78: Chapter 78 The Grand Competition Begins, Descending upon the Crimson Divine Kingdom

Only the final ten minutes remained before the regional grand competition officially began.

The freshman dormitory area of the entire Creator Academy fell into a death-like silence.

Gone was the usual hustle and bustle, replaced by a suffocatingly tense atmosphere filling the air.

All the freshmen had crawled into their hibernation pods early, staring fixedly at the countdown beating across their retinas, careful even with their breathing.

This was a high-stakes gamble concerning their future destiny, and no one dared to slack off in the slightest.

Yet on the other side of the dormitory, Lin Yunfei appeared exceptionally composed.

However, his heart was still stirred with excitement, and he wanted to use this trial to test the strength of the Calamity Divine Kingdom.

"Grand competition countdown: three, two, one..."

"Channel opening! Spiritual projection, descend!"

"Hum!!!"

Accompanied by a wave of intense dizziness washing over his mind, Lin Yunfei only felt as if his consciousness had been sucked into a violent spatial vortex, the world around him instantly transforming into countless streaks of brilliant, flowing light.

When the feeling of weightlessness completely vanished and his consciousness regained clarity, the scene before his eyes had completely changed into a brand-new world.

This was a desolate world that seemed completely drenched in blood.

Above the firmament hung heavy, lead-like dark red clouds, suffocatingly oppressive like congealed blood clots.

On the ground lay an endless scarlet wasteland, where howling gales swept up dust all over the sky, and the air was filled with a thick smell of blood and a pungent odor of sulfur.

Tier 2 wild divine kingdom, Crimson Wasteland!

Lin Yunfei's magnificent will floated in mid-air, not rushing to summon his dependents, but instead immediately spreading out his divine sense to perceive the underlying laws of this realm.

"Such manic energy fluctuations!!!"

Lin Yunfei raised his eyebrows slightly.

He keenly perceived that drifting in the air of the Crimson Wasteland was a strange, dark red energy.

This energy was omnipresent, carrying intense corrosiveness and bloodlust.

"Is this a low-level Blood Fiend Power?"

Lin Yunfei quickly made his judgment.

This Blood Fiend Power was like an invisible giant net shrouding the entire wild divine kingdom.

For any external Creator dependents, this power would produce a terrifying suppression of laws.

It would crazily erode the minds of the dependents, suppress their attributes, and even block the circulation of energy within their bodies!

For the vast majority of freshmen who had just stepped into the Tier 1 peak or hadn't even touched the threshold of Tier 2, under this environmental suppression, they could at most display seventy percent of their strength!

However, after carefully perceiving for a moment, a trace of an imperceptible smile hooked the corners of Lin Yunfei's mouth.

Because he discovered that this Blood Fiend Power, which terrified countless people, upon touching the faint layer of "Calamity Laws" surrounding his will, actually melted away without a trace instantly, just like ice and snow meeting boiling water!

The core laws of the Calamity Divine Kingdom were the intertwining of destruction and vitality!

Far from suffering any suppression, Lin Yunfei could even feel that the power of calamity within his divine kingdom was vaguely transmitting an excited throbbing, as if filled with a yearning for this world full of slaughter and chaos!

"Simply put, my rules are above your rules!"

Lin Yunfei's heart completely settled.

This meant that when his Azure Dragon Guards descended here, not only would they be able to unleash one hundred percent of their peak combat power, but they could even treat this wasteland as a natural hunting ground and do as they pleased!

But for everyone else, the situation was completely different.

At the same time, at another coordinate point on the outskirts of the Crimson Wasteland.

Space twisted violently, and two large armies of dependents descended successively onto the scarlet wasteland.

Zhang Hao and Wang Han had rather good luck; due to the small random error in their birth points, the two successfully converged as soon as they landed.

"Hoo!!! We're finally in!"

Zhang Hao's conscious projection floated in mid-air, looking at the hundred-strong army of Paladins he had carefully nurtured below, his heart initially feeling quite secure.

But in the next second, his expression abruptly changed.

"What is going on?!"

Zhang Hao discovered with shock that those Paladins under his command, who were originally sacred and solemn, glowing with brilliant white light, were now showing expressions of pain one by one.

The dazzling holy light on their bodies, upon contacting those dark red Blood Fiend Powers in the air, was rapidly suppressed to the limit like a flickering candle in the wind, becoming dim and lightless!

The heavy armor, originally as light as nothing with the blessing of holy light, had now become a huge burden, pressing down on these Paladins so heavily that even breathing became burdensome, and their overall combat power instantly plummeted by nearly thirty percent!

Wang Han's situation on the side was equally appalling.

The eight hundred frost wolves he was so proud of should have been emitting biting cold qi, but in this wasteland filled with sultry heat and sulfur aura, the frost armor on the frost wolves was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye!

These frost wolves even whimpered uneasily in low voices, their originally fierce aura greatly discounted and looking listless.

"Damn it! How can the environmental law suppression be so exaggerated!"

Wang Han gritted his teeth, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.

Previously in the academy, although everyone knew that Tier 2 wild divine kingdoms would have suppressive power, no one expected that this suppression would be an all-around attribute weakening!

This feeling was like forcibly dragging cavalry accustomed to charging on plains into the deep sea to fight, making one feel so uncomfortable that they wanted to vomit.

"Don't panic!"

"Everyone is suppressed, and the situation is the same for all! As long as we steady ourselves, find a few solitary Tier 1 monsters to practice on first, and adapt to the environment..."

