Chapter 11694 — Four-Headed Dragon-Level Evil Demon Cat-Eye
The Blossom Guardian Page 1 of 2
At this moment, what Wei Zhao cared about more was what this ghost doll was planning to do to them.
The Teaching Affairs Headquarters Building.
Holographic projections in four directions simultaneously displayed the live scenes of the four groups' trial selection.
The black prison was pitch-dark, yet under the special surveillance angle, everything was revealed in the finest detail.
"A four-headed dragon-level evil demon cat-eye doll—now that's a grand gesture."
Shi Wushuang could not help but click her tongue.
As a selection officer, even she had only learned the full contents of the third round of the trial selection at this very moment.
The Heavenly Dao Academy roughly divided outer-realm evil demons into four levels, from weakest to strongest: wolf level, tiger level, dragon level, and god level.
Although the absolute strength of dragon-level evil demons had not yet crossed the threshold of god level, they were still beings that absolutely could not be underestimated; one careless moment, and even a god-level expert might capsize in the gutter.
In fact, never mind these rookie candidates who had not yet formally joined the Heavenly Dao Academy—even senior academy students, encountering any dragon-level evil demon out in the world, had to summon every ounce of their vigilance.
According to academy regulations, subjugating a dragon-level evil demon required a full-strength squad when no god-level expert led the team.
Locking a batch of rookie candidates in with a dragon-level evil demon was no different from a massacre.
Naturally, the Heavenly Dao Academy would not do such a foolish thing.
Among all the known dragon-level evil demons, the cat-eye doll was an exceedingly special existence.
Their direct attack power was virtually zero.
Never mind a group of powerful candidates—even ordinary people would not die from their direct attacks.
Yet they were still classified as dragon-level evil demons, for one reason alone: they inflicted extremely intense mental contamination on surrounding targets.
The intensity of that contamination could even rival certain god-level evil demons.
An ordinary person kept in their company would go mad in under ten seconds.
Even a skilled Venerable-realm expert would find it hard to stay rational for more than an hour alongside them.
To withstand their mental contamination was not merely a matter of strength tier, nor was it a matter of willpower; most of the time, it came down to innate talent resistance.
Some were born with superb resistance, still sharp and spirited after three days and three nights.
But most people had no such good resistance; given a little more time, their rationality would collapse and they would go mad on the spot.
Xiao Tiao turned his head and explained, "Joining the Heavenly Dao Academy means standing on the front line against outer-realm evil demons. Resisting their mental contamination is the most important basic requirement—that is what the third round of the trial selection is meant to screen for."
Shi Wushuang nodded.
Mental contamination was the common trait of all outer-realm evil demons; the only difference lay in whether the contamination intensity was lower or higher.
In theory, once mental contamination lasted long enough, even the most innately resistant person—even a god-level expert—could have their rationality collapse and lose control.
Such cases were countless in the history of the Heavenly Dao Academy.
Precisely for this reason, the academy imposed strict limits on how long its students could be exposed to outer-realm evil demons.
Anyone exceeding a certain time limit had to withdraw.
Moreover, after every contact with an outer-realm evil demon, regardless of whether the subjugation succeeded, one had to undergo specialized psychological counseling; otherwise, with various hidden dangers accumulating over the long term, serious problems would still arise.
The present trial was essentially meant to eliminate those without mental resistance from the very start, so as not to waste resources.
After all, this item was a true one-vote veto.
Fail this hurdle, and no matter how heaven-defying one's aptitude, it would be useless.
If such a person were forcibly admitted into the Heavenly Dao Academy, the more heaven-defying their aptitude, the greater the hidden dangers down the road—planting landmines for oneself, plain and simple.
Naturally, the Heavenly Dao Academy would not do such a foolish thing.
Shi Wushuang glanced to the side; the emergency medical team was already in position, ready to reach in and pull people out at any moment.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Di Xuanwang was, for the first time ever, somewhat nervous.
The cat-eye doll's movements could be seen with perfect clarity from their vantage point.
All the candidates had been affected by mental contamination from the moment they entered the black prison, but at present the cat-eye doll was crawling on Di Liankong's back—so the one suffering the strongest contamination was obviously Di Liankong.
Di Liankong was an important chess piece he had carefully arranged; though he had given him a preemptive warning beforehand and even put him through some targeted training, at a time like this, everything still depended on Di Liankong himself.
If he could not hold out, then all would have been in vain.
Soon, something abnormal appeared in Di Liankong.
The aura around him began to grow disordered, his expression turning savage and complicated; he was unconsciously gasping for breath, showing every sign of losing control and going berserk at any moment.
The others had no idea what was going on, but they still warily pulled back one after another.
Wei Zhao quietly observed the scene while feeling out the mental contamination's effect on his primordial spirit.
He had already understood the purpose of this trial.
After all, the new world was currently raising a whole pack of crimson ancient apes; he had long known of the existence of mental contamination, except that its intensity was far weaker than the cat-eye doll before him—the two could not be mentioned in the same breath at all.
He had tested it before: the World Will could isolate the invasion of mental contamination.
In other words, with the World Will present, Wei Zhao had no need whatsoever to care about mental resistance—this trial was a walk in the park for him.
But Wei Zhao did not intend to do that.
"A rare opportunity—give that plan of mine a proper try and I guarantee you'll be in for a huge surprise."
Those were Jiang Xiaoshang's exact words.
Of course, he had one more line after that.
"Think of a way to steal a cat-eye doll in here for me—this thing is way more useful than an ape demon."
Wei Zhao ignored him.
Anyone could figure out with their toes that a special evil demon like the cat-eye doll, which could be used for trial selection, was absolutely no ordinary asset even within the Heavenly Dao Academy—countless eyes up and down were watching it.
If he really dared to make a move on the cat-eye doll, he would be dug out by those big shots of the Heavenly Dao Academy in a matter of minutes.
Jiang Xiaoshang said sulkily, "You still just don't have the guts."
Wei Zhao was speechless. "Better to have no guts than no brains."
Time slipped quietly by.
Two quarter-hours later, the first candidate to suffer a mental collapse appeared—not Di Liankong, but another man named Jiang Cheng.
At some unknown point, the cat-eye doll had quietly shifted from Di Liankong's back onto Jiang Cheng.
Wei Zhao could not help but glance at Di Liankong again.
The cat-eye doll had stayed on Di Liankong's back far longer than on Jiang Cheng.
Yet in the end, apart from his state fluctuating rather wildly, Di Liankong had not ultimately lost control; instead, Jiang Cheng was the first to break down.
The emergency medical team immediately entered the field and swiftly carried Jiang Cheng away.