Suddenly, the familiar surroundings changed once again. Leng Yihan knew without a doubt that the final trial had begun.

"Hello, Leng Yihan, we meet again." The blue-haired man wearing a platinum blonde tracksuit appeared in front of Leng Yihan and said.

"You're the one who played the Demon King?" Leng Yihan sized up the guy. Since he was here, he must have some connection to the assessment. She couldn't afford to offend him again.

"That's right, how was the second level?" Looking at the man's gloating smile, Leng Yihan raised an eyebrow, almost wanting to chop him up immediately.

But thankfully, he managed to restrain himself and didn't kill the guy.

"What exactly are you?" Leng Yihan asked in a cold voice.

"Your examiner, let's see if you're qualified," the man said. "By the way, my surname is Liu, you can just call me Examiner Liu."

"Alright, Sixth Exam Supervisor." Leng Yihan's lips twitched. Do all these old fogies like to cause trouble?!

"Alright, let's not waste any more time. Congratulations on passing the first two tests. It already means you are destined to obtain the Heavenly Dao Imprint," said the sixth examiner. "Now, it's all about your endurance. If you give up on the next test, all your previous efforts will turn to ashes and drift away with the wind. But if you choose to move forward, an abyss awaits you ahead."

"Enough with the nonsense, what is the assessment?" Leng Yihan asked immediately.

“It’s simple, just defeat three people.” The sixth examiner smiled. “Three youngsters I have high hopes for: Leng Binglan, Lu Youmei, and… Si Chuming.”

"Si Chuming?" Upon hearing this name, Leng Yihan frowned, feeling a sense of familiarity mixed with unfamiliarity.

But did he know that Leng Binglan and Lu Youmei were the very people the Demon King had always wanted to resurrect, and who later made some kind of deal with the previous Leng Yihan, exchanging bodies...?

This fourth day of the lunar calendar...

"To be honest, Leng Binglan is my... successor." The sixth examiner hesitated for a moment when saying "successor," "but because of certain things, she has been unwilling to accept my inheritance, which is very distressing for me. So I hope you can persuade her and say, 'Your master, Lao Liu, wants you to go back and accept the inheritance~' that will do."

"Dream on." Leng Yihan said without hesitation, "If Binglan doesn't want to, then she doesn't want to. Don't even think about asking me to help you."

"Sigh... Alright then, but I still want to explain it to you in detail, after all, all three of them are absolute geniuses, and they all have the potential to become gods." The sixth examiner shrugged.

"Lu Youmei, you should know a little about her, right? Her talent is absolutely unparalleled in this world, but unfortunately... she was too deeply in love and paid a heavy price for it, including her own life. Perhaps she chose the Wisdom Dragon Imprint using Bai Xiuyue's body in the hope that she would be more rational. But I must tell you first, you are not dealing with Bai Xiuyue with the Wisdom Dragon Imprint, but Lu Youmei with the Asura Ghost Imprint." The Sixth Examiner said.

“Asura Ghost…” Leng Yihan lowered his head and pondered. He didn’t really understand what an inscription was, but he could tell from the Sixth Examiner’s words, tone and expression that the inscription was definitely something very important.

"Then there's Leng Binglan. She has the six-pointed star inscription, which you also have, though not in its entirety. You know quite a bit about her; she hasn't changed much, either now or in the past," the sixth examiner said, glancing at Leng Yihan's left hand as if intentionally or unintentionally.

"..." Okay, so the six-pointed star mark on my left hand is this kind of inscription.

Leng Yihan thought to herself.

"Finally... there's Si Chuming." When the sixth examiner mentioned this name, there was a noticeable pause, indicating that he didn't really want to mention this person.

“Si Chuming…like Lu Youmei, he sacrificed a lot for love,” the Sixth Examiner said. “For example…in order to resurrect his lover, he slaughtered an entire high-level world, two mid-level worlds, and dozens of low-level worlds.”

“Wait… Si Chuming… could it be…” Upon hearing these things, Leng Yihan couldn’t help but think of someone.

"Yes." The sixth examiner nodded.

"He is... the Demon King..."

263 Bitter Struggle (29)

"The Demon King's... real name is Si Chuming?" Leng Yihan muttered, and suddenly, he remembered someone he had met a long time ago.

