Chapter 89 - : Stormy Desert

The two-person trial was an invitation.

When one party chooses a trial, the other party will be invited.

Once Ling Yi found the “Storm Desert” among the trial events and invited “Nightingale_Chirping” from his forum’s friend list, the two of them disappeared from the main world.

…

Storm Desert.

[Trial Requirement: Survive for 10 minutes.]

[Possible Support Skills: Sand Shield, Storm Acceleration, Light and Shadow Substitute, Destruction Continuation, Elemental Martial Body]

This was a standard survival training.

The longer they survived, the higher their score will be.

The two knew that the 10 minutes stated on the trial requirements was just the bare minimum.

If they couldn’t last for 10 minutes, they would only receive the lowest E-rank evaluation.

Only once they reach the 10-minute mark, the rank will be raised to a D.

When they entered the trial scene, Lin Ye first noticed the dark and gloomy sky.

Ling Yi, who was wearing a summer outfit, stood in this boundless desert. He couldn’t help but feel a little cold as the wind blew against his skin.

He frowned slightly when suddenly an epiphany overcame him. He quickly seized control of all the winds nearby and calmed them down.

Without the clamor of the cold wind, the vast desert suddenly became quiet.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the woman beside him.

The woman was tall, and her long legs were a big emphasis to that. She also had a rather alluring face.

There were thin strands that hung down to the sides of her cheeks, shaping her face, while the back of her hair was tied into a braid, which she swung behind her back.

She was wearing a light yellow sports suit that fit her perfectly. If one didn’t know better, they would think that she was a coach from a gym.

A long sword made of blue water was held in her right hand, and she wore a bracelet made of three golden feathers connected together.

“Hello. Nice to meet you. My surname is Yun. You can just call me Sister Yun.”

When he looked over, the woman who called herself Sister Yun, smiled in extreme politeness and extended a friendly hand to him.

Ling Yi eyed suspiciously at her exaggerated yet reserved attitude. His mouth almost twitched into a frown. “My surname is Ling. You can also call me Brother Ling.”

As he spoke, he reached out and shook her hand.

“Alright then. Let’s discuss our plan,” The woman, whose real name was Yun Zixiao, smiled.

After the two shook hands, they tacitly stopped talking and looked into the distance.

At this time, a few hundred meters away, there were humanoid units wrapped in tattered yellow bandages climbing up from the sand.

They were the monsters in this trial scene, the Desert Mummies.

Their only weapon was the yellow bandages on their bodies. They looked torn and tattered, but they were extremely tough. Once they were caught by them and managed to wrap around your body, it would be tough to escape.

Then the bandages will absorb the moisture from their victim until they’re sucked dry and turned into a dry corpse.

So, if he wanted to survive, the main thing to do was to avoid getting entangled with them.

“You can control the wind?” Yun Zixiao asked as her eyes roamed around the area.

“Yes,”

“Looks like we have a chance to get that S-rank score.”

Other than the Desert Mummies, the storms and the strong and dusty wind also threatened the challenger’s life.

Having the ability to control the wind meant that they minimized the risk by half.

Yun Zixiao raised the orange-yellow whistle hanging around his neck and smiled at him. “This is the Whistle Of The Undead that specifically counters the desert mummies. As long as I keep blowing it, these monsters won’t dare to get close.”

“I originally wanted to bring you to an A-rank event, but now it seems… We’ve helped each other.”

Ling Yi glanced at her in surprise and replied with a soft, “It seems so,”

Then, he saw “Sister Yun” put away her water sword and start to whistle.

Fweep…

Fweep…

Fweep…

She blew for half a minute in one breath before continuing to blow into the whistle again.

During this time, Ling Yi only needed to stabilize the wind around him.

‘Hmm… Gotta wonder, though. Why did she have her weapon ready as soon as she entered?‘

‘Could it be… In this two-person trial, players can fight each other?‘

The monsters in this trial couldn’t be killed, so the weapon was definitely out of the question.

Ling Yi quietly logged into the forum and searched for a moment. Sure enough, he read some information about two players fighting in a two-person trial.

[Shen and Xia fought in the pair trial because they were both pursuing the same woman.]

[A genius from the Sunset Sakura Nation…]

The two-person trial didn’t require a specific gender pair to enter, so you don’t have to enter with your Support Partner.

The only requirement was that the level difference between the two parties must not be more than ten.

Now that he saw the information on the forum, Ling Yi could understand “Sister Yun’s” earlier behavior.

Even if the two of them had a good chat before, it was only limited to the forum. Now that they had met in person, they still had to take precautions.

It was just like a real-life meetup with an online friend that required pepper spray, just in case.

‘No wonder she didn’t even dare to reveal her real name. It seems like she’s a woman who appears friendly on the outside but very cautious on the inside…‘

Ling Yi could relate to that.

He didn’t tell her his name either for the same reason.

As for his face…

If even the cautious “Sister Yun” dared to reveal her appearance in this trial event, he did not need to worry.

The forum does have a camera function to take pictures and recordings. This is probably why God’s Path doesn’t have skills or items that have these features.

If players wanted to use the two forum’s functions, they had to summon a ‘Small Flying Device’ for it.

Without this Small Flying Device, he didn’t have to worry about his face being photographed on God’s Path.

Plus, he couldn’t bring his phone in any way.

The only thing he was worried about was if the two of them were ever to cross paths in the main world, they would most probably be able to recognize each other.

However, the world was so big, and the probability of meeting an “online friend” just by walking around was almost as low as winning the lottery.

A few minutes later, the two of them clearly felt that the difficulty was getting higher and higher.

The most obvious change was the increase in the number of desert mummies.

There were only about 50 to 60 of them when they first entered. But now, they were densely packed around the two of them. With a rough glance, he could estimate about 500 to 600 of them, at least!

And very visibly, Ling Yi could see their fear of the whistle slowly lessened.

Previously, the Desert Mummies would run away as soon as he heard it, but now, not only did they stay their ground, they even dared to crawl over slowly.

Ling Yi raised his head to look at the time.

[Progress: 17 minutes 16 seconds]

“17 minutes! We’re almost out of the A grade,” Ling Yi exclaimed. Turning his head, he saw “Sister Yun” looking exhausted. However, her gaze was unusually determined as she stared at the Desert Mummies.

The look in her eyes was the gaze of a stubborn person, a Player who refused to admit defeat.

‘Without my help, it looks like she would, at least, be able to get an A rank,‘

Using a single Whistle Of The Undead could get an A rank.

Just wind control alone could get an A rank too.

If the two were to take the trial together, the most they could get would also be an A rank.

Because the difficulty was doubled with two people, it made no difference.