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The following morning, golden rays of sunlight shone on the freshman square of Zhenyue Martial Arts University.

Several thousand new students had already gathered here early on.

Everyone's face was filled with excitement, nervousness, and trepidation.

Shi Meng strode up to the platform and announced in a booming voice, "The system's random matchmaking is over! Now, everyone, find your teammates according to your team information! Assemble within five minutes!"

Jiang Feng glanced down at the tactical terminal on his wrist, where two names appeared on the screen.

When he saw the two names, a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

"Wow!!!"

"Brother Jiang Feng! We're on the same team!"

With an excited cheer, Tangtang squeezed through the crowd like a frolicking rabbit, jumping up and down excitedly.

"That's great! That's great!"

"I actually managed to latch onto Jiang Shen's coattails; this trial is a sure thing... Wait, what?"

Her gaze inadvertently fell upon another name, and she was first stunned, then her eyes widened like saucers, and her face flushed with excitement.

"Ji...Ji Fan?!"

"My God! Two S-rank players! We actually have two S-rank masters in our team!"

Just as Tang Tang was rambling incoherently, a tall and slender figure calmly walked out from the crowd.

Ji Fan was still wearing his casual clothes, with black-rimmed glasses perched on his nose.

He walked up to Jiang Feng, and when he saw that the captain's badge on the screen was Jiang Feng's, he was slightly taken aback. Then, a gentle smile appeared on his lips, and he extended his hand: "Captain Jiang, please guide me in the upcoming trials."

Jiang Feng reached out and shook his hand, nodding with a smile: "Let's look after each other."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the square.

Su Muxue looked at her team information, gently bit her lower lip, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

She sighed and turned to look at the two teammates who were walking towards her.

Liu Zixuan's face was flushed with excitement, even his pale complexion regained some color. He patted his chest and assured everyone, "Mu Xue, it's truly fate!"

"Don't worry, with Fan Tong and me here this time, we'll definitely guarantee you a good ranking!"

The chubby boy following behind him scratched his head, chuckled twice, and said nothing.

Su Muxue politely and distantly took half a step back, but her gaze couldn't help but pass through the crowd and look at her best friend's team in the distance, feeling a little envious.

On the other side, the other S-class prodigies' teams also quickly assembled.

Chen Jiahao was lucky and was matched with two A-level martial artists. The three of them were gathered together, with Chen Jiahao giving orders.

Yan Wudao, on the other hand, was matched with two ordinary freshmen who didn't even have a rating.

The two freshmen were so frightened by the murderous aura he unintentionally exuded that they trembled and dared not utter a word.

Seeing that everyone had assembled, Shi Meng cleared his throat, his powerful aura enveloping his voice, which resounded throughout the entire area:

"Listen up, everyone! We're about to distribute 'life-saving cards'!"

Staff members quickly moved through the queue, handing out a jade token to each person.

"This token is your lifeline in the secret realm!"

"If you encounter an invincible enemy or suffer severe injuries, immediately crush it, and the system will automatically teleport you out of the secret realm!"

"Furthermore, if you suffer a fatal attack, the array within the token will be passively triggered to defend and force you to teleport!"

Shi Meng's eyes instantly sharpened: "But! Remember this, all of you, defensive formations have their limits!"

"If the enemy attacking you is far stronger than you and can instantly kill you without even triggering the formation, then you'll truly be going to meet the King of Hell!"

"There have been unlucky people like this in previous years!"

"In this trial, you are allowed to compete for merit points with each other, but you are not allowed to use lethal moves to indiscriminately kill your classmates!"

"Those who disobey will have their cultivation abolished and be expelled from Martial Arts University! Do you understand?!"

"clear!"

The freshmen roared in unison.

"Excellent! All troops, advance! Destination—Beginner-level Secret Realm!"

……

More than ten minutes later, the large group of new students was taken to a teleportation plaza.

Ahead was a spatial rift shimmering with a ghostly blue light.

In front of the crack, besides the staff maintaining order, there were more than a hundred senior students dressed in combat uniforms.

Although the group of senior students was small in number, the intense aura emanating from them made all the freshmen present gasp for breath.

"Hey, this year's new recruits look pretty chubby!"

A bald man grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth.

Lei Hu, a Rank 6, 3-star expert.

"I spent five thousand merit points to qualify for this freshman trial!"

"If we can't squeeze tens of thousands of merit points out of these newbies this time, I'll change my name!"

"Hahaha! Tiger's right! These kids are our walking ATMs!"

Several older students nearby also burst into unrestrained laughter.

Hearing these remarks that treated them like lambs to the slaughter, many of the freshmen were furious, but dared not speak out.

Just then, a small commotion suddenly broke out among the senior students.

The crowd spontaneously parted to make way for each other.

Three figures dressed in black combat suits slowly walked to the front of the group.

The appearance of these three not only made the freshmen feel oppressed, but even the senior students, such as Lei Hu, who had been extremely arrogant just now, subconsciously suppressed their smiles and revealed deep fear in their eyes.

A team of three, consisting of two men and one woman.

Walking on the left was a girl with short, ear-length hair and a rather pure and sweet appearance.

Wen Qian, ranked fiftieth on the Earthly Ranking.

Walking on the right is a moving mountain of flesh.

A burly man who is nearly 2.2 meters tall and weighs over 300 kilograms!

Tongshan ranks forty-eighth on the local list.

The person walking in the very middle, who was also the captain of this squad, was an ordinary-looking young man.

Lu Ming is ranked forty-fifth on the Earth Ranking.

He had no exaggerated muscles or fierce aura, but the silver spear behind him exuded an aura of destruction.