Chapter 2 Second Stage Training?

"Hiss!"

Everyone present gasped when they heard this!

The first stage of training in the Dark Forest was already so terrifying, so how terrifying would the second stage be?

Just thinking about it sent shivers down their spines.

As if sensing the doubts in everyone's hearts, Wan Lihao spoke.

"Don't worry too much. The first stage of training was aimed at your defense. The second stage will focus on agility!"

"For Body Refiners, strength and defense alone are not enough. If your agility can't keep up, you're just a clumsy, living target, easily kited to death."

"That's why Body Refiners are the most difficult profession to succeed in the Inner World. Although they are strong in the early stages, they need to balance strength, defense, and agility in the later stages. It's difficult for Body Refiner players to stand out, which leads to very few true Body Refiner experts in the Inner World."

Wan Lihao sighed as he said this.

"However! Because they need to balance three attributes, Body Refiner players of the same realm are always the most terrifying in one-on-one combat!"

At this moment, a necromancer in the class quietly lowered his head.

"Alright, enough talk, come with me." Wan Lihao waved his hand.

At this time, Lin Lang couldn't help but raise his hand and ask.

"Teacher Wan, will the second stage be more difficult than the first stage?"

"Don't worry, the second stage is much easier." Wan Lihao grinned, but the smile looked somewhat malicious no matter how you looked at it.

Wan Lihao led everyone into the Inner World, the same yellow light sphere and the same C-grade dungeon as when they went to the Dark Forest.

When everyone opened their eyes again, they were on top of a towering mountain peak hundreds of meters high. The mountain was entirely formed of rock and was jet-black, like refined iron.

Opposite the mountain peak was another mountain peak, and in the center of the two peaks was a bottomless cliff!

Countless gray pillars stood between the two mountain peaks, their purpose unknown.

Qiao Yu looked around and saw that, apart from the two mountain peaks, the other areas were an endless deep sea.

The magnificent waves had crests hundreds of meters high, crashing heavily against the rocks beneath Qiao Yu's feet one after another.

The terrifying power of nature filled everyone in Body Refinement Class Two with a deep sense of awe.

Standing in front of the boundless sea, everyone felt particularly small.

"Teacher Wan, you don't want us to dodge the waves, do you?" Lei Lin's Adam's apple couldn't help but bob up and down.

"Don't worry, you don't have to."

Wan Lihao pointed to the gray pillars.

"The second stage of training is very simple. Step across those pillars and reach the opposite mountain peak within five minutes to succeed."

Qiao Yu's eyes narrowed.

Those stone pillars were constantly impacted by the waves year-round, making them extremely smooth, making it difficult to even stand on them.

Some of the stone pillars were also severely corroded by seawater, and might collapse if stepped on.

The distance between the two mountain peaks was at least five or six hundred meters. Reaching the opposite side tested not only agility, but also reaction speed and judgment.

"While the people from Body Refinement Class One haven't arrived yet, who wants to go up and try first?" Wan Lihao asked with a smile.

"I'll go!" Lin Lang, who was dark-skinned, stood up.

The experience in the Dark Forest had made his figure even more upright, and he had obviously gained a lot of benefits in the Dark Forest.

Lin Lang had long understood the principle of the early bird catches the worm. He believed that his talent in Body Refinement was not as good as Qiao Yu and Qin Xuan.

But he believed that as long as he put in ten times, or even twenty times, more effort than them, he could surpass even geniuses!

Lin Lang pursed his lips and jumped up without hesitation, standing on the gray stone pillar closest to him.

The stone pillar was very smooth, and Lin Lang's body couldn't help but shake as soon as he stood on it, giving off a precarious feeling.

But after only a few seconds, Lin Lang was firmly nailed to the top of the gray stone pillar like a nail.

He had already mastered the technique of how to stand firm on this smooth stone surface.

Lin Lang leaped up and jumped towards another stone pillar. This time, he successfully stood firm in less than a second.

At this speed, not to mention five minutes, Lin Lang estimated that he could reach the opposite mountain peak in less than three minutes.

Could it be that the second stage of training was simpler than the first stage? The same doubts appeared in the hearts of everyone in Body Refinement Class Two.

However, their doubts only lasted for three seconds before their expressions changed drastically.

A slender gray shadow suddenly leaped out of the magnificent waves, its target directly at Lin Lang!

Qiao Yu focused his attention and saw that the black shadow was a gray fish, about half a meter long.

The fish's sharp, long mouth was like a sharp spear, its length accounting for a third of the fish's body.

After suddenly breaking out of the waves, the fish rushed towards Lin Lang like a black arrow!

If he was stabbed firmly by this fish, he would suffer a penetrating wound.

Fortunately, Lin Lang was not completely unprepared. The moment he saw the fish, he immediately twisted his body to dodge.

But he forgot one thing, he was not on the ground, but on a smooth stone pillar!

As soon as Lin Lang moved his body, he couldn't stand firm!

Lin Lang gritted his teeth. In order to avoid the gray monster fish's attack, he could only let his body fall into the sea.

Plop!

Lin Lang's body seemed insignificant in front of the magnificent ocean, and his fall could not even stir up a wave.

"Teacher Wan, hurry up and save Lin Lang, he fell!" Lei Lin urged anxiously.

Unexpectedly, Wan Lihao slowly walked to the edge of the cliff and threw a huge iron chain as thick as a waist directly into the sea.

"Climb up yourself along this iron chain!" Wan Lihao shouted.

A full fifteen minutes later, Lin Lang, soaked in seawater, finally climbed up from the bottom of the cliff.

His dark face had turned very pale, and falling off the cliff was obviously not a pleasant experience.

Wan Lihao's calm voice sounded again.

"The gray monster fish that attacked Lin Lang is called the Gray Swordfish, a specialty of this dungeon. Any creature that wants to go to the opposite mountain peak will be attacked by the Gray Swordfish. Apart from that, there are no other dangers here."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. The greatest fear of mankind is the unknown.

If they only had to reach the opposite mountain peak while avoiding the Gray Swordfish, then the second stage of training did not seem so difficult.

Only Qiao Yu keenly noticed the blind spot.

He raised his head and asked Wan Lihao.

"Teacher Wan, about how many Gray Swordfish are there in the seabed?"

Wan Lihao smiled when he heard this, crossed his arms, and said lightly.

"Hmm... I'm not particularly clear about that either. I only know that this is the Gray Swordfish's lair. Conservatively estimated... there should be a hundred thousand of them?"