Hecked patience, so he chose to attack randomly, unleashing energy strikes across various parts of the water''s surface. He created numerous sshes, but the ck energy bead was never sted out of the water. He was eliminated for exceeding the ten-minute limit as a result.


    The third contestant took notice of the first and second contestants'' experiences. He stood there and observed for two minutes to figure out the route of the ck energy bead. Then, he started to unleash energy strikes. He sessfullypleted the test on the eight and a half minutes mark at the end.


    Subsequently, the other cultivators followed the example of the first and third participants. Among them, five managed to record their times, while the rest were eliminated.


    The next participants with the numbers seventeen, eighteen, and neen, were two spirit curse cultivators and one talisman cultivator. Unlike the previous contestants, they did not follow their method. Instead, they used their spirit curses and talismans to sessfully lock onto the ck energy bead''s position,pleting the challenge within five minutes.


    Lastly, it was Wilbur''s turn. Wilbur quietly looked at the water''s surface. The ck energy bead kept darting around underwater, but as a dragon n cultivator, he could clearly sense its exact location. Therefore, all Wilbur had to do was act swiftly, and he could certainly st the ck energy bead out of the water within a minute andplete the task.


    However, Wilbur did not take that approach. He followed the method of previous cultivators instead, continuously observing the ck energy bead''s movement and attacking the water surface ordingly. He sessfullypleted the challenge in seven and a half minutes.


    Ten participants, including Wilbur, had passed thepetition at the end of the test. Herbert approached Wilbur from behind as they left the venue. He asked, "Mister Penn, would you care for a drink?"


    Wilbur looked back at Herbert and replied, "You treated me to a ss of beer yesterday, so it''s my treat today."


    Herbert showed a look of resignation, shrugged his shoulders, and nodded. He then led Wilbur to a tavern.


    Wilbur raised his ss at the tavern and said, "Cheers, Mister Herbert."


    "Cheers."


    Herbert and Wilbur clinked their sses together and then tipped them back to drink.


    Putting down his ss, Wilbur said, "Mister Herbert, if you''vee here to discuss withdrawing from thepetition, I don''t think we need to talk any further. You can leave if that''s the case."


    "No, I actually came to tell you something, Mister Penn. Do you know why the Dimensional Guardian Servant Tournament is held every ten thousand years and why this time it was advanced by two thousand years?" asked Herbert.


    "I don''t know. Do you?" asked Wilbur.


    "Yeah, that''s right. I do know," replied Herbert.


    Herbert said, "As far as I know, each dimensional guardian can only have one servant, and every ten thousand years, a new servant is selected because the previous one has died. Serving a dimensional guardianes with inevitable dangers, after all. While the dimensional guardians possess immense power, their servants might not be as strong. They could meet their end when facing danger. That''s why the Dimensional Guardian Servant Tournament is held every ten thousand years."


    "Uhm..."


    Wilbur frowned because he thought that bing a servant of a dimensional guardian would grant near-immortality, but hearing Herbert''s exnation, it seems that being a servant actuallyes with increased risks. Traveling through dimensions would be allowed, but there was still the possibility of dying in battle.