Cultivation Online novel Chapter 2582

Chapter 2582: Military Recruitment(5)

When the first participant reached the second obstacle, he walked to its edge and looked down to see if he could spot anything in the water.

After several moments, the man sighed in relief when he saw nothing and, after taking a deep breath, jumped into it and began swimming.

The pool was even longer than the first obstacle. In fact, it was ten times as long.

As the participants continued to swim, they grew increasingly anxious, fearing that something might attack them from below.

Sure enough, once they reached the middle, they encountered a trap, but it was not what they had expected. Rather than arrows or attacks from beneath the water, whirlpools appeared on the surface, disrupting their rhythm and making it difficult to swim.

These whirlpools were weak at first, but they grew stronger and more violent the farther the participants progressed. Eventually, they became powerful enough to drag anyone who was not careful into the depths.

If the participants who were dragged into the water did not resurface after a minute, they would be teleported to safety by the mechanism available in their bracelets. However, this also meant their disqualification from the recruitment.

"Are you not going to say anything to me?"

A voice suddenly rang out behind Yuan as he watched the examination.

He turned around to see Mei Xiaoyun standing behind him, her eyebrows raised.

"What do you mean?" Yuan inquired.

"I was expecting you to make fun of me or something," she replied.

"Do I look like the kind of person to do such a thing?"

"Honestly? Yes, you do."

"..."

"Well, sorry to disappoint you, but I won’t be making fun of you."

After a brief pause, he added, "As long as you don’t fail the recruitment, that is."

Mei Xiaoyun sneered, "I’ve seen and done it before. Several times, in fact."

"Oh?" Yuan raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"My mother would occasionally bring me along and make me participate. Of course, those were some of the only times she visited—and the only reason she did," she sighed. "And once I told her that I won’t be joining the military, she immediately stopped visiting."

"Is that so..."

Some time later, the participants reached the third and final part of the obstacle course. By then, nearly all of the original 100 had been eliminated, leaving only a little over 10 remaining.

The final obstacle was a towering wall designed to resemble a mountain cliff. As for its height, it was a staggering twenty miles, twice as long as the previous obstacle.

"Haa...haaa..."

The participants who made it to the final obstacle did not immediately start climbing; they took some time to rest, just as they had done at the second obstacle. After all, they had all the time in the world.

However, since there was a formation constantly draining their energy, they wouldn’t feel refreshed no matter how long they rested.

Once they were mentally prepared, they started climbing the mountain.

At the same time, the next 100 participants were called into the obstacle course.

"Number 12,239...111,781...99...1,378..."

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