Chapter 17: The Trial of the Ruins (Part II)
Han Nuo hadn't stayed at the bottom of the lake for too long, and he was a little afraid of the muddy water, after all, he had already experienced a feeling of suffocation just now. Now that the purpose of the trip has been achieved, it is ready to leave.
He wandered around the lake for a while, during which time he found several solitary fellow Taoists fishing for ore in the water. They either use some vines woven by plants, or use some magic tools that can be extended, and some people even directly use earth exercises to hold up things at the bottom of the lake, in short, they want to get one or two pieces of ore from the bottom of the lake, and there are some methods.
Han Nuo kept his spirit in a state of seclusion, bypassing those people, and swam all the way to the center of the lake. He found a formation looming at the bottom of the center of the lake, and it seemed that it was this formation that divided the place of trial into inner and outer circles. It's a pity that Han Nuo doesn't have much research on the formation, otherwise he must expand this formation and go back to study it well, and after he succeeds in building the foundation, he can put one in his own cave mansion.
By the time Han Nuo came out of the lake, it was already getting dark again. Han Nuo knew that in addition to him, there were several other people who had already obtained the ore materials needed to complete the trial mission. However, everyone was very unanimous and did not immediately leave the inner circle and go out, but found a place to hide.
Han Nuo calculated, it was only the third day, and he spent an extra day on the road because of the detour from the river. At a normal pace, the trial could be completed in three days. However, the time of this trial is five days, which shows that mining is really not the real purpose of this trial. Therefore, the extra two days must be designed to allow these low-level monks to kill each other here, after all, there are still many people who cannot go down to the lake because of the restrictions of the exercises.
Thinking about this truth, Han Nuo went directly along the river to the last place where the giant python stayed. At this time, the giant python was gone, but he didn't dare to go out easily, just took out the elephant bone, prepared to hide in it and rest all night, and set off along the waterway as soon as it was dawn. In this way, it is just right to take a two-day roundabout.
However, just after the child, there was a snake roar in the distance, and Han Nuo knew that this beam was a big hair. He frowned, recovered from his composure, and then jumped out as if he remembered something. He put away the elephant bone and cast the Nine Illusions of Wood Concealment to hide in a certain tree on the side, and it didn't take long for the giant python to come here, still unable to enter through an invisible barrier.
Han Nuo quickly moved some distance to the southwest, threw a storage bag towards the outer circle, and found a hiding place to hide. It didn't take long for the python to arrive at the location of the storage bag. Seeing this, Han Nuo couldn't help but take a deep breath.
It turned out that the storage bag he threw out was one of the many storage bags he had obtained from the python's nest. Judging from the situation the night before, this python could track Han Nuo, but he didn't know what the python was tracking him on. And now it is certain that the python can at least be traced by the fishy smell left in the storage bag.
In this way, Han Nuo found an idea to solve the problem, which was to discard all the storage bags obtained from the python's nest, as well as the two snake eggs. However, instead of choosing this easy answer, Han Nuo made things bigger, turning this trial into a hellish difficulty.
He first cleared a few storage bags with relatively few things, transferred all the valuables in them to his storage bags, and then filled each with a piece of ore quarried from the bottom of the lake. The bags were then scattered over the culled by the lake.
Han Nuo's move is called the cause of trouble. He guessed that among those who had already obtained the ore, there must be some people who left the inner circle in advance to find a place to stay in the outer circle, and once a few more people went outside, the python would have more people to track, and if one of them could attract the python for him some time, then he would have a chance to escape.
I have to say that Han Nuo's trick is a bit dirty. And in the end, it didn't work.
By the early morning of the fourth day, there were indeed people who had left the inner circle early, including people carrying the storage bags that Han Nuo had scattered. With a loud shout, and a loud, high-pitched hiss, those who had just left turned back. It didn't take long for the entire inner circle of still alive cultivators to know that there was a giant python outside, after all, that thing had been showing off its might outside for a while with half of its body.
