Chapter 11: TheTrial


    After killing a few waves of monsters thest ray of sunlight dipped below the horizon leaving the world bathed in a red glow. Even after waiting a minute no new monsters appeared.


    Why arent more monsters spawning? Whats going on? Cheng Yang though. During the apocalypse monsters would never stop spawning. After one was killed another would spawn one minuteter to take its ce. There were no exceptions to this except in the barrier of the safe zones. The only time the spawn rate decreased was if there were already too many monsters in an area.


    Sit down and recover everyone! Cheng Yang shouted sensing something bad was about to happen, Hurry up!


    Less than twenty seconds after they sat down a powerful monster spawned at both the east and west gates causing blinding shes of light. There were also less powerful monsters spawned at the north and south gates.


    Cheng Yangs face fell, his previousposure gone. These were clearly much more powerful monsters. He estimated them to be elite Standard Grade Immature monsters. Elite monsters were almost the same strength as the monsters of the next level. How could such powerful monsters have spawned a few hours after the apocalypse started? It should be at least half a month before creatures like this would start to appear.


    Suddenly, Cheng Yang thought of a possibility. When he first became Lord of Phoenix Vige he had guessed there would be a trial but how could monsters appear for a trial before the apocalypse. These two monsters more powerful than should be possible appearing is likely the trial god had nned for those iming a Territory Altar.


    Of course, this was only spection. Right now Cheng Yang needed to focus on passing this difficult trial. Even if he survived if he was unable to kill the monsters the vige may revert to an unimed Territory Altar.


    Cheng Yang pushed those thoughts out of his head and dashed towards the east gate. His incredible speed allowed him to close the gap eighty meters in mere seconds.


    When he arrived the light had cleared and a green feathered monster stood outside the gate. This one was bigger than the others that had spawned thus far standing 1.6 meters tall and had a better looking weapon. It rushed towards Cheng Yang its speed only slightly below his.


    Yu Kai, go support the west gate! You only need to stall it until I kill this one. Cheng Yang shouted as he fired the Magic Missile he had been preparing towards the green feathered monster.


    Pfft. The monster was unable to dodge Cheng Yangs shot and was hit in the abdomen, deforming it.


    Yu Kai hesitated but took his group and rushed towards the west gate.They had no choice now but to obey Cheng Yang as they didnt understand the current situation. If they didnt do as Cheng Yang they could only stand next to him uselessly.


    Before the distance closedpletely Cheng Yang was able to hit the monster in the face with another Magic Missile causing the beast to let out a tragic howl. The monsters face imploded from the damage but the new rules of the world would only let a creature die when its HP reached zero, so the injury to its face only made it uglier.


    Judging from the monsters speed the monster was much stronger than your average Standard Grade monster. Cheng Yang couldnt be sure though since he didnt have the Observation skill. Just like humans monster didnt have fixed stats. Some monsters of the same type might be slower but have more health and vice versa.


    Watching the monster attempt to enter the vige Cheng Yang took the initiative and ran out of the gate leading the monster away.


    The green feathered monster was hit twice by Cheng Yang and hated him to the bone so when Cheng Yang left the vige instead of running in and attacking the others from behind it chased after him.


    Cheng Yang didnt know how many times he experienced battles like this in hisst life, and just as he predicted a few momentster he had predicted a gap opened up between them. As a member of Phoenix Vige Cheng Yangs speed dwarfed all but the fastest of monsters in the same grade and naturally was faster than the green feathered one.


    Whoosh Pfft Once again Cheng Yang smashed a Magic Missile into the monster whose roar changed from anger to pain.


    Cheng Yang knew he had dealt 39 damage so far which means that the monsters health should be reduced by about two-thirds if it was a normal Standard Grade, maybe a little less since it was an elite. Inparison Cheng Yangs Mana had only decreased by a quarter so unless something odd happened Cheng Yangs victory was assured.


    Cheng Yang knew how to use his speed advantage well and if he didnt have it he may not even find opportunities to cast Magic Missile much less win the fight.


