NOVEL NEXT Chapter 338: Peak Pettiness
Dragon Spirit saw Daoist Qingmu's gaze fall on Ginsengfruit and his eyes carried a hint of inquiry, he immediately felt displeased.
He disliked Yun Ran, but it didn't stop him from being part of the same interest group with Yun Ran. By rounding up, Ginsengfruit being Yun Ran's little disciple, also made him his own little disciple.
With Yun Ran not around, anyone aiming to target his little disciple, even if temporarily aligned with Yun Ran, was unacceptable.
He immediately reached out, pulling Ginsengfruit behind him.
At the same time, his tone was quite unfriendly as he said to Daoist Qingmu: "What are you looking at! Ever seen a talented little disciple before? Don't even think about any bad ideas!"
Ginsengfruit had noticed Daoist Qingmu's scanning glance, but he wasn't worried, just didn't expect Dragon Spirit to step up and protect him.
"Daoist Long, I mean no harm, just..."
Dragon Spirit, always ready to make a fuss, was not about to give anyone face: "I don't care about your intentions, just don't pry into things that shouldn't be pried into!"
Sensing the clearly raised defenses and prickliness of Dragon Spirit, Daoist Qingmu could only step back, if he couldn't provoke then he could still avoid.
Ginsengfruit originally disliked Dragon Spirit's mouth, but now, this mouth was defending him, which felt pretty good.
However, now was not the time to let Dragon Spirit offend people. Ginsengfruit poked Dragon Spirit's hand: "Rein it in, my master is still competing!"
At this moment, on the competition stage, Yun Ran was looking at the Illusion in front of her, replicated exactly from the scene she remembered in her memory.
Even the grass was the same, she reached out wanting to touch the Poisonous Grass she planted herself, suddenly, a white shadow leapt right out from the flower's bud.
It lunged at Yun Ran's hand, wanting to bite down hard.
After this sudden attack, like a switch had been flipped, all other attacks launched.
The familiar flowers and even the trees around her all seemed to mutate at that moment, launching attacks towards Yun Ran.
From the spectator's view, Yun Ran was standing in the middle, with attacks coming from all directions targeting her.
This was testing not only the competitors' reactions and counterattack abilities but also their mental stability in specific situations.
Yun Ran waved her hand, dispersing the first white shadow, then started flipping and jumping to avoid being hit by the swarm of shadows.
According to rules, the competitors wore clothes that could clearly record the number of times they were hit; exceeding three times would automatically lead to elimination.
Even if someone survived the first wave of attacks, a new wave would soon follow.
Each competition stage during the selection only takes the top 50; to win, one must find a way to stay on the stage.
Numerous white shadows charged at Yun Ran, she single-handedly pulled out an explosive charm she had drawn earlier, and threw it out.
"Explode!"
Following Yun Ran's cry, an explosion sounded, and those white shadows about to surround Yun Ran completely vanished.
Yun Ran successfully dodged the first wave of attacks, the scene of the back mountain of Qingfeng Temple instantly disappeared, replaced by a particularly quiet valley.
The audience, watching the competition in the yellow area was less than ten minutes into the start yet half were already eliminated.
Many spectators were slightly astounded.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I heard before that the selection in the yellow area was particularly tricky, didn't expect it to be true."
"Those white shadows don't seem to have a strong attack power, can't even dodge these? It seems appropriate that these people were eliminated."
"Don't be too quick to judge, you don't know, this Illusion in the yellow area is primarily treacherous, not everyone can keep their guard up in a scene they are familiar with and relaxed in."
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Ginsengfruit, noticing many clothes with pronounced hit marks, originally was not very worried, but couldn't help feeling anxious now.
As he had clearly seen, most were caught off guard by sudden attacks.
Otherwise, it was due to the numerous attacking white shadows, causing them to fumble.
Only a few were alert from the beginning, quickly using the Magic Artifacts on their bodies at signs of trouble.
Now on the stage, there were only a few without traces of attack hits, the rest had one or two marks.
Dragon Spirit, watching Yun Ran easily dodging all attacks, scoffed "Is this it? I thought the selection was tough, waste of my time, I might as well sleep."
Those around him knew his identity, otherwise, given what he just said, he would definitely get beaten up.
Entering the second layer of Illusion, Yun Ran didn't let her guard down just because she passed the first level easily; she knew there were more tricks waiting for her.
"Ouch!"
In the previously quiet valley, suddenly a human voice appeared, Yun Ran followed the sound and saw another competitor.
Upon seeing Yun Ran, the person's first reaction was not happiness at meeting another human, but wariness towards Yu Yunran.
"Are you a human?"
When Yun Ran saw the person clearly, a young woman in her twenties, her clothes had two shocking red marks.
At first glance, they looked like they were slashed by a sharp blade.
Hearing the question, if it were someone with a violent temper, they likely would have started cursing, but from her question, Yun Ran sensed something was amiss.
"Did you encounter someone who isn't human?"
Hearing Yun Ran's reply, for whatever standard the young woman used, she immediately let go of her previous defenses and hastily ran towards Yun Ran.
"I was just attacked. This Illusion can transform into our appearance and then attack us indiscriminately."
"How do you know I'm not transformed?"
"The transformed don't speak."
Yun Ran suddenly understood; although she didn't need to worry about being attacked by her transformed counter, now that the person had informed her of the key, she was naturally grateful.
"So that's it, thank you."
Sensing something, Yun Ran suddenly bent down, also pulling the young woman not far from her.
Just as they ducked, a sword's edge swept past the position where they stood moments before.
The young woman hadn't even recovered from the shock when she dodged the strike in this way.