Primal Secret Realm, Titan God Star.
After Ender logged off from the Virtual Universe, he came to a private room on the third floor of the inn, which had a window overlooking the street. Sitting on the two-meter-wide windowsill, he looked out at the bustling street, seeing a scene of people packed together.
Looking at the street scene, Ender softly said, "The Brave Trial truly lives up to its reputation as a grand event that occurs once every hundred years on Titan God Star. There are quite a lot of people here to watch."
"Hmm… what's that?" He looked into the distance and saw technological creations on the rooftops of houses.
Titan God Star had joined the Virtual Universe Company, but the civilization on the planet was still like that of natives. Except for a few specific cities where spaceships docked, there weren't many technological creations elsewhere.
Tap, tap!
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of the inn's attendant came from outside, "Your Highness, news just came from the Lichuan City Dojo, asking you to gather with the other participants for the main competition of the Brave Trial."
"Alright, I'll head out now."
Saying this, Ender flew directly out of the window and headed towards the Lichuan City Dojo.
…
More than an hour later.
At the central arena of the Lichuan City Dojo.
More than thirty people stood there. Ender floated in the air, maintaining the same flight height as the heads of the others.
"The 27 individuals present are the participants in this Brave Trial main competition."
Xi Gang, the World Master Level master of the Lichuan City Dojo, spoke, "The purpose of gathering everyone here today is, first, to inform you that this Brave Trial will be divided into two stages, and second, that the first stage of the competition will be held on Everthorn Island."
"Later, World Master Level powerhouses will take you to Everthorn Island by spaceship."
After World Master Xi Gang finished speaking, several participants couldn't help but start discussing.
"This Brave Trial will actually be divided into two stages, and the first stage is even on Everthorn Island."
"Everthorn Island! That's a Holy Land for hunting. I never thought that I, a Universe Level, would be able to go hunting there. It's truly unexpected!"
"Yes! I didn't expect it either…"
The Titan God Race people love to court death. Of course, they are very fond of stimulating activities like hunting.
However, after countless years of hunting, the number of Ferocious beasts on Titan God Star had become quite scarce. If they hadn't set up protected areas for the Ferocious beasts to recuperate, these Ferocious beasts would have long been extinct.
As Ender listened to their discussion, he also understood what kind of place Everthorn Island was. "Powerful, and also passionate about stimulating hunting activities. No wonder the Ferocious beasts are kept in protected areas."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Just as those Titan God Race participants were cheering, figures appeared on the arena, each exuding the aura of a World Master Level powerhouse.
A total of 27 World Masters arrived on the arena. They said nothing, respectfully waiting for something.
Whoosh!
With a flash of light, a man whose body pulsed with electric arcs and who exuded a powerful pressure appeared in the center of the arena.
With the man's appearance, an invisible pressure enveloped the arena, making everyone on it feel a trace of fear, especially the Universe Level participants who felt immense pressure.
Feeling the pressure exuded by the man, Ender thought to himself, "It's an Immortal."
And the moment that man appeared, all the World Masters bowed their heads respectfully and said, "Greetings, Sir!"
"Hmm."
The Immortal nodded lightly, then turned his gaze to the 27 participants. His gaze lingered on Ender for a moment, then he began to explain the rules for the first stage of the Brave Trial.
"This Brave Trial is divided into two stages. The first stage will be held on Everthorn Island. Each of you twenty-seven participants will carry a personal optical computer for the competition. You are forbidden to turn off your optical computer during the competition. Anyone who turns off their optical computer will be directly eliminated!"
"Your objective upon entering Everthorn Island is to independently hunt a Domain Master Ferocious beast, based on the specific type of Ferocious beast displayed on your respective optical computer."
"Although the first stage of this competition involves hunting Domain Master Ferocious beasts, this time it is different from the hunting you might imagine."
"In this first stage, besides your main mission objective, you are strictly forbidden from hunting any other Ferocious beasts. Once you kill your designated prey, you will be considered to have completed the first stage."
He continued, "Only sixteen people will advance to the second stage of the Brave Trial, and these sixteen will be the first sixteen to complete the first stage."
Upon hearing the Immortal's words, the faces of the Titan God Race participants changed, and their hearts were filled with disappointment. They had thought they could have a satisfying hunt on Everthorn Island this time, but this idea was extinguished shortly after it was developed.
