teams have all arrived at the middle of the passage.

And the advancement of each team has also come to a halt.

Clearly, the leaders of each team have sensed the prohibition ahead, unable to move an inch forward.

The teams can only wait for the time being.

Feeling bored, Xiao Yi closed his eyes to rest.

But soon, he distinctly felt a burning gaze aimed at his face.

Puzzled, Xiao Yi followed the gaze and discovered the eyes of Ran Qi, Ye Liu, First Yun, Hua Ruolian, and others were all on him.

"What do you want?" Xiao Yi asked indifferently.

Everyone, although each in their own passage.

The passage is transparent, not hindering anyone’s sight or conversation.

"Xiao Yi, you indeed have some skills." Ran Qi sneered.

"Leading that group of trash and waste, yet still arriving at the middle of the passage at the fastest speed."

"The most important thing is, you even did it faster than me."

Ran Qi sneered, but in tone, it wasn’t contempt for the dozen Heavenly Talents behind Xiao Yi.

It’s merely a disdain of the strong for the weak.

In the eyes of this battle maniac, perhaps there are only strong and weak.

The dozen Heavenly Talents behind Xiao Yi, upon hearing this, pursed their lips, their faces slightly low, but did not refute.

Xiao Yi shrugged and did not answer.

He also knew, though, that Ran Qi’s words were true.

His team, except for him, was almost the weakest team.

The team from Black Cloud Academy, of course, needs no further explanation.

And the teams of Five Great Academies, taking the Heavenly Hidden Academy as an example, those who came to the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion were the most outstanding elite disciples in the Academy, at least were direct disciples of an elder.

And were among the most outstanding among the elder’s direct disciples.

So even the accompanying disciples in the Five Great Academies teams were stronger than the Heavenly Talents of a first-class force.

Plus, the cooperation between academy disciples was tacit, hence their performance was stronger.

As for the teams of other leaders...

Originally, before entering the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, each Heavenly Talent chose followers, and nearly half of them stood behind Xiao Yi.

But with Guu Feifan’s words "Opportunities inside the mansion are ultimately limited, if everyone follows him, how many can actually gain something?"

Most Heavenly Talents almost all left.

Indeed, the name of the Twin Stars truly resounds in the Central Region.

Following one of the Twin Stars, this Sword Dao Genius Xiao Yi, indeed felt safer.

But, when encountering opportunities, who can snatch them from him? What can one gain for themselves?

Therefore, those with stronger abilities, confident in themselves, all chose to leave.

Following slightly weaker leaders may be more dangerous, but the chances to compete for opportunities are greater.

It was even more so on Lingg Hong’s side.

Though Lingg Hong is a leader, he is almost the weakest among the 15 leaders.

Therefore, the strongest group among the Heavenly Talents of the first-class forces chose to follow him. In their view, following Lingg Hong might make it easier to snatch opportunities.

And not let the significant opportunities be taken by the leaders.

Thus, Lingg Hong’s team, though it seems weak because of Lingg Hong as the leader, is actually a strong alliance.

In contrast, the dozen Heavenly Talents following Xiao Yi were already at the bottom among the Heavenly Talents of first-class forces.

They were not very confident in their own abilities, and thus preferred to follow Xiao Yi.

Naturally, the team led by Xiao Yi was almost the weakest among the 15 teams.

However, Xiao Yi’s team was slightly stronger than Zhang Nanfeng’s team.

Zhang Nanfeng certainly needs no more explanation.

He’s even weaker than Lingg Hong.

But, he is the youngest here, so there’s not much to say.

...

Several minutes later.

The 15 passages suddenly began to overlap and transform.

However, the passages ultimately did not completely merge, instead, each became nearly ten times larger.

The entire Cave Mansion is already incredibly vast.

Even now, with each passage extended 10 times, it still only occupies a corner of this huge Cave Mansion.

"The prohibitions on the 15 passages have merged."

Each leader instantly reacted.

Yes, the passages did not merge, only became wider; but the various trial prohibitions on the passages merged.

That means now on each passage, there are trial prohibitions from each team.

different trial prohibitions converge on one passage.

At the same time, the Cave Mansion prohibition on the arm of the 15 leaders glowed brightly.

This signaled that the trials were starting again.

Woosh... Woosh... Woosh...

On each passage, a surge of light appeared, showing even more violent lightning, more intense blood colors, more fierce gales...

Under the force of prohibition, numerous Body Cultivation Puppets appeared out of thin air.

Judging by their density, there are probably no less than several dozen.

However, none of these caught the eyes of the 15 teams.

The pupils of the 15 leaders shrunk, staring into the depths of the passage.

There, sinister and gigantic creatures emerged.

"Demon beasts, it’s demon beasts, bad news." Everyone exclaimed in shock.

"At least the aura is beyond the peak of Saint Emperor Realm, including Martial Arts Great Power demon beasts, and even Supreme Demon Beasts..."

The entire passage was enlarged tenfold.

And upfront, densely packed demon beasts, amidst lightning and gales, are ferocious and horrifying.

With such density, it’s almost comparable to a Beast Tide.

Roar... Following a beastly roar.

Countless demon beasts began to charge down each passage.

"Not good, retreat quickly." A Heavenly Talent exclaimed in panic.

Here, it’s inside the passage.

Though wide, under such a dense charge of demon beasts, and with the team blocking upfront, it’s equivalent to directly facing the impact of a Beast Tide.

"Idiot." Another Heavenly Talent shouted in shock, "In this passage, you can only move forward to pass, retreating is tantamount to surrendering, exiting the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion."

Indeed, the passage only leads forward. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

If the 15 teams want to cross the passage and reach the depths of the Mansion, they must go forward.

But doing so requires confronting countless sinister demon beasts on each passage.

"I see." Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, "The real pressure indeed lies here."

This is only halfway through the long passage.

Meaning, the remaining half of the distance needs to be crossed through these puppets and demon beasts to truly reach the end of the passage.

This is definitely no easy feat.

"Young Master Xiao Yi." Guu Lianxing frowned and looked at Xiao Yi.

"With such dense demon beasts and those powerful body cultivation puppets, how can we pass?"

In her view, Xiao Yi passing is no difficult task.

But to protect everyone through, is nearly impossible.

After all, Xiao Yi is only one person, with just two hands.

How can he protect everyone through this dense army of demon beasts and those troublesome powerful puppets?

"Stick close to me, and you can pass." Xiao Yi said lightly.

The fighting spirit on his face once again emerged.

Step... Xiao Yi’s footsteps moved instantly.

While the densely packed demon beasts, numbering in tens of thousands, had long started their charge.

Dozens of puppets also attacked simultaneously.

Among the 15 passages, battles erupted immediately among the 15 teams.

...

Third update, today’s updates are done.

Tomorrow will have a burst of updates and fully enter the Ancient Emperor’s game.

Good night, everyone.