The pressure seemed to be on Guixie's side all of a sudden.
The returning international students, still wearing their training uniforms, demonstrated strong dominance on the battlefield, killing the evil spirits emerging from the gray fog one by one, and soon the entire battlefield became quiet.
All that remained was the whispers of the night watchmen outside.
Looking at those figures in training uniforms, I felt both surprise and admiration.
——They are wearing similar clothes and are masters that I have never seen before. Are they the secret weapons of our Night Watchmen organization?
This is something that one does not know, or only knows a little bit.
Yul rubbed his stiff face and looked at the plump woman codenamed Iris. "The speed and strength you have shown... you are already a double awakener."
"Yes, sir. Our group of international students have all made different improvements under the training of Xinhuo."
"There are sixteen newly promoted first-level awakeners and fourteen newly promoted second-level awakeners. Please review them, sir."
Yule: “…”
He counted.
Not all the returning international students wore training uniforms, a few wore their own clothes.
There were 42 people wearing training uniforms, and those wearing their own clothes were, one, two, three... eight, eight people, a total of fifty students were present.
And thirty of them experienced awakening?
He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything for a long time. Another senior executive next to him couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't this awakening have great risks and a high mortality rate?"
"That's right."
Iris nodded, and said as a matter of course, "But Xinhuo provided us with a special venue for the awakening ceremony."
She was lost in memories.
The scenes in the training camp flashed through my mind, and I couldn't help but smile, a happy smile.
She continued, "As long as we pass the assessment during the training camp, meet the requirements, and pay a tiny amount of points, we will be able to get a chance to awaken through the ritual."
"That kind of opportunity has a very high probability of triggering awakening, and even if the awakening fails, you will not die. Some mental trauma can also be recovered through treatment... Xinhuo's doctors are very good at healing mental and spiritual trauma."
"Awakening Ceremony? Is it possible for us in Sunset Nation to master such a ceremony?"
Yule asked.
Iris shook her head. "I don't know about that. I just think that the price of such an awakening ceremony might be quite high..."
"It must be quite a lot." Anna said, "I heard that the ritual requires a lot of strange crystals to run. The boiling potion we drank before awakening was also a high-level potion."
"Also, the ceremony site is ancient and mysterious. It must have taken a huge amount of time and effort to build such a site."
"But the points that the Xinhuo Organization requires us to pay are only a few dozen points. It's nominally a fee, but in reality, what's the difference between it and free?"
Points are also earned from the training camp.
There are also expensive training facilities, high-quality ingredients, precious medicines, etc. in the training camp.
Princess Anna pursed her lips at the thought .
It feels a bit unpleasant.
Compared with the training that Xinhuo has given them, the tuition fees for their exchange students are nothing.
Anna said and fell silent.
So are irises.
The two people's thoughts drifted away, and Yul's thoughts were also drifting at this time.
He exchanged glances with the other senior executives, and their eyes conveyed the same message.
"Xinhuo also has the Awakening Ceremony project? We must get it no matter what!"
Yule pondered.
He looked at Anna, then at the executives next door, continuing to signal with his eyes.
"According to Princess Anna and Iris's description, the Xinhuo Training Camp is an incentive training mechanism. As long as you perform well enough, you can enjoy the various benefits there for free."
"The awakening ceremony is one of them. It is very cheap and is a benefit provided to outstanding training camp students."
The senior executive next door nodded.
After a moment's thought, he looked back and said,
"But since Xinhuo has this project and can also provide it to our Sunset Country's international students, can we purchase it as an additional fee?"
Yule looked at each other.
"I thought so too. The price certainly cannot be based on the international student points, but these are not the problem. When it comes to the awakening probability and awakening safety, we have to pay no matter how much it costs."
"You're right, money is not an issue."
"Moreover, we have obtained many ways to identify materials from the Xinhuo teaching materials, and we will soon be able to enter the strange world for development. Our income will increase several times, and we can afford the huge price."
Yule said so.
That is, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.
It seems like I'm working for Xinhuo? This must be an illusion.
Looking at these international students who have grown stronger and thrived, Yur smiled like a winner.
…
The group of international students who went to Xinhuo consisted of 30 first-level awakeners and 20 ordinary night watchmen.
One of the awakeners is the "promising future" type, that is, they have not been awakened for a long time, their combat power is relatively weak, and their combat experience is relatively scarce.
The first one to awaken was Princess Anna.
But because of the special nature of her identity, Princess Anna seldom goes to the battlefield, and has fought against evil spirits only a few times, so her experience is not very rich.
And now?
