Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 279 Trial Pit

The area where those people were located immediately became "pungent and smelly".

Everyone was in a panic, and no one cared about mocking the Han Dao Sect anymore.

Bai Yang withdrew his gaze with satisfaction, never looking at them again.

Instead, he gave a meaningful smile towards a hidden corner of the street.

Then, leading his many disciples, he continued on to the venue.

After they all left, a blur of light and shadow suddenly appeared in that corner.

A figure emerged, his face filled with horror:

"This Zou Qi has spotted me!"

This must be reported to the city lord immediately! There's likely still some uncertainty regarding this year's Trial of the Gods.

After Bai Yang and his three hundred men left the city, their speed immediately increased.

Within half an hour, they arrived at a desolate mountain range outside the prefectural city.

Within this region lies a vast basin enclosed by mountains.

At this moment, crowds gathered outside the basin, with the entire [Divine Blade Mansion] sect and some independent cultivators all arriving here.

The Trial of the Gods is about to begin.

After Bai Yang led the group to their arrival, they followed the instructions of some people dressed in black and began to line up to enter the basin one by one.

These people are all staff members of the city lord's mansion, and each trial is handled by the local city lord's mansion.

Around the outer edge of the basin, it's unclear how many teams are simultaneously moving in.

He glanced around briefly and knew that the total number of people in the basin would probably reach 100,000.

There will definitely be more than 3 people undergoing trials at each level of cultivation.

The Han Dao Sect's forces are completely insignificant here.

"It seems that this [Divine Blade Mansion] is more lively than other places."

Without joining a sect, even independent cultivators probably couldn't get in here.

The Han Dao Sect was a decent force, and the men in black quickly let them in.

Flying was prohibited in this area, so Bai Yang and his disciples walked through a narrow stone gate one by one.

Once inside the basin, everyone can see the entire sky above it.

They were surrounded by thousands of men in black from all directions, preventing anyone from entering or leaving at will, creating a tense atmosphere.

Bai Yang looked towards the very center of the ground, and there appeared a huge crater in the center of the basin.

There are three stone steps along the edge of the pit, spiraling downwards along the inner wall of the pit, with no end in sight.

The stairs were so narrow and small that only three people could stand side by side, which looked very dangerous.

But everyone understood that the airspace in the middle of the pit was absolutely unsuitable for flying; this was the only way to travel.

These stone steps themselves serve as a selection process for the test takers, which is essentially the preliminary round.

Once everyone steps onto the stone steps, they are theoretically free to attack those around them.

Once someone falls into the pit, they will be immediately thrown out by an invisible force, and the trial will fail.

The entire crater is only a little over ten kilometers in diameter.

Even a planetary-level being can easily attack a large group of people around them.

In this situation, the more people there are, the more advantageous it is.

Those rogue cultivators who managed to break in like this all possess astonishing strength.

The trial actually began the moment they passed through the stone gate and entered the basin.

The disciples of the Han Dao Sect were divided into three branches according to their cultivation level, each heading towards their own respective ladder.

Just as Bai Yang was about to step down the stone steps, he suddenly felt a hostile gaze.

He looked up and saw a group of men in blue standing on the other side of the pit, glaring at them menacingly.

The young man at the head of the group had a cold expression and an arrogant air about him.

At this moment, his eyes were fixed on the mark on Bai Yang's forehead, his eyes filled with an unruly expression.

"Elder Zou, this is Ye Qikong!"

The dark-faced youth next to him immediately spoke in his ear.

Bai Yang nodded to indicate that he understood; Ye Qikong's characteristics were too obvious.

He looks like the kind of person who thinks he's the best in the world.

The distance between the two was only fifty or sixty meters.

Many of those people immediately sensed the tension in the air.

At this moment, the Han Dao Sect's team was already advancing up the stone steps, in the most dangerous situation.

If Ye Qikong launches a sneak attack, it will immediately cause a lot of trouble.

Bai Yang chuckled, stepped aside, and told the other disciples behind him to go down first.

He stood alone at the end of the line, looking up at the other person, wanting to see what tricks this guy would play.

Ye Qikong stood at the edge of the pit, looking at Bai Yang, who seemed to have gained the recognition of the Origin Law, and felt a sense of doubt and unease.

He originally planned to act immediately, preventing the Han Dao Sect's team from even reaching the bottom of the pit.

But when he saw Bai Yang staring into his eyes, his muscles involuntarily tensed up.

"His mental power is too strong; it's directly suppressing my consciousness!"

Ye Qikong suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, which cheered him up a bit.

He abruptly turned his head away, no longer daring to meet Bai Yang's gaze.

Bai Yang saw that he was indeed quite capable to be able to break free from his oppressive aura.

A thought struck him.

"what!"

"What's going on!?"

Two of the disciples from the Fierce Blade Sect beside Ye Qikong immediately fell into the middle of the pit.

They instinctively wanted to fly, but before they could take off, a force sent them straight out of the crater, disqualifying them from the mission.

The two people standing next to Ye Qikong were elite disciples of the Fierce Blade Sect.

Bai Yang's mental attack was launched so quickly that no one had any chance to intervene.

After dealing with the two men, he turned and walked quickly after the disciples of the Han Dao Sect below, his hands behind his back.

Nearly a hundred members of the Fierce Blade Sect faced him alone, and although they knew he was the one who did it, not one of them dared to utter a word of provocation.

Ye Qikong's face was extremely ugly, and he forcibly suppressed the urge to turn hostile on the spot.

"These stone steps are too dangerous!"

He's a mentalist; once we reach the bottom of the cave, I'll show him just how strong a martial artist can be!

Nearly a thousand people witnessed this scene around the crater.

Many people who knew Ye Qikong's strength and temperament were even more shocked and immediately became wary of this new face from the Han Dao Sect.

Only ten cultivators can enter the stone chamber for the semi-finals to undergo the true test.

This person will definitely be a formidable opponent!

The further Bai Yang went down into the pit, the more a strange airflow blew upwards from the bottom of the pit.

Every few steps he took, he could see trial participants being blown up from below with helpless expressions.

He paid a little attention and found that there were not many from the Han Dao Sect, and their performance was quite good.

The deeper the pit, the dimmer the light. After descending only a vertical distance of over 500 meters, Bai Yang could no longer see any light.

In this situation, each step up the stone steps becomes significantly more difficult.

Bai Yang walked silently until he looked up and could no longer see the sky above him.

The sensation in his left foot suddenly changed, as if he had stepped on hard ground.

"Have we reached the bottom of the cave?"

Just as his feet touched the ground, his vision suddenly changed.

The bottom of the pit, which was originally completely dark, was actually brightly lit!

(End of this chapter)