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However, Shi Ling seemed very calm regarding this matter. Long Yang stood on the spot without making a sound. It was unknown what he was thinking.

Then, a voice came over: "This year's sect disciple exam, the number of people registered has already arrived. I will now explain to everyone the main rules of this competition."

Everyone followed the source of the voice and looked over. Soon after, they saw a person walking out from a floating platform. Shi Ling recognized him at a glance. It was the head manager of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Qin Guang.

They were Xu Qing and Lin Yue, and the two of them were dressed exceptionally beautifully today. Although they were not one of the top ten Heaven's Chosen of the Spirit Sword Sect, they were still two of the most outstanding beauties with white and smooth skin.

Although this was the first time the two girls had come to preside over a disciple examination competition, their expressions were very calm. It was obvious that they were already used to such a grand occasion and weren't too reserved.

When she saw that Shi Ling had also raised his head to look in her direction, her face turned a little red. When Xu Qing, who was standing to the side, saw Lin Yue's expression, she couldn't help but let out a sigh. She really didn't understand how this little girl had developed feelings for Shi Ling after meeting her a few times.

At this moment, Qin Guang took out a jade slip and began to explain the rules of the competition to everyone. He said, "Unlike the martial competition of the ordinary sects, the competition of our Spirit Sword Sect is held in a strange space called the 'Secret World of the Secret Realm'. Everyone here needs to find such a jade slip."

As he said this, he took out a jade slip with a longsword engraved on it from his storage ring and threw it into the air, allowing everyone present to see it clearly. Qin Guang continued, "After entering the secret realm, only by finding this jade slip and saving it until the very end can one become an outer sect disciple."

Everyone present silently took note of the jade slip in their hearts. As for Shi Ling, he merely cast a glance at him.

And then he heard Qin Guang continue: "There's another thing I want to remind you all, after entering the secret realm, you will all be fighting to the death, once you die inside, you will all be dead. So, the person who wants to leave now still has a little time to think about it, once they enter, there's no room for turning back."

When Long Yang heard this, his brows slightly knitted. He had previously heard of the cruelty within the secret realm. It was said that the Spirit Sword Sect had specially created this space to simulate the current cultivation world.

At this moment, Shi Ling shot him a glance and said, "Scared?"

Long Yang shook his head and said, "I just didn't expect that the first competition I participated in would be such a bloody battle."

Shi Ling couldn't help but sneer and say, "80% of the new disciples are the same as you."

Long Yang shamefully nodded his head, and immediately heard Shi Ling say, "Actually, there's no need to worry. Although there's a lot of killing going on in this mysterious world, its cruelty is far from comparable to the real cultivation world."

When Long Yang heard this, he looked at Shi Ling in surprise. Shi Ling involuntarily let out a sigh and said, "The path of cultivation is a path of walking through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Countless lives must have been built under the feet of every peerless powerhouse.

When Long Yang heard this, he opened his mouth, but didn't say anything more. Then, on the stage, Qin Guang said to the crowd below, "Alright, I won't go into the details."

As he said that, he waved his hand and threw out a jade slip. Following which, he saw the jade slip shatter into dust in the air before turning into countless rays of light that flew towards the hands of all the disciples present.

The light turned into a jade plate in the hands of the disciples, and upon closer inspection, they discovered that the jade slip was actually the map of the secret realm. The jade slip had already been marked and the jade slip had already been marked down, and Qin Guang then continued: "After you enter the secret realm, just follow the instructions above, I will send you in."

As he said this, Qin Guang nodded to Lin Yue and Xu Qing, who were behind him, and the two girls immediately took out two mirrors. Qin Guang's hands formed a seal and a surge of mana poured into the two mirrors.

Shi Ling and Long Yang, as well as everyone present, all raised their heads to look. After the two mirrors exploded with dazzling light, they shot towards the sky.

At this moment, everyone could see a chaotic black hole slowly rotating in the sky. After which, everyone present could feel an extremely strong suction force emitting from their bodies. Very soon, some people were directly sucked into the black hole because they were unable to resist the suction force.

