Chapter 724 - 668: Trippy Pumpkins

"Ladies and gentleman!"

Gutcha, wearing the shabby host outfit, bowed toward the cheering crowd as he displayed his uniquely hideous smile.

"Excuse us for the untimely delay. The competition will finally resume and the Fifth Trial will begin shortly! Participants! On the stage, please!"

Gutcha gestured for the young participants to appear, and appear they did, all twenty-eight of them. They were given more than enough time to prepare themselves, mentally and physically. They recovered their exhausted Nether Energy, healed from whatever injuries they sustained when they had battled their demons, and were now back to their perfect and healthy state.

Except Arthur, the one who created the trials, Lucy and Gutcha, no one really knew how many Trials there were exactly, though it wasn't hard to tell that they were nearing the end. After all, the number of participants had decreased by a substantial amount and ere long, there will only be a few remaining.

"The ranking of the teams sorted by points!" Loudly declared Gutcha, pointing at the humongous screen hanging in the sky.

1 The Imoogi Clan: 280 points (5)

2 The Ancient Federation : 265 Points (1)

3 The PoMo Forest Team: 255 Points (6)

4 The Demon Team : 240 Points (2)

5 The MoonStar team : 225 Points (4)

6 The Mermaid Team : 210 Points (8)

7 The Holy Church Team : 200 Points (2)

8 The Dark Blaze Team : 154 Points (1)

The Imoogi Clan Team was in the lead, but John, the only member of the Ancient Federation Team was able to steal the second place by performing flawlessly in the Fourth Trial.

Unfortunately, Arthur's team was pushed back to 5th place after losing yet another member. Nonetheless, the points are not the only deciding factor as they can be used to gain advantages in certain Trials, or exchanged for a bunch of strong artifacts he looted from people he killed in the past.

Before long, the ugly host teleported the participants to the next stage; a fairly large room, dimly lit and filled with thick black boxes randomly scattered all around.

Gutcha clapped his hands to get their attention then proceeded to exp