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Outside the Scarlet Castle.

As soon as Jiang Feng and his group arrived at the castle gate, they sensed an eerie atmosphere.

"Captain, stop..."

Tang Tang suddenly turned pale and covered her head with both hands.

"There seems to be a terrifying monster inside!"

"There's one in front of the courtyard, one in the west corridor, and deep inside... that thing, I almost had my mental energy collapse just from sensing a trace of its presence!"

Jiang Feng squinted as he looked at the ancient castle.

"I see."

He turned to look at Su Muxue, whose face was pale, and said in an unquestionable manner, "You and Tang Tang stay outside the castle and keep watch. You are not allowed to step inside."

"I can still fight!"

Su Muxue bit her lip, stubbornly raising her head, "I can't hold you back!"

"That's an order."

Jiang Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unyielding strength that brooked no argument.

"If you go in in your current state, you'll not only die, but you'll also distract us!"

"Stay outside and protect Tangtang."

Su Muxue's eyes reddened slightly, but looking at Jiang Feng's gaze, she could only grit her teeth and nod, "Yes..."

"Ji Fan, Hongye, let's go."

Without further ado, Jiang Feng took the lead and pushed open the door.

As soon as you step into the castle courtyard, a deafening roar mixed with violent thunder sweeps over you.

The fierce hand-to-hand combat had reached its limit.

Lei Lie was covered in blood, and his dark gold armor was shattered into pieces.

Before him stood a fleshy monster covered in bone armor.

The gruesome piles of flesh on the ground were the remains of his two tragically murdered teammates.

"You beast! I'll kill you!!!"

Seeing that he couldn't break through the monster's defenses, Lei Lie, driven to madness, wept blood from his eyes.

He suddenly let out a frantic roar, and the little true energy in his body instantly went berserk, with a destructive dark red light shining from his dantian.

Blow up!

Lei Lie actually intended to take the monster in front of him down with him!

"Oh no, he's going to self-destruct!"

Qin Hongye's expression changed.

"Ji Fan!"

Jiang Feng let out a cold shout.

"Leave it to me."

Ji Fan, who had been indifferent, took a step forward and pressed his right hand down in the air.

"Vector Control - Reversal".

"Buzz!"

An invisible force of rules descended instantly.

The blood and qi within Lei Lie's body, which were about to explode, were forcibly suppressed in that instant!

"puff!"

He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

"roar!"

Seeing its prey fall, the meat shield monster roared and raised its arms to smash Lei Lie into mincemeat.

"Red Serpent, bind!"

A clear, sweet shout rang out.

With a flick of her wrist, Qin Hongye unleashed a dark red whip that, like a venomous dragon emerging from the sea, drew a blinding trail of fire in mid-air before instantly wrapping around the tank monster's arms and neck.

"Stop right there!"

She leaned back, her true energy erupting, and she gripped the long whip tightly, actually causing the monster to stop for a moment.

It was in that instant of vulnerability that the river wind stirred.

"boom!"

A dazzling golden flame rose up!

The surrounding temperature suddenly soared, and Jiang Feng clenched his right fist, the golden flames enveloping his knuckles like a falling sun.

He moved with lightning speed, instantly covering a distance of tens of meters, and appeared in front of the monster.

"Burning Heaven Divine Fist!"

There are no fancy techniques, only extreme violence!

Jiang Feng threw a punch, which slammed hard into the monster's chest.

"Snap!"

The bone armor, which even a heavy hammer could not break, melted instantly upon contact with the Burning Heaven True Qi, just like fire meeting snow!

"BOOM!!!"

A golden pillar of fire pierced through the monster's entire chest and erupted from its back, shattering the stone pillars behind it.

Before the tank monster could even scream, its massive body exploded under the scorching heat of the Heaven-Burning True Qi, turning into burning charcoal scattered all over the ground!

Sold out instantly!

The scene fell into a deathly silence.

Lei Lie, lying on the ground, stared blankly at the scene, his mind a complete blank.

It took him more than ten seconds before he seemed to suddenly wake up.

"Ah Hui... Da Long..."

Lei Lie turned his head and looked at the two mutilated corpses on the ground not far away, tears welling up in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry... I brought you out here, but I couldn't bring you back..."

Qin Hongye looked at the devastated Lei Lie, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

She and Lei Lie had known each other since childhood, so she naturally knew that this seemingly rough guy was actually the most loyal.

