Not just Su Yuan but also the hundreds of students undergoing trial testing in the secret realm all received notifications from their locators.
"Hey, Pan Zi, there's actually a BOSS nearby us. Should we go take a look?"
"Do we really want to go? Shouldn't we focus on hunting more Star Apprentice-level Star Beasts?"
"Taking a quick look shouldn't hurt—it won't take much time."
"Well... alright, let's go then, let's go."
...
"Zheng Qi, this BOSS seems to be heading toward us."
"It actually looks like it is. We better get out of here!"
"Don't you want to see what it looks like?"
"With the little strength we have, we can barely handle Ninth Stage Star Beasts. Haven't you heard the saying? Curiosity killed the cat! We really need to be mindful of what we're up against."
...
Somewhere slightly west of the center.
"BOSS?"
Fang Kun glanced at the marker on the map, grinned, pulled out the long knife embedded in the Star Beast's corpse beneath him, locked onto the direction, and dashed rapidly toward the marked spot.
...
More than an hour later, Su Yuan opened his map and saw that the black marker denoting the BOSS was less than two kilometers ahead.
Moreover, Su Yuan could hear faint noises coming from the front, accompanied by bursts of student cries of alarm.
"Run quickly!"
"This thing is terrifying!"
"..."
Su Yuan nimbly climbed a tall tree nearby and gazed in the direction of the sounds from afar.
All he could see were clouds of dust rising and startled birds fleeing; something seemed to be rampaging through the forest. Trees and vegetation along the way were being knocked down to either side.
Su Yuan muttered, "That must be the BOSS, but it's a pity. It's too far away to make out what it is."
The dense forest obscured the view, making it impossible to discern its appearance at such a distance.
Su Yuan leapt down from the tree and hurried toward the source of the sounds. Whatever it was, he'd find out by taking a closer look.
However, Su Yuan quickly found an answer.
Before he'd traveled far, a boy from another school, Three Middle School, came stumbling toward him in a panic.
Seeing Su Yuan heading inward, the boy didn't hesitate to shout a warning, "Get out of here! Up ahead is an Earth Element Beast! If it catches you, there's no escaping!"
Earth Element Beast?
*Su Yuan was first bewildered, but soon waves of exhilaration surged through his heart.*
*An Earth Element Beast!*
Earth Element Beasts were not only Elite Star Beasts but were among the stronger ones within that category.
However, their power wasn't rooted in their six-dimensional attributes but in their signature skill—the green skill considered one of the most powerful top-tier skills: Elemental Magnetism Pressure.
[Elemental Magnetism Pressure: A green skill that manipulates gravity within a certain range using Earth Magnetic Power.]
*Its invisible control capabilities could target single or multiple entities. It even included minor damage output, making it undoubtedly T1-tier among control skills.*
Beyond that, Elemental Magnetism Pressure had a particularly unique feature.
Its manipulation of gravity was not solely for increasing gravitational force; it could also reduce it.
It was said that upon Perfect cultivation, Elemental Magnetism Pressure could facilitate short periods of levitation!
*Keep in mind, over 99% of low-level Star Card Masters couldn't achieve levitation. The envy such an ability could inspire would be monumental!*
*Thus, T1-level top-tier control combined with levitation... no doubt about it, it was a T0 Divine Skill!*
Although there was only a slim chance of extracting Elemental Magnetism Pressure from the Earth Element Beast's Star Core—and it required significant time and effort to cultivate the skill to Perfect—it didn't matter to Su Yuan.
Card extraction plus card decomposition, and it's done!
No more than a little extra time spent hunting for large quantities of Star Dust.
"Elemental Magnetism Pressure, this skill is something I absolutely must obtain," Su Yuan muttered as a burning determination lit up his gaze.
"Hey! What are you daydreaming about? Hurry and get moving!" The Three Middle School boy, still quite concerned, had already run past but couldn't resist turning to shout another warning when he saw Su Yuan frozen in place.
"Don't worry, you go ahead," Su Yuan replied casually before continuing on toward the black marker's position.
"Why doesn't he listen?"
The boy from Three Middle School shook his head. He didn't know Su Yuan personally, and with such dire circumstances, he felt he'd done his part by warning him. As the Earth Element Beast's rampage grew closer, he no longer cared about Su Yuan, speeding up his own escape instead.
Su Yuan cautiously advanced. Soon enough, he saw from afar a four-legged, majestic-looking, gray-black Star Beast.
It was the Earth Element Beast!
Unlike all the earlier Bronze-level Star Beasts, this Earth Element Beast's eyes emitted a faint red glow as if influenced by something, revealing extreme aggression.
At that moment, it was relentlessly chasing two students from Five Middle School through the forest. Its pursuit was so relentless that it barely bothered veering off course—trees blocking its path were smashed aside by its sturdy head.
"So it really is the Earth Element Beast, and it's only at Bronze Early Stage." Su Yuan observed the beast from afar, his joy growing even further. "If it were a Bronze Middle Stage Earth Element Beast, I wouldn't stand a chance against it."
*After all, this was a trial test. Letting loose a Bronze Middle Stage Earth Element Beast would turn the test into sheer hell difficulty and defeat the purpose of trial testing.*
"I can't take this anymore! It's catching up!" One of the students being pursued looked back and found the Earth Element Beast was already within thirty meters. He immediately cried out in alarm.
These two students were both at Star Apprentice Eighth Stage. Initially, they'd only come to see what the BOSS was, but unexpectedly, the Earth Element Beast had spotted them and locked on to them.
In fact, before these two, the beast had already eliminated dozens of students...
At this moment, the other student's face turned pale upon hearing his companion's words. "Damn it, call for help right away... Ugh!"
Before he could finish his sentence, the Earth Element Beast's body flashed gray light, unleashing an invisible field that trapped the two as they fled.
The two instantly collapsed to their knees, hands pressing against the ground. Their bodies trembled, bloodshot eyes streaming faint traces of blood from their noses and mouths. It was as though they were crushed under immense pressure.
Elemental Magnetism Pressure!
Under the skill's hold, the two couldn't move an inch—not even to call for help!
The Earth Element Beast, having incapacitated its prey, surged forward in large strides. Raising its powerful forelegs, it aimed to strike one of the students.
With the Earth Element Beast's D-level strength talent, if this strike landed, the student would likely be crushed to death on the spot.
Just then, a sturdy figure suddenly appeared beside the two students. In a flash, this person grabbed the two and snatched them out from under the beast's looming forehooves, retreating more than ten meters away.
"Roar!!" The Earth Element Beast was moments away from finishing its attack, only to have its chance interrupted by this sudden human intervention. Enraged, its body glowed gray again, casting another Elemental Magnetism Pressure as it charged forward.
Yet the human seemed wholly unaffected by the gravitational shifts. Not only did he stand upright, but he also turned to glance toward the hiding Su Yuan.
"Captain Xiao?"
Their gazes locked, and Su Yuan finally saw the face of the man—it was indeed Xiao Yong, the person in charge of this entire trial test.
Su Yuan froze for a brief moment, then pieced things together.
*Of course. The Earth Element Beast was indeed dangerous. Once students were caught by Elemental Magnetism Pressure, they couldn't even call for help; even Silver and Bronze-level City Guard members couldn't guarantee they'd save a student in time from its attacks.*
As the Earth Element Beast rushed closer, Xiao Yong grabbed the two students again and, in an instant, became a black shadow disappearing from the scene in a few bounds...