The next moment, under the shocked gazes of everyone, Xu Kuang rushed up quickly and steadily. Before the stairs shook and twisted, he had already reached the second floor, and his figure completely disappeared.
No one expected that he would be the first to reach the second floor!
"He...he actually went up there?!"
"How is this possible? How can he be so fast?!"
You Fuyue stared upwards and said slowly, "Xu Kuang has lived with beasts since he was a child. His acuity and speed were cultivated by the beasts. There are definitely people among us who can surpass his speed, but no one is as decisive as him!"
The implication is that they are too cautious.
Feng Yuanxiao took a step forward and said calmly, "Then let me try first."
Everyone immediately turned to look at him.
Feng Yuanxiao's figure flashed and landed on the stairs. He had the cultivation base of the early stage of the Supreme Realm, and his speed was far ahead of most young geniuses.
But in an instant, he reached the top of the stairs from the bottom. Just at this moment, the stairs were about to turn, so he stepped lightly on them and used the force to climb to the second floor.
However, as soon as he reached the second floor, his figure and sound completely disappeared.
"Feng Yuanxiao, are you still there?!" a genius shouted.
There was no response.
Gong Tianxue frowned and analyzed, "The upstairs should be separated from here, otherwise why is there no sound at all?"
When the geniuses heard this, they did not refute it because they thought the same thing in their hearts.
Seeing two people successfully reach the second floor in succession, a sense of urgency swept over them, and one of them immediately said:
"I'll try it too!"
"Let me try first!"
Dozens of geniuses rushed to climb the stairs, but reality did not go as they wished. Almost all of them fell down. If they had not been prepared, they would have been refined into demonic energy by the magic pool!
The faces of those dozens of geniuses were grim. Why couldn't they get up?!
At this moment, Yun Zheng and her friends were looking at the scene in front of them calmly.
Yun Zheng's eyes deepened slightly. As she expected, this was also a screening test.
Mo Jing looked lazy. He yawned and asked, "Ayun, when are we going up?"
"No rush." Yun Zheng slowly shook her head, "Wait a moment."
She looked up at the direction of the second floor. It was gray and she couldn't see anything clearly. Just before Xu Kuang went up, she smelled a very disgusting aura from there.
She had already guessed something in her mind.
There weren't so many coincidences in the world. She had felt a gaze falling on her before she entered the secret realm, and that time before she entered the palace, and that time when she was dealing with the Demon Lord...
That feeling of disgust from being stared at is all too familiar.
If she hadn't thought he was 'dead' three or four years ago, she wouldn't have hesitated and been unsure of his identity. He... was either sent by the demon god, or an incarnation of the demon god.
Yun Zheng's eyes suddenly darkened, and her bright little face became as cold as if covered with frost.
Amuta Kongye, I will never let you go this time!
The friends noticed Yun Zheng's mood swings and immediately looked at her worriedly, asking softly, "Zheng Zheng, what happened?"
Yun Zheng recovered and looked up to meet their concerned gazes. She decided it was necessary to tell them about this so they would be prepared. She straightened her face and said, "Bai Lianye isn't completely dead. He must have changed his form and infiltrated the Three Continents' geniuses. Remember to be on guard at all times."
When Feng Xinglan, Mo Jing, Nangong Qingqing and Yu Qiu heard the word "Bai Lian Ye", they were surprised for a moment, and then their faces turned completely cold.
This Bai Lian Ye is like a piece of taffy, you can't get rid of it, it's more disgusting than shit.
Nangong Qingqing said in a serious tone, "We understand. Zhengzheng, you have to be very careful too. There's a 90% chance that Bai Lianye is coming for you!"
Yun Zheng nodded thoughtfully.
A quarter of an hour later, among the three hundred geniuses, only about thirty people successfully reached the second level, including Gong Tianxue, You Fuyue, Fan Yuer, Yuwen Zhou, Murong Heng, Gong Liyuan, Feng Yuanming, Feng Yuanheng, Feng Yuange, Feng Yuanqian, Yin Jinse, Yin Nianhua and others.
Seeing that Feng Yuanqiao couldn't go up, Yun Zheng sent him a message to give him some instructions.
Feng Yuanqiao could only watch as Yun Zheng and his group of five reached the second floor at an extremely fast speed, and then disappeared from his sight.
The other geniuses were unwilling to give up and kept trying to go up. Finally, some of them reached the second floor one after another, and the number of geniuses left there became fewer and fewer.
At this moment, when Yun Zheng and her friends successfully reached the second floor, they noticed a sound coming from the front.
When they looked closely, they were slightly startled by the scene before them.
What came into view was a magnificent building, its white-gold hue dominating the space, resembling a divine palace. The towering gate made humans seem dwarfed. On either side of the gate, two divine messengers, each as tall as a giant, wielded sharp weapons, guarding the exterior of the palace in a state of utmost readiness.
The messenger of God remained motionless, like a statue.
The words written on the golden plaque in the hall seemed to be from ancient times, and almost no one could understand them.
It is so magnificent that one cannot gaze upon it for long.
Yun Zheng stared at the plaque, her eyes flickered, and three words unconsciously emerged in her mind - Manhua Palace.
Her brows furrowed slightly, and a hazy figure of a young man suddenly emerged in her mind. The scene behind him was this Manhua Palace...
The scene flashed by, but her heart sank a little.
...Is it a demon?
Yun Zheng suppressed her thoughts and refocused her attention not far ahead. Feng Yuanxiao and dozens of other geniuses were standing outside the gate of the Manhua Palace, still some distance away from the two tall divine messengers.
They seemed to be discussing how to get in.
Because those two tall gods' messengers looked very powerful. If they accidentally woke them up, it would definitely lead to a fierce battle, and they might even lose their lives.
"Go check out the situation."
"good."
Feng Yuanxiao and the other Tianjiao had already noticed their arrival. Seeing them approach, You Fuyue kindly warned them, "Fellow Daoist Yun, you're here just in time. This place is very strange. It's clearly a demon palace, but there's not a trace of demonic energy! Moreover, those two guardians are faintly emitting power beyond the Supreme Realm, which means they might be god-level cultivators!"
"A god-level cultivator?"
Yun Zheng feigned shock, then asked in confusion, "Why would there be a god-level cultivator in the secret realm?! Even our elders wouldn't be able to pass such an assessment..."
Her words caused the geniuses to ponder.
Even the people outside the secret realm couldn't help but fall silent when they heard this. When they saw the second-floor hall and the two divine messengers, they were filled with doubts and confusion.
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