Lei Lie, please accept my condolences.

"On this road, death... can happen at any moment."

She stepped forward, sighed helplessly, and gently patted Lei Lie's shoulder.

Unlike Lei Lie's grief, Jiang Feng and Ji Fan did not relax after instantly killing a monster.

The two stared at the dark corridor deep inside the castle.

"Jiang Feng..."

Ji Fan pushed up his glasses, his face full of solemnity. "Something's not right. A monster already possesses the strength of a seventh-level being. This can't possibly be a trial prepared by the school for the new students."

"You're right."

Jiang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, a dark purple glint flashing within them.

From the moment he stepped into the castle, he sensed something was amiss.

At this moment, his right eye was burning uncontrollably, and even the bones in his right fingers were throbbing.

He was all too familiar with this feeling.

"An evil god!"

……

Next, Jiang Feng and his group crossed the ruins in front of the courtyard and were preparing to head deeper into the castle when they suddenly heard a series of rapid breathing sounds ahead.

"Who goes there?!"

Lei Lie gripped Thor's hammer tightly in his hand.

In the shadows at the corner of the corridor, a gray-white figure suddenly turned around.

A violent surge of true energy was brewing in his palm, giving the impression that they would perish together at the slightest provocation.

"Wait! Don't attack, they're on our side!"

Using the dim light, Lei Lie recognized the person's face. "Lin Yi? It's you!"

Upon hearing Lei Lie's voice, Lin Yi's taut nerves snapped instantly.

He knelt down with a thud, revealing the figure he was desperately protecting behind him.

Yan Wudao.

His right arm was a horrifying purplish-black color, and the poison had spread along the veins to his neck. His breathing was extremely weak.

"hiss!"

Upon seeing Yan Wudao's miserable state, Qin Hongye and Ji Fan's pupils shrank simultaneously, and they gasped in shock.

"How did it come to this? With Yan Wudao's strength, even if he couldn't win, he should have no problem protecting himself!"

Qin Hongye strode forward, her face full of disbelief.

Lin Yi's eyes were red-rimmed, and his voice was filled with fear and despair: "We had received inside intelligence and thought there were only three instructors guarding this place, but who knew that as soon as we went in, we encountered a spider monster!"

"Ah Hao... he was completely drained! Brother Yan withstood the monster's dying counterattack to save me..."

"Instructor? Wait a minute!"

Ji Fan spoke in a deep voice.

"Did you guys notice that the tank monster from before still retained some human characteristics?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Lie, Qin Hongye, and Lin Yi all shuddered.

"Ji Fan, what... what do you mean by that?"

Qin Hongye's voice trembled slightly, "You mean, those three instructors... turned into the monsters we just killed?! How is that possible!"

"How could they have suddenly turned into monsters for no reason?!"

"Nothing is impossible."

Jiang Feng turned around, his brows furrowed tightly: "If I'm not mistaken, there's probably an S-class containment object hidden in the Crimson Castle."

"What?!"

"An S-class containment object?!"

These words struck like a bolt from the blue, exploding in everyone's minds.

Class S containment objects represent the ultimate in contamination, distortion, and indescribable disaster!

Jiang Feng's expression was solemn as he calmly analyzed, "The tank monster Lei Lie encountered, and the spider monster Yan Wudao killed, both had reached the threshold of the city-destroying level."

"If there really is an S-class containment object here, and it has already been fused with by the third instructor..."

"Then its current strength is very likely... at the level of world destruction!"

Dead silence.

A deathly silence.

Everyone held their breath!

A world-destroying level existence requires an eighth-rank expert to suppress!

What's the difference between sending a group of freshmen to face a world-destroying monster and suicide?

"No, we have to retreat!"

Qin Hongye gritted her teeth and said.

"It can't be evacuated."

Jiang Feng shook his head, his gaze resolute.

"This S-class containment object has just been integrated, and the mutation infection has only just begun."

"If we don't stop it now and let it expand its contamination, the entire secret realm will be assimilated."

"At that time, all the students in the secret realm will be transformed into monsters!"

"Cough cough..."

Just then, a cough broke the oppressive atmosphere.

Yan Wudao, who had been in a coma, slowly opened his eyes.

Although the toxins blurred his vision, he still heard Jiang Feng's words clearly.

"Since... there's no way to retreat... then let's fight..."

