Elder Zhi suppressed his displeasure, walked onto the stage, and announced the rules for the upcoming competition, but his mind was entirely on Baili Xiuwen.
"The third match is a free-for-all, similar to the second match, but this time you will be placed in a secret realm. This is to simulate future open-world battles. If you want to eliminate an opponent, simply crush the token on their waist."
After explaining the rules in a calm tone, Elder Zhi returned to his seat.
At this moment, all one hundred contestants were standing on the arena. After Elder Zhi returned, he took out an ancient cauldron-like object and threw it into the air. The ancient cauldron instantly transformed into a huge entrance.
Seeing this, Elder Zhi said to everyone, "This is the entrance to the secret realm. After entering from here, you will be assigned to different places, just like in the first level." Elder Zhi continued, "Of course, the competition will not allow you to search for others arbitrarily. You can see moving green dots in this token. The red dot is your own position, and the green dot is someone else's."
Elder Zhi smiled slightly, and seeing that many people's expressions changed, he felt much better. This rule was prepared to prevent those who were not strong enough from hiding somewhere and getting away with it.
Before they went inside, someone suddenly asked, "Elder, when is this competition scheduled?"
Elder Zhi smiled mysteriously and said, "There is no time limit for the competition. It will continue until only fifty people remain in the secret realm. So everyone, do your best to eliminate others."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was sucked into the secret realm by a suction force.
After a moment of dizziness, Xu Yuehuai opened her eyes again and found herself in the forest. The surrounding vegetation was lush, and a thick fog lingered around her.
Xu Yuehuai looked at the sky, then walked eastward. After walking for a short while, she emerged from the dense forest. She looked back and felt something was off. She then sent a telepathic message to Yuan Shui, "Don't you think this forest is a bit strange?"
Yuan Shui had been on vacation in his spatial dimension for the past two days, isolated from the outside world. It wasn't until he heard Xu Yuehuai's words that he opened his perspective. He glanced around briefly and said slowly, "Nothing serious, just that a lot of people died here."
Xu Yuehua frowned. Wasn't this secret realm specifically set up for the competition? How could there be so many dead people here?
But before they could dwell on this problem for long, a team came towards them. It was the academy's team, and the person in the lead, Xu Yuehuai, looked familiar; he was Yu Er's follower.
From the moment Yu Er entered the academy, she disguised herself as a wealthy young lady from another place, and somehow managed to make those senior students follow her every word.
"You are Xu Yuehuai?" The newcomer showed no respect whatsoever. According to the academy's rules, he should have addressed Xu Yuehuai as "senior sister."
Xu Yuehuai did not answer the question, but instead said, "What is it?"
Seeing Xu Yuehuai's arrogant demeanor, the man immediately realized that the person they were looking for was the one in front of him.
He crossed his arms and looked at Xu Yuehuai with disdain. "I'm here to challenge you!"
As he spoke, everyone around him drew their weapons. Xu Yuehuai glanced at them, said nothing, and simply summoned his silver sword.
Dean Zhong, who witnessed this scene from outside, turned pale. As the dean of the academy, he naturally hoped that as many students as possible could advance to the second floor.
I warned these people long ago, but they still didn't know what was going on.
Dean Zhong said to Dean Duan beside him, "After the competition, we need to discipline these disobedient disciples."
Dean Duan is in charge of this area, and he nodded slightly.
Elder Zhi looked at Xu Yuehuai. Besides Baili Xiuwen, he also favored Xu Yuehuai and that little girl who knew divination.
After drawing his sword, Xu Yuehuai glanced at the three of them and said, "Let's attack together to save time."
Feeling mocked, the man opposite charged forward, sword in hand, shouting, "You'd better watch out! You're practically asking for death!"
Yu Er watched this scene from outside, feeling a little expectant. She had only said a few words to these people during a break in the competition, expressing her displeasure, and they were already rushing to stand up for her. Since there was a ready-made way to kill Xu Yuehuai, she naturally wouldn't miss it.
Yu Er secretly vowed to kill Xu Yuehuai.
Little did Ding He know that the moment he noticed the anomaly, he looked at Yu Er. When he saw the subtle expressions on her face, he already knew what was going on and was immediately filled with disappointment.
After that, Ding He had less contact with Yu Er. He felt that Yu Er had become too extreme at some point, probably because she had encountered Shi Zhiyu.
Ding He smiled bitterly. After Shi Zhiyu appeared, their original trio fell apart, which was extremely ironic.
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Xu Yuehuai took care of everyone in one round. The three men lay on the ground, clutching the places where they had been hit, in great pain.
"Tell me, why are you targeting me?" Xu Yuehuai squatted down, looked at the people in front of him, and played with their tokens in his hands.
All three of them simultaneously thought of Yu Er, but they stubbornly refused to admit it.
Xu Yuehuai found it boring, so she threw the token back to them and said in a cold tone, "If I see you bullying others in the game again, don't blame me for being impolite."
The three of them held their tokens and stared at Xu Yuehuai in disbelief. They had all prepared themselves for elimination, and they just stood there dumbfounded, watching Xu Yuehuai's departing figure.
Dean Zhong was taken aback. He turned to look at Dean Guo and Dean Fu Jia. Sure enough, both of them had a gleam in their eyes, as if to say, "Look, look, this is my apprentice. So outstanding."
After leaving that place, Xu Yuehuai began to check the green dots on the token and found that a large group of people were gathered very close to him.
She frowned as she looked at the dense black dots in front of her, then walked over there.
Meanwhile, a group of people surrounded two teenagers, one with flowing white hair and the other seemingly frail with a sickly appearance.
"Bai Li Xiuwen, you've already qualified to enter the sect, so don't waste your top fifty ranking. If I were you, I would have crushed the token and left as soon as I entered." A man in purple stared at Bai Li Xiuwen with hostile eyes.
They had just learned from their elders that Baili Xiuwen had been accepted into the program.
The frail-looking young man chuckled softly, then put on a terrifying expression and stared at the man in purple.
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