The seal was sent flying into the sky by Seba's blow, and the beast was frozen into an ice sculpture by the whale and Yoyo. After winning twice in a row.
At this point, only 25 teams remained in each of the Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain groups, and the White Tiger Festival entered its next phase.
In the free-for-all mode, all participating teams will be assigned to the same, larger secret realm to fight each other. The final 8 teams will then compete in the quarterfinals within their respective groups.
The academy invited renowned elderly yokai from various races to represent them in the drawing of the competition world.
Unbeknownst to all the staff, the monster drawing lots and the host had been manipulated. Under the influence of the snake demon's black aura, the monster wrote down a world that was different from the one drawn, a world that had already been decided.
"Everyone, please look at the big screen. The world for the group competition has been decided. It's the Dark Forest of the Demon Realm!" the host shouted.
The Andean eagle, which had been hiding behind the scenes, now had a burning desire in its eyes. It had finally gotten what it was waiting for, and it gripped the ruby key hidden inside its clothes tightly.
The men behind him revealed increasingly menacing glints in their eyes, like bandits plotting plunder.
They wanted to become rich overnight, obtain all the treasures inside, and use the demon god's artifact to become one of the most powerful demons on the continent.
Hidden within this world surrounded by black leaves lies an astonishing treasure—a treasure left behind by the demon god who departed this world.
In the primordial era, there were indeed true gods among the monsters. These were not the titles we have today, nor were they strange creatures that controlled the laws of nature in some way. Rather, they were beings that transcended the boundaries of monsters and great monsters.
It's like if humans could create humans without eating or drinking, relying solely on themselves, they would be standing on a higher dimension and wouldn't be considered human anymore.
The same goes for demon gods. Demon gods surpass all great demons and can do things that are impossible for them in the conventional sense.
The reason why a god is a god is precisely because of this. It's like how a three-dimensional person looks at a two-dimensional paper doll. Two-dimensional people can come to life on the screen and on paper, more vividly than three-dimensional people, but they can never cross that boundary.
People from higher dimensions should be able to easily destroy the twisted three-dimensional world, twist skyscrapers, tear the sky apart, and draw nine suns with a pen.
Just as three-dimensional humans can easily tear apart the blue sky and earth of the two-dimensional world, while the inhabitants of the two-dimensional world are simply unable to cross it.
The Demon God transcends dimensions; it's not a parallel transmigration, but an evolution into a higher-dimensional being. Perhaps the Demon God will become very ugly, like a two-dimensional paper doll, with smooth skin, thick hair, but no extra pores on its body. Its eyes may sparkle like stars, or resemble tadpoles, or six-pointed stars, and it possesses all sorts of abilities.
Those who create anime and manga are confined to the template of Homo sapiens, with only slight differences in color and size.
To survive in a higher dimension, one might need a more bizarre and standardized physical body—perhaps a cube, an inverted triangle, or even a luminous sphere.
No matter how much progress humanity makes, it cannot comprehend or reach dimensions that will be called the realm of gods.
On the high platform of the stadium, the host shouted loudly, instructing the contestants to enter the venue.
Five large gates stood here, and the participating teams from all sides took turns walking onto the stage.
The track and field team's Antelope Sword and the basketball team's Gorilla exchanged glances and nodded. Their alliance, which they had made before, was finally coming in handy.
"Don't let me find you." Momo walked over and said with a sinister grin to Qin Jing and Wang Zi.
"Sister, you've completely turned into a villain," Qin Jing complained.
"That's right, they clearly came here for dinner because they were craving something sweet," Wang Zi chimed in with a complaint.
"Shut up! Listen up, if I catch you this time, you'll all be obedient to me from now on. As your younger siblings, you're never allowed to disobey your older sister again! Do you understand?" Momo said.
"Yes, but we have absolutely no intention of losing," Qin Jing said with a smile.
"Rua!" Wang Zi grinned at Mo Mo, still looking angry.
"Hmph! You just wait!" Mo Mo stormed off. She had to use forceful means to regain her authority as the older sister.
PS: [Because I've opened a bounty for my new book, I'll be updating it daily this month. Thank you all for reading this far.]
Section 234, Chapter 50: The Secret Realm of the Dark Forest
Passing through the teleportation gate, the contestants from each team arrived at the Dark Forest Secret Realm, the setting for this grand melee. This was a vast secret realm, with mountains and lakes, its area roughly the size of a large island. Walking around its perimeter without rest would take at least two days.
The teams that come to this world not only have to fight, but also have to face life problems such as food and accommodation.
"Ah!" Qin Jing and her companions had just passed through the door when they saw a group of strong men dressed in gray and black training clothes a hundred meters away, among whom stood a majestic black-haired girl.
"..." Qin Jing and her companions turned around in tacit understanding and quietly walked quickly to the other side.
"Ah! Don't run!" At this moment, Momo also sensed Qin Jing and the others, and ran up shouting.
"Run! Whale, yo-yo obstacle! Alice, take me flying!" Qin Jing shouted.
