From all corners of the Secret Territory, the Demon Plants from the ball of light had been released and it was brutally attacking anyone it saw. Martial Artists that could not react in time immediately fell prey to them.

There were not many upper-class True Gods in the Realm of the Gods and those in the top 100 that did not have any upper-class True Gods to support them could only wait for death as the Demon Plants were of a rank that was similar to the upper-class True Gods.

In less than a day, over ten clans had perished.

Until the moment of their death, these people could not believe what was happening to them. They could only stare with wide eyes filled with fear in the direction they entered.

Why? Why were there so many Demon Plants here? Why did the Deity King want them to enter such a dangerous place?

Those that died would never be able to know the truth.

In the corner of the Secret Territory, a group was making their way slowly, they turned a blind eye to the bright light around them. The light rays near them were not as blinding as the ones in the other areas, allowing them to proceed easily.

The one leading the group was of course a respected elder from the Tianyan Clan. At this moment, the respected elder held a position that was close to the Clan Leader. With a respectful expression, he asked the man beside him.

“My lord…may I know which direction we should be heading to now?”

Amongst the people from the Tianyan Clan, only two others knew the identity of this upper-class True God and did not have any special reaction. Everyone else that heard his greeting all hesitated as they looked curiously at this man.

Who was this mysterious man that only joined them on the last day as they entered the Secret Territory and could make their Tianyan Clan’s respected elders behave so carefully?

Wearing a black robe, the man had a handsome and alluring face. He muttered slightly to himself as he pointed in the east direction, “Let’s head in this direction.”

The respected elder from the Tianyan Clan immediately ordered everyone to turn and head to the direction pointed out by the man.

Since he stepped into the Secret Territory, he had a feeling that something was not what he expected.

From the start of their journey he had seen many people who were extremely powerful outside but in here, they were completely helpless against the Demon Plants brought by the light rays and were killed.

Earlier on, he even saw a group that was led by an upper-class True God get trapped by two Demon Plants that were of a similar rank and yet, the entire group perished.

There were some people in the Tianyan Clan who knew them and wanted to lend a helping hand. Unfortunately they were warned that as soon as they attacked the Demon Plants, all the light rays within fifty meters of them would automatically attack them. This would go on until they left the Secret Territory or were killed. It made those disciples that wanted to help shiver in fear and stayed put. As long as they tilted their heads slightly, they could disregard those that were crying for help and continue on their journey.

It was at this moment that Yan Liang realised why when they first entered the Secret Territory, the respected elder kept reminding them to not touch any of the light rays.

If they touched anything in the light ray, they would then be chased relentlessly by Demon Plants.

Then why did Pan Luo ask them to attack the things in the light rays, did he want to send them to their death?

Under the ambush of so many Demon Plants that had abilities equivalent to an upper-class True God, how many groups would be able to make it out alive? And how many people from the Gui Yuan Clan would survive?

Yan Liang was extremely distraught and there were a few times that he wanted to leave the group to go and find the Gui Yuan Clan but he failed to warn them. To secretly leave this group with so many True Gods around was extremely difficult.

He was extremely worried yet he could not do anything. Yan Liang was so angry that his eyes reddened. He hoped that Gu Lingzhi and the rest were fine. If someone died because of this scheme, he would definitely not forgive these people!

All of a sudden, they saw a group of people in the distance.

Although they looked exhausted, they were by far the most complete group.

Looking at the silhouette of the group, Yan Liang’s heart skipped a beat. A wild happiness appeared in his eyes – it was Gu Lingzhi and the rest!

The physical training from the Lost Lands showed its results in this Secret Territory.

To others, this was a death ground, but to the Gui Yuan Clan, this was the best place to train. From their initial battered state, they found the way to deal with these Demon Plants from the light rays. As long as they stayed about 50 meters away from the light rays, they would not be attacked.

Only the people from the Gui Yuan Clan had the mind to worry about this. Whereas other people could not even escape, much less think about the rules guiding the attack of the Demon Plants.

Amongst the Gui Yuan Clan, other than themselves, there were people from two other clans. They were the people from the Wanhua Clan and Xijian Clan.

Needless to say, before they even entered the Secret Territory, the Wanhua Clan had already come to an agreement with the Gui Yuan Clan and formed an alliance with them. Seeing them in trouble, the Gui Yuan Clan would definitely step in to help. As for the addition of the Xijian Clan, it was completely by chance.

Ranked number nine in the previous Clan Tournament, the entire group was almost wiped out when they met Gu Lingzhi’s group.

Nearing their death, they were cursing and swearing at Pan Luo with all their might.

They had been continuously attacked after the first light ray. Who could not tell that this was a plot?

Hearing them curse at Pan Luo, Gu Lingzhi and the rest immediately helped them.

As the saying goes: an enemy of your enemy is your friend.

Having been saved by the Gui Yuan Clan, the people from the Xijian Clan were extremely grateful and swore that when they got out of here they would expose all of Pan Luo’s evil deeds.

