Half a day later, Meng Xingchen encountered a one-horned iron rhino and killed it easily, obtaining the first target item of the assessment task.

On the second day, when he was observing a valley covered by dense thunder force, a team of ten ninth-level star-grade warriors saw him alone and immediately came to besiege him, wanting to kill him and seize his equipment.

As a result, of course, they were all killed easily.

The biggest danger in this trainee mercenary assessment mission actually comes from the other star-level people participating in the assessment.

Unfortunately, most of the lightning power in the Thunder World is much stronger than that in the Leiyuan Secret Realm. Even with the assistance of the Thunder Body, Thunder Spirit Battle Armor, and the second level of Wind and Thunder Domain, Meng Xingchen did not dare to try it easily and could only observe it briefly.

For half a year, he asked Lei Yuan Teng Jiao and Ao Tian Falcon to assist with lightning and wind blade attacks every day, and the wind and thunder field was successfully promoted to the second level.

On the fifth day, he found a good place with thunder and entered it to practice the second level of the Thunder-Resistant Body for half a day, while trying to comprehend the mystery of the origin of thunder and lightning.

There was no progress, so we continued to fly towards Fenglei Canyon.

On the eighth day, I found a good hurricane-proof place and practiced the "Second Level of the Absolute Wind Body" for half a day.

Since Yunhengxing had been unable to sense the existence of the origin of thunder and lightning, Meng Xingchen simply purchased the secret book of the second level of the Absolute Wind Body. When Aotian Falcon activated the power of wind to attack, it not only improved the wind and thunder field, but also cultivated the second level of the Absolute Wind Body.

On the ninth day, they were ambushed by two ten-man level nine star teams.

Without hesitation, he sent them to see Nuo Lan Shan.

The closer you get to the Wind and Thunder Canyon, the more other stars you encounter.

Some of the star-level people who participated in the assessment mission were lucky enough to appear randomly in places close to the Fenglei Canyon, and they would immediately gather towards the Fenglei Canyon.

After more than ten days, Meng Xingchen successfully arrived at Fenglei Canyon.

Fenglei Canyon is located in the middle of a huge black mountain range.

This black mountain range seemed to be split in half by a giant god using some kind of huge weapon, forming a huge canyon, "Wind and Thunder Canyon."

……

"The Ninth Prince of the Empire is coming! Everyone else, get out of the way!"

"This canyon has been temporarily blocked by His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince!"

"Others can only approach after His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince has obtained enough 'Wind Corner Stones'!"

"Back off! Otherwise, I will kill you all!"

At this time, thousands of ninth-order star-level warriors under the command of the Ninth Prince had gathered near the Fenglei Gorge, blocking the mountain passes on both sides and preventing other star-level warriors participating in the assessment mission from approaching.

Most of the star-level talents dared to be angry but not to speak out, but there were a few star-level geniuses from the four major organizations who were indignant and cursed at the Ninth Prince's men from a distance.

"Where are the rules? Where are the regulations? Are you, the Black Dragon Mountain royal family, so overbearing?"

"This is the assessment site of the 'Universe Mercenary Alliance'. How dare you do this?"

"Get out of the way! We'll get a few wind angle stones and leave!"

The entire Fenglei Canyon was in a state of commotion.

However, despite the noise, no one dared to rush into the Wind and Thunder Canyon and clash with the ninth-level star-level guards.

Naturally, Meng Xingchen would not be the first to stand out. He flew around the mountain on one side of Fenglei Canyon for a while, then found a place close to the canyon where there was no one guarding it, and began to open up a passage to the cave.

As he flew along the mountain, he saw some people doing the same thing.

With the help of the Wind and Thunder Spear, the speed of opening up the cave passage is extremely fast.

Just half an hour later, they arrived at a place close to the interior of Fenglei Canyon.

Break through the last layer of hard black rock wall and look out.

Inside the Wind and Thunder Canyon, the hurricane was even more terrifying. As the cave was opened, the power containing the original might of the wind element shattered large areas of loose mountain walls, and a large amount of black gravel turned into powder.

