"Austin, it's you!
You made it!"
A figure quickly rushed over and landed on the edge of the cliff, letting out a loud surprised exclamation at the sight of Austin.
"Ingram, congratulations! You made it as well!"
Pleasant surprise broke over Austin's face when he saw Ingram as well. He didn't expect that Ingram would pass the test immediately after him.
Without a doubt, this proved that Ingram was more talented and even better than Otis.
In fact, Ingram didn't even belong to the three thousand big and small universes.
He became Devin's apprentice when he traveled into the Sea of Chaos.
This time, he was chosen to be sent to the Fallen Divine Valley for the mission, indicating that people attached great importance on him.
"Ha-ha! Austin, you're truly gifted. You successfully passed the test in such a short time and have been waiting here since then.
How long have you been waiting here anyway?"
Ingram's curiosity could be easily seen.
"It's been almost a year,"
Austin honestly answered.
"Oh! You've been waiting for such a long time!"
A bitter smile replaced the stunned expression on Ingram's face.
"Austin, you really blew me away!"
Although Ingram's confidence was boosted to greater heights after he passed the test, Austin stepped all over his ambitions by passing an entire year earlier than him. It was beyond any and all of his expectations for Austin to make it through so long ago.
"To some degree, you're an actual monster, Austin. No one can possibly compare with you!"
Ingram commented, the bitter smile on his face never fading.
It seemed like he was secretly competing with Austin in the hopes of figuring out which one of them was more talented.
Slapped with reality, he had no choice but to admit defeat!
"Don't make fun of me, Ingram."
Austin shrugged, not denying nor accepting Ingram's praise.
In fact, in terms of age, Ingram was at least several thousand years old, ten thousand years old even. Based on age, he was definitely Austin's senior.
It was just a bit absurd that he was actually competing with Austin, a junior secretly.
Helpless laughter burst in Austin's heart but he made sure to keep his expression perfectly neutral.
"Ingram, let's wait for the others here,"
Austin suggested after an awkward lull of silence between them.
"Sure.
I've been fighting nonstop and accumulated a lot of experience. It would be a good chance for me to digest it,"
Ingram agreed with a nod. After a moment, he sat down cross legged and began to meditate.
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some natural born dangerous terrains in the world called the land of death. Even a divine god wouldn't dare to enter it.
I didn't expect that there would be so many lands of death in the Fallen Divine Valley!
Moreover, those lands of death are difficult to identify and distinguish. Only when one is trapped in it would he realized that it's such a land.
It seems that our next journey will be extremely difficult!
Alas!"
Pure worry could be seen on Otis' face as he let out a long sigh.
"Yes, it's very difficult to accurately identify and avoid those lands of death unless a Earth Master leads the way.
However, there aren't many Earth Masters anymore.
Moreover, we're already in the Fallen Divine Valley.
Where are we going to find an Earth Master to lead the way for us?"
Bernie sadly sighed.
"Unless we're extremely lucky, that's impossible!
Anyway, good luck to us,"
Magee echoed with a shake of his head.
"I see. So the next test is to test our luck!
I guess only those with great luck can successfully avoid all the lands of death and safely pass the next test!"
Otis softly suggested.
"That's right!
The next test is a test of luck!"
The rest of them were also enlightened by Otis' words.
Of course, Austin already thought of all of that.
"But I have a question for Austin. You said you already explored the area ahead.
How did you pass through those lands of death and avoided them again to safely return here to wait for us?"
A puzzled expression was clear on Bernie's face as he looked at Austin.
"Speaking of it, how did you do that?"
All of them were shocked at the realization and stared as one at Austin with similar expressions filled with confusion.