47: Chapter 47 Dawn and Dusk

"Su Ming, Lao Gu, if we run into each other after going in, you guys have to look out for your little brother here!"

Mo Beichen raised a hand and patted the shoulders of Su Ming and Gu Qingfeng, chuckling with a tease before neatly lying down into the Divine Domain simulation pod.

Su Ming and Gu Qingfeng exchanged a tacit glance, saying nothing more as they each chose a simulation pod and lay down inside one after another.

"Hiss—"

The soft clicks of mechanical closure sounded one after another, and all cabin doors were completely locked and sealed.

This assessment did not involve the descent of true bodies, so there were no rules against using lethal force.

On the contrary, this was a cruel screening targeting the deity preparatory classes of various major academies across the entire star domain.

The entire Chaoming Realm would be transformed into a true battle royale.

What they had to face was not only the tens of thousands of native living beings of the Chaoming Realm, but also countless peerless student prodigies of the same tier from all over the Canglan Star Domain.

Inside the Divine Domain simulation pod, Su Ming suddenly felt his body lighten as a gentle force of space enveloped and shrouded his entire person.

The void split open into a grand space gate, with light and shadow floating within the door.

It was precisely the battlefield of this assessment—the Chaoming Realm.

Relying on precise extraterritorial spatial coordinates, the Divine Domain simulation pod only needed to consume divine crystals to forcibly tear apart the plane barrier and send the group of students into the Chaoming Realm.

...

Meanwhile, in the Chaoming Realm, the Mingyuan Temple.

"Great Lord of Mingyuan Xuanchi! I implore you to respond to your most loyal believer!"

Cangye knelt on both knees, bowing her head in pious prayer as the gloomy fires inside the hall flickered, reflecting her lonely and thin figure.

Yet no matter how she kowtowed and prayed, the deity in the dark remained silent throughout, with not a shred of divine will responding and not a fraction of Daoist luster descending.

Moreover, the divine statue before her had also become dim and devoid of light at this moment.

If one observed carefully, one could even see tiny cracks on top of the divine statue.

This was a bizarre scene that had never existed before.

The piety in the depths of Cangye's eyes dimmed bit by bit, and panic and unease quietly crawled all over her heart.

"Supreme Lord... Could it be that you have truly forsaken us?"

Ever since that bizarre rain of blood fell across the sky a year ago.

Not only was the Lord of Mingyuan, Xuanchi, of the Yeyuan clan untraceable, even the Zhaoxi Emperor Jinchen worshipped by the Xiguang clan likewise remained silent and voiceless, no longer responding to the prayers of the tens of thousands of people.

The deities lost their voices, the Great Dao fell silent, and the entire Chaoming Realm had been shrouded in boundless panic ever since.

Fortunately, in just a year's time, the two clans still exercised restraint, maintaining a superficial peace, but everyone knew that this tranquility was already in imminent danger, and collapse was just a matter of a fleeting moment.

"Rumble—!!!"

Suddenly, a thunderclap that resounded through the entire Chaoming Realm exploded from the firmament!

Tens of thousands of native living beings raised their heads in unison, gazing in horror at the high altitude.

I do not know when, but the vast void split open a huge fissure spanning heaven and earth, and violent plane energy surged and galloped within the crack, with flowing light spilling everywhere.

Countless brilliant spiritual lights gushed out from the fissure, falling like rain and scattering into every corner of the Chaoming Realm's land.

...

Above the desolate wilderness grassland.

"Pui, pui!"

Su Ming was covered in wisps of faint black smoke as he wretchedly spat out the dirt in his mouth, raised a hand to wipe his face, and wore a helpless expression.

"I yield, this time I truly experienced what they call malice from the entire world."

With his demigod cultivation, even if it was just an avatar condensed from divine power, he would by no means land in such a miserable state.

Yet the world will of the Chaoming Realm had an innate and extreme repulsion toward all foreign invaders.

Whenever an outsider stepped into this realm, everything would go against them and they would be restricted everywhere.

Of course, this repulsion was not aimed at him alone; all students from the star domain, without exception, were suppressed by the world.

Fortunately, the Human Federation had campaigned in extraterritorial regions for many years and long had complete countermeasures.

Su Ming raised a hand to gently tap the star ring on his wrist, and a transparent energy light screen instantly spread out, completely shrouding his entire body and perfectly concealing all divine power fluctuations and foreign auras.

This set of federation-exclusive shielding technology could completely erase the invader identifier.

