kingnovel Chapter 969: Wanwu Trial Island (1)
Chapter 969: Wanwu Trial Island (1)
The body of the Venomous Fang Flying Whale gradually cooled down in the raging waves of the East China Sea. As soon as the bowl-sized demon pill was taken out of the whale's belly, it suddenly burst out with a dazzling green light.
Gui Jiangye almost subconsciously raised his hands to protect his eyes, but saw that the light emitted by the demon pill directly reflected a flowing sea map in the air. The ink lines outlined an island floating under the sea of clouds, and the seal characters on the side flashed - "Ten Thousand Wizards Trial Island, only high-level wizards and below can enter."
In just a few breaths, the sea chart dissipated, and the demon pill turned into a green light and penetrated into Gui Jiangye's eyebrows.
Gui Jiangye only felt his sea of consciousness was slightly hot, and when he opened his eyes again, he actually had a clear route map in his mind - the location of the Ten Thousand Witches Trial Island was in the foggy sea deep in the East China Sea.
"Brother Gui, this secret realm must be the remains of the ancient witch clan!" Mu Manman clutched the witch vine whip at her waist, her eyes full of excitement.
Mu Ziqian beside her nodded in agreement, light green witch power radiating from his fingertips. "When the demon core moved just now, I sensed a familiar witch vein aura. This secret realm is probably prepared for witches like us."
Gui Jiangye turned to look at Su Xiaoya on the shore. She was holding the whale oil she had just collected and whispered, "Go and seek opportunities without worry. I'll be waiting for you at the nearby fishing village. If you encounter any danger, remember to crush the communication beads I gave you."
After everyone bowed and said goodbye, Gui Jiangye took the lead and led 29 elite disciples of the Wu clan to fly straight to the foggy sea along the route on the map like birds.
Gui Jiangye stared at the fog in front of him, wondering how to get through it and reach the mysterious Wanwu Trial Island. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light burst out from between his eyebrows, piercing through the fog like a sharp arrow.
Gui Jiangye blinked and looked in surprise at the place where the golden light passed. The thick fog rolled as if it was split open, making way for a path that led straight to a mysterious island.
The elite Wu Clan disciples looked at each other in astonishment. Fortunately, they remembered their purpose for this journey was training. Following Gui Jiangye onto the island, they first encountered a mist-shrouded beach, like a mysterious fantasy.
Almost at the moment of stepping onto the beach, a curtain of light flashed again between Gui Jiangye's eyebrows: The first level: the beach of body-tempering with the sound of tides. The breakthrough amidst the sound of bones cracking is an excellent training ground for the Xuan-level war wizard to break through to the Earth-level war wizard.
Gui Guya and the other nine people happened to be Xuan-level war wizards. Without hesitation, they flew to the beach like arrows from a bow to face the difficult experience that belonged to them.
Gui Jiangye held out Erkang's hand, his words still stuck in his throat, making Mu Yu and his group nearby try to hold back their laughter.
Cough!
Gui Jiangye coughed to ease his embarrassment. Did everyone trust this "light" too much?
He himself was still skeptical.
However, looking back at his companions' bright eyes and the tenacity deep in their eyes, he suddenly understood.
Experience!
Nature is full of danger!
However, it was impossible for them to just abandon Gui Guya and the others, so no one moved. They just stood there and watched Gui Guya and the others pass the level.
"Rumble--"
The dull sound of waves like the galloping of thousands of horses came from outside the fog. Gui Guya had just pulled out the heavy stone axe on his back when he saw that the sea level in the distance was like being held up by an invisible giant hand, and a water wall dozens of feet high suddenly rose up.
This water wall is like a towering dark blue city wall, shining with fine crystal light, rushing like a raging torrent.
"It's the tide of Xuanshui!" Lin Yizhi's voice exploded in the air like thunder. He had seen related records in the clan's classics and knew very well that the spiritual energy contained in this Xuanshui could both temper the body and easily tear the flesh apart.
