The Furnad the Tower stood in stark opposition to each other. The Tower was the domain of the White Wizards, while the Furnace beloo the Bck Wizards.

  Ier ring of the Furnace, Lynn and dozens of other youths were brought to this pbsp;

  Their leader was a cold-faced man with a scar that ran from his brow to the er of his mouth, exuding an icy aura.

  Lynn wore a simple, thin robe that tightly ed around his slender frame.

  He followed silently in the group, making no effort to stand out, deliberately keeping a low profile.

  No one khat he was not from this world but a transmigrator.

  He had crossed over into the legendary world of wizards, and not just any part it was the territory of the Bck Wizards.

  At this moment, they were newers who had just joihe Furnace. After a few days h and rudimentary training, they were led away by the scarred man.

  As he walked into the group, Lynn's thoughts settled.

  As a transmigrator, he naturally possessed a "cheat" like many of his predecessors.

  He didn’t have a talent panel or a system chip, but he did have aremely unique ability Heaven Rewards Diligenbsp;

  The so-called "Heaven Rewards Diligence" meant that as long as he worked hard, he would iably reap rewards.

  During the previous training, Lynn had already experiehe power of this ability.

  When they first began learning wizardry, everyone found the plex and obscure tent overwhelming. Many were frowning, lost and fused.

  But Lynn was different.

  He discovered that as long as he put in time and effort, the dry and tedious material quickly became clear and uandable.

  In just a few days, while his peers were still struggling, Lynn had already mastered the training material.

  He realized that this wasn’t because he was smarter thahers, but because his "Heaven Rewards Diligence" ability was quietly at work.

  Hard work was something anyone could do, but if the effort didn’t yield results, many would give up.

  Lynn, however, was different. Every ounce of his effort transted into tangible gains!

  This ability gave him fidehat, given enough time to grow, he would surely make a name for himself in this world of wizards and even bee a powerful wizard!

  However, while the ideal was full, reality was bony.

  Lynn had assumed that the scarred man would take them to some kind of academy or , where they would begin systematic learning and training.

  But the reality pletely defied his expectations.

  Uhe scarred man’s lead, the group was brought to a massive beast arena.

  The arena was filled with a strong, bloody stench. Iron bars surrouhe area, and inside were strange, monstrous creatures.

  These creatures were the very beasts they had heard about during their trainih Rhinoceros Beasts.

  As Lynn and the other youths stood in fusion, the scarred man spoke, his voice cold and devoid of emotion:

  "From today onward, your task is to raise these Earth Rhinoceros Beasts."

  He paused, his tone growing even colder:

  "Remember, their life ah are tied to yours! Every cycle, we will rank the dition of the Earth Rhinoceros Beasts. The ten worst-perf beasts, along with their owners, will be torn to pieces and devoured by the remainis!"

  "Sir, isn’t this a bit..."

  Before he could finish, one of the youths hesitantly spoke up, questioning whether there had been some mistake.

  But before he could finish his sentehe scarred man’s eyes turned icy, and with a flick of his finger, a magical halo enveloped the youth.

  In the moment, the youth was transformed into a plump little pig.

  Strangely, the pig’s face still bore a look of intense human fear and despair.

  The scarred man coldly g the pig, his voice as sharp as a bde:

  "Was it your turn to speak?"

  Without hesitation, he grabbed the pig and threw it into the beast pen.

  The Earth Rhinoceros Beasts roared and pouearing the pig apart in a frenzy of blood and flesh.

  "Do you uand?!"

  The scarred man’s gaze swept across the group, as deep and suffog as an abyss.

  Everyone’s faces turned pale, and no one dared to breathe too loudly. They stood stiffly, nodding frantically, terrified of being the arget.

  The scarred man snorted coldly:

  "One cycle sts ten days. From now on, you will live a with your Earth Rhinoceros Beasts. In ten days, I will return to see which of you are eliminated."

  With that, he turned a without a backward gnce, leaving behind a chilling atmosphere.

  After the scarred ma, the youths’ eyes turo the beast arena, the oppressive atmosphere making it hard to breathe.

  They swallowed hard, looking at the Earth Rhinoceros Beasts that loomed in the arena.

  During their training, they learned about these creatures.

  Earth Rhinoceros Beasts were low-level magical beasts, resembling a cross between a crocodile and a wolf.

  They had tall, agile limbs, and their bodies were covered in dense bck scales that gleamed with a cold light.

  It was said that deep within their bloodlihe heritage of the mid-level magical beast, the Earth Dragon.

  If enough powerful Earth Rhinoceros Beasts were gathered, it was even possible to extract the power of the Earth Dragon from their bloodlihrough special means, thereby breeding even more advanced magical beasts.

  These youths had once dreamed of being great wizards, imagining they would study in academies or s.

  But none of them had expected that they would end up here, raising magical beasts!

  And not just as this was a life-or-death situation!

  If they failed to raise them properly, the result would be the same as that youth who had been turned into a pig and thrown into the pen, only to be torn apart and devoured by the Earth Rhinoceros Beasts!

  Many of the youths turned pale, their bodies trembling. They could still see the bones and flesh of the pig being devoured in the pen.

  Some couldn’t hold it in and colpsed to the ground, retg.

  Lynn, standing among the group, didn’t look well either. From what the scarred man had just do was clear that they had only one choibsp;

  They had to follow the scarred man’s orders, or he truly would turn them into pigs ahem to the beasts!

  Acc to the scarred man’s rules, every evaluation would result in the elimination of teh Rhinoceros Beasts and ten apprentices.

  And the sequence of elimination was being turned into a pig ao the survivis. Just the thought of it sent chills down their spines.

  Lynn gnced around. This was a er of the Furransformed into a beast arena where the wizards’ magical creatures were kept.

  Esg from here e dream. One wrong move, and they could be eaten by powerful beasts.

  Even if by some miracle they mao escape the arena, there was no way they could flee the vast, byrinthine Furnabsp;

  Lynn withdrew his gaze. Since escape was impossible, the only option was to obediently follow the scarred man’s orders and raise the Earth Rhinoceros Beasts.

  His mind raced, trying to figure out how to survive this "life-ah assessment" and make it to the end.

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