Life and Death on the Life-and-Death Platform! An Unparalleled Battle Shakes the Underground Cavern! As You Wish!

"Qin Wuyou, you're courting death!"

The instant he heard the voice transmission, the Deputy Hall Master of Seven Kills Hall roared savagely, his voice carrying hundreds of miles.

"The disciples of Seven Kills Hall are waiting on the Underground Cavern Fourth Layer. Come if you have the guts!"

As the voice of Seven Kills Hall's Hall Master faded, the entire Underground Cavern was shaken.

"Holy shit, Seven Kills Hall accepted the challenge! Now things are getting exciting!"

"It was only to be expected that Seven Kills Hall would accept. After all, Qin Wuyou was far too arrogant before. He killed their disciples and even left behind a brazen declaration. How could Seven Kills Hall possibly swallow that? They've been searching for Qin Wuyou all this time, but they never found him. I thought he'd escaped the Underground Cavern long ago. Who would have thought he was still here, and even dared to challenge Seven Kills Hall himself!"

"They all said Qin Wuyou had become a cripple, but that doesn't seem right at all now! How would a cripple dare to challenge Seven Kills Hall? Could Xuantian Holy Land's information be wrong? Do you think the news that Qin Wuyou was crippled might be a smokescreen released by Xuantian Holy Land? I heard the Holy Land Assembly for all the major sects is coming up soon. Could Xuantian Holy Land be keeping Qin Wuyou as a hidden trump card?"

"You mean they first released a smokescreen claiming Qin Wuyou was crippled, making the Holy Sons of the major sects lower their guard, then planned to stun everyone with a single brilliant showing when the actual tournament began? Surely not? Xuantian Holy Land is one of the top three holy lands, after all. There's no need for them to resort to something like that, is there?"

"You never know. After all, the Holy Land Tournament in six months will determine who gets a place at the Supreme Academy. Whoever wins that place won't just benefit personally. Their holy land will also receive the Supreme Academy's support for the next few years."

At the mention of the Supreme Academy, many cultivators' eyes lit up.

The Supreme Academy was the most powerful existence in the Lower Realm.

It stood above the ten great holy lands.

The Supreme Academy opened once every three years.

Whenever it opened, it selected talented youths from across the entire Lower Realm.

Each time the Supreme Academy opened, cultivators flocked to its entrance examinations like crucian carp crossing a river.

Yet in the end, there were only three places available in the Supreme Academy.

It opened once every three years, offering only three places each time.

Moreover, it would rather leave those three places empty than accept anyone unworthy.

If applicants failed to meet the Supreme Academy's standards, it would not admit unqualified students even if places remained vacant.

Since the Supreme Academy's founding, there had been countless occasions when all its places went unfilled.

That alone showed how strict the Supreme Academy's requirements were.

Precisely because of this, every student who managed to enter the Supreme Academy had limitless prospects.

Of course, beyond all that, what mattered most to the great holy lands was that once one of their disciples entered the Supreme Academy, their holy land would receive its support.

Just as these cultivators were busily discussing and speculating, the voice of Seven Kills Hall's Deputy Hall Master once again spread throughout the Underground Cavern Fourth Layer.

"Qin Wuyou, Seven Kills Hall has set up a Life-and-Death Platform on Earth Dragon Mountain. If you can make it there alive, I will personally send you to your grave!"

"Earth Dragon Mountain! Holy shit, Seven Kills Hall actually chose Earth Dragon Mountain!"

After hearing the voice of Seven Kills Hall's Deputy Hall Master, every cultivator on the Underground Cavern Fourth Layer began converging on Earth Dragon Mountain.

They had no intention of missing a battle like this, one rarely seen even in a hundred years.

In an instant, countless cultivators rushed about spreading the news.

Just after the voice of Seven Kills Hall's Hall Master faded, Qin Wuyou's voice also rang throughout the Underground Cavern Fourth Layer.

"As you wish!"

When they heard Qin Wuyou's cold, commanding voice, all the cultivators were utterly stunned.

"It's really about to begin!"

"We can't miss an unparalleled battle like this!"

"Seven Kills Hall's Deputy Hall Master is already gathering all their disciples in the Underground Cavern. They're all converging on Earth Dragon Mountain."

"Earth Dragon Mountain? That's an isolated mountain surrounded by peril! Seven Kills Hall really chose a dangerous spot. Bottomless abysses surround it on three sides, and only a single mountain path leads straight to the summit. Sheer cliffs encircle Earth Dragon Mountain, with the unfathomable Earth Dragon Mountain Valley below. Even a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator who jumped down might not make it out alive."

"By choosing this place, Seven Kills Hall has clearly planned to cut off Qin Wuyou's retreat completely. Once he enters, the only way to escape will be to jump off a cliff. Never mind whether the fall kills him—even if he lands in Earth Dragon Mountain Valley below, he's still certain to die!"

"Interesting. I really wonder how this battle will turn out."

In an instant, all the cultivators in the Underground Cavern began converging on Earth Dragon Mountain.

Earth Dragon Mountain soared tens of thousands of feet high.

By now, Seven Kills Hall had laid layer upon layer of killing formations along the road leading to the Life-and-Death Platform on Earth Dragon Mountain.

As the cultivators who had come to watch passed along the mountain road, they felt a chilling killing intent that made them shudder.

"Hiss! Seven Kills Hall actually laid layer upon layer of killing formations along the road up Earth Dragon Mountain! From the looks of it, Qin Wuyou might not even reach the Life-and-Death Platform alive."

"Seven Kills Hall really spared no expense this time. Not only did they set up formations, but everyone they deployed is an elite assassin, with even the weakest in the Foundation Establishment Realm. With a setup like this, even a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator might not make it to the end alive."

"A Purple Mansion Realm cultivator getting through? Are you joking? Can't you see that all the disciples manning these checkpoints are Foundation Establishment Realm Elite Disciples? If even the checkpoints out in the open are staffed by Elite Disciples, what level do you think the hidden ones will be?"

"Hiss, you mean the assassins hiding in the shadows are in the Purple Mansion Realm! Holy fucking shit! If Purple Mansion Realm assassins really are blocking the way, Qin Wuyou might not reach the end alive no matter how capable he is!"

"From the entrance to Earth Dragon Mountain all the way to the Life-and-Death Platform, there are nine checkpoints in plain sight alone. That doesn't even count the assassins and checkpoints hidden in the shadows. Including those hidden checkpoints, there must be at least a dozen or more. Even a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator would have little hope of breaking through them all. Only a Myriad Phenomena Realm cultivator might make it through without trouble!"

From the entrance to Earth Dragon Mountain to its summit, the cultivators saw one daunting obstacle after another.

And what they saw were only the obstacles out in the open.

Everyone knew that Seven Kills Hall's preparations certainly went beyond these overt killing moves. The ones concealed in the shadows were the most terrifying of all.

Without Primordial Spirit Realm cultivation, breaking through those dozen or more checkpoints and reaching the Life-and-Death Platform safely would likely be harder than ascending to heaven.