"Dou Di Bloodline!"
"Emperor Grade Pill!"
The sudden appearance of these things made everyone draw in a sharp breath, especially Hun Tiandi and the Nascent Pill, who stared fixedly at the unremarkable-looking bottle in the very center, labeled "Emperor Grade Pill."
If an Emperor Grade Pill could be refined, wouldn't that let one ascend straight to Dou Di?
Overcome with excitement, Hun Tiandi involuntarily stepped forward.
"Beep!"
A crisp sound came from beneath his foot.
Everyone turned to look.
Hun Tiandi's heart immediately lurched.
The button underfoot was only supposed to be pressed when answering a question, but he had accidentally stepped on it early. If his cultivation was reduced again, he would want to die.
He immediately shouted, "I stepped on it by accident!"
"Beep. Hun Tiandi has disregarded examination discipline and will be punished with a reduction in cultivation!"
The moment the voice fell silent,
Hun Tiandi felt his cultivation plummeting. In the space of a breath, he fell from late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng to mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, leaving him utterly panicked.
If it dropped any further, he could forget conquering the Dou Qi Continent or ascending to Dou Di. The Nihility Devouring Flame alone could devour him.
Fortunately, to his relief, his cultivation stopped dropping after reaching mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
Although this cultivation was already very low, luckily, the others weren't that high either. At the very least, Gu Yuan's cultivation was still hovering around late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. As long as he wasn't at the peak, Hun Tiandi wasn't worried.
If the gap wasn't large, Gu Yuan wouldn't dare come knocking.
Back then, he had been gravely injured in his battle with Xiao Xuan, and his cultivation had dropped to early-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Throughout that time, he had lived in fear of Gu Yuan coming knocking, yet even by the time he recovered his cultivation, that coward Gu Yuan had never come.
From then on, he knew the Gu Clan was nothing but a steamed bun in his hands, his to knead however he pleased!
Seeing Hun Tiandi's cultivation reduced again, everyone swallowed.
Such a seemingly divine power truly frightened them. They all stood obediently, not daring to move again for fear that one careless step would touch the buttons beneath their feet.
"First question!"
At that moment, the voice finally rang out again.
"In the world of Battle Through the Heavens, at whose hands did Hun Tiandi ultimately die?"
A, Nihility Devouring Flame; B, Gu Yuan; C, Xiao Xuan; D, Xiao Yan.
"Please answer!"
The voice's words appeared verbatim on the screen in midair.
At the same time, everyone's names and points were also recorded on the screen.
Knowing who had killed Hun Tiandi, Xiao Han naturally chose Xiao Yan without hesitation.
As soon as he stepped on the button, a notification appeared on the screen indicating that his answer was complete.
The speed of this made the nearby Nascent Pill's gaze sharpen.
The others' expressions, however, were rather intriguing. Their focus wasn't on whether Hun Tiandi had died, but on the words "the world of Battle Through the Heavens."
"Could there really be other worlds?"
"Could all the Dou Di really have ascended?"
Their thoughts churned, each harboring their own little schemes.
Among them, apart from Xiao Han, only Xiao Xuan laughed heartily a few times.
He had already become a remnant soul. Whether other worlds existed had little to do with him.
What delighted him was knowing that his enemy would ultimately die, so he hesitated no longer and directly chose Gu Yuan's name.
Among these choices, he believed only Gu Yuan could ultimately kill Hun Tiandi.
As for the remaining two, the Nihility Devouring Flame and Xiao Yan, one had suffered damage to his essence before Xiao Xuan's death, while the other was someone he had never even heard of.
Choosing Gu Yuan was therefore more reliable.
Hun Tiandi's expression, meanwhile, was even more intriguing.
He glanced impassively at Gu Yuan, then at the laughing Xiao Xuan. With a cold snort, he closed his eyes.
With his depth of cunning, learning that he would die wasn't frightening. After all, even the Dou Di of that supreme realm had vanished for countless years, let alone a mere Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
But who had killed him was very important.
He first ruled out Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan. One was dead, lingering on as a remnant soul, while the other was someone he didn't know at all. With the knowledge gained over his many years of life, he naturally wouldn't assume that Xiao Yan must belong to the Xiao Clan simply because his surname was Xiao.
Wasn't there someone named Xiao Han in this space too?
Hadn't he also acted as though nothing was amiss upon seeing Xiao Xuan?
Besides, he and Xiao Han bore each other no grudges. Even if they were both Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Han had no reason to attack him.
It would be thankless toil.
The same reasoning applied to the other two, except that one was a peak ninth-rank magical beast, while whether the other was human or beast remained unclear for now.
Moreover, none of those three names appeared among the choices.
Thus, he focused his attention on Gu Yuan and the Nihility Devouring Flame, because only those two could harm him. And the most likely possibility was that the Nihility Devouring Flame had killed him.
That wasn't impossible, because his cultivation had dropped to mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng in this space, while the Nihility Devouring Flame's realm was exactly one stage below his.
At this thought, Hun Tiandi inwardly drew a sharp breath.
Because, following this reasoning, he seemed to have discovered an incredible secret about this space.
It could deduce the future.
While Hun Tiandi contemplated with his eyes closed, the others naturally weren't idle either. They, too, coveted the treasures in the middle of the six of them.
Zhu Kun and the Nascent Pill had only just emerged from their seals and couldn't yet make sense of the love and hatred between these people. But since the names were listed, they would simply pick one.
After all, anyone who could enter this space ought to be an expert. How could someone who couldn't even enter it kill a Nine-Star Dou Sheng?
Thus, after a moment's consideration, Zhu Kun chose Xiao Xuan, whom he found more agreeable to look at, while the Nascent Pill chose Gu Yuan.
Only Gu Yuan remained, frowning at the final option.
Others didn't know Xiao Yan, but he knew who Xiao Yan was. After all, when he had sent his daughter to infiltrate the Xiao Clan, its clan head at the time, Xiao Zhan, had personally introduced his three fine sons.
The third son among them was named Xiao Yan!
Considering that the Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Xuan, and he himself were all Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts, he reached a bold conclusion: this boy named Xiao Yan would grow into a Nine-Star Dou Sheng expert in the future.
Then kill Hun Tiandi.
As for why he didn't choose himself, it was because even Gu Yuan didn't believe he could kill Hun Tiandi.
The Nihility Devouring Flame was even less likely. Even he wasn't confident of killing Hun Tiandi, so how could a mere Nihility Devouring Flame, a Heavenly Flame that wasn't even human, kill him?
"But how is that possible?" Gu Yuan was deeply hesitant, however. Staring at the D panel representing Xiao Yan, he couldn't bring himself to step down.
But if he wouldn't step on it, someone would naturally make him.
Just as he wavered between himself and Xiao Yan, the voice rang out again.
"Countdown: 3, 2, 1."
The countdown was so fast that it left him no time to choose. Gritting his teeth, he chose Xiao Yan.
"Beep. Countdown complete. Everyone has made their selection. Evaluating. Evaluation complete."
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