The group had not even encountered any savage beasts in the ominous cavern when one student had already died on the spot, casting a heavy pall over the atmosphere.
"Idiot." Someone sneered. "This is Weak Water—so light even a swan feather cannot float, so difficult even immortals cannot cross it. How could an ordinary person simply pass through?"
"Since you knew this was Weak Water, why didn't you warn Wu Chou earlier? We're all Starry Sky Scholars. How could you stand by and watch your fellow student fall into the water and die?"
"He brought death upon himself. Who else could he blame?" the man said disdainfully. "Before that, I didn't know this was Weak Water either. But someone was willing to be the first to try, so I had no reason to stop him, did I? Weren't you all thinking the same thing?"
"We're not so vicious."
"Exactly. We had to call out a warning first, or we'd be unworthy of being fellow students."
Within the illusion, human nature revealed itself.
Good or evil—everything rested on a single thought.
Everyone wanted to stand above the rest, and everyone wanted to fight to be first. Killing others and protecting oneself was the best way to rise to power.
Whenever great benefits were at stake—or divine weapons and peerless techniques appeared—brothers turned against one another and fellow disciples slaughtered each other. Such things were seen time and again.
Chu Xun stood at the back of the crowd, ignoring their arguments and conflicts as he frowned at the boundless waters before him.
What Wu Chou had said was right. Since they had entered the Water Illusion Realm this time, that ocean of water before them had to be the true core of the trial.
If they did not enter the water, how