Chapter 228 - 227: Entering the Little Extreme Sacred Land

Tang Yi, along with everyone else, slowly entered the Gate of Light.

He was utterly astonished that a Crystal Ball was actually some ’Little Extreme Sacred Land’. He looked around curiously, just like a country bumpkin in the big city.

Of course, he wasn’t the only one. All the examinees wore the same expression.

Everyone entered the Gate of Light projecting from the Crystal Ball, their eyes filled with curiosity and excitement.

Tang Yi was initially at the front, followed by Mu Xianling, Tang Piaomiao, Tang Shu, and Tang Baijie as they entered the Gate of Light together.

But as Tang Yi stepped into the Gate of Light, he suddenly found that everyone had vanished. His surroundings were pitch-black, and a dizzying, world-spinning sensation washed over him, making him feel awful.

After an unknown amount of time, the vertigo finally subsided, and Tang Yi felt solid ground beneath his feet once more.

"ROAR!"

Before Tang Yi could even steady himself after landing, the roar of a Demon Beast erupted from nearby, and a black shadow shot toward him.

"Hmph, wretched beast!"

Sensing an ambush, Tang Yi didn’t even look, casually swatting a hand toward the Black Shadow.

Instantly, with a SPLAT, Tang Yi sent the Black Shadow flying. It crashed heavily into a large tree and died on the spot.

Tang Yi hadn’t even gotten serious. It was just a casual flick of his hand, yet he had slapped the unidentified creature to death.

"Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi for killing a Level 4 Demon Beast, the Red Bone Wolf. You have gained 65,754 Experience Value and 0 Battle God Value."

After he slapped the Black Shadow to death, the long-awaited notification sound echoed in Tang Yi’s mind.

Only then did he realize he had just killed a Level 4 Demon Beast.

Although it was only a Level 4 Demon Beast and didn’t give him much Experience Value, still...

Tang Yi was still overjoyed.

’This is the feeling! This is it!’

Tang Yi savored the sensation of gaining Experience Value. It was as if his body were absorbing some kind of nutrient, leaving him feeling incredibly comfortable.

After savoring the moment, Tang Yi finally looked around. He found himself standing in a dense forest, surrounded by towering trees that pierced the clouds.

He felt a sense of familiarity here, finding it extremely similar to the Wind Moon Forest outside Fengyue City, only the trees here were far taller and denser.

The familiar atmosphere made Tang Yi feel as if he had come home, and his spirits soared with excitement.

’So this is the Little Extreme Sacred Land?’

’It seems pretty nice.’

Now that he was in the Little Extreme Sacred Land, Tang Yi suddenly recalled another Demon Beast Land outside Jiuji City: the ’Valley of Desolation’.

According to Tang Haotian, the Valley of Desolation was countless times larger than the Wind Moon Forest. It housed more and stronger Demon Beasts, making it the largest Demon Beast Land in the entire Western Domain.

In fact, the ’Valley of Desolation’ was one of the main reasons Tang Yi had agreed to enter the West Mansion in the first place.

He was eager to see just how many Demon Beasts were in the Valley of Desolation, and just how powerful they really were.

’With so many Demon Beasts, how many Levels could I gain?’

The thought of the Valley of Desolation was all it took to get Tang Yi’s imagination running wild. He grew more and more excited, suddenly eager to finish his current task so he could head to the Valley of Desolation for a wanton slaughter and level up like a rocket.

’Watching my Level shoot up and up... how awesome would that feel?’

Of course, that was just a daydream for now. He had a task at hand: the House Entrance Examination.

Tang Yi walked over to the Demon Beast he had just slapped to death. He took out his Shadow Remnant Sword and made a light cut on the beast’s head. The skull split open instantly, and Tang Yi retrieved a glittering object from within.

This was the ’Demon Beast Crystal’ Murong Liu had mentioned.

To pass the House Entrance Examination and enter the West Mansion, candidates had to acquire ten Demon Beast Crystals within seven days. Yet Tang Yi, having been in the Little Extreme Sacred Land for less than a few minutes, had already secured one. It seemed unbelievably easy.

Of course, this wasn’t just a matter of good luck. Had it been anyone else, ambushed by a Level 4 Demon Beast the moment they landed, it would have been a question whether they could even survive the attack, let alone kill the beast and retrieve its Demon Beast Crystal.

"This is pretty interesting. It’s not the Valley of Desolation, but there are still plenty of Demon Beasts for me to kill. Not bad at all."

A smile touched Tang Yi’s lips. With a flicker of movement, he vanished on the spot.

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「On the other side, at the Dui Palace Double Embrace Square.」

Once all the examinees had stepped through the Gate of Light and into the Little Extreme Sacred Land, Gong Liansheng retrieved the Crystal Ball. He then took out a black brocade box and said with a smile, "I know you’re all anxious to see what’s happening inside, so I won’t keep you in suspense. Let’s bring up the feed."

As he spoke, Gong Liansheng tossed the black brocade box into the air again. It hovered in place, its lid suddenly flying open. From inside the box, a massive Light Curtain projected out, illuminating the center of Shuangyong Square.

This black brocade box was called the Eye Illusory Spiritual Curtain. It was capable of projecting images from within the ’Little Extreme Sacred Land’ onto the Light Curtain for all to see.

The image on the Light Curtain was incredibly clear. Moreover, the Light Curtain projected in the center of Shuangyong Square was massive enough for not only the Hall Masters and Elders on the high platform to see, but also the thousands of disciples in the western seating section, who could all see it perfectly.

The thousands of disciples from the West Mansion Outer Mansion had come to Shuangyong Square to spectate today for this very moment. They were waiting for the Inner Mansion’s upper echelon to broadcast the feed from the ’Little Extreme Sacred Land’ so they could see which of this year’s examinees were the most outstanding, and who would enter the West Mansion to become their fellow disciples.

Of course, the feed on the Light Curtain was random. It couldn’t show every person’s performance in the Little Extreme Sacred Land. It would only display footage from wherever a fight was taking place.

If fights broke out in several locations simultaneously, the Light Curtain would randomly select one to broadcast to the members of the West Mansion.

It was just like watching a live game stream, which made it very entertaining.

Naturally, with nearly ten thousand examinees participating in this year’s House Entrance Examination, it was quite possible that by the end of the seven days, some of them would never even appear on the Light Curtain for everyone to see.

Only the lucky few whose exploits were chosen for broadcast would have their performance known to the people of the West Mansion.

And as luck would have it, when Gong Liansheng activated the Eye Illusory Spiritual Curtain and the first image from the Little Extreme Sacred Land appeared, the figure of Tang Yi just so happened to be the one on screen.

At that moment on screen, Tang Yi had just arrived in the Little Extreme Sacred Land. Before he could even get his footing, a black shadow was already luncging at him.

Seeing this, the West Mansion Disciples and experts watching in Shuangyong Square couldn’t help but feel a sense of pity for Tang Yi. ’This examinee is just too unlucky,’ they thought. ’He just entered the Little Extreme Sacred Land and got ambushed by a Level 4 Demon Beast before he could team up with anyone or even prepare himself.’

Under such circumstances, the disciple had no hope of survival. He might not even have time to crush his ’Help Stone.’

After all, most of the examinees were around the Battle Grandmaster level. The stronger ones were, at best, Battle Spirits.

At that level of strength, they stood no chance of victory against a Level 4 Demon Beast on their own.

However, just as the crowd assumed the examinee on the Light Curtain would surely be killed by the Level 4 Demon Beast’s ambush, suddenly...