Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 118 Overcoming Three Challenges, Encountering Wolves and Bears [Please Subscribe]

We made it through!

In a courtyard, Zhou Chun, drenched in sweat, wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve, his eyes filled with emotion.

The experience of navigating "Fire Dragon Alley" was truly extraordinary and extremely dangerous.

By the time his palms finally touched the white light screen, his outer protective gear had been almost completely burned away.

If he had been even two breaths slower, he would have been seriously injured, if not killed.

This also made him realize that if only the individual strength of cultivators is considered, he is still far inferior to those true powerhouses in the Qi Refining stage.

Because in the past, some cultivators who chose to attempt the trials alone were even able to pass the third level by themselves!

During the time when the Heavenly Spirit Sect still existed, only cultivators who could pass the third trial alone were selected as elite disciples.

"However, being able to pass the first hurdle is already a significant achievement, surpassing many others who can't even get past the first one!"

"Moreover, spirit pets are also part of a cultivator's strength, which no one can deny, so why should I belittle myself!"

Zhou Chun smiled, and her mindset quickly returned to normal.

Then he made a hand seal and cast a spell, summoning water vapor to turn into clean water and wash his body, then changed his clothes.

After doing all that, he began to look around the small courtyard.

The courtyard was not large, only about three zhang in length and width, and it was completely empty, without even a single ordinary weed.

In the center of the courtyard is a stone well, from which white light flows.

There is a doorway on another wall, through which a similar flow of white light shines.

This represents two different options.

Choosing to jump into the well means starting the next level of the single-player challenge.

Choosing to enter the doorway will take you to a rest area where you can wait for the multiplayer trial area to open, or you can stay until the trial time ends and then leave.

Zhou Chun did not hesitate and went straight to the well.

He hasn't used his full strength yet, so naturally he needs to see where his limits are.

After leaping into the stone well, Zhou Chun found himself in a wider and longer stone alley after a dizzying spin.

This stone alley is three zhang wide and one hundred and fifty zhang long, with walls on both sides being thirty zhang high.

On the walls on both sides, there are three statues of different shapes on each side.

They are the guardians of this pass.

"Liuhe Alley" is the name of this level. The rules are similar to the previous level, "Fire Dragon Alley". You pass the level by passing through the stone alley under the continuous attack of the six statues.

Zhou Chun has already proven his individual strength in the previous round, so there's no need for him to hold himself back in this round.

Moreover, the terrain of this level is quite suitable for the rock turtle to spread its body.

So after he had enhanced his own protection, he released the rock tortoise.

After the rock tortoise had cast several defensive spells on itself, Zhou Chun gave the order, and it took the lead in the vanguard.

Almost as soon as the rock tortoise crossed the starting line, the nearest statue on the left, wielding a sword, swung its large, fine gold sword down, unleashing a golden blade of energy seven or eight feet long that slashed towards the rock tortoise.

Faced with such an attack, the rock tortoise decisively used the "Earth Wall Technique" to block in front of it, while simultaneously retracting its head into its shell.

Boom!

The thick earthen wall was easily pierced and destroyed by the golden blade energy, which then cut through the stone armor on the rock tortoise's back, leaving a deep cut several inches deep on its shell.

However, compared to the rock tortoise's now foot-thick shell, this is hardly considered damage; it's merely a minor scratch.

Therefore, after taking the hit, the rock tortoise stretched out its head and continued to stride forward.

Although it is a slow-moving turtle-type monster, the Rock Turtle's current massive size makes it quite fast when it charges.

It quickly covered a distance of twenty zhang and was met with the second attack.

This time, the attack came from a toad statue. Blue light surged from its mouth, and it quickly spat out a beam of blue ice light, freezing the rock tortoise in place.

At the same time, a stone statue opposite the toad suddenly raised its arm and quickly conjured a boulder as big as a carriage, which then crashed down on the rock tortoise.

Zhou Chun couldn't stand idly by any longer, so he hurriedly unleashed the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel] to slash at the boulder, while simultaneously casting a "Fire Serpent Talisman" to help the rock turtle melt the ice on its body.

During the subsequent challenges, it was only through the combined efforts of Zhou Chun and the Rock Turtle servant that they were able to successfully pass the "Six Harmonies Alley" test.