I don't know how long ago it was, it seems like not long after the team survival mode was first launched, Leng Yihan went to a world.

There was also a person named Si Chuming. Now that I think about it... I have to say, although the two look quite different, their faces gradually overlapped in Leng Yihan's mind.

“His imprint is not just one,” the Sixth Examiner said. “He slaughtered dozens of worlds, and the gains from slaughtering these worlds were not only countless resources, but also powerful world imprints, which are imprints of the will of those worlds.”

"And the Four Beginnings contain the imprint of a high-level world will, the fate of two mid-level world wills, and the imprints of dozens of low-level worlds," the Sixth Examiner said. "The Demon King actually discovered your world long ago; it has always been the best place for the Demon King to restore himself, for a very simple reason."

“Because the people in this world are no match for the Demon King in terms of combat power... and the resources are abundant…” Leng Yihan said.

“That’s right. It was because a serious accident happened when he was conquering a high-level world last time that several people appeared who were only slightly weaker than him. The Demon King also paid the price of serious injury in order to kill all the people who posed a threat to him. Of course, the will of the world also died along with him,” said the Sixth Examiner.

"Is this why he has been so weak for the past hundred years..." Leng Yihan said in a deep voice.

"I suppose it's one of them," the sixth examiner nodded.

"Why didn't you stop him?!" Leng Yihan raised her head and questioned the sixth examiner.

“There’s no need,” the Sixth Examiner said. “If he really had the idea of ​​destroying the entire multiverse, other gods would have killed him first without my intervention. But it is precisely because we know his purpose that none of us have taken action.”

"Has anyone dealt with him?" Leng Yihan keenly sensed something was amiss.

"Rather than saying that one of us negotiated with him, it's more accurate to say that he actively summoned one of us and signed a contract," said the Sixth Examiner. "This guy really sacrificed a lot for love, even with a body full of murderous sins, to achieve his goal."

"..." Leng Yihan opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. "But... this is still wrong, isn't it? To sacrifice the lives of several worlds for the life of one person?" This was the only sentence that came to Leng Yihan's mind in the end.

“Right, I also think that’s not right.” The sixth examiner nodded. “But the other old guys don’t think so, so at that time, we could only rely on you.”

"Rely on me...?"

"Well, or rather, it's you and your companions behind you," the sixth examiner said. "Truly strong people always have their own support."

“Those who have no backing and offend people everywhere are long dead,” Leng Yihan continued, echoing what the sixth examiner had said.

"Alright, we've gone too far. Besides the dozens of world imprints that can be stacked, Si Chuming's imprint is a very special one: the Living Being Imprint," the Sixth Examiner said. "All his actions are for one purpose: to resurrect a person. It is precisely because others saw this from his behavior that they did not take action against him. After all, it would have to come at a great cost for us to take action against him."

"Hmm... do inscriptions have many other uses?" Leng Yihan pressed for an answer.

"Well, you'll have to figure that out yourself, but you're right," said the sixth examiner.

"Let's begin. First up, Lu Youmei—"

-

"...Why did you suddenly come?" Leng Binglan opened her closed eyes and looked at the white-haired old man sitting in the corner of the cultivation room.

"I've been entrusted to pass on a message," the old man said. "Your master, Lao Liu, wants you to go back and receive his teachings."

"That's what he said." The old man's voice suddenly turned into a familiar, cold blue voice, before returning to its original tone.

"...Didn't I say that after the Demon King dies, I will go and receive the inheritance?" Leng Binglan lowered her head and pondered for a few seconds before saying.

“But if you accept the inheritance now, after you inherit it, even if that little guy is strong, you, who have inherited the god’s legacy, will be able to fight him to a standstill.” The old man advised, “Think about it, if you hadn’t refused the inheritance back then, what could the Demon King have done to you? He might have even been killed here by you.”

“But my brother can’t live without me now,” Leng Binglan said, looking at Leng Yihan with deep affection.

"...After that little girl Lin Yin comes back, are you willing to leave?" the old man asked.

