NOVPUB"Since nobody else is going, I’ll go ahead," Xu Zimei retracted the Dark Heaven Tiger and stepped towards the Palace of the God of Slaughter in her purple robe.
Seeing Xu Zimei’s retreating figure, everyone finally began to move towards the palace.
As soon as she entered the Palace of the God of Slaughter, Xu Zimei immediately felt something was amiss.
The palace was permeated with blood-red Spiritual Energy; anyone who breathed it in would unconsciously become violent in their minds.
Xu Zimei kept the Spiritual Energy at bay, but some of the Loose Cultivators around her had already started attacking each other due to the red Spiritual Energy.
Directly in her line of sight, it looked more like a maze.
There were paths leading in all directions, with a row of ancient-looking rooms on either side.
All were Bronze Gates, each bearing lion-shaped knockers.
Xu Zimei walked down the central path; the rooms on either side could only accommodate one person at a time.
Whenever someone entered a room, a seal would appear, preventing a second person from entering.
Xu Zimei kept walking forward, unlike the others who rushed into the rooms in a scramble as soon as they got inside.
After finding an unoccupied room, Xu Zimei slowly walked in.
The blood-colored Spiritual Energy inside these rooms was even more concentrated, so thick it almost turned into a fog that could not be dispersed.
The room’s space was vast, almost impossible to perceive from the outside.
Inside, it looked more like an endless plain with no boundaries in sight, completely bare with nothing on it.
At the entrance to the plain stood a stele.
Xu Zimei slowly approached the stele, only to see two characters carved on the blood-colored stone.
"Slaughter."
Xu Zimei frowned slightly, and as her body crossed the stele, she heard a "buzz" as if something had been triggered.
A transparent barrier appeared around the plain, completely sealing off the surroundings.
Suddenly, the entire plain echoed with a roar.
The ground beneath her feet cracked open, and one after another, blood-soaked corpses crawled out from the earth.
They were corpses, but they more closely resembled zombies.
These zombies varied greatly in strength due to the differences in their power before death.
"One hundred thousand zombies, slaughter them to enter the second trial," it was announced.
The blood-red Spiritual Energy in the sky began to condense and eventually formed words that floated in front of Xu Zimei.
"Interesting," Xu Zimei chuckled lightly.
The one hundred thousand zombies, not to mention anything else, would probably exhaust you to death just standing still to be killed.
Xu Zimei waved her right hand, and the space in front of her tore open.
A massive figure emerged from Chaos, moving slowly.
"Wipe them out," Xu Zimei commanded.
Watching Chaos engage with the zombies, Xu Zimei relaxed and took pleasure in the ease of the situation.
The reason she entered this legacy was not because of the God of Slaughter Bai Changfeng’s reputation attracting her.
Although Bai Changfeng was strong, at best, he was but a Stepping into Immortality powerhouse in his life.
What truly drew Xu Zimei to this legacy was a fragment of the True Divine Sword within her body sensing that a piece of the sword was within this Palace of the God of Slaughter.
Speaking of the True Divine Sword, it was a secret of the Ancient Heavenly Court, once wielded by the strongest of the Wild Desolation Epoch.
Xu Zimei couldn’t deny her interest; after sealing the beast within the Form Blood Space, the flower cultivator disappeared along with his Flower Valley.
Only the era of Wild Desolation that he created, as well as the legend of the True Divine Sword, split into five fragments, continued to be passed down in the world.
It was said that once all five pieces were gathered and the True Divine Sword was reforged, one could travel to the Ancient Heavenly Court.
To open the seal, the True Divine Sword itself was the key.
One would seek the traces of the Holy Ancestor, reopen those sealed memories, and retrace the Epoch founded during the era of Wild Desolation.
Through previous searches, Xu Zimei had already obtained four fragments. If he obtained this fifth fragment, the True Divine Sword would essentially be complete.
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Since Chaos was an existence that had Stepped into Immortality, these zombies, despite their vast numbers, were fundamentally unable to harm Chaos.
However, the number of zombies was indeed too numerous, and Xu Zimei understood why this first test was called "Slaughter."
After more than a few hours had passed, Chaos finally cleared all the zombies within this heaven and earth.
Once the zombies died, Xu Zimei found that the barriers surrounding the area had disappeared.
The door of the room he came in through opened once more, indicating that he could continue forward.
As Xu Zimei stepped out of the room, he saw that many other doors had also been opened.
In some rooms, once opened, no one came out again, and one could imagine what had happened.
And those who managed to come out were covered in fresh blood, their entire bodies coated with a thick crust of dried blood.
It was as if they had been fished out of a Sea of Blood.
The thick stench of blood nearly permeated the entire area, and Xu Zimei could see the numbness and indifference on these people’s faces.
It seemed that after killing those hundred thousand people at once, they had become desensitized to life.
"Brother, you truly stand out, to come out of the first test still so leisurely and relaxed,"
a voice sounded from beside him. Xu Zimei turned his head to look and saw Hao Chen, the Saint Heir of the Vast Immortal Sect, approaching from one side.
Compared to the others, although Hao Chen’s clothes had some bloodstains, his demeanor was still much better.
"You’re not bad yourself," Xu Zimei said.
"Do you really care so much about Bai Changfeng’s legacy?" Hao Chen asked, looking at Xu Zimei.
"His legacy might be powerful, but there is still a question of suitability. So far, it seems Bai Changfeng intends to cultivate a killing machine."
"Then what is it you seek?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile.
"To be truthful, I am not here for the legacy, but because Bai Changfeng once killed a core elder of our Vast Immortal Sect.
I am here only for one thing," Hao Chen said candidly.
"Do you expect me not to compete with you?" Xu Zimei asked.
"I hope brother can accommodate me. I would be deeply grateful," Hao Chen said gravely, cupping his fists.
"Don’t worry, I am only here for a certain item as well, I’m not interested in the rest," Xu Zimei shook his head and said.
"Thank you," Hao Chen nodded.
As the two were talking, all the doors around them opened, signifying the end of the first test.
And in front of them, the Spiritual Energy began to surge with a reddish hue, and a Spatial Gate appeared.
The Spatial Gate rotated counter-clockwise, its destination unknown.
"I don’t want to go in. I want to leave," due to the first trial, many people already wanted to back down.
"There’s no way out. From the moment we entered, this palace was thoroughly sealed,"
someone said coldly from the side: "Unless your strength surpasses Bai Changfeng’s, and you can forcibly break this space."
"Sigh, I should have known. With Bai Changfeng’s character, retreat was impossible from the moment we came in."
