388: Ascension Nutrients

One competition after another concluded, and everyone directly entered the second stage, which would now involve entering a Secret Realm.

"Next, whoever achieves the highest score in this Secret Realm will be the first in this Grand Competition. We will consider only Realm, not background, not origin. Everyone will rely on their own methods."

As Li Jing spoke, he took out a Landscape Design Map, then slowly unfurled it. A world created within it was directly revealed to everyone, who couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

In the sky of this world, countless immortals floated, like Heavenly Soldiers and Generals covering mountains and plains, and below them were countless monsters.

"Killing different powerhouses will earn different points. The more powerhouses you kill, the more points you will get. In the end, everyone will rely on their own abilities to see whose points are the highest."

Li Jing smiled slightly, then waved his hand towards the sky. The map immediately drew a graceful arc in the sky, and then the originally not-so-large scroll suddenly became sky-obscuring.

Everyone was deeply shocked by the scene before them, their mouths wide open, unable to close, their faces full of astonishment. They had never seen such a terrifying sight.

Immediately after everyone reacted, they began to fly uncontrollably towards the scroll, and then their bodies were tightly bound by it.

At that instant, they only felt a strong light rush into their eyes, and when they opened them again, they were already in front of these Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals floated in the air, among them various powerhouses who seemed to vaguely carry shadows of the past: Erlang Shen with his three-pointed, double-edged spear, Monkey King with his large iron staff, and the Four Heavenly Kings, among other familiar deities appearing in the sky. These were all images left from the past.

As long as they could defeat the images left in this scroll, they could obtain great benefits, at least according to the rules.

Su Yao and the others smiled slightly as they looked at the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in the sky, then rushed forward. They all basically had powerful area-of-effect abilities.

Su Yao spewed black flames, her entire body transforming into a black Phoenix, charging into the crowd. Then her Junior Brothers basically also displayed their Divine Abilities, except for Little Fatty Bai, who was spraying Medicinal Pill powder everywhere.

Once these powders were touched, they would be absorbed into the stomachs of the virtual illusions, followed by extremely terrifying pain.

They were merely illusions, but to be closer to reality, they had made ample preparations.

They not only felt pain but also fear and dread, so when facing the appearance of such terrifying powerhouses, their hearts were exceptionally heavy.

A large number of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were almost instantly crushed into powder.

The powerhouses of the Heavenly Court also showed no weakness, charging forward directly to fight. A large number of powerhouses in the sky consecutively spat blood and fell, and one after another unspeakable existence gradually began to feel powerless.

Su Yao and the others quickly gained a massive amount of points. These points all transformed into golden Qi currents that wrapped around the bracelets that suddenly appeared on their hands.

During the killing, the group suddenly noticed something was amiss. The golden Qi currents that had just been absorbed into the bracelets were turning black little by little. If they hadn't deliberately paid attention, they would never have noticed this phenomenon, but seeing such a terrifying scene, they naturally stopped. The several of them exchanged glances, their expressions somewhat strange.

This was probably the gray Qi that Revered Master spoke of. Is the Heavenly Court trying to use these Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to inject large amounts of gray Qi into the bodies of these young talents?

The group immediately felt their scalps tingle. The Heavenly Court's scheme was undeniably malicious. If they truly succeeded, it was highly likely that everyone would end up with black Qi invading their bodies.

This would probably be unacceptable to all forces, and the Heavenly Court would certainly not offer them any explanation.

Su Yao shook her wrist, wanting to take off the bracelet, but found that she couldn't, no matter what. This showed that the bracelet had some kind of Restriction on it, and it probably couldn't be removed without absorbing it.

"My Magic Treasure can destroy all tough objects. I'll try to see if this bracelet can be smashed!"

Zhang Hai directly summoned his gauntlet Magic Treasure, then struck the bracelet with it.

The next instant, a large amount of gray mist immediately erupted from the golden bracelet, which then trembled violently.

In an instant, the accumulated gray substance within the bracelet surged out, overwhelming everything. Everywhere it passed, all the plants in the scroll turned a dull gray.

It was as if they were entangled by some deathly Qi current.

Seeing this, the group gasped. Fortunately, Revered Master had warned them early, otherwise, they would have truly absorbed these golden Qi currents into their bodies as great tonics.

"What is that? Why is there so much gray mist?"

Everyone frowned, looking at the gray expanse in the sky, their faces full of confusion. No one knew what these things were for, nor where they came from.

An extremely evil aura erupted, and everyone couldn't help but frown.

"Take a closer look at the golden Qi in your bracelets; it should all be gray by now. It's best not to absorb this stuff, otherwise, strange things might happen. I advise you all to find a way to get rid of these bracelets quickly."

Outside the scroll, Li Jing immediately frowned, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes. These guys actually discovered the gray mist, and seemed to know about it quite thoroughly. Could it be that they had already received some intelligence?

He didn't delay at all and immediately reported the matter to his superiors in the Heavenly Court.

At this moment, in the Hall of Miraculous Mist, the Jade Emperor sat on his throne, his eyes flickering.

He could already feel that his great limit was approaching this time, and he probably wouldn't be able to cope with the upcoming Heavenly Tribulation. If he wanted to successfully Break through and Ascend, there was only one opportunity.

Sacrifice all the powerhouses who had absorbed the black mist to aid his own Breakthrough, but the number of these powerhouses was still far from enough. If he wanted to Break through the shackles, he would need at least more people.

The powerhouses these strong individuals killed would also turn into large amounts of gray mist. This way, he could continuously obtain resources, and by then, a Breakthrough would certainly be no problem. What he needed to do now was to wait for this Grand Competition to end, then lead countless powerhouses to slaughter the lands below.

The Immortal Kingdom and the ordinary Human Race that had been nurtured for so long, it was time for them to become the nourishment for his Ascension!