Void Cultivation

With Grey spearheading their formation, the team marched into the arena. Everyone waited for the voice for say "Go". Everyone's eyes were focused raptly on them. Wanting to see if they had a way to pass this test.

The moment the voice said 'Go'. Grey took off in an instant. Ange and Zayne following behind him. Sylvia catching up. One of the guillotines suddenly moved towards their team.

When everyone saw this, the anticipation in their eyes died down. As they saw Grey rushing forth, the guillotines would fling him away and would his teammates.

Even the man who said 'Go' seemed to have disappointment in his eyes. He thought Grey had finally figured it out.

But what he did next shocked everyone. As the guillotines swiftly approached with speed that no one could rival, he took a step to the right and punched out with his hand.

Bang!

A loud bang rang out and everyone was amazed to see that the guillotine was stopped by Grey's punch. Everyone except for his team members was frozen and passed through the path that Grey had cleared for them.

No one had expected this at all. Instead of blood and severed flesh like they were all expecting, Grey had stopped the guillotine with his bare hand, letting his teammates pass through safely without harm.

One had to know that the guillotine carried at least two thousand kilogram if force when it came down. But Grey stopped it with his bare hands.

And so with Grey leading his teammates safely to the top, they reached the end of the arena. Not even a drop of sweat on their faces.

"Team seventeen passed?" The voice spoke again. This time with confusion. Even he was confused just like everyone.

The truth about the guillotines was that to avoid them one had to walk in the right sequence with fast speed. When he had seen Grey step up confidently, he thought that he had finally figured it out. But who would have thought that he would use bare force to push through. His teammates did not even break a sweat.

"Time; one minute thirteen seconds." The voice announced before everyone suddenly burst out with words.

"But how?"

"Is that allowed?"

"Who is that guy?"

"Did you see his hair... and face!"

"Humph, I can also do that! Just you see!"

Those were the words spoken by the youths when the saw the brazen method Grey used to pass the first test. Making their team the first to pass the test.

"How did you do that?" Sylvia asked with a stunned expression on her face. She had also not expected to barge with with brute force alone. From the previous attempt, she had seen that the guillotines carried a hug amount of force and that stopping it was near impossible. No one had thought of stopping it either. Love this story? Show support at MV2LEMPYR.

"I don't know myself. At first a saw a sequence but noticed that it won't work if all of us did it at the same time. So I thought about stopping the guillotines to let us pass through." He said with a wry smile as he massaged his trembling hand.

No matter how he made it look easy, he knew that each force was close to two thousand kilograms of force. He just bet on his strength that he could do it and it worked.

The guillotines had a special program that made it conscious of flesh. At most it wouldn't completely sever limbs, but could cause some serious injuries for those that took it head on. Besides, the guillotines blades were already blunt after so many years.

With his display of strength, they were the first team to pass the first combat test. Grey's actions also made Sylvia acknowledge him as their captain and even Alice did not glare at him any more.

"Your team gets fifty points. Ten for each of you. You passed! On to the next round!" The man said once more after he regained his composure. Many of the examinees had also gotten themselves back and looked the team standing at the end of the arena.

Grey performance was just to outstanding! He had singe handedly brought his team through the first test. Making it look easy. Although this hand trembled repeatedly for a few minutes, many were not able to notice it due to the distance. He did not even give anyone the feeling he was strong.

His appearance was that of a delicate young boy toy. Yep, that was the ladies thoughts on him. As for the guys, they looked at him with jealously. After all he was gaining the attention of all the ladies.

They were still teenagers after all and just entering puberty. If course his actions would invoke some sort of emotion in both genders.

And so they were teleported away in a beam of light and when they appeared, they were in a large room with with several hundred people as well who had passed the first test from their batches.

As soon as they appeared, they found themselves in front of a giant dragon statue at least thirty meters tall. The statue was just sitting there as if in a lotus position with its eyes closed, but everyone was feeling a sense of nausea just from looking at it.

An old man appeared over the statue and said. "Welcome to the second test. This is a comprehension test! If you comprehend ten percent of dragon's eyes, you will get one point. If you comprehend twenty percent, you will get two points. For each percent you complete, a point will be given to you. You have to comprehend at least thirty percent in the next one hour to pass this test. Good luck!" As soon as the old man finished talking, the dragon statue opened it's eyes and everyone felt like they were currently in vertigo.

The old man vanished into the air soon after. As if in unison, everyone sat down cross legged on the floor and began to comprehend.

As soon as the old man finished talking, Grey's team had already sat down on the floor and began to comprehend dragon's eyes. A sense of nausea and vertigo hitting them constantly but they gazes did not falter and they continued to stare a the statue as if in a staring contest.

This was a comprehensive test, so it meant that only you alone could pass it. No one else could help you. It was between you, yourself and your comprehensive abilities.