Urban Super Medical Sage-Chapter 1004 - 1002: Evil Sea Prison Cage (3 more)

"The Supreme Heavenly Fire Sect and the Blood Demon Palace are not ranked first?"

"Then, there is no winner or loser."

Sheng Yingkun exhaled a slight sigh of relief; this gamble wasn’t necessarily a bet for certain death.

After all, the Supreme Heavenly Fire Sect was destined to end up at the bottom, but the Blood Demon Palace might not necessarily secure first place.

The Misty Soul Sect, Mysterious Cloud Sect, Star Palace, and Tianyan Sect all aimed for first place, and each had the strength to achieve it.

Sheng Yingkun nodded, "Let’s settle it this way!"

"How is this Sect Competition going to be fought? What are the rules?" Wan Tonghai suddenly inquired.

The Sect Competition takes place every three years, and what it specifically involves each time is not fixed. The rules are always determined collectively by the leaders of the Six Great First-Rank Powers; this has always been the case.

And what the Sect Competition entails every time, and the specific rules—these are critical, even decisive.

"The Evil Sea!" Moku licked his lips and, without hesitation, declared directly.

"Impossible!" In an instant, with hardly any hesitation, not just Sheng Yingkun but even Zhang Danhe, Elderly Hun Qing, and others, all had their expressions change dramatically, shouting.

The Evil Sea? How could the Evil Sea be chosen? Absolutely not!!!

Generally speaking, the Sect Competition provides over a dozen types of events to choose from. The most common is for contestants to draw lots and engage in one-on-one battles, proceeding round by round until first, second, and third place are decided... This type of competition is the fairest and safest.

But what is the most terrifying and has the highest mortality rate among all event types? That’s right—it’s the Evil Sea.

In the history of the Six Great Sects, the Sect Competition has been held over tens of thousands of times, yet the Evil Sea form of competition has appeared only a handful of times.

However, in that mere handful of times, the results were always enough to send chills down people’s spines.

What is the Evil Sea? Strictly speaking, the Evil Sea is a Minor World—a spatial realm spanning about a few hundred thousand square meters.

Not very large.

Legend holds that the Evil Sea was once the lost possession of an elder from an Advanced Martial Plane who cultivated evil techniques.

This Minor World of Evil Sea absorbed countless negative energies. If an ordinary martial cultivator were thrown into it, within three days their mind would collapse, leading them to Demonize.

Fortunately, no human martial cultivators are imprisoned within it.

But inside, there are Demon Beasts!!! No fewer than tens of millions of Demon Beasts were imprisoned there by the elder who cultivated evil techniques. However, before the elder could use them, the Evil Sea was lost.

Those tens of millions of Demon Beasts, imprisoned for billions of years, had long since Demonized and become the most terrifying Evil Things.

The Evil Sea has always been under the control of the Blood Demon Palace, passed down through the hands of successive Blood Demon Palace leaders.

If used for competition, how would it work?

It’s simple. Within the Evil Sea are numerous metal prison cages.

These metal prison cages were crafted by combined efforts of the Six Great First-Rank Powers during the very first time the Evil Sea was used as the competition venue. A total of ten thousand were forged.

During the Sect Competition, contestants voluntarily draw lots to determine which metal prison cage inside the Evil Sea they will enter.

At this point, the competition begins.

The human aura of the contestants is highly attractive to the countless Evil Things within the Evil Sea.

Essentially, once a contestant enters a certain metal prison cage, their aura will rapidly diffuse, drawing more and more Evil Things toward them.

Each metal prison cage is roughly ten cubic meters in size—a fairly spacious interior. However, the terrifying aspect lies in the fact that a prison cage is ultimately still a cage! And cages are not sealed structures! They are formed of metal rods welded together using metal materials.

The gaps between the rods are spaced about one chi apart.

These wide gaps allow the terrifying Evil Qi within the Evil Sea to continuously invade the cage, putting the contestant inside through unbearable torment. If their mind isn’t resolute enough, they might Demonize outright. This is the first peril.

Additionally, the wide gaps permit countless Evil Things to stretch their claws, legs, tongues, teeth, tails, spikes, and so on into the cage to deliver fatal attacks to the contestant inside. This is the second peril.

What’s even more brutal is that, as the human aura continues to attract attention, more and more Evil Things will surround the metal prison cage. Once the number of Evil Things reaches a certain threshold, the cage will be torn apart and crushed. At that point, the Evil Things are no longer merely launching simple, reduced-impact attacks across the cage—they will be unleashing full-on, close-range assaults with all their might, like an overwhelming torrent or mountain. This is the third peril.

In the history of the Six Great Sects, during the handful of times the Evil Sea was used as the competitive venue, the results were unbelievably tragic. Generally, the mortality rate exceeded fifty percent. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

For participating martial cultivators to survive, they must break open the cage in a short time while resisting the intrusion of Evil Qi!!! However, the cage is not easy to open—in fact, it’s extremely difficult!

Should someone manage to open the cage, and—more lucky still—do so quickly while the Evil Things nearby have yet to gather in large numbers, congratulations: seize the moment while the Evil Things are few; swiftly slay those approaching you, and then escape—make for the upper boundary of the Evil Sea with utmost speed. If your luck is phenomenally good and the Evil Things chasing you fail to catch up, perhaps you’ll escape the Evil Sea.

The rankings for the competition are determined based on the amount of time it takes to escape the Blood Sea.

However, for the vast majority of martial cultivators, simply surviving and escaping the Blood Sea counts as victory itself—how much time it takes becomes secondary.

To sum up, the Evil Sea competition is an exceedingly brutal kill-or-be-killed event!

Such a bloodthirsty competition format is truly intolerable.

Thus, when Moku proposed it, not just Sheng Yingkun but the other sect leaders vehemently refused to accept it.

"Heh... I believe all of you know that the invasion of the Extraterritorial Celestial Race is imminent. When the Extraterritorial Celestial Race invades, it will be far more brutal than the Evil Sea competition. You value and cherish your disciples, which I can fully understand. But will you still be able to cherish and protect them when the Celestial Race arrives? My proposal for the Evil Sea competition, though its mortality rate is high and it is indeed brutal, provides a unique form of training for our few monstrous disciples."

Moku spoke with a sly smile, not rushed. He continued slowly, his demeanor calm and measured. Since he dared to propose the Evil Sea competition, he naturally had both confidence and reasoning to support his suggestion.

As Moku elaborated further, Elderly Hun Qing and the others’ expressions subtly shifted, falling into silent contemplation.