Alex and the rest stepped onto the new island, looking at the single barren volcanic mountain that lay on it. They looked around, counting the remaining participants. There were precisely 103 of them

remaining.

The fiery bird emerged once again, announcing the next trial.

This one was similar to the first trial. They had to walk to the center of the island, which was the crater itself, and they would have to do it while strong pressure forced them from moving.

They had 12 hours to complete it.

Alex started walking, giving no thought to anyone else but Pearl and Scarlet. Almost instantly, they could feel the pressure growing on them.

Once again, the pressure was very subjective, based on who it was landing upon. An Immortal Ascendant realm cultivator got way less pressure than someone in the Divine realm.

It was a fair amount of pressure to test the ability of a participant without relying on their cultivation base as a metric. As Alex continued, he felt the strength of the pressure this time be much higher than what it was in the first trial.

Anyone with a Battle Power of 2 or lower had already failed in the first trial, so the pressure started from there right away. It increased slowly as they walked, each beast struggling under the pressure.

Alex’s group had no trouble handling the pressure as their body cultivation was much stronger than their own cultivation base. They walked through the land with relative ease.

The other beasts struggled quite a bit.

Many of the beasts walked slowly, taking their time as they climbed the mountain. Only a handful seemed unbothered by the pressure

they felt.

Halfway up the mountain, Alex could already feel the strength of the pressure reach above Immortal Transcendent 4th realm, reaching the 5th realm. That would make anyone with a Battle Power of 4 or lower fail almost immediately.