"My god, who did this?"
"What on earth happened?"
The group fell into a state of chaos, a significant commotion breaking out. The sight before them was so impactful that it left an indelible impression on the hearts of these young men and girls, whose average age was barely eighteen!
"What is going on with this year's Wuxin Island trial? Is this also part of the test?"
Buze Kritov felt his scalp crawl. He simply couldn't believe that these wolves were killed by a single person. He would rather believe it was an arrangement by the academy. As for why the academy would do such a thing?
Perhaps... some high-ranking official at the academy just didn't like wolves.
But regardless, the total annihilation of the wilderness wolf pack was undoubtedly the best possible news for their group of over a hundred people.
Now they no longer had to worry about anyone being eliminated.
The plains, which should have been the most dangerous area, had become completely effortless.
They stepped over the wolf corpses as they crossed the open wasteland.
Buze Kritov fought the urge to look at the carcasses, for he was afraid that these wolves really were killed by one person. If someone truly possessed such strength, then what did he even amount to?
Was the Kritov family blood flowing through his veins a source of glory or shame?
Instead of facing a cruel truth, he preferred self-deception.
"Young Master Buze, I just discovered something terrifying," Qiongbi ran over in a panic.
"You might not believe it, but it's absolutely true. The wounds on these wolves were all made by a wooden sword!"
"A wooden sword?!"
Buze Kritov stopped in his tracks. His golden eyes, which bore a striking resemblance to Kaiya's, flashed with a terrifying light. At that moment, Qiongbi even thought Buze Kritov was going to leap up and swallow him whole.
One couldn't blame Buze Kritov for such an intense reaction.
Because no one would believe that several hundred wilderness wolves were killed or even sliced in half by a Training Wooden Sword!
Setting aside how much strength it would take for a wooden sword to cut a wolf in two, to slaughter hundreds of wolves in succession would have notched and worn down even a fine steel longsword, let alone a wooden sword.
Buze Kritov couldn't imagine how terrifying a person would have to be to slay hundreds of wilderness wolves with nothing but a wooden sword if Qiongbi's deduction was correct!
Could such a horrific existence truly be among their class of freshmen?
Buze Kritov's slightly stout frame shivered in the cold wind.
For some reason, a figure suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Grinya Loran...
Could it be her?
Just as Buze Kritov was lost in his terrifying thoughts, a shout suddenly pulled him back to reality.
"Look! There's someone over there!"
The crowd grew wary. After all, at this point, all the surviving freshmen from the spawn points had gathered here. Theoretically, anyone else they encountered on the road was highly likely to be a monster in human disguise.
Buze Kritov looked in the direction they were pointing and suddenly saw a familiar figure crouching by the bank of a stream a few hundred meters away.
Upon seeing the person's face, Buze Kritov's wary heart suddenly relaxed.
"It's that countryside noble named Grinya!" Qiongbi exclaimed, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he realized his mistake. He carefully observed Buze Kritov's expression and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Buze Kritov didn't show any sign of displeasure.
Grinya... As Buze Kritov's image among the freshmen became taller and more trusted, this name also gradually became deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts.
Some freshmen who had just learned about the history between Grinya and Buze Kritov were momentarily speechless with shock.
To think she had even trampled the Kritov family's Buze Kritov underfoot...
A monster-level individual like that was actually a freshman just like them!
"Grinya Loran!" Buze Kritov shouted her name.
Grinya, who was crouching by the stream, heard the voice and stood up. She looked around, her gaze somewhat vacant.
After seeing Buze Kritov and the others, the vacancy in Grinya's eyes faded, replaced by a sharp light.
Actually, Buze Kritov was quite unsure of himself. On one hand, he was afraid of Grinya's cold aura—though it wasn't always there, every time it appeared, it sent shivers down his spine. On the other hand, he wondered why Grinya happened to be here. Was the wilderness wolf pack truly taken down by her alone?
At the thought of such a terrifying possibility, Buze Kritov's heart beat like a drum. However, for the sake of his noble image, he wouldn't let his behavior show any signs of fear.
So on the surface, he acted with proper decorum and a hint of the arrogance a noble should possess, slowly coming to a stop in front of Grinya.
In reality, only he knew how nervous he was.
"Why are you here?" Buze Kritov asked.
Grinya blinked and said with a giggle, "What, am I not allowed to be here?"
Her smile was exquisite, as if it held invisible hooks that easily tugged at Buze Kritov's heartstrings, causing him to daze for a moment.
Something was wrong...
Something was extremely, utterly wrong!
Buze Kritov froze, staring at Grinya in disbelief as he subconsciously took two steps back.
The other's disguise seemed perfect, but only Buze Kritov knew in his heart that there was no way this spiteful woman would ever show him such a sweet smile!
"So you are the famous Grinya. I've heard so much about you, so much!"
Qiongbi walked forward with a smile, acting like a polite usher.
His thoughts were simple: Young Master Buze was already very strong, but Grinya had repeatedly defeated him. Her strength was naturally even more exceptional than Buze Kritov's. If she joined their team, their group's probability of passing would be guaranteed.
Naturally, he had to try his best to cling to such a powerhouse.
But Buze Kritov suddenly roared at him, "Don't go over there! Get back here!"
Before he could finish his sentence, in the next second, two translucent, shadowy claws pierced through Qiongbi's abdomen, bright red blood dripping from the tips onto the ground.
Everyone was stunned by the scene before them, including Buze Kritov.
Qiongbi's eyes were wide, filled with disbelief, as if he wanted to find an answer in Grinya's beautiful face.
But Grinya's indifferent, heartless eyes lacked any color; he could find no answer there.
The two shadowy claws tore outward, and Qiongbi's body was ripped in half like fragile paper.
Blood mixed with warm organs fell like raindrops.
Buze Kritov's body was trembling violently. At this moment, he had long forgotten all about noble decorum as he blankly touched the internal organs that had landed on his face.
They were warm.
They were Qiongbi's organs...
Qiongbi was dead. He hadn't been teleported away; his body had actually been torn in half.
And the section of Qiongbi's intestine on his face was the proof.
The reason they were frozen wasn't because they discovered the truth of Grinya being a monster.
Qiongbi's death made everyone realize something terrifying!
For some unknown reason, Wuxin Island's death teleportation mechanism...
Had failed!!!
From this moment on, everyone could die.
Including themselves!
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