Seeing this, Han Nuo naturally understood that his previous plan had failed, and he was now hesitant to give up all the snake eggs and storage bags. And what he was most worried about was that if he didn't want those things, the python wouldn't come to him. And this question needs to be answered with practice.
Han Nuo chose to do this experiment at noon. He first wrapped the snake eggs and the fishy storage bags in a cloth bag and buried them in a dirt pit, and then he himself was fully armed and prepared various life-saving talismans. He only left the protective circle about ten feet, and then hid in a bush in the state of wood and nine illusions.
In a few moments, a blue shadow black light rushed towards Han Nuo's direction. Although Han Nuo was paying attention to his surroundings in the most focused state, when he realized that the python was approaching, the other party was still in front of him. Seeing this, Han Nuo was shocked, and while launching the Wind Hidden Thousand Lines to retreat towards the inner circle, he shot out two more mid-level shield talismans.
Fortunately, Han Nuo had already used the shield talisman to prop up a shield, and the exoskeleton armor had removed a lot of force, although he felt numb in the process of retreating, he did not lose control of his body after all. Before he could retreat to safety, the giant python's tail swung from the side, and Han Nuo immediately activated one of the shield talismans he had just shot.
As soon as the giant python's tail touched the shield on Han Nuo's body, it slapped him sideways and flew out. However, the giant python's move was in Han Nuo's arms, and he adjusted his body in time to make himself fly diagonally behind with his strength. Looking at the range that was already about to enter the inner circle, the giant python suddenly grew its mouth and inhaled at him.
Han Nuo was relatively calm at first, but suddenly found that his body was stopped in mid-air by the suction of the giant python. He was shocked, and immediately shot out another fire attribute attack talisman. He held the talisman in his left hand, and with a gesture of his right hand in the direction of the python, hundreds of lightsabers were condensed above the python's mouth, and then his left hand drove the talisman, and several fireballs were born in those lightsabers.
At this moment, on the bald mountain south of the ancient battlefield ruins, Elder Yang Xu of Tianyun Gate was looking nervously at somewhere in the middle of the basin.
"Hey! Lao Yang, you disciples of Tianyun Sect, generation after generation is more and more fierce! All of them are existences that can single-handedly fight snakes, and this guy has even forced out to devour the world! A big man in a gray-brown robe sighed beside Elder Yang, but his face seemed to be a little pale.
"Let Guo Daoyou smile, this snake is just an adult, plus it has not been laying eggs for a long time, and it is in a relatively weak stage, otherwise with the cultivation of the qi refining period as the adult snake with the strength of the early stage of the Dan, there is no reason to survive." Elder Yang stroked his beard and said.
"Eh, it's in!" An old man with a ruddy face next to him clapped his hands and shouted, and everyone saw that Han Nuo had indeed retreated into a safe area. "Hey! This kid! I've lost several times these days! The old man said with some pain.
"Fluke!" Elder Yang breathed a sigh of relief and pocketed the gambling money that everyone had put in front of him, his face full of pride. It turned out that these Jindan monks were bored on the sidelines, so they gambled with their respective disciples, and Han Nuo's uncommon sense and unexpected operation made Elder Yang make a lot of money.
"I said, according to this situation, Naba Snake is afraid that he will not let these disciples out. If they can't come out tomorrow, do I need to go and answer them? Said a monk who looked older but seemed to be leading the group for the first time.
"Answer? Did you and I have someone to answer back then? Who hasn't gone through nine deaths to get to where they are today? Elder Guo in the gray-brown robe said.
"Speaking of which, does Guo Daoyou still remember our original session? It is also facing an adult snake. Elder Yang asked with some emotion.
"How not to remember! If it weren't for the genius disciple of your Tianyun Sect back then, who forcibly urged a rune treasure with the cultivation of the Qi Refining Period and temporarily fixed that beast, I am afraid that you and I would have been buried in the belly of the python. Elder Guo patted his stomach and said.
