298: Chapter 298 The Risk of Death in the Third Stage!

Do Not Disturb mode deactivated.

Before Li Fan could fully regain his senses, the smart butler in the lounge notified him of a visitor.

Open the door.

The person who arrived was none other than Peng Song.

"Brother Fan, why does it feel like your aura has gotten stronger again? It seems your results from this period of secluded cultivation are quite good!"

The moment they met, Peng Song was drawn to the aura emanating from Li Fan's body, a hint of surprise on his face.

Compared to ten days ago, Li Fan's strength had actually increased again!

This speed of progress was simply absurd!

"Just a bit of minor progress," Li Fan scratched his head and smiled. "By the way, we're arriving at the Starry Sky Secret Realm in a few hours. Do you have any deeper understanding of the situation there?"

"Brother Fan, I came to find you specifically to talk about that!"

"According to what I've learned recently, it's like this..."

Peng Song hadn't spent this time in seclusion; instead, he had been out socializing, so he knew relatively more.

For instance, some other minor opportunities within the Starry Sky Secret Realm, as well as the 'Opportunity Markers'.

The key piece of information was these Opportunity Markers.

Actually, it was quite simple.

Inside the secret realm, if one possessed a relatively significant opportunity, their entire body would occasionally flash with golden light.

For example, if someone obtained either of the top two opportunities, that person would definitely emit golden light, turning into a mobile treasure that everyone would frantically pursue and intercept.

The main purpose of such a minor rule was to prevent Contestants from relying too heavily on luck to obtain opportunities.

Li Fan had expected this long ago.

After all, if there were no such restrictions, and a few lucky Contestants managed to snatch those two heaven-defying opportunities, it would not only affect the audience's experience but also the quality of the selection process.

After Peng Song finished talking about the Starry Sky Secret Realm, he began chatting with Li Fan about the general situation of the various top geniuses.

There was no need to say much about people like Jiang Yunxu and Duan Xuan, who came from the same academy. They mainly discussed the geniuses from external domains and other academies.

According to Peng Song's information, among those geniuses, besides the top-tier ones with championship-level strength like Jiang Yunxu, there were plenty of deeply hidden dark horses.

Their strength could very likely reach the championship tier, and they would probably make a name for themselves in this secret realm. If encountered, one had to be extremely careful and not be careless.

As they chatted, a few hours passed in a flash.

They were getting closer and closer to that Starry Sky Secret Realm. Through the transparent cabin door, they could already see the blue vortex that looked like it was stranded on the edge of the Milky Way—the entrance to the Starry Sky Secret Realm.

At this time, a voice sounded inside the spaceship, summoning all Contestants to assemble in the designated area.

"Brother Fan, there's not much else to say. We need to go assemble. We'll see if we have the chance to meet in the secret realm. If we do, we'll team up and leave none of them alive!"

Peng Song slowly stood up, smiled at Li Fan, and then turned to head to the assembly.

However, just as he reached the door, Peng Song suddenly paused.

"Right, when I was coming over, I ran into Fang Tong. That kid looks very strange. If you run into him in the secret realm, you should be careful."

Indeed.

As Peng Song was leaving, he suddenly remembered seeing Fang Tong on his way there.

Given the past grievances between Li Fan and Fang Tong, he felt it was necessary to give Li Fan a heads-up.

"Fang Tong?"

Hearing this name, Li Fan's brow furrowed slightly.

If Peng Song hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten the name.

To be honest.

He wasn't afraid of Fang Tong at all; in fact, he didn't even take him seriously.

No matter how strange he was, he certainly wouldn't be able to stir up much trouble.

But since Peng Song warned that Fang Tong was acting strange, he would keep it in the back of his mind.

"Yeah, I know. I'll keep an eye on him."

After hearing Li Fan's response, Peng Song nodded and left without staying any longer.

Once Peng Song left, Li Fan didn't linger either and headed straight to his designated assembly area.

...

The space inside the ship was vast.

The hundred thousand Contestants were divided into twenty areas, with five thousand assigned to each.

Li Fan was in the Ninth District.

On the deck of the Ninth District, the five thousand Contestants arrived one after another.

Many Contestants couldn't help but glance sideways as they passed by Li Fan.

In their gazes, there was respect, curiosity, but also provocation and hostility.

Compared to the former, the latter clearly made up the majority.

This was easy to understand.

Most of those who made it to this round were favored children of heaven from various places. Naturally, most people were unconvinced by Li Fan's previous remarks on the forum.

No wonder Peng Song had repeatedly urged Li Fan to be careful during their conversation, to avoid being backstabbed by people who had teamed up.

Li Fan's current situation really did have a slight flavor of being public enemy number one.

Of course, it wasn't actually that serious; that was just an exaggeration.

But there was no doubt that once Li Fan entered the secret realm, he would definitely be targeted.

Regarding this, Li Fan clearly didn't care and was even a little excited.

If someone proactively came to deliver an opportunity, wasn't that also a form of opportunity?

And soon.

As all the Contestants arrived one after another, dozens of people wearing Cosmic Cloud Company uniforms appeared on the platform above everyone.

"The ship will arrive at the outer edge of the Starry Sky Secret Realm in half an hour. At that time, you will be randomly teleported to various corners of the realm. Before that, I need to explain some issues to you."

"First of all, the Inheritance Competition is not a tournament for screening greenhouse flowers. Therefore, there are no devices prepared to teleport you out when you face life or death."

Once you enter the secret realm, you will face life and death directly, so you must be a hundred times more alert!"

"Of course, our Cosmic Cloud Company is not entirely without mercy. We will send people to observe your movements; they are called Trash Messengers."

Simply put, if you are lucky enough to be seen by them when you are about to die, you will be saved as 'trash' and keep your small life. If you aren't lucky and aren't seen, then you can only try again in your next life."

"By the way, from now on, I will give you ten minutes to consider. If anyone wants to withdraw, just raise your hand within ten minutes, and we will send you back safely the way you came!"

"..."

The leading Middle-aged Man spoke sternly, announcing the rules. His voice was incredibly loud, making it clear to everyone present, and it carried a powerful sense of pressure.

Hearing this.

The Contestants present couldn't help but feel their hearts tighten.

In fact, they had known this rule for a long time; the offline matches of all previous Inheritance Competitions were this cruel.

In the third and fourth stages, there were cases of many geniuses falling every time.

But when they actually heard the rule announced on-site, they still couldn't help but feel a hint of trepidation.

After all, the words 'life and death' were quite foreign to geniuses like them.

And of course.

It was impossible for anyone to withdraw.

Having reached this point, withdrawing would not only lead to being ridiculed but would also be unworthy of the pride they had cultivated over the years!

One rarely gets many chances to fight in life, let alone this opportunity for a carp to leap over the dragon gate!

Time passed in a blink.

Through the transparent canopy, everyone could already see the gargantuan entrance to the Starry Sky Secret Realm up close.

At this moment, there were less than five minutes before they would be teleported in!

Meanwhile, in the virtual network, many real-time feeds had already begun broadcasting.

Among them, the official Cosmic Cloud channel's online viewership had already reached the trillion level and was still climbing.