The ground began to tremble violently, and under their horrified gazes, it cracked open and started splitting in two.
"Damn the heavens, what the hell?!" Jiang Yao cried as she fell onto her buttocks, watching in terror as the earth kept tearing apart. A deep circle—stretching hundreds of kilometers—formed, leaving the ground they stood on shaped like a massive ring around a deep circular hole.
Then, under their astonished and terrified eyes, an enormous mass of land rose from the dark void below. The abyss vanished completely, replaced by solid ground that expanded the landmass by several hundred kilometers.
Shing!
"Hm?" The masked man frowned when he saw that everyone—including himself—was suddenly covered in a white hue. In the blink of an eye, they were standing at the center of the newly formed land.
"Look!" Min Li shouted. Everyone's eyes widened as colossal, smooth black walls erupted from beneath the ground, towering upward to form a massive circular barrier that completely encircled—and trapped—them inside.
"I don't like where this is going," Mui Ling muttered grimly, her body filled with a wave of unease. That unease only grew when a massive projection materialized above them, pulling all eyes upward.
Beginning Second Round
The new line of text appeared in bold letters across the projection. At the same time, enormous black doors materialized one after another within the surrounding walls.
"Uh-oh… this is not good," Qing Na whispered, sweat dripping down her forehead as she felt a suffocating aura leak from behind those doors. The sensation carried with it the weight of mortal danger.
Clank!
The large black doors surrounding them began to creak open slowly, and everyone felt a wave of unease in their chests as their hearts pounded as they felt they were about to face some kind of ancient enemy.
'This dark aura… where have I felt this before?' Wang Ming thought with a frown. A suffocatingly dark aura radiated from behind the doors—not a killing intent, but something different, something eerily familiar. He was certain he had encountered it before, yet he couldn't recall when.
Kill all the monsters and survive.
Gulp.
"Heavens… what kind of creatures are these?" Min Li whispered, her voice trembling. A primal fear rooted itself deep in her heart at the sight of such unfamiliar monstrosities
'Damn, now I know where this familiar feeling came from,' Wang Ming thought as his eyes narrowed on the black wisps coming from the humongous figures.
Wang Ming immediately activated his Soul Eyes to check the details of these creatures and also the giants.
[Ancient Giants (Reanimated)]
[Cultivation: Core Formation Realm]
[Description: A very powerful race which rivals the strongest mythical creatures like Dragons and Phoenix, and a branch of Giants that went extinct. These are the corpses of Giants that have been reanimated by a mysterious person for the trial.]
[Ancient Giants (Reanimated and Corrupted)]
[Cultivation: Core Formation Realm (Golden Core Realm)]
[Description: The corpses of these Giants have been tainted by mysterious energy which increased their combat power.]
[Note: They have been recently corrupted by a group of humans.]
[Titans (Reanimated and Corrupted)]
[Cultivation: Golden Core Realm (Pure Core Realm)]
[Description: One of the most powerful races created by the ???? who made them the source of corruption millions of years ago. As they are dead corpses, they can no longer corrupt living beings.]
'As expected.' Wang Ming's face turned grim when he read the description. He remembered that he had killed many of them when he visited the Mu Family to complete a mission for them. His face darkened as he recalled their insane regeneration.
'Could it be the Black Church?' Wang Ming's eyes narrowed when he read that a few of the giant corpses had been corrupted recently by humans—and the only ones other than him capable of that were the Black Church.
Then when his eyes fell on the last description, his eyes widened in shock when he saw they were Titans—and even more surprising, that they actually existed in the Cultivation World. Then his eyes landed on the "???" and his heart jolted violently. Suddenly, without any explanation, a rising fury erupted from deep within his soul, and a deep-seated hatred surged up from within.
Roar!
The Titans also locked their eyes on him, and for some reason, they seemed to smile eerily, revealing their sharp teeth.