Inside a white room.
Yu Qingnian sat on the sofa, his gaze fixed on the projection on the wall, watching quietly.
The man in the white coat, who had been sitting to the side drinking a yellowish-brown juice, spoke up.
"Aren't you really going to do anything about it?"
"The appearance of Withered Sea Realm Eerie Monsters, and your group of students are all only at the Looking River Realm, aren't you really afraid they'll die inside?"
"I have little interest in human death."
Yu Qingnian smiled, a hint of worry flickering across his usually indifferent face as his gaze fell upon it, but he quickly regained his composure.
"How can my students grow without going through these experiences?"
"Just like the captain said before, I'm not suited to be Sequence Master, but I'm trying my best to do it well."
"Chaos is coming. Whether inland or at the border crossings, the increasingly intense atmosphere has already changed the course of everything."
"The Eerie Monsters of the Withered Sea Realm are ultimately just weak insects; otherwise, you wouldn't have allowed them into the Eerie Monsters Slaughter Arena."
The man touched the tip of his nose. He was right. The Slaughter Arena was a special room used to clean up those Eerie Monsters. If even Eerie Monsters at the Withered Sea Realm couldn't be cleaned up, then this barrier should have been breached long ago.
"But are you really not going to take a look?"
"It really is Eerie Monsters in the Withered Sea Realm. Your students are indeed quite strong, and their potential is quite high. What if they really die there?"
I'm afraid you'll be crying too late by then!
Yu Qingnian waved his hand and said, "They relaxed when I arrived. Having a backer and not having a backer are the same thing."
"They have to walk their own path. Experience is experience, and since they've come, they should be prepared to die."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't keep emphasizing safety first."
The two then fell silent, watching the scene unfold in the No. 2 Slaughter Ground.
However, the No. 2 Slaughter Ground was still extremely fierce at this time.
Three of the Withered Sea Realm Eerie Monsters have already died completely.
Jianping, dragging his sword, glanced at the Eerie Monsters Li Chen not far away, then his gaze grew increasingly cold as he looked at them.
You all deserve to die.
As soon as he finished speaking, his hand flicked out, and several blood-red sword beams, accompanied by slashes, hurtled towards the Eerie Monsters.
Black blood was spilled everywhere; countless Eerie Monsters had already died.
Both Su Xian and Ji Shao couldn't hide their exhaustion.
Before an hour had even passed, they were already using far more power than ever before.
Even Su Xian, who was now holding a magic book, was quietly resting on the back of a giant, dead Eerie Monsters, but his eyes were always on the other places where the battle was still going on.
Holding the magic book, Su Xian murmured, "My mental energy is being drained too much. Should I use Super Magic?"
He then glanced at the students still fighting around him and dismissed the idea.
The power of Super Magic is too great; it can easily harm innocent people.
However, he looked in Li Chen's direction again. He didn't know why Li Chen had suddenly lay down, but he still believed that Li Chen could handle Eerie Monsters at the Withered Sea Realm.
It shouldn't have collapsed; could it have fallen under the influence of that eerie, big-eyed Eerie Monsters's power?
Roar~
But then a roar rang out.
Su Xian frowned but still stood up; the battle wasn't over yet.
Not far away, Li Chen lay behind a robot.
Su Zhe's eyes were filled with worry. He could feel that the blood and qi in Li Chen's body were still increasing. What was going on?
In the blink of an eye, how did Chen-ge become like this?
He could clearly feel the qi and blood in his body because he had a strong sense of his body's condition due to his talent. But he had never seen anything like it before. It was as if the qi and blood in Chen-ge's body had no limit and kept increasing.
Su Zhe was a little confused. He had already felt the body on his back becoming heavier and heavier when he was carrying Li Chen.
But at this moment, Li Chen, like a handsome man, lay on the ground with only his long, drawn-out breathing as proof that he was still alive, and faint black mist was still swirling around his body.
"Chen-ge, don't scare me!" Su Zhe's expression grew increasingly grim, clutching his Student Badge and already sending a message to Yu Qingnian.
But at this moment, Li Chen had already fallen into the deepest darkness of his consciousness.
Li Chen stood calmly in the void and said indifferently, "I've come here again."
He had lost count of how many times he had ended up in this strange space while unconscious.
Those gates still stood before him as always.
Calm, silent, still—there was no sound at all, except for the footsteps of Li Chen walking alone.
Standing before that pitch-black door, he knew the man should be inside, or perhaps not, but he still slowly spoke.
"Why is it all shrouded in mystery?"
"The appearance of the black substance should have given me a glimmer of hope, but in the end, I was just too arrogant."
"Then why did you bestow that King's Power upon me?"
"Am I really just a pawn in your game...?"
A flash of anger crossed Li Chen's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it with reason.
His voice faded away as it echoed.
The eerie space fell silent once more, utterly silent...
No sound was heard; it was as quiet as ever.
Li Chen chuckled self-deprecatingly and turned to walk into the darkness.
He knew from beginning to end that he might be a pawn, someone else's pawn, and that all his abilities were given to him by others.
He was just one of the lucky ones who got caught in this bizarre space.
Click~
A faint sound of a door opening was heard.
For the first time, the blood-red gate was opened a tiny crack.
A bloody, red aura emanated from the narrow crevice.
Li Chen wandered aimlessly in front of those doors, trying to bring his consciousness back into his body, but an inexplicable aura blocked his way.
"The smell of blood?" Li Chen smelled it and turned to look in the direction from which it was coming.
This was the first time he had smelled this scent in this eerie space, and also the first time he had smelled the stench of blood in this eerie space. It was very strange.
Click~ Click~
The sounds grew more frequent, and the blood-red gate was already mostly open.
Li Chen frowned, lifted his foot and walked over, muttering to himself.
"Has the blood-red gate opened?"
This was something he hadn't expected, because he knew this strange space had probably been there for quite some time.
The pristine white gate brought him success, but now the opening of the crimson gate has once again plunged him into deep thought.
A crimson aura surged from the gate, like a gaping maw of blood.