Ignoring the expressions of the participants, he directly announced, "Now, we will distribute the optical computers and randomly select your hunting targets."
Two World Masters stepped forward. One of them waved a hand, and a huge light screen appeared before everyone, displaying the avatars of the twenty-seven participants, with the hunting target next to each avatar constantly changing.
The other World Master took out twenty-seven optical computers and sent them to the twenty-seven individuals using Spiritual Force.
Ender took the watch-style optical computer, glanced at the other twenty-seven individuals, and seeing that their watches were all the appropriate size, he put it on his wrist like the others.
"Now… open your optical computers." The command was given.
Ender and the others opened their optical computers, and then the hunting targets next to everyone's avatars on the huge light screen stopped changing.
"Thunderskin Beast."
Looking at the small light screen on his wrist, which displayed the same hunting target as the huge light screen, he couldn't help but softly utter the name.
"Since all of you have been assigned your hunting targets, you will now depart for Everthorn Island."
Saying this, World Master after World Master came before the participants, leading them to fly into the sky.
Buzz!
Waves of World Energy fluctuated continuously, and spaceships were taken out from the inner worlds of the World Masters, instantly adding twenty-seven spaceships to the sky.
"Your Highness, please."
Amidst the respectful voice of that World Master, Ender entered the D-class spaceship.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
After all the participants had entered their spaceships, all the spaceships accelerated and flew towards Everthorn Island.
"Suddenly changing this Brave Trial to a two-stage competition, and also setting the first stage's venue on Everthorn Island."
After all the spaceships had left, he muttered to himself in confusion, "I wonder what Sir's intention is?"
…
Titan God Star, Everthorn Island.
A spaceship hovered over this island, which had a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers. With a "click," the spaceship's hatch opened, and Ender flew out from inside.
Whoosh!
After dropping the person off on Everthorn Island, the D-class spaceship flew back in the direction it came from.
"According to the World Master's introduction just now, Everthorn Island mainly has Universe Level, Domain Master, and World Master Level Ferocious beasts."
Watching the spaceship fly away, Ender thought to himself, "Although World Master Level Ferocious beasts are active in the central part of the island, these Ferocious beasts are confined to the central area of the island. As long as I don't enter the central area, I won't encounter World Master Level Ferocious beasts."
Whoosh!
His figure flickered, turning into a streak of light, and he flew from the sky towards the activity area of the Domain Master Ferocious beasts.
"And the activity area of Domain Master Ferocious beasts is mainly in the inner part of the island, while the outer part is the activity area for Universe Level and below Ferocious beasts."
"This first stage is a timed competition. To advance to the second stage, I need to Rank among the top sixteen."
"Hmm…"
As Ender flew, he noticed a large group of flying Ferocious beasts ahead, heading in his direction.
"Troublesome. According to the rules, I cannot kill any Ferocious beasts other than my target. Once I kill a non-target Ferocious beast, I will be disqualified. I need to avoid them."
Whoosh!
Ender's body instantly plummeted, and at the same time, he used the "Instant Shadow Illusion Body," leaving behind an afterimage in the air to attract the attention of the group of avian Ferocious beasts.
The group of avian Ferocious beasts attacked, directly tearing apart the afterimage he left behind, then continuously chirped, whether in anger or triumph.
Swish!
In the rainforest below, Ender scanned his surroundings with Spiritual Force, moving like a ghost among the large trees, avoiding the Stellar Rank and Universe Level Ferocious beasts.
Fortunately, his body was small, allowing him to hide more easily, which made it simpler for him to evade the Demon Beasts.
However, the rule prohibiting attacking non-targets made Ender feel very uncomfortable, as he almost made a move several times on his way to the Domain Master Ferocious beast activity area.
…
After dodging and flying for more than an hour, Ender finally arrived at the activity area of the Domain Master Ferocious beasts.
"Where is the Thunderskin Beast?"
He began searching for the Thunderskin Beast's location, but the activity area for these Domain Master Ferocious beasts was quite large, and it would take a considerable amount of time to find a Thunderskin Beast.
After searching for more than half an hour, Ender found a pile of Ore in a cave. This pile of Ore was F-grade metal Ore, although there were dozens of tons of it, it was just raw Ore. If it were to be used for refining weapons or anything else, this pile of Ore would need to be refined first.
The unexpected joy of obtaining F-grade metal Ore improved his somewhat depressed mood. He estimated the value of these refined Ores to be several thousand Mixed-yuan Units.
