His first target after becoming an Aptitude Candidate was a Gog Giant.
This surprised Zheng Qing, but on further thought, it also seemed perfectly natural.
These monsters were born in the Illusory Dream Realm and naturally worshipped Evil Gods. To the Wizarding World, they were unquestionably contaminants. During last year's Black Prison Battle, Nikita had led an army of monsters from the Illusory Dream Realm in raids near First University, and Gog Giants had formed the monsters' main land force at the time.
Zheng Qing suspected that the one he had hunted today was very likely one of those that had fled to Puji Island last year. He simply did not know whether it had been captured by the school and deliberately released today for the Test Subjects to hunt, or whether it had escaped the original purge.
More importantly, Gog Giants generally stood around twenty feet tall, or over six meters—while the experimental subject Zheng Qing controlled stood over seven meters tall. Gog Giants ranked on the lower end among giant-kind in terms of combat strength. They were formidable opponents for ordinary Registered Wizards, but not nearly enough for elite Registered Wizards.
As prey for their first battle, they were just right for Aptitude Candidates who had not yet fully mastered the Test Subjects' controls.
As his thoughts raced.
Edge Seven slowly straightened up. The grove of Soul Returning Poplars several meters tall around him became shrubs that only reached his chest, while the faint hills in the distance became low earthen mounds. As far as he could see, a dark green sea rolled beneath the breeze and moonlight. He stepped across the shallow stream before him, waded through that green sea, and sprinted wildly toward his prey.
"—Were you even listening to me?"
The great blue