After that, large numbers of people began to be absorbed into the black hole. Even Shi Ling, Long Yang, and the other heaven's pride experts were no exception. Very quickly, those who held the jade talk were all sucked into the black hole.

Qin Guang looked down and saw that the arena had been emptied. He immediately waved his hand and a round drop of dew flew out. In front of the eyes of everyone outside, it continued to expand, slowly turning into a huge screen. At this moment, this screen actually displayed the map of the secret realm.

At this moment, on a large tree not too far away, there was a slim and graceful girl sitting on a tree branch. Her two beautiful legs were swinging back and forth.

When she saw that Shi Ling had disappeared, she sniggered and said, "Little brother Shi Ling, I wonder how your performance will be this time? Big sister is really looking forward to it. "

After saying that, she threw the peach to the side. Then, her figure flashed and she disappeared from where she stood.

At this moment, behind Qin Guang, Lin Yue's gaze was focused on the crystal screen. She was already thinking if Shi Ling would return safely. When the current Xu Qing saw this scene, she couldn't help but shake her head.

"..."

In another place, in a forest shrouded in white mist, Shi Ling was lying on the ground. One could see from the crater beneath him that he had fallen from a high place, and had also crushed the ground.

At this moment, Shi Ling struggled to get up from the ground. Then, he took off his vest. If it wasn't for this vest helping Shi Ling neutralize the force of the charge, Shi Ling probably wouldn't be able to wake up in a day and a night.

Even though he had already prepared for this, the pain still made him feel uncomfortable. He stood up and looked around. It was exactly the same as he remembered.

I wonder how Long Yang and the others are doing?

He did not use the Star Origin Fruit because the number of Star Origin Fruits he had was limited. Unless he had no other choice, Shi Ling would not use the Star Origin Fruit.

However, what Shi Ling did not notice was that there was an eagle hovering in the sky. It was staring at Shi Ling below it. However, it flew away not long after it flew away.

At this moment, Shi Ling was trying to absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. However, just like he remembered, the Spiritual Qi in this place seemed to be held down by an invisible force. No matter how Shi Ling used the Spiritual Bead to draw it in, it had no effect.

After a fruitless attempt, Shi Ling ceased his useless actions. Immediately, he took a deep breath and began to heal his injuries with a calm heart.

Although there was no spiritual energy to absorb, there were countless treasures here. Shi Ling remembered that when he first entered the Spirit Sword Sect to participate in the test, he had picked up a lot of treasures here, allowing him to earn a small fortune. At the same time, he had also built a foundation for becoming an official disciple in the future.

Very soon, after a few hours, Shi Ling's injuries had mostly healed. Then, with a flash of his heart, the Hundred Daybreaks flew out. He surveyed his surroundings, then turned around to look at Shi Ling and asked, "Is this the mysterious world?"

He then took out the jade ultimatum that Qin Guang had given them. Then, he read it and said, "In the Hidden Secret Realm, there are a total of three areas: the outer zone, the central zone, and the inland zone. Only by finding the promotion jade ultimatum and then going to the inland zone, and placing the promotion jade ultimatum in one of the temples there can one be considered victorious."

Bai Xiaosheng pouted and said, "It's not that difficult."

Shi Ling said, "There are only a hundred promotions to the Jade Announcements, but we have five thousand participants this time. Even five thousand people want to fight for one of the hundred places, do you think this competition is difficult?"

Bai Xiaosheng snorted and said, "I'm afraid you haven't seen some ancient secret altars being opened to attract the experts from all around, right?"

Shi Ling nodded and said, "I've never seen it before, so it's useless even if you tell me."

As he spoke, Shi Ling's gaze started to scan the surroundings. This was still a misty mountain forest, so the visibility was not very high. Therefore, Shi Ling still wanted to leave this place first.

Then, at this moment, a beast roar sounded out. Both Shi Ling and Bai Xiaosheng were stunned. Shi Ling looked around warily, and immediately, he took out the Mystic Wood Sword from his storage ring and placed it on his back.

His gaze followed the source of the sound, and at the same time, he heard shouts of battle. When Shi Ling heard this, he frowned slightly, then ran over. He did not dare to run too fast, so he tried to maintain a proper distance.

