After passing through that pale golden aperture of light, the few of them felt their vision suddenly darken, and everything around them became pitch black to the point where they couldn't even see their own fingers.
Wang Dong'er subconsciously blinked her eyes, then widened them with effort, trying to adapt to the darkness before her, only to find that she couldn't see the surrounding environment no matter what, as if even a trace of light had been completely swallowed up by this space.
"Holy crap! Why is it so dark?!"
Xie Xie's voice was the first to ring out, sounding exceptionally loud in this silent darkness.
"What kind of ghost place is this? I can't see anything! Teacher? Are you here?"
As he spoke, Xie Xie reached out and groped around in front of him a few times, but ended up touching nothing at all.
Although Wang Dong'er didn't shout and holler like Xie Xie, her heartbeat couldn't help speeding up a bit; after all, entering a place where vision was lost made it very difficult for anyone to feel at ease.
Right at this moment, Zang Xin's voice rang out from the darkness, his tone calm.
"Do not panic. This is a training ground specially prepared for all of you."
Hearing Zang Xin's voice, Xie Xie hurriedly looked in the direction the voice came from, but it was still pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.
"Teacher Zang, where are you? How are we supposed to train in this pitch-black place?"
Zang Xin did not answer his question, but instead continued to explain.
"This place was built specially for the few of you Agility-Attack System Spirit Masters."
Hearing these words, Wang Dong'er was directly stunned for a moment, then spoke up.
"Teacher, I am not an Agility-Attack System Spirit; my Light Goddess Butterfly is of the Attack System."
When Wang Dong'er said these words, she was somewhat bewildered. No matter what, Zang Xin was her acting teacher—even though she had never met that particular teacher of hers, he had been teaching her for quite a long time, so how could he possibly not know what system her Spirit belonged to?
However, upon hearing this, Zang Xin let out a light chuckle.
"Dong'er, do you really think your Light Goddess Butterfly Spirit is of the Attack System?"
"Think about it carefully; your battle strategy is basically always looking for opportunities to launch a surprise attack, right? When have you ever fought head-on and clashed hard with others?"
Hearing this, Wang Dong'er could not help falling silent.
She carefully recalled every battle in her past. Indeed, she rarely chose to clash head-on with opponents; most of the time, she utilized the flying ability and speed advantage of the Light Goddess Butterfly to find the opponent's flaws before launching an attack. Furthermore, pairing it with the Tang Sect Cultivation Technique Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step could be said to be quite suitable.
Mm... Especially when facing Tang Wulin; thinking about competing in strength with this guy meant she had truly lived long enough.
Thinking about it this way, she indeed seemed more suited to being classified under the Agility-Attack System.
Not hearing any rebuttal from Wang Dong'er, Zang Xin continued to speak.
"As for your second Spirit, that is a matter for later. Before starting to train you with the Clear Sky Hammer, I will first teach you how to use the Golden Dragon Spear. The priority of the Golden Dragon Spear is above the Clear Sky Hammer."
Hearing this, Wang Dong'er was slightly stunned, and then nodded.
The Golden Dragon Spear was, after all, a Divine Artifact; naturally, it was somewhat stronger than her Clear Sky Hammer.
"The flow of time here is different from the outside. Ten days inside is equivalent to one hour in the outside world."
Hearing these words, Xie Xie's eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness, and he spoke with considerable surprise.
"One hour equals ten days?!"
Zang Xin ignored his making a fuss over nothing and continued.
"However, you must remember that if you are injured here, you will genuinely be injured, unlike the Spirit Ascension Platform where you revive after dying."
"Of course, the academy has already prepared Medicinal Pills for healing for you. As long as you don't torture yourselves too severely, it won't be a big problem."
Wang Dong'er was now so shocked she couldn't speak. Not only did the academy possess a Small World, but it could also control the flow of time within it?
Just what kind of realm had the academy's strength reached? The more she thought about it, the more incredible it felt, and her awe toward the academy increased by another fraction, even though it was already maxed out long ago.
Liang Xiaoyu, who was standing to the side, spoke up at this moment, directly announcing the start of the training.
"Without further ado, let's begin quickly."
"Begin? What begin?"
Xie Xie's voice had just fallen, and before the four of them could react, a piercing whistle of wind suddenly sounded in the darkness!
Whoosh—!!
A thick, long wooden stick violently struck from the side, precisely smashing onto Xie Xie's back!
Bang!
Xie Xie's entire body lunged directly forward, letting out a miserable cry of pain.
"Ouch!! What hit me?!"
Clearly, this stick landing on Xie Xie's body hit him quite heavily.
On the other side, Wang Dong'er also solidly took a stick, then gasped sharply. Is this right? This isn't the pain sensation a wooden stick hitting the body should have.
"Hiss—"
Meanwhile, Wei Xiaofeng was not spared either; a wooden stick directly struck his thigh, hurting him so much that he jumped up on the spot.
"Pain, pain, pain! What kind of nonsense is this!"
Only Wu Siduo, the moment the wooden stick approached her body, relied on her body's instinctive reaction to suddenly crouch down and roll off to the side, narrowly dodging that strike.
Yet before she could breathe a sigh of relief, a second wooden stick struck from another direction. This time she couldn't fully dodge it, and her arm was brushed by it. Although it wasn't a direct hit, that burning pain still forced her to clench her teeth tightly.
Zang Xin's voice sounded from the darkness once more.
"If you have no way to smash the puppets that attack you, or execute very good dodging, then you will be beaten into pig heads."
"Also, there is a very important point for Agility-Attack System Spirit Masters: you must first learn how to take a beating. Train well, all of you."
Xie Xie clutched his back as he climbed up from the ground, grimacing and shouting.
"Teacher Zang, you could at least give a heads-up in advance! This is way too sudden!"
Zang Xin's voice remained calm.
"When an enemy attacks you, will they give you a heads-up in advance?"
Xie Xie was instantly choked up with nothing to say.
Immediately afterwards, several more piercing winds of whistles sounded in the darkness; this time the offensive was noticeably much denser!
Xie Xie didn't even have time to complain, hurriedly covering his head and scuttling away, dodging while shouting.
"Stop hitting! Stop hitting! Let me catch my breath!"
Wei Xiaofeng was also jumping up and down, dodging the wooden sticks attacking from all directions in extreme disarray.
Wang Dong'er clenched her teeth, dodging while inwardly evaluating the trajectories and frequencies of those attacks. She discovered that although the attacks of those wooden sticks were dense, they were not untraceable; as long as she could predict their directions in advance, there was a chance to evade or even counter them.
It was just that right now she hadn't found the timing to counterattack, so she was still taking a beating.
Wu Siduo's performance was somewhat better than the other three. Her steps were light and flexible, maneuvering swiftly in the darkness and dodging most attacks, though occasionally she would still get brushed by one or two. That numb and painful feeling prevented her from daring to be the least bit careless.
In the time that followed, the muffled sounds of wooden sticks striking and the wails of Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng echoed continuously in the darkness.
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[ Recognition level of Wang Dong'er toward Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy has increased! ]
[ Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the reward: Special Student — Gu Yue (Five-Ring Soul King) ]
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