The familiar yet unfamiliar white light exploded, and the battle officially began!
After the teleportation that felt agonizingly long to Yin Kuang ended, he found himself in a dense jungle.
The fresh scent of vegetation, tinged with moisture and mixed with the smell of earth and moss, rushed at him. Everywhere he looked was a natural painting woven from red, yellow, green, blue, and purple flowers, branches, and leaves. Chirps, trills, insect cries, and beast roars came from all directions, while golden sunlight filtered through gaps in the trees and scattered across the ground like a carpet of gold ingots.
Even academy students accustomed to all manner of magnificent sights could not help clicking their tongues in admiration, all saying, "What a beautiful place."
However, to Yin Kuang and Qian Qianqian, who had already condensed their "Axes," the reason everyone found this place so breathtaking was that the essence of everything before them was extraordinarily real. Compared to the environment of the First Epoch, the First Epoch's world was practically like a phantom—so fake that it made no attempt to hide it.
Yin Kuang merely swept his gaze over the surroundings before turning his attention to this examination.
Having arrived in an unfamiliar world—one from the Ninth Epoch, no less—they had to familiarize themselves with their surroundings as quickly as possible.
Yin Kuang immediately said, "Everyone, be careful. This is a Ninth Epoch world, and danger is everywhere. Stay close together first."
Everyone from Class 1257 immediately gathered together, forming a flawless defensive formation.
Yin Kuang and Qian Qianqian quietly mobilized the "Source" within their bodies and poured it into their "Axes." Before long, fine beads of sweat seeped from Qian Qianqian's forehead. Clearly, turning her "Axis" was extremely difficult.
Yin Kuang looked somewhat better off, but his expression was