Everyone did not dare to slack off, and quickly formed a circle, while exerting all their magical powers:
Mu Manman's body was instantly entangled by the pale green witch vines, and she was as agile as a green elf.
Mu Ziqian's palm condensed into an earthy yellow witch shield, as indestructible as a solid fortress;
Gui Guya held the stone axe horizontally in front of him, and his magical power poured into the axe like a fire dragon, emitting a dark red halo, like a burning flame...
The water wall arrived in an instant, and Lin Yikun felt a huge force like a tidal wave hitting his chest. He groaned, and the magic shield was instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks.
"You can't resist! Quickly activate the 'Earth Witch Body Tempering Technique' to guide the spiritual energy into your body!"
Gui Jiangye's voice pierced through the sound of waves like a loud bell. He was the first to loosen his defense, allowing the surging black water to wash over his body like a raging wave. At the same time, his hands fluttered like butterflies, forming seals, and directing the spiritual energy that continuously flowed into his body like a trickle to his limbs and bones.
Everyone followed suit, but unexpectedly, several icy crystal lights suddenly shot out from the tide - they were the Water Demon Crystals.
Lin Yizhi had just dodged one when he saw another water evil crystal piercing his forehead. He quickly turned sideways, and the crystal light flew past his cheek, but left a bloody mark on his shoulder.
"These water evil crystals will actively attack weak points!" As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Kejing jumped up, condensed the magic power in his palm into a fist, and punched towards the oncoming water evil crystal.
With a crisp "crack", the water evil crystal shattered and turned into a wisp of black evil energy that merged into Bai Kejing's body.
He shuddered all over and gritted his teeth, saying, "The evil spirit will erode my magical power and needs to be refined as soon as possible!" Then he sat down cross-legged, circulated his magical power in the tide, and guided the evil spirit into his dantian bit by bit.
Hui Manru's situation was even more critical. Her cultivation was the weakest among everyone. As soon as she was hit on the calf by a water evil crystal, the magic shield was completely shattered.
The black water, wrapped in gravel, hit her. She was in so much pain that sweat broke out on her forehead, but she bit her lips tightly and reached out to grab Wu Sunlai beside her: "Help me, I can hold on!"
Wu Sunlai immediately transferred a stream of wood-type magic power to her, and at the same time waved out the magic vine, entangled two water evil crystals flying towards Hui Manru, and pulled them hard. The crystal light shattered, and the evil spirit was absorbed by both of them at the same time.
When the tide receded, everyone was covered in scars, leaving behind a patch of footprints of varying depths on the beach.
Gui Jiangye looked at the wounded appearance of Gui Guya and the others and could not help but remind them: "There will be three tides every day. Each time, you must shatter at least three water evil crystals. No one can retreat until your physical strength reaches the standard."
For the next seven days, the sound of bones breaking and the collision of witchcraft power echoed on the Chaoyin Tempering Beach every day.
In order to shatter more water evil crystals, Mu Manman took the initiative to stand at the most turbulent part of the tide. The witch vine was broken three times and her arm was fractured twice, but she was still the first to rush forward every time the tide came.
Gui Guya danced his stone axe like the wind, shattering two water evil crystals with each swing. The witch pattern on the axe became clearer and clearer as it was nourished by spiritual energy.
Brothers Lin Yizhi and Lin Yikun cooperated with each other, one of them diverted the crystal light while the other concentrated his strength to shatter it. The connection between the two brothers' magic powers became more and more tacit.
At the third tide on the seventh day, Gui Jiangye was the first to feel the changes in his body - when the mysterious water spiritual energy poured in, his bones no longer made crisp sounds, but instead emitted a layer of bright white luster.
He grabbed a water evil crystal and let the evil energy merge into his body. The witch power in his dantian suddenly boiled over, and he actually took the initiative to transform the evil energy into dark black witch power.
