"Not going? Why?"
Jiang Bei asked in surprise.
Chen Shanmu said quietly, "The rules of this competition are a free-for-all. I'm only at the Half-Step Tripod-Asking Realm. If I go in... I'd just be giving others an extra kill. I might as well not embarrass myself."
"Just stick with me. Let's go!"
Without giving him any choice, Jiang Bei grabbed Chen Shanmu and landed directly in the arena.
Soon afterward, several thousand people had all entered the arena.
"Sit down cross-legged. Calm your breathing and focus your minds—don't move around! In a moment, the Thousand-Mile Cosmos Map will release a force that descends upon you, and then your consciousness will be projected into the Scroll World!"
Facing the Tripod-Asking Realm disciples, Zuo Teng spoke in a deep voice.
The several thousand disciples did not hesitate in the slightest and all sat down cross-legged.
Seeing this, Zuo Teng let out a thunderous roar. "I declare that the Tripod-Asking Contest has officially begun!"
The instant his words fell, he raised his hand and slammed it fiercely toward the scroll above him!
BOOM!!
In an instant, the scroll shook violently, then shot out several thousand rays of brilliant light that descended upon the several thousand disciples seated below.
The next moment, the disciples watching from all around, as well as the elders and Sect Master He Qingtian seated upon the lotus platforms, saw several thousand points of light appear on the enormous scroll in the sky. The participating disciples had clearly been projected into it.
Immediately afterward, several thousand small light screens appeared on the scroll.
These several thousand small light screens were the individual perspectives of each participating disciple. A disciple's family, friends, and fellow disciples could use one of these screens to watch only that disciple.
If that disciple was killed