Volume 1 Chapter 439

Chapter 439: Is It the Ailuo Race Talent Show?

"Bang!"

Lolth fell heavily to the ground again.

Although it was only the second time, she was starting to get used to it.

She brushed off her pants, got up, and quickly moved to the side to avoid the others who were falling down.

With four loud thuds and Lalea’s "Ouch," the other four fell down too.

However, besides Lolth and Lalea, the rest of the group clearly landed on their feet.

After all, those three were truly skilled heroes and warriors. Even with their magic sealed, their balance and skill could not be compared to Lolth and Lalea, who obviously lacked training.

Once the group landed, the lights brightened again.

This space was much larger than the previous room.

It suddenly felt like stepping into a wide indoor track.

There were indeed structures around that looked like stands.

Where the group stood, there were circular platforms.

The platforms were about as high as a person and looked like ordinary worktables, but were made of a dark metal filled with magic.

The gaps between each circle could fit three or four people side by side, with dozens of circles in total.

Lolth and the others stood in the very center circle, which had a diameter of about four or five meters.

In the circle, besides Lolth and her friends, there stood an Autonomous Guard that was as tall as they were.

It still had the shape of a puppet, but its material had turned silver-white.

There was a line of words carved on its chest.

"Great warriors can also show their extraordinary skills in other fields."

The puppet seemed frozen in a graceful dance, standing on one foot with its arms and legs raised.

Soon, a magical voice that sounded much more human spoke again.

"First, congratulations to you all for passing the ‘Soul Trial’ and reaching the second level…"

"’Skill Trial’!"

"Here, everyone must take a test in the skill you are best at, which has no direct relation to combat!"

"Of course, what that ‘skill’ is will be decided by us based on the feedback from your soul."

"The trial will be divided into two parts to test your skill…"

"First is the first part—"

Accompanied by the sound of magical synthesis, the silver Autonomous Guard slowly moved, its fingers circling the "platform."

Above the platform, waves of magic gathered into faceless and formless magical illusions.

However, their clothing and body shapes were different, and they had tiny wings behind them, looking around the platform and dancing as if they were real Ailuo people!

Although they had no faces, one could sense their "emotions" through their body language.

These beings seemed almost truly alive.

But Lolth and the others knew that these were just magical illusions created by magic.

Considering that the Ailuo civilization almost created an Artificial Soul, it doesn’t seem strange to recreate such lifelike Ailuo people.

And the magical synthesis sound is still continuing.

"In the first round, each of you will show your most outstanding skills."

"These completely lifelike ‘audience’ will decide if your skills have reached an extraordinary and breathtaking level…"

"If more than seventy percent of the ‘audience’ says yes, you can move on to the next round!"

"So, please give it your all!"

"The order of this round of trials will be decided by you…"

"So, who wants to be the first challenger?"

The five looked at each other, and Yi raised her hand first.

"I will do it."

She stepped forward and stood in front of the silver puppet.

Clearly, her action was noticed.

The silver puppet nodded.

"So—it’s you!"

A loud magical sound filled the air, and suddenly the whole space shook with powerful magic waves.

Feeling the subtle space waves hidden within the magic fluctuations, Lolth raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Wow—overlapping space."

She murmured, as if she had seen through something.

And in the next second, the circular platforms rippled out like water waves.

Everyone except for Yi appeared outside the platform.

Everyone except for Lolth showed a confused expression again.

However, Lolth seemed very calm.

Even though the space magic of ancient civilizations was clever, Lolth still saw through it!

However, she also had no intention of causing any damage.

After all, after this round… she would be out.

"Individual battles" along with non-combat skills demonstration…

And more than seventy percent of the "audience" needed to choose to pass.

This is simply a level that can be passed with just a casual stroke.

Surely these spectators aren’t just pretending to be foolish, forcing themselves to act as if they have performed, right?

Lolth always felt that this setup was excessive, and just looking at the magical power contained in each virtual spectator didn’t seem to be a simple random number.

It should really have simulated "subjective judgment" or loaded and replicated certain souls that once existed.

Although they are not truly revived from the dead, they can still make a "judgment" about one thing that is no different from a lively real person!

This technology isn’t completely outdated; many powerful forces, especially things like the Wizard Association and the Eastern Seven Kingdoms’ "secret realms," have wise figures teaching you spells and sword skills using similar methods to capture and simulate certain fluctuations of a soul and magical power.

However, this method is indeed costly, and no force in the continent can replicate hundreds on a large scale, just to serve as spectators.

But the more "real" it is, the greater Lolth’s room for operation.

After all, Lolth has plenty of experience in how to quietly make a mess of things!

Although things have not been going well lately, this is Lolth’s old profession and traditional skill!

Moreover, with Yi ahead, Lolth can observe the scoring criteria and the entire evaluation process.

Standing in the center, Yi gently placed her hand on her weapon.

The weapon wrapped in white cloth is definitely a long sword.

Although it is said to be a skill not directly related to combat, Yi believes it must have something to do with the sword.

Sword forging, sword maintenance, sword dance…

All are her specialties.

In fact, Yi is also a bit curious about what she is best at.

But in any case, she believes it is closely related to the sword in her hand.

Because she is the master of the Clean Spring Palace and a talented swordsman of the Seven Kingdoms.

She is the most likely to reclaim the title of "Sword Master" for the Seven Kingdoms.

Thinking this confidently, Yi raised her head.

"Come on, no matter what… I will show you all!"

And the magical sounds filled the air.

"Yi, the content of your assessment skill is—"

"Seven Kingdoms folk music!"

Yi was momentarily stunned, then a rare expression of excitement appeared on her face.

"Folk music—huh?"