A few hundreds of meters away from the place where the five brothers and sisters were stationed:
“Damn those Shadowcrest bastards, they didn’t let us get near them!”
“Yeah, I don’t know how they got lucky and chose the most stable place from the beginning.”
“Now they’ve fortified the place, and we can’t even get close.” 𝑶𝑣xt.𝕔𝒪𝑚
“It’s hateful! If I fail here and get a lower grade, my parents will get angry.”
“How about we team up? There are only five of them.”
“That’s right! Once we surround them, it’s only a matter of time before we force them out of their place.”
The group began discussing how they were going to infiltrate the place.
…
“Hah! It’s so tiring, with so many more people coming here,” Serene said, massaging her arms.
Although they had fortified the place, the torrents still needed ammunition to be loaded, which was tiring.
“Don’t worry, there are only a few minutes left,” Luke reassured her.
“Damn! Look, there are a bunch of them coming at us!” Sam alerted as he took his position.
“Here we go again…” Cyra sighed.
Soon, the four of them returned to their positions, while Neo found a place to hide.
Neo was mainly responsible for analyzing the possible collapse of the place.
After all, they didn’t know when the place would suddenly collapse.
“You’re here again!” Luke said, noticing it was one of his classmates from earlier.
“Your place looks safe. Why don’t you let us in?”
“Anyway, there’s a lot of space.” He sneered.
“Impossible,” Luke didn’t say anything further and fired the torrent.
But this time, he was not merciful and shot him for real.
However, this classmate seemed to predict it and managed to dodge.
However, the kid behind him was unlucky and got struck.
Fortunately, this was just a test, not a life-and-death battle.
As soon as the kid got struck, a bubble appeared, taking him out of the course, meaning he was eliminated.
“Oh, I’m done… I hope my parents will be a little merciful.”
Although the eliminated wouldn’t be dropped or kept in their grade.
Given enough low credits, a student could get demoted by the rank of class, even if they paid enough money.
“Hehe, nice try,” the classmate teased Luke and hid behind the ragtag team.
Minute by minute, the place collapsed.
Due to the large group, the four brothers and sisters couldn’t keep up and began to retreat.
From the original 10-meter radius, they shrank back to 3 meters radius.
“Hehe, where can you hide now?”
“Since you’re inside, there’s no need to fight, right?” Luke reasoned.
“Hmph! Too late,” the classmate said.
After all, who wouldn’t get angry when you didn’t let them inside?
And after they forced their way in, you reason, and it’s over?
“Then let’s see if you can take us.” Luke didn’t say anymore, took out a staff, and began to fight with them.
Sam, Serene, and Cyra also fought, almost overwhelming the group.
But after all, two hands can’t beat four hands.
“Hiss!” Sam groaned as he blocked a punch from Serene.
“Are you alright, brother?” Serene asked worriedly.
“No! These bastards dared to hurt my sister!” Sam got angry and jumped into the group.
“Argh!”
“Ow!”
“Ouch!’
“Ah! I don’t want any more!” One kid cried and jumped, hoping to get eliminated.
“D-damn ruthless bastards!” Another kid jumped out.
Sam’s unconventional fighting style allowed many to quit voluntarily.
Although it’s not life-threatening, Sam hit them where it hurt the most.
After all, they are still kids and don’t like pain.
The reason they can trudge through fearlessly is that the torrent is a one-shot kill.
As long as they get shot through, a barrier will protect them so it doesn’t hurt.
“Hey, you have a good idea!” Luke smiled, following Sam’s style.
“Uh-”
Serene and Cyra rolled their eyes at the two brothers’ fighting style.
They didn’t even spare a thought and hit the girls without any mercy.
As the battle went on, Luke and Sam were already black and blue.
As for Serene and Cyra, they were just tired, without sustaining any injuries.
Luke and Sam ensured to protect them at all times, not letting them get hurt.
Seeing that the group can’t beat the two lunatics, Luke and Sam the group retreated a little.
Soon, time ticked by.
There was less than a minute left before the end of the trial.
But the land they were on was less than 100 square meters.
“Come, follow me!” Neo, who had been hiding earlier, came out.
“You’re finally done!” Sam smiled crookedly as his face still hurt.
Neo’s primary responsibility was to find the last spot that would not collapse, with an error rate of less than a meter.
“Come, Serene! Cyra!” Luke urged as they retreated to the place pointed out by Neo.
