Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

After being abandoned by his good brothers, Lu Yunshi went outside, intending to go to Shangguan Yue's classroom as usual. However, on his way there, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be quite a few strangers in the academy.

Although these people were all wearing academy uniforms, there were subtle differences, just like with Nightmare before them.

"Not only the South Academy, but people from the other two academies have also come? Strange." With a question lingering in his mind, he was about to continue walking when someone suddenly blocked his way. It was an advanced student from one of the academies.

"Junior Brother Lu, the Vice Dean wants to see you."

"Vice Dean?" Lu Yunshi was taken aback. He had never actually met this elusive vice dean of the academy.

Aside from the ghostly figure during the other party's speech, Lu Yunshi had never seen any of the academy's higher-ups, let alone the vice dean, except for Shangguan Yue. So, it was quite strange that he was suddenly asked to go there.

On the way, Lu Yunshi asked with a faint smile, "I wonder what business the vice dean has with me?"

Upon hearing this, the senior student hesitated for a moment before saying, "Junior brother, you must have noticed that there are quite a few more students from the other three academies here today, right?"

"What does this have to do with it?" Lu Yunshi asked in surprise.

"Hmm." The senior student nodded slightly. "But for more specific details, let's have the vice dean explain. Besides you, Junior Brother Lu, there are others."

Lu Yunshi didn't ask any further questions, but he became even more curious about the reason behind it.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Yunshi arrived at a grand palace. In the spacious hall, sitting at the head of the room were the academy's most powerful teachers, including Shangguan Yue, and the vice dean.

Seeing that the academy's top officials had all gathered together, Lu Yunshi felt even more puzzled.

Directly below the vice dean and others were students from the same academy as Lu Yunshi.

Shuang, Tianyi, Samo, Jiang, Lin San, and even Li Hongying and Xiao He were among them.

While pondering, Lu Yunshi stepped forward and stood between Li Hongying and Xiao He, asking in a puzzled tone.

"whats the matter?"

"I don't know. I was just about to go home when my senior brother suddenly caught me here. Could it be that the teachers at the academy are actually two-faced, seemingly glamorous on the surface but actually despicable and vile behind the scenes, wanting to gather us talented disciples together and then use some evil magic to make us obey them and become their puppets? If that's the case..."

Li Hongying looked at Lu Yunshi with determination.

"When the time comes, just leave me behind and run away. Even if I suffer inhumane treatment, even if I become worse than dead, even if I think of you and miss you no matter what, you must never look back."

"..." Lu Yunshi opened his mouth, but finally judged Li Hongying's behavior as, "You've been reading too many novels and forgot your medication, haven't you?"

"Hmm~" Li Hongying stuck out her tongue, but then shut her mouth.

"Cough cough!"

Just then, a cough suddenly reached their ears, and all the students shuddered. Looking up, they saw the dignified vice dean staring at them, or more precisely, at Lu Yunshi and Li Hongying.

Oh dear, I forgot, these people are all big shots. Even if I speak in a low voice, it sounds like I'm whispering in their ears.

Li Hongying's face froze instantly, and she turned to look at Lu Yunshi.

Boss, save me!

"There's no saving him, he's just waiting to die."

Lu Yunshi looked away and silently distanced himself from Li Hongying. He had no relation to her, not even a little bit.

Fortunately, the big shots in the academy all had big bellies, so no one bothered to argue with the two juniors.

After a while, several more people entered the hall, including Lu Yunxi. As soon as she entered, she noticed Lu Yunshi's location, walked over directly, and then pushed Li Hongying aside to stand next to Lu Yunshi.

Li Hongying was so angry that her teeth itched, but remembering the look the vice president had given her earlier, she suppressed her anger, walked to the other side, and pushed Xiao He away.

After everyone had joined the group, the vice dean spoke.

"I think you students have also noticed that those who appear here are all participants in the third assessment, a total of two hundred people. You could say that these two hundred of you are the two hundred strongest average students in our college in the past few years."

"And now, an opportunity has presented itself to you, an opportunity exclusively for you who have just been promoted to advanced students."

"Wan Zhan Tian Yuan! Perhaps some of you are familiar with this name. It is a place full of danger and opportunity, and it is also where we will compete with the other three academies next."

"Many of you will enter the Abyss of Ten Thousand Battles along with students from the other three academies, to fight, survive, and work together to seek opportunities, seize resources, and do everything you can to become stronger."

"Let me make it clear beforehand that the dangers within the Myriad Battles Abyss are beyond your imagination. In the best-case scenario, more than 600 students from the four academies entered the Myriad Battles Abyss, and less than 70 of them came out alive."

Upon hearing this, many students' expressions immediately changed. Compared to the unknown opportunities, this more realistic number was not high at all.

"Of course, the academy will not force you to go to your deaths. It will give you the choice to go or not to go. It is up to you."

The vice dean's voice rang out again, this time slightly louder.

"If you go, you will represent the academy in the charge, defeat the other three academies in the secret realm, seize the resources within the secret realm, and those who come out alive will receive rewards from the academy."

“If you don’t want to go, you can cultivate peacefully in the academy. Now you can make your own choice. Those who want to go, stand on your left; those who don’t want to go, stand on your right.”

'Is the secret realm really that simple?' Lu Yunshi frowned. Why would all the academy's high-ranking officials have to come forward for a secret realm that is only used for students to train?

I always feel it's very strange.

Lu Yunshi frowned, sensing that things were not so simple, and silently moved a step to the left.

Just then, the vice dean suddenly spoke up. "Oh right, I almost forgot to tell you all that the top ten in the assessment need to take the lead, so you can just stand on the left."

Oh, how tragic, being pushed to their death.

Lu Yunshi lowered his head and smiled, then his smile vanished instantly, as if he were the one in first place.

Oh, so I was being pushed to my death.

With a wry smile, Lu Yunxi grabbed Lu Yunshi by the collar and pulled him to the left.

"No, what are you doing following me?" Lu Yunshi asked irritably, looking at Li Hongying who was standing behind him again. "You're not in the top ten, you still have a choice."

"Boss~" Li Hongying squinted and only called out two words without saying anything else. Lu Yunshi just sighed after hearing this.

"Forget it, it's up to you."