The Soul Hall's Hunting Game
A century is but a fleeting moment in the grand scheme of things.
Within the Happiness Residential Complex, lush greenery provides ample shade.
In room 606, Tang An stared at the mountain of bills piled on the table, feeling a wave of dizziness wash over him.
The figures on the bill were shocking, each one representing the expenses of his more than one hundred children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren—cultivation resources, education investment, training costs—a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
He rubbed his temples, completely baffled.
What's wrong with them? How can they have so many children?!
Despite using all sorts of contraceptive methods, the family's population kept growing like a snowball. Now, just feeding this large family is almost draining the savings they've worked so hard to accumulate.
"This can't go on any longer!"
Tang An slammed his hand on the table, his voice grave. "I suspect we've all fallen for the Soul Hall's dirty tricks! They must have used some special method to amplify our and the children's reproductive desires, just to continuously supply the Soul Hall with fresh blood!"
"But... but aren't our children all being taken care of by the Luo Family?" Tang Yiyi frowned, puzzled. "I spoke with them a few days ago. They're all doing quite well, with respectable jobs, lots of friends, and their cultivation has already reached the Star Rank. They seem to be doing very well."
Tang Guo seemed to suddenly remember something, her eyes widened abruptly, her face drained of color, and she trembled as she said, "You—you haven't considered the possibility that the Luo Family is actually in league with the Soul Hall!"
These words shocked everyone present.
Tang Guo: "Think about it! Earth has King Anle in charge, and the security forces of two giants, Virtual Universe Company and Cosmic Galaxy Bank, making it known as the safest pure land in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom!"
But how could our family have been openly attacked right under our noses? And how could we have been tricked into the Blood Fiend Secret Realm, only to be wiped out as a whole?!
"And another thing! The residency quotas on Earth have long been driven up to astronomical prices comparable to those on life-bearing planets! But what about us? With the Soul Hall's quota, we can not only jump the queue directly, but also stay here for a hundred years."
This is completely illogical!
"That's impossible!" Tang Yiyi retorted. "Lord Luo Feng, the Galaxy Lord, is the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord! How could such a person collude with the sinister Soul Hall?"
"It's impossible for Lord Luo Feng to be like that," Tang An said thoughtfully. "My father said that he and Lord Luo Feng are very close. Of course, given his tendency to exaggerate, he probably does know Lord Luo Feng. But my father is a man of few words; he never makes a mistake in judging people. Lord Luo Feng is absolutely innocent."
But the Luo Family is a powerful and deeply rooted clan with millions of members; it's hard to guarantee that a few greedy and corrupt individuals won't infiltrate it. There must be a traitor within the Luo Family!
"A traitor—" Tang Guo's face turned pale. "What should we do now?"
"That Luo Ping is very problematic!" Tang An's gaze suddenly sharpened. "He's exactly the same kind of person as those people from the Soul Hall! Mediocre talent, stuck at the ninth level of the Domain Lord for so many years, yet insatiable greed, needing massive amounts of resources to build up!"
He slammed his fist on the stone table, sending stone chips flying. "The Luo Family is no longer reliable; we must find our own way out!"
"We can't even rely on the Luo Family, let alone the Marquis Justice —what way out do we have?!" Tang Guo's eyes were filled with despair.
"No way out? Then let's fight to the death!" Long Hao suddenly stood up, his eyes bloodshot. "At worst, we'll risk our lives and sink the Earth! Let those scum hiding in the shadows know that even if we die, we'll splatter them with blood!"
The next moment.
Hehehe~
A sinister laugh suddenly rang out in the courtyard, as if it came from the Nine Nether hell, sending chills down everyone's spine.
"So you actually discovered the truth—what a pity, you actually had the idea of sinking the Earth. This game can't continue now." The voice carried a mocking cruelty. "But it doesn't matter, the fresh blood you've produced over the past hundred years has been more than enough."
Before he could finish speaking, Tang An and the other six people's expressions changed drastically!
An irresistible and terrifying pressure descended, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were sinking.
