Training 1

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Their target was a sleek, glossy purple tentacle, swaying gently in the sandy terrain. Taking it down was no easy feat.

Everyone stood ready.

“In terms of numbers...” Yes, only half the people had a tentacle each, the answer was obvious.

Yuan Jin Xing’s opponent was a tall girl beside her, looking down with a tilted smile.

Yuan Jin Xing smiled faintly, appearing harmless.

The tall girl struck first, delivering a whip-like kick, which Yuan Jin Xing blocked firmly with both hands in front of her chest.

Receiving resistance, the tall girl increased her force and swung her leg again. Yuan Jin Xing crouched to dodge but couldn’t help waving her hand; it hurt.

The tall girl missed her punch and landed, preparing to strike again. Yuan Jin Xing, under her suspicious gaze, planted both hands on the ground and executed a sweeping leg kick.

This time, the tall girl’s base was undefended and she was suddenly knocked to the ground.

The fight ended.

In the sandy arena, everyone exchanged blows relentlessly, and soon half were defeated.

The first to face the tentacle was Yue Chuan. She recognized it—it was a detached limb of an ancient crinoid, still active.

If only they had a sharp weapon to sever it cleanly, but everyone was unarmed, making it difficult.

How to take down a tentacle? She recalled what she knew about tentacles.

While others blindly tested and remained confused, she smiled confidently with her mouth slightly open.

She had a solution.

Yuan Jin Xing hugged the gigantic smooth tentacle, using the simplest method—pressing it down—but the tentacle seemed unaffected by any pressure.

At that moment, Yue Chuan unexpectedly shed tears.

Yuan Jin Xing was surprised but didn’t dare leave to check on her.

Everyone else had to fend for themselves.

Yue Chuan was very restrained even in crying.

Yuan Jin Xing thought so.

But Yue Chuan didn’t care what others thought. To deactivate a severed limb of an ancient creature quickly, one needed a chemical element—manganese.

This element was abundant in tears.

Manganese in its pure form is diamagnetic, unaffected by external magnetic fields. But upon contact with ancient creatures, a magnetic reaction occurs, depleting the magnetic field of the severed limb, causing it to become inactive.

Crying in dire situations could indeed be helpful.

Applying tears to the tentacle’s surface, they quickly vanished, and the tentacle’s swaying slowed.

Others then realized and tried to imitate but couldn’t produce tears.

Was emotional control at any moment part of the test?

The severed limb began to fall slowly to one side. Yue Chuan effortlessly pulled out the part buried in the sand.

The fight ended.

“Impressive,” everyone couldn’t help but chat excitedly.

“You all did well too,” Yue Chuan brushed off her earlier tearful appearance gracefully.

“Yue Chuan, you’re first place.”

Yuan Jin Xing, though somewhat unwilling, still applauded to congratulate her.

Next, the instructor explained: on the battlefieldI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.