"Hmph, there's plenty you haven't thought of."
Zhu Kun sneered, then stopped paying attention to the humans. He looked up into the darkness and cursed, "Tuoshe, get your ass out here! What are you putting on airs and making this space for?"
"Tou She Ancient God!"
At the mention of Tuoshe's name, everyone in the space except Xiao Han underwent a drastic change in expression.
Especially the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
"This space was actually made by Tou She Ancient God?" Hun Tiandi and the others could not help drawing sharp breaths.
"Who else could it be? That old bastard trapped me for thousands of years. Just when I was about to escape, he came up with another trick." Zhu Kun sneered coldly. Clearly, he hated Tou She Ancient God to the extreme.
"Trapped for thousands of years?"
Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan exchanged a glance, a thoughtful gleam flashing through both their eyes. Then they stepped forward together, intending to question Zhu Kun in detail.
Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan quietly approached Xiao Han and asked gently in a low voice, "Brother, might you have heard of the Xiao Clan in the outside world?"
"Of course I have." A trace of strangeness flashed through Xiao Han's eyes.
The venerable ancestor of the Xiao Clan from a thousand years ago was actually calling him, a descendant of his own bloodline, brother.
"Good, as long as you've heard of them!" Xiao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
A clan that drew even a nine-star Dou Sheng's attention could not have fallen too far, even if it had declined.
Although he did not know why they had gone so long without visiting the Heavenly Tomb, he supposed they must have their reasons.
Chief among them was probably those bastards from the Hun Clan obstructing them.
At that thought, Xiao Xuan shot Hun Tiandi an unfriendly glance.
Although no power could be used in this space, wasn't that just perfect?
If he could beat Hun Tiandi up with skill alone, he could vent some of the resentment he had harbored all those years in the Heavenly Tomb.
He acted as soon as the thought struck him.
Clenching his fists, Xiao Xuan strode toward Hun Tiandi.
"Xiao Xuan, what are you doing?"
Seeing Xiao Xuan approach as though he intended to fight him to the death, Hun Tiandi frowned and asked.
No power could be used here. If Xiao Xuan really wanted to fight him to the death, he could only scratch his face bloody like a shrew.
Then Hun Tiandi would lose all face before the others.
Xiao Xuan, a dead man, might not care, but he could not afford not to!
"Heh, beating you up, of course. What else would I be doing?" Xiao Xuan gave a wicked, wild smile.
Today, he was going to teach Hun Tiandi a lesson: a dead man cared about nothing.
Hun Tiandi's mouth twitched at the sight. Then he turned and ran.
"Turning tail and running doesn't seem like your style. Where's all that swagger you had when you hunted me down?"
The space was small, but Hun Tiandi was exceptionally slippery. He dodged left and right, refusing to let Xiao Xuan touch him. Left with no choice, Xiao Xuan could only launch an assault on his pride.
Hun Tiandi was no fool. Why would he fight a dead soul? Winning would bring no benefit, and losing would bring disgrace.
Still, dodging forever was no solution, so Hun Tiandi called out to Gu Yuan, asking him to stop Xiao Xuan.
How could Gu Yuan dare get involved? Besides, he was only too eager to see Hun Tiandi take a beating.
Only that would keep Xiao Xuan from dragging him into endless questions. Otherwise, if he asked how the Xiao Clan was doing now, he could hardly tell him:
Very well-so well that the clan had several mighty Da Dou Shi.
Then Xiao Xuan would be chasing him instead of Hun Tiandi.
For a while, the space was quite lively.
Zhu Kun was cursing, Gu Yuan was preparing to enjoy the show, and Xiao Han and the Nascent Pill each retreated to a corner.
Just then, a voice finally rang out through the empty space.
"All participants have assembled. Candidates, please reach your designated locations within ten seconds. Failure to arrive within the allotted time will result in a percentage deduction from your cultivation."
Immediately afterward, a screen lit up in the void, its numbers counting down from ten.
At the same time, six lines appeared beneath Xiao Han's and the others' feet, guiding them toward their designated locations.
Answering Space?
Candidates?
Of the six, everyone except Xiao Han and Zhu Kun looked bewildered and suspicious.
Zhu Kun was much more straightforward. After being trapped for so many years without the slightest hope of escape, he had already decided to smash the cracked jar. He immediately continued cursing, "Tuoshe, get out here! Stop playing these tricks! I'm not buying it!"
Could it really be Tou She Ancient God?
The others exchanged glances, showing no intention of moving.
Who knew whether reaching those designated locations would truly trap them?
Since they did not move, neither did Xiao Han. He likewise put on a bewildered expression. The cultivation deduction was percentage-based anyway. As a three-star Dou Zhe, what the hell did he have to fear?
Only after Zhu Kun had cursed for ten seconds did things change.
"No candidates have reached their designated locations. Punishment commencing!" The voice rang out again, but this time, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Because they truly sensed their cultivation draining away at an extremely rapid rate.
Their expressions changed drastically.
Hun Tiandi took the lead, running toward the location indicated by the line beneath his feet.
He had no choice but to run. In those few short seconds, he had already fallen from peak nine-star Dou Saint to late-stage nine-star Dou Sheng.
The others reacted no slowly either.
Gu Yuan followed close behind, then the Nascent Pill, Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and finally Xiao Han.
In the blink of an eye, everyone had reached their designated locations.
Seeing that their cultivation had stopped falling, they finally breathed sighs of relief amid their terror. Then their expressions turned ugly.
Especially Hun Tiandi's.
Under his leadership, the Hun Clan now followed the law of the jungle, and status was secured through cultivation level. Once he lost his nine-star Dou Sheng cultivation, there would be no need for outside enemies to invade. His own people could swallow him alive and strip him bare.
Gu Yuan was little better off.
"Damn it, what exactly is this place?" Hun Tiandi asked, his expression exceptionally ugly.
"I don't know!" Zhu Kun replied in a muffled voice.
His cultivation had also dropped by one minor stage, something that had never happened throughout his captivity.
Now he suspected that this place had not been made by Tou She Ancient God at all.
Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and the Nascent Pill had also been frightened, and all remained silent.
At that moment, Xiao Han, who had suffered no trouble whatsoever, spoke up to comfort them. "Everyone, whatever the case, we're already turtles in a jar. Let's see what it wants to do."
"That's all we can do!" Hun Tiandi nodded, his tone bitter beyond measure.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the voice rang out again.
"All candidates are in position. The quiz will now begin!"
"This quiz consists of five questions, all requiring answers."
"Candidates may answer using the buttons beneath their feet."
"One point will be awarded for a correct answer and deducted for an incorrect answer."
"Those with zero points will be punished."
"Scores may be exchanged for the following items: Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques, Heaven-Tier Cultivation Methods, secret treasures, medicinal pills, Heavenly Flames, Strange Lightning, ancient magical beast bloodlines, Dou Di bloodlines, and more."
Then pillars of light descended from above, instantly filling the area between the six of them. Within them were all the precious items the voice had just mentioned.
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