It turned out that in that world, the power they took such pride in was worth less than a dog!
Dead silence.
As Huyan Zhen, the arrogant Sect Master of the Elephant Armored Sect, was casually swatted into a pulp of flesh by a guard dog on the screen, the entire Douluo Continent seemed to have been pressed on a pause button.
A full minute passed.
"Gulp..."
The sound of someone swallowing hard broke the silence.
Immediately following it was an even more frantic eruption of panic!
"I don't believe it! That's fake! It's an illusion!"
At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang leaped up violently, grabbing Tang San's shoulders so hard that his fingernails sank into the flesh.
His eyes were bloodshot, like a fanatic whose faith had collapsed, and he roared hysterically:
"That is absolutely not an ordinary dog! It must be a hundred-thousand-year soul beast! No! It's a super powerhouse transformed from a million-year soul beast!"
"Yes! That must be it! That world is full of deception; it disguised itself as a dog!"
Although Tang San's face was deathly pale, he could only force a nod in agreement: "Teacher is right... we cannot be intimidated by appearances."
However, at that very moment.
The cold, grand voice of the screen resounded across the heavens once more, ruthlessly interrupting everyone's self-consolation.
[The first batch of explorers has been completely wiped out!]
[Survival time too short. Evaluation: Worse than ants!]
[Re-evaluating the biological strength of the Douluo plane. Detection complete.]
[Evaluation: Extremely weak! Lacking spiritual energy! Inferior life level! Classified as a trash plane!]
The four words "trash plane" were like a resounding slap, striking the faces of every powerhouse in Douluo.
Bibi Dong's fingers turned white as she gripped her scepter, and Qian Daoliu's beard trembled with rage.
The world they took such pride in was, in the eyes of that higher-dimensional world, nothing but trash?
The voice from the screen continued:
[Given that the individual strength of creatures from this plane is too feeble to survive normally in the Perfect World.]
[Rules adjusted: Screening mode canceled, wide-net mode activated!]
[Number of slots increased to: 5!]
[No longer limited to top-tier powerhouses; a completely random lucky draw will be conducted! Life and death are fated, wealth is determined by heaven!]
Hearing that the number of slots had increased, the people of the entire continent felt no joy, only deeper terror.
Because it meant that more people would be sent to their deaths!
[Draw commencing!]
The images on the screen scrolled at an astonishing speed.
[Ding! First selectee: Heaven Dou City, aristocratic playboy, Prince Xue Beng!]
[Ding! Second selectee: Bala Kingdom, Fish Seller Qiang (ordinary soul master, Level 21 Great Soul Master)!]
[Ding! Third selectee: Star Dou Great Forest, Human-Faced Demon Spider (two thousand years of cultivation)!]
[Ding! Fourth selectee: Shrek Academy, Flender (Level 78 Agility Attack System Soul Saint)!]
[Ding! Fifth selectee: Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing (Level 27 Agility Attack System Great Soul Master)!]
As the list appeared, the entire continent was in an uproar!
The list this time was far too chaotic!
There was a prince, an ordinary person, a soul beast, a greedy dean, and a young girl fleeing an arranged marriage!
"Zhuqing?!"
At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai stood up abruptly, a flash of panic crossing his eyes.
Although he had been a scumbag to Zhu Zhuqing, she was his fiancée after all. If she died, how could he answer to the Star Luo Imperial Family?
Meanwhile.
Outside Soto City, Zhu Zhuqing, who had been walking with a cold expression while preparing to head to Shrek Academy to find Dai Mubai, suddenly looked up.
A trace of astonishment flashed across her cold, beautiful face.
"I... have been selected?"
She looked at the cruel images on the screen and thought of Dai Mubai, who only knew how to escape and spend his days in debauchery.
Suddenly, her gaze became firm.
"If I go, I go! Rather than being manipulated by fate in this world and marrying that coward, I might as well take a gamble in that world!"
"Even if I die, I will die on the path to becoming stronger!"
[Teleportation initiated!]
Hum!
Five pillars of light descended.
The scene instantly shifted to the Perfect World.
It was still that same, despair-inducing Great Wilderness, but this time, the teleportation location seemed to have changed.
They were at the foot of a mountain where the spiritual energy was so dense it had nearly condensed into mist.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The moment they landed, the brutal elimination began.
Fish Seller Qiang, who was only level 21, didn't even have time to groan before he was crushed into a mist of blood by the terrifying gravity!
The two-thousand-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider, a killer that struck fear into the hearts of those on the Douluo Continent, had barely touched the ground here when a fist-sized ant passing by snapped its head off with a single pincer and dragged it into a hole as a reserve ration.
Prince Xue Beng had brought quite a few defensive soul tools with him, so he managed to hold on for a second before his soul tools shattered, and he was screamed as he was pressed into the mud, his life or death unknown.
Flender was a Soul Saint after all, so he immediately activated his Avatar of the Martial Soul. With the phantom of an owl possessing his body, he managed to flap his wings in mid-air for a moment before landing with a splat, foaming at the mouth and unable to move.
Only Zhu Zhuqing remained!
"Nether Spirit Cat, possess!"
The moment she landed, she displayed astonishing combat instincts.
Although she was only level 27, her Martial Soul was a cat, and the flexibility and agility of a cat saved her life at this moment.
She did not attempt to resist the terrifying gravity; instead, she went with the flow, crouching on the ground and curling her body into a ball to minimize the pressure as much as possible.
Though blood spilled from the corner of her mouth and her bones creaked, she relied on her unyielding tenacity to grit her teeth and remain conscious!
I cannot die, absolutely not...
Zhu Zhuqing stared fixedly at the ground, her fingernails digging deep into the soil.
Just then, a melodious, celestial music suddenly drifted down from the sky.
The viewers on the Douluo Continent, who had been watching the live stream and sweating for Zhu Zhuqing, suddenly widened their eyes.
They saw a colossal Bronze Warship breaking through the clouds at the top of the screen, sailing slowly toward them!
The warship was so massive that it blotted out the sun. The hull was covered in profound runes, and the light emitted by each rune was more dazzling than the sun of the Douluo Continent!
On the deck of the warship stood a team of cultivators dressed in white.
The aura emanating from each of them was as deep as an abyss or the sea. Even the gaze of a young servant responsible for sweeping the deck contained a sharpness that made the Titled Douluo of the Douluo Continent feel palpitations!
"Are those immortals?!"
In an instant, the Douluo Continent was in an uproar.
Compared to the beasts and ants from before, this was the first time an organized human force had appeared in the true sense!
On the warship, a young girl who appeared to be only sixteen or seventeen, dressed in the cyan robes of a chore disciple, was leaning against the railing, looking down at the Great Wilderness with boredom.
Suddenly, she let out a sound of surprise.
"Senior Sister, look! There are a few little bugs down there!"
"That girl in black lying on the ground seems a bit interesting."
The girl pointed at Zhu Zhuqing on the ground, a flicker of curiosity in her eyes.