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However, when the four of them rushed into the forest, they discovered that more than half of the poisonous gas in the forest had already dissipated.

As for the Demonic Vine, it had completely disappeared at this moment.

There were piles of bones everywhere in the forest.

Without even thinking, one could tell that the bones were left behind by the students who had entered the forest.

To be honest, the four of them were a bit uncertain. They didn't know why they were so unlucky. They were clearly inspecting the Withering Bloom Swamp and didn't notice anything amiss, so why did something happen to them the moment they entered?

Furthermore, they also knew that the king's thunderous fury was due to the fact that Lin Tian, Fang Xing, Du Feng, and Gu Yan'er had not come out yet.

A lot of people had used their identity tokens to teleport out of the bog just now, but not a single one of them came out.

Could something have happened?

A cold intent immediately flashed through the hearts of the four. As they looked at the king's enraged expression, no matter what, the four of them could no longer be blamed.

Furthermore, Yang Qingtian himself was feeling extremely miserable. Those four students that had yet to come out were the top geniuses of the Northern Courtyard.

If the four of them were to really die in this Ku Rong Swamp, Yang Qingtian wouldn't even have a place to cry.

The Northern Courtyard might not be able to recruit such a monstrous existence like Lin Tian in a hundred years, but this time, all of them were defeated by this so called Freshman Rite …

But just as Yang Qingtian was thinking this, Nan Gong Shi who was at the side, suddenly spoke up: "Look, there are still some students there …"

The remaining three people were startled. In the next moment, their gazes completely gathered at a spot not far away.

At this moment, it was indeed as Nangong Shi had said. Not far away, there were a few people gathered together.

The four of them did not hesitate and quickly rushed towards those people.

"We've already found them. Other than us, no one else survived …" Just now, Fang Xing and Du Feng had gone to investigate the situation, but aside from the few of them, not a single one of them was still alive.

Lin Tian sighed as he suddenly felt a tinge of emotion. The road of martial arts was truly dangerous beyond compare. There were still many more challenges to face.

No one knew if they would be the next to die.

Of course, danger and opportunity coexisted at the same time. It was just like how many students who entered the Withering Bloom Swamp would never be able to leave.

But Lin Tian unbelievably obtained the Vampiric Demonic Vine's mother root …

Lin Tian sighed and shook his head. He threw these random thoughts to the back of his head.

At this moment, Gu Yan'er had completely recovered her Yuan Power.

Most of the surrounding poisonous fog had also been absorbed by Gu Yan'er.

Gu Yan'er possessed the Woeful Poison Body. This poison gas was undoubtedly a disaster for others. However, it was a good tonic for her. After absorbing this poisonous gas, his recovery speed was much faster than when he used spirit stones to recover his Origin Energy …

"Let's go." Lin Tian said to the three of them.

At this moment, there should only be the four of them left in the Withering Bloom Swamp. The first round of the assessment was to compete and see how long these students could last in this swamp.

From the looks of it, the four of them should be the ones who persisted to the very end.

"Lin Tian!" At this moment, a surprised and happy voice was suddenly heard from not too far away.

Lin Tian was startled, this voice sounded very familiar, it sounded like Yang Qingtian's voice.

Lin Tian lifted his head to look, indeed it was true, not far away, the person flying over was really Yang Qingtian.

However, it was not just Yang Qingtian. Other than him, the heads of the other three branch academies, Zhou Tian Xing, Nan Gong Shi and Zhang Wu Ya, had also come.

When Yang Qingtian's group of four saw Lin Tian's group of four, a huge weight immediately dropped from their hearts.

It was unbelievable that there were still surviving students.

Especially Lin Tian and the other three.

At this time, the happiest person was Yang Qingtian.

Unexpectedly, the four most outstanding geniuses of the Northern Courtyard returned unharmed.

"Honorable Headmasters." Lin Tian's group of four quickly arrived in front of Yang Qingtian and greeted him.

"Yes." Yang Qingtian nodded and looked around at the four of them, only to find that they were completely fine.

Only then did he smile in satisfaction, "Brat, the four of you are quite lucky to be able to survive under that Vampiric Demonic Vine's attack. Unbelievable …"

"Lin Tian, how did you survive in the Withering Bloom Swamp?" Nangong Shi couldn't help but ask.

They didn't have much hope at first, but at this moment, they were shocked to see that Lin Tian's group of four was actually still alive. How could they not feel astonished …?

"Actually, we don't know what's going on either …" Without waiting for the other three to speak, Lin Tian directly spoke.

"We originally relied on the poison aura that erupted from her body to temporarily stop the attack of the strange Demonic Vine. However, just when she was about to collapse and we had to use our identity tokens to teleport out, the Demonic Vine strangely disappeared …" Lin Tian also had a face full of doubt.

After hearing Lin Tian's explanation, Nangong Technique and Zhang Wuya turned their gazes towards the three people beside Lin Tian.

The four of them were in the same boat and had long since treated Lin Tian as their leader.

At this moment, they naturally wouldn't tear down Lin Tian's stage and all nodded without the slightest hesitation.

Actually, Lin Tian did not lie. They did not know about the matter of Lin Tian signing the contract with the mother root of the Vampiric Demonic Vine.

"That's strange, why would it be like this …" After hearing Lin Tian and the other three's explanations, Zhou Tian Xing was in disbelief.

However, they did not doubt Lin Tian's words because the Vampiric Demonic Vine was a terrifying existence that even they had to avoid.

They naturally wouldn't think that not only did Lin Tian find a way to deal with the Vampiric Demonic Vine, even the root of the Vampiric Demonic Vine was subdued by Lin Tian …

"Let's not ask about these things first. We should be able to report back to the king once we find them …" Although Yang Qingtian didn't know why the king would be so furious, he faintly guessed that it had something to do with Lin Tian.

Previously, Yang Qingtian had heard of Lin Tian's performance in the beast tide. He thought that the king had heard of Lin Tian's magnificent feat, and adding on the fact that the king had a good impression of Lin Tian, it would not be impossible if it was because of Lin Tian.

Moreover, in this Freshman Competition, other than the few geniuses of the Northern Courtyard, the geniuses from the other three branches all relied on their identity tokens to be directly transported out.

Regardless of whether it was Wang Tiangang, Zhang Taixu, Gu Qingling and the others, they were all unharmed.

In other words, the dead and injured in the Withering Bloom Swamp were all students with weaker cultivations.

Although the number of casualties was not small, the quality was generally poor.

That is the only consolation …]

"Let's go." Although the other three had doubts in their minds, after experiencing the fury of the king just now, they immediately gave up on the idea of asking Lin Tian. Instead, they brought four people and directly left the Withering Bloom Swamp.

At this time, outside the Withering Bloom Swamp, the king was anxiously waiting.

Their guess was correct. The king did not care about the death of the new students. He only cared about one person, and that was Lin Tian.

This brat absolutely couldn't get into trouble. After Lin Tian, he would be of great use to the king. Lin Tian was the most important part of his plan … …

Thus, he absolutely could not allow anyone to disrupt his plans. This was also the most important reason why the heads of the four branch academies were being cursed by the king.

"They're coming out." Gu Qingyuan seemed to have long known that the king would have this kind of reaction, so he wasn't too surprised. At this moment, he sensed that there was someone emerging from the Withering Bloom Swamp and immediately facing the king.

"It's best to pray that that brat is fine, otherwise I will definitely smack him to death!" The king said fiercely.