The mythical beasts born in the void space all have a characteristic: they are not composed purely of flesh and blood, but their bodies are more like a "gel".

The fire lizard clung to Karun's body, and the white smoke emitted from its burning flames seemed like plastic being melted by a small fire.

Of course, this analogy is not very appropriate, but it is the most vivid.

Small clusters of white smoke continuously rose up, and what Karun saw was Zogai weakening continuously. It might take some time, but as long as it continued, Zogai would undoubtedly die.

If an adult cannot move or dodge, then even the power of a matchstick's flame is enough to burn them to death.

The reason Karun chose to face Zogai in this way was not because he, as the captain, wanted to take the limelight, but because he considered that if he temporarily couldn't fully use the Dark Moon Blade and the Sea God's Eye, then the large amount of spiritual power stored within him would have nowhere to go. It would be better to consume some of it in this way.

This way, he could also give his subordinates enough time to rest.

Wentura and the others were excellent, but their endurance was their weakness. In this aspect, it was Karun's strong point. When your accumulation is terrifying enough, so-called waste becomes a very cost-effective thing.

Karun floated there without moving, and Zogai was also locked in place and unable to move.

Suddenly,

Zogai opened its mouth, and a black, crystalline liquid sprayed out from it.

It seemed to have predicted that Karun would try to stop it, so the liquid exploded halfway and turned into a black crystalline substance that covered Karun.

Karun could either retreat and let it be free or be enveloped by the contamination.

A purification halo appeared on Karun's body. This was the lowest-level Order Purification spell.

When this black crystalline substance covered him, the Order Purification instantly disintegrated, but Karun applied it again after it disintegrated, and then applied it again.

The lowest-level spell had a very low consumption rate, and Karun wasn't really using it to purify the contamination. It was more like putting on a show.

Anyway, he wasn't worried about this level of contamination at all.

On the contrary, Zogai was stunned for a moment and started continuously spitting at Karun when it saw that he didn't dodge or avoid.

Karun chose to ignore it completely.

Blanchard spoke up, "Being able to resist contamination with low-level spells proves that the captain's understanding of priest spells is far superior to mine. It turns out that the captain could only use low-level blessing spells temporarily because he was already sufficient."

Wentura, as an "old member," naturally said, "Of course!"

Bart exclaimed, "The captain did all the work for the three of us alone."

The three of them subconsciously ignored the fire lizard. Although it was the "damage dealer," in their eyes, it was more like something the captain found to give Aisley a sense of presence so she wouldn't be bored.

While Mars was still arranging the formation and stopped to catch his breath and contemplate the next step, he couldn't help but look at the boundaries where the other teams were located. Inside, the members of those teams were basically performing a battle against octopus monsters.

On their side, it was too quiet.

But Mars didn't feel bored. On the contrary, he liked the feeling of calmly arranging things.

Mr. Hofen mentioned in the notes he gave to Karun that "calm arrangement" is almost an obsession for every formation master. Most formation masters believe that hastily arranging practical formations is a compromise to commercialize the art of formations and a desecration of the art of formations.

What formation masters enjoy the most and what they pursue as the highest beauty is discovering a mosquito in a room and having enough time and conditions to arrange a forbidden-level formation to expel that mosquito from the room.

Bart spoke up, "Next, there are two more mythical beasts?"

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Wentura said, "The next one should be stronger than the previous one."

Blanchard said, "Actually, it's more expensive than the previous one."

The Augurev Fortress was suspended in the void space, stationed here. It was truly a place of exile, even more despairing than being stationed in the Snow Mountain Wasteland.

Because of this, the treatment at the Augurev Fortress was much better. In addition to daily patrols and monitoring, it was also the long-term task of the garrison here to hunt and capture mythical beasts in the void space.

After regularly handing over a sufficient number and variety of mythical beasts to the Order of the Gods, the remaining ones could be sold by the fortress itself. The high-level members of the Order of the Gods turned a blind eye to this, considering it as a gray welfare for the garrison of the fortress.

The stronger the mythical beast, the more difficult it is to capture, and the higher the price. According to their strength, on one hand, it was to gradually eliminate the teams, and on the other hand, if expensive mythical beasts were released in the first round, the cost would be too high.

By the later stages, when the number of teams decreased, they could release the expensive ones, and the cost would decrease.

"The first team is finished," Bart said.The first team once again took the lead in solving the target.

Branche spoke up, "They are from the Ding District. I saw them together when they first came in."

Bart laughed, "Did you want to join their team earlier?"

"Yes," Branche didn't hide it at all, "but it seems like they already had someone arranged, a priest with a background in the Knights Templar. I know her."

"In that case, they must have guessed the answer early on," Bart said.

It's not surprising, because Bart's parents and Aisley's parents both guessed the answer.