Among the students who returned from studying abroad, there were 14 double-awakened ones and 32 single-awakened ones. When facing the evil, these people felt like they were back home.
He is swift, decisive and fierce in his actions, with tactical skills, and his combat experience seems to be richer than many veteran night watchmen.
"And strength and speed."
The Black Knight, who was taking a break, stared at a foreign student from the First Level in amazement.
The combat power of the second-level international students is even more exaggerated. Each of them is the best in the second level, and outstanding students like Iris have combat power that surpasses those of the powerful knights.
Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to bestow the honorary title of First Knight.
In front of me, under the gloomy sky, the gray fog surged again.
This time, more evil spirits emerged, including three extremely large evil spirits. Three flesh and blood giants, about fourteen or fifteen meters tall, were arranged in a V-shape. Under the gray fog, they had no fur on their bodies, only their flesh and bloody bodies, which appeared in front of the night watchers without any blur.
The terrible, shrill roar continued to echo in their ears.
The ordinary people among the night watchmen retreated again and again, retreating two kilometers away.
The night watchman in the battle circle hurriedly drank a small blue bottle of tranquilizer, allowing the sage mode to resist the impact on his rationality.
This time, the Night Watchmen resorted to old tactics.
Seduce, divide, surround and eliminate them one by one.
Iris's ability is related to her footwork. She moved lightly and lured away a flesh and blood giant.
The Phantom Knight split into a phantom body and also lured away the second flesh and blood giant.
The third one,
"I'll take care of it~"
Anna walked forward slowly, her brilliant golden hair fluttering in the wind. She was not wearing any earrings or head ornaments, but she still had an indescribable elegance and nobility.
It's innate.
But standing in front of the terrifying flesh and blood giant, it seems so small and fragile, as if this most beautiful flower in the Sunset Kingdom will wither in the next moment, making people unable to help but close their eyes.
But then a bright red light suddenly appeared.
Orange flames ignited on Anna's white jade-like hands, and then the flames quickly condensed into red. The two flames continued to compress and deform .
In the blink of an eye, it turned into two red fire lines, like two thin ribbons flying forward, with extremely high temperature and sharpness.
brush--
The red ribbon was like a knife, cutting off the giant's forked long tongue. The piece fell to the ground and kept jumping, emitting sizzling smoke. The next moment, a ball of fire flew from not far away, landed on the long tongue and completely burned it to death.
At the same time, the scarlet ribbon was still flying, brilliantly crossing the dark sky and entwining around the neck of the flesh and blood giant.
As the giant roared and charged, the hot and sharp ribbon bit by bit penetrated into his neck, and the red scar became more and more obvious.
One step, two steps, three steps.
The earth trembled, leaving behind huge black footprints.
The ferocious face, the shrill roar, the stinking smell... became clearer and clearer.
When the giant strode to a position only a few meters away from Anna, the red ribbon burst out, and the huge head flew up and fell to the ground with a bang. The giant's body gradually slowed down and stiffened, and finally fell backwards heavily.
Wisps of blue-black smoke came out of his body, and his huge body slowly disappeared.
Three stars of evil, shot dead!
Yule: Aba Aba.
He thought Princess Anna was also being held back, but he didn't expect her to be killed so easily, and it didn't seem like it was that difficult?
Is this the double awakener? This is unscientific!
But it also seems... it seems very much like an overseas student.
Yule opened his mouth, then closed it, and decided not to say anything. No matter what he asked, they would probably take it for granted.
Anna is undoubtedly a strong third awakening fighter.
The pillar of the Sunset Kingdom, Saint Anthony of France is a true three-awakening strongman.
There are also many masters who can restrain the three-star ghosts. The lineup can be said to be super luxurious. If facing an ordinary ghost world gate, three or four stacked together are not too scary.
But this time, it was a gate to the strange world with a larger gap.
Gray fog continuously poured out from the door and seeped into the blue star. On the other side of the door, on the other side of the strange world, countless strange evil spirits looked at the half-open crack and roared, constantly squeezing forward with instinctive desire.
The huge shadows make people feel cold and terrified.
Outside the door,
The awakened ones of Sunset Country were also caught up in a fierce battle. They could no longer remember how many evil spirits they had killed. Even the extremely large evil spirits that emerged from the gray fog, there were ten...twenty...or thirty of them.
This is a number that is enough to destroy the entire fog.
If these evil spirits had not emerged in batches, and if they had not purchased a large number of potions produced by Xinhuo, they would have collapsed long ago.
even so,
"I drank too much energy recovery potion. Its effect has been greatly weakened. I can't replenish my life energy anymore."