Unlike the previous "Fire Dragon Alley", after successfully clearing "Six Harmony Alley", there is no need to go through that small courtyard again; there is a teleportation screen directly leading to the third level.

The third level was no longer an alley, but a fighting arena, fifty feet long and fifty feet wide, called the "Battle Arena".

The one defending the arena was a puppet mechanical man.

According to the stone tablet next to the arena, this puppet automaton can instantly cast thirty-six kinds of first-tier high-grade spells, and also comes with a shield equivalent to a second-tier low-grade defensive spell.

The challenger needs to break the shield on it before being defeated.

This is essentially equivalent to having a Qi Refining stage cultivator fight against a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who doesn't have a second-tier magic weapon!

Zhou Chun understood the difficulty of this level as soon as he read the description.

But when the fight actually started, he realized that this challenge was even more difficult than he had anticipated.

Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can almost instantly cast first-tier high-grade spells, but they can only instantly cast a few first-tier high-grade spells that they are very familiar with.

However, the puppet can instantly cast thirty-six different first-tier high-grade spells!

This makes it impossible for you to predict which spell it will use next, and you can't take any targeted precautions.

And it doesn't care about your attacks at all.

Even though Zhou Chun released both of his spirit pets to participate in the battle, the battle was still extremely difficult and arduous, and he almost gave up several times.

In the end, he still had to use more than ten first-grade high-quality magic talismans he had prepared before he and his two spirit pets were able to wear down the protective shield on the puppet.

Passing the third test means that Zhou Chun's strength level has reached that of the elite disciples selected by the Heavenly Spirit Sect thousands of years ago.

For a cultivator from a small family like him, this was a very good affirmation.

Unfortunately, even after passing the third level, he still failed to receive any reward.

There's no way around it; thousands of years is just too long.

Since no one replenished the reward items for completing the levels, the rewards originally set for the first three levels had already been taken by those who came before.

Unless someone can get past the fourth level, or even the final fifth level, they might receive item rewards.

But Zhou Chun couldn't afford to gamble on that possibility.

The third level had already forced him to use all his strength, except for two instances of "Xin Jin Sword Qi" which he didn't use.

Who knows how difficult the fourth level will be!

Leaving through the exit next to the arena, Zhou Chun was quickly moved to a courtyard with fresh air.

Although the courtyard is not large, it finally has flowers and grass, making it look like a normal courtyard.

This is where the participants in the trial rest.

After briefly surveying the courtyard, Zhou Chun sat down cross-legged and began meditating to restore his magical power.

This is also an advantage he has over other cultivators.

Even within this "Heavenly Spirit Trial" trial ground, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is still tainted by the turbid and malevolent energy.

Therefore, most of the cultivators participating in the trial dared not meditate to recover their mana here, and could only recover their mana by taking pills such as the "Rejuvenation Pill" that they had prepared in advance.

As a result, they often cannot maintain their magical power at its peak like Zhou Chun.

After waiting for almost a day, the gate to Zhou Chun's courtyard suddenly opened automatically, revealing a white light curtain in front of it.

"Has the multiplayer trial grounds finally opened?"

Zhou Chun, who had long since recovered, suddenly stood up and stared intently at the light screen outside the gate.

Then, without hesitation, he strode out.

After another dizzying sensation caused by the teleportation, Zhou Chun appeared in a mountain forest.

At his feet stood a small stone altar, now extremely dilapidated from wind and rain erosion, and next to it was a stone tablet, the inscriptions of which were also severely eroded.

Fortunately, its meaning can still be generally discerned.

According to the inscription on the stone tablet, this trial is called "Battle of the Tower," and in the center of this area stands a seven-story tower.

Only after collecting seven "Heavenly Spirit Tokens" can one go to open the tower's barrier and enter to select a treasure for collection.

In the trials previously led by the Heavenly Spirit Sect, any trial participant who was defeated in this stage had to hand over the "Heavenly Spirit Token" to the other party.

However, now that there are no higher-level cultivators to supervise them, the trial participants are probably more willing to kill their competitors to obtain the "Heavenly Spirit Token".

"I wonder how many trial participants will enter this place this time!"

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed, as if he could already see the scene of the trial participants hunting each other for the "Heavenly Spirit Token" in each other's hands.

After lingering in place for a while, Zhou Chun reached out and patted his spirit beast pouch, releasing the silver lightning python Bai Bai to lead the way and begin exploring the mountain forest.

