Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 117 Trial Begins: Conquer Fire Dragon Alley [Please Subscribe]

After learning more detailed information about the "Heavenly Spirit Trial," Zhou Chun had a better idea of ​​how to participate in the trial.

He certainly wouldn't be content with just conquering the single-player trial levels; he was determined to participate in the multiplayer trial competition.

In such a large training ground, any kind of dangerous situation could be encountered.

Although he has the help of his two spirit pets, the Rock Tortoise and the Silver Lightning Python, he is still in danger if he encounters multiple enemies joining forces.

Therefore, it is imperative to enhance our own combat capabilities.

Of these, the magic talisman is relatively easy to deal with.

Zhou Daoyi, the head of the Zhou family, was quite skilled at making talismans and could create many kinds of first-grade high-quality talismans.

Zhou Chun then used the family's good deeds as a reward, asking the clan leader to tailor-make a batch of first-tier magic talismans with various uses for him.

However, as for magical artifacts, Zhou Chun could only continue to search for them in the market.

After visiting all the shops selling magical artifacts in the market, Zhou Chun added two more first-grade high-quality magical artifacts to his collection.

Now that he has reached the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage, with his spiritual sense and magical power greatly increased, he can easily use four or five first-grade high-quality magic weapons in a single battle.

Then, considering the possibility of a protracted war of attrition, Zhou Chun bought three more [Rejuvenation Pills] as a backup.

With everything in place, Zhou Chun devoted himself to quiet cultivation within the family, awaiting the start of the "Heavenly Spirit Trial".

However, before he could wait for the "Heavenly Spirit Decree" to show any unusual activity, the Qinglian Temple had already begun to release information about the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The situation was similar to what Zhou Daoyi had received: Qinglian Temple had indeed invested heavily this time, offering as many as thirty Foundation Establishment Pills as a reward.

According to the reward requirements of Qinglian Temple, as long as two missionaries of Hualong Sect are killed, a Foundation Establishment Pill can be obtained as a reward.

Additionally, if certain important clues are provided, leading to significant gains for Qinglian Temple in its operation against Hualong Sect, a Foundation Establishment Pill can also be awarded.

In addition to Foundation Establishment Pills, Qinglian Temple also offered a number of pills that could improve the cultivation of Qi Refining stage cultivators, as well as Foundation Establishment aids similar to Spirit Ascension Fruits, as rewards to encourage cultivators within its territory to report and kill members of the Dragon Transformation Sect in order to receive rewards.

After this news spread, the cultivators in the southern states of Jingguo indeed became much more attentive and diligent in dealing with the Hualong Sect than before.

On the Zhou family's side, Zhou Daoyi was also somewhat eager to make a move.

Foundation Establishment Pills are a rare resource that is usually tightly controlled by powerful forces. Only occasionally are a few released into the market, giving other small and medium-sized forces and independent cultivators a glimmer of hope.

An opportunity like this, where Qinglian Temple suddenly produces thirty Foundation Establishment Pills, might not come around again for one or two hundred years.

If this opportunity is missed, obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill for Zhou Chun to establish his foundation will not be an easy task, even for a Purple Mansion stage cultivator like Zhou Mingde.

However, he had also promised to escort Zhou Chun to the Tianlingmen Ruins to participate in the "Tianling Trial." If he left now, he might not be able to receive the news in time and return to his family.

So I had to hold back for now and pay attention to the situation first.

In just over two months, the Hualong Sect suffered heavy losses in manpower in Jingguo.

Those cultivators who couldn't resist the temptation and joined the Dragon Transformation Sect were killed in large numbers, which severely deterred others who were wavering.

However, Zhou Daoyi judged that the Hualong Sect would not easily let this go after suffering such a loss.

There should be even fiercer counterattacks to come.

At this moment, the "Heavenly Spirit Token" that Zhou Chun had always carried with him finally showed signs of movement.

He held the token in his hand, and the two characters "Tian Ling" on the token were now shimmering with a faint light and were slightly warm.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly went to explain the situation to the clan leader, Zhou Daoyi.

"That's right, the Heavenly Spirit Trial is about to begin."

After checking the "Heavenly Spirit Token", Zhou Daoyi confirmed that the anomaly was related to the opening of the Trial Grounds.

Then he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Wait here for a while. After I explain the situation to the Supreme Elder, I will take you to the Tianlingmen Ruins."

After waiting for half an hour, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi left the Zhou family of Jiufengling together.