"Ahem, I just drank two bottles of strength potion. Now that the effect has worn off, my muscles are a little weak. What should I do?"
"I drank too much tranquilizer potion, and suddenly I feel a little tired. I'm a little worried that the effect of this sage won't last forever."
"Don't worry buddy, we'll go have a good time once the battle is over. There's nothing a good time can't heal."
The Night Watchmen were not in good condition and the battle was difficult.
They remain optimistic.
After all, there have been many battles that were more difficult and miserable than this one. Just think about how they almost couldn't withstand an ordinary gate to the strange world and suffered heavy losses.
What about now? With the help of the returning overseas students and the magical potion of Xinhuo, they fought for two or three hours with only a few casualties and dozens of injuries.
They held the defense line tightly and did not let the evil get through.
The Night Watchmen are all proud of such a record - as long as the previous record was bad enough, the current record is worthy of praise.
At the same time, the distant White Bear Country and the not-so-distant Wave Country were both relying on their respective countries' mysterious powers to resist the disaster of the Gate to the Strange World.
The awakened ones from the White Bear Country shouted "Ura" and fought fiercely, much more fiercely than those from the Sunset Country.
At one point he even caught a huge evil spirit and beat it up.
The power of the Langhua Kingdom is relatively weak, and the returned overseas students cannot help - they bought few potions, so Xinhuo had to dispatch forces from the Torch Town branch and send several regular teams to assist the Langhua Kingdom in defense.
In other places, the fighting was even more intense, both in front of people and behind the scenes.
The doors to the strange world are some strong and some weak, and some open early and some open late.
This crack in the Fog City of Sunset Country appeared relatively early. It has already gone through more than a dozen rounds of gray fog breathing, each one stronger than the last.
boom--!
Shrouded in gray fog, the last of the eight three-star evil spirits fell.
The night watchmen heaved a sigh of relief and couldn't help but let out a few shouts of congratulations. However, looking at the still gloomy sky and the lingering gray fog in front of them, their brows furrowed again and their expressions became increasingly solemn.
"Isn't it over yet?"
"It's the thirteenth round. Even though this strange world gate is very tricky and the cracks are big, it's almost over."
"It may very well be the next round, so let's hold on for a while longer."
At this time, the fourteenth round of evil tide had not yet appeared, and the night watchmen felt fortunate that they had enough time to rest.
But as the gray fog did not dissipate and the tide did not appear, the faces of the top leaders became more serious as their strength was slightly restored.
My heart feels heavy, as if there is a heavy invisible pressure hanging over me.
This round of waiting time was longer than any previous interval between the gray fog's breaths. Just when many night watchers were about to lose their patience, the tide of gray fog... came!
The wind is howling.
The slowly drifting gray fog began to surge violently, expanding and shrinking, expanding and shrinking.
Expand and shrink, expand and shrink, expand and shrink, shrink and shrink--
It was as if gray waves were surging back and forth, up and down, and through the hazy gray fog, one could vaguely see a gray world. It was dead silent and dilapidated, dark and appeared black and white, and there were countless terrible monsters rushing forward and crowding together.
It's like a person looking into a well, and there are countless pale arms and countless hideous faces trying to squeeze up and rush out.
Outside the well, no, outside the crack.
The gate to the strange world in the Fog City was compressed to the extreme, and the crack suddenly widened and exploded.
The gray fog exploded all of a sudden!
It was like a huge net whistling and covering the whole world. In the gray fog that covered an area of ​​one or two kilometers in radius, black shadows emerged one after another.
“Retreat!”
"Everyone retreat one kilometer!"
"Non-main combatants retreat two kilometers!"
The night watchmen retreated quickly to avoid a close encounter with the evil spirit.
The monsters in the fog continued to emerge, more and more, and set foot on the earth.
"roar--"
A giant figure dozens of meters tall and as big as a building tore through the gray fog and walked out.
His legs stepped on the ground, the ground collapsed, his four skinny arms clenched into fists, and he looked up to the sky and roared wildly.
The air vibrated, causing ripples to form.
The vision of countless awakened people became blurred and gradually distorted, and their ears were buzzing, and they seemed to be unable to hear anything clearly.
The eyes were stained with tears and the ears were stained with blood.
The instinct of life made them flee continuously, but some of them still fell to their knees, screaming in pain, their muscles gradually withering and they fell into a deep sleep.
The gray fog had become much thinner with the appearance of this terrifying giant shadow, but there were still some strange evil creatures appearing one after another.
