Chapter 3: Flender and Zhu Zhuqing Selected for Perfect World!
So, in that world, the power they were so proud of was inferior even to a dog!
Silence.
After the arrogant Sect Master of the Elephant Armored Sect, Huyan Zhen, was casually slapped into minced meat by a guard dog, the entire Douluo Continent seemed to have been frozen in time.
A full minute passed.
Gulp…
The sound of someone swallowing nervously broke the silence.
Then, an even more intense wave of panic erupted!
"I don't believe it! That's fake! That's an illusion!"
Inside Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang suddenly jumped up and grabbed Tang San's shoulders tightly. His fingernails dug deep into Tang San's flesh.
His eyes were bloodshot, like a fanatic whose faith had collapsed, as he roared hysterically:
"That absolutely wasn't an ordinary dog! It must have been a one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast! No! A million-year soul beast!"
"Yes! That must be it! That world is full of deception. It disguised itself as an ordinary dog!"
Tang San's face was pale, but he could only force himself to nod in agreement.
"Teacher is right… we can't be frightened by appearances."
However, at that moment,
The cold and majestic voice of the sky screen once again echoed throughout heaven and earth, mercilessly interrupting everyone's attempts to comfort themselves.
[The first batch of explorers has been completely wiped out!]
[Survival time is too short. Evaluation: Worse than ants!]
[Re-evaluating the strength of beings in the Douluo plane… Evaluation complete.]
[Evaluation: Extremely weak! Spiritual energy is scarce! Life level is inferior! Classified as a garbage plane!]
The words "garbage plane" struck like a resounding slap across the faces of every powerful figure on the Douluo Continent.
Bibi Dong's fingers gripping the scepter turned pale. Qian Daoliu's beard trembled with rage.
The world they are so proud of is actually garbage in the eyes of that higher-dimensional world?
The sky screen continued speaking:
[Due to the extremely weak individual strength of this plane's lifeforms, they are unable to survive normally in the Perfect World.]
[Rules adjusted: Selection mode canceled. Random broad-selection mode activated!]
[Number of participants increased to: 5!]
[Selection will no longer be limited to top experts. Completely random lucky draws will be conducted! Life and death are determined by fate!]
Hearing that the number of slots had increased, the people of the continent did not feel happy.
Instead, they felt even greater fear.
Because that meant even more people would be sent to their deaths!
[Selection begins!]
The sky screen began rolling through names at an astonishing speed.
[Ding! First selected individual: Heaven Dou City, noble wastrel, Prince Xue Beng!]
[Ding! Second selected individual: Balak Kingdom, Fishmonger Qiang (ordinary soul master, Rank 21 Soul Grandmaster)!]
[Ding! Third selected individual: Star Dou Forest, Man-Faced Demon Spider (two-thousand-year cultivation)!]
[Ding! Fourth selected individual: Shrek Academy, Flender (Rank 78 agility attack system Soul Saint)!]
[Ding! Fifth selected individual: Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing (Rank 27 agility attack system Soul Grandmaster)!]
The moment the list appeared, the entire continent erupted in shock!
This list was incredibly chaotic!
There was a prince, a commoner, a soul beast, a money-grubbing academy dean, and even a girl currently fleeing from an arranged marriage!
"Zhuqing?!"
At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai suddenly stood up, panic flashing in his eyes.
Although he treated Zhu Zhuqing terribly, she was still his fiancée. If she died, how would he explain it to the Star Luo royal family?
Meanwhile,
Outside Suo Tuo City, Zhu Zhuqing, who was heading toward Shrek Academy to find Dai Mubai, suddenly raised her head.
A trace of shock appeared on her cold and stunningly beautiful face.
"I… was chosen?"
She looked at the cruel scenes displayed on the sky screen.
Then she thought about Dai Mubai, the man who only knew how to run away and indulge in pleasure every day.
Suddenly, her gaze became firm.
"Fine! I'll go!"
"Rather than being manipulated by fate in this world and forced to marry that coward, I'd rather gamble everything in that world!"
"Even if I die, I will die on the path to becoming stronger!"
...
[Teleportation begins!]
Buzz!
Five beams of light descended from the sky.
The scene instantly switched to the Perfect World.
It was still that despair-inducing Great Wilderness, but this time the teleportation location seemed slightly different.
They appeared at the foot of a mountain where the spiritual energy was so dense that it almost formed mist.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The cruel elimination began the moment they landed.
Fishmonger Qiang, who was only Rank 21, did not even have time to groan. The terrifying gravity crushed him instantly, turning him into a cloud of blood mist!
The two-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider, which would normally terrify people in Douluo Continent, had just landed when a fist-sized ant passing by casually snapped off its head with its mandibles and dragged it back into its nest as stored food.
Prince Xue Beng carried several defensive soul tools on his body. He managed to hold on for a single second.
Then, the soul tools shattered.
Screaming in terror, he was crushed into the soil by the gravity. Whether he was alive or dead was unknown.
Flender was, after all, a Soul Saint.
He immediately activated his martial soul true body. The phantom of an owl appeared as he tried to flap his wings and remain in the air.
But after struggling for a moment, he fell to the ground with a loud smack, foaming at the mouth and completely unable to move.
Only Zhu Zhuqing remained!
"Hell Spirit Cat, possess!"
At the instant she landed, Zhu Zhuqing displayed astonishing combat instincts.
Although she was only Rank 27 Soul Grandmaster, her martial soul was a cat.
A cat's flexibility and agility saved her life in this moment.
Instead of trying to resist the terrifying gravity, she immediately crouched down and curled her body into a tight ball, minimizing the pressure on herself.
Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Her bones creaked violently.
Yet, through sheer stubborn will, she clenched her teeth and forced herself to remain conscious.
"I can't die… I absolutely can't die…"
Zhu Zhuqing stared at the ground, her fingernails digging deep into the soil.
At that moment, a melodious celestial melody suddenly echoed across the sky.
The viewers on Douluo Continent, who had been nervously watching Zhu Zhuqing's struggle, suddenly widened their eyes.
In Sky Screen, a massive bronze warship slowly descended from the clouds.
The warship was unimaginably enormous, blotting out the sky and the sun.
The hull was covered in mysterious runes, and the light emitted from each rune was even brighter than the sun of Douluo Continent!
On the deck of the warship stood a group of cultivators dressed in white robes.
Every one of them possessed an aura as deep and unfathomable as the ocean.
Even a young boy responsible for sweeping the deck had a sharp gaze that made Titled Douluo on Douluo Continent feel their hearts tremble!
"Are those immortals?!"
In an instant, the entire Douluo Continent exploded with excitement.
Compared to the beasts and insects from earlier, this was the first time an organized human faction had appeared!
On the warship, a girl who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a green servant's uniform, leaned against the railing while lazily observing the Great Wilderness below.
Suddenly, she let out a soft exclamation.
"Senior Sister, look! There are a few little bugs down there!"
"That girl in black lying on the ground seems a bit interesting."
The girl pointed at Zhu Zhuqing below, curiosity flashing in her eyes.
End of Chapter