They were horrified to discover that their bodies were as if they were firmly locked in by invisible shackles, unable to move even a single finger! Even more terrifying, their Origin Force and Divine Power were frozen, and they could not mobilize even the slightest bit of the Universe Origin Laws!
They were powerful World Lord Rank, recognized by the laws of the world, and among Realm Lords, they were considered top-tier! Yet now, they were like fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others!
Is this... this is the power of the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master?! To control everything in the blink of an eye... This is terrifying!
"What exactly do you want?!" Tang Guo gritted her teeth and questioned, "With our talent, at best we're just ordinary experts among the Immortals! You could crush a hundred or a thousand of us with a flick of your wrist! What's the point of toying with us like this?!"
"Meaning?" The sinister laugh rang out again, carrying a chilling madness. "Hehehe, life is infinite, happiness is the greatest meaning! You really think the Soul Hall is a place to cultivate geniuses? You piece of trash, do you even deserve the word 'cultivate'?"
"Life is so long that there is no end in sight. For those of us who have long since stopped moving forward, watching you ants struggle, suffer, and fight for survival in the cage we have designed, only to die in despair! Or... if you are lucky enough to break through immortality, only to have your edges smoothed out by time, and eventually become one of us—isn't this the most interesting game in the world?"
In the void, not a single person could be seen, but that signature sinister laugh instantly made the six people recognize each other's identities.
"You are also members of the Human Race!" Tang An's eyes were bloodshot as he shouted angrily, "You too were once protected by our predecessors and enjoyed the benefits of Human Race's rise! Now you wantonly trample on the freedom and lives of your juniors, don't you feel ashamed?!"
"Shame?" The voice seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and sneered, "Heh heh, you trash who can't even touch immortality, do you even deserve to be called human?! Even without us, in tens of millions of years, you will be nothing but a pile of bones!"
Since you're going to die anyway, it's your greatest honor to be used for amusement by us, the heroes who once shed our blood for Human Race!
"What's more—" the voice paused, then added mockingly, "Being chosen to participate in this game, having the chance to break through to immortality, is a fortune that others would kill for!"
"You!" Tang Guo was so angry that she trembled all over, and was about to curse.
"Alright, enough of the nonsense." The voice suddenly turned icy. "This game is over. Now, it's time to begin the next one."
Buzz~
A powerful force of spacetime suddenly descended!
Tang An and his group of six felt dizzy and disoriented. The next second, they were forcibly teleported back to the Blood Fiend Secret Realm that had brought them to the brink of death!
Before they could even get their footing, an image appeared out of thin air before them.
In the footage, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren—more than a hundred vibrant figures—were all under complete surveillance, clearly indicating that the Soul Hall had any means to arrest them.
"Hehehe~" A sinister laugh rang out again, "The new rules of the game are simple."
"Each of you will be granted one opportunity to enter the Initial Universe. But to obtain this opportunity, you must pass a test. The condition for passing the test is: to break through to immortality during the Initial Universe trial!"
"If successful, your children will regain their freedom, and you will gain the qualifications to become true members of the Soul Hall."
"If we fail—" the voice trailed off, filled with malicious pleasure, "You will be reduced to ashes, and your children will be thrown into the Blood Fiend Secret Realm to continue this endless cycle of reincarnation."
"Strive on, struggle on! Your blood and tears are our greatest source of joy!"
"Of course~", the voice said with a hint of anticipation, "I'd rather you fail. That way, when your children come in, I can show them the scenes of you being tortured and dying in agony—"
Just imagining their adorable, angry yet helpless expressions makes me so eager to see them!
Hehehe~"
The sinister laugh vanished, the image shattered.
The ban was finally lifted, and Tang An and the other six staggered to their feet, cursing at the void for a long time until their voices were hoarse before they gradually calmed down.
The six men exchanged glances, and in each other's eyes they saw boundless rage, and even more so, a fighting spirit that would burn with everything!
Do you look down on them?
Do you think they're useless?
Immortality, is it?
They were determined to live! They were determined to break through to immortality! They were determined to show those scum hiding in the shadows just how much trouble they, these "trash," could cause!
One day, they will personally overthrow this damned Soul Hall and smash all its conspiracies and schemes to pieces!
Just wait!