Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming - Chapter 169

Chapter 169: Chapter 116: Trial Begins, Challenge Fire Dragon Alley [Subscribe Please]_2

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According to the wayfarer’s description, the sight of this shattered stone wasteland marked the location of the Heavenly Spirit Sect ruins.

The broken stones covering the wasteland were the remnants of the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s mountain gate, weathered by the years.

Traveling about three hundred miles into the wasteland, Zhou Chun and his party arrived at the actual site of the Heavenly Spirit Sect ruins.

This was an even more desolate and dilapidated place, so barren that despite the years that had passed, only some weeds grew here, with scarcely a tree in sight.

When Zhou Chun and his group got there, the area had already gathered hundreds of cultivators from Jingguo Country, Cheng Country, and Shen Country.

Most of them were like Zhou Chun’s group, escorted by one or more elders at the Foundation Establishment Stage, accompanying one or several Qi Refinement Realm cultivators who were there to participate in the “Heavenly Spirit Trial.”

All of the Qi Refinement Realm cultivators present were uniform in being at the twelfth layer of cultivation level.

However, compared to the youthful faces like Zhou Chun’s, there were a considerable number of grey-haired cultivators among them.

Clearly, these older cultivators’ true purpose in attempting the trial wasn’t so much to validate their own strength, but rather to seize the benefits within.

According to the intelligence Zhou Chun obtained from Liu Shiyun, inside the trial grounds were locations where rare Spiritual Medicine grew, protected by second-order Demon Beasts, treasures Qi Refinement cultivators could not easily acquire.

Therefore, those forces in the know, holding a “Heavenly Spirit Order” in their possession, would certainly choose some powerful Qi Refinement cultivators to participate in the trials and attempt to harvest those rare medicines.

After Zhou Daoyi brought Zhou Chun here, the cultivators who had arrived earlier simply glanced at the two before looking away.

Since the downfall of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, the “Heavenly Spirit Trial” became a trial that anyone had the chance to partake in, with no one able to turn it into their personal domain anymore.

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That is, unless they directly found a way to break the formation restrictions of the trial grounds.

Thus, before the trial began, nobody would engage in conflicts with others outside.

After waiting around the ruins of the Heavenly Spirit Sect for nearly four days, the number of Qi Refinement cultivators gathered had reached over a hundred.

It was then that the “Heavenly Spirit Orders,” which had not shown any strong reactions until now, finally began to act strangely again.

Suddenly, the “Heavenly Spirit Orders” detached themselves from their owners’ palms and flew up into the air.

Then they emitted a bright silver-white radiance.

Seeing this, some Qi Refinement cultivators promptly used their talisman instruments to leap into the air and enter that silver-white glow, grasping their orders.

“Zhengchun, you go too.”

Zhou Daoyi narrowed his eyes and promptly instructed Zhou Chun to do the same.

And the cultivators present were no fools.

Soon, those who did not understand the significance of this action also one by one rose to grasp their “Heavenly Spirit Order.”

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

Then Zhou Chun only felt the “Heavenly Spirit Order” in his hand suddenly pulling him up, flying towards the silver-white vortex in the sky.

He looked at the first people who had risen to hold their “Heavenly Spirit Orders” and saw that none of them resisted the pull.

Therefore, he too could only grit his teeth and let the order in his hand pull him toward the silver-white vortex in the sky.

Once his body entered the silver-white vortex, Zhou Chun’s vision turned black in an instant, and he lost consciousness.

When he awoke again, he found himself in a sealed stone chamber.

“This uncontrollable feeling is really not to my liking!”

Inside the stone chamber, Zhou Chun slightly lifted his hand and rubbed his temple, voicing his annoyance with a grumble.

He then began looking around the stone chamber.

Just like the information described, there was nothing noteworthy about this stone chamber.

It was merely a shelter for those participating in the trial at initial stages.

Every cultivator participating in the trial would initially find themselves in a separate stone chamber like this one.

