Cultivation Simulator: Shocking the Academy

A few people quickly went over and carried Xiaoyao Kun and Huangtian, then mounted the Thousand Blade Bird and departed the wrecked summit of Luoji Mountain like a flash of lightning.

Qi Ling sat on the back of the Thousand Blade Bird, looked back at the distant horizon, and a flicker of starlight flashed in her eyes. …

"Sect Leader, why did we have to flee in such panic just now? The three of us together could surely withstand a desperate attack from him."

Bai Ya frowned and asked in confusion.

Mo Yue glanced back at the vast clouds behind her, a trace of coldness tinged with reluctance appearing at the corner of her mouth, "Do you really think I was afraid of that old ghost? There's another expert coming, and this one's aura is even more dreadful than those three."

Bai Ya was secretly startled, exchanged a glance with Ghost Howl, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

"Who exactly are they?"

Mo Yue shook her head, though her expression was very grave, "In any case, they're exceptionally strong cultivators, most likely those ancient monsters from the Celestial Peak Sect."

Saying this, Bai Ya's face suddenly turned sour, clenching his teeth, "That old bastard Luo Feng, I swear I'll avenge the grudge from under that waterfall someday!"

Mo Yue gave him a bland look, saying no more. The three flew at tremendous speed through the air, which significantly frightened Su Chen on Ghost Howl's back.

He felt surrounded by floating clouds and biting winds, finding even breathing to be difficult. Flying in the clouds wasn't as pleasant and easy as he imagined.

No one knew how long they flew for; Su Chen only knew that the clouds were reddened, showing signs of dusk when they finally landed on a desolate and empty city wall.

Su Chen was let down by Ghost Howl, quietly observing the eerie and near-deathly silent surroundings, remaining speechless for a long time.

This was a city without living people. Outside was an endless swamp and jungle, inside were ruins filled with a strong aura of death, with buildings both intact and occupied by the malevolent Blood Sect's people, turned into slaughterhouses against humanity. Everywhere there were the severely mutilated corpses, the devastation making a shocking sight.

"Sect Leader, what about him?"

Ghost Howl looked at Mo Yue standing against the wind and asked in a low voice.

Mo Yue turned around, her expression restoring to alluring charm, "Take him to Bloody Heaven; I need to meet those old ghosts first."

"Take him to Bloody Heaven?"

Hearing Mo Yue's orders, Ghost Howl couldn't help but be surprised, "Sect Leader, do you intend for him to..."

"Yes, do as I instruct. Ghost Howl, no further questions are needed." Mo Yue's tone left no room for objections.

Ghost Howl quickly lowered his head, respectfully saying, "Understood, Sect Leader."

Mo Yue nodded lightly, then smiled at Su Chen, speaking softly, "From today on, you're one of us in the Blood Sect, got it?"

"What?"

Su Chen trembled all over, quickly reacting, "You're talking nonsense, I have nothing to do with your Blood Sect!"

"Haha, you have no choice but to accept; you'll see next." Mo Yue said mysteriously, then transformed into two streaks of blood light with Bai Ya, disappearing in front of Su Chen.

Feeling a chill all over, unsure if it was due to the surrounding gloomy wind or Mo Yue's words. He stood dazedly on the battlements, looking around as if a solitary boat lost in a vast sea, helpless and bewildered.

Ghost Howl's expression was also quite complex, deeply aware of what taking Su Chen into Bloody Heaven meant.

"Let's go, to Bloody Heaven." Ghost Howl said in a low tone.

Su Chen shook his head, "No, I won't go."

"It's the Sect Leader's command; no one can defy it." Ghost Howl's tone turned cold, grabbing Su Chen's collar, transforming into a stream of light flying toward the center of the City of Death!

Flying high, overlooking the vast earth, Su Chen felt indescribable bitterness and sorrow in his heart.

In just a few days since descending the mountain, he had been caught by the Blood Sect people in this godforsaken place, with an uncertain future, life and death unknown, truly a huge joke played by heaven.

