After some minor incidents, it was finally the turn of Sumu, the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, the largest villain organization.
However, he had already figured out the operating principle of the Questioning Instrument, which was similar to Shadow's mind-reading ability and could identify the fluctuations of thoughts when answering questions.
This level of soul-searching was completely child's play for him, but to be on the safe side, he took out a dark gold Ouroboros pocket watch from his pocket, pretending to check the time, but actually hypnotizing himself to temporarily block out the memory of the seven deadly sins.
"Name."
"Sumu."
The examiner frowned slightly and looked at the unresponsive instrument. Since the instrument did not respond, it meant that the man was not lying. It seemed that the previous judgment was wrong and he was not a noble.
"Where are you from?"
"Star City."
"Are you a spy sent by another empire?"
"no."
"Have you ever joined any domestic reactionary organization, such as the Seven Deadly Sins or the Revolutionary Army?"
"No." Pride, the head of the seven deadly sins, said so.
"You passed, next one."
The test lasted until dark. Finally, everyone finished the test and the examiner asked everyone to go back and rest. The Enforcement Bureau prepared a separate room for everyone and required no one to leave the Enforcement Bureau for any reason.
Su Mu naturally did not leave the Law Enforcement Bureau. He was busy with dream hypnosis. Since he came here, how could he not develop some subordinates?
He did not try to hypnotize those silver transcendents as the risk was too great, so he only found some clerical staff and low-level bronze transcendents to hypnotize.
He hypnotizes people wherever he goes. This is a good habit he has developed. Sooner or later, there will be people belonging to him in every corner of this world.
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The next day.
Everyone gathered together again at the training ground, but the number of people was less than half than before.
Some people who were interested discovered something. They found that all the people gathered this time were those who were assigned to Area 3 yesterday, and all of them were Silver One.
The three examiners from yesterday appeared again.
"I'm sure you've guessed it. Today's test is an actual battle. Although the Empire needs nightmare apostles, it doesn't need trash. In the dangerous nightmare world, a teammate who holds you back is far more terrifying than the enemy. So today's eliminated will be among you, the Silver Ones."
The examiner's words naturally caused dissatisfaction among some people. It was unfair to eliminate only those from the Silver Class.
But no one dared to say anything. This is how the world is. Strength is respected. It’s your fault that you are not Silver II.
"Next, you will be randomly divided into groups and fight against each other in pairs. It doesn't matter if you lose, because elimination has nothing to do with winning or losing. It is a scoring system. You must show your strength as much as possible in the battle. As long as you pass the score, you will not be eliminated."
At this time, someone asked: "What is the grading standard?"
"There are three scoring criteria. The first is combat experience. There is no need to explain this. Due to the differences in everyone's laws, some people are good at fighting, while others are good at other aspects. Therefore, we do not use strength as the absolute standard, but instead look at your combat experience.
If a person who is not good at fighting encounters an opponent who is good at fighting, his score will not be low as long as he demonstrates the appropriate level of experience.
The second is the diversity of abilities. Naturally, this mission of exploring the nightmare world cannot be composed entirely of combatants. The team must be as diverse as possible, with those responsible for exploration, treatment, and so on... So once you demonstrate your unique abilities in battle, we will also give you extra points based on actual needs.
The third is the experience of exploring the nightmare world. The judging criteria is very simple, that is, the number of nightmare worlds experienced. What we want are experienced nightmare apostles, so the number of nightmares you tested yesterday has been counted as part of today's score.
Be careful if you have explored less than 5 times. If you cannot perform well in the first two items, there is a high probability that you will be eliminated. "
At this point, the examiner glanced at Su Mu implicitly. He was deeply impressed by this young man, his aristocratic temperament, and the last number of nightmares.
In his opinion, the first person to be eliminated among this group might be Sumu.
"Alright, those whose names are called will go up to the stage to compete. Remember, this competition is mainly for display, and no one is allowed to be disabled or killed without reason.
The first group, Liu Ming versus Li Yuan. "
The two people whose names were called quickly walked onto the ring and started fighting under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The two men stared at each other solemnly, and neither of them made the first move. As both were Silver One, no one dared to claim victory easily, especially when they were not sure of their opponent's abilities.
In a battle between people of the same level, the factors that determine victory or defeat are often the mutual restraint of abilities, combat experience, and intelligence.
The two men confronted each other for a moment, and finally Liu Ming couldn't bear it anymore. He growled, his muscles bulged, and a metallic luster flashed on his skin. He rushed towards Li Yuan like a human Tyrannosaurus Rex.
As he took action, everyone immediately knew Liu Ming's Silver Law. There was nothing they could do because this law was too common. It was the Silver Law [Servant of Power].
When Li Yuan saw that Liu Ming was the [Follower of Strength], his originally solemn expression suddenly relaxed, and a faint disdainful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He raised his right foot and stomped heavily on the ring.
Boom!
The arena suddenly began to shake violently as if an earthquake had occurred. Spider-web-like cracks appeared on the originally smooth arena, and the cracks quickly spread towards Liu Ming's feet, as if they had their own tracking system.
"This is... Silver Sequence 40 [Trampling the Earth]! It can control the power of the earth. Liu Ming is finished." The experienced Nightmare Apostle recognized Li Yuan's law at the first time.
As expected, Liu Ming felt his feet go empty while running wildly and he almost fell to the ground. However, his strong physique allowed him to regain his balance. He stepped on the gravel and jumped out of the crack.
But the rubble around seemed to come alive and gathered together madly, turning into stone spikes that pierced towards Liu Ming.
Liu Ming sneered and had no defense at all. He was absolutely confident in his body, but the next second the sneer froze on his face, because these spikes were not meant to pierce him, but to cross each other, pass through the gaps in his arms, ankles, etc., and pierce him.
The restrained Liu Ming was immediately furious. The shape of the stone lock looked very much like a whole roasted lamb, which was being roasted by someone. He was about to use force to break the stone lock, but more and more stone spikes rose from the ground and buried him.
Liu Ming struggled desperately. Every time he broke the stone spikes, more stone spikes appeared. He could never defeat them all.
The battle instantly turned into a war of attrition. It was difficult for the stone spikes to break through Liu Ming's defense, but Liu Ming also couldn't break free from the restraints in a short time.
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