"Ok!"
Youyou and the whale were also on high alert. They quickly created a large area of slippery ice and ran to catch up with their companions.
"Qin Jing, where do we run to?" Alice asked as she carried the boy into the sky.
Qin Jing looked down at her surroundings from the air, searching for a way to get rid of Mo Mo. But if she went up the mountain, she would be caught up soon. If she went on flat ground, she would be blasted into the air by magic cannons. On the other side was a raging torrent below the cliff. There was only one option.
"The forest! Everyone run into the forest!"
"Hey! But that's the Dark Forest!" Alice exclaimed in surprise.
"It's okay! I have a plan once we get inside! Hurry up!" Qin Jing said.
"Don't even think about running!" Momo, who was chasing behind, leaped high into the air and jumped over the entire ice surface.
The whale released a large amount of water and gently spewed its breath, forming small mountains of ice pillars that blocked Momo's path.
With a sinister grin, Momo shattered the entire iceberg with a single punch.
"Waaah! Momo is so scary, whale, run away!" Youyou was so frightened that she covered her head and ran away as fast as she could.
"Really!" Whale rushed forward and hugged Youyou. A layer of water emerged from the ground, and Youyou extended a thin ice path on it. Using this ice path, she skated forward rapidly, finally managing to put some distance between herself and Momo.
"I know!" Alice spread her wings and swooped down, like an arrow, into the black forest.
His companions followed suit and crawled inside.
This world, despite having various environments, is called the Dark Forest Secret Realm. This is because this forest is special and completely different from other forests we have entered before. Although there are many kinds of trees here, their leaves and branches are all black and they absorb sunlight.
The surrounding leaves absorb all the light during the day, so the forest is pitch black. Only at night can you see some things by the moonlight.
Because there is no light inside, it is completely dark. Even the eyes of monsters that can see at night are rendered useless. All creatures here will become creatures of the deep sea.
"Whale, please."
"Leave it to me," the blue-haired girl replied. As a princess of the sea tribe, she inherited the bloodline of the Blue Flower royal family, while her mother leaned towards the dolphin tribe. She was quite skilled at transmitting sound waves.
Having cultivated demonic power, he became more open and could almost achieve sonar sensing at a level comparable to that of the ocean. Like a bat, he could sense what was in front of him without relying on his eyes to see.
In the darkness, the whale acted as a guide for its companions, leading and settling the blind ones.
Momo fired a magic cannon at the edge of the forest, destroying a number of trees, but Whale had already led his companions to a distance of more than ten meters away.
The black trees that had been blasted off quickly grew back to their original state. This forest seemed to harbor some powerful monster, impossible to destroy; even if large swathes of trees were cut down, they would grow back overnight.
It's completely invisible inside, and no one knows what's inside or what's on the terrain. Animals that stray into this place will get lost and never come out again.
"Damn it!" Momo angrily flung his hand away, having no choice but to give up.
"Mo Mo, let's go," said the disciples of the Wolf God Academy who had followed.
"Okay, okay." Momo had no choice but to follow the team and go find other opponents.
Although the Dark Forest was eerie, Mo Mo wasn't worried at all because her resourceful younger brother, Qin Jing, was there.
"Hehehe." At this moment, Whale came to Qin Jing's side and reached out his hand.
"Slap!" Although Qin Jing couldn't see, she didn't even need to think before slapping the area below her.
"Waaah, Xiaojing was too rough," Whale said pitifully, waving her hand that was burning from being slapped.
"Where exactly were you trying to hold onto just now?!" Qin Jing shouted angrily.
"Because it's so dark, I can't see anything, isn't that exciting?" Whale said, feeling wronged, still true to her desires today.
"I've prepared lighting." Qin Jing took out an apple-sized fruit from her small bag. Each one was like an oval moon, emitting a quiet light. This forest was strange; although it blocked out sunlight, the moonlight that shone because of the sun remained unaffected.
"This is?"
"I bought the Moon Fruit because I thought it would be useful when I was shopping for food, and I didn't expect it to actually come in handy." Qin Jing distributed the fruit to her companions.
"Don't eat it!" Qin Jing said to little Seba, who was looking at her expectantly.
“…Then I’d better not take it,” Seba said, withdrawing his hand.
The seven fruits emitted a faint moonlight, barely enough to see objects less than a meter ahead in the dark forest, but it was still much better than the complete darkness before.
"So what should we do? Staying here isn't a solution," Alice asked.
The condition for winning the game is to survive to the last 8, but at the same time, you must defeat one team. So even if they can hide and stay until the end, they are not qualified.
"Don't rush, the competition ends in three days. Let's find a place here to set up a base first," Qin Jing said.
This time, the opponents are quite troublesome. Not only are there Wolf God Martial Arts Academy and Andean Eagle Sky Clan, but also Antelope Sword from the Track and Field Department and Gorilla from the Basketball Department. In short, none of the teams that made it into this competition are weak.
The White Tiger Festival is a protracted battle, and the conditions for the team to maintain its combat strength become more and more important as the game progresses.
