Everyone's expressions changed.
Was this trial in the Crown Prince Academy actually that dangerous?
Even a prince of the Demon Race could die inside!
"Before the Seventh Prince, when the Ninth Prince of the Demon Race went in all those years ago, he took three hundred subordinates into the Crown Prince Academy. In the end, apart from the Ninth Prince himself, only nine others came out alive."
"But every one of those nine survivors went on to achieve extraordinary things and was appointed by His Majesty the Demon Emperor as... the Nine Luminaries Star Officials."
"The Tenth Prince took two hundred people inside. Apart from the prince himself, twenty-eight came out alive. They became... the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions! The Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Four Directions... led by the four divine beasts, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird!"
Daoist Lei smiled faintly. "But after the Seventh Prince, Her Majesty the Demon Empress flew into a rage and reprimanded the Demon Master. From then on, no more princes of the Demon Race entered for trials."
"As for this Crown Prince Academy... after deliberating, the higher-ups of the Demon Race decided to turn it into a trial ground, allowing geniuses from the Demon Race, Devil Race, Spirit Race, Witch Tribe, and other races to enter together for trials."
"It became a place of life and death through and through!"
"The different sides held different positions and were all enemies. Put them inside, and without any prodding, they would naturally fight and slaughter one another, competing for treasures in struggles to the death. That went without saying... and naturally, they became one another's whetstones."
"Even though the various powers saw through the Demon Race's sinister intentions, they did not pass up this opportunity. Instead, they used this space to hone the