After sending Hong Yuan away, Ye Lai pondered alone, tomorrow he will go to Death Valley, where he will fight, not to mention anything else, when the time comes, it will be a big burden for many people just to be unable to absorb the desolate qi at will and have to resist the erosion of the dead qi at any time.

In Ye's view, "Death Valley" is simply a microcosm of the "Doomsday Graveyard", which is full of countless naked sins, countless lives are struggling in the hands of death, and in the end it is inevitable to be annihilated.

Han Lao's desolate pattern essay Ye Lai has already read it, and his understanding of "desolate feeling" is barely qualified, and it can be regarded as reaching the level of the first grade desolate pattern master, but ...... Thinking of this, Ye Lai reached out and took out a small pile of lilac paper from the skull necklace, which was very similar to today's banknotes, but there was a slight difference in color......

These are special talismans engraved with various barren patterns, which are disposable, that is, they will disappear completely after using them once.

"Three barren cow patterns, four turtle patterns, and three wind patterns...... There is also a ...... "Carefully twist a few barren runes in your hand, these are the results of Ye Lai's efforts for half a month, after unremitting efforts, Ye Lai's success rate in portraying barren lines has reached thirty percent, for novices, this is extremely difficult, "Black lotus pattern, a first-class top-level barren pattern, can greatly dissolve the erosion of dead air." In the end, Ye Lai alone took out a black barren rune and muttered in a low voice, this is the highest level of barren pattern he has drawn.

"The barren cow pattern, which increases the strength of the flesh, and the Xuan tortoise pattern, can form a protective desolate qi cover around the body to increase the defense, and more importantly, it can resist the death qi to a certain extent, and the wind pattern can burst out in an instant with a speed far beyond itself...... With these, the security of this trip is a little more. "Ye Lai inventoried his own material means, only when he really understood himself, could he survive more flexibly, "In the Death Valley, you can't restore your own strength by absorbing desolate qi, you need to prepare more recovery pills, from the perspective of cost performance, 'Little Desolate Pill' seems to be more cost-effective than 'Great Desolate Pill'......"

In fact, these two are more popular recovery pills, taking one can recover three percent and fifty percent of the desolation in a short period of time, of course, this is for the absurdity level, the general level or above will be discounted, and the resistance period of these two pills is relatively low, that is, they can be taken continuously in a short period of time, because most of the pills are taken at a time There is little difference between taking multiple pills and one, and the effect of taking it again within a certain period of time will be discounted, and this period of time is the "resistance period".

The preparations are almost ready, and the final life-saving hole card also has the "Evil God Pill" left by the senior brother, as for the weapons, there are also a lot of the skeleton necklaces of the senior brother, the most eye-catching of which is a spear that exudes a strong bloody aura full of scarlet lines, but unfortunately Ye Lai can't use it, so he retreated and chose a turquoise long sword, the quality is close to the barren soldiers, just suitable for the current Ye Lai.

It seems that the only thing that can be done at the moment is to improve one's own strength, one more point of strength before the ranking battle comes, there will be one more chance of survival, recently due to the study of the barren pattern, so Ye Lai's barren qi cultivation is still at the level of an eight-star warrior, but the gold content is afraid that it is higher than that of ordinary nine-star warriors.

There was no word all night, and time passed silently in cultivation......

......

At the same time that the light tore through the boundless chaos in the sky and descended on the earth, Ye Lai opened his eyes, and after a night of cultivation, his strength increased by one point.

Half an hour later, the Tianhuang Pavilion Discussion Square.

Ye Lai and the other members of the Desolate Tower Reserve Army also stood below, silently looking at the tall platform not far away, a trace of nervousness and excitement crossed their hearts, and most of the people around them were also carrying a rabbit that kept bumping into each other at the moment, and they were uneasy.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Ye Lai glanced at the surrounding crowd roughly, slightly stunned, because he saw several familiar figures, among them were Jiang Ming and Teng Hui, who had participated in the assessment together, Jiang Ming had broken through to the Seven Star Warriors, but Teng Hui was still standing still, and at this moment, the latter's face was hanging a touch of worry and anxiety.

However, it can be seen from the place occupied by the two that the relationship between the two is good, and it just so happened that Jiang Ming at this moment inadvertently saw Ye Lai's figure, and suddenly there was a touch of joy in his eyes, as if he saw an old friend, he wanted to come forward to say hello, but then hesitated, after all, the status of the two sides is very different at the moment, and the relationship is not very close.

"Jiang Ming, Tenghui! Haha, we meet again. Ye Lai understood Jiang Ming's thoughts, so he took the lead in speaking, said hello with a smile, and slowly leaned towards the two of them, and now came to the deserted tower where he was unfamiliar, except for a few people such as the teacher, and these few people who had participated in the assessment together could make Ye Lai feel a little cordial.

