Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
‘No, if this goes on, these little fellows will really think that this is the only trial of our demon sect.
‘If we don’t let them see some blood, where will the prestige of our demon sect be?
‘There are only ten days left before the trial ends.
‘Other than that, the passing rate is less than ten percent, and there are even cases of team wipe-outs. If the passing rate is too high this year, wouldn’t my cheating be exposed?’
Ai Li rubbed his chin as he paced back and forth, constantly pondering in his heart.
This time, there were many changes due to the demon lord during the welcoming ceremony.
There was even a grand occasion of everyone passing the Stairway to Heaven.
It was unknown if it was intentionally done by the demon lord.
According to the tradition of the demon sect, at least half of those who passed the first stage would be eliminated.
The second stage, the Stairway to Heaven, would be eliminated the participants by another half.
As for the third stage, the probability of passing the Tower of Babel was less than 10% .
Each of these stages were filled with danger, and people would die.
Moreover, many people would die.
Those who were eliminated but were lucky and did not die would be classified as servants, ordinary disciples, and inner sect disciples according to the number of stages they passed.
Only those who passed the third stage successfully could become the personal disciples of elders, demon lords, and others.
This year, when he was in charge of the demon sect, such a change had occurred.
The first stage was still fine, almost the same as the previous years.
The second stage was passed by all of them, and they even reached the thousandth step.
At that time, he thought that the demon sect was going to prosper, so he did not care about it.
Now, it seemed that he was really wrong.
There were a hundred people who had broken through the third stage, the Tower of Babel. Twenty days had passed, and there were still more than eighty people who survived.
With everyone’s experience, the next few days were not as difficult as the previous few days.
As long as they were careful, they should be able to pass the level, except for a few unlucky people.
Now only was there himself and the old witch in the demon sect but how could dozens of personal disciples be taught?!
No, no, they had to increase the difficulty.
Ai Li hesitated for a while and finally made up his mind. He took out a jade gourd from the secret chamber.
He opened the secret chamber of the Tower of Babel and pulled out the gourd. A gust of black wind was sent flying.
A strong young man wearing animal skin and holding a white bone sword was crouching on the hillside. His eyes were fixed on a group of magic wolves not far away.
There was a group of magic wolves not far away.
There were three children of hunters from the Hundred Thousand Mountains who formed an alliance and were ready to hunt magic wolves.
Their bodies were smeared with mud to hide the smell, and they held sharp stone-polished weapons in their hands.
As long as they were careful, they could injure one before the demon wolf could react.
The weapons had already been smeared with the venom of poisonous insects.
Just a scratch on the skin was enough to kill the demon wolf.
Although there was a trace of venom in the meat of this seemingly obtained prey, it was still better than starving.
The fur-clad youth stared intently at the three children of the same age. His target was not the demon wolf, but the children who were preparing to hunt the demon wolf.
He was also a child who grew up in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
The difference was that he was not an ordinary hunter, but was raised by bandits.
The bandit leader was his father, but the two of them did not have any kinship.
On the mountain, there were more than a hundred women who had been abducted.
Half of them had given birth to his children.
The bandit leader only liked useful children, and those who were useless were used as slaves.
The beast-skinned youth caught Zhou with a knife in his hand, and the bandit leader took a fancy to him, so he named him Knife.
Knife had been calm and ruthless since he was young, and he was practically carved from the same mold as the bandit leader.
When he was eight years old, he killed his mother in order to survive the cold winter.
A jar of grains was not enough for two people. It was more or less the same with a woman’s body.
Knife became even more ruthless when he grew up. Everyone was afraid of him.
Even the bandit leader was a little afraid of him. He thought that sooner or later, he would bite back at himself.
Before Knife could make a move, he was caught by the people of the demon sect.
He had heard of the legends of the demon sect before, but he did not care.
The true purgatory was only in the human heart and he had already experienced it.
‘I was born in the purgatory, and now I have returned.
‘As long as I pass this trial and obtain the cultivation method of the demon sect in the future, let alone the demon sect, the entire nine regions will sink and float at my feet.
‘Killing the human youth is much easier than killing the demon wolf.
‘Moreover, the human is not poisonous, and his whole body can be eaten.
‘Not only is the risk small, but the benefits are also great. There is no reason to give up the now or in the future.’
Knife’s eyes stared at his prey, getting closer and closer bit by bit. As long as they did not show any flaws, what awaited him was a lightning strike.
All of his attention was placed on the knife on the youth’s body, and he did not notice the slight difference on the ground in front of him.
A black thread that was like a strand of hair laid on the ground, rising and falling along with the imposing manner.
His wrist accidentally touched the black thread, and his body went slightly numb, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito.
Knife did not care at all, and his eyes were still fixed on the youth.
After two breaths, he suddenly felt an itch on his back. He could not help but stretch out his hand to scratch it, but he found that the more he scratched, the more itchy it became.
It was so itchy that it was as if a thin thread had drilled into his bones and was squirming non-stop.
Knife could not help but use his hand to scratch it.
With a piercing sound, the entire animal skin was torn apart.
The originally strong back was filled with densely packed holes.
The holes were only the size of sesame seeds, but they were close to each other. In each hole, was a black thread that swayed gently with authority.
A strange itch came, and Knife reached out to grab it.
This time, there was no animal skin. His whole back was completely torn off from the waist.
Not a single drop of blood flowed out. All that could be seen were hair-like black lines, which were constantly gnawing at the flesh and internal organs.
Knife’s eyes revealed a look of extreme shock. He opened his mouth to shout, but strands of hair came out from his throat instead.
Soon after, black lines also appeared in his eyes.
Not long later, his head was emptied, leaving behind a human skin without a trace of blood, his face still showing the terror from before he died.
At this time, a breeze blew past.
The black lines that were swaying lightly broke, turning into black smoke, following the wind and floating to the position of the three youths at the foot of the mountain.
“The Heart Eroding Gu has already been released. With the blood essence of these youths feeding it, the quality of the Gu worms this time should increase by thirty percent.
“Should we think of a way to separate Alan from the saintess of Jade Fairy Mountain?
“It is enough to leave a successor for the old witch?
“If we can swallow the pure silver blood of the saintess, the quality should increase by another ten percent.
“This way, the chances of entering the molten core will increase.
“This matter concerns the excitement of our demon sect, so we can only succeed and we can’t fail.
“No wonder the old man is so ruthless.”
Ai Li changed from his kind and amiable appearance in front of Alan. His words were filled with a ghastly smell of blood.
It was as if a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood was coming toward them, carrying them with them.
It made people shudder.
Perhaps, this was the true appearance of an elder of the demon sect.