113: Three Bridges Test

Noon the next day.

Rumble!~

The main hall roared as three great gates slowly opened.

"It's starting."

"Let's go, get in first. If we miss it, we'll have to wait several more days."

"Charge!"

Hundreds of people rushed toward the gates.

Xiao Weiqing and the other two stepped through the middle gate together.

Inside the gate.

The seniors who had entered first stood together in groups of three inside Glowing Circles on the ground. The circles burst with light, and the three figures disappeared.

Xiao Weiqing and the others looked at each other and also found a Glowing Circle.

The Glowing Circle emitted a blinding light, swallowing the three of them.

In an instant.

The scene shifted.

The three of them arrived in a forest, and each now held something resembling a Talismanic Incantation. This was the trial's protection mechanism; it would activate upon receiving a fatal injury, forcing a mandatory exit from the trial.

"Watch out!~"

"Something is approaching."

Xiao Weiqing unsheathed Red Dragon and stared in one direction.

Swoosh... swoosh... swish~

A dark shadow lunged out from the woods.

"What on earth is that?" Xue Cheng cried out.

Clang!~

Red Dragon collided with a cold light, producing a metallic clashing sound.

"Double-Tailed Black Panther!"

Qin Tian reacted quickly, flashing to the side of the Double-Tailed Black Panther and throwing a punch at its head.

The Double-Tailed Black Panther quickly leaped away.

Swoosh... swoosh~~

Silently, two more Double-Tailed Black Panthers leaped from the dense forest, surrounding the trio.

"Fuck!"

"Starting right off with Late Stage Second Realm Yao Beasts? Is the trial this hard?" Xue Cheng was a bit panicked.

The Late Stage Second Realm was no problem for Xiao Weiqing. Qin Tian, with his powerful close-quarters combat skills, also didn't fear the Late Stage Second Realm Nether Black Panthers.

Xue Cheng, however, could not. Facing a Late Stage Second Realm Yao Beast was very taxing for him, as he lacked offensive Innate Skills.

Spiritual Qi surged around Xiao Weiqing. Flames erupted from the blade of Red Dragon, and the Saber Aura was a full three meters long, roughly the same length as the Nether Black Panther.

Pfft!

With just one move, he sent a Nether Black Panther flying.

Another Nether Black Panther opened its bloody maw and took the opportunity to attack Xiao Weiqing.

"Awe!"

Invisible Mental Energy erupted from Xue Cheng's Sea of Consciousness, and the attacking Nether Black Panther's body suddenly stiffened.

"Fire Owl!"

Xiao Weiqing did not miss this perfect opportunity.

A single strike of Fire Owl instantly pierced through the Nether Black Panther's head.

Then he delivered a finishing blow to the other Nether Black Panther.

On the other side.

Qin Tian transformed into a 2.5-meter giant, engaging the Nether Black Panther in hand-to-hand combat.

He beat it to death with his bare hands.

"Qin Tian, your True Body Second Rotation is quite strong."

Hearing Xiao Weiqing's words, Qin Tian returned to his normal form.

"I can't be the only one making progress," Qin Tian laughed.

"Let's go, keep moving."

The three followed the road signs and walked forward.

Before long.

They passed through the woods and reached a clearing.

"Holy crap!"

Seeing the sight before him, Xue Cheng's scalp tingled. "Maybe we should just go back."

On the wide grassland.

Nearly a hundred Black Wild Boars, each the size of a water buffalo with two-foot-long gleaming tusks, were bowing their heads to graze.

The moment the three appeared.

All the wild boars turned their heads in unison, their crimson pupils staring intently at the trio.

"Run!~"

Xiao Weiqing shouted.

The three ran back into the forest without looking back.

Rumble!~

The ground was shaking, getting closer and closer.

The wild boars were like derailed trains, rampaging through the forest as large swaths of trees fell.

Ten minutes later.

The herd of wild boars departed.