As long as he did not make a move, within the perception of the world will, he was at this moment no different from the native living beings of the Chaoming Realm.

A moment later, that ubiquitous repulsive pressure around his body completely dissipated.

Su Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, raising his eyes to size up the surrounding environment.

"My luck is not too bad; the landing spot is a sparsely populated suburban wasteland."

Su Ming's lips curved slightly upward, feeling a sense of fortune.

Although most drop locations could avoid bustling places, there were always unlucky students who would be randomly dropped into the native core regions.

Su Ming had heard of unlucky demigods who were directly dropped into the plane temple, and before they could do anything, they were surrounded and killed by the aborigines.

Clearly, Su Ming was not that kind of unlucky fellow.

"It's just that I know nothing about this world; I must gather intelligence as soon as possible and figure out the situation."

Su Ming delayed no longer, his mind stirring as he directly summoned the Gate of the Divine Domain.

Spiritual light circulated and the doors opened wide, with the four figures of Ganie, Ada, Wawan, and Xuankui stepping out first.

Following closely behind, a pitch-black shadow quietly swept out, landing without a sound, and instantly slipped directly into Su Ming's shadow along the gaps of light and shadow, merging as one with the darkness without leaving the slightest trace.

This was the second hero summoned by Su Ming from the Human Path of the Six Paths of Samsara at the cost of one hundred thousand divine crystals—Shadow Corrosion · Yelie.

[Name: Shadow Corrosion · Yelie (Preeminent)]

[Potential: B+]

[Race: Netherworld / Shadow]

[Realm: Extraordinary Stage 1]

[Skills:]

[Shadow Corrosion: All of own attacks carry a shadow erosion effect; being in the shadows allows for perfect concealment, continuous health recovery, and a massive boost to movement speed. After killing a target, it can trigger brief complete invisibility.]

[Instant Pierce: Can instantly swap positions with any surrounding shadow to complete a short-distance teleportation raid; damage of the next attack after teleportation is doubled. Releasing it in the shadows can greatly extend the distance without leaving any traces.]

[Dark Curtain: Throws shadow black mist to create a lasting shaded domain. Enemies within the domain are heavily slowed, and all healing and shield effects are sealed; own damage is increased by fifty percent within the domain.]

[Evernight Soul Hunt (Ultimate Technique): Differentiates into multiple shadow clones that are difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. The clones possess fifty percent of the main body's combat power and can fight independently. During the activation of the skill, the main body completely etherealizes, exempting all physical attacks and soul-locking spells, and can freely escape in the shadows without a trace of advance or retreat.]

[Silent Shadow Massacre (Awakened Technique): Channels the power of heaven and earth shadows to cover the body, opening the ultimate hunting form. Damage of all skills is greatly amplified, attacks can tear apart protective auras and ignore partial defenses; kills can devour the enemy's vital breath, stacking attack speed and movement speed, with no light or shadow on the body and ultimate concealment, only front-facing light Daoist spells can slightly restrain it.]

[Equipment: Corrosive God Shadow Blade, Gloomy Night Hunting Garment]

[Description: A shadow lone walker born in the crevices of the Myriad Realms, a top hunter of the Shadow Hunting lineage. Using shadows as a body and sharp blades as life, she specializes in hunting strong enemies and eliminating troublemakers. Her temperament is solitary, cold, and fierce; decisive in slaughter and judgment; proficient in stealth raids and low-health finishing moves. Her movement technique is formless and traceless, and her strikes always seal the throat with blood. Dormant in the darkness year-round, quietly waiting for the hunting opportunity, she is the dark night killing god who wanders between light and darkness, feared by countless living beings.]

Although Yelie was the ultimate assassin, it was also the most secure close-body guard.

Hiding in the shadows, silent and noiseless, it could prevent all secret sneak attacks and maximize Su Ming's protection.

As for the gigantic Sargalian, its target was too eye-catching, so Su Ming did not summon it to appear, so as not to expose their tracks too early.

Finally, tens of thousands of Flying Hunter Falcons poured out from the Gate of the Divine Domain, beating their wings and scattering in all directions like shadows filling the sky to rush toward all spatial domains, comprehensively investigating the surrounding terrain and the movements of living beings, and spreading out an intelligence network.

After all the Flying Hunter Falcons scattered to investigate, Su Ming's gaze swept across the people by his side, and he spoke in a deep voice: "Let us go as well."

The four people including Ganie acknowledged with nods, closely following Su Ming's figure as they left together.