With his disregard for other people’s lives, he was not worthy to be the Deity King.

Rong Yuan took the chance to select a few of the misdeeds that Pan Luo did to the Realm of the Gods and told all of them. With the Wanhua Clan present as ‘witnesses’, backing whatever he said, the people from the Xijian Clan agreed to join the alliance to prevent Pan Luo from doing any more evil deeds.

In actuality, it was not only the Xijian Clan. At this very moment, all the other Martial Artists who were fighting for their lives all had some degree of hatred for Pan Luo. Out of every ten Martial Artists, only about one survived, how could they not detest him?

Even those outside the Secret Territory were starting to feel the same.

Seeing the Fate Glasses disintegrate continuously in his hands, the elder that brought the Mingxin Clan looked horrified at the Clan Leader of the Tianyan Clan, “Leader Pan, what is the meaning of this?”

Every Fate Glass that disintegrated represented the life of a disciple ending.

In a competition there would always be deaths and all participating clans would usually carry the Fate Glass of every disciple on them. But this was the first time that so many Fate Glasses were disintegrating at the same time.

Five of the Fate Glasses had disintegrated at the same time in his hand! This meant that the Mingxin Clan had lost a good number of the ten over talented disciples they had sent into the Secret Territory. How could he not feel heartbroken and angry?

The Clan Leader of the Tianyan Clan, Pan Xiang, glanced at the Fate Glasses in the elder’s hand and consoled, “Fights in the Secret Territory are bound to lead to some deaths. This is something that cannot be helped. In order to gain something, how can there not be sacrifices?”

“Are you trying to tell me that I am unlucky?” The elder from Mingxin Clan was not at all consoled, “Do you know that the people that we sent into the Secret Territory are all prodigies that my Mingxin Clan spent a lot of time and effort to groom? Five lives were lost at the same time. The Tianyan Clan must be responsible for this!”

“That’s right, I hope the Tianyan Clan can explain yourselves! Why did my middle-class True God Elder also lose his life?” The leader of the Shuiyue Clan said solemnly as he gripped a broken Fate Glass in his hand.

Following that, all the people from the top 100 clans that were standing guard outside all started to criticise the Tianyan Clan.

This was because the Fate Glasses in their all hands went through different levels of disintegration in such a short amount of time. This abnormal number of deaths made them sense that something was not right. They could not be bothered to show respect to the Tianyan Clan and all questioned the Tianayn Clan Leader.

Amongst them, there were two clans that were still forcing themselves to be calm. However, they were not looking happy.

They were the Gui Yuan Clan and Wanhua Clan.

When they realised that the Fate Glasses of other clans started to break, the people from the Gui Yuan Clan started to become wary. But until now, the Jade Glass that sensed the lives of Gu Lingzhi and the rest did not break. This however, did not mean that they were safe. They could be fighting for their lives in a dangerous situation at this very moment and their life could be severely threatened!

Exchanging glances with the person in charge of the Wanhua Clan, Tianfeng Jin stood up as she joined the group that was complaining.

No matter what, they had to stop this round of competition from continuing. They did not want a prestigious position on the Clan Rankings, they just wanted their people to come back safely!

The leader of the Tianyan Clan seemed to struggle with himself. He had also received the order from the Deity King at the last minute to change the rules of the competition. He was completely unsure of what was going on inside. Now that he was being questioned, he felt a slight grudge against Pan Luo. If he knew that there would be so many deaths he would be better prepared.

On the outside, as the Fate Glasses continued to shatter and the argument with the Tianyan Clan continued, on the inside, Gu Lingzhi and the rest finally met up with the Tianyan Clan.

Seeing how the people from the Tianyan Clan were unharmed and did not look as if they met with any form of danger, the Gui Yuan Clan, Wanhua Clan and Xijian Clan fumed.

“Gong Yichen! Why does it look like your Tianyan Clan was not even attacked by any Demon Plants while the rest of us suffered severe damage? Are you plotting something? Did you purposely reduce the strength of other clans?” The upper-class True God from the Xijian Clan shouted.

Their eyes were filled with hatred as they thought about the comrades that they had lost to the Demon Plants. Their heartache tripled.

Gong Yichen was the respected elder from the Tianyan Clan. He looked at the black-dressed man and said haughtily, “There will always be losses in a competition. Your disciples from the Xijian Clan can only blame themselves for not being strong enough. How can you blame this on me?”

Hearing this, the elder from the Xijian Clan became even more furious, “My Xijian Clan disciples are not strong enough? Then what about the Tianxin Clan? I personally saw Elder Wuxin lost his life, could it be that he is not strong enough?”

Gong Yichen fell silent, Elder Wuxin from the Tianxin Clan was considered one of the stronger upper-class True Gods. If Gong Yichen were to go against Elder Wuxin, he might not have much of an advantage.

With someone of such a high calibre dying in this Secret Territory, Gong Yichen could no longer use lack of ability as an excuse to shut the elders from the Xijian Clan.

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