Perhaps because there were only two of them, Zhou Daoyi did not release the Azure Cloud Python to travel this time, but instead chose to fly with Zhou Chun on his flying artifact.

Thus, the two traveled northwards, covering six or seven thousand miles in just over two days, and arrived directly at Lingzhou, the northernmost part of Jing Kingdom.

Lingzhou, also known as Nanlingzhou.

Because the territory of Cheng State, which is north of Jing State Lingzhou, is also called Lingzhou, or North Lingzhou.

The ruins of Tianlingmen, dating back thousands of years, are located on a desolate land at the border of North and South Lingzhou.

It is said that thousands of years ago, Lingzhou was the most prosperous place for cultivating immortality within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, and the mountain gate of Tianlingmen was located here.

Later, with the destruction of the Tianling Sect, the once spiritually rich Tianling Sect mountain gate was also completely destroyed in that great battle, becoming a wasteland.

After escorting Zhou Chun into Lingzhou, Zhou Daoyi first asked someone to find out the specific direction, and then led Zhou Chun straight to the Tianlingmen ruins.

Not long after, a large wasteland covered with pebbles and weeds came into view of Zhou Chun and his companions.

According to the guide, once you see this wasteland of broken stones, you've arrived at the ruins of the Heavenly Spirit Gate.

The rubble on this wasteland was formed by the weathering of the rocks over time after the Tianlingmen's mountain gate was destroyed.

After venturing more than 300 miles into this rocky wasteland, Zhou Chun and his group arrived at the actual site of the Tianlingmen ruins.

That was an even more desolate and dilapidated place, so desolate that even after so many years, only some weeds grew there, and there were hardly any trees to be seen.

When Zhou Chun and his group arrived, over a hundred cultivators from the three countries of Jing, Cheng, and Shen had already gathered there.

Most of them were in a similar group to Zhou Chun and his group, escorted by one or more Foundation Establishment stage elders, along with one or more Qi Refining stage cultivators participating in the "Heavenly Spirit Trial".

The cultivators in the Qi Refining stage here are all at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage.

However, compared to young faces like Zhou Chun, there were quite a few cultivators in the Qi Refining stage with gray hair.

Clearly, these veteran cultivators are not here to test their own cultivation strength, but to seize benefits from it.

According to the information Zhou Chun obtained from Liu Shiyun, some places in the Trial Grounds are home to many rare spiritual herbs that are hard to find outside. Some of these herbs are even guarded by second-tier demonic beasts, making them things that Qi Refining stage cultivators cannot easily obtain.

Such forces, knowing this information and possessing the "Heavenly Spirit Token," would certainly select some powerful Qi Refining stage cultivators to participate in the trial and attempt to harvest those rare spiritual herbs.

After Zhou Daoyi brought Zhou Chun over, the cultivators who had arrived earlier only glanced at the two of them before turning their attention away.

After the destruction of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, the "Heavenly Spirit Trial" became a trial that everyone had the opportunity to participate in, and no one could ever turn it into their own private place again.

Unless they directly find and break the array restrictions of the trial grounds.

Therefore, before the trial begins, no one will have any conflicts with others outside.

After waiting for nearly four days at the Tianlingmen ruins, the number of Qi Refining stage cultivators gathered there had reached over a hundred.

At this moment, the "Heavenly Decree," which had not shown any strong reaction until then, finally exhibited strange behavior again.

Suddenly, the "Heavenly Spirit Tokens" detached from their owners' hands and flew into the air.

Then it burst forth with a bright, silvery-white radiance.

Upon seeing this, some Qi Refining stage cultivators immediately mounted their magical artifacts and soared into the silvery-white light, reaching out to grasp the token.

"Masayuki, you're going too."

Zhou Daoyi narrowed his eyes and immediately gave Zhou Chun instructions, telling him to do as he was told.

And none of the cultivators here are fools.

Soon, those cultivators who did not understand the significance of doing so also took to the air and grasped their own "Heavenly Spirit Token".

After a while, a silvery-white vortex suddenly appeared in the sky.

Then Zhou Chun felt the "Heavenly Spirit Token" in his hand suddenly exert force and fly upwards, pulling him towards the silvery-white vortex.

He looked at those who had initially come up and grasped the "Heavenly Spirit Token" and noticed that none of them resisted the pulling.

So he had no choice but to bite the bullet and let the token in his hand pull him into the silvery-white vortex in the sky.

As soon as his body entered the silvery-white vortex, Zhou Chun's vision went black, and he instantly lost consciousness.