The population of the Ding District is not dense. It is composed of several countries put together to form a large district, but... the Holy See is located within the Ding District.

"Now, do you regret it?" Bart asked.

"It's meaningless to ask that question now," Branche shrugged, "When we envy them for solving the target quickly, they may also envy the peace and quiet here."

"That's true," Bart moved his hand, "Actually, our rhythm is better."

"Yes, the captain is obviously controlling our consumption, making sure we maintain our condition to deal with the next target. I even suspect that the captain is already preparing for the artifacts in the sealing space."

Inside the barrier of the first team, the people who were adjusting and resting focused their gaze on the third team.

"Tsk, I'm somewhat glad that there will be two teams selected in the end, so we won't be in direct competition with the third team."

"Yeah, we are fast, but they play with rhythm. Is that their captain?"

"Yes."

"One person suppressing Zog, can you do it, Muri?"

"I can do it, but I can't do it as calmly as he does."

"His spiritual power reserves are abundant."

"Heh, it's no longer enough to describe it as abundant. Pasio, I don't mind if you use the word 'terrifying' to describe the captains of the other teams, because he can bear that title. Daring to control Zog with the Order Chain, either he's a fool or this consumption is nothing to him. I don't want to fight against such an opponent, you know, unless I can successfully launch a surprise attack in an instant, or directly defeat him with the power of a holy artifact or other external forces. Otherwise, the one who loses after being deadlocked will definitely be me."

"Oh, by the way, Digat, your grandfather is on a business trip, right?"

"Yes, Captain, just yesterday."

"Well, your grandfather is the deputy director of the A-level department of the sealing space system. I suspect that if the mythical beasts are not enough in the end and there are still two or more teams left on the field, the higher-ups will use the power of the soul system artifacts to target us."

"Will it come to that?"

"I'm not sure. It depends on whether there is a third team that is as outstanding as us and the third team... If it really comes to the final stage, nothing is impossible... No, the third team is still setting up formations. Pasio, can you see what the second formation the formation mage of their team is setting up?"

"The first formation is the Kendor's Triple Defense Formation, and the one being set up now is... the Spiritual Bridge Formation."

"Spiritual Bridge Formation?" Muri's expression turned serious, "He's preparing for the trial of the artifacts! Because the power of the artifacts is enough to instantly affect everyone present, they need the Spiritual Bridge Formation to connect everyone together for defense. They sent that bird to steal the answer earlier."

"I understand, I'll start setting up now."

"Yeah, you don't need to participate in the next round. Hurry up and set up."

"Okay, Captain."

...

"This Karun is quite interesting," Mosvat looked at the projection in front of the mirror and said.

Geliriven also nodded and said, "He's a very clever person. Although he is a member of the Order Whip, he is just an unofficial member. Mosvat, you have a chance."

Mosvat exaggeratedly said, "Fuden will kill me."

Geliriven said, "He can't discover talents himself, otherwise he wouldn't still be without an official position."

Mosvat corrected her, "You should know that he doesn't even bother to change his servant's certificate, which means he doesn't have any obsession or value for official positions. After all, even a judge's monthly allowance is only a little over a thousand Order Coupons."

"Yeah, the allowance and treatment of grassroots priests are a bit low, which is not conducive to the development of grassroots work."

The two stopped here.

Strangely, Cardinal Kled, who was accustomed to summarizing and commenting after their speeches, was unusually silent this time and even closed his eyes, snoring.

...

It turned out that if Zog was not suppressed in the first place, its abilities would cause great trouble to the team.There were constantly teams being eliminated because of Zogai, and there were also cases of serious injuries. Even after treatment, these injuries could still leave sequelae. Gu Yi.

There was no way around it. After all, this was not a selection in the consciousness space. When the body was truly involved, the risks became uncontrollable.

Commander Punk's face became even more solemn.

He had already anticipated the pressure he would face after the selection was over. Those young people either had influential parents or were seen as future stars in the major districts by the authorities. It was unacceptable for the selection organized by himself to become a farce.

Sigh...

Should he not be transferred back?

Commander Punk looked up at the absurd sky that looked like splattered paint and continued to stay stationed at the Augurev Fortress. It seemed quite content.

...

Felimina's final punch pierced through Zogai's body, causing it to start disintegrating and quickly dissipating.

She coldly looked at her teammates, and their gazes were equally icy.

Felimina took a deep breath and didn't say the word "useless" because she still wanted to compete for that spot.

But now it seemed that her chances of success were very slim. This team was formed by the remaining individuals, and regardless of their individual strengths, none of them had a submissive temperament.

Those who were willing to lower their heads and say kind words could always find a team to join in advance. No one would refuse a humble addition because they were good at commanding and understood the overall situation.

As for those who didn't want to lower their heads to seek a team and were unwilling to lower themselves with kind words, they stood there with a cold expression and eventually gathered together.

