Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Academic points

The immense pressure that had been crushing their shoulders suddenly disappeared, as if a nightmare had come to an end. The three boys dropped to one knee, exhausted and panting, as they breathed deeply in an attempt to catch their breath. Their expressions were extremely pale, and cold sweat ran down their foreheads, evidence of the intense effort they had faced.

They had never before experienced such overwhelming pressure, and their bodies showed the effects of the battle. Some bones were fractured in half, and the bones in their shoulders, besides being shattered, had been dislocated by the brutality of the challenge. Each of them felt the sensation that, if the trial had lasted a little longer, they would have fallen unconscious irreparably.