Road to Be the God

Chapter 79 Inner Combat Cave

Lyu Sheng was startled and soon understood. Delight and malice showed on his face successively.

Lyu Sheng understood Zhou Hao's words. When Lin Tian got the qualification for an interior disciple, it was the time of the duel with Zhou Hao. The two had made a life and death contract three months ago. Therefore, it was reasonable for Zhou Hao to disable or kill Lin Tian in the duel. Zhou Hao was now at the Divine Meridians Stage, and he could easily do either.

Lin Tian was about to enter Interior Ministry smoothly with his status being promoted, and his future was promising. But if at this very moment, he was disabled or dead in the duel, how unwilling and regretful should he be?

"Falling from heaven to hell is far more desperate than falling directly into hell!" Lyu Sheng smiled, "Your idea is good!"

Zhou Hao's eyes were indifferent, "How dare he to get close to someone I like! He is courting death!" When Zhou Hao was in Qingfeng Mountain, he schemed to frame Lin Tian, which had completely led to his conflict with Lin Tian. When he was surrounded by people, he would hide his antagonism, but in front of Lyu Sheng, his confidant, he hid nothing.

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Almost all the disciples gathered here at the high platform of the drill ground.

On this day, the tryout for interior disciples began. All the exterior disciples came. In addition, some interior disciples also joined the onlookers for they knew that after the tryout for interior disciples, the top five people from Exterior Ministry would enter Interior Ministry for cultivation. Considering that these five people would be their future competitors, it would be beneficial to come and have a look in advance.

Under the high platform, the crowd was slightly excited, and there was noise from time to time.

"Quiet!"

A cold shout came from the high platform. As the sound fell, the crowd soon quieted down.

The person who shouted was a middle-aged man. He glanced at the disciples, and then continued, "I won't say anything superfluous about the tryout for interior disciples. I'll just talk about the rules. First, those who are at the seventh layer of body cultivation can participate in the trial. Second, all qualified disciples can enter the Inner Combat Cave and whoever can stay in it for one hour is up to standard.

"Third, those who pass the test in the Inner Combat Cave will have an undifferentiated mixed duel on this high platform at the same time. The last four disciples on the platform will be winners and they can enter the Interior Ministry. The comprehensive ranking of the four will be decided by the ranking of Inner Combat Cave section, which will be recorded automatically by the ranking stone outside the cave."

After a pause, the middle-aged man said, "Only four people will be chosen this time, because one of the disciples from Exterior Ministry was already at the Divine Meridians Stage. He has been recognized comprehensively as the first place. And he can skip the trial. Of course, if any one of the four disciples who win the final victory is not satisfied with that result, he can challenge that disciple. If he wins, the first place will be his. In addition, for the sake of fairness, all the participants can only use ordinary weapons throughout the whole tryout!"

When the middle-aged man finished his words, all disciples were in an uproar.

"Sure enough, the rumor is true. Someone's stepped into the Divine Meridians Stage!"

"It's terrible that he can enter the Divine Meridians Stage when he is still in Exterior Ministry!"

"He said that the final four winners can challenge that man, but which fool would challenge a master at the Divine Meridians Stage with his cultivation of Body Cultivation Stage?"

"Exactly."

"That means this tryout is just a competition for the second to fifth spots."

Off the high platform, many disciples whispered.

At this moment, a cough sounded.

On the high platform, someone came out. It was Mu Qing, the elder of Martial Institution. On such an important day for the tryout for interior disciples, the elders would naturally come.

Mu Qing looked calm, looking at the disciples, and said simply, "Everyone, I wish you all the best." When he finished the words, Mu Qing directly got to the point, "Now, the tryout begins, all qualified disciples go to Inner Combat Cave."

"Yes! Elder!"

Under the high platform, dozens of disciples responded in unison.

There were nearly 300 disciples in the Exterior Ministry of Jiuyang Martial Institution, and there were 49 disciples who had reached the seventh layer of body cultivation. Soon, under the leadership of the middle-aged man, these 49 disciples came to the so-called Inner Combat Cave. The Inner Combat Cave was a huge mountain cave, and a comprehensive formation was arranged inside which covered an area of about hundreds of feet.

Lin Tian looked around and found a strange stone about ten feet tall outside the Inner Combat Cave.

"Is this the ranking stone of Inner Combat Cave? It can analyze the examination results of all disciples in the Inner Combat Cave and record the ranking. That's amazing," Lin Tian said secretly.

It was said that the Inner Combat Cave was composed of a small wild wave formation and a huge magical slaying formation. The wild wave formation oppressed the disciples who entered it, suppressing their strength and speed, while the magical slaying formation would mould some monster beasts in illusion to attack the disciples. Of course, the magical slaying formation would not kill any disciple who entered it, but when a disciple was "killed", he would be automatically sent out of the Inner Combat Cave by the huge formation. After that, the ranking stone would evaluate comprehensively his rank based on his length of stay in the Inner Combat Cave as well as the level and amount of monster beasts he killed.

Looking at the Inner Combat Cave ahead, many disciples were surprised.