In fact, in the battles that took place outside the forest, many teams that had been injured before were defeated one by one by other teams who found their weaknesses.
The boys and girls found a higher spot, cleared a clean area, and set up their tents there.
Qin Jing started preparing lunch, and a rich aroma wafted through the dark forest. Life was so hard; one shouldn't skimp on food.
Although Qin Jing's team wasn't the strongest in this secret realm, they were at least the most comfortable.
Chapter 235, Section 51: The Opening of the Demon God's Treasure
Time flew by, and the number of teams outside dwindled, while the Andean Vulture's Sky Clan finally located their target.
As night fell, the dark forest was illuminated by the moonlight, and blue light shone through the leaves, revealing flying black shadows in the heart of the forest.
When the moonlight shines directly on this place, a deep tunnel appears, a long, sloping path leading to an ancient stone door. In the center of the door is a keyhole, its size perfectly matching the ruby key held by the Andean eagle.
The Andean eagle dismissed its men and came here itself, its face beaming with joy. It inserted the key, trying to turn it to open the stone door, but it wouldn't budge.
He looked around and finally saw a line of ancient characters on the corner of the wall next to the stone gate, which recorded how to open the stone gate. "Is it true that the legendary demon god is half human and half demon?"
“We need spiritual energy on one side and demonic energy on the other. But for humans, there just happens to be one here.” The Andean vulture looked at the ancient demonic characters on the wall, then turned to look in the direction of Qin Jing’s camp, revealing a sinister grin.
The next morning, the boys and girls, completely unaware that they were being monitored, split up. Whale and Youyou were in one group to meet Alice, who was out gathering intelligence, while Wangzi, relying on his sense of smell, led Sebagil to collect food in the forest.
At that moment, the Sky Clan members lurking in the air swooped down and surrounded the girls.
"Watch out! They seem to be able to see things," the whale cried.
"It's useless! You can't see, so you can't do anything!" The harpy kicked Jill directly.
"Whoa!" Jill was sent flying by the gasp.
"Jill!" Wang Zi wanted to go to Jill's side, but was blocked by several bird demons. Even though her sense of smell was keen and her combat power was not greatly affected, she was still restrained.
"Are you alright?" Little Seba waved his curry stick around, but couldn't see any enemies and missed completely.
"Damn it! That hurts! If you get caught, I'll smash you to pieces!" Jill roared angrily from the darkness.
The same situation applies to the whales.
Unexpectedly, Qin Jing, who was surrounded, was at a disadvantage the moment she separated from the girls.
Because they knew from the beginning that they would come to this world, each member applied a night-dye that allowed them to see in complete darkness. It was actually a special eye drop made from the leaves of this forest.
"Hey, surround the other monsters and capture them!" the Andean Vulture said.
Qin Jing, who was left alone in the camp, was captured by the Andean vulture and several bird demons, and had no choice but to surrender.
“I have to stay here to prevent them from breaking through! Hey... Pheasant! Take the human forward and try. If it opens, baby, I'll let you choose first!” the Andean vulture shouted.
"Huh? Me? That's awesome! Thank you, boss, human! Let's go!" The pheasant demon laughed loudly when he heard that he could choose the treasure first, and pushed the boy straight ahead.
"..." Qin Jing was pushed forward. In the current situation, all her companions were tied down. Even if they couldn't be caught in a short time, they were outnumbered in the unfavorable environment of the Dark Forest. This time it seemed like things were really troublesome.
"Human, if you obediently open the door for us, we won't make things difficult for you. We might even share some treasures with you, but if you don't cooperate, things might get complicated, hehe. You should know that this is a dark forest that even the great monsters outside can't detect." The pheasant demon pushed Qin Jing into the hundred-meter-long black tunnel.
"The place where you insert the key needs to be filled with a pearl that contains both human spiritual energy and demonic energy. Just press one side and input your spiritual energy, understand?" the pheasant demon asked.
"I see, no need," Qin Jing said quietly.
"Huh?" The pheasant demon, through its eyes coated with night-dampening liquid, saw the boy instantly turn around and leap up, then a fist appeared in front of him.
After a muffled thud, Qin Jing transformed into a fox tail and unleashed a punch that knocked the pheasant demon to the ground.
Whether it was the Andean vulture or other monsters, they all looked down on the boy, thinking that even if he was promoted to the middle school district, it was only because he was born with a human form.
Qin Jing has been at Penglai Academy for over a year, having received the tail of a nine-tailed fox. Every day, he practices the Black and White Tai Chi Fist, a secret technique passed down by the divine beast panda. With this much time, his exceptional talent has been enough to give him considerable strength.
"Pheasant! What's wrong?" The Andean vulture above called out into the tunnel upon hearing the noise.
"Big brother! It's alright! We taught that human a lesson, and now he's agreed to cooperate!" Qin Jing shouted in a high-pitched voice, switching to the pheasant demon's voice. She then punched the unconscious pheasant demon twice more, making it scream in pain.
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