However, before his voice had even faded, the scarlet ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled violently.

"Rumble!!!"

A dull, thunderous sound of running came from behind the hills ahead, accompanied by a nauseatingly thick, bloody stench.

Zhang Hao and Wang Han raised their heads simultaneously, their pupils instantly contracting to the size of needle points!

They saw that at the end of the wasteland ahead, a dense, dark red torrent was crazily surging toward them!

That was a huge group of ugly monsters covered in blood-colored scales, as massive as water buffalos.

Their eyes were bloodred, and corrosive mucus dripped from their mouths, numbering at least over five hundred!

Tier 2 low-grade monsters, Blood-scaled Hyenas!

"Holy shit! What rotten luck!"

Wang Han couldn't help swearing, his voice out of tune.

As soon as they landed, before they could adapt to the environment, they directly collided with a massive Tier 2 monster herd!

Although these Blood-scaled Hyenas were only Tier 2 low-grade, they had lived in the Crimson Wasteland all year round.

Not only were they not suppressed by the Blood Fiend Power, but they also received a tremendous environmental boost, and both speed and strength reached a terrifying realm!

"Defense! Form up for defense immediately!"

Zhang Hao roared at the top of his lungs.

The hundred Paladins with difficulty raised their heavy shields, trying to form a defense line.

The eight hundred frost wolves also aroused their ferocity at this life-or-death juncture, and under Wang Han's command, braced themselves and lunged toward the beast herd.

However, the ideals were plump, but reality was cruelly despairing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

As soon as both sides made contact, the Paladins' originally indestructible defense line was instantly torn apart like it was made of paper!

The Paladins, whose attributes were weakened by thirty percent by the environment, simply could not stop the violent impact of the Tier 2 monsters that were in their element in the wasteland.

Accompanied by a series of tooth-aching bone-breaking sounds, more than a dozen Paladins were knocked flying on the spot, torn to pieces by the swarming Blood-scaled Hyenas before they even hit the ground!

Blood spurted, and screams echoed continuously.

Wang Han's frost wolf army was even more tragic; their sharp claws and fangs found it difficult to even bite through the blood-colored scales on the hyenas' bodies, and instead, they had their necks snapped one by one by the hyenas.

A one-sided slaughter!

In less than five minutes, more than half of the hundred Paladins were killed or injured, and nearly three hundred of the eight hundred frost wolves were lost!

Looking at the tragic state of their troops collapsing like a mountain below, the hearts of Zhang Hao and Wang Han were bleeding.

This was the core foundation they had cultivated by expending countless resources and even staking most of their family's savings!

If they all died here, their future path as Creators would be completely severed!

"We can't fight anymore! If we keep fighting, the entire army will be wiped out!"

Wang Han's eyes were bloodred, his voice carrying a trace of undisguised panic and unwillingness.

Zhang Hao trembled all over, clenching his teeth tightly.

He wasn't willing!

The grand competition had just begun for five minutes, and he hadn't even killed a single monster or scored a single point, only to be eliminated?

However, looking at the surviving dependents below who were completely surrounded by the Blood-scaled Hyenas and being frantically torn apart, Zhang Hao knew he had no choice left.

This was the cruelty of a wild divine kingdom!

Luck was also a part of strength.

In front of absolute crushing force, all struggles appeared so pale and powerless.

"Retreat!"

Zhang Hao squeezed out a word from between his teeth, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins of humiliation.

Without any hesitation, the two simultaneously took out the silver life-saving jade talismans issued in their spatial terminals and crushed them hard!

"Crack!"

Two dazzling rays of spatial white light instantly descended, forcibly wrapping around the remaining dozens of Paladins and hundreds of frost wolves.

In the next second, the white light soared into the sky, directly piercing through the barrier of the Crimson Wasteland and disappearing between heaven and earth.

Less than ten minutes into the grand competition, two quite capable scions of prominent families were thus eliminated with a chest full of humiliation and unwillingness!

"Has someone already started being eliminated?"

On the other side, sensing the spatial fluctuations coming from the distant horizon, Lin Yunfei slightly raised his head, his gaze profound.

"It seems this trial is much more cruel than I thought!"

"Boom!"

A huge spatial vortex slowly formed on the wasteland below him.

"Azure Dragon Guards, descend!"

Accompanied by uniform, heavy footsteps, a thousand Azure Dragon Guardss clad in dark blue starlight heavy armor stepped heavily onto this dark red land, like iron fiends walking out of the abyss!

"Rumble!"

The moment the thousand Azure Dragon Guardss stood firm, the same-origin, violent blood-qi power on their bodies instantly erupted.

The Blood Fiend Power in the surrounding air that tried to approach was like encountering its nemesis, being crudely repelled by the calamity aura emitted from the Azure Dragon Guardss, even forming an absolute vacuum zone around them!

Free from any suppression!

Peak state!

Grand Commander Yushi held a long spear, standing at the front of the formation.

Feeling the chilling murderous aura permeating between heaven and earth, a fanatical fighting spirit ignited deep within his eyes.

"Main God, please issue orders!"

Lin Yunfei looked down at this invincible division armed to the teeth, his gaze sweeping toward the restless giant dark figures deep in the wasteland, the corners of his mouth curving into a cold and confident arc.

"There is only one order."

"Kill all magical beasts within sight and plunder all resources!"

"The hunt begins!!!"