# Chapter 1877: Crisis Lurking Everywhere
"When does the Immortal Kingdom Trial begin?" Lin Feng asked, his gaze fixed on the rolling mist and clouds ahead. The crowd within a hundred miles seemed to surround this area of mist—that was the entrance to the Immortal Kingdom Trial.
"Today is the day. The Immortal Kingdom Trial occurs once a year, each time lasting three days. During these three days, you can enter or exit. I suggest you go in on the final day." Shi Chuan said to Lin Feng and the others. Lin Feng showed a puzzled expression, then heard Shi Chuan continue: "In the first few days, some people inside the Immortal Kingdom Trial will be thinking about being the last hunters."
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng understood. On the last three days, they probably wanted to hunt one more time, only coming out at the very end.
"The most dangerous thing in the Immortal Kingdom Trial is human greed. For many people in the trial, those great opportunities aren't necessarily obtainable. Their greatest wealth is actually the other people in the trial—all elite figures. Killing them allows you to obtain their storage rings. So you must be on guard. Of course, if you encounter each other, remember the commander's words: don't let greed cloud your judgment. Unity brings benefit, conflict brings loss."
Shi Chuan still didn't forget to remind everyone. Just then, from within the mist, dazzling golden light suddenly shot out. In that brief instant, the golden light illuminated the entire sky. Terrifying void power spread out, and suddenly, a figure accompanied by golden rays shot out from the mist, charging straight into the sky and rolling away into the distance.
"So fast! Didn't stop for even a moment." Lin Feng's expression stiffened. Then a second figure, a third—strong practitioners kept shooting out from inside, fleeing away like lightning. These people all had one thing in common: they never stopped, directly blasting away.
"It seems these guys are also worried about being intercepted and killed." Lin Feng thought to himself. With so many powerful people around, those coming out of the Immortal Kingdom Trial were also afraid. But this was the Underworld, not the Immortal Kingdom Trial. Even those with formidable strength wouldn't casually intercept those coming out, since their identities were unknown. Many of these elite figures were from various city lord's mansion legions—if they ran into someone with a strong background, it would be disastrous.
"Someone's going in!" Just then, the crowd's expressions stiffened. Someone stepped through the golden light into the mist, entering the Immortal Kingdom Trial.
But such people were extremely rare—occasionally one or two. Those coming out, however, were continuous. The brilliant threads never stopped.
This situation continued until the third day. Shi Chuan looked at Lin Feng and the others and said, "The three days are almost over. It's time for you to go in. When you step into the Immortal Kingdom Trial, you'll be teleported to different places. Remember, stay highly alert at all times."
"Don't worry, sir. We know what to do." Everyone nodded. Then they stepped toward the misty area. Lin Feng did the same. Standing in the golden void light, he looked down at the colorful misty radiance, exhaled, and stepped downward.
The moment he stepped into the mist, Lin Feng felt as if he had entered a golden void gate. Stars shifted and time rotated. Lin Feng had an illusion, as if roaming through a ethereal world. But this illusion lasted only a brief moment before he felt his body sink. The ethereal feeling disappeared, and he sensed his body falling downward.
"Die!" A cold voice sounded in Lin Feng's mind without warning. In an instant, Lin Feng was covered in death qi. He felt a death force trying to bury him, to make him completely dead.
"Live!" Lin Feng moved his mind. Life without end—life and death transformed into each other. His life force suddenly became extremely strong. No matter how terrifying the death force descending upon him was, his body still surged with vigorous life force, as if filled with endless life energy that would never cease.
But Lin Feng was truly startled into a cold sweat. If he hadn't already touched the edge of the Life and Death Dao, the terrifying death intent contained in that single strike would have been enough to half-kill him. With surging life force on his body, he frantically retreated. His sharp eyes saw a withered old man. This person was entirely gray—even his face was the same, as if he were a dead man.
The Immortal Kingdom Trial only restricted strength, not age. This old man was a high-rank Nether Emperor, lying in wait here. He was watching to see if any unlucky ones among those descending from the Underworld would fall into his hands. In these three days, countless people had descended into the Immortal Kingdom Trial, and indeed a few unlucky ones had landed here, becoming his prey.
Seeing Lin Feng, who was only a low-rank Nether Emperor, how could he let him go?
The old man's figure moved like the wind. Instantly, the entire void seemed to stir up a terrifying death wind. The billowing black death nether qi rolled with his body. The withered old man's eyes were sunken, giving an extremely cold and sinister feeling. Lin Feng added wind law to himself but still couldn't match the other's speed.
