On the other side.
After kicking Zhou Qiming out of the team, Ye Ming had no intention of finding new teammates.
Sky Island's requirement was that a three-person team could enter.
He, Ye Xinxin, and Yue Xiaosheng were already three people.
There was no need to look for other teammates.
What if it was another idiot like Zhou Qiming?
Then it would simply be bringing a burden!
"Xinxin, are we really not going to find another teammate?"
"Why do I feel unreliable? Can just the three of us really get the first clear?"
"If we can't get the first clear, how am I supposed to continue gaining followers?"
Yue Xiaosheng squatted against the wall, one hand propping up her cheek, looking worried.
Besides her student identity.
She was also an online blogger, usually posting training and teaching videos.
The combination of terms like 'beauty + Genius + teaching' had allowed her to accumulate 800,000 followers online.
She had originally thought that if she could achieve the first clear of Sky Island, she could definitely use the momentum to break through one million.
But now.
She felt somewhat hopeless.
"No more, no damn more."
"All those with ability have already formed teams; the rest are all insignificant ones."
"My thoughts are the same as Ye Ming's, don't bring a burden!" Ye Xinxin's attitude was very firm.
"Sigh!"
"I'm really fed up with you two siblings."
Yue Xiaosheng sighed, having no choice but to reluctantly accept this outcome.
The Sky Island Secret Realm is about to open, all Contractors please prepare.
"It's about to begin!"
Ye Ming and the others immediately became fully alert.
As the teleportation gate flickered with dazzling blue light.
Over a hundred people, more than thirty teams, were teleported into the Secret Realm!
...Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The raging wind whistled past their ears.
Ye Ming and the others successfully entered the Secret Realm, and they immediately surveyed their surroundings.
As far as the eye could see, it was not a forest, not a plateau, not a desert, but a dangerous mid-air!
Beneath their feet.
Was a floating circular platform with a radius of five meters.
On the platform, Yue Xiaosheng and Ye Xinxin also frowned.
"What the hell?"
"What's going on? Why were we teleported into mid-air?"
"Is this still a Secret Realm?"
Yue Xiaosheng stared with wide eyes, questioning in confusion.
Just then.
Not far from them, another circular platform with a five-meter radius appeared.
A four-person team composed of Second-Tier Contract Masters appeared on the platform.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Circular platforms kept appearing.
In the mid-air that separated the sky and the earth, circular platforms appeared without warning, circling together, as if forming a ring with gaps.
All the contestants were teleported onto individual circular platforms, and everyone could see each other.
"What the hell?"
"What kind of Secret Realm is this?"
"So strange!"
As a student of Star Demon University, Ye Xinxin had seen a lot, but this was her first time encountering a Secret Realm in mid-air.
Other Contractors also voiced their confusion.
Everyone was bewildered.
Ye Ming frowned, ignoring the noisy sounds around him.
His gaze was fixed on the center of the ring.
The next moment!
A circular platform with a radius of twenty meters appeared at the central position of everyone.
On the central platform, an ancient stone statue stood.
Its overall shape was a winged Vicious Beast squatting on a base.
It had a sharp, hook-like beak, and a pair of huge wings were folded, forming a shield to protect its body.
Its thick arms held a disk, and its head resembled an eagle, hanging low, as if in slumber.
"Sky Wing King!"
"Ye Ming, that's the Sky Wing King!" Ying Youyou suddenly reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Ye Ming had a temporary guess in his mind.
He seemed to know what this Secret Realm was about to do!
The next moment!
Click click click
The circular platform where the Contractors were located extended a path connecting to the central circular platform, erecting a floating bridge.
A sky-blue cylindrical barrier blocked the contestants' advance.
At this moment.
An ancient and heavy voice echoed in the Secret Realm.
Sky Island Challenge, commence!
Rules: The team that first reaches the central circular platform and holds the Sun Disk for one minute will successfully clear the stage.
First Clear Reward: Crimson Sun Crystal.
"Crimson Sun Crystal!"
"It's actually a Crimson Sun Crystal!"
Ye Xinxin exclaimed with surprise in her tone.
Ye Ming turned to look at her, "Older Sister, is this Crimson Sun Crystal very precious?"
"Of course it's precious!"
"It contains an extremely pure power of blazing flames, a treasure that is priceless."
"I've only seen it in books, I didn't expect there to be a Crimson Sun Crystal in this low-level Secret Realm."
Ye Xinxin's eyes were sparkling, "My contracted spirit is an S-rank Blazing Saintess, and this item is very compatible with her."
"If I get my hands on it, I might be able to use its power to Breakthrough to the Fourth-Tier!"
Oh my god!
Ye Ming hadn't expected this Crimson Sun Crystal to be so helpful to Ye Xinxin.
Since that's the case, this first clear must be taken!
Challenge about to begin.
Three!
Two!
One!
Begin!
As the last voice fell.
The circular platform barrier blocking everyone was removed.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
All Contractors rushed towards the central circular platform in a frenzy.
Ye Ming's trio was no exception.
However, to be safe, they maintained a basic formation.
Ye Xinxin, as the main damage dealer, charged at the very front, while Ye Ming and Yue Xiaosheng stood side by side.
"The central circular platform is no more than a thousand meters from us."
"Under normal circumstances, I could reach it in less than a minute."
"But things are definitely not that simple!"
Ye Ming had just conceived this thought.
The next moment!
Boom!
A stone giant, as massive as a boulder, blocked the path of Ye Ming and the others.
Not only them, but stone giants also appeared on the floating bridges of other Contractors.
This stone giant was three meters tall, its entire body made of huge rocks, and a punch on the bridge sent out powerful ripples of force.
"Ah ah ah!"
Some First-Tier Contractors who came to join the fun.
Were actually sent flying directly by these force ripples!
"Third-Tier Stone General, its weakness is its butt!"
Ying Youyou's reminder, Ye Ming had not yet had time to convey.
He then saw Ye Xinxin charge straight up.
"Where did this stone monster come from?"
"Get out of my way!"
Blazing flames surged around Ye Xinxin, and behind her, the phantom of an S-rank Blazing Saintess condensed.
She held her head high and chest out, her Aura extraordinary, her crimson hair like flames, and her determined eyes released a fearless Aura, like a valiant warrior.
Boom!
Ye Xinxin roared and punched the Stone General in the stomach.
The powerful force directly shattered it!
"Keep going, don't stop!"
Ye Xinxin shouted without looking back, then stepped on flames and charged forward, transforming into a stream of blazing light.
Ye Ming and Yue Xiaosheng followed closely behind.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Just then.
Two Ice Splitting Eagles flew in from the left and right sides respectively.
They spat out a large amount of frost from their mouths, condensing a solid ice crystal barrier in the path of Ye Ming and the others!
The two Third-Tier Ice Splitting Eagles stood on the barrier, staring at Ye Ming and the others with fierce intent.
"Get out of the way!"
"Don't block my Dao!"
However!
Ye Xinxin's fists blasted out like cannonballs, directly shattering the ice crystal barrier.
Immediately, she leaped into the air, like a dazzling, spinning firework, and with both hands, she grabbed the heads of the two Ice Splitting Eagles and slammed them down heavily!
Boom!
The two Ice Splitting Eagles instantly turned into roasted eagles.
Seeing this scene, Ye Ming's mouth twitched.
"Older Sister, if you have this much strength, why the hell are you even forming a team?"
"You might as well just solo it."