The forest was left riddled with scars.

Xiao Weiqing and the others were hiding on the branches of a tree several meters thick. Xue Cheng breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Qin Tian said, "Most of these wild boars are Late Stage First Realm, with not many at the Early Stage Second Realm. Xue Cheng, you wait here while Xiao Weiqing and I go deal with them."

With Xiao Weiqing and Qin Tian's strength, they weren't truly afraid of these wild boars. But Xue Cheng couldn't handle them; if he were surrounded, he would surely be eliminated, and then they wouldn't be able to continue to the next stage.

There was still a third stage ahead, which required three people to pass.

"Alright, I guess that's the only way."

Xue Cheng said helplessly, knowing he was still holding them back.

Xiao Weiqing and Qin Tian exchanged a look.

"Let's go. It's a good time to check the results of our recent Cultivation."

Qin Tian wasn't afraid; instead, he felt a bit excited.

The main reason they ran earlier was that they hadn't gauged the strength of this herd of wild boar Yao Beasts, and with Xue Cheng there, they couldn't fight without restraint.

Now with only Xiao Weiqing and Qin Tian, they were confident that even if they couldn't win, they could retreat safely.

"Xiao Weiqing, want to see who kills more?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Qin Tian said, "So confident? I'm not the same person I was a month ago."

"Have you also defeated a Level 6 Extraordinary Talent?"

"..."

"Hmph!~"

Qin Tian snorted coldly, his body erupting to form a Spirit Energy Cloak as he charged into the wild boar herd.

Xiao Weiqing, on the other hand, strolled leisurely toward another direction.

One on the left and one on the right, they flanked the wild boar Yao Beast herd.

A few seconds later.

Qin Tian was already engaged with the wild boars.

Facing the surging wild boars, Qin Tian dodged and moved, every step seemingly calculated to avoid the herd's charge.

As their figures crossed, his massive fist slammed directly into a wild boar's head. The head instantly caved in, and the massive body skidded along with its momentum.

On the other side.

Xiao Weiqing held Red Dragon, wielding a three-meter flaming saber. The flaming saber was wrapped in Qi Fire; once it touched a wild boar, the Yao Beast would erupt in miserable wails.

One strike, two strikes... Xiao Weiqing felt his saber becoming more and more fluid. Group combat was excellent for training one's combat awareness.

"After going back, I can ask Teacher Zhao to teach me some offensive techniques."

Two figures, one red and one white, were slaughtering the wild boar Yao Beasts.

Twenty minutes later.

The grassland was covered in Yao Beast corpses, blood flowing like a river, and the stench of blood filled the air.

Most were already dead, but the wild boar Yao Beasts' vitality was so strong that many were still twitching.

"Xue Cheng, come over and dig out the demon cores."

Qin Tian shouted.

Two minutes later.

Xue Cheng walked out of the woods, covering his nose. "You guys are too brutal. Couldn't you be a bit gentler? There's blood everywhere."

"Hurry up, you," Qin Tian laughed and scolded.

Xue Cheng didn't hesitate, quickly splitting open the heads of all the Second Rank wild boar Yao Beasts and collecting the demon cores.

They continued forward.

"This Secret Realm is truly peculiar. What kind of methods do you think these are? A Grotto-Heaven? Space folding?"

"So many of us entered the trial and were assigned to different scenes without any confusion," Xue Cheng wondered.

Qin Tian said, "Who knows? A hundred years ago, our Blue Planet was still a technological civilization. Now, everyone is summoning wind and rain, and some can even fly or burrow through the earth."

The three continued forward, and before long...

...they reached a lake. In the center of the lake was an island, with three bridges leading to it.

"We're here. This must be the Trial of Three Bridges the seniors mentioned."

In the Trial of Three Bridges, there is a Guard in front of each bridge. One must defeat the Guard to pass.

"The Guards aren't here?"

"What if we try to rush across right now?" Xiao Weiqing suggested.