Yang Lielan behind him held a long spear, his expression calm as he said, "Before I came, I heard the Supreme Elder mention this formation. If you kill someone, you enter another formation. Of course, if you don't kill anyone, you can also keep pushing forward through the stages and enter another formation that way."
Chen Xuan pocketed the spatial ring. "So, are these two formations in the same place?"
"That I don't know. The Ninth Inner Realm is very dangerous, but precisely because of that danger, no one has yet found any treasures inside."
Yang Lielan stored his long spear into his spatial ring. "As for those who have been coming here for years, they won't share the information they've gathered with anyone else."
Chen Xuan nodded lightly. "Understood. When I was with Brother Mu, I noticed my luck has always been good. Since Brother Mu entered by killing, I'll do the same."
"Don't hurt your own people."
Yang Lielan looked at Chen Xuan and said.
"Don't worry. There's one thing Brother Mu and I have in common—we only kill those who want to kill us."
Chen Xuan tightened his grip on the firewood-chopping knife and continued deeper into the area.
...
Xu Mu stood before the stone statue, looking at the two cave openings on the left and right.
One was called Paradise, the other Hell.
If he followed normal logic, he would obviously choose the Paradise path. But would someone who built a formation at this level really be so honest?
Xu Mu didn't walk into either cave. Instead, he searched the surrounding area for other exits.
However, after careful investigation, he found no other way out.
Just then, Xu Mu suddenly noticed light flashing in the distance of the formation.
He immediately returned to the stone statue of the woman, cast a concealment skill, and hid in a corner.
When Xu Mu approached this spot, the two cave openings behind the statue never disappeared.
The stone woman spoke the same words as before, but before she could finish, the black-robed figure had already entered the left cave, the Paradise path.
Xu Mu stood in place, stroking his chin in thought. That person didn't even wait for her to finish speaking before charging straight in.
Clearly, he had been here before. Since he chose the left path, it was probably the safer one.
Just as Xu Mu was about to follow, the formation in the distance began to fluctuate again.
Another black-robed figure appeared on the scene. He didn't pause at all and went straight into the right cave, the Hell path.
Xu Mu watched this and was dumbfounded. What was going on here?
Could it be that the end of both paths is the same, just with different dangers along the way?
Thinking about it, Xu Mu walked back to the two cave openings.
He hesitated briefly, then broke into a smile. "I'm more interested in this Hell."
As he said this, he stepped into the right cave.
The pitch-black opening had no light at all. After walking about a dozen meters, the world before his eyes changed.
It was like a charred city of scorched earth. The ground beneath his feet was burned almost completely black.
In many places, traces of flames could still be seen.
He looked back and found the entrance had vanished.
Xu Mu gazed into the distance. About a kilometer away, on the city walls, countless corpses were hanging.
Blood had stained the entire wall a dark, rusted red.
Xu Mu activated his perception and scanned the surroundings. He spotted no other figures.
He had no choice but to keep moving forward until he reached the city wall.
Xu Mu walked through the broken gate of the wall into the city's interior.
In the distance, he saw a black-robed figure leaning against a stone pillar.
Xu Mu approached and looked at the black-robed person.
The black-robed person looked back at Xu Mu, but neither spoke.
Judging by the hands exposed, Xu Mu guessed this person was a woman.
Still, in a place like this, no one could be trusted. Xu Mu walked straight past her.
He looked toward the tall stone palace not far away and planned to go check it out first.
"I'd advise you not to go alone. It's better to travel together."
The black-robed woman's voice came from behind Xu Mu.
Xu Mu turned around, hearing this woman's voice. She seemed young, but her tone was extremely cold.
"Do you know about the formation here?"
Xu Mu stopped, turned around with a smile.
"I know of it, but even if you know, it's still full of danger everywhere."
The black-robed woman said indifferently.
"True. Many people know game stages by heart, but plenty still can't get through on a single life."
Xu Mu walked over to the woman. "Could I ask you about the formation here? I can trade some heavenly treasures for the information."
"I don't need your heavenly treasures. This formation is meant to split enemies apart. Once you enter, someone must die for anyone to leave."
The black-robed woman explained, "There are two paths—Paradise and Hell. To get through this formation, the two sides from Paradise and Hell must fight to the death. Only the victor can leave."
"And the loser?"
Xu Mu asked curiously.
He was currently worried about Chen Xuan and Yang Lielan. If they chose the other side, things would get bad. He should have marked something before entering.
"The loser dies, of course. The essence of this formation is slaughter—whoever wins continues deeper inside. That's why I said earlier it's meant to separate enemies."
The black-robed woman said calmly.
Xu Mu's expression turned serious at these words. "I still have two friends. They don't know I'm here. What if they end up on the other side?"
"Nothing you can do about it. You'd better pray you don't run into them in battle."
The black-robed woman explained.
"So you're saying if we don't kill our opponent, we can't move forward. What if both sides are evenly matched?"
"If a decision isn't reached within the set time, the formation will teleport both parties into a killing array. That array creates opponents based on your cultivation level. If you win, you survive and escape. But if you want to go deeper inside, you'll have to go through it all over again."
"That's not bad."
Xu Mu pointed at the distant palace and asked, "Is that the battlefield?"
"That's right. The essence of the formation here is to annihilate your enemies."
The black-robed woman looked at Xu Mu and asked, "So if you kill someone early on, you can come in ahead of time and choose your faction freely. But if you value your subordinates and don't want to kill, you'll face many fatal formations. When you finally reach the end, you'll still be randomly assigned to one side."
"Thanks for telling me all this. To get this information, your people must have lost quite a few, right?"
Xu Mu asked softly.
"No. This is my first time here."
The black-robed woman said this and suddenly stood up, looking at two more black-robed figures appearing in the distance. "You're finally here."
"Oh my! Isn't this your dream guy, Xu Mu?"
One of the newly arrived black-robed women said with a laugh.
Xu Mu was taken aback. At least from the tone of this woman's voice, he didn't recognize her at all.
"Don't talk nonsense in front of me. Since he's right here, let him join us."
The black-robed woman said coolly.
"Sorry, but until I know who you are, I'm not following any of you."
Xu Mu looked at the people in front of him. "Even just letting me see your faces would do—at least then I'd know you're not enemies."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
