Chapter 480: Life and Death Reversed!

As Chen Yan's voice fell, the entire great hall fell into a silence; no one had expected that a game which seemed to rely entirely on luck would also have rules to follow.

Chen Yan was silent, his mind beginning to calculate.

If it were like this, even if one passed a difficult trial, it would be too simple.

Up until now, the inner city of this Ten Thousand Appearances Island had always been shrouded in a layer of mist.

Chen Yan began to review everything he had experienced since entering the inner city.

Every scene he had encountered, every piece of information.

The Divine General who slaughtered the ten million living beings of Ten Thousand Appearances Island, Xia Weimin.

The heir to the Chen Clan who died on the day of the slaughter, Chen Yi.

Chen Yan recalled once again everything he had encountered when entering this Divine General Temple.

The already decaying plaza, and the withered ancient trees beside the plaza.

Chen Yan was meticulous, even recalling how many bricks were between each of the nearby ancient trees.

Right up to that poem carved onto the door of the Divine General Temple.

【Great dreams seek the phoenix, finally finding life,

Summer departs, autumn arrives, the shadow remains alone.

The Goddess transforms into a man, feelings hard to advance,

Changing the heart for the nature, the intent is shackled.

Trapped in a calamity, dwelling within a dream.】

This was an acrostic poem, writing out the five characters: 【Great Xia Divine General Is Here】.

Did this poem have any meaning?

Right until the end, Chen Yan pondered the content of the game he had just experienced again; it seemed to imply something as well.

"The first round of the game has ended."

Suddenly, the voice of the Divine General's sculpture rang out:

"Please, everyone, pass through this great hall."

Lu Fukun was still sighing softly; Lu Fuguang had died of his own doing, as both he and Bing Yi had clearly tried to persuade the other.

In the end, Lu Fuguang had still insisted on going his own way.

"Let's go," Chen Yan said.

Lu Fukun nodded, and immediately two more Lu Clan prodigies followed behind him.

They had also realized that relying on Bing Yi now was an extremely good choice.

At present, there were twenty prodigies from the Five Clans remaining here.

Chen Yunyou led the Chen Clan members, while Chen Changyuan followed the Ji Clan members led by Ji Chuxi to pass through the great hall.

The group walked one after another into the side door of the great hall, passed through an extremely deep corridor, and arrived behind the great hall.

A thick sense of malice rushed toward them.

Right in this oppressive atmosphere, rows of houses stood like ghosts, arranged neatly in a matrix.

Chen Yan and the others stood on the stone steps connecting to the back of the great hall, taking in the sight of these houses.

Eerie.

Chen Yan frowned; when he saw these rows of houses, only these two words sank into his heart.

Because it was too neat.

And they were all single-story houses; in such a vast area, five rows had been built, with twenty-five in each row, totaling one hundred and twenty-five single-story houses.

These houses looked like wreckage ravaged by both time and disaster.

The walls were mottled and peeling, with layers falling off to reveal the dilapidated bricks inside.

Relying on Chen Yan's eyesight, it was fundamentally impossible to see the structure inside through the broken windows of these houses.

Chen Yan glanced at the others, only to see that even Chen Yunyou was frowning, unable to see the structure inside at all.

Just then, a withered yellow page of paper suddenly floated out in front of Chen Yan.

It was not just Chen Yan; the others were the same, as everyone was looking at the paper in front of them.

"This is the second trial of the Life and Death Gate.

There are three rounds in total."

The sculpture's voice rang out:

"The first round begins.

Everyone, within these one hundred and twenty-five houses, five contain powerful Body-Tempering Precious Medicines.

In this round, you have three chances.

Please write the name of the person you have in mind on the paper; I will then select the name that appears the most, and give that person one chance to enter a house and seize the opportunity."

The sculpture's voice rang out, and everyone's expression changed slightly.

Opportunity!

Among the one hundred and twenty-five rooms, five contained houses holding Body-Tempering Precious Medicines.

Although the probability of drawing one was very small, what if they did?

Smiles appeared on the faces of many Five Clan prodigies.

"All Chen Clan members, vote for Brother Yunyou!" a Chen Province prodigy said.

"Chi Province people, all vote for Chi Yuexi."

"Ji Province people, all vote for Big Brother Ji Chuxi!"

Voices rang out one after another; people from each clan were certainly more willing to vote for the most powerful prodigy within their own clan.

When it was Lu Zhou's turn, Lu Fukun looked at Chen Yan, then looked again at the two Lu Zhou prodigies behind him.

No one spoke, but judging by the expressions on those two Lu Zhou prodigies, it was clear they would definitely choose Lu Fukun.

Chen Yan did not say a word; if it were chosen this way, the probability of everyone choosing him was simply not high.

Chen Yan directly abstained.

Soon, everyone finished writing names on their papers.

"Chen Yunyou, your name was written the most times; the first opportunity to draw a fortuitous encounter is yours."

The sculpture's voice rang out.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Chen Yunyou's mouth.

