The Second Simulation, A Certain Death?!

Thinking this, Lu Ming set down his teacup, his expression returning to calm.

"Don't see him."

He spoke lightly.

"Tell him I'm in seclusion, cultivating, and have reached a critical juncture, so it's inconvenient to receive guests. If he is truly sincere, he can come back in a month."

One month—neither too long nor too short.

It was both an excuse and a test.

Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Mansion.

The night was deep, like an enormous black curtain shrouding the entire prosperous capital.

Within the study, candlelight flickered.

Qian Renxue dismissed all her attendants. Even Snake Lance and Pufferfish, the two Titled Douluo, had been sent to stand guard in the outer courtyard.

She sat alone behind the broad desk, her fingers unconsciously tapping against its surface, producing a series of slightly hurried knocking sounds.

An entire month had passed.

Ever since she had hit a wall at Jixia Academy and been turned away by the Dean named Lu Ming on the grounds that he was "in seclusion," she had been waiting.

She was not only waiting for Lu Ming to emerge from seclusion, but also for the mysterious Life Simulator's cooldown to reset.

The outcome given by that simulator had been too horrifying. For the past month, she had been unable to eat or sleep in peace.

Whenever she closed her eyes, the terrifying image of the God Realm collapsing and the Supreme Descending would surface in her mind.

That helplessness, that feeling of being nothing more than an ant, made the proud Angel Successor feel a suffocation unlike anything she had ever known.

"Is it still not ready...?"

Qian Renxue glanced at the clepsydra outside the window, her anxiety growing ever stronger.

If she could not determine the direction of the future, if she could not figure out whether Jixia Academy was friend or foe, she would be unable to proceed with her plans in peace.

Especially Tang San.

In the previous simulation, he had been her greatest nemesis and the chief culprit behind Spirit Hall's destruction.

Just as Qian Renxue's patience was about to run out, a strange ripple suddenly spread through the air before her.

Immediately afterward, that familiar translucent panel, radiating a faint golden glow, appeared once more.

[Life Simulator cooldown complete.]

[Current available simulations: 1.]

[Begin simulation?]

The instant she saw those words, Qian Renxue sprang from her chair. The tension in her body eased somewhat at once, and an astonishing brilliance burst forth in her eyes.

It was finally here!

She took a deep breath, doing her best to calm her turbulent emotions before sitting back down.

This time, she would examine it more carefully. She could not afford to miss a single detail.

"Begin simulation!"

She murmured inwardly.

As the command was issued, the text on the panel began to flicker rapidly.

[Simulation begins.]

[Current point in time: the eve of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.]

[You are in Heaven Dou City and know full well that this tournament is an excellent opportunity to eliminate dissidents.]

[Now that you know Tang San and Shrek Academy will become a great threat to Spirit Hall in the future, you decide to stop holding back and completely snuff them out before they can grow.]

[You do not choose to report this to Bibi Dong. Instead, you use the Young Master's authority in your possession.]

[With the Continental Soul Master Competition approaching, Shrek Academy, having been expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, is searching everywhere for a way to qualify.]

[You keenly seize this opportunity, secretly laying a trap and setting up an inescapable net along Shrek Academy's route to the competition.]

[To ensure nothing goes wrong, you not only mobilize Snake Lance and Pufferfish, the two Titled Douluo at your side, but also spend time inviting six Worship Hall elders, including the Second Worship, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the Fifth Worship, Light Feather Douluo!]

[Including the original two, there are a full eight Titled Douluo!]

[This is a terrifying force capable of sweeping aside any power on the continent. In addition, you have also stationed dozens of Spirit Hall elites at the Soul Sage and Soul Douluo levels in ambush.]

[You have only one goal: to capture Tang San and the Shrek group in one fell swoop, eliminating all future trouble!]

Reading those words, Qian Renxue clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning faintly white.

Eight Titled Douluo!

Among them was a level ninety-eight Super Douluo like Golden Crocodile Douluo, as well as a top-tier expert like Light Feather Douluo, whose attacks possessed extreme penetrating power.

With a lineup like this, let alone killing a few Soul Ancestors in their dozens, even besieging and killing the leaders of the Upper Three Sects would be more than enough.

"This time, let's see how you're going to survive."

A cold smile curled at Qian Renxue's lips, murder blazing in her eyes.

With such a certain-kill setup, not even the gods themselves could save them.

The words on the Simulator continued to scroll.

[The people of Shrek Academy remained completely unaware as they stepped, bit by bit, into the trap you had meticulously laid.]

[Just as the encirclement closed in and the eight Titled Douluo unleashed their full might, preparing to crush the Shrek Academy group into dust, an unexpected change erupted!]

[The once-clear sky suddenly darkened, and a suffocating pressure descended from above.]

[Just as Tang San and the others were about to meet their deaths, a crimson light shot into the heavens.]

[That dejected middle-aged man, Tang Hao, had appeared.]

[Yet the aura around him was bizarre to the extreme. It carried not only the tyrannical force of the Clear Sky Hammer, but also a scarlet divine power fluctuation filled with slaughter and judgment!]

[That was the power of the Asura God!]

[With one man and one hammer, Tang Hao forcibly held back seven Titled Douluo, including Golden Crocodile Douluo! Crimson light filled the skies, blocking every attack from Spirit Hall.]

[Everyone present was stunned. Only you knew that this was not Tang Hao's power at all, but the God Realm's enforcer—the Asura God—openly interfering in mortal affairs!]

Seeing this, Qian Renxue slammed her hand down on the table in fury.

"The Asura God again!"

"As an enforcer of the God Realm, he should be upholding the rules. Yet he keeps breaking them himself, interfering in the affairs of the lower realm!"

Her chest heaved violently, and the fury in her eyes nearly burst forth.

If it were only Tang Hao, then even as the Clear Sky Douluo, he would merely be putting up a futile struggle before Grandpa Golden Crocodile.

But with the Asura God's power added to the mix, the nature of things changed completely.

This was cheating!

[Although Tang Hao had held back most of them, you had long been prepared.]

[The Fifth Worship, Light Feather Douluo, had remained hidden in the shadows, waiting for the chance to deliver a killing blow.]

[Just as Tang San thought the crisis had passed and relaxed slightly, Light Feather Douluo struck!]

[The Light Feather Divine Bow was drawn to its fullest. An Ice Divine Arrow capable of piercing through space itself shot forth with incomparable force, aimed directly at Tang San's heart!]

[This arrow was as swift as lightning—impossible to evade.]

["Pfft!"]

[The arrow struck Tang San squarely in the chest. The immense impact sent his entire body flying, brutally pinning him against the rocks behind him.]

[After being struck by Light Feather Douluo's arrow, even a Titled Douluo of the same rank would be completely consumed by the icy chill, much less a mere Soul Ancestor?]

[In everyone's eyes, Tang San was undoubtedly dead!]

[The people of Spirit Hall cheered in celebration, believing the deed was done.]

[Yet you frowned.]

[You knew all too well how strange Tang San was, and an unease stirred faintly in your heart.]