By now, the fight had ended, as the kids stayed alert for the possible collapse of the ground.
“Hey, be careful!” Sam teased while sitting leisurely.
“Bastard, I hope you get eliminated faster,” a kid said, remaining alert.
“Hahaha, you look funny,” Sam continued.
The other children didn’t respond for long, as the seconds ticked by and more and more land collapsed.
Now there were less than 20 people and 10 meters of land.
“You look even funnier, brother,” Cyra said, looking at the various bruises on Sam’s face.
“This is the sign of a man!” Sam bragged.
“Oh,” Cyra rolled her eyes.
Soon, there were only less than ten people and three meters of land.
“Brother…” Sam looked at Luke, as if on signal.
“Rush!”
With the signal, Sam and Luke rushed toward the remaining people, throwing them off the remaining land.
“No! Not yet!” The last student was not reconciled and managed to drag Sam with him.
The world seemed to slow down as Sam watched himself fall.
“Hey, I didn’t think I would fall…” Sam thought.
“Not yet,” Neo suddenly appeared in Sam’s vision, jumping to him.
“You-” Sam was shocked as Neo jumped so suddenly without any support.
“Heh,” Luke was quick-minded, seeing Sam fall and Neo jump.
He also jumped, catching Neo.
Although Serene and Cyra were a little slow, they managed to hang onto Luke’s two feet.
“Huh! Close!” Sam’s heart pounded rapidly at the near fall.
“You really are the best little brother!” Sam laughed happily, pinching Neo’s cheek.
“If you don’t want to fall, don’t distract me,” Neo said silently.
“Oh, but you’re my cute little brother!” Sam didn’t mind and continued to play with Neo’s face.
-_-
Soon, the two little sisters managed to pull them out.
“Hah! Safe!” Sam smiled widely.
“Don’t celebrate too early,” Luke grabbed him to their earlier spot.
Soon, the seconds ticked by.
15s…
13s…
10s…
“Come to my shoulder, Sam!” Luke hurried.
Now there was only less than a meter of land left.
“Right up!” Without delaying, Sam climbed up onto Luke’s shoulder.
After that, Neo and the others also climbed up, forming a human tower.
“Can you bear us, Luke?” Sam teased, seeing Luke sweating due to their weight.
“Shut up!” Luke retorted as he carried them.
“Oh.” Sam covered his mouth but still smiled.
Seeing that Luke could speak loudly meant that he still had the spare strength to carry them.
5s…
4s…
3s…
2s…
1s…
At the last second, there was only a small piece of land left for Luke to tiptoe on.
Which caused his face to turn red due to exertion.
[Test Complete!]
[Congratulations to the 382 students who passed!]
With that, the whole place morphed back to its previous state.
“Huh!” Luke didn’t hold on any longer as he lowered the people on his shoulders.
“It’s fun!” Sam somersaulted as he landed.
“Brother, catch!” Neo didn’t bother to spend energy and let Sam catch him.
“Easy!” Sam was quick and easily caught Neo.
Serene and Cyra, on the other hand, gracefully landed.
“Sister, your landing was much prettier!” Serene praised.
“Yours too,” Cyra said.
“Girls…” Sam rolled his eyes.
“Come, we’re being called to the stage,” Luke patted Sam.
“Hey, there are 382 survivors,” Sam commented as they walked onto the stage.
“It’s much less than I thought,” Neo muttered.
Based on his analysis when he was thrown by his brothers earlier.
This course had more than a thousand spots that would not collapse.
Yet there were only less than 400 survivors.
“It’s already a lot, not everyone is a freak like you,” Luke said.
“Oh, carry me, brother…” Neo didn’t comment further as he jumped onto Luke’s back.
“You should grow up, Neo,” Luke advised as he secured Neo on his shoulders.
Carrying Neo had been Sam and Luke’s job, moving him from place to place.
“It’s enough for you to grow up, brother…” Neo thought as he closed his eyes to recharge his energy.
…
On Maximus’ Stand:
“As expected of my children,” Maximus muttered proudly.
Seeing that all of his children had managed to pass, how could he not be proud?
“It seems that teamwork is the best,” Liam said, looking at his brothers and sisters.
“Unfortunately, we don’t know what our tests are,” Lily said.
“We can only adapt as they come…” Liam sighed, getting a little nervous as they waited for their turn.