"Boom!-Boom!-Boom!-"
Three thunderous beats of the war drums shattered the oppressive atmosphere above the drill grounds.
Everyone's gaze was instantly drawn to the enormous Myriad Armies Profound Mirror Formation at the center.
The formation plate hummed loudly, blazing with profound light, like a sleeping primordial beast suddenly awakening.
"First match, Camp One against Camp Sixty-Four. Enter the formation!"
An army supervisor instructor's icy voice rang out, devoid of emotion.
On either side of the drill grounds, the cultivators of Camp One and Camp Sixty-Four were already seated cross-legged. At the command, they immediately closed their eyes and focused, sinking their minds into the Special Formation Talismans at their waists.
Buzzz-!
Dazzling light erupted from the center of the formation. Two thick pillars of light shot from the formation plate, soaring into the sky before rapidly intertwining, merging, and spreading several hundred zhang overhead!
In an instant, a gigantic screen of light appeared out of thin air, covering the entire sky above the drill grounds!
At first, the screen was a mass of chaos, like dense, churning clouds, its light and shadows twisting ceaselessly.
But after mere breaths, the chaos swiftly settled and cleared, revealing a lifelike battlefield;
-the Desolate Wilderness Forest!
Information flowed across the screen. The battlefield measured over sixty li in both length and width.
Ancient trees towered into the sky: gnarled giants stood everywhere, their trunks so broad that it took more than a dozen people to encircle them.
Vines resembled pythons: vines as thick as enormous snakes coiled around the ancient trees and hung from their high branches, forming heavy natural curtains.
Visibility was severely constricted, everything beyond several dozen zhang becoming a blur.
Poisonous miasma permeated the forest: gray-green fumes drifted silently among the trees, and the air was suffocatingly thick.
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