85: Chapter 85 Sword Immortal Jiang Mengxi!

"For this trial, you need to go to Mist City."

"Kill boss-level creatures in specific areas to obtain the special material, energy crystal. You have six days."

"Additionally, this trial will involve Tier 2 Spark squads leading three reservists each!"

Zhou Ying's voice fell.

Lin Mo keenly noticed that many people's expressions changed, especially those strong individuals who had already reached Tier 2.

"Mist City? That is one of the fallen main cities of the Sakura Empire. It has been completely covered by fog, and it is rumored that entities above Rank 9 exist within."

"The trials held in Mist City in the past had some of the highest mortality rates, right? It would be one thing for us to go in ourselves, but why do we have to bring Tier 1 reservists as dead weight?"

"Isn't this just pure added difficulty?"

"Yeah, it feels like the situation is a bit ominous."

Zhou Ying coldly swept her gaze over the crowd, her voice dropping a few degrees, "Exploring Mist City is a joint plan between nations."

"The King-level Creature inside Mist City will be jointly suppressed by the strong from various empires."

"All you need to do is explore the Tier 2 areas."

"The fog distributed within Mist City naturally suppresses teleportation channels, so you must carry 3 reservist members to balance the strength and reduce the teleportation pressure."

"This is my first and last time explaining this. If there are any more questions, get out immediately."

When she said the last sentence, Zhou Ying's tone had completely turned cold.

The Tier 2 powerhouses immediately became silent, not daring to say anything more.

Lin Mo looked at Gu Rongyu beside him with some curiosity.

"What do they mean by 'reservists'?"

Gu Rongyu's face revealed a look of surprise, "You don't know? We aren't considered official members; we are just reservists. We cannot obtain contribution points, cannot access core data, and cannot redeem Spark rewards."

"Only if we perform well and our strength reaches Tier 2 do we have a chance to become official members."

Reservists cannot obtain contribution points?

But hadn't he already obtained 500 contribution points?

Lin Mo understood in his heart.

He had likely used his aunt's connections again.

Someone asked doubtfully, "But Sister Zhou, how do we choose these 3 reservists?"

"Purely random? Or can we choose them ourselves?"

One had to know that although they were all Spark reservists, there was a gap in their actual strength, and secondly, there was the synergy between professions.

If one were to talk about priority, support-type professions should be higher than ranged-type professions, and then higher than melee-type professions.

After all, even if a melee-type reservist was very strong, they would inevitably struggle greatly when facing Tier 2 monsters.

The whole squad would still need to protect them.

But if it was a support-type profession, even if they were only Tier 1 Rank 1, they could still play a role thanks to their special skills.

Although ranged-type professions might not deal much damage, at least one wouldn't need to be too distracted to take care of them.

Therefore, many people pricked up their ears.

Zhou Ying introduced, "It's simple. Before the trial officially begins, I will conduct a basic assessment of the reservist members."

"You will be able to see the combat power status and professional skills of every reservist member."

"Then it will be a two-way selection."

"The two-way selection will be conducted based on the Tier 2 squad rankings."

The Tier 2 squads nodded; since reservist members had to be brought along, this method was naturally the best.

Seeing that everyone approved, Zhou Ying continued, "Then... all reservist members, please follow me."

As she spoke, Zhou Ying glanced at Lin Mo.

Theoretically, Lin Mo's strength had not yet reached Tier 2, but he was already an official member.

So Zhou Ying added another sentence separately, "You come too."

Lin Mo shrugged and obediently followed behind Zhou Ying. They walked together to an open area.

The surroundings had already been surrounded by the Tier 2 squads, and pairs of curious or disdainful eyes watched these reservist members.

Song Cheng was currently staring intently in one direction, his tone somewhat fanatical.

"She's here too! SSS-rank profession, Sword Immortal Jiang Mengxi!!!"

"It is said that her mind is filled only with the way of the sword; she doesn't care about other things and can't even remember people's names."

Sword Immortal?

Lin Mo had an impression of this profession.

Among 3S-rank professions, Sword Immortal was definitely a terrifying profession that ranked near the top.

Extremely high damage output, extremely strong burst, and... also very cool!

Lin Mo curiously looked in the direction Song Cheng was pointing.

He saw a young girl standing there quietly.

Her hair was the same as Gu Rongyu's, long and straight black hair, tied into a low ponytail with a deep cyan ribbon.

She had a melon-seed-shaped face, and her eyebrows were naturally slightly curved, appearing somewhat sharp.

She wore a bamboo-green plain dress, appearing fresh and refined.

On the back of her right hand, near the web of her thumb, there was a pale cyan sword tattoo.

However, Lin Mo did not see where her sword was.

"Is this person very famous?" Gu Rongyu asked curiously.

Song Cheng nodded frantically, "More than just famous. Within our Spark, she is practically a myth."

"The top scorer in the grand exam; she had already broken through to Tier 2 upon enrollment and simultaneously became an official member of Spark."

"More importantly! She's beautiful! That Flying Sword technique is simply amazing!!!"

"She is simply the goddess in my heart, my idol!"

The corners of Lin Mo's mouth twitched slightly. Was Song Cheng's idol so cheap? He treated everyone he saw as an idol.

Even Zhang Yifan, who had always been extremely fond of Gu Rongyu, had to admit it.

This Jiang Mengxi's charm was not inferior to Gu Rongyu's in the slightest.

"Everyone, except for those with support professions, please spread out."

"Once you are ready, we can begin the assessment."

Zhou Ying's voice came.

Lin Mo and the others hurriedly scattered.

Ensuring there was a convenient space for combat around them.

Only Song Cheng hid to the side; as a support-type profession, they would be tested separately later.

However, everyone could not help but feel a little curious: what method was Zhou Ying planning to use for the assessment?

Only those official members who had already reached Tier 2 had a smile curl at the corners of their mouths.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Sister Zhou wants to play again."

"I wonder if anyone can last more than a minute under Sister Zhou this time."

"It's difficult, right? I remember last year only Sword Immortal Jiang Mengxi managed it."

"Sister Zhou is still awesome."

"Alright, stop talking. Remember to observe their performance."

Zhou Ying looked at Lin Mo and the others with a smile, "In the coming process, I will launch an attack on all of you simultaneously, with a strength of Tier 1 Rank 5."

"And what you need to do is hold on as long as possible; don't admit defeat too early, okay."

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows slightly.

Simultaneous attacks; there were at least twenty-something Tier 1 reservist members here.

How was Zhou Ying going to manage to launch an attack on everyone while strictly controlling her strength?

Just as Lin Mo was curious.

Zhou Ying had already put her hands together, and then, her ten fingers formed seals at an extremely exaggerated speed.

Looking at these somewhat familiar hand-sealing movements, the corners of Lin Mo's mouth twitched slightly.

Could it be...

Could it be that...

Zhou Ying shouted excitedly.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"