One Sword Seals Throat!

"Since someone asked about it, I'll explain."

The white-robed instructor, Jiang Jie, glanced at the person who had asked the question before speaking in a deep voice:

"The other four Guardian Lands have already completed the Life and Death Trial. Don't aim too high. First, pass the Life and Death Trial, then think about competing with those from the other four Guardian Lands."

With that, he flicked his sleeve and returned to the City Lord's Mansion.

The other two Blue-Robed Instructors followed him inside.

The silent crowd immediately erupted into an uproar.

Everyone was talking about the Life and Death Trial.

"Big Brother, do you think we'll be able to fight together in the Life and Death Trial?"

Wu Yingying pondered the Life and Death Trial. Thirty people could advance, and given her Spirit Body cultivation in this Guardian Land, there were few who could threaten her.

However, if she wanted to earn enough points, achieve a better ranking, and safely pass the Life and Death Trial, she would have to follow Zhao Chen.

"Yeah, yeah."

Having witnessed Zhao Chen's strength, Song Yuqing could pat her chest and declare that no one in this Guardian Land could possibly be stronger than Zhao Chen.

As long as they could stay with Zhao Chen during the Life and Death Trial, their chances of passing would be enormous!

"That's hard to say. With your current strength, to be honest, the others can't threaten either of you."

Zhao Chen shrugged. Having seen the initial random teleportation, he suspected that entering the Life and Death Trial grounds would involve randomness as well.

If that happened, it would be difficult for them to fight together from the start.

Of course, he was not worried about their safety.

Wu Yingying possessed a Fourth-Grade Spirit Body, while Song Yuqing had a Third-Level Spirit Body.

Even among the outstanding participants from the other Guardian Lands who had stood out in the Life and Death Trial, the two of them would rank near the top.

The peak of the Third-Level Spirit Body was the current limit of the Spiritual Road.

Ahem, not that he was bragging.

After giving it some thought, Zhao Chen said:

"I'll come find you then."

With his strength, standing out in the Life and Death Trial would not be much of a problem.

What mattered most was gathering enough points to achieve a good ranking.

Spirit Body cultivation was merely the foundation for earning points. It did not necessarily mean one could earn the most points.

What if some Second-Level Spirit Body found the Crimson Token of a heavily injured Third-Level Spirit Body that had died? Wouldn't their ranking shoot right up?

Three days later.

The area before the City Lord's Mansion was packed with people.

There were roughly several hundred of them.

Some people who had not yet arrived at the Guardian Land before had hurried here after realizing the importance of the Life and Death Trial.

Wu Yingying kept scanning the crowd around her, but there were simply too many people. She could not spot Mu Chen, the fellow student Zhao Chen had told her about.

In that case, she could only assess the situation once they entered the Life and Death Trial grounds.

"Enter the teleportation array!"

At the white-robed instructor Jiang Jie's command, everyone entered the depths of the City Lord's Mansion.

The teleportation array stretched over three zhang across. Chunks of crystal emitted a faint glow as they were piled around it.

At the center of the teleportation array stood a massive pillar over ten zhang tall, carved with many lifelike spirit beasts.

After a burst of radiance shot into the sky, several hundred people were teleported out of the Guardian Land.

When Zhao Chen opened his eyes again, he found himself in an unfamiliar space.

"Everyone, this is the Life and Death Trial Arena. Welcome. In half a month, the final thirty people to pass the trial will be decided!"

"The Crimson Tokens contain general information. Good luck to you all, hahaha!"

As the white-robed instructor Jiang Jie's cold laughter faded away, everyone scattered throughout the Life and Death Trial Arena felt a chill run down their spines.

Was the Life and Death Trial Arena meant only to decide who lived and who died?

Zhao Chen looked around and discovered that Wu Yingying and Song Yuqing had both vanished. The corner of his mouth twitched.

Although he had expected it,

after truly seeing that both of them were gone, he still found it hard to accept.

Once spirit beasts were killed, who would handle the corpses?

And who would lead him around to find spirit beasts or spiritual herbs!?

Zhao Chen sighed. This was probably what they meant by, "Easy to go from frugality to luxury, hard to go from luxury to frugality."

He took out his Crimson Token and received some basic information about the Life and Death Trial Arena.

This Life and Death Trial Arena was not particularly large, spanning only several hundred li in every direction.

Corrosive Poison Water lay at the edges of the space, making them impossible to cross.

Those who ranked below the top thirty would be exiled within the Spiritual Road.

Once the Spiritual Road ended and the Mirror of Judgment closed it, every living being inside would be completely wiped out, including the remaining trial participants.

Across the five Guardian Lands, only one hundred and fifty trial participants in total could survive and reach the Final Spiritual Road stage.

As for how many would survive until the Spiritual Road completely ended and walk out alive, there would likely be very few.

There was no one near Zhao Chen. After briefly choosing a direction, he headed toward the forest.

He directly drew the Asura Sword and gripped it in his hand.

From here on out, gods would die if they blocked him, and demons would perish if they stood in his way!

When Zhao Chen reached a patch of bushes, a silver blade suddenly slashed straight at him.

Anyone without their guard up would probably have died on the spot.

Zhao Chen lightly dodged aside, leaving the attacker stunned.

After all, this had been a deliberate ambush.

"Kid, you might have dodged my sword, but you can't escape your fate of death!"

A blue-clad youth held a silver sword and glared at him with a gloomy expression.

Three more people also leaped out to Zhao Chen's left, right, and behind him.

Judging by their formation, they had likely reached an agreement as soon as they entered, forming a group to earn points.

And Zhao Chen had unfortunately become their target.

"Ding! A new sign-in mission has been triggered: Kill ten people to receive one sign-in opportunity!"

Hearing the system prompt, Zhao Chen's gaze flickered slightly.

Well, this was interesting. Then he would not hold back!

"If you want my life, that'll depend on whether you have what it takes."

The corner of Zhao Chen's mouth curled up slightly before he said coldly:

"Slash!"

A sharp sword gleam bloomed in an instant.

Four sprays of blood followed.

The blue-clad youth clutched his throat, his face full of disbelief.

How was that possible? They had not even seen when he attacked.

And even if they had, it seemed they still would not have been able to block it!

"Four people."

Zhao Chen collected the four Crimson Tokens and walked away without changing his expression.

Death was far too common in the Life and Death Trial Arena.

And since they had set their sights on him, weren't they simply courting death?

"Six unlucky bastards left..."

After Zhao Chen left, several more people arrived at the spot.

When they saw the four corpses on the ground, their expressions changed drastically.

"What an incredible sword! Every one of them was killed with One Sword Seals Throat!"

Someone noticed that all four corpses bore the same wound at their necks.

The clean, decisive sword wounds made them wonder exactly whom these four had provoked.

"Everyone, be careful. If we want to leave the Spiritual Road alive, we must unite. Follow the previous plan—target those who are alone and seize their Crimson Tokens!"

Before they knew it, these people were also heading in the direction Zhao Chen had gone.

At that moment, Zhao Chen was walking through the forest.

Several Level 2 Spirit Beasts that appeared along the way were casually killed by him.

Danger simply did not exist for him.

"I wonder where Wu Yingying and Song Yuqing went. There shouldn't be any problems for now."

Zhao Chen's current goal was to first complete the sign-in mission and obtain a sign-in opportunity.

It was just that he had not encountered a single person for half a day, leaving him somewhat melancholy.

Could he have taken the wrong path?

Then... should he head back?