"Breakthrough!" When he opened his eyes, the wizard power around him surged, and the aura of a Xuan-level war wizard spread.
With this precedent set, everyone fought even harder.
When Mu Ziqian refined the last bit of evil spirit in the tide, his whole body glowed with an earthy yellow light, and the strength of his bones increased dramatically. He punched the beach, creating a deep pit.
After shattering the seventh Water Demon Crystal, Bai Kejing's magical power completely transformed. The magical power condensed from his fingertips carried the unique pressure of a Xuan-level war wizard.
Hui Manru was the last to break through. Under Wu Sunlai's protection, she gritted her teeth and withstood the final tide. The moment her evil spirit transformed into magical power, she collapsed on the beach, tears mixed with the seawater, but she smiled an exceptionally bright smile...
When the nine people gathered together, the auras of the Xuan-level war wizards intertwined, the fog gradually dissipated, and bursts of beast roars came from the distant mountains and forests - the second level, Tengyu Hunting Ground, was waiting ahead.
The second level: Vine Prison Hunting Ground, where the witch vines and the beasts temper each other, suitable for earth-level war wizards to break through to heaven-level war wizards.
Mu Nanfeng and the other four were the first to rush into the Millennium Witch Vine Forest.
Gui Guya and the other nine were about to catch up with Mu Nanfeng and the other four when Gui Jiangye stopped them: "You nine have just made a breakthrough. You need to consolidate your strength before entering the Millennium Witch Vine Forest to ensure that your foundation is not damaged."
"Yes, Captain!" Although Gui Guya and the other nine people were eager to break through, they were also more receptive to advice.
On this side, Mu Nanfeng frowned the moment he stepped into the thousand-year-old witch vine forest.
The air in the forest was filled with the rich scent of grass and trees. The fallen leaves underfoot were several feet thick, and with every step one could feel the faint vibrations coming from the ground.
"Be careful, the witch vine is spiritual and will actively wrap around people." As soon as he finished speaking, Gui Shilin beside him suddenly exclaimed. Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that his ankle had been entangled by a dark green witch vine, and the tip of the vine was drilling into his skin.
"Hurry up and use your magic power to shake it off!" Lin Jinzhen raised his hand and shot out a stream of fire magic power. The magic vine was burned by the flames, making a "sizzling" sound, but there was no intention of letting go. Instead, more magic vines drilled out from the ground and wrapped around Gui Shilin's arm.
Gui Shilin was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. He activated his profound magical power, gathered it at his ankles, and struggled violently. With a "rip", the magical vine was torn apart. Dark green juice flowed out from the broken ends and fell to the ground, corroding small holes in the fallen leaves.
"These witch vines are poisonous!" Feng Ruizhi took out a purple herb from his bosom, crushed it, and smeared it on Gui Shilin's wound. "This is the poison-clearing herb our tribe brought. It can temporarily suppress the poison, but if you get caught in it for too long, your witch power will be corroded."
Before he could finish his words, a sudden howl of an animal erupted from the forest, and five dark shadows leaped out from behind the trees—they were the Sea-Splitting Beasts. They resembled wolves, but had skin resembling fish scales. Their fangs gleamed coldly, and their eyes, as big as copper bells, stared intently at the group, drool dripping from the corners of their mouths.
"Xuan-level combat power, everyone be careful!" Mu Nanfeng rushed forward first, the wizard staff in his hand emitted a light green light, and several stone spikes suddenly rose from the ground, piercing the sea-splitting beast in the front.
The sea-splitting beast reacted extremely quickly, leaping up and avoiding the stone thorns while biting Mu Nanfeng's shoulder.
Mu Nanfeng dodged sideways and swept the wizard's staff across, hitting the waist of the Sea-Splitting Beast, but it only made a muffled "bang" sound. The skin of the Sea-Splitting Beast was as hard as iron.
"Attack the eyes and abdomen!" Lin Jinzhen shouted loudly. She condensed a fireball in her palm and threw it fiercely at the eyes of the Sea-Splitting Beast.
