"The trial begins!"
The old man before the mountain gate announced the start of the trial.
A group of people appeared, all radiating powerful auras. They divided the eighty or ninety thousand participants into eight groups and led them to different areas.
"This battlefield has been divided into eight zones. We've already set up runes to keep the vicious beasts from entering."
The people from Heaven Mending Pavilion explained the rules. The trial was very safe; the participants wouldn't need to fight any vicious beasts. They only had to pass through the fields formed by the runes.
Of course, although it looked simple, it was anything but. The fields contained many smaller rune formations, and only those with sufficient strength could pass through. The weaker participants wouldn't make it.
The people from Heaven Mending Pavilion continued, "If anyone is strong enough to break through the rune formation, they can enter the second layer of the battlefield, where a surprise awaits. But there are quite a few Fierce Beasts there, and it's extremely dangerous. Choose carefully."
Not every part of Heaven Mending Pavilion's trial was free of danger. No one could become a true powerhouse without undergoing the baptism of life and death, which was why they had opened up the Second Battlefield.
"All right, enter the formation!"
At the command, the eight groups set off in a great throng toward their assigned areas. There was no need to worry about the space being too crowded; this place was simply vast.
Su Ye had wanted to enter riding Big Gold Dog, but a Heaven Mending Pavilion disciple stopped him, warning him that participants couldn't bring mounts into the trial.
"This isn't a mount. He's my little brother, and he's going to take the trial with me and join Heaven Mending Pavilion."