Actually, flying is not prohibited in this "Land of the Tower," it just means you can't fly too high.

Several hundred feet above the ground was a blue-red array light screen. As long as the flight altitude did not exceed that array light screen, it was fine.

However, since it is known that the participants in this trial will hunt each other, unless there is some emergency or they are extremely confident in their own strength, they will not participate unless they encounter any emergency.

Otherwise, no one would easily fly into the sky and expose their existence.

Although Zhou Chun was exceptionally strong, he dared not do anything so dangerous.

So it's best to just walk on the ground.

In any case, the "Heavenly Spirit Trial" lasts for half a month, giving these trial participants ample time to explore this trial ground.

While walking in the mountains and forests, Zhou Chun indeed found some spiritual herbs and medicines quite easily.

Beneath a towering ancient tree covered in ancient vines, the Silver Lightning Python, Bai Bai, spewed lightning from its mouth. Relying on the powerful force of its lightning magic, it easily blasted a black spider demon beast, also a first-tier high-grade demon beast, to death beneath the tree.

At this moment, Zhou Chun climbed up the tree and picked more than a dozen dark red spiritual fruits from a reddish-brown vine.

This dark red spiritual fruit is called "Red Vine Heart Fruit," a rare and precious medicinal herb that is difficult to find elsewhere. One fruit is worth twenty or thirty spirit coins.

This is the best elixir Zhou Chun has obtained so far in this "High Tower Land".

After gathering the medicinal herbs, Zhou Chun continued his journey.

He had briefly flown into the air to check the direction and vaguely saw the seven-story tower, which seemed to be on a high mountain hundreds of miles away.

Now he is heading towards that place.

Zhou Chun believed that he wasn't the only one like this; other trial participants who came to this trial ground would definitely choose to head there as well.

Half an hour later, Zhou Chun arrived at a low point in the mountains, in a valley between two peaks.

The path inside the canyon was extremely difficult to traverse, the ground was covered with slippery moss, and there were thorny plants everywhere.

After walking around inside for a while, Zhou Chun couldn't stand this godforsaken place any longer. He took a short flight and landed on a nearby mountain, preferring to take a longer route over mountains and valleys.

He had only been walking on the mountain for a short while when he heard a digging sound and felt a slight tremor in the ground.

This made his expression hard. He immediately put away the Silver Lightning Python and quietly used the "Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Technique" to head towards the source of the sound.

After walking for more than a hundred feet, Zhou Chun saw the person who had made the sound.

What they saw was a strange monster with a bear's body and a wolf's head, covered in long black fur.

"It's a strange beast like a wolf or bear!"

A look of surprise flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes as he recognized the origin of the strange beast.

Wolves and bears are exotic beasts, fierce and cruel in nature, and prefer to live alone.

One of the most unique aspects of this beast is that it can mate with any bear-like monster, and its offspring are highly likely to be dominated by its bloodline.

Wolf and bear beasts are very rare in the outside world.

Because the heart of this beast is a powerful medicine, and its blood is an essential ingredient for refining certain special elixirs.

"Wolves and bears like to eat bee pupae, especially those of carnivorous venomous bees. So it's probably raiding a beehive right now!"

A thought flashed through Zhou Chun's mind, and he quickly guessed the wolf-bear's purpose in digging a hole in the mountain.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhou Chun heard a cheerful bear roar.

Then they saw the wolf-bear, which was two or three zhang long, sit down on the ground with a large piece of beehive in its hand, and stick out its barbed tongue to eat the bee pupae inside the beehive.

With a flick of its tongue over the honeycomb, a bee pupa, no bigger than an adult's thumb, was hooked by the barbs on its tongue and pulled out, falling into its mouth.

A black venomous bee, no bigger than two adult fingers put together, swarmed around the wolf-bear, but could do nothing about it.

Their venomous stingers are completely ineffective against wolves and bears. Even if they try to stab the wolf or bear's tongue while it sticks it out, they will be swallowed whole along with the bee pupa.

Watching the wolf-bear feasting, a cold glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he decided to kill the wolf-bear and take its heart.

Just then, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from the other side of the forest.

"It's a wolf-bear!"

Is anyone still here?

Zhou Chun's expression changed, and he immediately concealed himself, using the "Hidden Cicada Breath Technique" to lie in wait.

(End of this chapter)