Chapter 371: The Practice Trial... Part-3.

Chapter 371: The Practice Trial... Part-3.



'It's this way...'

Rio started to follow that strange feeling that was calling him towards itself. It's as if it had some kind of connection to him.

Usually such things only happen to 'Protagonist' type characters; for this to happen with Rio means that this is the result of his own interference with this world.

It's the butterfly effect that he created himself.

'Well, I kind of already know what it is...'

Wherever he passed through, the traps got deactivated due to the corruption of miasma, and even the floor and walls became darker than before as the lingering effects of miasmic corruption remained intact even after he left.

'I wonder if I can even infiltrate the demon race if I stay in this state... Right now, I don't look much different than a demon...'

Rio sighed to himself and took a few turns along the way and while thinking various things in his mind.

He even searched through all the closed rooms that he came across just in case there were any of the team members stuck there, but all of them were empty, and only one of them had a decayed skeleton sitting inside.

It likely belonged to someone who accidentally entered this hidden building and got stuck in the room for a very long time; eventually the other party died from lack of food and stuff.

Although high-ranking awakeners can survive on mana and don't need to eat, that closed, small room has a limited amount of mana; once you stay there for too long, you will end up using all of it.

Then there will be no mana left in the surroundings, and you will eventually starve to death.

This method is so effective that it can work on everyone at S-rank or below. You just need to confine them in a mana-isolated place for a long time, and the other party will starve to death.

But you can't starve SS-rankers; they can draw mana from the void directly, and they also have the ability to open teleportation portals, so it's pointless to try to confine them in one place.

They can easily teleport out of there, and there's no artifacts or equipment in the current world that are strong enough to block the teleportation ability of SS-rankers.

Only other SS-rankers can block their fellow SS-rankers teleportation ability.

'Fenix and the Dragon King are likely the only two who are able to move freely in this place without worrying about a single thing...'

Just when Rio was busy thinking about how amazing it would be to become an SS-ranker, a massive golem appeared in front of him when he turned left on an intersection.

The golem noticed his presence instantly, and it immediately attacked with its massive right fist.

'A golem made out of Adamantine!?'

Even Rio was shocked to see such a scene. Not to mention the whole building, but even the golems guarding it were built with Adamantine; this situation is simply too absurd.

Rio didn't even bother fighting that slow-moving beast; he directly jumped to the side and went inside the hidden room behind the wall.

The golem's fist hit ground, and an extremely strong shockwave spread everywhere in the corridor.

Thankfully, Rio had already dodged the attack, or he would have been smashed into a meat paste by this attack, as even the shadowrobe can't withstand a full-power attack from a semi- SS rank golem.

Blood flowed out of his severed arm like a fountain and painted the floor made up of rare items in dark red.

Although his arm was bleeding like crazy, Rio's expression still didn't change, as he was unable to feel pain in the first place.

He de-summoned his sword and re-summoned it so that he wouldn't need to go outside to grab it, as that would be too dangerous.

'Tch, even my healing technique can't heal such a fatal injury; I need to stop the bleeding... ugh, and it's been a while since I suffered such a severe injury...'

Rio sighed to himself and brought out a high-ranking healing potion from his space ring.

Once he drank the potion, the bleeding stopped, and his severed arm grew back in a matter of

seconds.

'That was very dangerous... If I was even a little late, those bullet-like fingers would have hit my head instead of my arm... At that point, I would have been dead...'

Ever since Rio came to this strange place, he has nearly avoided death so many times that he has even forgotten the count of it.

This place is so dangerous that no one at Rank S or below will be able to survive here for long.

'Originally, I wasn't worried about Lia as Kai is with her, but... after seeing these golems... I am not so sure...'

'I just hope that she stays put in one place until I or the SS-rankers find her... that will increase her survival chances more...'

Aside from her, Link and Selain are the ones who have the lowest chance of survival right now.

'Maybe Selain has some lifesaving techniques too, but I am not sure about Link though...' Right now, Rio is hoping that none of his teammates ends up meeting these golems, or the end result will be very miserable.

'Ugh, Fenix and the Dragon King... Both of them are such unreliable people... If it was me who was an SS ranker, I would have already rescued everyone...'

After shaking his head and calming himself down, Rio chose to follow the same method as

before.

He hopped from one hidden room to another to avoid getting attacked by that golem again; this was a much safer method after all.

In this way, he kept getting more and more closer to his destination, which was calling him towards itself with great enthusiasm now.

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Author's Notes!

Yo! It's your beloved author here!

Question of the day.

If given the option, whom would you like to stay with during this practice test?

(You can't choose Fenix or Idri though...)

By the way, don't forget to use those power stones!!