Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several more days had passed.
During these days, aside from attending classes, Chu Feng spent the rest of his time going back and forth between the older sisters and aunties, terrified that he might fail to treat everyone equally.
Fortunately, although the women couldn’t stand the sight of one another whenever they met, at least they never came to blows.
Otherwise, he really could only stand there and watch, at most shouting from the sidelines, “Stop fighting, you guys!”
Before anyone knew it, the second round of the elimination tournament was about to begin.
This round was a team competition. Each team had to consist of at least two people and no more than five. Starting from the entrance of Yin Demon Canyon, they had to cross the canyon, reach the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and ascend to its ninth floor to claim victory.
The Demon-Suppressing Tower, as its name suggested, was an artifact used to suppress demons. Countless demons were imprisoned within it, and their demonic aura constantly leaked out. Due to the formations in place, however, the demonic aura could not escape and could only linger within the canyon, eventually condensing into demonic phantoms.
The Hundred Races Academy took advantage of this to organize the competition. On the one hand, it allowed the students to hone their strength; on the other, it helped clear out the demonic phantoms.
The Demon-Suppressing Tower had ninety-nine floors in total. The first ten floors imprisoned the relatively weak offspring of demons, generally below the sixth rank, making them suitable sparring partners for the students. As for the powerful demons, they were imprisoned on the higher floors.
Although the Demon-Suppressing Tower had ninety-nine floors, fewer than forty of them were actually in use.
At the entrance of Yin Demon Canyon, the students had gathered together, each having already formed their teams. They were only waiting for the elder to give the order and activate the formation within the canyon, at which point they would immediately charge inside.
Five elders stood guard at the entrance to the canyon, their eyes closed as they waited in silence.
In an inconspicuous little corner, Chu Feng was squatting there with a troubled expression because he hadn’t managed to find any teammates.
Logically speaking, given the strength Chu Feng had displayed in the first round, there should have been plenty of people willing to invite him onto their teams.
Yet today, he had been rejected time and again. Every time he took the initiative to ask someone to team up, they would turn him down with a horrified look on their face before practically scrambling away, as though they had encountered some terrifying existence.
“Little rascal, why are you squatting here all by yourself?”
“Haah, because no one wants to team up with me.”
Chu Feng let out a gloomy sigh, then suddenly froze. Wait! That voice was!?
He immediately looked up and saw a voluptuous, alluring beauty looking down at him, every movement she made naturally brimming with seductive charm.
“Sister Tiantian!?” Chu Feng exclaimed in surprise. “What are you doing here?”
Su Tiantian held out her hand to Chu Feng and said with a smile, “Since no one wants to team up with you, little rascal, how about this Empress joins you?”
“Uh… Sister Tiantian, wouldn’t that be against the rules?”………
If Chu Feng remembered correctly, Sister Tiantian was at the ninth rank, while this was a rookie division where there wasn’t even a single fifth-rank cultivator.…
“Don’t worry, little rascal. With this Empress’s strength, those elders from the Hundred Races Academy won’t be able to detect me. Besides, this Empress isn’t interested in the competition anyway.”
Su Tiantian continued:
“If you keep hesitating, little rascal, you’ll end up all alone. Don’t forget, this is a team competition.”
In truth, Su Tiantian had been secretly watching from the shadows all along. Whether it was people coming over to ask Chu Feng to join their teams or Chu Feng approaching others to form a team, the terrified looks on their faces had all been because she had scared them off.
In the end, Chu Feng had no other choice but to nod and agree:
“Looks like that’s the only option, then. Sister Tiantian, thank you so much.”
See? Not only was the little rascal not angry with her, he was even thanking her~
Su Tiantian felt a surge of delight in her heart.
But the next moment, Chu Feng’s eyes suddenly widened.
Su Tiantian’s red lips curled into a smile. She suddenly bent down, wrapped an arm beneath Chu Feng’s knees, and swept him into her arms in a princess carry.
