Chapter 2294

Extermination Slaughter Venerable continued: "In the next thousand years, you will spend them on the Boundless Continent. As for what the Boundless Continent is, I'm sure your masters have already told you—it was once the clan domain Zhan Chang, where countless masters fell, including the eternally invincible peerless powerhouses. As for the transcendent... that number is beyond counting."

Now, after a ceasefire of several million years, the natives of the Boundless Continent have risen and become exceptionally strong.

Your training method is to carry the blood‑sea deep grudge from having slaughtered countless of their people in the clan wars, and endure their pursuit!

One thousand years! This is your training period!

No matter what realm you reach, you must temper for a full thousand years before you can leave. Those who retreat early are considered deserters and will be executed outright!

If you can become a controller after a thousand years and have a decent record, that counts as a successful graduation, granting you eligibility to join the new cosmic war. Conversely, if you fail to reach the controller realm, even if you survive a thousand years, you will only be sent back home and expelled by your masters.

Moreover, if you fall in battle on the Boundless Continent, no one will revive you. This is not a game; life is only once. To resurrect the dead, the Dao Ancestors must pay a huge price, and weak defeated ones have no such qualification.

This is a cruel tempering; you number 1,248 in total, and perhaps fewer than one‑tenth will survive to leave.

Having said that, the Extermination Slaughter Venerable paused.

The several thousand people in the square felt heavy‑hearted.

Originally, they thought the tempering on the Boundless Continent would be an opportunity for growth.

But now

In their view, the danger far outweighs the opportunity!

The Boundless Continent was once Zhan Chang, where humans and water‑folk fought countless times, solely to plunder resources.

And the Boundless Continent is not merely a mineral world; it also has natives!

Those natives endured oppression lasting several million years, suffering countless casualties, barely clinging to life.

After finally waiting for the humans and water‑folk to leave, they naturally underwent a frenzied development, a vengeful growth.

Now they too have given birth to controllers, extremely strong.

Several million years cannot erase their hatred of humans and water‑folk; putting these 1,248 people in now is like releasing over a thousand mice into a world with only cats.

The danger level can be imagined.

If the controllers also intervene, the survival rate would probably be hard to reach even 1%.

"Any questions?" the Extermination Slaughter Venerable asked the crowd.

A youth in ancient costume raised his hand and asked: "Senior, my master previously said we could occasionally leave during this thousand years, but you say we must stay the full thousand years and cannot leave early—could you explain exactly what you mean?"

The Extermination Slaughter Venerable explained: "During this thousand‑year period, you have leave opportunities. Every hundred years is a cycle, within which you may take leave only once, for a duration of one year. If you break through to become a controller, the opportunity occurs once every fifty years. If you become a star‑level controller, you may leave at any time. Therefore, strive to raise your strength; the higher your realm, the more lenient the rules become for you."

"Now I understand, thank you for the explanation, senior!"

Everyone understood.

Over a thousand years, that totals ten leave opportunities, amounting to ten years in total that can be used to go home and visit family.

But this opportunity

cannot be accumulated; if not used within the hundred‑year cycle, it expires.

"How do we apply for leave?" another person asked.

"Good question."

The Extermination Slaughter Venerable raised his hand and waved; 1,248 white jade talismans flew out, exactly one per person, landing in their hands.

"This is your identity jade talisman; carry it with you and do not lose it. When you wish to take leave, crush it, and a powerful one will appear to take you away." said the Extermination Slaughter Venerable.

Li Li beside Xiao Feng immediately asked: "Senior, can we crush it when we encounter danger? Does that count as a covert life‑saving opportunity?"

The Extermination Slaughter Venerable looked at Li Li and gave a slight nod: "Not bad; this is both a leave opportunity and your second life. Use it well, do not waste it. Without it, your survival rate might not even reach 1%. But once you have used up your leave opportunities, it cannot be activated again."

"All right, this is like a scroll to escape danger!" Everyone cheered.

In times of danger, the function of this jade talisman becomes evident; it is truly priceless.

"Remember, after using the jade talisman, it takes about 3‑5 seconds for a powerful one to appear and take you away. If the danger is extreme, there may not be time for rescue. Moreover, each jade talisman is bound to your life aura; do not think that after exhausting your leave chances you can kill a companion to steal their talisman and take leave again. The Dao Ancestors watch this place constantly; whoever kills a comrade will be eliminated first. Understand?" the Extermination Slaughter Venerable reminded, also warning the crowd.

In the clan wars, no betrayal is tolerated.

If battle

If comrades cannot entrust each other with their backs' safety, they will be more terrifying than the enemy!

"Understood!"

The crowd replied in unison.

The Extermination Slaughter Venerable said: "Alright, now you can form groups. With over a thousand acting together, the target is too large and will easily provoke the top experts of the Boundless Continent to wipe you all out. We have an agreement with the experts among them: as long as you are not moving in groups of dozens, star‑level and above experts will not intervene. You will form groups of sixteen, making seventy‑eight groups in total. The Lords of the Myriad Heavens and the Lords of the Soldier Peak may not travel together; otherwise it is free."

"Do we still have to form groups?"

"Then we… we're so weak that sixteen of us together is practically a guaranteed wipe‑out!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry—go find Xiao Feng the Divine to form a team!"

Upon hearing that groups must be of sixteen, many panicked and rushed toward Xiao Feng, hoping to join a team.

Xiao Feng felt helpless; with sixteen people he had little to choose from—his nine Blue Star companions would definitely be together, plus a few familiar faces from Kyushu, and that would just about fill the slot.

Xiao Feng called out: "Old Zhang, Old Li, Sister‑in‑law Yunyan, Yijian, Brother Jiang, Brother Long, Xu Fan, Guo Han, Xiao Wang, Zijin, Yu Ruo, Danyang, Yunlong, and… Old Shen, do you want to join?"

He had named thirteen people; adding himself made fourteen, leaving only two spots.

The Kyushu war zone has only four people; compared to their development, it can be said they are very few.

However, we cannot blame the big shots of the Kyushu war zone; mainly, that world is too mature, making it extremely difficult to stand out through performance in the game world.

Hearing this, Shen Chuo shook his head and said: "I'll team up with Brother Soldier Peak; we Blue Stars have come"

six of us, together with his seven from the Umbra Star, the quota is about right.

At that moment, two voices came from beside.

"Dao brother, what do you think of me?"

"Dao brother, bring me along~"

The identical form of address came from women.

Xiao Feng turned toward the sound and saw, to his surprise, two women stepping out of the game's Kyushu Immortal Realm—Xue Ningzhen and Yu Cixue.

Both women recommended themselves, and judging by their attire, they are both from a world of classical civilization.

This scene made Han Zichen frown involuntarily.

Li Li whistled: "It's been over twenty years and I still haven't forgotten, lingering feelings, old love rekindled~"

Xiao Feng: ……

He is now the father of two kids; such talk cannot be said randomly. He kicked Li Li hard, Xiao Feng nodded and said: "Good, Xue Ningzhen and Yu Cixue, that makes us a group of 16. Any objections?"

No.

I agree.

I raise both hands and feet in approval!

Everyone indicated they had no objections.

Han Zichen also had no objections; she knew Xiao Feng had many romantic debts, and she herself wasn't the first to meet him, so she couldn't mind this. However, she was somewhat unhappy that others also called Xiao Feng "fellow Daoist", feeling she had lost her uniqueness.