Chapter 435 (1/2)

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Along with the Emperor's announcement, the pressure vanished completely. Only 50 of the young geniuses remained standing; this included Xiang Shaoyun. As for those who had failed to remain on their feet, a depressed look appeared on all their faces.

They became even more distressed when they saw a fourth-stage King like Xiang Shaoyun walking onto the third floor. They became furious, feeling like they had been humiliated. After all, they were all late-stage Kings, with some of them being at the ninth stage. Even they had failed to withstand the suppression, yet someone like Xiang Shaoyun had succeeded. n.o.body could accept something like that.

Unfortunately, that was the rule of the game. Their opinions no longer mattered, and the entire affair no longer had anything to do with them. In any case, at least 20 more people would be eliminated on the third floor, and they believed Xiang Shaoyun would be one of them.

When the group entered the third floor, they found it even more beautiful and serene than the first two floors. A lake greeted them, its waters occupying a large portion of the floor. It was as large as an average lake, and willow trees were growing all around it. Here and there, pavilions could be seen, and numerous lanterns pulsed with light, presenting a pleasant sight reminiscent of a lantern festival.

At the center of the lake was a ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p 100 meters long and 3 stories tall.  It looked extremely luxurious, and coming from it was a melodious zither music playing in the air. The music sounded like it was from the heavens, reaching straight into the depths of one's heart, cleansing one of all pressure and worry.

”Young masters, please come onto the s.h.i.+p,” a melodious voice suddenly rang out.

The voice was akin to the sound of a chirping oriole and the sound of a flowing spring. Like the zither music playing in the air, it was extremely pleasant to the ears. Just from the voice alone everyone concluded that the owner was definitely a woman as beautiful as a fairy.

”Haha, Yu Clan beauty, your husband is coming!” said an arrogant young man with a laugh as he started flying toward the s.h.i.+p.

The others were not willing to fall behind and started flying over as well. For some reason, a large number of the young men remained standing. The lake was giving them some sort of pressure. Sure enough, accompanied by a dreadful hissing sound, numerous ma.s.sive black figures abruptly shot out of the lake.

”Roar! Roar!”

It was too dark, so they found it hard to determine what were the beasts that had shot out from the water. The beasts' sudden appearance gave the people flying to the s.h.i.+p a fright. Some of them were directly struck by the beasts and gravely injured.

If the beasts hadn't been ordered to not kill, they would have died. Xiang Shaoyun pushed his eyes to their limits and found that the beasts had a shape similar to a devil blood bat, yet they were also obviously different from the devil blood bats.

Soon, he heard someone shouting, ”Devil fis.h.!.+”

The so-called devil fish was a species of aquatic devilish beast in the Devil Domain. They were extremely powerful in water and would feast on any life form, an extremely savage species. It was obvious the ones living here had been enslaved by the Yu Clan. Otherwise, with their ferocious nature, the young Kings flying toward the s.h.i.+p would have all turned into fish food by now.

”Those capable of getting through this defensive perimeter will be qualified to step on the s.h.i.+p. If you fail, leave,” the same melodious voice rang out from the s.h.i.+p.

Evidently, these devil fish were the second test for these young geniuses. There were more than 100 devil fish in the lake, each of them at least a ninth-stage Devil King. Some were even peak Devil Kings capable of releasing terrifying and powerful devilish energies. The devil fish kept making an odd sound as they looked around with their s.h.i.+ny, sinister eyes.

”Everyone, remain calm. Work together and charge through the perimeter,” said Tang Longfei.

”That's a good idea. But those without any draconic aura are not qualified to come with us. Only those with draconic aura can work with us,” said Long Yunfei, the Thirteenth Crown Prince.

”I agree,” said Xie Gongzi from Dark Devil Sect.