"Whoosh!" Light blazed brightly. An ordinary imperial weapon long sword shot out through the air, killing. Lin Feng wanted to see if imperial weapons and emperor weapons were truly useless in this Immortal Kingdom Trial.
"Crack!" A destructive light suddenly descended from the sky, directly striking the sword. In an instant, the sword turned to powder. The destructive pressure made Lin Feng's heart tremble. As he fled, he couldn't help looking up at the sky. What kind of power was controlling this Immortal Kingdom Trial from the unseen? Was this what they called world rules?
Then, was it like his own world—was this Immortal Kingdom Trial also a world controlled by a powerful practitioner?
"Stay!" The withered old man spat out a cold voice from his mouth. A stream of death nether qi pierced through the void, reaching for Lin Feng, transforming into a death hand.
Lin Feng had eyes in the back of his head. The other's death nether qi was suddenly eroded by life force, about to be completely transformed. At the same time, Lin Feng fiercely slashed out with his sword. A cracking, collapsing sound rang out. The death hand was shattered, the death nether hand eroded by life qi losing its original power.
"A low-rank Nether Emperor actually has this kind of strength." The withered old man's expression congealed. The power of life and death at two extremes, and the ability to transform the death power he blasted out—this kind of technique was extraordinary. But it only strengthened his determination to catch Lin Feng. This person might have secrets.
"Little one, you can't escape." The withered old man's mouth spat out mocking words. The world around Lin Feng seemed to be entwined with death force. If Lin Feng's strength wasn't sufficient, just this death force alone would be enough to destroy him.
A cold gleam flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. In this Immortal Kingdom Trial, imperial weapons and emperor weapons were useless. He could only rely on his own strength to kill the other.
"Hmm?" Just then, there was a mountain peak in front of Lin Feng. On the peak stood a middle-aged man, exuding a terrifying sharpness. Standing there calmly, he gave Lin Feng a tremendous threat.
No wonder Green Lotus Commander advised me not to come to the Immortal Kingdom Trial at this time. It's too dangerous. The people here are all strong to begin with, and these old-timers staying in the trial are all thinking about hunting us newcomers. Truly a crisis lurking everywhere.
But Lin Feng's body still charged forward, facing the middle-aged man directly. Seeing Lin Feng rushing toward him, the other remained calm, extremely composed.
Lin Feng's entire body was covered with strong wind law and space law, burying him within. When he reached not far from the middle-aged man, Lin Feng's body suddenly charged into the void. Almost simultaneously, the middle-aged man's body also moved, his entire being transforming into a sword—an extremely terrifying sword, a sword that acknowledged no master but itself. As this sword stabbed out, it seemed no other power existed in heaven and earth. The withered old man's death qi seemed to be torn apart. The target of this terrifying sword was not Lin Feng, but the withered old man behind him.
The withered old man was a high-rank Nether Emperor, while Lin Feng was only a low-rank Nether Emperor. He was about to be caught by the withered old man—already a lamb to the slaughter. Of course, this certain-kill sword couldn't be left for Lin Feng.
The withered old man's expression changed drastically. Vast death nether qi surged to the sky, transforming into a terrifying death vortex, swallowing forward. If the other came over, he would surely be devoured by this bottomless death vortex.
"Chi!" The sword that the middle-aged man had transformed into stabbed into the vortex. Instantly, the death vortex seemed to roar. A cold gleam flashed in the withered old man's pupils. Daring to enter his death nether sea—how could he not die?
But at that moment, thousands of sword lights seemed to tear everything apart. The death vortex exploded and scattered. A dazzling sword light stabbed out from the vortex first, instantly cutting across the sky. The void seemed to fall silent. But in the next moment, the death vortex erupted with unparalleled, terrifying sword qi, destroying everything.
As for the withered old man's body, it was split in two from the middle. The middle-aged man waved his sword, and endless sword light shredded even the corpse into pieces. The remaining few storage rings—the middle-aged man's hand trembled slightly, and he controlled them all in his hand. At this moment, he slowly raised his gaze, looking at Lin Feng in the void.
The battle from start to finish was only an instant. Lin Feng didn't flee. He witnessed this instant of certain-kill battle, his heart slightly stirred. The people here were indeed very formidable. It seemed he would have to be extremely careful from now on.