Chapter 35 - Eight Schools Alliance Stationed in Hell

In just three short days, the eight major academies had arranged for the candidates entering Hell’s portal and set off towards it.

Lu Hong and others finally arrived at the entrance of Hell on the fifteenth day of their journey with the academy’s teachers, a place blocked off within a ten-thousand-meter radius by the imperial army.

Only after the principal and the military’s high command confirmed their identities were they allowed to approach the Hell’s portal.

The portal originally opened by the Hell cult was not large, but it led directly deep into Hell.

Danni, attempting to stop this communication, forcibly entered the portal.

Under Danni’s immense power, the human-sized fissure was violently torn into a hundred-meter deep abyss, swallowing anyone who entered like a merciless gaping mouth.

“What a stinky smell,” Fidel complained while discussing his plan to charm the ladies with Lu Hong as they walked.

As they neared the portal, a sulfuric stench hit them, nearly making Fidel vomit.

“Just smell it more, you’ll get used to it,” Lu Hong patted Fidel’s shoulder.

“Let’s stick to the ‘hunting women’ plan, try it when we get back; it’s basically a surefire success.”

“Yeah!” Fidel nodded vigorously.

All the way, Fidel sought advice from Lu Hong on charming women.

Lu Hong, ever so talkative, discussed it with gusto, and even personally made plans for Fidel to pursue girls, naming it the “hunting women” plan.

“I won’t say much more, just that if we tie the knot, the kids will have you as their godfather!” Fidel, utterly influenced by Lu Hong, now idolized him beyond comparison.

Yet despite their apparent expertise, Lu Hong, as a virgin who had his first experience somewhat involuntarily, knew how much?

At most, it was just bold talk between one daring to speak and another daring to listen.

As for the “hunting women” plan, it was most likely doomed to fail.

“Everyone will station themselves at Hell’s portal to acclimatize to the air here!” The principal ordered the students to rest on the spot, without covering their noses or using magic to purify the air.

“Oh no, Principal!”

“It really smells awful!”

This decision, of course, led to collective complaints from hundreds of students, including Fidel.

As for our Nono, who had grown up surrounded by fragrance, she had already fainted.

Lu Hong slapped her cheek twice, didn’t she wake up?

“Quiet, quiet!

You can’t always rely on purification magic to maintain the air quality in Hell, you must get used to this smell!” The principal loudly countered the students, occasionally ordering the teachers to interrupt any students trying to secretly cast spells.

“But Principal, you shouldn’t be using purification magic either!” By now, students with keen eyes had spotted a magical aura beneath the principal’s nose, a trace of purification magic.

“Don’t talk nonsense, when did I use it?” The principal quickly turned his head away, completely denying it.

“See that?

Those are students from Kains Academy, just a bunch of losers!” A teacher from the Academy of the Swordsmen loudly pointed at the nearby students from Kains Academy.

The people from Kains Academy, naturally hearing these words, clearly knew they were intended for them.

“What did you say?” Our principal squinted, his expression unfriendly as he stared at the teacher from the Academy of the Swordsmen.

“I said your academy is trash, can’t even withstand the smell of Hell, better go back home early!

Don’t embarrass yourselves here,” the outspoken teacher continued, pointing to his students, “Compared to us at the Academy of the Swordsmen, heh.”

Where he pointed, the students from the Academy of the Swordsmen were uniformly dressed, seated neatly on the ground, and perfectly stoic under the assault of Hell’s stench—ideal examples of robotic.

The principal looked at the performance of the Swordsmen’s students, then turned back to his own.

A messy group sat undisciplined, each reacting dramatically under the influence of Hell’s stench—it was incomparable.

“I suddenly feel like you’re right,” the principal sighed deeply.

“…” The teacher from the Academy of the Swordsmen suddenly felt the conversation couldn’t continue—why was there no rebuttal?

What about your pride?

Can’t you not be so honest?

“Alas, forget it, forget it.

Our Kains Academy is just a third-rate trash academy, no comparison, no comparison,” the principal waved his hand, briefly instructed the nearby head of the teaching department, then plunged headfirst into Hell’s portal.

“Students of Kains Academy, did you hear that?

Your principal admitted you’re trash!” Another teacher from the Academy of the Swordsmen shouted.

It seemed likely that the Academy of the Swordsmen was acting on some bigwig’s orders, targeting Kains Academy.

You see, other academies didn’t open their mouths at all.

“Hey!

Didn’t you hear?

Your principal admitted you’re all useless!” Seeing that the staff and students of Kains Academy totally ignored him, the teacher raised his voice, probably because his earlier voice was too soft, and they hadn’t heard.

No matter how loud the teacher yelled, the students of Kains Academy just kept chatting among themselves, paying him no attention!