Many of the Night Watchers guessed correctly that this was the final wave of evil, but they didn't quite get it right.
"This is, this is a disaster-level evil!"
"The four-star Weird Demon and the four-armed giant demon in the Xinhuo textbook are far superior to the three-star extra-large Weird Demon!"
It was not the first time that the night watchmen had seen a calamity-level evil, as they had seen it during the Red Moon Disaster.
But at that time they were still very far away from Guixie and could only look at the terrifying monster from afar.
At this time, they were very close, only about a thousand meters away.
The evil roar continued to pierce their minds. They tremblingly picked up the tranquilizer and drank it in big gulps.
Saint Anthony of France grasped a high-level strange object.
Anna tightly grasped the pendant she had exchanged for from the training camp, and fear surged uncontrollably in her heart.
How to deal with such a monster?
However, this was not the end. The gray fog gradually thinned out, but monsters continued to pour out.
When the gray fog almost faded away, what appeared before the awakened people of Sunset Country were not only the four-armed giant demon but also two terrifying giant shadows.
First, there was a monster standing dozens of meters tall, with blazing black flames burning all over its body.
Black flame giant centipede!
As soon as it appeared, black flames spread out, even engulfing many one- and two-star evil spirits. The four-armed giant demon also grabbed a few two-star evil spirits, stuffed them into his mouth like snacks, and bit them open with a crunch, oozing juice everywhere.
There were fewer one- and two-star evil spirits on the field, but the Night Watchman did not feel relieved, but only felt terrified.
No matter how many one- or two-star evil spirits there are, they cannot compare to the horror brought by the calamity-level evil spirits.
The other one is slightly smaller in size and is suspended in the air about ten to twenty meters above the ground. At first glance, it looks like a huge cluster of hydrogen balloons.
But if you look closely, you can see that they are eyeballs the size of buckets, dozens or hundreds of them gathered together, densely packed, and the eyeballs keep moving.
Just one look at it can make people fall into deep fear.
——Disaster-level evil, gathering evil eyes!
Three evil spirits of disaster appeared at the same time, and the shock to reason that spread out was enough to drive people crazy.
The blood coagulated and the whole person seemed to be frozen.
Blind, deaf, and trembling all over!
Even as strong as Princess Anna was, her delicate body couldn't stop trembling.
Three disaster-level evil spirits have arrived.
The door to the strange world is completely closed.
The battlefield in the foggy city fell into cold despair. In this moment of despair, a golden light quietly appeared. It was not very bright at first, but soon it shone brightly, dispelling the darkness of deep despair and tearing apart the dark clouds in the sky.
"Teacher!"
At the scene, there were ordinary soldiers with torches, they cried out in low voices, their expressions were shocked.
Is he a torchbearer?
The top leaders of the Night Watch were suddenly startled and looked up.
A golden figure stood in the sky, raised his hand slightly, and threw out one prismatic lightning bolt after another, which fell into the dense and evil tide.
Sizzle——!
Thunder exploded, instantly annihilating the evil spirit that was destined to die, completely destroying the huge and ugly body. The bright lightning then split into three beams, shooting towards the three closest evil spirits.
One becomes three, three becomes nine, nine becomes twenty-six.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of blue lightning bolts flew through the evil tide, destroying one evil after another.
Visibly with the naked eye, the black figures turned gray.
Reduced in patches.
In just a few breaths, thousands of one, two, and three star evil spirits disappeared before everyone's eyes.
At this moment, as the golden figure in the air turned up his palm and clenched it slightly, the hundreds of remaining lightning bolts were like closed flower buds, flying up against the sky, like arrows, like light, covering the only three remaining giant shadows between heaven and earth.
Covered by brilliant lightning!
Then, rolling purple thunder tore through the sky and fell, hitting the three giant shadows at the same time.
The sky and the earth were suddenly blazing white, and countless people shed tears and closed their eyes instinctively. The huge roar made their eardrums buzz.
After a while,
After a while,
As the blinding lightning in front of him gradually faded away, the dark clouds in the sky had dissipated, and warm sunlight poured down from the sky.
Scattered on the messy ground in front of them.
There was no trace of any evil.
The three terrifying giant shadows didn't even have a single limb left, and there was no huge crater on the ground where the thunder had struck. The mess on the ground was left over from the previous battle, as if the terrifying giant shadows and the brilliant thunder that tore through the sky were just illusions.
It's not an illusion!
Anna rubbed her eyes, and when she looked up again, she could no longer see the figure in the sky.
But the scene just now is still engraved in her heart.
The golden figure is very reassuring.