Inside the martial arts hall's underground confinement room.
"Damn! So this is High Martial Descent? It really is completely different from the 2D visuals in the videos. The feel of the ground and the sense of gravity are just too real."
"I'm in! I finally made it in! Now no one can stop me from digging out an underground city!"
"Any guilds recruiting? This newbie can dig holes and throw punches. Just provide food, lodging, and martial arts techniques."
The moment the fifty newbies appeared, the entire underground confinement room erupted like a pot boiling over. They were either marveling at the realism of High Martial Descent or looking for teams and sugar daddies, already acting like seasoned veterans. They were utterly unlike the newcomers from the previous two or three batches.
"That's great! You two elders made it in too." Lu Fanchen looked at a man and a woman among the newcomers. The man was around thirty and built like a giant bear. The woman was considerably younger, with long reddish-brown hair, a curvaceous figure, and a wild air about her, like a spirit dancing in the flames.
These two were Mythic Paradise's Saint-ranked figures, Axe Saint Li Tianxing and Blade Saint Lin Xinyao. Both were veteran experts of Mythic Paradise, and neither was weaker than Zhao Hu of Heavenly Might.
"Not bad luck. We managed to rank among the top fifty just before the digging test deadline." Li Tianxing, built like a giant bear, sighed. "I really don't know what this game company was thinking. A beta test assessment actually tested digging holes. Digging itself would've been fine—it was nothing more than a test of how one used physical strength and maintained efficiency—but I never expected to rank only forty-fifth. I really don't know why so many