"Aren't you afraid I'll drag you down?"

Lin Yi, seated on the white jade steps, looked calmly at the woman with a heroic spirit in front of him.

His current state, as everyone could see.

A person who couldn't even stand for long, avoided by everyone.

Yet, this woman in front of him claimed she wanted to protect him?

If not for the sincerity in her eyes, Lin Yi would have suspected she was teasing him on purpose.

Facing Lin Yi's doubt, Orana asked him in return:

"Are you afraid of death?"

Lin Yi was taken aback by the question:

"Who in this world isn't afraid of death?"

Orana then chuckled softly at Lin Yi:

"That's why I say."

"Even our Jialan King chose to stay, so I don't believe you don't have some kind of backup plan."

Hearing Orana's reasoning, Lin Yi couldn't help but smile:

"Aren't you afraid I'm bluffing?"

At this moment.

Nobody paid attention to the Eldest Princess of Purple Moon Empire, Jun Moqian.

Now, she walked step by step towards Lin Yi and said:

"May I join you?"

Her unexpected request left Lin Yi momentarily speechless.

If Orana's joining was due to Gerard, then what was Jun Moqian's motive?

If Lin Yi remembered correctly.

Two days ago, he had knocked her Purple Moon Empire's Divine King Jun Shirong unconscious.

Between them, if there was any entanglement, it should be a grudge.

The more amusing thing for Lin Yi was.

He already had two women by his side.

And now, yet another one...

Lin Yi hadn't realized when he became so popular with women.

Seeing Lin Yi remain silent, Jun Moqian repeated:

"May I?"

This time, Lin Yi, too tired to ask the reason, simply said:

"If you're not afraid of death, then follow along."

"You can see the state I'm in now, I'd advise you to think it over."

However, Jun Moqian ignored his words completely.

She stood coldly beside Lin Yi.

Charles and the others witnessing this displayed confused expressions one after another.

At this moment, not only them.

Even Lin Yi himself couldn't understand why, in his current state, there were still fearless souls coming close.

With everyone else finding their teams among the two hundred plus people.

Holland suddenly spoke up:

"I'll repeat the rules of this test."

The crowd immediately ceased their discussions and turned to look at Holland.

Holland continued:

"In a moment, you will head to the Demon Forest."

At this point, Holland waved his hand, and hundreds of exquisite jade tokens floated in the air, slowly descending before each person:

"Please drop a drip of blood onto it to establish ownership."

Curiously, Lin Yi took the jade token and, emulating the others, bit his finger.

He squeezed out a drop of blood onto the surface covered in rune markings on the jade token.

As soon as the blood fell onto the jade token, it absorbed the blood instantaneously like a sponge.

Meanwhile, a system prompt suddenly sounded in Lin Yi's ear:

System: "Congratulations on obtaining new equipment: [Yang Token]."

'Lamb chop?'

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment.

However, upon seeing the equipment description, he realized he had misheard:

[Yang Token]

Special Item

Tier: Rare

Bound to: Lin Yi

Physical Attack: 100-100

Magic Attack: 100-100

Usage Level: Lv10

Additional Passive Skill [Tracking]: Those holding [Yin Token] can lock onto targets within 500 meters holding the [Yang Token] through aura (lock can be canceled upon destruction).

Additional Active Skill [Tracking II]: Can actively lock onto targets holding [Yin Token], lasting 10 seconds; Cool-down Time: 30 seconds.

[Use Skill]

Additional Active Skill [Tracking III]: Can actively lock onto targets holding [Yang Token], lasting 3 seconds; Cool-down Time: 30 seconds.

[Use Skill]

Once Lin Yi understood the function of the item in his hand.

The other candidates were still cluelessly looking at Holland, hoping for an explanation from him.

They didn't possess Lin Yi's ability.

At this point, Holland began to explain:

"The rune card in your hand holds a positioning array."

"It will help us locate your position more swiftly."

"What you are required to do is."

"Under the premise of hunting demons as much as possible, survive with it until this time tomorrow."

Holland glanced up at the position of the sun:

"Remember this time."

"Once you enter the Demon Forest, we will only come to retrieve you at this time tomorrow."

"Then, we will calculate scores based on the quantity of Demon Cores you acquire."

"The higher the Demon Core level, the higher the score."

"The top fifty scorers will advance to the next round of tests."

Holland, with a meaningful gaze, reminded:

"If you'd drop to only 50 survivors before that, the test will be terminated prematurely."

Following that, the crowd saw several Bright Knights carrying a large shelf toward them.

On the shelves sat rows upon rows of pearl-like orbs emitting faint blue light.

Holland pointed at the pearls:

"These Life Pearls correspond to each of your rune cards in the venue."

He looked at the males and females competing for Divine Son, with a knowing smile:

"Should your rune card shatter, the Life Pearl linked to it will break accordingly."

"Losing your rune card equates to death."

"Thus, you must safeguard your rune card diligently."

Upon finishing, Holland suddenly clapped his hands:

"Clap clap clap~~"

"All right!"

"Now, please proceed with the Mage Guild to establish the magic teleportation array leading to the Demon Forest."

Following this, a group of mages in gold-embroidered robes stepped forth from the side.

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd.

These mages expertly setup a complex, mysterious array on the open ground before the white jade steps.

Within moments.

The array suddenly illuminated, forming a teleportation gate emitting black aura.

Alongside this, a new strand of information appeared before Lin Yi's eyes:

[Positioning Teleportation Array]

Targeted Area: Demon Forest (Lv60-Lv85)

Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but think:

'There truly is a Tier Nine (Lv85) demon present!'

With over an hour left in the [Weakness] state.

At this moment, Holland pointed at the teleportation gate:

"Now, I wish everyone luck."

The spectators couldn't help but glance at one another in bewilderment.

At that moment, the teleportation gate seemed like a gateway to hell, emitting endless chill.

They were well aware of the terrifying depths within the Demon Forest.

Crossing this teleportation gate meant confronting an unknown world filled with danger and death.

As they faced the impending trial.

The crowd began hesitating one by one.

Just then.

The Mage Guild representative, Sikong Tingzhi, led the way saying:

"Let's go."

With this, he stepped in and vanished before the eyes of the crowd.

Inspired by his lead, the Crown Prince of Jialan Empire, Gongsun Zhi, followed closely behind.

Before entering the teleportation array, Gongsun Zhi deliberately paused, glancing at Lin Yi among the crowd.

Noticing Gongsun Zhi's gaze, as Lin Yi looked over, Gongsun Zhi had already disappeared into the teleportation array with his men.

Ling Yuwei suddenly asked beside Lin Yi:

"Shall we go too?"

Lin Yi chuckled:

"Let's go."

Then, he strode confidently towards the teleportation array.