[Fantasy Land]
"Kill all of them!" Leaf Demon issued an order. This was his demon army. There were twenty of them. The numbers were small, but each one of them was enough to wipe out everyone.
Fortunately, the disciples here were not fuel-efficient lamps. Even though they were not as strong as demons, they were not weak either. If not, the sects would not choose them as the best candidates for this competition.
"We’ll fight too!" They said it fearlessly. Each of them relied on their own power and courage not to retreat in the face of powerful foes.
What gave them more hope to resist was that they knew that there were many dark horses lurking among them. The strong disciples who were not in the limelight, the powerful disciples who never showed off their strength, and the capable disciples who will absolutely win this competition.
Shenlian Yingyue released them from the protective shield silently. She then stared at the collapsing sky with a headache.
"Are they really going to fight and bury here together? Don’t they look at the falling sky?" Wang Pei Zhi took out his weapon.
This was the Superior Long Spear with the wood and fire elements that Shenlian Yingyue gave to him at the Golden Candle City.
He treasured this weapon as his beloved baby and cleaned his spear every day.
"They are coming to rescue us. We just have to wait until they arrive." Sima Ke Xin told him.
When he finished his sentence, the two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.
She stood motionlessly, watching everyone fight hard. Some of them gritted their teeth while wielding the swords; some of them struggled hard to stand up; and some of them lay on the ground weakly with blood and wounds all over their bodies. The colorful spiritual power and spells were so picturesque and heartbreaking.
Some of them tried their best to protect their partners, while some of them only cared about killing the Leaf Demon Army to get out of here alive. Some of them fought bravely, and some of them charged forward with great courage, hoping to reduce the pressure that the demons pressed on everyone.
A few of them were cowards; their true nature showed. They wanted to run away, abandoning everyone, but ended up being killed by the demons. No one bothered to save such cowardly people.
"You..." A disciple was pushed away by his best friend. His chest was pierced by the lightning-green vine of the monster. He looked at his closest friend in disbelief.
"I’m sorry, I don’t want to die here!" The man’s face was pale, yet he refused to pull his friend away.
"You....." The elegant man frowned. He looked at the blood on his chest in confusion and stared at Xiang FongFong’s gloomy face.
"You must fight for me. Until the death tears you apart, until these demons are gone!" Xiang FongFong sneered coldly, pushing the man under the demon’s feet.
Shenlian Yingyue witnessed the betrayal in front of her. She felt their anger, unwillingness, disbelief, pain, heartbreak, despair, sneering, scoffing, and so many other emotions that made her eyes become deep and dark.
[In reality, good people die easily and bad people live longer because good people sacrifice many for others. Bad things always happened to them.] Tuzi AoFen looked at everything that happened indifferently.
[Selfishness is the ultimate tool for survival, from an evolutionary perspective.] Xiao Yun’s voice rang in her ears.
[Back in ancient times, only selfish people survived. Those who were selfless didn’t survive long enough to replicate. That’s why ancient times were always filled with ruthless emperors and critics. Unfeelingness, and selfishness are what nature favors.] Jun Mu Yang’s eyes turned dark.
[Yue’er, If you are soft-hearted and compassionate, the selfish will come and take advantage of you, and they’ll conquer you knowing that you don’t have the desire to hurt them. They swallow your kindness and turn it against you.] Shenlian Yinzhu educated her. He felt sick, letting Yue’er witness these disgusting things.
[Emperors and critics knew this, so they ruled their empires with steel fists and cold-blooded emotions, and those who didn’t were deposed by their power-hungry blood relatives or friends, eternalizing the cycle of selfishness.] Bing Xue didn’t take his eyes away from taking care of the spiritual herb fields and flowers.
She loved flowers and herbs, so he took care of them for her, hoping to see her smile when she came here.
[In the cultivation era, those kind and simple-minded cultivators were toppled by the selfish ones and lost their lives on the battlefield. Every time they were in a life-or-death situation, betrayal was inevitable.] Xiao Li squeezed his favorite strawberry. The purple eyes were full of mockery.
[In the wild, animals who are cold-blooded and selfish will survive in an environment as harsh as the wild, and those who are selfless and soft will die early, become food, and objects overturned by the selfish.] Zhiyi sighed. Master, I hope that you can accept the cruel reality.

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