Among the 382,349 participants, only a little over a hundred thousand had managed to penetrate through the barrier of boulders before dawn. Those who arrived late struggled even more because of the lack of vital air and the excess heat permeating through the whole tunnel. Fighting in such an environment was not something they were prepared for, so the number that failed was quite high.And those that passed were all allowed to rest and eat for four hours in the indoor town before the second round began.The second round was simple. Crush a coconut with one’s foot without slipping and falling on one’s butt. One hour was the time limit for everyone. No weapons must be used. Drive, of course, could be used. In case someone fell to the floor while trying to break the coconut, they wouldn’t get eliminated but would just be given a fresh coconut and was told to break it before the time limit.People used all kinds of foot-striking techniques they could think of to break the coconut. By the

Normally, the official disciples wouldn’t wear uniforms all the time, as there wasn’t a strict dress code followed in the Evergreat Sect. However, since outsiders were pouring in through the Great Grove, even the foot disciples of the Evergreat sect were slipping on plain jackets that had the symbol of the sect. They escorted the competitors and guests to different halls, where any troublemakers would be spirited away to Folberg, a mountain named after a guy who believeD whatever his heart said and blindly acted on it.Unlike the typical competitors who would be participating in the Youth Games, the guests of the event didn’t necessarily come through the Great Gate. Some of them came through the aerial route, especially the knights and lords of some provinces.Even those from the Four Great Sects, excluding the Evergreat sect, also didn’t necessarily enter through the Great Grove, for they had a prestige to maintain, so they arrived in their own fashion.About a hundred or so people c

Bontu was still roaming around in the Great Light zone.Just when he was thinking of leaving, he noticed a woman in hood talking to the Ogvi Warriors. He couldn’t see her, but the breeze brought her scent to him, and it felt strangely familiar.“Is she…” his hands began to shake from a strange sense of excitement. He hid himself behind a wall and watched. Since just watching wasn’t helping him, he strained his sense of hearing, hoping he’d be able to overhear a bit of the conversation. However, he heard nothing. “Are they using some kind of sound barrier? They must be.”He patiently waited. Once the hooded woman was leaving, he snatched a mask that was next to a sleeping person and secretly followed her. She was heading to the Great Joint where the outer disciples stayed.After going some distance, she stopped in the middle of the woods and glanced back. Bontu immediately hid behind a tree. (Did she sense me? No. I’m confident in my stealth. There’s no wind here, and I’ve kept myself

The fog took everyone to the testing grounds of the outer disciples, where the stage was set. Not a literal stage, but plenty of long-distance targets for the participants to strike. There was thicker fog moving about, hanging low from above the ground. Venel’s mother, Alysse Green, a master of the Evergreat sect announced with loud vocals that reached all the ears around, “The Spear Chasing Sect chose the first round this time. All you have to do is strike the targets floating in the sky using whatever means you have, but of course, the one who hits from afar will get more points than the one who hits from a closer distance. Needless to say, you only get once chance, and if you miss landing a strike, you fail.” “We have to hit those floating boulders?” some of the disciples frowned. “The closest one itself is at least hundred meters away.” “Wait, is one of those stones moving?” “That’s not all. They are being screened by the fog, and it’s no ordinary fog. It will likely thwart any

Over eighty percent of the participants passed the first round.The ones who lost received money and gifts from the merchants sponsoring the Youth Games before they were sent home.As for those who entered the second round, they were told to go back to their lodgings and wait until further announcement.Though no information about the second round was given, everyone knew that the Honeywell sect would decide what type of event should be held. So, naturally, many disciples tried to get on the good side of the disciples of the Honeywell sect to get some prior information about the second round.Later that night.“Did you see Gossini?” Edgar asked Fabby, as they were resting in the camps provided by the Evergreat sect for its sect members. “I didn’t see her in the first round.” He felt strangely bad because he thought she would participate.“I’m sure she participated,” replied Fabby.“Yeah,” she assured. “Despite how she looks, introvert and all, I think she’s highly competitive.”“You’r