“What a group of unruly students,” the Academy of the Swordsmen’s teacher fumed to death.

But what could he do if the other party wouldn’t respond to his provocations?

Hours passed, and the students from the eight academies had largely adapted to the scent of Hell, beginning to enter the Hell Rift in groups.

The students of Kains Academy voluntarily stayed until the end, waiting until all other academies’ students had entered.

Lock Fan then walked to the front of all the students, turned around, and said, “You all heard the insult from the Academy of the Swordsmen just now, didn’t you?”

At this moment, the noisy students all fell silent.

“We heard it.”

So it wasn’t that they hadn’t heard the provocation from the Swordsman teacher earlier, they simply chose to ignore it.

Before leaving, the principal had instructed them that they were just an ordinary academy, with nothing to be proud of.

While abroad, they would definitely face attacks from other academies, and they should not retaliate with words at that time, but prove their worth in Hell with their strength!

Survival in Hell isn’t just about individual strength, but about unity as a whole!

“I won’t say much more.

Going into Hell, we need to stick together.

The words of Turu Kulu will be our first command; no one is allowed to violate it!” Lock Fan bellowed.

“Understood!” all the present students responded in unison.

“Folks, you must maintain team actions when in Hell.

I have already explained everything on the way here, and be ready to fight at any moment once we enter Hell!” Lu Hong, after all, was a student of this academy, so he had also discussed the arrangements for entering Hell with Lock Fan while on the road.

Lock Fan was also a man of great integrity and had great respect for this powerful individual who had once defeated him.

Their discussion about Hell had reached the teachers’ ears, and originally the teachers had been thinking about how to advise the students.

However, this discussion ended up being ‘Divinely Enthroned’ by the teachers, being conveyed to every student.

Although the principal was also puzzled as to why Lu Hong was so familiar with Hell, he didn’t ask further.

“Let’s move out!” Lu Hong scanned all the students of Kains Academy before striding forward, stepping directly into the Rift of Hell.

Hell was not unfamiliar to him; during his time playing “Sky Limit,” he had often ventured into Hell for missions.

His familiarity with Hell was nearly as deep as Danni’s, who regularly combatted Hell forces.

As the environment before him twisted, a crimson sky appeared in Lu Hong’s eyes.

Above was not clouds or sun or moon, but numerous upside-down volcanoes spewing hot magma toward the ground.

This was the lower layer of Hell, a paradise of blood and sulfur.

“Everyone, move forward!

We will establish our post five thousand meters in the 3 o’clock direction!” Lu Hong glanced around at the environment, the split valleys and erupting volcanoes engulfing the surroundings.

There were magma flows everywhere; it seemed their landing spot wasn’t very favorable.

The teachers and students from the other seven academies had all found relatively open spaces and began to set up camp.

The teachers accompanying them were responsible for the absolute safety of the camps, but the task of exploring Hell was entirely up to the students, also serving as a significant training exercise.

And about the rewards for this training exercise.

Each of the eight academies had brought out a substantial amount of money and some training weapons and tools as rewards for the team that performed the best.

As for the scoring criteria,

every Hell Demon possessed a sulfur core within them.

During the three-month training period, whichever academy gathered the most sulfur cores naturally won.

“Big bro Tu, why don’t we station over there?” Lock Fan asked with some confusion, noticing that the camps of the other seven academies were different from theirs.

The other seven academies had chosen a larger open area, surrounded by endless crevices more than a meter wide.

This arrangement seemed very safe.

Every student had to cross the crevice to enter or exit, providing a defensive buffer in case monsters attacked.

But in Lu Hong’s eyes, this kind of behavior was simply idiotic; blame it on mankind’s almost nonexistent footprint in Hell.

Otherwise, how could they possibly arrange this joint academy training exercise?

Although the lower planes of Hell seemed not too dangerous, they were actually connected to the upper planes.

Should the upper Hell discover their presence, all the students would face a catastrophic attack.

Of course, if a high-level Demon were to descend, Lu Hong was also confident he could detect it in advance and lead the people to escape.

“I’ve told you before, never get close to those ground crevices.

Large groups of subterranean Demons could emerge at any moment.

Did you forget?” Lu Hong chided Lock Fan.

“It’s not that I forgot; it’s just…” Lock Fan was somewhat embarrassed to say.

“It’s because you don’t believe me, right?” Of course, Lu Hong understood Lock Fan’s thoughts.

Everyone else was doing it, and going against the grain naturally bred doubt.

“Anyway, don’t worry about it.

The open area up ahead is perfect.

No cracks anywhere, most suitable for our camp.” Lu Hong insisted, and with no one objecting, they reached the designated spot and began to set up camp.