Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

"Don't worry, you just said it yourself, this is a 100% realistic simulation. Even if you get injured or die, you'll still be lively and energetic once you get out. What's a little injury?"

Duan Xuan seemed unconcerned, then took a deep breath and chuckled dryly, "Ha, you know what, this injury really hurts."

He raised his hand and touched the shoulder where the giant wolf had deliberately slapped him. The wound was several inches long, and blood was still flowing. It looked real no matter how you looked at it…

On the retina, a slender and delicate girl stood with her hands on her hips, her cheeks puffed out in anger. Her body trembled slightly with rage, causing her fluffy ponytail to sway gently behind her head. "Idiot, since it's a 100% simulation, the pain will naturally be close to real. There's no compromise on that. Who told you to be so careless? Getting hurt isn't something to be trifled with."

"Yun'er, I already said it's okay, why are you so concerned? Could it be that you're worried about me?"

"Nonsense...nonsense, who, who cares about you?"

Lingyun felt her heart skip a beat. The program, which had been running smoothly, almost encountered a logical error, and she began to stammer as she spoke.

Fortunately, Duan Xuan only said that.

I casually took advantage of the situation and didn't think much of it.

Just then, the giant wolf's earth-shattering roar reached their ears again. It had only been knocked away a moment ago, and now, shaking its somewhat dizzy head, the enormous monster, its eyes red, lunged forward viciously once more.

"This guy's pretty tough; he's probably one of the stronger bosses in the dungeon!"

Duan Xuan muttered something, his whole body glowing with a blue light, preparing to fight, but at that moment, something unexpected happened.

Without the slightest warning, space distorted, and all the scenery blurred in an instant...

The sky above, the soil beneath his feet, and the monster that pounced on him all turned into specks of light right before Duan Xuan's eyes.

In that instant, it was as if countless lines of code appeared before my eyes, then flowed and vanished rapidly...

The wind that had just carried a fishy smell vanished without a trace, replaced by the familiar lawn and those tall dormitory buildings. The surrounding streetlights were slightly dim, and all the scenery seemed to magically reappear and come into clear view.

The surrounding voices gradually became noisy, and students appeared one by one in the void. Then everyone saw the instructor's face with its cold and hard lines.

Duan Xuan turned to look at his shoulder. His clothes were intact, and the wound had disappeared. Everything he had just experienced seemed like a dream.

Many students did the same thing, and occasionally, excited voices could be heard: "Haha, my left hand is still there! When the monster bit it off, I almost fainted from the pain. I thought it was all real..."

As he spoke, he patted his chest, looking as if he had just escaped a disaster.

The guy on the left flexed his wrist, while the girl on the right, whose eyes were also red, smiled and wiped her face, saying, "That really scared me to death. I thought I was going to be disfigured. Luckily, it was all just a dream."

Exclamations of surprise rose and fell across the playground. Some people jumped and spun around in place, while others repeatedly checked their bodies, only to find that they were not injured at all, and there were hardly any marks left on their clothes.

Although they had experienced 100% realistic simulations before, the training intensity was on a completely different level.

This time, the shock they experienced between life and death was far greater than any of their previous superficial encounters.

Everyone was relieved. Although they knew it was a training simulation, the realism and excitement of this experience made most of the people present feel like they had survived a disaster.

"Don't move, stand still!"

Instructor Zheng Lei's voice reached their ears. It wasn't deliberately raised, but it carried a very cold tone. The previously restless crowd quickly quieted down, and the whispering and murmuring stopped.

The instructor surveyed the lined-up crowd and sighed, "The situation is worse than I imagined. There are a total of 252 students participating in this trial. Now, count them yourselves, how many are left?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd below stirred.

We just came out of the training field, and everyone was busy checking to see if anyone was injured. Only now did we realize that there were quite a few people missing.

Since the instructors asked everyone to count, many people openly released their spiritual senses.

Although he was only at the late stage of Qi Refining, he could easily do this small thing using his divine sense.

The results came quickly, and gasps of surprise began to reach our ears.

"How come there are only 121 left? My God, the casualty rate is over 50%."

"This...this is too exaggerated, how can so many people be eliminated?"

"Are you kidding me? This trial is a bit outrageous, but I didn't expect it to be this difficult."

"Come on, you're already a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining. In ancient times, you could call yourself a half-step Foundation Establishment old monster. Of course you can act like a big shot in front of us."

"What old monster? You're the old monster, your whole family are old monsters. I'm half a year younger than you. If you can't speak properly, then shut your mouth. Nobody will think you're mute."

"..."

……

"Quiet."

The instructor's cold, hard voice came from ahead again.

"In short, the situation is worse than I originally expected. The elimination rate has exceeded 50%. According to the rules, anyone who fails the training this time will lose the qualification to participate in the Azure Sky Immortal Cultivation World instance. As for the rest of you..."

The instructor paused here: "You have no choice, and you are not allowed to quit."

These words left everyone speechless, and whispers and mutterings rose from below.

"Are you kidding me? I thought we were supposed to choose for ourselves."

"The instructor doesn't play by the rules!"

"Do I really want to participate? I'm a little scared."

……

"Quiet."

Zheng Lei's voice once again drowned out the noise: "I know and understand your anxiety right now, but that's how the path of cultivation is; many times there's no choice."

"Do you think the students who withdrew were lucky? Wrong. Their performance was so poor that they will of course be severely punished."

"As for what the punishment is, I'll keep you in suspense for now. You can find out for yourselves after you return from the Azure Sky Cultivation World. I believe that once you understand, you will be very glad that you performed well this time and did not lose your qualification for practice."

"Don't be afraid, everyone. With a great battle imminent, the difficulty of this training has been deliberately increased, far surpassing any dungeon in the Azure Sky Immortal Cultivation World. Since you have managed to get through it, there is a high probability that you will return safely."