"He's the one, this is his territory. I didn't expect his territory to have improved so much in just a few months. It's truly astonishing."
"But the area his territory has increased is a bit too much, isn't it? The size of this territory is already comparable to that of a max-level lord."
"It should be some kind of special building bonus. It's just that the increase in territory is indeed a bit too large."
"There are plenty of treasures in the Lord's World that can increase territory size. Everyone has their own secrets, so this isn't anything special. However, this style of city wall is truly peculiar. Its quality should not be low, right?"
"Only the outline of his territory can be seen from the outside, so nothing peculiar can be seen. It should be some kind of building with hidden formations."
"Did you notice? Those monsters outside have all been eliminated. How many defense towers does his territory have?"
The more the mentors looked at Zhou Yan's territory, the more shocked they became. The larger the territory, the more monster attacks it would suffer, and the exponentially greater the difficulty in defending it.
However, Zhou Yan's territory was an exception. No matter how many monsters attacked, not a single one managed to breach deep into his territory; all were eliminated outside.
What was most crucial was the astonishing number of defense towers in Zhou Yan's territory. The attacks from so many peculiar defense towers left them dumbfounded.
Ice, flame, storm, blade, arrow, meteor, earthquake, gravity...
With so many defense tower attacks, they had collected nearly every type of defense tower they had ever seen, and there were many types they had never encountered before, which was simply unbelievable.
Looking at Zhou Yan's territory, not a single soldier needed to be dispatched to prevent monsters from approaching the territory, while other lords already had soldiers struggling to defend against monster attacks on their city walls.
The difference was immense, so great that they felt it was almost unreal.
Was this truly just a newcomer lord who had awakened only a few months ago?
How could he seem so much more powerful than a lord who had been developing for decades?
The elder in charge of the trial naturally saw the situation of the disciples' territories and was quite satisfied. Especially after seeing Zhou Yan's territory, he was very surprised. When he last saw Zhou Yan's territory, it wasn't this large, but now it was so much bigger.
"Elder Chu Luoyan is here." Someone shouted, and then Chu Luoyan, along with several other elders, flew over from a distance.
"Elder Chu Luoyan." Everyone quickly greeted her.
The mentors were very curious. They hadn't expected Chu Luoyan to be in charge of the trial again, meaning she was also the designer of this trial.
Chu Luoyan was known to be ruthless. The trials she designed were definitely extremely difficult, a conclusion drawn from years of observation. There were even times when no one could reach the end.
Chu Luoyan looked at the trial progress of the many disciples without showing any expression, though no one knew what she was thinking.
Glancing at the time, it had already been half an hour, but the monster attacks had not stopped. This left the mentors speechless. How long did Chu Luoyan intend for the students to withstand the monster attacks?
It had been half an hour, and under normal circumstances, it should have ended by now.
Just as they were wondering, they noticed that even stronger monsters had appeared outside the disciples' territories within the trial grounds.
Upon seeing the number, level, and quality of these monsters, everyone was speechless. They whispered, "No way, they've even released elite monsters of level fifty. How many disciples will be eliminated this way?"
"You know Elder Chu's personality. How could she possibly let these disciples pass the first stage so easily? I feel like the trial is just beginning now, and those previous monsters were just appetizers."
"Alas! These disciples probably won't last long."
"I still have some hope for a few disciples. As long as they can survive this first stage, they can then explore the area outside their territory. I'm really curious about what great gifts Elder Chu Luoyan has prepared for these students outside."
"I'm curious too, but besides herself, no one else knows."
Inside the trial grounds.
All the students had managed to hold on for half an hour with great difficulty, but upon seeing a group of level fifty elite monsters, they were all stunned.
"Holy crap! This is a rip-off! How can there be such high-level monsters? They don't want us to last long at all."
"My territory is only level thirty-five, and you're throwing level fifty elite monsters at me. How can you do this?"
"Damn it, flying monsters have even appeared. Must it be this ridiculously difficult?"
...
Countless disciples cursed them out, but no matter how much they complained, it could not prevent their territories from being shattered.
As the monsters broke through their territories and shattered the crystals, countless disciples were teleported out.
One by one, they helplessly said to their mentors, "Mentors, is it really necessary to be this harsh? These are level fifty elite monsters! You're treating us like inner disciples!"
"Exactly! This is too strong. If it were just a few, it would be understandable, but they are all monsters above level fifty. This is deliberately making things difficult for us."
The students felt very wronged, but the mentors collectively remained silent.
Although they also felt it was too extreme, they dared not say anything.
They were joking. Offending Chu Luoyan would not end well for them. They didn't want to suffer this ordeal.
The mentors remained silent, and Chu Luoyan was too lazy to pay attention to the students. Seeing this, the students were collectively speechless. Couldn't they at least offer an explanation? They weren't even explaining themselves.
What kind of logic was this?
A large portion of the disciples were teleported out, most of them being entry-level disciples. Subsequently, outer disciples also appeared one after another, all eliminated.
Seeing that the mentors were not speaking, the students could only watch the students on the screens.
When they saw those powerful students successfully defending against the monsters, the contrast was stark. It wasn't that they couldn't defend, but that they were too weak.
However, the entry-level disciples felt very wronged. They had the same trial as the outer disciples, and the mentors didn't even reduce the difficulty a little.
The monsters were indeed very strong, but quite a few students' territories were still holding on stubbornly.
Chu Luoyan stood in front of one of the large screens and individually zoomed in on the territories of a few dozen people. These people's territories were exceptionally strong, and facing these level fifty monsters was not difficult for them.
Seeing Chu Luoyan highlight the strongest few dozen lords together, the mentors seemed to realize that Chu Luoyan intended to target them deliberately.
After all, this was not the first time Chu Luoyan had done such a thing. She especially liked to target students with high talent.