In an instant, dozens of emitters lit up simultaneously, and colorful energy projectiles rained down.
Ziyue immediately laid down a Frost Path beneath her feet, moving with ghost-like agility.
Most astonishingly, she continuously laid down new ice paths in the air, forming intricate three-dimensional routes, perfectly evading all the energy projectiles.
Sixty seconds quickly passed, and Ziyue, as expected, was not hit once throughout the challenge.
【Challenge Successful! Not Hit】
【Record Updated: Liu Yi - Silver Snow Fox - Not Hit Throughout】
Chiying's challenge, however, employed a different strategy.
Since it didn't currently possess movement-enhancing skills like Ziyue, it utilized its relatively smaller size and agile body to weave through the gaps between the energy projectiles.
Whenever it couldn't fully evade, it would use the hardest parts of its scales to absorb the minimal damage.
【Challenge Successful! Hit 3 times】
Although it didn't dodge everything, it was quite good for Chiying.
“An excellent tactical choice,” Liu Yi said, examining Chiying’s scales. “Knowing to take damage with your strongest defensive parts is very clever.”
Over the next few floors, Liu Yi and her two pets advanced triumphantly.
The thirteenth floor was a defense test, requiring them to withstand continuously intensifying energy impacts for as long as possible.
Ziyue, relying on her Ice Armor, lasted for 3 minutes and 21 seconds, while Chiying, with the Dragon-type’s powerful defense, lasted for 3 minutes and 45 seconds, both breaking the record.
The fourteenth floor was a reaction test. Light spots would randomly appear in the arena, and pets had to touch them within 0.5 seconds.
Ziyue, with the mobility of Frost Path, and Chiying, with its excellent dynamic vision, both achieved perfect performances.
【Fifteenth Floor: Energy Control Test】
【Challenge Objective: Use skills to carve a specified pattern onto a metal plate; 60% completion or higher is required to pass】
【Current Record Holder: Gao Xue - Frost Crystal Butterfly - 92% Completion】
Two large metal plates appeared in the arena, with complex patterns projected onto them.
“This tests precise skill control,” Liu Yi analyzed. “Ziyue, try using Ice Blade.”
Ziyue approached the metal plate, carefully observed the pattern, and then cautiously released an Ice Blade.
The Ice Blade carved across the metal plate, leaving clear marks.
However, as the pattern grew more intricate, the difficulty of controlling the Ice Blade skyrocketed.
One turn was too sharp, and the line went outside the pattern.
【Challenge Completion: 89%】
Next was Chiying’s attempt.
It used Venom Spray to “draw,” carving lines by controlling the amount of venom and its spray force.
The advantage of this method was its adjustability, but the drawback was that the venom would slightly corrode the metal, impacting the pattern’s completion score.
【Challenge Completion: 87%】
Although they didn't break the record, Liu Yi was very satisfied with their first attempt’s results.
Liu Yi: “Energy control is a long-term training process. We can add this exercise to our plan when we get back.”
【Congratulations on clearing the Fifteenth Floor!】
【The rest area is now open. You may choose: 1. Continue Challenge 2. Temporarily Exit 3. Enter Rest Area】
Reaching the fifteenth floor on her first challenge of the Tower of Trials had already exceeded Liu Yi’s expectations.
Furthermore, she planned to have Ziyue and Chiying break the fifteenth floor’s record before continuing, so there was no rush to proceed further today.
“Let’s stop here for today,” Liu Yi said, patting Ziyue and Chiying’s heads. “Tomorrow, we’ll come back to the fifteenth floor to practice and see if we can break the record.”
She selected “Temporarily Exit,” and white light enveloped them.
When their vision returned, they were back in the previous room.
Pushing open the room door and entering the main hall, Liu Yi found it even livelier than when she had arrived.
Many students were gathered in front of the leaderboard, discussing animatedly as they looked at the screen.
“Look! A first-year student broke through to the fifteenth floor!”
“Liu Yi? Is that the champion of this year’s Longwu High School Entrance Tournament?”
“Silver Snow Fox and Moling Dragon… I haven’t heard of either of those pets!”
“…Is your news a bit too outdated? You didn’t turn off your phone’s network, did you?”
Liu Yi pretended not to hear and walked straight towards the exit.
Just as she stepped out of the Tower of Trials, a familiar voice called out to her.
“Liu Yi!”
Yan Xinliu hurried over with Pipi, her eyes gleaming with excitement behind her glasses. “I heard you broke through to the fifteenth floor on your first challenge of the Tower of Trials?”
Liu Yi smiled, “Ziyue and Chiying both worked very hard.”
“Hard work?” Yan Xinliu pushed up her glasses. “Most of the records on floors 1-15 of the Tower of Trials have been broken by you, and the tenth floor’s guardian has even become your Moling Dragon. This isn’t something that can be achieved by just hard work.”
Liu Yi raised an eyebrow. “News travels that fast?”
“The campus forum has exploded,” Yan Xinliu said, pulling out her phone, swiping a few times, and then handing it to Liu Yi.
The screen displayed popular posts from the Tianqi Campus Forum:
《Shocking! New Student Liu Yi Rushes Straight to the Fifteenth Floor on First Tower of Trials Challenge!》
《Unbelievable! Third-Year Students’ Multi-Floor Records in the Tower Broken by First-Year New Student!》
...
《Does Anyone Understand?! The Tenth Floor Guardian Changed! My World is Falling Apart!》
Liu Yi took the phone from Yan Xinliu, her fingertip gently sliding across the screen as she browsed the post with the exaggerated title.
【OP: As the title says, I’ve been stuck on the tenth floor for three days. I finally figured out the Deceitful Crow’s attack patterns, but when I went in today, the guardian had actually changed into a black dragon! And it’s Dragon-type + Poison-type! How am I supposed to fight that?!】
【2F: Same here. My Grass-type pet was instantly one-shotted by Venom Spray, without even a chance to react.】
【3F: The new guardian is called Moling Dragon? I haven’t heard of this kind of pet before.】
【4F: The person above is behind on the news. The Beast Tamer Association just announced a new Dragon-type pet this morning, and the discoverer is Liu Yi, this year’s Longwu High School Entrance Tournament Champion.】
【10F: So it’s Liu Yi’s pet? Didn’t she take a week off at the start of school and only just came to challenge the Tower of Trials this afternoon? How did her pet become the guardian?】
【19F: Apparently, it’s based on performance evaluation. If the tower system determines your pet defeated the original guardian with strength far exceeding it while both were at the same rank, there’s a chance your pet’s projection will be left as a guardian. The original tenth-floor guardian was Junior 100%, and if you defeat it with an Intermediate pet, an Intermediate pet projection won’t be left behind.】
【31F: I know, I know! Last year, an alumni who had graduated came back to challenge the Tower of Trials, and she said the original Arctic Snow Wolf King on the 79th floor was replaced by a Frostwing Dragon! I remember Frostwing Dragon is Senior Tang Ningzhi’s pet!】
【34F: Senior Tang Ningzhi is a Quasi-Master Beast Tamer now! So, looking at it that way, Liu Yi is pretty strong, right? A first-year student can have her pet become a guardian?】
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