He saw Shi Ling leap up a large tree, his eyes looking towards the source of the sound. He saw a dozen Spirit Sword Sect disciples surrounding and attacking a sturdy bear, its body wrapped in rocks, its defense and attack power extremely terrifying.

But at this time, Shi Ling noticed that there was a long sword engraved on Shi Yan Xiong's head. When Shi Ling saw this, his pupils constricted. Isn't that a promotion jade ultimatum? He actually appeared here.

The scene was already very clear. It seems that the dozens of disciples saw that Shi Yan Xiong had a Jade Announcement on him, so they wanted to join hands and get rid of him. But they didn't expect that Shi Yan Xiong was so powerful that he had to kill several people.

As Shi Ling quietly observed the situation, his heart was overjoyed. He did not expect that someone would deliver the promotion jade slip to him as soon as he entered the secret realm. He had really gotten lucky.

Immediately, Shi Ling hid himself well, and at the same time that he promised not to be discovered, he secretly followed behind them. When these disciples fought with Shi Yan, it would be the time for Shi Ling to make a move against them.

Of course, the usually cautious Shi Ling did not forget to observe his surroundings. After all, the commotion caused by this fight was not small.

Soon, Shi Ling saw that among the dozens of disciples who were fighting against Shi Yan Xiong, several of them had already fallen, leaving only the last five people who were still fighting with their lives on the line. Thinking about it, they were probably thinking about how to escape from the hands of this beast, not how to get the Jade Ode of Promotion.

At this time, a disciple shouted to the others, "There is a canyon ahead. If we go in there, we might be able to get rid of it."

When the not so far away Shi Ling saw this scene, he actually recalled the scene at the Fierce Tooth Mountain when he was chased by the beast tide. When he was chased by the beast tide, he too had run into a valley out of helplessness.

However, he did not know if a monster like the Peach Tree Demoness had appeared in this valley. Hence, Shi Ling immediately followed him in.

Soon, Shi Ling found that this canyon was actually a circular canyon surrounded by rocks. The ground was very spacious, but wouldn't it be more troublesome to deal with Shi Yan Xiong here?

At this moment, Shi Ling frowned. He looked at the fight between Shi Yan and his disciples, then looked at the surrounding canyons, and had a bad premonition.

Suddenly, Shi Ling heard a scream. He turned his head to look and saw the last disciple fall into Shi Yan's mouth and was bitten to death.

Shi Ling looked at the wounds on Shi Yan's back and the jade proclamation on his head. His heart was beating fast, but not long after, Shi Ling pulled out the Mysterious Wood Sword on his back and rushed towards Shi Yan.

With the move of Ghostly Shadow, Shi Ling immediately appeared in front of Shi Yan Xiong like a ghost, and then swung the sword towards Shi Yan's head. Shi Yan's head was stabbed into the ground by Shi Ling's sword, and perhaps because Shi Yan had fought before, Shi Ling didn't have much strength left, and Shi Yan was able to easily push this bear to the ground.

As the saying goes, a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Shi Ling did not want to face this monster head on, so after taking the promotion jade ultimatum from its head, he turned around and ran.

However, before he could even run away, he felt the jade slip in his hands emit a soft crackling sound, and then an explosion.

Bang! Shi Ling was blown back several steps before coming to a stop. However, blood was already seeping out from his body.

When Shi Ling saw this, his eyes widened in shock. That promotions to the level of the jade ultimatum were fake!

Immediately, a hearty laugh was heard. After that, Shi Ling's eyes were wide open as he looked at his surroundings.

At this moment, this ring-shaped valley was filled with people. Shi Ling recognized Zhang Yusheng and Zhang Yuquan at a glance.

At this moment, the two of them were looking at Shi Ling with ridiculing expressions on their faces.

Shi Ling frowned and turned around. He saw those people who had been killed by Shi Yan Xiong standing up and looking at Shi Ling with cold smiles on their faces. The last dead disciple was sitting on Shi Xiong's back.

Upon seeing this, even a fool would know that he had fallen into a trap.