The Heavenly Dao System-Chapter 116: Living In Hell

In less than a minute after the Violet Origin Flame appeared, some of the unlucky contestants began to faint from the intense heat.

One really couldn’t fault them, granted that they were immensely close to the flame and bore the full heatwave.

Moreover, none of them anticipated the flame temperature to be way beyond their capability.

Some male alchemists were so shocked by the flame that they wet their pants. However, they were slick and feigned ignorance as they could mask their wetness to be sweaty.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t escape the all-preying eyes.

Along with the fainted and those who wet their pants, they were all unanimously teleported away.

"Those who fainted are lower-ranked alchemists, so it’s a given they were eliminated. However, the ones who wet their pants are a disgrace. The nerve of them to even mask it as sweat is disgusting." Ye Ming’s voice resounded loudly.

Soon, the crowd turned to look at the stage with intrigue.

There were at least 5 contestants who didn’t faint, but thanks to Ye Ming’s words, it was obvious why they were teleported outside as well.

Soon, the faces of the 5 contestants burned heavily as they quickly hid their faces and dashed away.

Even a fool could tell they were the ones who had wet their pants and tried to hide it.

"Bwahahaha!"

"Alchemists are also shameless!"

"How could they still have the nerve to call themselves geniuses if they wet their pants from a flame?"

The audience didn’t have to deal with the flame temperature due to the isolated barrier. Hence, they didn’t understand the profoundness of Ye Ming’s flame and only thought these eliminated alchemists were a disgrace.

"What kind of flame is this?" Song Jing’s eyes were narrowed as she locked intently at the projection screen.

Despite the commotion, the flame on the screen continued to prance around.

She could sense that the flame was no ordinary flame.

At this moment, she was somewhat envious of the contestants who could have the opportunity to endure against such a flame. If possible, she also wanted to be in the room and participate.

It was just a pity that her status prevented such a possibility from occurring. She also didn’t have any justified explanation to enter the room.

While Song Jing was struggling internally, back in the heated room, Ye Ming was watching in joy.

"Don’t try to force or strain yourself. One should have some self-awareness and raise their hands to give up when necessary." Ye Ming said calmly.

A few seconds later, an alchemist with his face beet red raised his hand up. He was a 6th rank alchemist and could no longer endure the heat.

After all, the Violet Origin Flame had pranced near his area more than 9 times—a whopping 6 times more than others.

He knew that if he forcefully endured further, then he would faint from the heat and embarrass himself even more.

Thankfully, it appeared that the examiner was still kind-hearted and allowed them to give up. Thus, he readily raised his hand up to resign. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Alas, that was all just his imagination.

"Hmph, didn’t I say this was hell and that you had one last chance to leave earlier?" Ye Ming sneered and instantly controlled the flame to hover beside the 6th-rank alchemist.

Almost immediately, the 6th-rank alchemist’s mouth was left agape as he stared at the flame and then Ye Ming.

"W-Why—" Before he could even question the reason, he fainted from the heat intensity. In fact, he even wet his pants in the meantime from the shock and horror.

Sneering, Ye Ming only teleported him away when he could sense the contestant was close to life danger.

Once another contestant was eliminated, Ye Ming turned to the group who was still busy enduring the heat.

"Does anyone else want to surrender?" He asked in the most gentle and sweetest tone ever.

However, such a tone instantly caused every contestant to have goosebumps. Their eyes might be closed, but their perceptions were very high. They were alchemists so their perceptions were even superior to regular cultivators.

And to them, perceptions were equivalent to their eyes—no even greater. Hence, they had seen the entire scene.

Therefore, only a fool would still raise their hand up and believe Ye Ming’s words.

"Wow, I didn’t expect our fellow contestants to be so brave and a masochist. Imagine loving to endure the heat and refuse to surrender." Ye Ming clicked his tongue.

He appeared to be amazed and impressed by them, but the audience in the stadium laughed loudly.

"Hahaha, this is a first. How many times have we witnessed an examiner to be very rigid and aloof?"

"I know, right. This is the type of examiners we need to see to spice things up."

"The Fushang Territory is indeed different and unique. I initially thought we’ll have to sit here for months just to watch them concoct something that we can’t even see till the end."

"The first round has already eliminated quite a lot of people. I wonder what the second round would be."

Due to the uniqueness of the competition, many audiences were actually fired up and eagerly betting for their favorite contestant.

"Hah, is this even alchemy or a battle stage?" Song Jing exhaled deeply. Her perspective of an alchemy competition had been shattered.

What should have been a noble concoction and demonstration of their alchemy Dao, became nothing more than a cultivator enduring the heat.

"Sister Jing shouldn’t be too disappointed." Besides her, Lin Loi suddenly consoled her. "The first round might seem unorthodox, but if you think about it carefully. It didn’t discriminate the alchemists from their rank. Instead, it tests their affinity with fire."

"Yes, but the affinity with fire should be spread equally. Look at the purple-like flame prancing around. I’ve noticed it was approaching close to certain alchemists more than the others." Song Jing pointed it out.

"Well, isn’t alchemy also based on luck?" Lin Loi was amused. "Moreover, I have a feeling that the ones who were approached more by the flame had a bad character. They are living in hell, and hell only punishes the evil."