The Sea-Splitting Beast screamed in pain, turned around and tried to escape, but was blocked by the osmanthus forest.
Gui Shilin held the axe with both hands, injected magic power into the axe, and the axe head glowed red. He chopped it down fiercely - with a "crack", a hole was split open in the belly of the sea-splitting beast, and a beast core as big as a fist rolled out, glowing with a light blue light.
"Beast core!" Wu Yizhi was quick-witted and rushed forward to pick up the beast core. Just as she was about to hand it to Gui Shilin, she saw the witch vine behind her suddenly rise up and wrap around her wrist.
She hurriedly turned sideways, but her sleeve was still entangled by the witch vine. Another sea-splitting beast took the opportunity to pounce on her, opening its big mouth and trying to bite her neck.
"Be careful!" Feng Ruizhi arrived in time. She swung the witch whip in her hand, wrapped it around the neck of the Sea-Splitting Beast, and pulled it hard, knocking the Sea-Splitting Beast to the ground.
Wu Yizhi took the opportunity to break free from the witch vine, and sent out a stream of witch power, hitting the head of the Sea-Splitting Beast. The Sea-Splitting Beast twitched a few times and then died, and another beast core rolled out.
Everyone gradually figured out the pattern: the witch vine would suddenly attack them when they were fighting with the sea-splitting beasts. The more they focused on hunting the beasts, the easier it was for them to be entangled by the witch vine.
Mu Nanfeng immediately adjusted his tactics: "Two people in a group, one to deal with the Sea-Splitting Beast, the other to guard against the Witch Vine, and we'll take turns."
Gui Shilin and Lin Jinzhen were in a team. Gui Shilin was responsible for the frontal attack, while Lin Jinzhen used flames to burn the approaching witch vines.
Feng Ruizhi and Wu Yizhi were in a group. Feng Ruizhi's witch whip could both entangle beasts and cut vines, while Wu Yizhi took the opportunity to find the weakness of the Sea-Splitting Beast.
Mu Nanfeng was the strongest fighter, so he was assigned to a solo group. His stone spikes could both stop the beasts and fend off the witch vines, allowing him to handle both offense and defense alone.
On the morning of the third day, after killing the seventh sea-splitting beast, Mu Nanfeng finally collected three beast cores.
He sat down cross-legged and pressed the beast core against his brow. The beast core transformed into three blue lights and merged into his body, flowing along the witch vein to his dantian.
The witch power in Dantian suddenly surged, and actually condensed into a layer of light blue witch pattern on the surface of the body - that was the unique mark of the yellow-level war witch.
"It's done!" When he opened his eyes, the magic power around him surged. He casually threw out a stone spike that was able to penetrate the magic vine several feet thick.
With the precedent of Mu Nanfeng, everyone became more anxious.
Gui Shilin gathered all the beast cores that afternoon. As he refined the beast cores, the witch patterns on his body glowed red, and his power surged. He could kill a sea-splitting beast with a single punch.
Lin Jinzhen achieved a breakthrough in the evening. Her fire magic power became even more violent. When the flames landed on the magic vine, they could burn it to ashes in an instant.
Feng Ruizhi and Wu Yizhi broke through at the same time in the early morning of the fourth day. After they refined the beast cores, their magic powers became more coordinated. Feng Ruizhi's magic whip entangled the Sea-Splitting Beast, and Wu Yizhi was able to accurately shatter the beast core.
When all five of them were promoted to yellow-level war wizards, the fog in the Tengyu Hunting Ground gradually dissipated, and an ancient altar emerged on the distant mountain top - that was the entrance to the third level, the Earth Vein Wizard Altar.
Mu Nanfeng looked at the altar and clenched the staff in his hand: "The road ahead will only be more difficult, but we are descendants of the witch clan, and we must not retreat!"
Everyone responded in unison, their footsteps echoing through the woods as they headed towards a higher challenge.