Ao Sheng brought out an ancient-looking scroll.
The scroll had mysterious runes on the outside, similar to the runes on the walls of the Black Wind Cave. But the level of the runes on this scroll was far inferior to those in the Black Wind Cave.
Ao Sheng clasped his hands together and mumbled a few words. It looked like he was chanting a curse or something.
He suddenly widened his eyes, and a powerful yuan energy surged out from his body. He then shouted, “Open!”
The scroll flew into the air by itself and unfurled.
A halo of light rippled out from the center of the scroll, just like a portal being opened or an entrance opening to a new map area in the game.
Ao Sheng said right after, “You will fail if you lose your identity card and will be automatically transported out. There are only ten placements for you people. Once the number of places has been reached, the assessment will automatically end. Remember – It is best not to kill people inside. Otherwise, your assessment results will be placed as pending status.”
“Does everyone understand?”
“Understood!” Everyone chanted in unison.
Luo Tian whispered, “What does it mean by pending status?”
Bai Lingling replied in a low voice, “This is to prevent the assessment from becoming an all-out fight, which will greatly impact the strength of the Central Continent. That’s why the person’s results will be in pending status. If you kill someone inside, even if you are just defending yourself, and you happen to be one of the ten placements, you may still not pass the assessment.”
Luo Tian continued asking, “How does anyone know what’s going on inside? Are they monitoring us somehow?”
Bai Lingling looked at Luo Tian and thought that he was a bit ignorant of common knowledge. She then said, “Don’t you know about it? These scrolls are made by sorcerers. Once the assessment is completed, these scrolls will automatically return to the headquarters of the Misty Cloud Academy assessment officer. There are special people who will specifically review these scrolls. After all, the Misty Cloud Academy doesn’t want to recruit a disciple from the devil sects. This process is a good way to prevent them from infiltrating.”
Luo Tian nodded before muttering to himself, “So sorcerers are this strong? They can refine scrolls related to space-time and preserve the video images of all participants. Looks like I really should become a sorcerer sometime sooner.”
After learning about this, Luo Tian stopped speaking and started searching with his eyes. The cold killing intent he had just sensed came from one of these disciples, but after looking several times, he couldn’t find anything.
Luo Tian said to himself, “Was I too paranoid?”
Since he had this doubt, Luo Tian reminded the others, “We have to be extra careful inside this spatial realm since we don’t know what’s inside. If our group gets split up, we should hide and find a way to meet up. The first assessment is like a survival game where whoever can stay in longer will pass the test.”
The three nodded.
Bai Xiong then said, “Boss, with our current cultivation realms, who would dare oppose us? Hahaha…”
Luo Tian replied, “Don’t be overconfident. The disciples of the four great families are not that easy to deal with, and they may join forces against us. Don’t forget what happened in the Black Wind Cave. Since they were willing to enter the Black Wind Cave to hunt us down, they might also do the same thing to us inside the spatial realm.”
Bai Xiong was briefly stunned before he exclaimed, “Damn! We’re all competing for the ten spots, so they aren’t really going to join forces against us, right?”
Luo Tian exhaled before saying, “Let’s hope that’s not the case.”
Their cultivation may have increased, but there were only four of them.
There were dozens of disciples from the four great families. If they were to join forces with other smaller family disciples, the four of them would face a siege by more than 20 plus people. Most importantly, they didn’t know what kind of environment was inside.
If the map was too large and they were separated by a long distance, it is very likely that the three of them would not pass.
That was actually the good part because if the four great families did join forces, they would definitely make killing moves so that none of them could come out alive.
“Fuuu~…”
Luo Tian’s eyes darkened as he said to himself, “If others don’t provoke me, I won’t provoke them. If they do provoke me, I will fuck over their entire family!”
The portal grew larger before landing next to Ao Sheng.
Ao Sheng took out the list and read out the names one by one, “Ouyang Hai, Deng Jiutian, Zhang Ming…”
The person whose name was called would walk into the portal and instantly disappear.
Based on the order, the three of them should be closer to the front, except for Luo Tian. But the surrounding participating disciples had all left, and it still wasn’t their turn. A person who enters the portal first has a natural advantage, such as acclimating to the environment inside and having more time to gather with their fellow disciples.
Most importantly, if the disciples of the four great families had really joined hands, they could basically form an ambush area inside the spatial realm. This would obviously be a big disadvantage for Luo Tian and his group.
“Wu Sha!”
Once Ao Sheng read that name, his eyes faintly flickered, and his finger tapped the edge of the portal. It was a very subtle movement, and no one noticed it.
Wu Sha, like the disciples before him, carefully walked into the portal.
After all the disciples of the four great families entered, disciples from Towering Cloud City’s other small families entered. The name “Wu Sha” was nothing special, and it didn’t arouse anyone’s suspicion. Luo Tian’s brows faintly furrowed at his name, though.
The participating disciples had all left.
Bai Xiong then complained, “What’s going on? According to the ranking of our identification number, we should be somewhere in the front. How come we are the last? Isn’t this a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for us?”
Ao Sheng sneered in disdain, “I am deliberately making things difficult for you. What about it? Are you unhappy? If you’re unhappy about it, you don’t have to take the assessment.”
Bai Xiong was so angry that smoke was coming out of his head. “You…”
Luo Tian held Bai Xiong back and said, “It’s just waiting for a bit.”
Ao Sheng glanced at Luo Tian before sneering. He then flipped through the roster in his hand. “Huh? Where is it? What were the names of the remaining four dogs again? Oh, I can’t find it. What were their dog names again?”
Bai Xiong was instantly enraged.
It was the same for Bai Lingling.
No one can stand this kind of humiliation.
Bai Qi and the rest of the Bai family were also full of anger. But Bai Qi’s main worry was that Bai Xiong would not be able to control his anger and would do something rash. If that happened, their family’s quota would definitely be canceled.
A raging flame was burning inside Luo Tian, but he wouldn’t be Luo Tian if he couldn’t even tolerate such minor things.
Luo Tian held back Bai Xiong tightly again before looking at Ao Sheng and saying with a smile, “It’s okay; we have plenty of time. Don’t get angry because of a few words from a vicious dog. If you do, that means you have fallen for the dog’s trap.”
Ao Sheng’s eyes darkened before he angrily shouted, “Damn dog thing! Who are you calling a dog?!”
Luo Tian chuckled and said, “Lord Ao, how would I dare call you a dog? How can I compare you to a dog? Uh… no, I was wrong. How can a dog compare to you? A dog is much stronger than you. Uh… look at me, I keep saying the wrong words. I’m so sorry.”
“Hahaha…”
Ao Sheng’s teeth were cracking from clenching so hard. If it hadn’t been for fear of affecting Wu Sha’s plan, he would have made a move himself already. He looked at Luo Tian and smiled coldly, thinking to himself, “Kid, you’re dead today. Inside is your burial place. Let’s see if you can keep laughing then!”