might still have been like everyone else his age, spending his days going to class, sleeping, and playing games.
With the occasional