"How is this possible? There are six people from Chen Prefecture, and there are also six from my Ji Prefecture. Who didn't write Ji Chuxi's name?" A Ji Prefecture prodigy shouted in a low voice, glaring at the others, then pointed at Chen Changyuan:

"Damn it, it must be you!"

Chen Changyuan was expressionless:

"I wrote Ji Chuxi."

"Heh, who would believe your words!" That person growled, coldness appearing in their eyes.

"Enough!" Ji Chuxi spoke indifferently, sweeping a glance at Chen Changyuan:

"Luo Chen Invincible Son is a guest elder of my Ji Prefecture, so naturally, their heart is with Ji Prefecture."

They spoke with hidden meaning.

Chen Yunyou's smile was radiant; if he was the one whose name was written the most in every round, the probability of him obtaining treasures was very high.

Chen Yunyou walked toward the rows of wooden houses, then remained silent for a good while before choosing to enter the first one.

The next moment, Chen Yunyou opened the door.

*Chi! *

A long tongue, black as ink, suddenly shot out from inside the room and instantly wrapped around Chen Yunyou's body.

*Chi chi chi! *

A sound like something burning rang out; Chen Yunyou let out a roar, threw a punch toward the inside of the room, and the next moment, gritting his teeth, he flew away.

Everyone's expression changed instantly.

"What is going on!"

"Ying ying ying!"

Strange cries rang out, following the tugging from Chen Yunyou.

An entire long, black tongue was pulled out of the room by him.

It was a girl wearing a tattered white dress; her face was deathly pale, and there were cracks all over her body, with viscous malice constantly flowing out from these fissures in her flesh.

"What is this situation!" Chen Yunyou hissed; he kept attacking, slamming fist imprints one after another toward the little girl.

But this little girl's physical body was extremely powerful; even though she was beaten flat, the tongue remained wrapped around Chen Yunyou's body.

*Chi chi chi! *

How powerful was Chen Yunyou's physical body.

He was a tempering prodigy who had condensed ten thousand True Dragon Dharma Manifestations!

But at this moment, Chen Yunyou's physical body was also decaying.

"Brother Yunyou!"

Several Chen clan prodigies rushed over, but they dared not help at all.

Chen Yan's expression also changed slightly.

"What is going on!" Chen Yunyou roared in a low voice, the aura on his body surging continuously, becoming incomparably ferocious at this moment.

Everyone also looked at the little girl who was using her tongue to wrap around Chen Yunyou.

An Ancient Divine Beast!

Or rather, a malicious entity.

A malicious entity is different from an Ancient Divine Beast; perhaps it contains a trace of memory belonging to a human.

The malice it spat out could even corrode Chen Yunyou's body.

If it were anyone else, they might already be dead!

"Perhaps..." Chi Yuexi spoke up:

"The sculpture said that among these one hundred and twenty-five houses, five contain body-tempering medicinal treasures."

Chi Yuexi's expression trembled:

"That is to say, the other one hundred and twenty not only have no medicinal treasures, but also carry the danger of death!"

Everyone's expression was shocked instantly.

Among one hundred and twenty-five rooms, one hundred and twenty were dangerous rooms.

What was there to choose?

Wasn't this just courting death?

Chen Yan's expression also changed slightly; this Life-and-Death Gate game had too high a danger coefficient.

"I am fine, I can still hold on!"

Chen Yunyou was roaring:

"I do not need to leave; I want to awaken my Will Martial Dao!"

His voice was full of violence, clearly transmitting his voice to Chen Qi.

"A reminder once more: this is the first round of the second stage of the Life-and-Death Pass, the round for body-tempering energy rewards.

Among the one hundred and twenty-five houses, five of them contain body-tempering energy."

"You have three opportunities to write down a name; please write down the name of the person you most wish to have choose a house."

The sculpture's voice rang out in real-time.

A slip of paper appeared once more in front of everyone.

At this moment, the heaven-proud ones of the five clans no longer possessed their previous ease, each of their faces incomparably tense.

They were terrified of being chosen.

It was too dangerous.

"Bing Yi, do you have any plan?" Chen Yunyou's voice suddenly rang out.

He was still continuously tearing at the pitch-black long tongue wrapped around his body, yet at this moment, he gritted his teeth and looked at Chen Yan.

In an instant, the crowd went quiet.

One by one, they all looked at Chen Yan.

They understood.

Now, they only needed a target, and everyone would tacitly write the name of that target.

Because, absolutely no one wanted to go choose a house themselves.

"Chen Yunyou, you are plotting to harm Bing Yi!" Lu Fukun instantly hissed in a low voice.

"I am not!" Green smoke rose from Chen Yunyou's entire body, and he hissed in a low voice at this moment:

"Bing Yi is the most intelligent; I am merely asking him if he has truly found the rules!"

Lu Fukun narrowed his eyes and looked at the others:

"Bing Yi is the son of the Universe Master; do not bring ruin upon yourselves!"

No one spoke.

Writing a name was an anonymous selection, and the sculpture would not announce how many people wrote Bing Yi's name.

Even if Bing Yi were chosen, the Universe Master would not be able to trace it back to them.