When he regained consciousness, he was already in a sealed stone chamber.

"This feeling of being out of control is really not something I like!"

Inside the stone chamber, Zhou Chun, after waking up, slightly raised her hand to rub her temples and complained somewhat unhappily.

Then he began to examine the stone chamber.

Just like the intelligence report, there was nothing noteworthy about this stone chamber.

It was merely the initial refuge for those participating in the trials.

Each cultivator participating in the trial will initially appear in a separate stone chamber like this.

Then it's just a matter of waiting, waiting for the cultivators ahead of you to go through those single-player trial levels first.

The wait won't be too long, as there are five single-player trial levels that can be played simultaneously.

Zhou Chun only waited for about two hours before the sealed stone door in front of him suddenly opened automatically.

Outside the stone gate, there was no passage, but a white light curtain.

Zhou Chun glanced at the light screen out of curiosity before crashing into it headfirst.

Immediately afterward, he found himself in a closed stone alleyway.

At the end of the alley, which stretched for hundreds of feet, stood a crimson dragon head statue, behind which was a white light curtain.

Beside him stood a stone tablet that explained the rules for passing this level.

The text above says that this level is called "Fire Dragon Alley". The challenge is simple: you just need to break through the light curtain behind the crimson dragon head statue amidst its attacks.

During this period, any spells and magical artifacts can be used to resist, but second-tier spells or artifacts must not be used.

Once a second-tier spell energy fluctuation is detected, the crimson dragon head statue's attack will be enhanced to the second tier!

Seeing this, Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment before deciding not to release the rock tortoise, which was good at defense, but instead planned to rely on his own strength to pass the test.

He first performed a hand seal to cast a spell, granting himself the "Five Elements Spirit Armor Technique" which wouldn't significantly hinder his movements.

Then he activated the [Bright Cloud Pendant] he wore close to his body, releasing clusters of yellow clouds to protect himself, and then raised his hand to summon the [Golden Scale Shield] to protect himself.

After taking these precautions, he used the "Wind Control Technique" to quickly rush towards the end of the alley, carrying the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel].

Almost as soon as Zhou Chun stepped across the starting line, the crimson dragon head at the end of the alley automatically activated and released its attack.

A flash of fire appeared in the open mouth of the dragon's head, and it first spat out seven crimson fireballs that blasted towards Zhou Chun.

After Zhou Chun relied on layers of protection to withstand the explosive bombardment of the seven fireballs and rushed out of the flames.

A crimson pillar of fire spewed from the dragon's mouth and struck him with a deafening roar.

Rumble!

The powerful explosion raged in Zhou Chun's ears. He had finally advanced more than ten feet, but was blasted back nearly ten feet, almost falling off the starting line and failing the challenge!

"This is absolutely insane!"

He gritted his teeth and cursed him as a pervert.

The attack power of that crimson pillar of fire was almost at the threshold between a second-tier spell and a first-tier spell, so calling it a second-tier spell would definitely be inaccurate.

But its power is definitely stronger than any first-tier high-grade spell.

And this is only the first hurdle!

Even so, Zhou Chun still didn't release the rock tortoise.

He came to participate in the trial with the intention of verifying his own strength.

If he keeps releasing the Rock Tortoise when facing such a deadly challenge, how can he prove his own strength?

So he quickly activated his magical artifact to protect himself and continued his breakthrough.

When the crimson pillar of fire attacked again, Zhou Chun immediately unleashed the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel] and blasted it away, then dodged to the side.

Although doing so blasted the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel] magic weapon directly outside the alley, it successfully prevented Zhou Chun from being blasted away himself.

He charged forward against the aftershocks of the exploding pillar of fire, quickly covering half the distance.

At this moment, flames flashed again from the mouth of the crimson dragon head, and it suddenly spewed out a long, crimson flame that burned towards Zhou Chun.

The crimson flames filled the entire alley, leaving absolutely no room to escape.

Zhou Chun had to run the remaining dozens of feet under the scorching flames.

Fight!

Amidst the raging flames, Zhou Chun's face was roasted bright red.

He gritted his teeth and poured all his magic power into the [Bright Cloud Pendant], then took out a [Water Spirit Amulet] to bless himself, and charged forward headfirst against the flames.

This short journey, lasting only a few breaths, was the most difficult stretch of road he had ever traveled in his life.

When he finally touched the white light screen, he was drenched in sweat.

(End of this chapter)