First Entry Into The Secret Realm! Bloody Hunt!

When Chu Tianxing's final word, filled with supreme majesty, thundered across the martial arts arena, an epic ceremony, already pushed to its climax, finally welcomed its most exhilarating and heart-pounding grand opening!

"--Enter the Secret Realm!"

"Roar!"

"Charge!"

The hundred thousand students, who had long gathered before the bloody portal filled with endless mystery and desolate aura, heard the command. In that instant, their fervor and fighting spirit, suppressed to the absolute limit, erupted like a billion tons of volcanic magma!

They no longer cared about formations or order, like a swarm of locusts passing through. They let out roars of excitement and greed, transforming into a black torrent of steel, surging madly towards the illusory portal that led to supreme opportunity and glory!

However, amidst the terrifying crowd, so dense it almost seemed to burst space itself, one team stood out, completely out of place yet also head and shoulders above the rest.

It was Rebel Mortal!

Facing the immense temptation of a skyrocket to success that could make anyone lose their composure, Lin Xiao and the twenty-nine members of the "Rebel Mortal" class behind him showed no trace of excitement or fervor on their faces.

They were like detached observers!

Calmly watching the absurd and frenzied spectacle of sentient beings before them.

Only when the dense crowd gradually thinned did Lin Xiao slowly rise from his seated position.

He calmly brushed off his spotless black uniform, then slowly issued his first and last command to his companions, who had also risen and were ready, before entering the secret realm.

"Remember."

"Once inside, do not panic or hesitate."

"Immediately activate the 'Breath Concealment Art' I taught you to completely hide all your auras."

"Then, head directly east, guided by the mental imprint I've planted in your hearts!"

"I want to see all of you at the coordinate point within half an hour!"

"Do you understand?!"

"Understood!"

Twenty-nine synchronized, low growls filled with absolute trust and obedience echoed softly.

"Very good."

Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

"Then..."

"Our hunt..."

He paused, his eyes, deep as an ancient well, narrowed slightly, flashing with a cold killing intent devoid of any emotion!

"--Begins now!"

With that, he didn't hesitate any longer. He and his twenty-nine companions, their faces equally grim, transformed into a black arrow, silently merging into the bloody portal that was about to close completely!

A violent sense of dizziness, like falling into an endless spatial vortex, suddenly struck Lin Xiao's mind.

It felt as if his body and soul were being torn apart and reassembled countless times by an irresistible, terrifying spatial force!

This terrifying torment, enough to make any ordinary person with a slightly weaker will collapse on the spot, lasted for an unknown duration.

When Lin Xiao regained consciousness, he found himself in an unknown world filled with endless bloodshed and death!

The sky was dark red.

A giant blood moon, as if completely stained by blood, hung high in the eerie, gray sky, emitting a heart-stopping, ominous light.

The ground was scorched black.

Nothing grew on the cracked earth! Only dark red rivers of molten rock, like the veins of a giant dragon, flowed slowly in the bottomless, vast ravines, emitting a terrifying heat capable of instantly melting steel, along with a pungent sulfurous odor.

The air was permeated with a thick, almost unresolvable smell of blood!

It was as if this vast, boundless, unknown world was the ultimate Asura field, built from the corpses and resentments of billions of living beings!

This was the Bloody Secret Realm!

"As expected, it's random teleportation."

Lin Xiao showed no reaction to the terrifying scene, which resembled hell on earth.

He calmly scanned the empty, desolate Gobi desert around him, and his heart understood.

He immediately activated the Turtle Breath Art, which he had cultivated to perfection, to completely retract his powerful aura, which was slightly disturbed by the recent spatial teleportation, into his body.

In an instant, he became like an inconspicuous roadside stone, completely blending into the surrounding terrifying environment of death and silence!

After completing these actions, he slowly closed his eyes.

He immersed his mind into the thirty faint mental imprints he had planted deep within the souls of all the "Rebel Mortal" class members, imprints that could sense each other.

Soon, he "saw."

Twenty-nine faint points of light, representing his companions, were scattered like fireflies in the night within a radius of less than ten li centered on him!

The closest one was less than five hundred meters away!

And the farthest one was within ten miles!

"It seems this so-called 'random teleportation' isn't entirely without pattern."

A confident smile, as if everything was under control, slowly curved Lin Xiao's lips.

Without any further hesitation, he locked onto the target rendezvous coordinate he had already set to the east!

His figure flickered!

Like a true midnight specter, he silently surged towards the dark wilderness filled with unknown dangers!

Meanwhile.

Within a rocky mountain valley filled with jagged stones, less than five miles from Lin Xiao.

"Puchi!"

A muffled sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out without warning!

An elite disciple of the "Wind and Cloud Alliance," who had reached the peak of Body Refinement Sixth Level, had the expression on his face, which still held the relief of having survived, freeze instantly!

