Time slowly passed. Ever since hearing the wolf howls earlier, Ye Ling had remained on high alert.
At this moment, he had no intention of resting peacefully.
In this Secret Realm, perhaps resting during the day was the correct approach.
At night, one needed to be constantly vigilant to avoid being ambushed by various demons.
However, the visibility at night was too low.
Even Ye Ling didn’t dare to be too reckless and intentionally hunt demons at night.
Blood Phantom was just one person; it was impossible for her to protect him constantly while hunting demons.
This was clearly not feasible.
Therefore, the demon hunting was reserved for daytime.
“Awooo~!”
At this moment, a wolf howl suddenly echoed.
Compared to before, this howl was clearly much closer.
“They’ve come, just as expected,” Ye Ling thought to himself.
As he had anticipated, the keen-scented demon wolves had tracked him down.
Ye Ling, now fully alert, tightly gripped the steel-like feather he had obtained from the Steel-winged Bird.
Although it wasn’t edible, it made for a decent weapon.
At least it was very sharp.
Even against demon wolves, this Steel-winged Bird feather could pierce through.
At this moment, outside the cave, the sky was filled with dark clouds, blocking the moonlight.
The Secret Realm, which had a faint glimmer of light, was now plunged into complete darkness.
Of course, this wasn’t just the case for Ye Ling; the entire Secret Realm was like this.
Some timid students were trembling in their chosen shelters.
Because nighttime was the prime time for many Magic Beasts.
Night was more dangerous, and a single misstep could cost one’s life.
Of course, those powerful students didn’t care at all.
They were very confident in their abilities and weren’t worried about demons seeking them out.
Skyshine City’s three top families, besides the Huo family, included the Li family and the Zhang family.
Members of these two families also participated in this assessment.
The Li family’s second son, Li Shengtian, was also the top student in his class, with a First Rank Eighth Level strength.
His Spiritual Pet was a Rock Golem, whose strength was not inferior to Huo Xian’er’s Earth Azure Dragon.
In fact, Li Shengtian had been at the First Rank Eighth Level for much longer than Huo Xian’er.
The Zhang family’s head’s daughter, Zhang Shengnan, also participated in this assessment.
Although very beautiful, she often dressed as a man, practically a man among women.
With a First Rank Seventh Level strength, her Spiritual Pet was even more unique.
It was a flying type Spiritual Pet, the Storm Hawk.
Compared to others’ Spiritual Pets, Zhang Shengnan’s Storm Hawk, although only at the First Rank Seventh Level, could fly in the sky.
This was a significant advantage.
Flying Spiritual Pets were relatively rare.
In the second stage of the battle, if the opponent had no means to counter aerial attacks, dealing with Zhang Shengnan would be very difficult.
But even these prodigies didn’t dare to act recklessly at night.
They all found suitable places to quietly wait for dawn.
Zhang Shengnan’s chosen shelter was somewhat special; it was on a huge treetop.
This tree was at least tens of meters high from the ground.
Ground demons wouldn’t notice that someone was on this treetop.
As for aerial demons, with the Storm Hawk by her side, Zhang Shengnan wasn’t worried at all.
Leaning against the tree trunk, Zhang Shengnan gazed into the distance, murmuring to herself.
“I wonder… how Xian’er is doing?”
Yes, the Xian’er Zhang Shengnan mentioned was Huo Xian’er.
The two were very close friends, practically besties.
After all, Zhang Shengnan was just more masculine, but she was still a girl.
But even so, Zhang Shengnan had feelings for Huo Xian’er beyond friendship.
She wanted to be with Huo Xian’er forever.
Yes, Zhang Shengnan was what people called a lesbian.
However, Huo Xian’er was unaware of this.
She always saw Zhang Shengnan as her best friend, with no other thoughts.
As for Huo Xian’er, she didn’t even need to find a shelter.
The Earth Azure Dragon itself was enormous, lying there like a small mountain.
Huo Xian’er hid directly under the Earth Azure Dragon’s head, and no demon dared to provoke such a colossal creature.
…
Outside the Secret Realm, not much time had passed.
After all, the flow of time was different. The representatives in the stands were curious about how many students would be eliminated overnight.
Previously, dozens of students had already been eliminated.
Some were lucky and were teleported out with minor injuries, taken to the medical room by the staff outside.
The unlucky ones had no remains left.
To these representatives, this was nothing unusual.
Everyone had gone through this; they knew how brutal it was.
But this brutality now was better than facing even harsher realities in the future.
Before long, another student was teleported out.
This one was in a miserable state, missing a hand, with the right arm severed, rendered crippled.
Blood was still dripping from the wound, with exposed bones and jagged edges.
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