Skysher blinked; he was no longer on Yunshan mountain. Once again, he was standing on the long, stretching desert ground of the system assessment, and just like last time, he had to kill 100 worms. Only this time, he wasn't the one running.
[Ding]
>The system assessment begins.
[System Instructions]
>Kill 100 worms.
[Period]
>100 seconds!
>Good luck.
Skysher looked at the panel, brewing with confidence, he lashed out his hand, cracking his neck. With a smirk on his face, he started jumping side to side for a warm-up, inevitably releasing an outwards shockwave, opening his position.
Suddenly, the sand behind Skysher started to shift, bending from side to side. Thanks to his heightened senses, Skysher picked up on the worm before it could get close.
But it was too late. Without a word, the worm whipped out of the sand, its big shadow covering Skysher.
As he landed his eyes on the towering, ugly beast, Skysher was no more. He was gone!
The next second, the worm too, was no more. In its place was its severely cut organs and ugly green blood raining everywhere. Skysher had moved so fast that it was too fast for the worm to even notice his movement.
He was leading.
Turning towards the sand again, Skysher found his next target. Wasting no time, Skysher immediately got to work. His eyes on the ticking seconds, Skysher was ready not to waste even a single one.
Locating one after the other, Skysher spared none. Running across the desert sand, everything that moved was his target. Within the 20 seconds alone, he was able to kill 30 worms.
"Hah!, too easy," he yelled, running across a dune. Half of his face covered with the shed of his enemies. Last time, he was the one who shed blood, but this time, Skysher swore they would shed ten times as much.
This time, he was fast, he was sharp. He was a forged sword, a forged warrior.
[Ding]
The system came before Skysher once again. Seeing that things were going too easy for him, it decided it was time to make things more interesting...
>Too easy, huh? How about turning the heat up a little?
"Eh?" Skysher couldn't believe his eyes. It seemed that he came in too strong for the assessment, and now the system was going to make it harder?
Suddenly, a huge worm exited the sand as it lunged at Skysher. This time, something was different. Something huge. The worms before were just overgrown pieces of moving flesh, but these. They had shells!
On top of that, they were bigger. Significantly bigger than the normal ones he fought before, and faster. In terms of stats, he was no longer the only one who levelled up. They did too.
The playing field was levelled.
Skysher nervously dodged the Worms' attack, waiting to slash it as it crashed to the ground, but Skysher had never expected what he saw. Turning back, the worm had twisted its body and was now, again, launching another attack.
Skysher's shock grew, but he wasn't about to lose. Activating his martial art: Slice and dice, combined with his skill, he was able to instantly cut through the Worm's new shell and cut it in half.
Landing on the ground beside it, Skysher was once again outclassed. Three more Worms splashed out of the sand as they all shot towards him. Not even giving him a moment to catch his breath, Literally.
The worms now and before had many visible differences, but none of those were much better. However, just one alone was to combat Skysher, and that was their hearing. It had doubled a hundredfold.
So much so that they were now tracking Skysher by his breathing!
Now, in the middle of the air, and absolutely cornered, Skysher seemed to have no way out, but that wasn't Skysher. Learning from his previous encounter, he knew the one weakness it had, its mouth.
With a dazzling step, Skysher supported himself, avoiding tragedy as he jumped from one worms mouth to another. Basically putting his hunters against each other. The two other worms now lunged at the worm Skysher was a top of.
In a blink, Skysher had fulfilled his plan. Striking three worms with one bird, he took them all down at the same point, by their heads. Green blood flew everywhere, their heads and huge bodies toppling to the ground.
As his body landed on the ground, it started to shake vigorously, causing him to lose his balance. Suddenly, Skysher's eye caught it, another worm jumped from the side as it opened its mouth wide.
He hadn't expected it!
The worm landed on its target, swallowing Skysher as a whole and jumping back to the ground. Skysher went inside its body. His hands were struggling against the vigorous teeth of the worm closing in on him.
[Ding]
>Still think it's easy?
Skysher tightened his jaw; he was fighting both his anger and being eaten. The system could not have chosen a better time to distract him.
[System Alert]
>Hurry up. You have only 40 seconds left and 50 worms to slay! Or are you still going to fail?
Skysher became red, he had had enough.
Suddenly, the worm flew out from the sand, its mouth suffering from abnormal pain. Out of nowhere, Skysher broke through. Weaving through with a splash of slashes, turning the worm to minced meat.
"Not in your dreams," Skysher growled as he smiled, swiping away the icky mucus. The position was tight and time was running out, but Skysher would win. After all, he wasn't going to go back, defeated after all that.
No way!
Skysher wasted no second. He stood still! If he wanted to find his enemies, he was going to let them find him first. Then would he fight it out wholeheartedly with them. First, he calmed down. Taking in the heaviest breath he could, and preparing for his iconic catchphrase.
Screaming!
He needed to somehow get attention to his side, and this one worked the best in his instincts. And they did! Like bolts of lightning, several sandworms appeared from nothing.
Skysher smiled, his face turning dark.
Skysher activated his skill, Instant. Immediately, everything came to a stop, but not permanently; it would only last for 2 seconds. So he needed to make the best out of the 2 seconds.
He needed to cut them down all at once. A slash!
Skysher reached for his sword, his breath heavy and behind power. Lightning started crackling between his hands, and his eyes started to glow unnaturally.
Skysher stood back up, releasing a small sigh, he had done nothing! He quickly released his grip on his sword, his eyes turning back to their normal hazel.
He looked back up,a warm smile coming to his face, lit up with amusement.