"Hehe, yes, it's only been a few days, and now you are already a disciple of the Lord of the Deserted Tower, and your status is one heaven and one underground compared to us. Seeing Ye Lai's easy-going appearance, Jiang Ming also laughed, and there was a strong envy in his words, but there was no trace of jealousy.

At the beginning, everyone had chatted during the assessment, and they all had some understanding of each other's origins, Ye Lai knew that Jiang Ming was the child of an official in a third-class residential area, and Jiang Ming naturally knew some things about Ye Lai, it was not easy to survive in the last days, for Ye Lai, a person who was used to struggling on the line of life and death every day and was accustomed to seeing evil, friends were out of reach, after all, no one wanted to be friends with a poor refugee.

But Jiang Ming is different, not only did he not show the slightest contempt and contempt after knowing Ye Lai's life experience, but comforted Ye Lai a few words, and said that he could ask him for help if he had difficulties in the future, and he could even help himself and his sister obtain a household registration in their residential area, which made him quite moved, he didn't care about his own suffering, the main thing was that he couldn't bear his sister to suffer with him, and Ye Lai at that time regarded Jiang Ming's words as the last retreat...... After all, he didn't know if he would pass the test in the end.

It's just that friends don't have convenience, once they have it, it should be worth cherishing for a lifetime, and from Ye Ming's point of view, Jiang Ming is naturally this kind of person...... As for Teng Hui, his family background is similar to Jiang Ming, his home is in a second-class residential area, but the status of his parents is lower than that of a small cadre, Teng Hui also expressed sympathy when facing Ye Lai's brothers and sisters, and shared some food and water with him......

In this surging apocalypse, in this cemetery where kindness and simplicity are buried, for Ye Lai, who struggled with a scar in the chaos, these are extremely precious friendships, and he will keep in mind the kindness of others, and he will have the opportunity to repay it a hundred times in the future, as the saying goes, the grace of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, and now there seems to be an opportunity.

After a pause, Ye Lai said to the two of them in a low and serious tone: "Maybe you don't know that the location of our assessment this time is in the 'Valley of Death', a place where evil gathers...... The way of assessment is to let us kill and survive in it, and only those who survive in the end are eligible to be ranked...... According to the information provided by the teacher, the mortality rate of the 'Death Valley' assessment over the years is as high as 80%. ”

"Death Valley?!" Jiang Ming and Teng Hui were shocked at the same time, obviously they didn't know the location of the assessment, but they had heard all kinds of legends in Death Valley, and knew the horror of it, Jiang Ming was better, the bitterness in Teng Hui's eyes suddenly became even stronger, and finally sighed deeply without a trace.

Ye Lai was not surprised by the shock of the two, he also learned about some of the assessment things through the teacher, and paused slightly after speaking, as if to give the two of them time to digest the information, and then continued: "Death Valley is a step by step killing machine, and if you are not careful, you will fall, fortunately, Death Valley is relatively 'kind' to us people with low strength, and it can leave us a glimmer of life, if the general-level grandmaster enters it, I am afraid that it will be ten deaths." ”

"And the most important thing to survive in it is to resist the erosion of dead air, it is difficult to last long without special means, this is some of the desolate talismans I have depicted, you may have some effect if you hold it. Ye Lai finished speaking in one breath, and divided one of the three kinds of desolate talismans into one by one, and after explaining their usage and function, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you still a desolate pattern master?" Jiang Ming took it unceremoniously, and then said in a rather surprised tone.

"Just understand a little bit, Brother Teng, take it. Responding indifferently, Ye Lai immediately smiled and handed the rest of the talisman to Tenghui, who was a little stunned on the side, the latter raised his head, took the talisman and smiled a little indifferently, and then his face struggled for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a majestic voice.

"It's time! Newcomers to the Deserted Tower, the battle for the rankings is about to begin, the location of the assessment is set at the 'Death Valley', everyone is a little prepared, and they will leave on time in three minutes!"

Only Ye Lai heard that this was the voice of the teacher Hong Yuan, and a strong fighting spirit inevitably rose in his heart, now that he has no worries, he wants to enjoy the thrill of fighting in life and death, which is definitely an excellent test for him. But other people don't have such a good psychological quality, after hearing the words "Death Valley", it inevitably caused a violent riot, and some people even had a desperate look in their eyes, shouting not to participate in the assessment, but it was obvious that this kind of thing was not up to them, and the three minutes quickly disappeared in the hustle and bustle, and with a dazzling light, the huge Desolate Teleportation Array opened, and the candidates in the square disappeared in an instant.