Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 22 Enter
The entrance to the 'Eclipse World,' where trainee mercenaries undergo their assessments, is located in the center of an enormous city square on the planet Taishi.

When Qi Yuan and his group arrived, they were immediately drawn to the lively scene in the square.

The entire square was bustling with activity, with at least 10 adventurers gathered there!
Adventurer teams, ranging from a few to dozens of people, gathered together.

Some people were queuing at the entrance to the small world in the center of the square, waiting to enter.

Teams would occasionally teleport out of the small world.

And almost all the teams have one thing in common—

That means there must be at least 1-2 Rank 9 Stellar-level adventurers in the team!
There is nothing we can do about it.

During the trainee mercenary assessment, the examinees not only have to face the dangers inherent in the small world itself, but also have to be constantly aware of the competition from other adventurer teams!

If you don't have enough strength, even if you manage to get the quest items by chance, they might be stolen by other teams.

Therefore, those who come to participate in the trainee mercenary assessment, no matter how badly they are doing, will try their best to form a team with a ninth-level star-level expert.

Some ninth-tier stellar adventurers even saw this as a business opportunity, openly and legitimately recruiting lone wolves without ninth-tier stellar teammates for a fee.

These adventurers were naturally happy to earn extra money without missing their assessments!

However, the safety of such a hastily assembled team remains to be seen.
"Holy crap. I've never seen so many stellar-level adventurers gathered at the same time before!"

"Let's go, let's hurry up and get in line!"

Hugo, a direct descendant of the Ortega family, was slightly taken aback when he saw the bustling scene in the square, and immediately called his men to step forward and wait in line.

Once you leave the small world, you can fly out directly.

To enter, one must first undergo identity verification by personnel stationed at the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

This is also to ensure the fairness of the trainee mercenary assessment.

After all, the assessment was originally for stellar-level participants. If a few cosmic-level participants accidentally sneak in, not to mention the fairness of the assessment, it would also pose a great threat to the safety of the stellar-level assessors.

Although the mortality rate of trainee mercenary assessments is extremely high, the purpose is, after all, assessment and selection, not simply sending people to their deaths.

It's one thing for stellar-level teams to compete and fight each other, but if a cosmic-level expert were to infiltrate, with the destructive power of a cosmic-level expert, they could easily kill a large number of stellar-level ninth-tier adventurers, which is something the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance definitely doesn't want to see.

The staff at the inspection point worked very quickly, and Qi Yuan and his group arrived at the front of the line in no time.

"drop!"

The soldiers at the monitoring point checked the 'Adventure Cards' that represented their identities on Dongyu Star and used special equipment to test everyone's cultivation level to ensure it matched their identity information before they opened the passage.

"Let's go, we can just fly through that light barrier!"

"Ah."

Hu Ge nodded, then transmitted his voice to Qi Yuan and the other guards:

"When we're teleporting, everyone should hold hands with the person next to them, otherwise we'll be scattered to different places."

"Yes, Master."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan, Lao Wu, and the other guards responded immediately, quickly reaching out their hands to grab the people next to them.

Then, with two Zhalin tribe guards leading the way and Lao Wu and the others protecting Hu Ge behind, the group quickly flew into the entrance to the small world, which resembled a light curtain. Shortly after they left, a team led by a third-tier (stellar-level) adventurer with three eyes also passed the test and quickly flew into the passage ahead.
It was as if the stars had shifted and the seasons had changed.

The once bustling city square, where countless adventurers gathered, has in the blink of an eye become a mottled wasteland covered with gray and white crystalline sand!

"Holy crap, how can the gravity in this Eclipse World be so strong!"

As soon as they entered, Qi Yuan and the others instantly felt an extremely heavy gravitational force acting on them.

Qi Yuan and the others were alright, but Hu Ge, being the weakest, was caught off guard and plummeted downwards!

Fortunately, Old Wu had been holding his arm before they entered, and at the crucial moment, he quickly pulled him back, thus preventing his master from falling in front of all the guards in an embarrassing situation.

"This world of the realm master is no place for humans to live. The gravity is so strong that I can barely fly!"

Hugo grimaced as he steadied himself in mid-air before looking around.

"White earth...are we in the Glorious Stone Wasteland?"

Qi Yuan recalled the information he had read before entering the World of Erosion and quickly made a judgment.

"Judging from the fact that the surrounding land is all sandy, we should be on the outer edge of the Pyroxene Wasteland. The central area should be a continent composed of Pyroxene crystals."

"The outer areas... it seems the Ghost-Faced Scorpions we need to hunt for this mission are only found in the central area of ​​the Radiant Stone Wasteland."

Hugo wrinkled his nose slightly. "Let's confirm the direction and head straight for the center!"

Hugo's team now has seven guards at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm, making them one of the strongest teams among all those participating in the trainee mercenary assessment. As a result, they have become much bolder in their actions.

"Master, the sand grains get larger as we go further in, and the center should be in this direction!"

Soon, the two ninth-tier stellar-level mentalists of the Mist Clan who were responsible for scouting the way sent back a message.

"go!"

Hugo and his group didn't delay and immediately flew towards the direction where the two Mist Clan guards were!

Above another desert on the outskirts of the Pyroxene Wasteland.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
One by one, the newly appeared figures were pulled by the terrifying gravity and landed heavily on the ground covered with grayish-white crystalline particles.

"Damn it, I really dislike doing these missions in small worlds. The gravity here is so strong, it's making it impossible for my dick to lift up!"

A somewhat thin man with silver scales on his face and a small, finger-thick golden snake wrapped around his neck cursed as he forcefully pulled his legs out of the ground.

Behind him, a burly man with four arms laughed and cursed, "You're so picky about tasks, you bastard! If you don't do a good job this time, the captain will beat you so badly that even your boss won't be able to lift his head!"

"Haha, then let me take a puff, just one puff and I'll regain my virility!"

The silver-scaled man stared at the four-armed strongman's neck with a lewd smile, revealing two long, curved fangs.

"Stop disgusting me!"

The four-armed burly man rolled his eyes, then said in a serious tone,
"Alright, stop arguing. Let's quickly confirm the direction and meet up with Three-Eyes at the entrance of the Aurora Corridor!"

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