"Is it really not possible to forfeit?"

Someone looked at Huang Hexian with a face full of fear. The poisonous people earlier were already terrifying enough; now, many people wanted to leave this hellish place.

"You can forfeit if you die."

Huang Hexian glanced at the person who spoke, "Hurry up and eat; once you finish eating, immediately proceed to the third level."

An hour later, a group of people followed Huang Hexian to the entrance of the third layer, reluctantly heading down under Huang Hexian’s cold gaze.

After going down the stairs, the entrance door automatically closed, revealing a chaotic, dimly lit space ahead that looked like a mountain of garbage.

"The air is toxic; quickly take the antidote."

Tang Ming promptly reminded Hua Yingjie.

"Okay!"

Hua Yingjie swallowed the antidote without hesitation, then took more of the antidotes he had prepared himself.

Others also began to act, demonstrating their respective anti-poison abilities.

In this round of competition, there was a clear distinction between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine. Several Western Medicine contestants wore protective suits, gas masks, and carried medical instruments, while the Traditional Chinese Medicine contestants went in lightly equipped.

"Everyone, the next twelve hours concern your survival; I hope you work hard. I’ll be waiting for you at the exit on the other side."

Huang Hexian’s voice echoed in the air: "You don’t need to be nervous; it’s just the beginning. The poison gas concentration in the room is very thin, but as time goes on, the concentration of poison will become stronger, so you should quickly prepare your defenses."

Tang Ming squinted his eyes, observing the surroundings, finding the massive room filled with cameras monitoring the contestants’ every move.

"Guys, should we stick together or act individually?"

Someone asked timidly.

"Each according to their ability; I don’t want anyone holding me back."

Tang Xinhai snorted coldly, striding inside the room, avoiding some debris, and preparing to find a place to cultivate.

"Old Hua, stay by my side, don’t wander off."

Tang Ming pulled Hua Yingjie aside, separating from the others.

"Brother Qi, what should we do?"

Several people surrounding Bai Shengqi looked at him nervously.

"Naturally, find a place to settle down. It seems this little poison won’t bother me at all."

Bai Shengqi sensed carefully, proudly puffing out his chest.

"That’s right, you’re a master from the Medical Immortal Workshop; you’ll surely help us pass smoothly."

Several people began to flatter immediately.

Soon, the group began dispersing to various corners of the room. Due to the large size of the room and the abundance of debris, once everyone scattered, they could hardly see each other, which served as a cover for them to demonstrate their abilities.

Tang Ming and Hua Yingjie found a cement pipe’s remnants, the two entering the pipe and sitting inside to meditate and regulate their breathing.

"It doesn’t seem as intense as I imagined; I can survive even without your antidote."

Hua Yingjie sat down, uncertainly looking at Tang Ming.

"Did you not hear Huang Hexian say the poison gas concentration would gradually increase?"

Tang Ming squinted, sneering: "Since it’s a test of anti-poison properties, it naturally starts off gently, like boiling a frog slowly, allowing us to adapt to the poison little by little. If they put us directly in a space potent enough to be deadly, many would die upon entering."

"You’re right! I shouldn’t be careless."

Hua Yingjie nodded repeatedly, immediately taking out a silver needle to start acupuncture on himself.

"Sealing Acupoints?"

Tang Ming was slightly surprised, praising: "Good idea—sealing your body’s functions, entering a state of false death, not breathing, closing your pores, making it harder to be poisoned."

"Hehe, the medical skills of the Heavenly Medicine Sect are not exaggerated. Sealing Acupoints is just superficial; the key is to seal the body’s vitality, so even if poisoned, it won’t be fatal."

Hua Yingjie laughed proudly, looking unsurely at Tang Ming: "Want me to seal yours too?"

"Forget it, I don’t need that."

Tang Ming quickly shook his head, curious about what means others would use to combat the toxic environment.

Thinking this, Tang Ming immediately began cultivation, using the skill he learned from Tang Xinhai yesterday, manipulating Dust Gu to leave his body and spread in the air.

Tang Ming first controlled the Dust Gu to destroy all surrounding cameras; despite the cameras being well-hidden, the Dust Gu’s probing made even the most secretive cameras visible.

"Dust Gu is truly an excellent thing, a function incredibly powerful, exciting!"

Tang Ming savored being acutely aware of every detail around him.

After some probing, Tang Ming was surprised to find that the thirty-one people who made it here indeed possessed great skills; once settled, some operated instruments to inject medicine into their bodies, others hid in corners using special cultivation techniques to secure a safe domain, and some even hardened their bodies directly, turning into stone-like statues becoming inanimate, merging with the surroundings...

As time passed, the poison gas inside the room grew denser, transforming into a poisonous fog; the gray space was eerily silent.

"Damn it, hitting the jackpot this time!"

Feeling the poison gas’s concentration rising, Tang Ming excitedly began utilizing his Poison Skill, absorbing the poison madly to enhance his cultivation.

The previous poisonous person was consumed by Little Hong Hong, and now the entire space was permeated with more potent poison than the poisonous person had, presenting Tang Ming a perfect opportunity to improve his cultivation.

According to Dust Gu’s detection, Tang Ming found Tang Xinhai was also using the poison here to practice cultivation. While for others this environment posed a life-threatening danger, for him and Tang Xinhai it was a coveted Holy Land for cultivation.

"Ah!"

Uncertain how long had passed, a miserable cry shattered the room’s silence.

"Bai Shengqi, you fraud, didn’t you say you could handle this poison? Why am I poisoned?"

A painful roar erupted.

"Fool, you obviously drank the water just now; exposed to this environment, it would certainly be infected with the virus. You drank poison water; of course, you’d be poisoned." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Bai Shengqi’s voice followed: "He’s mutating; quickly kill him."

"Damn it, I’m unlucky; don’t think you guys will get away, let’s die together."

"Ahhh, help, help!"

...

A chaotic noise reverberated through the room, turning the previously silent space into chaos with screams and sounds of fighting rising continuously.

"What’s going on?"

Hua Yingjie, who was no longer breathing, suddenly looked at Tang Ming in confusion.