Having said that, Han Nuo finally retreated to the inner circle after losing several mid-level talismans, and was able to retreat with his whole body under the protection of the protective formation. Although his battle with Ba Snake was only for a moment, it was still watched by other cultivators.
Through this life-fighting temptation, Han Nuo completely knew that this Liang Zi was not an ordinary big hair. Perhaps because he had entered the python's nest and had a smell on his body, Han Nuo was completely targeted by it. Even if he discarded the storage bags and snake eggs, he couldn't escape the python's tracking. He simply found the place where he was buried, and took out the things and brought them with him.
At present, the gap between his strength and that of Monty Python is very huge. Whether it is speed or strength, the giant python has an absolute advantage. Not to mention the unfathomable defense, even if you cast a skill on it, you can't hurt it in the slightest. At this point, Han Nuo really felt that he was a little exhausted.
On this day, no one left the inner circle again.
In the evening, Han Nuo lit a bonfire by the lake, and on top of the bonfire, several skewers of barbecue were erected. The meat he had brought from outside the Proving Ground was from a deer-like creature that was tender and plump, and was one of the more common domestic animals in the world.
Hanno used a brush to brush his secret sauce on the meat as he roasted it. It's clear that Han Nuo is digging a hole for people again. He wanted to bribe everyone here with this meat, after all, there was nothing to do, it wasn't something that couldn't be solved by one barbecue, and if there was, then two.
Soon, someone entered the pit. The person who came was a shy nun, in her early twenties, with some baby fat on her face, and she looked very cute. The nun sat down three feet away from the campfire, her eyes fixed on the flesh. Han Nuo smiled and threw a skewer of cooked meat over.
The nun took the meat, looked at it carefully for a moment, sniffed it but didn't eat it, but took out a pot of wine from her body and threw it over. Han Nuo opened the flask, took a big sip, and then nibbled on another piece of meat. And he took out a jar of wine from his storage bag and removed the lid. For a moment, the aroma of wine was like the smell of meat, and it was carried by the wind blowing from the lake to the forest behind him.
When the nun saw Han Nuo like this, she ate the meat with confidence, and smiled with pleasure as she ate. However, Han Nuo didn't dare to be careless because of this, after all, no one who was still alive was an idle person.
Soon there was a second person who entered the pit, a bearded Taoist with a heavy sword on his back. The man had a terrible scar on his face, which seemed to be deep into the bones. He strode up, not paying attention to anything, and directly brought Han Nuo's jar of wine in front of him and drank it in a big gulp.
And just like that, the rest of the people in the proving ground came out of the forest one by one. Because the fish in the trial ground were all grown up with cannibal flesh, no one wanted to catch fish to eat, and the wine and meat brought by Han Nuo just gave everyone a chance to eat and drink in this cruel trial.
"Senior Brother Han, since you set up this bonfire banquet to attract all of us here, you must have a way to deal with that giant python?" The person who spoke was none other than the fellow disciple saved by Han Nuo before, Senior Brother Feng Xiuwei. However, there was no figure of Senior Brother Wu in the crowd, I am afraid that he had suffered an accident.
"Nope." Han Nuo sighed. "But as you know, the duration of the trial is five days. By the time this night is over, we will have been here for four days. More than 100 of us entered this place, and now there are less than 20 people. I think that with such a elimination rate, everyone here can get a Tsukidan. As far as I know, all of you have obtained the ore needed for the Trials mission. ”
"I didn't." The nun who arrived first raised her hand and spoke, and before she could finish speaking, the people around her were staring at her vigilantly.
"I've got a lot of them here." Han Nuo threw a piece of ore to the woman, "Is there anyone else who hasn't found the ore?" Han Nuo asked, and when the others saw that Han Nuo was so generous, they all took out their ore and lit it up.
