ch 17: desert after mountain

( Saturday night special release)

Second stage

A young man in a green turtle hat stood at the top of the cliff, holding the hand of a woman. His presence annoyed most, especially a boy in a rabbit costume continuously hitting the pillar with little success.

"Idiot rabbit, you may be faster this time win race , reach on Cliff before me but still with your teddy hand don't even think of clearing this stage.

Rabbit community Destine to loses," the green hat boy swung his sword, striking the pillar effortlessly. The pillar lit up in silver brilliance.

Rabbit boy eyes were brim by tears , he became more madly heating pillar stil far from qualification.

Rabbit boy " no , not again lose to turtle. I going to win and regain the lost Pride of rabbit family ".

While others struggled, Zen, who had just come out of his supine position, looked at the clock. "Now, time to see what I gain from today." With these words, he generated force from his calf, covering the distance in one go, reaching the arena.

Pointing his sword towards the pillar, he stood in a position breaking his force limit. "Last sixty seconds." The countdown began.

"Humph, just what is he trying to do? Making weird positions. Just hit if you wanted," someone said, not understanding Zen's actions. He stuck his force towards the pillar,

Zen holding heavy Sword in hand rotates his body , launch the heavy Sword towards the pillar.

" criteria to pass , This stage is to lit up the pillar with high colour. I don't understand why everyone is foolishly carrying sword and climbing on mountain."

Heavy Sword like meteor heading towards its target .

but before the sword edge touched the pillar, something unexpected happened, shocking everyone.

"Two swords intercepted, one by Rampage Rabbit and the other by the Lollipop boy of the Rising Rider family, collided with Zen's sword, redirecting the force of his momentum to strike the pillar. The pillar brightened with a brilliance of red light.

"You both wanted to die," Zen, surprised, couldn't believe that fellow hero sons would do something so shameless in front of everyone.

"What are you yelling? You came in our way. Look, we can't even touch silver just because of you," the Lollipop boy yelled at Zen.

While embarassed rabbit not speak anything but for him have another option to clear this stage.

Zen looked tactfully at him and many others around. It was clear that their eyes showed no understanding of what was happening. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 3," Zen tighten is muscle . allowing rapid adrenal rush in his bulgy veins . With incredible speed zen rushing towards pillar.

Golden underwear " what's that is he awake some kind of gene ."

System : incredible , host look his internal status. I never see some incredible like him who can control over his muscle and hormonal flow movement without support of any gene power.this amount of control require to go through intense training and incredible will power build up.

Golden underwear : so what he attains so call control , at end he is mere side character .i forgot the count, how many so call incredible side character bloods use by me as hand wash.

Within second zen reached on Cliff.

held the handle grip, swung the sword at the pillar from an inch distance. "Violet, indigo, and blue," and it stopped at green light.

"The first stage has ended. Out of forty thousand participants, only ten thousand were able to clear that stage. The top ten will be gifted with swords made of Arca Nine tree as a reward." A woody sword fell into the hands of the top ten participants.

"It's really an Arca Nine sword. Even for us hero sons, it's my first time using it," someone remarked. Arca Nine was a rare tree with only nine existing. What made it special was its fruit and deep wood ring, gathering radiant aura from the air and storing it in the fruit.

"I congratulate every participant who cleared that stage. Let's move on to the second, which is going to be a little bit harsh.i might manipulation" The cyborg girl's body radiance blacked out everyone's eyes.

When visibility returned, they found themselves totally new place. Hard rock mountains had been replaced by hot sand, and a crystal glass field materialized above the desert.

Zen " her matter manipulation power is otherworldly. Instant mountain ground turn into barren desert ".

"The second stage is going to test your willpower and how much you can endure. A strong body can make a strong man in town, and a strong will can make you the strongest in the world.

Look at the glass field in the air. These are not normal glass; they are extreme heat absorber.

Once light touches them, we will be captured inside the glass. In short, the temperature of this stage is going to rise every second. Look at the bracelet on your hand. This will count the kills you make and be a way to come out of this stage. The match has already begun. I just hope there will be participants left at the end of this stage," said the cyborg girl, making a terrifying statement as she began her chess play.

Inside the glass, some participants were confused and suspicious because this stage seemed too easily clearable. Enduring the heat wasn't a challenging task for anyone.

Zen checked the digital bracelet on his hand. "This is showing body temperature, and there's also an option for the person to give up. But what do they mean by 'kill count'? This is a question not just for me; many participants are thinking the same. Do we have to kill each other to clear this stage? Many speculations are forming in people's minds."

"Hah, I understand this stage is truly easy. We just have to find something, a hidden key or quest in this desert to clear the stage. Instead of standing in a single position, let's discover," said a person who showed a monkey who had eaten the reward by falling into a fight.

Just like the world is full of cats, many instantly agreed with him. They began searching for hidden things in the sand.

Five minutes had already passed, while Zen remained calm, standing with his eyes closed. "Can't you go away and bother someone else? It's not good manners for the lady of a hero family to disturb someone's sleep," said a presence in front of Zen, annoying him.

"I am not going to leave because you are stuck with useless opponents. While you made me a fool by acting weak, when you are clearly stronger than your opponents," she expressed her anger, pointing at a young man whose collar she held. She is the Anaya 101th child of hero. While boy in her hand struggling is bosting boy Nat.

"Lady, please leave. I am not worth your opponent," he struggled in her hand.

"Shut up. Once a person from the Big Bull family chooses their opponent, this relationship will not end until they kill the person. Do you wish for death?" She buried him in the sand.

Five minutes had passed, but nothing had happened. "This is not good. This level is far more dangerous than I expected," Zen's eyes opened in a jolt, and a sweat drop marked his anxiousness.

"What do you mean?" she asked, confused, thinking this stage was the easiest.

"Look at the bracelet on your hand. Within five minutes, the temperature of this place has already increased by three degrees. What makes it more dangerous is that this stage has no time limit, but the rising temperature is itself a time limit. Just imagine, after two hours, the temperature will increase by 36° Celsius, adding it to the present temperature of 30° Celsius. It will become 60° Celsius. It's not hard for awakened people with the power of radiant, but for ordinary bodies like us, you can see for yourself," Zen explained.

"This, then what do we do now?" Even she, who others feared, showed signs of fear, as her beautiful skin began to show redness.

"For now, we just wait and see. I think our sister had hidden more surprises for us," Zen said.