"Valerie! Perform well! Let those guys see your strength!"

Someone behind her shouted out, it seemed to be her teammate.

The woman named Valerie took a deep breath and quickly walked to the center of the arena.

This was a city-like environment area, with various walls and obstacles that greatly obstructed her field of view.

Others could stand in the stands to observe.

Because the stands were relatively high, they could still clearly see what was happening inside.

Meanwhile, outside the training ground, there was also a holographic projection screen broadcasting the scenes inside in real-time.

Everyone could see Valerie's surroundings clearly through the screen's perspective effect.

As the first newcomer to enter the arena, Valerie seemed calm on the surface, but she was actually very nervous inside.

Although the outrageously young instructor briefly explained the rules before she came in.

But being under the watchful eyes of everyone still made her a bit uneasy.

"Focus! Your test will start after the countdown ends, always pay attention to your surroundings!"

Aaron's voice sounded in her ear, followed by an electronic voice:

"Dodge test is about to start, please prepare..."

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

With a "beep," Valerie felt a gust of wind behind her head.

A faint whistling noise passed by her ear, and a transparent illusion went straight through her body, then disappeared.

"Beep! Detection complete!"

"Trainee: Valerie Strauss, score for this test: 0 points, please keep trying."

At this moment, the whole arena fell silent.

Including Valerie herself, all the Hunters stared dumbly at the scoreboard above the large screen.

The large and dazzling 0 left them speechless.

What just happened?

How did it fail just like that?

Clearly, the test had just started.

As a top-tier Hunter, did Valerie not even have the time to react and got hit directly by the monster?

They saw it clearly.

Just as the countdown ended, a mimicking illusion monster suddenly appeared from its dormant state on the wall behind Valerie, striking her back directly.

"So, the test actually started when she just entered..."

Morris realized, having guessed a little.

Normally, Valerie would not have been caught off guard and ambushed by the monster.

After all, every Bounty Hunter present had at least consumed two bottles of Sun Essence, boosting their physical fitness to the human peak.

And captains like myself and Terence had consumed four bottles or more.

But in reality, Valerie failed as soon as she started.

Because after entering the arena, she made a fatal mistake by not carefully observing her surroundings.

Morris believed that, on a real mission, she would not have been so careless, as it concerned her life.

But this was just a test, and the inertia made Valerie think everything would truly start after the countdown ended.

In reality, some monsters had already been lurking here.

Thinking of this, Morris carefully observed again through the perspective screen in front of him.

He found at least four or five mimic monsters' hiding spots, all very close to Valerie.

At this moment, he began to feel lucky for not being in the front position, otherwise, the outcome might have been the same as that woman's.

"Valerie Strauss, first score is 0, now proceeding to the second test."

Aaron announced the start of the second test expressionlessly.

As he finished speaking, all the building images inside the arena flickered and changed.

The entire layout of the dodge training ground was directly reset.

"This..."

Morris drew in a breath of cold air.

This gave no chance at all!

He had been thinking that, if he was up later, he could benefit a bit from the forerunners.

At least know where those lurking monsters were.

But what he didn't expect was that not only were the monsters virtual projections, even the entire arena's buildings were fake!

In such a place, there's no such thing as familiarizing yourself with the map in advance!

Because each start will be a random new map!

"Whoosh!"

A whistling sound arose, and a completely black monster brushed past Valerie, then vanished into the dark.

"She evaded it!"

The crowd's eyes lit up, she dodged the first monster's attack.

Having suffered once, even with little time to observe, Valerie still spotted the first lurking creature near her.

However, the next second, the ground suddenly shattered.

A giant plant root "broke through the ground," instantly hitting the woman who couldn't react in time, ending the test forcibly again.

"Trainee: Valerie Strauss, this test's score is: 1 point, please keep trying."

The cold prompt sounded for the second time, and this time, Valerie had no more chances.

Aaron directly announced her final score—1 point.

Valerie still had a somewhat disbelief look.

It all happened so suddenly.

She never thought that despite being prepared, her final score would only be a pitiful 1 point.

She looked quite upset, having lost face in front of so many peers.

The teammate who encouraged her earlier also remained silent, and the whole team felt a bit embarrassed.

"I...I... Instructor, can I have another chance? This time I definitely won't be careless..."

Valerie tried to negotiate with Aaron, only to be categorically refused.

"No, you've used both chances, next one."

The second in line was also a Black man, but much more robust than the former.

This was a muscular Black man, comparable in build to Jiko in Morris's team.

"Dodge test is about to start, please prepare..."

The familiar electronic voice sounded again, and the environment around the Black man changed to a new scene.

Then...

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"

Around him, three monsters attacked simultaneously.

The Black man could only dodge the first, and was enveloped by the other two.

"Trainee: Maggy Figuero, this test's score is: 1 point, please keep trying."

Test over!

The Black man stared incredulously at the spot where the three monsters disappeared, deeply shocked.

"How are there three monsters! This isn't fair!!"

Aaron just glanced at him casually, too lazy to explain, and said directly:

"Maggy Figuero, first score is 1, now proceeding to the second test."

Morris observed, with a serious expression.

He had already noticed something from the previous test.

It was completely different from what he initially imagined.

The testing environment here is very advanced, and those monsters aren't just fake projections.

Everything in the scene is very close to reality.

The surrounding environment would coordinate with their movements, generating corresponding dynamics.

Even the friction of limbs against air and slight wind changes were perfectly simulated.

This high-tech simulation practically recreated a real scenario.

Except for not being able to physically interact with the projections, everything else was almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

Such a discovery left him surprised and delighted.

Bear in mind, this was just a normal C3-level arena in the Star Alliance.

Above, there were more advanced arenas for Awakeners, like B-level and even A-level...

He wondered what those places would be like.

Morris started looking forward to the next training plan.

Below, the training continued.

The environment of the arena changed again, and the second test for the Black man began quickly.

This time, the Black man, who planned to make a comeback, was even worse off than the first time.

A laser-like beam came from a distant building, piercing his chest instantly.

"Trainee: Maggy Figuero, this test's score is: 0 points, please keep trying."

"..."

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