"That's fine, originally our trial mission only required us not to return empty-handed, not to say that the more the better." Han Nuo continued, "In that case, our purpose is very unified, we must get rid of the giant python outside, and strive to return to that mountain within tomorrow. Han Nuo pointed to the bald mountain where the elders were in the distance.
"But you also said it, you can't help it." The nun began to interject again.
Han Nuo frowned, feeling that he would never find a girlfriend with so many words. "That's why I'm here to discuss countermeasures, if I can solve the problem alone, why do I invite you to drink wine and eat meat?" This time, no one objected.
Soon, everyone got to know each other, revealing all the spells and magic weapons they were good at. Han Nuo wrote down everyone's strengths, and then formulated a plan based on his battle with the giant python during the day. He pulled everyone to calculate, and after all the participants understood their division of labor, he arranged for everyone to rest and adjust to the best state.
The final battle of the trial began at dawn.
First of all, the gluttonous and talkative female cultivator was responsible for luring the enemy, and the giant python, who had been squatting in the outer circle all night, saw it running out of the safe area, so it immediately pounced. However, the female cultivator's light body and speed like a flying swallow made it impossible for her to get close for a short time, and the giant python was rushed in the direction of Han Nuo's plan.
Seeing that the giant python was about to catch up with the female cultivator, the bearded Taoist suddenly came out of the soil below him, raised his heavy sword and performed a tiger slaughtering skill. The python couldn't dodge, and its stomach was pulled out by the sharp heavy sword. Purple-black blood spilled from the python's belly, ablating the ground into patches of markings.
Seeing that the poisonous blood was about to be sprinkled on the bearded Daoist, a green light suddenly protected it, and a young monk in the inner circle was nervously driving the bowl-shaped magic weapon that Han Nuo had given him.
The python's body slowed down under the pain, and the female cultivator turned around and returned to the safe area, her face was pale at this moment, and it seemed that her exercises were still very spiritual. And the next one to rush out was Senior Brother Feng, who flew in front of the giant python in the Nine Heavens Cloud, and manipulated a flying sword to slash the giant python, but the flying sword did not make a contribution, and it was immediately bounced off the giant python.
The giant python that was provoked by this was furious and rushed straight to Senior Brother Feng. Senior Brother Feng unfolded the gossip mirror and flew to the other side of the river to wait for the giant python. Although the giant python had a strong body, it could not fly after all, so it passed through the water, and just as its head was exposed to the water, the four water-attribute monks who had already been lying in ambush on one side immediately cast a freezing technique to freeze that section of the river.
However, after all, it was the freezing technique cast by the four Qi Refiners, which was useless except for slowing down the Python's movements. The giant python let out a sharp whistle, and the first half of its body stood up with the river water that had been frozen into ice, and rushed straight into the air for Senior Brother Feng. Senior Brother Feng used the gossip mirror to block it, and was knocked out by a giant python.
But seeing that Senior Brother Feng hadn't flown far, several demon birds suddenly flew up in the forest below him and rushed towards him. Two black-clad monks immediately rushed to his side to help him chase away the birds and bring them back to safety.
Seeing that everyone had retreated to the safe area, the python was angry and roared inside. At that moment, a red light appeared behind his head. The python seemed to realize the danger and hurriedly turned the python's head. Just as it was halfway through, the red light suddenly shot out, coming in from its left eye and out of its right. And below the red light appeared, Han Nuo, who was dressed in camouflage armor, holding a faded talisman treasure in his hand.
The giant python that was hit hard by this suddenly panicked and began to stir its body wildly. Han Nuo immediately retreated to the safe zone, and the group just watched the python get angry so quietly.
The python tossed for nearly an hour, stirring up the ground in the outer ring. I don't know if it's because he has no strength, or because of a big injury to his vitality. The python gradually calmed down, lying on the ground motionless.
"If you don't leave now, when will you stay!" Han Nuo roared and rushed out of the inner circle first, and the rest of the people immediately followed.