"Finally found you!"
After another hour of searching, Ender found a Domain Master Thunderskin Beast. It was a grayish-white scaled Ferocious beast, over a hundred meters long, resembling a Triceratops.
Whoosh!
Ender's figure flashed, like a black lightning bolt, and he directly charged towards the Thunderskin Beast. He used the surrounding trees as cover, quickly approaching the Thunderskin Beast.
"Die!"
Ender roared in his heart. As he lunged towards the Thunderskin Beast, his black, ferocious gauntlet swung, and dark claw shadows instantly appeared, with several black claw shadows covering the Thunderskin Beast's body.
Rip!
The power of the black claw shadows was formidable, easily tearing through the Thunderskin Beast's grayish-white scales, leaving several hideous, bleeding wounds.
Roar!
The Thunderskin Beast, with its grayish-white scales and Triceratops-like appearance, was enormous, and the dark claw shadow's attack power was considerable, causing the Thunderskin Beast to roar in pain and violently whip its tail over.
Ender used his Secret Technique, avoiding the Thunderskin Beast's tail whip attack like a ghost, but he also felt a bit troubled. "Large Ferocious beasts are such a hassle."
The wounds on the Thunderskin Beast's body, though bloody and seemingly severe, had in reality only torn its scales. The flesh beneath the scales was not deeply injured.
And this minor injury was nothing to a Thunderskin Beast that was over a hundred meters long. It was just that the sudden intensity of the attack shocked it, because its proud scales had actually been easily torn apart.
Whoosh!
Ender attacked again, his figure shifting like a ghost, with real figures appearing, making it impossible for the Thunderskin Beast to distinguish which was the true body.
Swish!
A huge claw shadow appeared, like the swing of a massive Ferocious beast's claw, overwhelmingly swatting towards the Thunderskin Beast.
Roar!
The Thunderskin Beast roared, its head suddenly thrusting upward, attempting to block the attack of the huge claw shadow with its sturdy three bone horns.
Thwack!
The huge claw shadow struck the Thunderskin Beast's three bone horns. What seemed like an extremely powerful blow actually had no effect; the huge claw shadow shattered like foam.
While the Thunderskin Beast was blocking the huge claw shadow's attack, Ender had already flashed to its previous wound, extending his ferocious black gauntlet and pulling downwards fiercely!
Rip!
A dark claw shadow appeared, grabbing the Thunderskin Beast's already torn scale wound. A piece of flesh several meters in diameter was ripped off, instantly splattering blood.
Roar!
The intense pain made the Thunderskin Beast roar madly, constantly thrashing its tail and stomping the ground, trying to attack Ender, who had injured it.
Ender easily dodged the Thunderskin Beast's counterattack, then went up and added another wound to the Thunderskin Beast, making the latter roar and struggle even more frantically.
…
One minute later.
"This Ferocious beast's body is really tough."
Ender, covered in blood, looked at the Thunderskin Beast, whose life core had been crushed and was lying dead on the ground, and couldn't help but think, "Ferocious beasts have no intelligence, but their bodies are almost strengthened to an extreme, much stronger than Demon Beasts of the same Rank."
"And their massive size means that even for someone like me, with an extremely high comprehension of Law, it takes some effort to kill them!"
If it were a Human Race World Master, even a World Master who had comprehended Law, he could end the battle in a very short time.
But facing a massive Ferocious beast with an extremely tough body, he had to expend some effort to find its life core, as its large size made the life core even harder for enemies to discover.
"A large body has many advantages." Ender thought, "Especially for powerhouses with massive Divine Bodies, even when facing opponents slightly stronger than themselves, they can wear down the opponent with their massive Divine Body."
"The Titan God Race's Supreme treasure, the Titan God Power Fruit, they say it has the effect of increasing body height." Ender thought to himself, "Once I win the championship and consume it, my demands aren't high; as long as I can increase my body height to thirty or forty meters, that will be enough."
Thirty to forty meters. This body height, without exaggeration, already surpasses ninety-nine percent of humans.
Many Immortal, and even Supremes, if they had this body height, their probability of falling would also be somewhat lower.
"Ranked fourth, the result is still pretty good."
After checking the ranking on his wrist optical computer, Ender got up and flew into the distance. There was a rendezvous point there, and having completed his mission, he could go there to board a spaceship.