He slowly lowered his head, gazing with an expression of immense horror and disbelief at the half-black dagger protruding from his chest, stained with crimson blood!

"Uh..."

He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something.

But the extremely cold and destructive power emanating from the dagger had already instantly crushed all his life force!

His body crashed to the ground.

And reflected in his lifeless eyes was the final image of a young face, expressionless but with eyes as cold as ten thousand-year-old profound ice!

It was Monkey!

"Third one."

Monkey expressionlessly slowly drew his Profound Grade Lower Tier dagger, already completely stained with blood, from the now-cold corpse.

Then, he skillfully retrieved a bronze token from the deceased's person, representing identity and points.

And a delicate storage bag filled with various healing pills and cultivation resources.

After doing all this, he didn't even glance again at the three corpses who had died with their eyes wide open.

Like the most ruthless battlefield phantom, his figure flickered, and he silently merged back into the jagged rocks filled with endless darkness and killing intent behind him.

As if he was born to belong there.

And similar brutal hunts filled with blood and death were raging in every corner of this vast and boundless Bloody Secret Realm!

There were pitiful unlucky souls who, barely recovering from the intense dizziness of spatial teleportation, were torn to shreds by ferocious Bloody Demonic Beasts that had been lurking nearby!

There were cautious trial-takers exploring this unknown world in small groups of three to five!

And there were ruthless lone wolves like Monkey, who had long cast aside any notion of "fellow disciple camaraderie"!

They were like poisonous insects thrown into the same giant Gu basin!

In order to survive the ten days!

In order to seize the supreme glory that could change their destiny!

They had long shed all pretense and kindness!

Fully embodying the most primal and brutal jungle law hidden in the deepest parts of human nature!

-- The weak are prey to the strong!

-- The winner takes all!

Half an hour later.

As the eerie blood moon slowly climbed to the highest point in the sky.

Inside an extremely hidden wind-eroded cave.

Thirty black figures, whose auras were slightly unstable but whose eyes still held immense calm and vigilance, finally completed their rendezvous!

-- Rebel Mortal, all present!

Not a single person left behind!

And not a single person injured!

In fact, almost everyone, like Monkey, had "casually" dealt with a few "prey" who had stumbled into their path on the way to the rendezvous!

Looking at this group of companions, whose faces showed no panic or fear despite having just endured a brutal teleportation and bloody hunt that could make anyone lose their composure, but instead held a hint of bloodthirsty excitement.

Lin Xiao's face, which had always been as still as a calm well, finally showed a heartfelt smile of satisfaction.

He knew.

This pack of wolves, forged by my own hands from hell itself, has finally reached maturity!

"Very good."

Lin Xiao spoke calmly. Though his voice wasn't loud, it was like a divine needle, instantly soothing the last traces of unease and restlessness that had arisen in everyone present upon entering this unknown world.

"It seems everyone remembers my teachings."

"However, this is only the beginning."

Lin Xiao's gaze slowly swept over the twenty-nine young faces before him, filled with boundless fervor and trust. His voice suddenly turned incredibly solemn!

"The danger level of this Bloody Secret Realm far exceeds your imagination!"

"Here, you will face not only those bloodthirsty, endless Bloody Demonic Beasts!"

"You must guard against those even more insidious and cunning than demonic beasts..."

He paused, his deep eyes narrowing slightly, a cold killing intent devoid of any emotion flashing within them!

"--Fellow disciples!"

"So from now on, I want you to completely discard your laughable 'mercy' and 'naivety' that belong to the weak!"

"Here, apart from your companions beside you, anyone, any creature that approaches you is your..."

"--Enemy!"

"Your sole mission is to use the blades in your hands, which have long been thirsty, to tear them apart! Crush them! Turn them into the piled-up bones upon which you will tread to the peak of glory!"

"Do you understand?!"

"We understand!"

Twenty-nine unified roars, filled with boundless bloodlust and savage killing intent, were deafening!

"Very good."

Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

"Now, everyone, rest on the spot immediately and adjust your condition to its absolute peak!"

"One hour from now..."

He slowly unfurled the ancient beast skin map that had appeared in his hand at some unknown time!

It was the bloody map he had found in Zhao Wuji's storage ring, marked with three strange locations!

However, at this moment, this map was no longer a topographical map of Cloud Creek Academy!

Instead, it was a detailed distribution map of this Bloody Secret Realm, filled with endless bloodshed and death!

And in the center of the map, a pattern of an ancient altar, heavily marked with blood-red cinnabar, exuding an aura of boundless mystery and ill omen, was clearly visible!

"Our target is here!"

Lin Xiao pointed his finger heavily at the strange bloody altar. His deep eyes were instantly replaced by an endless coldness that could freeze heaven and earth!

"--Blood Soul Altar!"