Chen Yan frowned; his heart trembled slightly, as someone was communicating with him.

It was Lu Jianxia.

"Come back; as long as you leave the Inner City, there will be no trouble." Lu Jianxia's voice was calm.

"I want to try." Chen Yan spoke.

"Are you sure?" Lu Jianxia did not seem surprised.

"Mm, I will try." Chen Yan spoke.

"Good, I trust you." Lu Jianxia hung up the communication.

At this moment, the others saw Chen Yan communicating like this, without even using sound transmission, and were even more astonished.

"Bing Yi, have you grasped the rules?" Chi Yuexi spoke up.

"No." Chen Yan shook his head.

"You can exchange the secret of the rules with me; if I obtain the precious medicine, I can share half with you." Chi Yuexi continued.

"I truly have not grasped the rules." Chen Yan spoke.

Chi Yuexi narrowed her eyes and simply wrote a name on the paper in silence.

Very quickly.

"Second time, the person with the most names: Bing Yi."

The sculpture's voice rang out in real-time.

It really was Bing Yi.

Chen Yan walked toward the rows of houses; a shadow appeared behind him, and he also had an explosive array disk in his hand.

Chen Yan had previously used one explosive array disk; although the other one was still attached to Chi Yuexi's body, it had not been detonated.

Chen Yan had later re-attached the array patterns back onto the array disk.

He had made preparations; this time, with precautions, he would not be ambushed instantly by a malicious entity like Chen Yunyou had been.

Behind Chen Yan, the heaven-proud ones of the five clans were also watching quietly.

Some were conflicted, some sneered, and some were harboring hopes of luck.

Chen Yan walked before these houses and observed them carefully; standing outside the houses, it was impossible to see the structure inside clearly.

Chen Yan pondered, feeling as though he had already grasped something.

But at this moment, it was not clear at all.

Chen Yan stood quietly, and outside, Lu Jianxia and the others were also listening to the situation on Chen Yan's side at this moment.

It was precisely at this time.

"Please choose within ten seconds; ten, nine, eight, seven..."

The sculpture's voice rang out instantly.

At the same time, the heaven-proud ones of the five clans watching behind Chen Yan all had tense expressions.

"Four!"

"Three!"

The sculpture's voice rang out like a death warrant.

Chen Yunyou stared fixedly at Chen Yan's back, narrowing his eyes; if Bing Yi chose incorrectly, then Bing Yi would truly be in danger.

"Two!"

Boom!

Thunder erupted from Chen Yan's body, and he rushed rapidly toward a house.

"Damn it!" Chen Yunyou let out a low roar instantly.

"Hahaha, it can be done like this too!" Lu Fukun laughed loudly.

Chi Yuexi's eyes also narrowed slightly.

Bing Yi chose the first room.

This was the same room Chen Yunyou had just chosen; the sculpture did not say that one could not choose a room that had already been chosen.

Chi Yuexi sighed inwardly, Bing Yi was indeed capable of adapting to circumstances.

Yet at this very moment.

Creak!

Chen Yan opened the door to the first room.

Hiss!

A pitch-black, malice-oozing long tongue instantly surged out from within the room.

Chi Yuexi's eyes narrowed instantly.

Inside a room where a malicious creature had already appeared, there was actually another malicious creature!

"Ying ying ying..."

Amidst the ear-piercing screech, an unimaginable madness was suppressed; as the pitch-black tongue shot out, a girl's face covered in cracks poked out from the pitch-black room.

The moment those scarlet eyes stared at Chen Yan, endless malice enveloped Chen Yan's physical body.

The shadow behind Chen Yan struck out instantly, and at the same time, the explosive array disk flew out as well.

Boom!

The shadow and the explosive array disk detonated simultaneously, blinding flames shot into the sky in an instant, and the massive shockwave pushed Chen Yan's body backward.

Hiss...

A pitch-black long tongue simultaneously wrapped around Chen Yan's waist.

The little girl's body, covered in countless cracks, was burning with flames, yet the tongue still tightly coiled around Chen Yan.

Hiss...

Green smoke began to rise from Chen Yan's body, and the flesh began to rot simultaneously.

The malice seeped into the body, the pain reaching its extreme.

A long spear appeared in Chen Yan's hand, and he continuously thrust it at the malicious girl.

But this malicious girl might be protected by some kind of rule in this place, and she was unimaginably powerful.

"Bing Yi!" Lu Fukun ran over and threw several explosive array disks, but they were completely useless against the malicious girl.

"Only I can kill her; the help of others is useless."

Chen Yan spoke, looking at the malicious little girl he was dragging on the ground behind him, meeting those scarlet eyes.

It was impossible for him to expose his Immortal Will in this place.

"I didn't expect that there would be more than one Ancient God Beast in a single room," Chi Yuexi said.

Chen Changyuan looked at Chen Yan with a calm expression, but a smile inevitably appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Chen Yunyou's face was gloomy.

Bing Yi had actually not died in the first instance.

He was shocked in his heart, and many others were shocked as well.

Bing Yi was truly a bit of a monster.