At this moment, there was no need for the soldiers to repeatedly command; no one dared to absorb the Demon Breath any longer.

Even the novice Demon Tamers could feel the eerie chill in the air, waiting to strike...

For a moment, all the contestants stopped.

The soldier's voice timely announced, "Within 30 seconds, anyone not entering will be considered to have forfeited."

"Don't block the way." A tall, short-haired young man pushed through the hesitant crowd in front of him. Carrying a Wide-Blade Saber, he hadn't even summoned his Demon Pet and stepped down the stairs.

With the way paved by the first person, the contestants gradually made their way down.

By the final ten seconds of the countdown, the students swarmed in. Since the gate only allowed 4 or 5 people to walk side by side, Du Yu and Li Mengnan were almost pushed in.

"As expected, it's not a place for cultivation." Li Mengnan whispered, glancing around as her headlamp beamed in all directions.

This is an Underground Palace, and also a labyrinth.

The purpose of such construction is to prevent the Demon Beasts underground from rampaging freely and wreaking havoc on the world above.

The pitch-black corridor stretched forward to where the beams of headlamps couldn't reach. In this cold environment, wisps of grey mist swirled.

That was undoubtedly Cold Qi!

And it was Cold Qi visible to the naked eye!

The faces of the students turned grim. The sinister and cunning Cold Qi was so blatant, it's brazen to the extreme!

The heavy Stone Gate behind slowly closed. After a muffled "thud" sound, the entire Underground Palace fell silent.

In the dim environment, only the headlamps on the students' foreheads were scanning around.

"Woo~ Woo..."

In the eerily quiet Underground Palace, sobbing sounds faintly echoed, sounding like a woman, yet also like a child, filled with lament and affection, like crying grievances.

For a moment, the students' hearts jumped to their throats!

The environment here was already eerie and terrifying, with Cold Qi swirling. Coupled with that faint sobbing sound...

"Is that a Demon Spirit Soldier?" A youthful voice came from the front row. Under the headlamp's beam, the students saw a woman soldier in camouflage, stepping out from the depths of the dark corridor, gradually approaching them.

"Don't, don't go over! It can't be! How could a soldier cry here?"

"It should be a shape-shifting Demon Beast?"

"Woo~ Woo..." The woman soldier covered her face with her hands, her head hanging low, the cries were so pitiful, approaching unsteadily, step by step.

"This..." In an instant, several contestants at the front retreated one after another. The corridor was already narrow, allowing only 4 or 5 people to walk side by side, and there were nearly a hundred team members squeezing at the door, almost pushing the people behind back up the stairs.

"Stop! Stop!"

"If you get any closer, I will attack you!" Voices shouted from the front, but the image of the woman soldier was so lifelike, just like a wounded crying warrior.

"Don't retreat, you'll squash us!"

"Damn, a group of cowards, let me through, I'll go in for the kill! Damn, stop pushing!"

The crowd at the door retreated step by step, and Du Yu was utterly fed up; it was just a mob of rabble!

Just entering, not even engaging with the Demon Beasts yet, and they were almost squeezed out by their own people. If even one person in the front wasn't such a coward, the entire team wouldn't be pushing into a bottleneck.

"Mengnan, stand firm." Du Yu lightly leaped up, gently stepping on Li Mengnan's shoulder.

Soldiers score based on overall performance. This point, I'll take it first!

"Eh?"

"Huh?" Two female voices responded, one from Li Mengnan, the other from the unfamiliar girl whose shoulder Du Yu stepped on.

Du Yu wanted to stand firm, but as Li Mengnan was pushed back with the crowd, he could only step forward...

He felt his ankle grabbed by the unfamiliar girl, but as he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, the girl didn't immediately drag him down.

"Whoosh~"

A Fire Arrow whizzed over people's heads, stabbing straight at the staggering woman soldier in the distance.

"Woo~ Waaah!" The pitiful cry sharply rose in pitch, turning into a shrill scream.

The body was either suddenly pierced through or split into five parts?

She seemed like a shabby puppet on strings, her steps abruptly quickening!

"Go! Go!" Under Du Yu's urging, finally, some charged forward.

Du Yu looked down to see the unfamiliar girl using one hand to push the student in front of her, slightly sidestepping to let Du Yu have some space.