Especially many of those 49 disciples who took part in the tryout clenched their fists.

"Hey!"

Lin Tian was patted on the shoulder and then, Su Shu appeared next to him.

Lin Tian looked at Su Shu and said, "You aren't really coming for fun, are you?"

Although Su Shu's level of the eighth layer of body cultivation had qualified her for a participant in tryout for interior disciples, Lin Tian knew that her participation in this tryout was just for Mu Qing's glory, just like the last qualifying trial of Exterior Ministry. Su Shu didn't long for the cultivation resources of the Interior Ministry or the glory and status of an interior disciple because she was the last disciple of Mu Qing. This alone was enough for her to be proud of. In terms of status, how could the disciple of Interior Ministry be compared with the last disciple of the elder of Martial Institution?

"What do you mean by 'for fun'?!"

Su Shu gritted her teeth.

Lin Tian was speechless.

Just then, the middle-aged man coughed and looked at the disciples.

"Now, you can go in. After entering the Inner Combat Cave, those who stay in it for one hour will pass this round. On the contrary, those who are sent out by the huge formation within one hour will fail this tryout," The middle-aged man finally glanced at the dozens of disciples and said louder, "Everyone, go in!"

"Yes!"

All the disciples answered again.

There was only one gate in the Inner Combat Cave. From a distance, brilliance inside the gate flashed, giving people a sense of mystery.

"Go," Su Shu said.

Lin Tian nodded and walked in slowly with Su Shu.

As soon as he stepped into the Inner Combat Cave, Lin Tian immediately felt his vision darkened, and then there were dim lights flashing around. Lin Tian was a little stunned. He found that Su Shu who came in with him disappeared and he was the only one around. In this space, he could not see anyone else, nor could he see the scene outside the Inner Combat Cave.

Buzz!

Suddenly, the space changed again, and Lin Tian suddenly felt his body was heavier.

Lin Tian was surprised that the gravity increased!

With a little perception, Lin Tian soon found that this gravity was between double gravity and triple gravity. It was nothing to him now. Under this gravity, he could move freely. Even so, his combat capability was still suppressed. After all, this was not the outside world.

With a roar, a monster beast in front came into being.

"This is the monster beast made by the magical slaying formation?" Lin Tian whispered.

Looking at this monster beast, Lin Tian recognized its level at just a glance. It was a second-grade primary monster beast, comparable to a martial cultivator at the fourth layer of body cultivation.

The monster beast roared and rushed towards Lin Tian.

"This magical slaying formation is indeed realistic."

Lin Tian was a bit stunned.

When the monster beast rushed over, he could even feel its breath, as if it was a real animal.

While he was interpreting, the monster beast had been in front of him.

Without hesitation, Lin Tian raised his hand and cut the monster beast into halves. The long sword in his hand was issued by Martial Institution before the tryout. It was an ordinary long sword. The other disciples participating in the tryout also got weapons of the same level.

After getting rid of this monster beast, Lin Tian stood still there.

At the next moment, another roar sounded. This time, five monster beasts were coming out. Moreover, these five monster beasts were all at the second-grade peak level, which was comparable to martial cultivators at the sixth layer of body cultivation.

"Boom!"

With a roar, five monster beasts surrounded Lin Tian.

However, Lin Tian's strength was so strong that he didn't care about these second-grade monster beasts at all. Seeing the five monster beasts coming, Lin Tian didn't move. He still waved the sword at will.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

In the blink of an eye, five monster beasts were killed.

However, things did not end here. After Lin Tian killed the five second-grade peak monster beasts, more monster beasts came into being out of thin air. There were dozens of them, each at the second-grade peak level. All of them were very fierce.

Lin Tian looked calm about this.

He raised the sword in his hand.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

Blood splashed in this dark space. Soon, dozens of monster beasts were killed one by one.

"It seems that the level and amount of monster beasts moulded by the magical slaying formation in the Inner Combat Cave will gradually increase, to cooperate with the wild wave formation and consume the disciples' energy and physical fitness. Finally, the disciples will either be killed because of the depletion of energy or for lack of strength. In general, they will die anyhow and then be sent outside," Lin Tian thought to himself, "However, there should be no fourth-grade monster beasts."

Inner Combat Cave was designed to select the disciples for the Interior Ministry from the Exterior Ministry. All the disciples of Exterior Ministry were at the Body Cultivation Stage. Therefore, there would be no fourth-grade monster beasts in Inner Combat Cave. As for Zhou Hao and others who had reached the Divine Meridians Stage in Exterior Ministry, they could join Interior Ministry directly without participating in the tryout at all.

When Lin Tian finished thinking, a more terrifying roar came out.

In front, a monster beast with scales all over its body appeared. It had blood-red eyes and it looked amazingly hostile.

This was a third-grade medium monster beast, comparable to a master at the eighth layer of body cultivation.

"Sure enough," Lin Tian whispered.

Without hesitation, Lin Tian waved the long sword in his hand, rushing out like lightning and attacking the throat of the monster beast with the sword.