Meng Xingchen sat cross-legged at the entrance of the cave, practicing the second level of the Absolute Wind Body, absorbing the power of the hurricane, tempering his body, and at the same time trying to comprehend the mystery of the origin of the wind system.

Just over half an hour later, a shiny black stone flashed at the entrance of the cave, swept by the hurricane.

"call!"

Meng Xingchen sucked in the original energy in his body and took the stone into his hand out of thin air.

This is a wind angle stone.

The goal of the assessment task is to obtain three wind-horn stones and a unicorn's tail.

Windhorn Stone is only produced in Fenglei Canyon, especially above the canyon, near the mountain walls.

The force of the hurricane in the canyon becomes stronger the further down and closer to the center. On the other hand, above the canyon, only ordinary seventh- and eighth-level stars can withstand the force of the hurricane.

On the other hand, the sky above the canyon is prone to lightning strikes. There are also many teams searching for wind angle stones there, and the killings are very brutal.

However, Meng Xingchen was not in a hurry. With his strength, collecting three wind horn stones was a very simple matter.

As for the tails of the unicorn rhinoceros, more than a dozen of them have been obtained.

It was all the work of those star-level teams who were blind enough to kill him when they saw that he was alone.

Soon, more than two months passed.

During this period, more and more stars gathered from all directions under the command of the Ninth Prince Brolin.

Of course, there are also more and more stars participating in the assessment tasks.

……

On this day, under the monitoring of the newly purchased long-range detection equipment, the Ninth Prince Brolin himself, under the protection of a large number of ninth-level star-level beings, arrived above the Wind and Thunder Canyon.

“Get out of here!” Brolin didn’t know what secret treasure he used, his voice was like thunder, spreading throughout the thousands of kilometers of Wind and Thunder Canyon, “Until we get enough Wind Corner Stones, no one is allowed to approach the Wind and Thunder Canyon!”

The ninth prince of Black Dragon Mountain arrived in person. According to Meng Xingchen's sensing detection, even the stellar-level teams above the Wind and Thunder Canyon, who had been hiding in the mountain passages like him and fishing for wind horn stones, immediately packed up their things and evacuated quickly.

Before Brolin arrived, there were still people who dared to speak out and curse at the stars who were guarding the entrances on both sides.

Now, most of them are fleeing.

After all, even if a stellar genius is highly respected and has a high status in organizations like Baihu Tower and Black Cloud Society, would he dare to challenge the Ninth Prince of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire face to face?

As for the geniuses from the sixteen major families, they had already stayed away from them.

Anyway, the assessment period lasts for more than a year, so there is no need to rush.

You, the Ninth Prince, are so arrogant, how could you completely block the Wind and Thunder Canyon for more than a year from beginning to end?

……

In the cave, Meng Xingchen opened the hidden door but did not leave.

With a large amount of wealth in hand, the various instruments he currently equipped were no less than those in the hands of the Ninth Prince. He could detect the other party's actions more accurately without being discovered by the other party.

During the detection, the Ninth Prince drove away most of the surrounding stars and immediately entered the Wind and Thunder Canyon.

After opening a huge shield, the Ninth Prince, along with hundreds of ninth-order star-level subordinates, started searching piece by piece with an instrument in hand.

It is about staying within a one-kilometer range for a few minutes before moving on to the next place.

“What a luxury!”

Babata muttered in Meng Xingchen's mind.

The space detector is looking for the entrance to the unknown world within the world. At the lowest level, the scanning detection range of each time is only tens of meters.

With every increase in distance, the price increases tenfold.

An instrument like the one in Brolin's hand can detect and scan an area of ​​about one kilometer around it at a time, so it must be extremely valuable.

However, on the surface, no one could recognize that this was a space detector. Even if there was a star-level with powerful monitoring equipment like Meng Xingchen that could detect Brolin's actions, they would only think that he was looking for the "Wind Corner Stone."

When the Wind Corner Stones appeared, the ninth-order star-level warriors guarding Brolin did activate their special weapons and methods to take away the Wind Corner Stones.

"Xingchen, look at the cave over there!"

At this moment, Babata reminded Meng Xingchen in his mind.

