Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

The leaders of the other two major sects, the leader of the Giant Elephant Sect and the leader of the Eastern Saint Sect, also nodded with serious expressions.

Back then, in order to suppress that guy, it took an ancestor in the Nascent Soul stage to personally take action.

Now that he has been released again, who in this world can subdue him?

"Never mind that, let's teleport all the disciples out first to avoid greater losses!"

The senior officials immediately announced the conclusion of the trial.

Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed.

All the disciples were also teleported out of the trial grounds.

However, among the disciples teleported out of this trial ground, neither Li Ping'an nor Lu Shuang were present.

The two were walking through the woods, unaware of what had happened.

It turns out that their location was too far from the center.

They were completely unaware when the central trial was announced to be over.

They couldn't detect their presence when they were teleported out.

So the two of them were never actually teleported out.

However, the disciples who participated in this trial were not surprised.

Because they had personally witnessed Li Ping'an and Lu Shuang being swallowed whole by the dragon.

In their eyes, the two men were already dead.

It would be strange if the teleportation actually happened.

Apart from Li Ping'an and Lu Shuang, every sect suffered heavy losses this time.

Most importantly, the black dragon that suddenly sprang out from the central pool caught everyone off guard.

Most of the disciples perished in the jaws of that black dragon.

The disciples waiting outside also sighed and lamented from time to time.

Especially the disciples of the abandoned hall of the Tongtian Sword Sect.

They had been anxiously waiting here for a day and a night.

We're just waiting for Grandpa Li to return in triumph.

However, after looking left and right, Li Ping'an was nowhere to be seen.

"broken!"

A disciple from the abandoned hall said with a gloomy expression.

"Why hasn't Grandpa Li come out yet? Could it be...?"

Another disciple from the abandoned hall clutched his head and said in anguish.

"All the disciples were summoned at the same time. If Master Li hasn't come out yet, then it means..."

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

My mood was extremely gloomy.

"Uncle Li, you actually perished in the trial grounds?"

Long Yun stood up and said with a firm expression.

"No way! Grandpa Li wouldn't just perish so easily! I believe he'll definitely get out!"

"What makes you think he can get out of here? He's already dead inside."

A mocking voice came from the side.

Turning his head, he saw Zeng Fei, the steward of the menial disciples.

Seeing that Li Ping'an had indeed not come out, it was clear that he had perished in the trial grounds.

Zeng Fei was immediately in a great mood.

He swaggered over, looking smugly at the group of disgraced disciples.

"Thank goodness Li Ping'an died in the trial grounds, otherwise I would have made him suffer every imaginable torment before he died!"

"Who are you? What gives you the right to cause trouble in our abandoned hall?"

Long Yun was also furious, glaring at Zeng Fei.

Zeng Fei snorted coldly. How dare this servant of the abandoned hall act so arrogantly in front of him?

He unleashed his sixth level of Qi Refining cultivation without reservation.

None of the disciples in the abandoned hall were Qi Refining stage cultivators.

Where can we hold out?

Everyone turned pale, too shocked by the oppressive aura emanating from Zeng Fei to speak.

"Hmph!"

Zeng Fei coldly looked at the group of people in the abandoned hall and said.

"You lot, just you wait! After this trial competition ends, I'll send an even ruthless and stricter person to manage your abandoned hall!"

"Unless you all immediately get off the mountain, there's a sliver of hope for you! Otherwise, if you stay in this ruined hall, you're all doomed!"

After saying this, Zeng Fei left, beaming with pride and laughing loudly.

Li Ping'an's death made him feel very happy and relieved.

The members of the abandoned hall watched his departing figure, all of them seething with hatred.

But there was nothing they could do.

Even more serious is the fact that Li Ping'an is dead.

Soon, a manager even more terrifying than Xu Yan will arrive.

How can this be good?

The group of disciples from the abandoned hall were all disheartened.

I'm just waiting for this trial to end so I can immediately apply to leave the sect and go down the mountain.

Li Ping'an was unable to return.

Besides Zeng Fei, who was overjoyed, another person also clapped and cheered excitedly.

That's right, that person is Zhang Lu, Senior Brother Zhang, the chief senior brother of the inner sect who is vindictive.

When they saw that Li Ping'an had failed to emerge from the trial grounds.

A huge weight has finally been lifted off my shoulders.

Over the past month, they have attempted to kill Li Ping'an several times without success.

Li Ping'an had become a thorn in his side.

Although Li Ping'an was like an ant in his eyes.

But no matter what, you can't kill an ant.

This was something that the proud and arrogant Senior Brother Zhang could not accept no matter what.

It even developed into a kind of mental illness.

He just wanted to see Li Ping'an die.

He could not tolerate such a lowly servant who coveted the saintess he held in high esteem all day long.

Now that Li Ping'an is finally dead, the thorn in Zhang Lu's heart has been removed.

"Senior sister, it seems Li Ping'an hasn't come out of the trial grounds. He wouldn't..."

Qingyue tugged at Hongling's sleeve, her face full of worry.

"He won't..."

She dared not say any more.

Hongling remained calm.

She could sense that the map she had given Li Ping'an was still intact.

This means that Li Ping'an should be fine.

But why hasn't he come out yet?

Why was he able to evade the aura of the portal in this trial ground?

This is strange.

Regardless of how these people feel.

Now, after the trial grounds ended...

The leaders of all the major sects immediately gathered on the high platform.

The most crucial moment of the trial has arrived.

That is to announce the rankings for this trial.

The disciples placed the spoils they had collected from the trial grounds on the wooden table in front of them.

Then the judges of the Trial Grounds will count and calculate the scores one by one.

And that's not all.

The disciples also had to bring out all the spoils of war they had on them.

Because the referee will conduct a body search.

Because all resources and property in the trial grounds belong to the sect.

Disciples are not allowed to keep these items to themselves; they can only be used to exchange for points.

If anyone dares to hoard points, not only will all their points be reset to zero, but they will also be severely punished.

Fortunately, the rewards that can be redeemed with points are not low, so few disciples would secretly hoard treasures.

Because if the hidden herbs are discovered, it's always a losing proposition no matter how you look at it.

The referee counted the items along the way.

When he cleared the table in front of Chen Fan, the leading disciple of the Crimson Fire Sect, he couldn't help but raise his eyes.

On Chen Fan's table were piles of herbs and various elixirs from demonic beasts.

This guy reaped extremely rich rewards in the Trial Grounds!

"Chen Fan! 673 points!"

It took the referee a long time to clean up all the herbs and spiritual items on Chen Fan's table.

The announcement was made in a loud voice.

These words caused an uproar in the room.

673 points!

That's quite a score.

Everyone knows that something went wrong at the trial grounds.

A dragon suddenly appeared in the central pool, causing many people to perish.

This also disrupted the rhythm of many people collecting spiritual herbs and monster cores.

Although 673 points is not as high as the disciples' scores in previous years.

They were also unable to bring the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus out of the trial grounds.

However, given the current situation, 673 points is definitely a very high score.