As time passed, more and more boys and girls couldn't withstand the demon sound piercing their minds, and they collapsed unconscious in droves.
By late morning, barely ten people were able to stand in the square.
The obese old man suddenly stopped talking, his eyes scanning the few barely standing people, pausing briefly on an unconscious boy before looking away.
"You few have passed, follow me," the obese old man said, patting the spirit beast he was sitting on.
The azure toad croaked loudly, suddenly leaping high and hopping out of the square.
The boys and girls who endured until the end beamed with joy, mustering their remaining strength to stagger after him.
At this moment, dozens of men in blue clothes walked into the square one after another, each one stopping before an unconscious boy and placing a red elixir pill in their mouths, then moving on to the next.
Nearing noon, the sun was blazing.
