Fourteen young martial artists gathered at the edge of the Five Colors Poison Barrier Forest. All wore matching Martial Garb, and every one of them had reached at least the Profound Qi Eighth Level. Even so, none dared rush in. Within the forest, venomous Mystic Beasts roared and spat clouds of poison that ate into the ground with a sizzling hiss.
The young man standing on the six-legged lion's back was Yu Tiandi, the Little King of the Qilin King Residence.
Before entering the Fire Demon Mountain Range, he had already reached the Divine Body Third Level.
His cultivation seemed to have advanced again. Fine-featured and haughty-eyed, with a brilliant gleam in his pupils, he asked, "How long until the others from the Qilin King Residence arrive?"
"The signal has been sent. Everyone still alive should come at once," said an examinee at the Profound Qi Ninth Level.
Yu Tiandi nodded. "Anyone who obtains a Black Fire Wood Pearl will head deeper into the Fire Demon Mountain Range to seek that ancient demon palace. And to reach the depths, they must pass through the Five Colors Miasma Forest."
The Profound Qi Ninth Level examinee sneered. "When they get here, we'll take their Black Fire Wood Pearls. The more we gather, the higher the Little King will rank in this trial. He'll surely take first place."
Yu Tiandi gave a cold smile. "The weak are meat for the strong. That is the law of survival. The Heavenly Emperor Academy designed this trial to make us fight, seize, and kill. Only the strongest competitors survive. Only those with profound martial cultivation enter the academy."
"Everyone, hide. If those who come here hand over their Black Fire Wood Pearls, let them leave. If they refuse, kill them all."
Standing on the six-legged lion's