"Kid, many people wish for a chance to enter Bloody Heaven for training; you should feel fortunate." Ghost Howl, though flying, kept an eye on Su Chen's expression.

Su Chen shook his head desolately, his expression bleak, "I don't want to enter any Bloody Heaven, I just want to return to Three Pure Ones Mountain, find my master and mistress…"

"Hm, no sense of self-reliance at all; you're destined to die on this Profound Cyan Continent eventually!" Ghost Howl snorted coldly, taking Su Chen swiftly towards a vast lake ahead. Su Chen seemed to notice that strange lake too.

The lake was in the central area of this City of Death, surrounded by low ruins and lifeless black buildings, but the lake itself stood out for its water was completely blood-red! And, crucially, in the lake's center stood an enormous tower soaring into the clouds!

Compared to it, the Sword Casting Pavilion in the Carefree Sect was almost negligible.

Coincidentally, this tower also had seven stories, each one covering a vast area; even outside the tower, one could imagine the spaciousness within. But what truly astonished Su Chen was not only that; there seemed to be a faint red light ring occasionally flickering around the tower's perimeter, growing closer, he felt an increasingly powerful sense of oppression.

"We've arrived." Ghost Howl landed with Su Chen outside the giant tower.

Upon a closer view of the tower, Su Chen once again felt his heart tremble violently. The altitude reaching into the clouds, the vast daunting area it occupied, and the mysterious unfathomable dark aura made his breathing rapid.

Ghost Howl faced the tower's guards at the grand entrance, haughtily raised the snake-shaped longsword embedded with black crystal in his hand, and instantly the two guards hurried over, standing within the red light circle respectfully, "Lord Ghost Howl, you've arrived."

"Activate the barrier; I want to take this young man into Bloody Heaven."

"But, my lord, he is not one of the Blood Sect…" The guard easily identified Su Chen's status.

"This is a command from the Sect Leader; I'm merely executing it, and the elders have been informed by the Sect Leader." Ghost Howl coldly said.

The two guards exchanged a glance, could only helplessly nod, then one quickly ran back to the giant tower's entrance, turning a blood-red beast-shaped stone pillar.

As the stone pillar turned, the dreamlike red light circle before them suddenly opened into a doorway. Ghost Howl nodded and led Su Chen inside, the doorway quickly replaced by red light behind them.

Upon entering, Su Chen's heart skipped a beat and he almost let out a muffled cry. The bloody atmosphere inside was even more intense than the hall in the center of Luoji Mountain that day. Ghost Howl gave him a bland look, then passed through the two guards into the eerie dark giant tower.

"Seems Lord Ghost Howl treats that young man very differently; did you notice?" One of the guards with blood-red short hair muttered.

"Yes, I've never seen him be so polite to anyone aside from the Sect Leader and the elders."

"Don't know where that boy came from; having a chance to enter Bloody Heaven, we've been guarding here for decades and never entered the gate once."

"Sigh…"

Entering the main gate of the giant tower, through a narrow and dark passageway, they arrived at a tightly shut dark door. Ghost Howl stepped forward to turn the dark door mechanism, and a heavy mechanical sound immediately rang out.

The dark door opened, revealing a huge dungeon-like arena. The dungeon was surrounded by extremely dense iron nets, resembling an impenetrable bird's nest from afar, with only a narrow iron gate standing before them, inside which seemed to echo a horrifying beast's footsteps.

"This is the first level of Bloody Heaven's trials, also the training you must undergo today." Ghost Howl said coldly.

Su Chen shuddered, his face suddenly turning ashen, "Trials? Training?"

"Yes, Bloody Heaven is in fact a seven-level death training ground. Only those deemed promising by the Blood Sect are eligible to challenge it; you are the first outsider to gain entry." Ghost Howl said blandly, his look at Su Chen holding a peculiar red glow.

Su Chen gulped, asked softly, "What's inside?"