Waiting was the next step, waiting for those cultivators lined up before them to take their turn at the single-person trial stages.

This wait wouldn’t be too long since there were five individual trial stages that could take place simultaneously.

Zhou Chun only had to wait for roughly four hours before the sealed stone door in front of him suddenly opened on its own.

Outside the stone door was not a passage as one might expect, but rather a white curtain of light.

Zhou Chun merely gave the light curtain a curious glance before charging headfirst into it.

After a whirlwind of disorientation, he found himself in a sealed alleyway made of stone.

At the end of the hundred-yard-long alley, there stood a vermillion dragon head statue, and beyond it was another white curtain of light.

Next to him, there was a stele erected, outlining the rules for passing this section of the trial.

The challenge, named “Fire Dragon Alley,” was straightforward: to withstand the attacks from the vermillion dragon head statue and break through the light curtain behind it.

Participants could use any spell or magic artifact in defense, but the use of second-tier talismans or talisman instruments was forbidden.

If any second-tier spell energy fluctuations were detected, the vermillion dragon head statue’s attacks would be increased to the second tier!

Upon reading this, Zhou Chun pondered briefly but decided not to summon the Rock Earth Turtle, which was known for its defense. Instead, he chose to rely on his own strength to pass the trial.

He began by casting a spell, enveloping himself in the “Five Elements Spirit Armor Technique,” which hardly impeded his movements.

Then, he activated the Bright Dawn Pendant he wore close to his body, casting a shield of yellow mist around himself, followed by the summoning of the Golden Scale Shield for added protection.

Only after these precautions did he boost himself with the Wind Control Skill and sprint towards the end of the alley, with the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel in hand.

As soon as Zhou Chun crossed the starting line, the vermillion dragon head at the end of the alley automatically erupted with an attack.

The dragon’s open mouth flashed with fire, spitting out seven vermilion fireballs that rocketed towards Zhou Chun.

After enduring the explosion of these seven fireballs thanks to his multiple layers of protection, and bursting forth from the flames,

a vermilion pillar of fire spewed forth from the dragon’s mouth and hit him squarely.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The deafening explosion ravaged Zhou Chun’s ears. He had managed to advance a few dozen yards but was then blown back nearly ten, almost failing the trial by crossing the starting line!

“This is just too freakin’ insane!”

He clenched his teeth and cursed the insanity of it all.

The strength of that vermilion fire pillar attack had almost reached the second-tier spell threshold, but claiming it as such wouldn’t be accurate.

However, the power of that attack was certainly stronger than any top-tier first-tier spell.

And this was only the first challenge!

Nevertheless, Zhou Chun still refrained from summoning the Rock Earth Turtle.

His participation in the trial was to test his own abilities.

If he had to summon the Rock Earth Turtle for a challenging section like this, how could he truly test his own strength?

He quickly reactivated his magic artifacts to protect himself and continued the trial.

When the vermilion fire pillar attacked once more, Zhou Chun launched the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel at it and dodged to the side.

Although this meant that the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel was blasted away from the alley, it successfully prevented Zhou Chun from being blown back.

He pressed on against the aftermath of the fire pillar explosion, quickly covering half the distance.

Then, the dragon’s mouth gleamed with fire once again and furiously spat out a long, vermilion flame that scorched towards Zhou Chun.

The vermilion flame filled the entire alley, leaving no space to dodge.

Zhou Chun had no choice but to press on, enduring the flames and racing to cover the remaining several dozen yards.

This was it!

Within the fierce flames, Zhou Chun’s face turned bright red from the heat.

Clenching his teeth, he channeled all his mana into the Bright Dawn Pendant and pulled out a Water Spirit Protective Talisman to cast on himself, charging headlong against the flames.

The short breaths it took to traverse this distance felt like the most challenging journey of his life.

When he finally touched the white light curtain, sweat had soaked his entire body.