Trial of Carnage: passing the Ghoul awakening

Trial of Carnage is the awakening trial for the Ghoul race. You enter the Ghoul trial door at the Temple of Time, find yourself trapped in a room, and waves of Ancient Zombies and Ancient Vampires appear. You must clear them all in less than one minute. It's pure crowd control - the right fruit clears it in about ten seconds, the wrong one makes you run out of time.

How to get it

Through the Ghoul trial door in the Temple of Time, during a Full Moon. The trial has 2 to 4 waves, and each wave spawns 5 Ancient Zombies. The Fandom also mentions Ancient Vampires in these waves but never specifies how many.

How the trial progresses

Element	Detail
Race concerned	Ghoul
Location	Temple of Time, Ghoul trial door
Enemies	Ancient Zombies and Ancient Vampires
Number of waves	2 to 4
Per wave	5 Ancient Zombies
Time limit	Less than one minute to clear all enemies

The basic rule is always the same - group enemies together to hit them all at once. This speeds up clearing, and more importantly it feeds into Ghoul's lifesteal, which keeps you alive. The Build Mode of Creation can even be used to trap them.

Best fruits

Fruit	Why
Buddha	The best of the lot. The extra range on M1s, combined with any good fighting style or good sword, lets you clear the trial in about ten seconds or less.
Shadow	High damage and the stun on [V] make the trial trivial.
Magma	Enormous damage and good AoE.
Sound	All moves have very high damage and range.
Blizzard	The [V] fills the entire zone with damage and stuns.
Ghost	The [V] summons ghosts, and the second life gives you a safety net.
Dragon	M1, [Z] and [C] hit multiple targets; [X] and [F] are for disengaging.

The Fandom also lists Venom and Kitsune among fruits that handle crowds well.

Best swords

Sword	Why
Cursed Dual Katana	The [Z] knocks enemies back to clear the air, decent damage and fast M1s.
Yama	The knockback from its moves plus the damage.
Hallow Scythe	High damage, short cooldowns, fast M1s.
Shark Anchor	Range, damage and knockback - everything is useful here.
Dragon Trident	All moves do AoE and stun; the [Z] sends enemies far away.

Best fighting styles

Style	Why
Sanguine Art	The best choice - effective M1s, life regeneration and high damage.
Electric Claw	Multi-target moves with high damage.
Dragon Talon	M1 and skills that hit hard; [X] and [C] do AoE with knockback, [Z] is for escaping.

Rules and pitfalls

Like all trials, you can retry as long as the Full Moon lasts.
Each time you equip new gear or replace existing gear, the next trial becomes harder. This applies to all race awakening trials.
No need to activate race awakening during the trial - the awakening bar resets as soon as all players finish their trial.
Trial enemies give nothing, neither Beli nor EXP.
They have Aura, so your Elemental immunity doesn't protect you.
They use Flash Step - running randomly doesn't help, they catch you instantly and hit you right after.
Known glitch - if another player fails their trial while your Trial of Carnage is still ongoing, any remaining enemies become invincible and don't disappear, making subsequent attempts harder.