Chapter 48 (1/2)

It was already late at night. The difference in temperature between day and night in the rain shadow was huge. It was scorching hot during the day, while chilly winds blew at night.

Xiao Yu had a coat on, snuggling at Xia Fei legs while sleeping soundly. Even though Xia Fei was also exhausted, he needed to persevere. As long as he was still in danger, he could not drop his guard.

He took out a bottle of pills from his spatial ring and poured out two on his palm before washing it down with a gulp of mineral water. A few minutes later, Xia Fei’s eyes turned bright again, as if he were a wild beast searching for prey in the night, shining with his vigilant eyes.

This drug was called Edge, and people could maintain a high state of vigilance under its effects, not feeling tired at all.

Edge was originally a psychotropic drug used to cure narcolepsy. Even the pharmaceutical company that developed the drug had not thought that the effect of Edge would be so shocking. Not only could it curb narcolepsy, people who took it were also even able to go without sleep for three days.

As such, the unassuming pill became the essential drug for countless warriors, especially during the wars. Even the army of many countries would dispense those pills during combat.

It had been four days since the assessment started, but Xia Fei had not even closed his eyes once. He had been trying to rely on sheer perseverance alone to stay awake, and this was the first time he actually took the pill.

Perseverance was something that a warrior would always need. It was already a fairly impressive feat that Xia Fei could rely on his tenacity alone and stayed awake for 4 days.

Actually, Xia Fei could still persist and do another two days without sleep. However, once a human started feeling sleepy, the head would still get drowsy even while persisting to stay awake, thereby resulting in varying degrees of decline to their judgment and the tempo of their own body.

Xia Fei had no intention of taking the risk with a dulled judgment. After all, this assessment was out of the ordinary. Every detail was important, which meant he needed to maintain his concentration at peak performance the entire time.

All of a sudden, the detector in his pocket sent a series of vibrations. A prey had arrived!

Xia Fei lightly placed Xiao Yu on the ground and used the shortest path to arrive at the location. He activated his Breath Control and hid in the bushes as he patiently waited. Like a veteran hunter, he was not feeling flustered or in any rush, hardly letting his mood or emotions affecting him.

He lifted his head up to the sky, but the rain that he was hoping for never arrived. Instead, it was getting clearer, as several stars in the sky faintly twinkled.

A figure appeared in the east, slowly making his way into Xia Fei’s ambush. This person was walking slowly and unwaveringly, like a traveler, keeping the same pace from the very start.

Soon, this person walked into the heavily trapped area that Xia Fei had set up, and he had not discovered anything amiss.

Xia Fei quietly pressed the button on his controller as a large number of mechanical snakes came burrowing out from the vegetation!

These mechanical snakes were frantically slithering out as it rushed toward this person. These mechanical snakes looked just like real snakes, making it impossible for anyone to differentiate them from the real deal under the cover of the night.

At the same time, a swarm of mechanical bees began buzzing as they came rushing out! A steel needle was tied to every mechanical bee, and their sharp tips were tinged green, which was precisely the venom of the Chinese Copperhead snake!

The moment this passerby realized that something was off behind him, he immediately broke his stride and began running, disappearing without a trace in a blink of an eye, demonstrating a speed that was well over 1000m/s.

Xia Fei pursed his lips. This person was a Speed Ability User and had a high cultivation to boot, so all he could do was watch him disappear into the darkness.

Pressing the button again, all the mechanical snakes and bees returned to their post and waited for the next prey.

“This is the fourth today, right?” Phantom asked from behind Xia Fei. Xia Fei had already chanced upon 4 prey in the day that he had no way of catching up. They were all far too strong as Xia Fei couldn’t take on any of them.

“Yeah,” Xia Fei stood up from the vegetation, watching as that Speed Ability User disappeared into the dark night. He had a strong urge to smoke a cigarette, but he curbed it because any light source would reveal his position during the night out here in the rain shadow.

“That guy’s speed was really fast,” Xia Fei softly said. “I’m afraid he has already reached Star Domain rank already.”

“That’s right, Primary Star Domain rank. Had you made your move then, you’d most likely be the one to be at a disadvantage,” Phantom said. “All your little devices and tricks sure are useful; they can probe and find out just about special ability and rank of the opponent, so you wouldn’t find yourself in the unfavorable situation of not knowing your enemy, at the very least.”

These mechanical snakes and bees were actually quite comical. They were toys that extraterrestrial kids played with and were used for pranks and such. Xia Fei had found them to be amusing and bought some, never imagining that it would actually come in handy here in the assessment.

“Candidates who could obtain a token and escape within 4 days ought to be very powerful individuals. After all, obtaining a token out of thousands of people isn’t a simple task. There would be more and more people traveling out here in the next 3 days by my calculations. Furthermore, it is impossible to continuously fight for 4 days in the foothills without paying any price yourself. I’ll stay and wait till then for the golden opportunity to snatch the token.” Xia Fei said as he made his way back to Xiao Yu’s side.

Phantom nodded repeatedly. Xia Fei’s analysis was very logical. To be able to swiftly take off with the token from the foothills and then escaping an ambush that was 500 kilometers away. It would have been impossible if these candidates weren’t powerful themselves.