Sweat trickled down on Austin and Denali's foreheads as they ran, with Matias behind them. About four minutes later, they had advanced forty five meters.
"Whoosh!"
They suddenly heard a swooshing noise, then three dummies jumped out and attacked them.
The dummies were at the fourth level of Energy Gathering Realm.
The dummies' skills seemed to have jumped to the fourth level of Energy Gathering Realm at the last five meters of the fifty-meter-long aisle.
Denali glanced nervously at Austin. She and the dummies were on the same skill level, and she was afraid of being defeated.
Even if she had confidence in herself, it wasn't that easy to defeat someone else of the same level.
A beam of yellow light flashed when Matias whipped out his dagger and cut one of the dummies.
Meanwhile, Austin used his Wind-commanding Skill to fight as well.
He was now at the third stage of Wind-commanding Skill, which was Using the Wind. He had become stronger and faster because of his increasingly challenging practice sessions. Thus, it was easy for him to fight these level four dummies.
He kicked one dummy so hard in the abdomen that it backed several steps.
"Take your time, Denali! I'll go first," Austin shouted.
Shortly after, he went forward and didn't look back.
However, Denali was angry at Austin's indifferent behavior. She slashed at a dummy fiercely with her sword and it retreated.
Now, Austin's goal was to defeat the dummy and collect the vital energy crystals after passing fifty-meter line, and not flirt with Denali.
He knew that he could undoubtedly pass through the test with his current strength.
But, what he was really concerned about was how many pieces of vital energy crystals he could get during the test.
It was why he didn't want to stop even for a second at the last five meters.
As he ran, dummies sometimes sprang out towards him from both sides of the aisle.
Austin was unfazed as he simply used his vital energy to fearlessly kick and punch the dummies.
While his cultivation level was currently at the sixth level of Energy Gathering Realm, his thick vital energy resembled those of seventh or eighth level of Energy Gathering Realm cultivators.
The sound of fighting echoed down the aisle, and all the dummies that attacked Austin were knocked down by his strong vital energy.
He took advantage of his Wind-commanding Skill to smoothl
n!" he declared, as if he was speaking to real people and not to dummies.
A smile was etched on his lips as he looked at the first dummy beside the fifty-meter line.
He took a token out, and dangled it in front of the dummy's eyes.
"Hey, attack me! I'm here to fight you!" he shouted.
He yelled at it several times, but the dummy remained motionless as a statue.
"Hey, fight me!"
"I said fight me!"
He tried to pat the dummy on the head with his token, but to no avail.
The dummy just stood there blankly in front of him.
"Can't you move? Let me help you."
Austin was irritated by the dummy, so he mustered up his vital energy and gave the dummy a heavy punch.
The dummy was shocked by the vibration from the vital energy, and it finally moved.
It awakened like an asleep man and hurriedly stretched its arms out to resist Austin's attack.
"Haha, I did it. I'm going to be rich this time!" Austin declared. He laughed triumphantly as he continued to punch the dummy.
The dummy tried to defend himself, but Austin delivered blow after blow.
It turned out that the dummy reacted to the humans' vital energy attacks.
"Bang bang!"
With just two punches, Austin had knocked the dummy down. Sparks appeared when its iron body scratched against the slate ground.
Then, the dummy opened its mouth. After a jingle-like sound, the vital energy crystals fell to the ground.
Austin had gained twenty more pieces of vital energy crystals.
Austin only became more energetic. He rolled up his sleeves and proceeded to provoke the rest of the dummies in succession.