The man swept his gaze to the hundreds of children that gathered before him. Only they knew how they managed to gather numerous children with at least green talent in this place. After all, it was pretty rare for them to appear in the four kingdoms."Today we have new children joining us, so I"ll give you a basic overview of your training. First of all, you have 15 minutes to finish your breakfast and after that you will have to run by following the trail until your Eon Energy is used up. The next step will be explained after you have finished the first one."
Ye Jiao took a second to process the information before running to the table at the front. The older children were already crowding there, picking up bread, meat, fruit, and whatever food there was to eat. Squeezing through the children, Ye Jiao picked up anything her hand could reach before retreating to the back.
Glancing at her hand, she was glad that she managed to pick a large chunk of meat jerky. At least, she would have decent breakfast.
Contrary to normal children, the children ate their breakfast in silent. Not a single one of them dared to speak, which influenced the new children as they were afraid of breaking the rules. Some of them didn"t get the breakfast, but they didn"t protest as they returned back to line up.
"Have you finished?" the man swept his gaze. His brows furrowed when he saw a boy still ate something. "Men, drag him out."
"Wa…oomph!"
Before the boy could say anything, he was dragged out of the place. Ye Jiao"s body stiffened in fear. Those men were Eon Energy Master rank 3. If she didn"t follow the rules, they might throw her out in the next second.
"If you don"t follow the rules I say, you"ll end up like him, understand?"
The children nodded their head earnestly. For the new children, their bodies were filled with sweat in fear that they might be targeted. After all, everything here was new to them.
"What kind of place is this?"
Ye Jiao could feel the tension in the air increased. It was scary.
"Now, you should start running," the man pointed to the path on the forest.
The children energetically ran as if their lives depended on it. Seeing that, Ye Jiao didn"t hesitate to pick up her pace as she scanned the surroundings. The path in the forest didn"t seem to be hard to travel at first. It was kind of normal.
As time pa.s.sed by, she realized that the air pressure increased. Her body felt heavy, so she started to circulate her Eon Energy to ease the tension. However, the more she used her Eon Energy, the more pressure that came to her body. She had to force her legs to keep on moving despite the harsh condition.
"It"s so heavy."
Ye Jiao continued to run as fast as possible, trying to match the speed of the other children. Some of them have started to slow down, but the majority kept up their pace. Before long, she could hear the scream of children from behind her.
Trying hard not to think too much, she continued to run. It was then she noticed that a boy in front of her had stopped running. He didn"t have the energy to continue.
A man appeared before him. "You have drained your Eon Energy, now follow me."
"Yes."
At this moment, Ye Jiao realized that the long running they had was targeted for them to use their Eon Energy until it run out. The children have just formed their core and still not familiar with circulating their Eon Energy. By forcing their body to run under heavy pressure, they were forced to use their Eon Energy until nothing remain.
It was an impressive strategy.
Knowing that the purpose of this training was to make them able to use their Eon Energy with ease, Ye Jiao continued running. The amount of Eon Energy inside her body was quite a lot, which took her a long time to use them all. Of course, in the eyes of others, it was just because she was new here.
By the time she used up her Eon Energy, the number of children around her has dropped by more than half.
"You there," a man appeared by Ye Jiao"s side. "You have drained your Eon Energy, now follow me."
"Yes."
Ye Jiao obediently followed after the man. Her eyes showed trace of curiosity as she wondered where they would bring them. She could faintly sense that there were several other children around her, but she didn"t show it on her face.
The man brought her to a steep mountain. Calling it steep was a bit underrated because it looked more like a cliff as it looked just like a wall. There were a lot of rocks, which would allow them to climb.
"It can"t be…"
Ye Jiao swallowed hard when she saw some children has started climbing. Without Eon Energy to support them, they have to rely on their pure physical power to climb hundreds of meters.
If she died, it would be the end of her.
She glanced at the man. He was watching Ye Jiao"s reaction as he nodded his head and pointed to the cliff. "You have to climb this cliff. As you have just started, you can climb on the right side. It"s shorter."
Shorter?
Ye Jiao looked up. The fog above them was not too thick, allowing her to see quite far into the distance. However, even with that she was still unable to see the peak of the cliff. It meant that the cliff must be extremely long.
"You should start."
With the cue he gave, Ye Jiao didn"t have any choice but to approach the wall. Her hand gripped the rock and tested it to find out if it was strong or not. She didn"t want to fall down in the middle.
"Here we go…"
Pus.h.i.+ng her body up, Ye Jiao slowly climbed the rocks. Her heart was filled with anxiousness, but she showed none of them. Right now, her attention was fully focused on the wall before her.