At the location that Babata reminded, there was a large cave with ten ninth-level star-level warriors inside, guarding a ninth-level star-level youth who was practicing with some kind of treasure resources.

"He wants to break through to the cosmic level!" Babata said quickly, "There's more than one. I found three similar situations within the detection distance!"

"Yeah." Meng Xingchen nodded slightly.

This time, the Ninth Prince was really willing to invest.

Not only are there precious detection instruments, but a large amount of precious resources have also been prepared, ready to allow some of his ninth-order star-level geniuses to forcibly break through to the cosmic level within the Thunder World.

For what?
It must be for the purpose of having stronger power to assist when obtaining the treasures from the world within the world.

This is normal, as the one who truly led this exploration was actually Hargref, the peak realm master of the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land.

With Hargrave's strength and status, it is easy for him to provide this support.

……

The Ninth Prince Brolin led his men to seal off both sides of the canyon and the sky above it. He himself was busy working in the Wind and Thunder Canyon with his butt sticking out, holding the instrument, and his eyes were not blinking. Meng Xingchen was hiding in the cave he had opened, watching quietly.

In more than two months, he had already collected more than a dozen wind-corner stones.

In addition, the practice during this period also allowed his "Wind and Thunder Field" to reach the second level unknowingly.

After more than a day, Brolin suddenly stopped near the middle of the Wind and Thunder Canyon.

The fatigue caused by excessive concentration gradually turned into excitement and finally into ecstasy.

"Found it... Found it! Finally found it! Hahaha..."

Brolin muttered something, which eventually turned into laughter.

Obviously, even though Hargrave said that the reliability of this treasure trove was more than 90%, Brolin was still a little worried deep down.

Especially when we had been searching for more than a day and found nothing.

"Mobilize people! Quickly! Gather the people here and completely seal off the surrounding 100-kilometer space!" After laughing wildly, Brolin quickly gave orders to his men.

"Yes!"

The men around him were obviously very reliable, and they roughly knew the purpose of their visit, which was not some kind of assessment for mercenary apprentices.

……

Soon, more than a hundred thousand stars that had gathered came to the vicinity of the area where Brolin was standing, completely sealing off the area of ​​a hundred kilometers nearby.

At the same time, Meng Xingchen also detected that the star-level people who were originally blocked from the outside world and were participating in the assessment were heading towards other places in the Wind and Thunder Canyon. Some of them were obviously members of the four major organizations, and they loudly thanked Brolin's team, "Thank you, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince, for letting us go!"

In their opinion, the Ninth Prince was kind-hearted and no longer blocked the entire Fenglei Canyon, allowing them to search for wind corner stones in the surrounding area and complete the assessment task.

Brolin's move was obviously planned in advance. After finding the entrance to the "world within a world", he would definitely give up other parts of the Wind and Thunder Canyon and only close the entrance area to the world within a world.

Sure enough, as more than 100,000 stellar-level troops from the outside world completely sealed off the area within a radius of 100 kilometers, the subordinates of the Ninth Prince Brolin immediately took out dozens of large instruments and turned them on.

"Om..."

As the instrument was turned on, even the advanced detector prepared by Meng Xingchen lost its ability to sense and detect Brolin.

"Xingchen, let's open a cave passage in that direction. If we get close to 20 kilometers, I will definitely be able to break through their detection shield."

Babata immediately said in Meng Xingchen's mind.

"No need." Meng Xingchen smiled, "Let's wait and see."

The short-range precision detector that Babata possesses can definitely break through the detection blockade of the Ninth Prince Brolin, but for the time being, there is no need to get too close to the blockade range.

According to Meng Xingchen's inquiry, no matter how advanced the boundary-breaking cannon you use, or how powerful the isolation equipment, the noise generated when opening the entrance to the boundary within the boundary cannot be completely concealed.

In the normal process of the world, when the entrance to the world within the world opened autonomously, the entire million-kilometer thunder world was shaking violently everywhere.

With Hargrave's level, the various instruments and equipment he prepared would definitely be able to reduce the scope of this mutation.

But complete isolation is absolutely impossible.

"Rumble..."

