The Medallion novel Chapter 1520

The next day, Rocky and Eunice went to the entrance of the Black Abyss Cave, where the second round of the newcomer contest would be held.

At the moment, the entrance was already packed with people, as some disciples went early to prepare for the second round of the fighting. Many other disciples and masters from the school also came early to watch the contest.

"To all the participants, please enter the cave now. The second round of free-for-all fighting will begin after one hour!" the elder in charge of the contest announced loudly, urging the people to come inside.

"Let's go," said Eunice, nodding at Rocky beside her.

Then, the two of them followed the other disciples who were participating in the fighting into the Black Abyss Cave.

The first thing they noticed when they arrived at the cave was that it was dark inside. There was a dim light coming from several holes on top of the cave, but they were too small to be of much help. Worse, the sound of the wind howling echoed from the depths of the cave from time to time, and it sounded like ghosts wailing from the underworld, which added to the creepiness of the dark cave.

As soon as the disciples entered the cave, a ghost-like figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Welcome, participants! Allow me to briefly explain the rules of the melee that we are about to do. When the contest officially begins, that's the time that you can go deeper into the cave where the fighting will take place. By the way, this is a free-for-all fight, which means that you can do whatever you want to win. You can ambush, assassinate, or even use a trap array to defeat your opponents. However, be careful not to deliberately kill or severely injure your opponent to the point of death. Of course, if a mistake is made accidentally, you may be pardoned.

For the battle rules: if you feel that you are no match for your opponent, then you can quit at any time. If you do surrender, an official representative will appear and send you to the cave's designated safe areas, where you will wait for the melee to end.

Do you understand?" the figure explained lengthily.

All the participants nodded at once.

The figure waited for a few seconds to see if anyone would ask a question and then turned to look at the lighted incense in the cave. Seeing that the incense was almost burnt out, he said to the participants, "You can start now. Good luck!" After that, he abruptly disappeared.

The disciples were stunned for a moment and glanced at each other as if to see what the others would do. Some hastily left, while some lingered a few minutes more. Before long, the cave was empty.

All the disciples had used their bodily movement skills, going deeper into the Black Abyss Cave.

Rocky and Eunice tried to find an advantageous spot in the cave immediately. In such a place, the fighting tested not only their strength but also their personal abilities.

Due to the dim light and the irregular terrain, the cave was extremely suitable for all kinds of ambush, assassination, and trap arrays. If the disciples were good at those aspects, they obviously had an advantage in such a terrain. On the other hand, if they had incredible strength on their side, the rough environment wouldn't affect them much.

In other words, the stronger ones could take the initiative to attack, while the weaker ones would have to rely on their intelligence and abilities to make up for their weakness in strength.

Furthermore, the rules didn't explicitly forbid the participants from working together to attack others. Of course, they couldn't be too blatant. If only two or three people worked together, it would probably be overlooked, as compared to four or more people attacking one person, which could be looked upon unfavorably as bullying.

Therefore, some disciples that had good personal relationships and those who were from the same forces had secretly allied with each other before they went into the cave.

But even though their alliance gave them an advantage in fighting together, only thirty-two people could enter into the third round. That opened up a great possibility of the "allies" turning on each other at the last moment, or they could even kill each other the first chance they got just so they could enter the third round. Therefore, teaming up had both advantages and disadvantages. Every disciple needed to weigh the pros and cons carefully, as they were the only ones who could decide what path they would take.

Not long after, Rocky and Eunice found a relatively secluded area that was surrounded by rocks. Water constantly dripped from the stalactites above their heads, causing puddles to form around the ground. Rocky thought that they could quickly sense the others' movements by observing the puddles.

"So, what should we do next? Any ideas?"

Rocky asked, narrowing his eyes warily at their surroundings.

"Let's just wait here. If someone comes here alone, we can work together to deal with him. And if there are some people cooperating with each other, we'll let them go," answered Eunice. It seemed that she had already come up with a plan beforehand.

"Okay, we'll do as you say. I'm going to rest while we wait."

After saying that, Rocky found a corner and sat down with his legs crossed, meditating. He didn't have any problem with her plans, so following them would be the best course of action.

Meanwhile, Eunice looked around them cautiously. Then she glanced at Rocky, feeling slightly envious at how relaxed he was.

Not long after, a disciple at the primary stage of the Spiritual Infant suddenly appeared.