Above the skies of the Douluo Continent.
The enormous Sky Screen, which had already fallen silent, suddenly began churning violently like boiling water!
Immediately afterward, lines of glaring scarlet words slowly took shape in its center, carrying an irresistible pressure from heaven and earth.
[The first stage has ended. Great Thousand World exploration has entered its second stage!] [Effective immediately, five additional explorer slots have been added for the Douluo Continent!] [Random selection. Countdown: ten breaths!]
Boom!
The moment those lines appeared, the entire Douluo Continent plunged into an unprecedented deathly silence, followed by an uproar like a tsunami!
"Five more people?! They're picking people again?!"
In Heaven Dou City, countless commoners and low-ranking Soul Masters turned ashen with terror and fled frantically toward their homes, as though hiding beneath their beds would keep the Sky Screen's gaze from finding them.
"Please don't pick me! Please don't pick me!"
"Even a badass Soul Saint like Zhao Wuji had his head taken off in one move by some teenage brat! If a Soul Grandmaster like me went over, I wouldn't even qualify as someone's blood food!"
Fear spread through every corner of the continent like a plague.
Everyone prayed that this deadly countdown would not land on their heads.
Yet while some feared it like a tiger, others had eyes blazing red, descending into a gambler's frenzy!
"Pick me! Choose me!!"
On the Star Luo Empire's border, a veteran mercenary who had been stuck at the Soul Emperor bottleneck for decades stared fixedly at the Sky Screen with bloodshot eyes.
"Riches and honor are won through danger!"
"The Spiritual Energy in that Great Thousand World is thousands upon thousands of times denser than on the Douluo Continent!"
"Even chewing a couple of mouthfuls of grass beside the road