    Two minutester Cheng Yang hit the monster with a seventh Magic Missile. This time its howl was a death knell. It fell to the ground with a soft thump and arge amount of light particles gushed into Cheng Yangs body.


    Killing a single Standard Grade Immature monster gave Cheng Yang 4 Experience Fragments! Although a single Standard Grade monster was worth four Low Grade monsters most people would prefer to hunt below their level than try to fight stronger existences.


    Cheng Yangs battle had ended well but the one at the west gate was quickly bing a tragedy.


    An unfortunate lumber mill worker had been killed by the monster. Its pitchfork gave it an attack power of ten points which was enough to kill a Low Grade Apprentice in just three hits. To have just a single person die was already a good result.


    Cheng Yang was more than satisfied with that result. Although four other people were close to death the group of thirteen people was able to restrain the green feathered monster every time it tried tond a killing blow. It was currently surrounded by a ring of Warriors.


    With just an hour of experience the Warriors were now capable of blocking most attacks. Although the shield warriors held was capable of blocking any attack no matter how strong it did have a weakness. If the attack was too powerful the Warrior would be stunned for an amount of time equivalent to the power of the attack. This fatal w made it hard for Warriors to battle solo.


    Even so, not a single person was uninjured and two of the people could only hide in the back and fire arrows.


    Cheng Yang directly rushed back into the base and towards the battle unleashing a Magic Missile once he was in range.


    Cheng Yangs damage was about twice that of the others but if you took into ount the monsters Magic Defense it was likely three times the damage of the others. Thus, when the monster was hit Cheng Yang instantly attracted aggro.


    Get out of the way! Cheng Yang shouted as the monster locked its dark red eyes filled with hatred on him.


    Although the defenders didnt react immediately, when they saw the monster rush towards Cheng Yang they quickly immediately reacted, making a path.


    When it looked like two of the Warriors might have attracted the green feathered monsters attention Cheng Yang smashed a Magic Missile into its face causing its head to snap back to him. It was filled with a hatred that wouldnt decay after even ten thousand years.


    This was the result Cheng Yang had hoped for. He quickly rushed backwards leading the monster away from the others.


    The defenders werent stupid and once Cheng Yang drew the monsters aggro the Rangers and Mages rained attacks down on it. Although their DPS was lower than Cheng Yangs they were strong in numbers! When they faced the green feathered monster before they didnt dare to attack so recklessly but now that Cheng Yang was kiting the monster they didnt worry about resource management. The effect of these attacks could be seen instantly.


    After Cheng Yang arrived the battlecked suspense and the monster fell in another ten seconds.


    After Cheng Yang and the others killed the Standard Grade monsters the other two gates had been cleared as well.


    After the trial ended monsters continued to spawn but they were no longer a threat to Cheng Yang and the others but rather a source of Experience Fragments.


    After a few minutes Cheng Yang felt a connection form with thend under his feet. From the Territory Altar radiating out five hundred meters Cheng Yang was able to feel every creature.


    The feeling was very strange to Cheng Yang he had heard about this phenomena but now he was experiencing it. He knew that Phoenix Vige was now truly under his control.


    Once he did Cheng Yang closed the four gates, keeping the monsters out. Unless a Standard Grade monster showed up it was impossible for the walls to be destroyed.


    Cheng Yang then loudly announced a promation, All ranged Professionals go to the wall and continue killing monsters. Warriors, move the logs towards the center of the territory. Also, someone bury the dead man. It is a luxury that we even get to do that.


    Not a single person dared to disobey. After the trial Cheng Yangs prestige had risen to a whole new level. Fourteen peoplebined hadnt been enough to kill a Standard Grade monster but Cheng Yang alone easily defeated one.


    Even so there was a stifling atmosphere due to the death of one of their own. This death felt different from the two that were crushed by logs. That incident was an ident but the still warm corpse on the ground had been arade they had failed to save. It caused all of them to feel as though death was right around the corner.