80: New clone mission added!

Special Mission Triggered: Confront the Strongest

Content: Achieve the highest score in the confrontation.

Reward: One additional Clone and an exclusive Talent.

Future Mission: Guardian of Winter

This mission can be accepted and executed by the user after the confrontation ends.

Reward: Exclusive Divine Artifact.

Tang Gao narrowed his eyes, smiled, and said faintly, "Let's watch the competition and get a feel for it. We'll be up soon."

Xu Ling'er put her hands on her hips, smiled triumphantly, "It doesn't matter. Besides you, no one here is my opponent!"

Tang Gao rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with the proud woman, and sat on the other end of the sofa to check the missions.

Liu Ren was utterly defeated and was currently lying on the bed groaning like a salted fish. After such a heavy blow, he had to lie down for ten minutes!

Liu Yi saw Tang Gao's attitude, smiled at Xu Ling'er, then decisively turned and sat by the bed, coaching his older brother on the moves from last night's training, so his brother wouldn't suffer a disadvantage when he went on stage.

His older brother was indeed the weak point in the team.

Li Yuan was even less interested in Xu Ling'er; his eyes only held Brother Tang's commands. If Brother Tang said to watch the assessment match, then he would watch the assessment match.

Xu Ling'er, seeing that everyone in the room ignored her, didn't get discouraged. She decisively walked to the side and began practicing horse stance, circulating her Qi and blood to Cultivate. Her gaze was exceptionally firm, her main goal being to not miss any opportunity to become stronger.

Tang Gao glanced at her and then withdrew his gaze, examining the mission content, his eyes flickering.

Originally, he wasn't very interested in this competition, but he didn't expect a special mission to be triggered.

Adding an additional Clone and an exclusive Talent was a big reward.

The other was a future mission, a mission that would occur in the future, though he didn't know exactly when.

Guardian of Winter. It seemed this was an important mission.

Today was truly a good day, with two crucial missions appearing at once.

Tang Gao closed the System window, looked at the projected competition, and casually asked, "Li Yuan, how is it?"

Li Yuan's face was stern. He paused, then said seriously, "Only need to pay attention to the top ten."

The top ten Cultivators indeed had some skill.

Of course, they only needed to be paid attention to.

Tang Gao withdrew his gaze, let out a faint "Oh," and said nothing more.

Then there was no need to watch.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for Tang Gao and his team to enter the arena.

The five of them left the lounge, arrived at the huge lawn in the center of the education hall, found their bed numbers, and lay down.

On the organizer's stage, the host shouted into the microphone, "All examinees, please prepare and do not resist the Illusion Secret Realm's request."

Soon, the power of the Illusion Secret Realm entered the venue.

Tang Gao lay on the bed, feeling a clear surge of Illusion Secret Realm power. His Physical Body instinctively resisted this external force, triggering his permanent 20% toughness.

Detected a special Secret Realm. Does the System need to assist with access?

Yes / No

Tang Gao lifted his eyelids slightly, then finally closed them, choosing "Yes."

If he relied solely on the Illusion Secret Realm's power for access, it might be a bit difficult.

20% toughness seemed small, but it directly nullified the Illusion Secret Realm's greatest advantage.

On the organizer's stage, General Liu sensed a special fluctuation. He looked over, speechless for a moment, "This kid has illusion resistance?"

No, how did this kid get such high illusion resistance when he Cultivates at home all day?

The host next to him heard General Liu's words and then looked at the data displayed on the control panel, breaking into a cold sweat. "General, it's affecting the Illusion Secret Realm's access. What should we do?"

General Liu was utterly speechless, extending his hands. "I'll handle it... Huh? This kid handled it himself? Alright, this kid always manages to surprise us."

The host saw the data fluctuations normalize, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said with a smile, "We just made some adaptive adjustments to facilitate everyone's access. Now, the competition officially begins!"

The audience and media present didn't pay much attention to this minor interlude, simply assuming it was normal.

Only a few people on the organizer's stage knew that the entire Illusion Secret Realm's access had just experienced a problem, scaring them into a cold sweat.

...

Hero's Glory Confrontation was simple: three lanes—top, mid, and bottom—plus a jungle area.

Those who entered here only retained their cultivation and attire; everything else was removed. Opponents were matched based on similar strength to ensure fairness in the confrontation as much as possible.

Yes, as much as possible.

Tang Gao's team was assigned to the red side.

The five examinees on the blue side looked at the opposing team's information that popped up in front of them and couldn't help but curse loudly:

"Is this what you call matching opponents of similar strength?!"

"This is matching us with a daddy!"

"Damn it! Refund! How are we supposed to fight this?!"

The blue top-lane player's face was full of sorrow: "Xu Ling'er is one of the top three masters in this year's martial arts test. She alone is enough to take on two of us."

This was a player who had achieved excellent results in the martial arts test, and precisely because of this, he knew how formidable Xu Ling'er's strength was.

The blue jungler's expression was relatively calm: "Attack their weak point. Their mid-lane examinee, Liu Ren, is the weakest. We must focus our efforts on the mid-lane for a quick victory. Don't drag it out and let them buy Magical Artifacts, or the gap will only widen."

...Can that work?

The blue jungler looked at the person who spoke, raising an eyebrow: "What? Do you have a better plan?"

"No, alright, we'll go with the 'tail-cutting' tactic."

Just as the blue team players were discussing tactics before the minion waves spawned, a broadcast came from the sky.

"Defense Tower has solo-killed Red Top Lane Player Xu Ling'er."

...

After Tang Gao opened his eyes, he found himself standing in a spring where the water reached his ankles. Not far away was a huge crystal and two six-meter-tall outer towers. Looking further, there were three lanes—top, mid, and bottom. Each lane extended outwards to a high wall, and at the opening of each wall was a tall Guardian Tower.

Xu Ling'er excitedly shouted, "Ha! Highest score, here I come!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she dashed out in a flash, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Tang Gao was speechless for a moment, then said, "Act according to the designated paths. They'll most likely target the mid-lane. I'll come after clearing the jungle. Also, don't be foolish like Xu Ling'er; remember to buy Magical Artifacts."

In the Illusion Secret Realm, each lane would send out teams of illusionary soldiers. Each examinee could earn money by defeating soldiers, enemy examinees, monsters, etc., to purchase Magical Artifacts.

Liu Ren stared, bewildered: "No, Brother Tang, what is she rushing out to do?"

Tang Gao shrugged: "Suicide strategy, don't worry about it."

"Defense Tower has solo-killed Red Top Lane Examinee Xu Ling'er."

Liu Yi gasped: "Using her Physical Body to tank it?! What a tough person!"

Before, his impression of this girl wasn't very good; he thought she was too arrogant.

Now, he felt a slight admiration. Not everyone could endure the pain of being brutally beaten by a defense tower.

Tang Gao was too lazy to waste words. He directly bought a short sword and stepped out of the spring: "Quick victory, get the highest score and then retreat!"

At this moment, the red top lane's defense tower had lost 5% of its health.