"...Perhaps. I'm already quite content. When the wild woman returns... she can go with you to receive the inheritance, but I hope that we can bring her back ourselves." Leng Binglan's words clearly indicated that she didn't want the old man to interfere in her affairs.

"Sigh... Liu Yi really loves you too much. If he had chosen to force you to stay instead of letting you come into this world, you would probably be close to the eighteenth level by now," the old man sighed.

"Please say a word to him for me," Leng Binglan said with a slight smile. "If I didn't have much confidence in completing the eighteenth level before, I do now."

"...Is that so?" The old man glanced at Leng Yihan. "Then should I keep you here a little longer?"

“No need… I can leave once the wild woman returns,” Leng Binglan said. “You’re right. If I had chosen to accept the inheritance back then, Sister Xiuyue wouldn’t have died, and none of us would have died…”

"...It's good that you think that way...I'll come to pick you up when that little girl comes back," the old man said.

"Walk slowly without sending."

"Goodbye."

The old man suddenly disappeared into the corner of the cultivation room, as if he had never been there at all.

"..." Leng Binglan looked at Leng Yihan in silence. After a few seconds, she leaned on Leng Yihan's shoulder.

The final moments... huh...

-

"Pfft..." As the short knife pierced Leng Yihan's stomach once again, leaving a huge wound, another short knife slit Leng Yihan's throat.

Leng Yihan appeared off the field, collapsing to the ground, exhausted.

"Thirty-seven points, failing grade." The sixth examiner said sternly, "With this level of skill, let alone Si Chuming, it's questionable whether you can even pass Lu Youmei."

"Huff... hiss... huff... again!" Leng Yihan took a deep breath, flipped over and stood up. "I refuse to believe that I really have no way to deal with this guy!"

"..." The sixth examiner didn't say much, but just waved his hand, and Leng Yihan immediately reappeared in the room.

The person standing opposite him was his opponent, Lu Youmei.

Her long pink hair wasn't tied up, but rather casually draped over her back. She was wearing only an ordinary cloth robe, and her blood-red, lifeless pupils stared at Leng Yihan. She also had two short knives at her waist.

After watching for a while, Leng Yihan put the weapons aside and then carefully observed her movements.

In an instant, Lu Youmei moved, and very quickly. In just a second, Leng Yihan saw her appear in front of her.

"Attack the face first...then attack the lower body..." Leng Yihan thought, and a weapon appeared out of thin air in her hand, blocking Lu Youmei's short knife at the last moment.

"I can't use the katana for now... Without sword intent, I can't stop her at all with the katana, I have to use the sword..."

Lu Youmei disappeared again in an instant. Leng Yihan turned around and slashed again, blocking Lu Youmei's short knife that was aimed at her heel.

Once again, Lu Youmei disappeared from Leng Yihan's sight, and before Leng Yihan could even turn around, a short knife had already pierced through his chest.

"Pfft... The speed... is too fast..."

264 Will not give up (30)

This time, it ended in failure once again.

"She's really weak," the sixth examiner commented on Leng Yihan. "She hasn't used her inscription even once yet."

“…I have a question.” Leng Yihan looked at the six examiners. “What is it?”

"I was just suddenly curious... Did Lu Youmei kill a true god?" Leng Yihan asked.

"...He has killed." The sixth examiner nodded. "Not only her, Si Chuming has also killed."

"Even so, you still won't lay a hand on them?" Leng Yihan pressed.

"Those two guys didn't get along with us to begin with, so it's natural that no one would care if they died," the sixth examiner said. "But besides those three, there's one person I really admire... well..."

“Continue,” Leng Yihan interrupted the sixth examiner. “I have no interest in hearing you continue.”

"Alright, alright, I know you're anxious, go ahead." The sixth examiner waved his hand, and Leng Yihan reappeared not far in front of Lu Youmei.

This time, Leng Yihan did not wait passively, but rushed directly towards Lu Youmei.

Lu Youmei didn't move, just watched Leng Yihan get closer and closer to her, and slowly raised the short knife in her hand.

"This is going to be a takedown... They only know these three opening lines... Maybe this is the advantage of not facing a real opponent?" Leng Yihan thought.

The short knife in his hand stabbed towards Leng Yihan with great speed, but Leng Yihan was able to react in time.

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