If someone were to ask Felimina at this moment if she regretted her decision, she would definitely answer, "Yes."

She regretted it. She knew that Karun's team had the advantage. In that team, she could stand by and sleep the whole time. When Karun needed her, he would call her and she would take action. After solving the problem, she could continue to rest and recover.

She wouldn't hide her true thoughts. She was used to facing her inner self. If given another chance, she would accept that piece of dessert, even if she didn't eat it.

...

The Zogai on Karun's side was already desperate.

It originally wanted to exhaust Karun, but it found that it could never move when this young human stood in front of it. Its attempts to pollute him seemed to be completely ignored.

What outsiders couldn't see was the spiritual attacks it had been launching at Karun, but they had no effect at all.

This young human was like a mountain, firmly suppressing it.

The fire lizard relied on the flames on its body to already dissolve most of Zogai's body. This was the result of a slow grind, but it also brought deeper despair to Zogai.

At this moment, Karun noticed that the other teams had all finished.

Either they had dealt with the Zogai in their teams or they had been eliminated.

Karun had originally planned to control the pace and let his team rest a bit longer. Now it seemed unnecessary because two teams had fought for much longer than he expected.

But this situation couldn't be known in advance, so he had to take the initiative.

Now, it could end.

Karun removed all the chains and the freed Zogai rushed towards him like a madman. As a phantom beast, it directly used physical attacks, which meant that it had been tormented to the point of almost going crazy, and it even had the intention of seeking quick relief.

"Order - Punishment Spear!"

On the ground in front of Karun, twelve punishment spears emerged. Zogai saw them but didn't dodge or evade. It directly charged through them with its body.

Karun raised his hand, and the twelve punishment spears pierced through Zogai's body from below.

"Roar!"

Zogai let out a painful yet exhilarating roar.

"Boom!"

Then, it completely exploded.

Karun rubbed his wrist, feeling a bit dizzy in his head, his eyes a bit sore, and his chest slightly stuffy. These were normal reactions to exerting spiritual power at a high intensity for a long time.

However, he still had plenty of remaining power, no, more than enough.

At present, he was far from the point of fainting as he used to. But he still needed to rest a bit. His bullets were still abundant, but the barrel had turned red and needed to cool down.

Karun turned around and gave the order:

"Prepare for the next round."

"Yes, Captain!"

At this moment, there were still ten teams left on the field.

Karun didn't feel the slightest ease in his heart. The first and seventh teams had always put pressure on him, and there might be tough opponents among the remaining teams.

If they really fought until the end and the artifact appeared...

When the artifact representing absolute power appeared, luck would play a significant role."Sigh, I really don't want to rely on luck."

……

"Whoosh...Whoosh...Whoosh..."

A little girl, swinging her legs, sat on a glass cabinet humming a song.

Beneath her, inside the glass cabinet, lay two copper coins.

In a distant corner, a group of male and female, old and young artifact spirits gathered together, discussing today's escape plan.

This was almost their daily routine, always enthusiastically discussing how to mobilize everyone to escape. However, some artifact spirits had been discussing this from the last era to this one.

The little girl wanted to remind them:

"Look, that silver door is already open. Now is the best chance to escape."

But the little girl, Loya, was kind. She knew that doing so would be too cruel.

They dared not escape. The price of being caught after a failed escape was to be sunk into a deeper closed space. Here, at least everyone could chat and have company. But in the deeper closed space, what awaited you would be eternal loneliness.

They treated the discussion of escape as a game, and the act of escape itself had lost its fundamental meaning.

At this moment, a gentle woman appeared beside Loya. She was the spirit of a harp, and that harp was a gift from the Sea God to his lover, Mills.

"Sister Lonidel."

"Little Loya, I'll secretly tell you a secret."

"Hmm?"

"Do you know why this door is open today?"

"Hmm? Isn't it because someone is coming to exchange for a divine artifact? I don't want anyone to set their eyes on me. Humph, if anyone exchanges me, I'll find a chance to trap him to death, then go find my brother Karun."

"No, it seems they plan to choose a divine artifact to be an examiner in a selection."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes, they originally chose me to go, but I refused."

"Ah, why did you refuse, sister? It's a rare chance to get out."

"Because I don't want my harp sound to be heard by just anyone."

"I see."

"But, I recommended you to them. They will come to ask you later.

Remember, you must express a good attitude. The selectors this time are all young people from the Order of God. What they worry about the most is that we will cause a lot of irreversible damage to those young people. After all, they are the best of their generation.

So they are very cautious when choosing divine artifacts. As long as you behave obediently, you will get the chance to go out and get some fresh air."

"Okay, thank you, sister. Hehe."

Loya continued to swing her legs excitedly, humming a song. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she murmured:

"Hmm, the best group of young people from the Order of God. I wonder if my brother Karun will be among them?"