Chapter 15 : Blood-Colored Trial
Chapter 15: Blood-Colored Trial
By the time the old principal hurriedly arrived at the Eternal Tower with the academy instructor who had delivered the message, the scene before him left him completely stunned.
The massive plaza was already packed with people, all pointing toward the Eternal Tower and discussing it heatedly.
At this moment, the Eternal Tower was shrouded in a layer of red light.
This was the first time such a phenomenon had appeared since the Eternal Tower had been established.
“What’s going on with the Eternal Tower?”
“No idea, it was suddenly covered by that light curtain.”
“Even the instructors don’t know what happened?”
“Could something have gone wrong inside?”
.....
Ignoring the noisy chatter of the students, the old principal led the accompanying instructors toward the Eternal Tower.
Seeing the principal arrive, the surrounding students voluntarily made way for him.
“Why is the principal here?”
“It must be because of the change in the Eternal Tower.”
.......
For a moment, everyone began speculating about the old principal’s arrival.
Before long, the old principal arrived beneath the light curtain.
Then he closed his eyes and carefully sensed the energy within the light curtain.
Moments later, when he opened his eyes again, they were filled with shock.
“This is the Blood-Colored Trial! The prophecy was real!”
As he spoke, his tone was filled with disbelief.
Suppressing the shock in his heart, the old principal cleared his throat.
“Everyone, this is a normal phenomenon.”
“In the third-floor assessment, I set up a special test. Only students who meet the requirements can enter.”
“Clearly, these two have met my requirements, which is why this special test has been triggered.”
Naturally, the old principal could not reveal the truth to everyone.
So he casually made up an explanation, which at least served as an answer to the crowd.
Then, under everyone’s gaze, the old principal took out a crystal ball.
In the next moment, a massive projection appeared in the sky.
Within the projection was the battle between Vivian and Ross’s projection.
“Look! It’s Vivian!” one student shouted, pointing at the screen.
As his voice fell, everyone’s attention focused on Vivian, who was fighting the enormous spider in the projection.
Facing the overwhelming attacks from Ross’s projection, Vivian always managed to dodge them calmly.
However, even so, it was difficult for her to get close to the spider projection.
Every time she got slightly closer, even denser attacks would force her to retreat again.
Even so, the petite figure in the image continued to rely on her footwork to approach the spider projection again and again.
And around her, she not only had to face the overwhelming attacks, but also the small spiders lurking in the shadows, ready to launch sneak attacks at any moment.
What shocked everyone was that even under such circumstances, Vivian remained incredibly composed.
“No way…”
“How is this possible?”
“Is this something a human can even do?”
“With such dense attacks, and those small spiders that could ambush you from anywhere, how is she doing this?”
“Is this the strength of one of the Empire’s Twin Stars?”
At this moment, all the doubts people previously had about Vivian vanished. Faced with this situation, they asked themselves honestly—most of them probably wouldn’t last even a second inside.
“So this is the gap between me and a genius…” one student muttered.
But soon, someone noticed a problem.
“Even though Vivian can dodge these attacks, she has no way of dealing damage to that monster.”
“Haven’t you noticed? Vivian doesn’t even have a weapon. The only way she can defeat the monster is by luring it into hitting itself.”
“Although she has succeeded a few times, the damage dealt is extremely limited, and this method itself is very dangerous.”
Hearing this analysis, everyone turned their attention to Vivian, who was struggling in battle.
Sure enough, just as the student had said, empty-handed, Vivian could only use this method to deal damage to Ross.
But the damage caused this way was extremely limited—so limited that it wasn’t even as fast as the monster’s own regeneration.
If this continued, once Vivian’s stamina was exhausted, defeat would be inevitable.
“Her combat skills are indeed powerful, but if she can’t deal effective damage, no amount of skill will matter.”
“Where is her weapon?” a student asked.
“No idea. Could it have been damaged in an earlier battle?”
“That’s impossible. Every time you enter a new floor of the Eternal Tower, your condition and even damaged weapons are automatically restored.”
“Could it be that she doesn’t have a weapon at all?”
“Isn’t she supposed to be the successor cultivated by an ancient noble family? How could she not have a weapon?”
“Maybe this is her strategy.”
“Strategy? Are you kidding? Even with a strategy, she should at least have a weapon.”
.......
Everyone was confused by Vivian’s actions.
Some even began to suspect that Vivian was a fake noble who didn’t even have a weapon.
After all, if she were truly a noble young lady or a future successor, she would definitely be equipped with various magical items before setting out.
Weapons were only the most basic—other things like accessories would surely be included as well.
Yet there wasn’t a single piece of magical equipment visible on Vivian.
This clearly didn’t match her identity.
.......
Unaware of the situation outside, both Vivian and Jiang Chen remained focused on the battle.
At this moment, on Vivian’s side, watching such dense attacks being effortlessly dodged—and even seeing the Evil God controlling her use the monster’s own attacks against it—
Such absurd operations had already left Vivian numb. She simply couldn’t imagine how powerful this Evil God controlling her truly was.
However, at that moment, a familiar voice sounded in her mind.
“I’m numb… I overestimated myself. This problem is way bigger than I thought!”
Just now, Jiang Chen had tried all kinds of methods to deal with this boss.
Since he had no skills, his first thought was to rely on positioning to close the distance and then use basic attacks.
In the end, he kicked the boss once—and it only lost 5 HP.
With no other choice, Jiang Chen then tried luring the boss into unleashing dense attacks so it would hit itself.
This method worked—being hit by its own attacks would deal over a hundred damage each time.
Just as Jiang Chen thought he had figured out the strategy for this boss, he realized that this boss was extremely cunning.
The moment he got close, it switched to melee combat, completely ruining the plan.
“What the hell, a beginner village boss being this strong is ridiculous!”
Looking at the character’s stamina bar, which had already been consumed by nearly half, and then at the monster’s HP—which was still full—
Jiang Chen knew that if this continued, failure was only a matter of time.
“The Peace Princess class seems to greatly boost combat power, but all the damage is concentrated into that single C4.”
“And this game’s design is just absurd. Even if there’s a second phase, it should only trigger when the monster’s HP drops below a certain threshold without being killed.”
“Who the hell designs it so that it can trigger even if it gets instantly killed?”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen’s tone was filled with helplessness.
“If this keeps going, once my stamina runs out, I’m done for.”
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen felt even more helpless.
“I’m numb… this game company really knows how to play its tricks.”
“Even though I really don’t want to, there’s only one way now!”
.......
A way? What way?
Hearing the Evil God’s muttering, Vivian felt puzzled.
Her only skill had already been used—could the Evil God still have another method to defeat the enemy?