Just over half a minute after Babata finished speaking, the entire Wind and Thunder Canyon began to shake violently.

The first tremor lasted only half a second before it subsided.

A few seconds later, a second violent tremor occurred.

This time, it lasted less than a tenth of a second.

"what happened?"

"Is the Thunder World about to collapse?"

But just these two tremors were enough to make tens of thousands of stars gathered around the Wind and Thunder Canyon turn pale.

After the second tremor, there was a lull of about a minute, and then the third tremor came.

"Boom!"

This time the tremor was so strong that it even affected the area outside Fenglei Canyon, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of kilometers.

"Something is wrong!"

"Leave quickly!"

"Isn't that right? The Universe Mercenary Alliance can make the Thunder World collapse during the apprentice mercenary assessment!"

"Why are you panicking? What do you think the Universe Mercenary Alliance is for? Every year before each assessment, they will go through various tests. Things like the collapse of the world will never happen!"

"Yes! There must be another reason!"

"A world within a world! In this situation, it seems that the entrance to the world within a world has been opened!"

Amidst the chaotic discussions, a discordant, sharp voice suddenly emerged.

After hearing this voice, most of the star-level adventurers were surprised and quickly looked towards the source of the voice.

I can’t find it. I can’t find who shouted at all.

At this moment, Fenglei Canyon was crowded with people, and no one knew who shouted like that.

However, this shout made some of the stars who knew the magic of the "world within a world" feel as if a storm was rising in their hearts.

Just a moment later, another clear voice came from another direction.

"His Highness the Ninth Prince brought so many people to block the Wind and Thunder Canyon. Could it be that he really opened the entrance to the world within the world?"

"Wow..."

As soon as this voice came out, there was even an uproar among the crowd who heard it.

But when everyone looked in that direction, they still couldn't figure out who was talking.

"Could it be that the world within the world is really opening?"

"This Ninth Prince Brolin brought so many people here, is he trying to take all the wealth of the world?"

A large number of star levels began to ponder quickly in their minds.

In order to maintain the stability of a world within a world, a massive amount of "cosmic crystals" is needed to support it.

After being cut and decomposed into specific sizes, cosmic crystals become "cosmic currency" entities that are universally used throughout the universe.

……

Amidst the chaotic discussion, about ten minutes later, a huge beam of light suddenly shot out from a hidden cave above the mountain on the right side of Fenglei Canyon.

C9-class ship-borne star destroyer cannon.

This time when coming to the Thunder World, Meng Xingchen specifically asked Babata to dismantle two of these powerful weapons from a C-class starship and bring them over.

There is no problem with this thing except that it takes 30 seconds to prepare when activated.

However, with the help of the stealth equipment carried by Meng Xingchen, it is not too easy to bombard the stars under the command of the Ninth Prince that blocked the entrance area.

It's like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken.

"Om..."

The bombardment of the C9-class star destroyer did not even make too much noise among the large group of star-class troops.

But the lethality is extremely terrifying!
The enormous power instantly killed two to three thousand people who surrounded the entrance to the world within the world, and not even a bone was left.

Not only that, the powerful force of the star destroyer destroyed several instruments used to shield the space, causing the huge "black hole" behind the instruments to have a diameter of hundreds of meters, half inside the mountain wall and half exposed outside, to reveal its true appearance for a short time.

This "black hole" is hundreds of meters in diameter.

At the same time, the instruments carried by Meng Xingchen also discovered that the number of people surrounding the black hole at the entrance to the world within the world had been reduced by more than half.

Obviously, after the entrance was opened, the Ninth Prince Brolin immediately mobilized the inner-level personnel and entered the world within the world.

"sky!"

"what is this?"

"The entrance to the world within the world!"

"Rush in, grab the treasure! Grab the cosmic crystal!"

"Come on!"

"Wow..."

As the star destroyer cannon killed two to three thousand people with one shot, the blockade of the entrance left by the Ninth Prince was in chaos, and a huge defense gap appeared.

Witnessing this scene, the stellar examinees who were gathered nearby were excited and rushed towards the entrance of the world within the world. (End of this chapter)