Looking at Yan Wudao, who could barely stand but still fought desperately, a hint of admiration flashed in Jiang Feng's eyes.

He strode forward and took out a jade bottle from his storage ring.

Then he poured out a perfectly round, crimson pill: "This is a high-grade antidote pill refined by my brother, Bai Yuhe. You're severely poisoned, so stay here and recover. Leave the rest of the journey to us."

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a warm current that swept through the entire body in a flash.

In just a few breaths, the purplish-black poison spots on Yan Wudao's right arm began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His previously rapid breathing gradually calmed down, and a touch of color even returned to his pale face.

"this……"

Lin Yi, who was standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded.

He bought the best antidote pills on the market for this secret realm trial!

But even after giving Yan Wudao half a bottle, it could only barely suppress the spread of the toxins.

The pills Jiang Feng gave me have such incredible effects!

Could his brother be some grandmaster of alchemy?!

Ignoring Lin Yi's shock, Jiang Feng slowly pulled out the Dragon Fang, the Burning Heaven True Qi flickering on the blade.

"Lei Lie, Ji Fan, Hong Ye."

"Let's go, let's go meet that big guy!"

"Kill it! Avenge my team!"

Lei Lie, his eyes bloodshot, strode after him, carrying Thor's Hammer.

Qin Hongye and Ji Fan exchanged a glance, and without the slightest hesitation, followed closely behind.

Four figures resolutely rushed into the depths of the ancient castle.

A dozen minutes later.

As they entered the castle's main hall, a chilling sense of oppression crashed down upon them!

"Bang!"

Lei Lie and Qin Hongye were so overwhelmed by this invisible aura that their knees buckled and they almost collapsed to the ground.

Even Jiang Feng's pupils shrank when he saw what was happening before him, his face filled with shock.

What appeared before them was a terrifying mutant!

It was an octopus monster the size of a small mountain.

Its lower body consists of dozens of enormous, dark purple tentacles.

These tentacles thrashed wildly in mid-air, each one covered with rows of suckers with serrated fangs.

Inside the suction cups were even frantically spinning eyeballs!

Its upper body still vaguely resembles a human silhouette.

At this moment, however, its head had strangely swelled to three times its normal size, and its skin had turned a translucent grayish-white, with black blood vessels writhing inside clearly visible.

The most despairing thing is this monster's right arm!

The right arm of that evil god had swelled to an exaggerated degree.

Dark purple, malevolent runes writhed wildly across the skin of his right arm, emanating an aura that drove people mad.

A world-destroying aberration—Touch of the Evil God!

……

Meanwhile, outside the secret realm, at the teleportation plaza.

The screen broadcasts the battle situation in various parts of the secret realm in real time.

However, the moment Jiang Feng and his group stepped into the Crimson Castle, a sudden change occurred!

"Sizzle... sizzle sizzle..."

"What happened? Why is the broadcast signal cut off?!"

A commotion immediately broke out in the square.

Shi Meng's face suddenly darkened as he stood on the high platform.

"There is a force that has blocked our monitoring terminals."

A layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

That terminal is a high-tech product of the military. What could possibly shield it?

However, before Shi Meng could find out the reason, the merit point ranking suddenly changed.

"Look at the list! What happened to those names?!"

A sharp-eyed senior student screamed in terror.

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the leaderboard.

Among the names that were originally shimmering with gold, silver, and bronze light, seven or eight names suddenly flickered and then turned grayish-black!

Upon seeing this, the entire square fell silent instantly.

Everyone knows what it means when a name turns black.

These people have already died in the secret realm!

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

"Each student wears a token! In the event of a deadly threat, the array within the token will automatically deploy a shield and forcibly tear through space to teleport them back!"

Shi Meng said, his body trembling.

Then there's only one possibility.

Instant kill!

At this moment, the two bigwigs who were joking about vying for talent could no longer sit still.

Hong Lie suddenly stood up, and his violent crimson true energy exploded.

"Damn it! So many people died in a newly opened secret realm! There must be some kind of monster inside!"

"I'll go in and take a look!"

Beside her, Shen Qingdai also frowned.

"Old Hong, the situation is worse than we thought."

"Walk!"

She gave a soft shout, and with a wave of her slender hand, three phantom images of the Medicine King Cauldron, exuding the fragrance of medicine, surrounded her.

Immediately afterwards, the two peak seventh-rank experts plunged into the secret realm portal!