"Sorry." Du Yu landed, and as the woman soldier's screams echoed from the front, the contestants surged forward, and the team finally loosened up considerably.

"I know you, Du Yu, you are Aunt Qingqing's apprentice." The girl said, patting the dust off her shoulder with one hand.

"Hello?" Du Yu paused for a moment, the girl in front of him had short and chic hair, her eyes slightly sharp, and her eyebrows exuded an aura of heroism.

Her hands were wrapped in bandages, looking like a trained fighter.

The short-haired girl smiled, her sharp gaze softened slightly: "Lin Shiwei."

"Lin Shi...wei." Du Yu nodded thoughtfully, no wonder she called Master Qing 'Aunt.'

Lin Shiwei didn't mind having been stepped on in the head, and maintained a friendly attitude: "How about we move together?"

Du Yu hesitated a bit but politely declined: "My team already has a plan, sorry."

"Alright then." Lin Shiwei didn't insist, she stepped forward, lightly whispered, "Good luck to us then."

The battlefield ahead was chaotic, the screaming female soldiers had turned into a fog, being bombarded by all sorts of Demon Skills.

Li Mengnan followed the team from behind, with a peculiar expression on his face: "Not bad, second brother? Do you have some sort of buff when it comes to Lin Family girls?"

Du Yu: "..."

Li Mengnan's lips slightly curved: "I noticed Lin Shiyi treats you well, and now you step on another Lin Shiwei?"

Du Yu said begrudgingly: "The chill in the corridor couldn't shut your mouth."

Li Mengnan: "???"

This kid has grown some nerve, actually dare to talk back?

"Hurry up, we might get squeezed out again any moment." Du Yu gazed at the congested battlefield ahead and sped forward.

Li Mengnan muttered about "treason" and "defying superiors," yet his body was quite honest, quickly following along.

"Du Yu! Du Yu, Du Yu!"

"Hmm?" Du Yu stopped, his mind responded anxiously, "What's up, Little Fen Yang?"

"I...I think I sensed the presence of Demon Fire."

Du Yu's eyes widened slightly, a top-tier Supreme Treasure of the Demon Taming World — Demon Fire?

"Where? Where's the Demon Fire?"

"Eh?" Little Fen Yang's voice was somewhat innocent, "I felt it just now, but now I can't find it anymore~"

Du Yu: "..."

Little Fen Yang puzzled: "What's going on?"

Du Yu's heart skipped a beat, he turned around and squeezed past the crowd behind him: "Mengnan."

"Ah." Li Mengnan curiously followed, whispering, "Where are we going?"

Du Yu whispered, "Let's wait first, the front is too chaotic, wait for the battle to finish."

As he spoke, Du Yu took several steps back, and finally, there were no students around.

Sure enough, Little Fen Yang's voice sounded again in his mind: "I can feel it! I can feel it again, I told you there's the breath of Demon Fire~"

Du Yu stood still, turned to stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Mengnan, pretending to look off into the distance, and asked in his mind: "Right beneath us?"

Little Fen Yang's voice was filled with surprise: "Yes, yes! Right below us, the distance..."

"How far?"

"About 500 meters, that's my limit for sensing Demon Fire, it's pretty close~ Wow, so great, so awesome!" Little Fen Yang was deeply immersed in joy.

It was clear how precious Demon Fire was, and how much Little Fen Yang yearned to have it.

Du Yu foolishly raised his head, measuring the distance from ceiling to ground, probably about 5 meters?

If each floor had the same height, 500 meters, that would be 100 floors!

The library had already given an objective answer, with his current power, he could only mess around within the first three underground levels.

Moreover, based on the information he checked yesterday, Du Yu could only find maps of the first ten floors.

Even if the official number of Bottomless Pit's floors was hidden, it was doubtful if this place could be built up to 100 floors!

This?

Du Yu was somewhat helpless: "Little Fen Yang, we don't have the ability to obtain it right now."

"Oh..." Little Fen Yang was instantly drenched with disappointment, his words filled with regret, whispering, "Yeah, Du Yu is so weak."

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Brothers, the third update will be during the daytime. Editing back and forth, still dissatisfied, quality should come first, can't rush and compromise the chapter's quality. There will definitely be three updates during the day, respectively at 12, 17, and 20 hours, really sorry!

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