Prince Dante and his friends stared at the tall tree ahead of them. It was so huge that they had to look up even when they were still quite a distance away from it.
“How did Sect Master Jiu Shen put this giant tree inside this place?! Before we entered the room, I thought it was just another training area, but to think it would be this vast…” Prince Dante said without hiding his astonishment.
“Brother, Sect Master Jiu should have used a higher level of space manipulation to create this place. I mean, this vast expanse of land is many times larger than his store’s interior, so this place might have consumed a few of his resources. Even so, Sect Master Jiu’s power is still as inestimable as always…” Princess Sylvia smiled proudly as she said those words.
Prince Dante and the others nodded their heads at her words. None of them could remain calm at the sight of this shocking scene.
“I wonder what the second assessment will be like?” Beiming Chu muttered curiously.
“No one knows, but it is definitely not so simple.” Zhu Ren said in a serious tone.
The group stopped beneath the huge tree where all the other applicants waited. Every one of them was looking curiously at the tree that was even larger than many giant savage beasts. They were wondering as to what kind of tree it was that it even made the renowned Sect Master Jiu Shen placed it inside his sword tower.
“This tree…”
Clap! Clap! Clap!
A series of clapping sounds caught everyone’s attention.
They stared at the woman who came down from one of the huge tree’s branches and observed her. From the clothes she was wearing, they were certain that she was an elder of the Heavenly Sword Sect, so their gazes instantly turned into respect after realizing this. None of them even dared to ogle at her great figure in fear of incurring her rage.
“Good day, everyone. I am Lu Sulan, the overseer of the second assessment. All of you are the ones with the most supreme talents in the whole Profound Dragon Continent. However, not all of you will become disciples of our sect.” Lu Sulan observed the crowd with a neutral expression.
“Lu Sulan? Isn’t she the sect mistress of the Ice Cloud Sword Sect? How did she suddenly become an elder of the Heavenly Sword Tower?”
“Brother, you are not from the Silver Wing Empire, so you must be unaware of the relationship between Elder Lu Sulan and Sect Master Jiu Shen. The latter took the former as his disciple after acknowledging her talent in swordsmanship. This news was told to me by my family’s patriarch, so it should be reliable.”
“Silence!” Lu Sulan did not shout and merely uttered those words with a calm expression, but all the applicants felt their bodies going cold when they heard her voice.
After making everyone shut their mouths, Lu Sulan continued. “In front of you is a mysterious tree that Sect Master Jiu Shen managed to uncover from a distant place. He called it the Tree of Illusion because of the ability it possesses. At the moment, you are still unaffected by its strange power because of my interference, but after I take out the object protecting all of you from the tree’s power, you’ll understand my words.”
Everyone became slightly perturbed when they heard the origin of the tree, but no one made a fuss when they saw Lu Sulan’s serious expression.
“The second assessment will determine your battle abilities. In this test, you will awaken in a place where lesser demons are everywhere. Your goal is to collect the tokens that will be dropped after killing the lesser demons. Only those with at least ten tokens will pass this assessment. Are there any questions before we start the test?” Lu Sulan glanced at the crowd with an indifferent look.
Someone from the applicants raised his hand and asked. “Elder Lu Sulan, can we work in groups during this assessment?”
After hearing this question, Prince Dante glanced at his friends and nodded his head at them. “We don’t know what might happen in that place, so we should stick together as a group.”
Lu Sulan’s expressionless face suddenly changed. She was now wearing a mysterious smile on her face as she replied in a cold tone. “There is no rule on how you will get the tokens. Whether you stay in groups or stay alone is all at your discretion. Every one of you is free to do anything in that place as long as you don’t kill the other applicants. Remember, everything that happens in that place will be seen by me and even Sect Master Jiu Shen might be observing what will take place, so give it everything you’ve got.”
Another person raised his hands but his words immediately made the other applicants alarmed.
“Can we rob the other participants of their tokens?”
Lu Sulan was quite surprised when she saw who asked the question. It was actually a girl wearing shabby clothes. The most surprising thing about her was the apathetic gaze coming from her emerald-green eyes that shone with a bright luster.
Lu Sulan smiled at her and did not offer any answer. She merely waved her right hand and said. “Good luck, everyone. I will wait for your return…”
The bodies of all the applicants became sluggish as Lu Sulan said those words. They could see that the scenery in front of them was slowly warping, making them feel dizzy and nauseous.
Lu Sulan summoned a gentle wind and made everyone lie in a comfortable position.
Swoosh!
A tall young lady with long purple hair suddenly emerged in front of her, shocking Lu Sulan.
“Young Miss Meili, what brings you here?” Lu Sulan asked as she looked at this beautiful woman.
Long Meili glanced at the collapsed applicants on the ground before turning her gaze to Lu Sulan. “I want to see what is happening inside the World of Illusions.”
Lu Sulan smiled as she took out an object from her space ring. It was a small metallic ball made from an unknown material. She then poured her true essence to activate it.
A huge screen was then shown to both women. On this huge screen, they saw what all the applicants were doing.
Long Meili removed her gaze from the screen and scanned the applicants lying on the ground using her spiritual vision. Her gaze then stopped on a pitiful-looking young girl. “There you are…”
After that, she moved her gaze back on the screen.