“!!!”
Chu Feng was completely dumbfounded and immediately blurted out, “Sister Tiantian! What are you doing!?”
At that moment, everyone nearby turned to look at Chu Feng.
Previously, Su Tiantian had concealed herself within the void, so no one had been able to see her. It wasn’t until she voluntarily revealed herself in front of Chu Feng just now that she attracted the attention of those around them.
After all, a beauty whose charm was practically off the charts was the very definition of a peerless enchantress. A femme fatale capable of bringing disaster wherever she went.
“Huh? Who’s that boy?”
“No idea, but I’m so jealous!”
“Hey! Bite a sleeve if you want, but can you bite your own? Stop biting mine! It’s covered in your drool.”
“Who is that woman? How come I’ve never heard of her before? Since when did the academy have someone like her?”
“Hiss! Wait! Wasn’t he also the one that aloof fairy came looking for back then!?”
Chu Feng turned his head and found everyone around him staring at him with strange looks.
He felt as though his masculinity had shrunk yet again.
“Sister Tiantian, could you put me down first? I can walk in by myself.”
It wasn’t like he was a three-year-old child who needed someone to carry him around.
Su Tiantian leaned her red lips close to Chu Feng’s ear and teased, “Maybe next time.”
With that, she transformed into a streak of light and shot straight toward the entrance of the canyon. At that very moment, the formation sealing the canyon was also opened.
“Charge!”
The crowd instantly erupted, streaming into the canyon one after another.
Only after entering the canyon did Chu Feng realize just how enormous it was!
Looking into the distance, if not for the faint outlines of steep cliffs barely visible on either side, he might have mistaken this place for an open plain.
However, the canyon was completely barren, devoid of any vegetation. Only jagged rocks covered the landscape, making it seem like a forbidden land where no life could survive.
A faint mist hung in the air. It wasn’t particularly thick, so visibility was still fairly good.
Behind him, numerous cultivators flew through the air on their swords, traveling in groups of three or five. Chu Feng couldn’t help but look on with envy. He hadn’t managed to find even a single teammate, and only Sister Tiantian had been willing to accompany him.
Thinking about it carefully, ever since he transmigrated here, he hadn’t made a single friend he could truly open his heart to.
Though there were few who wanted to tear out each other’s hearts and lungs.
Haah, seriously….I have very few friends.
They found an open area and slowly descended.
Su Tiantian gently set Chu Feng down from her arms.
“Sister Tiantian, didn’t we… fly a little too far ahead?”
Chu Feng recalled how the cultivators behind them had gradually been unable to keep flying and had chosen to land and continue on foot.
For him to have gotten this far ahead in one go was entirely thanks to Sister Tiantian. It almost felt like he was bullying the others.
“Those people back there are nothing worth mentioning. They can’t even make it through the mist. All that proves is that they’re still too weak.”
Su Tiantian couldn’t have cared less. If she hadn’t been worried about alerting the Hundred Races Academy, she would have carried the little rascal straight to the Demon-Suppressing Tower in one go.
After walking for a while, Chu Feng could finally reach a conclusion: aside from the cultivators who had just entered, there wasn’t the slightest sign of life anywhere in this place.
Even the streams contained no fish.
Moreover, after walking here for a while, he began to notice something unusual within his body. No wonder the academy had stipulated that any team unable to reach the Demon-Suppressing Tower within three days would automatically be disqualified.
Those cultivators who had been forced to land after flying for a while were probably affected by the same thing.
“Sister Tiantian, didn’t they say the gorge was filled with demonic aura? Why is there nothing but mist here?”
They had been walking for so long, yet Chu Feng hadn’t seen any demonic aura at all.
“On ordinary days, this place naturally is filled with demonic aura. But right now, that demonic aura has condensed. What you can see instead, little rascal… is something like that.”
Su Tiantian pointed ahead with her slender hand. A humanoid figure, its entire body a deep violet, was staggering toward Chu Feng.
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