Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 102: The Land of Tribulation (Part )
It was as if there was an invisible and intangible barrier enveloping the mirage sea. The lavender aura that was clearly right in front of him, as if within reach, was always flowing like a cloud, just one step away.

Looking inside through this layer of lavender mist, the strange-looking flowers and plants were twisted like a group of snakes growing wildly.

Seeing this wonder for the first time, the five people marveled at it, and then gathered their true energy to protect their bodies, while keeping their spiritual consciousness alert, and strode into it.

There is no special feeling.

It was like taking a simple step, the only difference perhaps being that you were actually in the purple mist, and you could see everything inside more clearly.

Unknown narrow flying insects flutter in the bushes, vibrating their invisible transparent wings. Giant pitcher plants secrete hallucinogenic mucus to lure prey. Fluorescent ferns weave natural patterns with mysterious power in the shadows.

The arrival of the crowd seemed to have startled something in the water, and its dorsal fin with spikes quietly sank when the flying insects that had stopped there took off.

The dark clouds in the sky covered the ground not far away, and the sound of rain hitting the mud was clearly heard by everyone.

Several people subconsciously looked to the other side, but found that the other team, whose shadows they could originally see with their naked eyes, had become difficult to see after entering this area.

The lavender smoke made everything in it blurry and dreamy.

"The detection range of the spiritual consciousness has been suppressed." Yun Feiyang, who had the highest cultivation level, was the first to speak.

"Earth listening is also disturbed by a lot of noise."

Lin Jian flew up into the sky on his sword, and just when he was only a few feet away from the ground, a purple thunder dragon flashed through the dark clouds, and the electrical attack sounded a crazy alarm within the range of his spiritual consciousness.

"There are thunderclouds in the sky, it's not easy to fly over them."

"Let's move forward. We don't know where the other three are."

Seeing the disciples from the four sects cautiously exploring forward in the purple mist, the elders behind the water mist mirror also became unusually serious.

In the quiet atmosphere, the elder of Lingyun Sect couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure the dragon inside is gone?"

Among all the elders present, only the four elders from the medium-sized sects who were going to participate in the competition had not participated in the layout of the team battle field beforehand.

My knowledge of this place is limited to occasional hearsay in the past.

The most famous thing about Yunmeng Lake in their ears was the source of the strange phenomena here—

Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, a dragon tried to survive a thunderstorm here and break through to the realm of a celestial demon.

Whether it will succeed or not is still unknown, but we only know that the dragon shed its skin and turned into a dragon bridge, its breath condensed into poisonous clouds, and its spirit dissipated into mirage.

Even the space where they were located became far more fragile than normal space due to the bombardment of thunder.

The reason why the surging mirage sea only flows in that space is because its edge is the dividing line between fragile space and normal space.

……

"Ling Shuang, what's wrong with you?" Hu Feifei looked at her junior sister with some worry.

Ever since entering this mirage sea, Junior Sister's expression has been a little strange.

There is always a person who reaches out his hand for no apparent reason, as if trying to grab something.

Thinking about the relevant information about the Mirage Sea, Hu Feifei was very afraid that her junior sister would lose her mind because of the so-called Mirage.

Even though my junior sister is only at the third level of foundation building, she is the strongest in the team. Once she is bewitched by the mirage, the team will probably be finished.

"Nothing... nothing." Bai Lingshuang shook her head blankly, not saying anything about the strange flashes that she had vaguely seen.

She felt that it was not an illusion, but it was beyond her reach.

After thinking about it, I decided to leave it alone for now and go back to ask my master.

"Found another one!" Meng Zefeng, the physical cultivator who was walking in the front to explore the way, happily dug out a spiritual spring bead from the mud.

Seeing this, Hu Feifei also felt a little happy, "We are lucky. We have collected 32 along the way. Maybe we can make up for the disadvantage in the individual battle."

"Look ahead!" Earth-based mage Chu Zi'an suddenly pointed in a farther direction.

Breaking through the shadow of the purple mist, an endless expanse of water appeared before everyone's eyes.

There is an endless expanse of land above the water, with no grass growing.

The dark clouds in the sky were very low, and the drizzling rain seemed to be the source of the water in the lake.

In this quiet world where only the sound of rain remains, lotus platforms float quietly on the water, enduring the endless erosion.

Before them, another group of figures arrived at the water's edge even earlier.

"There seems to be something on the lotus platform!"

"I gonna go see!"

The physical cultivator of Lingyun Sect leaped up high.

"Wow!"

A loud thunder sounded in the dark clouds, but the lightning was much faster than the thunder.

With a "bang", the physical cultivator in mid-air was caught off guard and hit by the sturdy thunder dragon, and his whole body fell into the lake in an instant.

"Swish, swish, swish!" The lake water did not let him go.

The moment the body of the physical cultivator fell into the water, bursts of white steam rose up. The severe corrosion made the physical cultivator, who was paralyzed by lightning, wail and scream in pain.

However, his body and inner energy, which were temporarily paralyzed by the lightning, made it difficult for him to break free from the lake. The lake even formed a small whirlpool with him as the center, making it even more difficult for him to escape on his own.

Fortunately, his companions on the shore reacted in time. Just two breaths after he fell into the lake, they whipped him and rolled him back to the shore.

Fortunately, he was a physical cultivator. Even if his protective Qi was destroyed by lightning, he could still hold on by relying on his own physique if he fell into the lake.

But when it was rolled back to the shore, large areas of burned and rotten flesh were still visible on its body surface.

His companion instantly took out a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth.

Ping Sinan stood on the shore, looking at the lake in front of him and summed up with a serious look.

"There are thunderclouds in the sky, so we can't fly too high!"

"The lake water is very corrosive, so don't fall into it easily."

Hu Feifei and the others also arrived at Zuojin, gazing at a long arched bridge in the middle of the lake. "This level might require us to use the lotus platform to move and cross the long bridge."

The world does not form natural test levels. The lake water and thunderclouds are natural things, including the pale arched bridge in the center of the lake, which is full of ancient atmosphere.

Only the lotus pedestals floating messily on the lake are full of human touch.

This should be the "path" left for them by the planners.

Ping Sinan of Lingyun Sect's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile, "Since fellow Daoist from Xianyi Sect has just arrived and is unsure of the situation, our sect is willing to give you a demonstration."

Everyone went their own way along the way, and I think the planner would not be too partial to which sect buried more spiritual spring beads.

Even if everyone occasionally misses someone along the way, the gap won't be that big.

If you really want to widen the gap, you can only do so when you face this level of shared experience.

Quantities are limited, first come first served.

If one gains while the other loses, won't the gap widen?
Ping Sinan said this without caring about the reaction of the people from the Immortal Sect, and flew directly to the nearest lotus platform at a low altitude on his sword.

The diameter of the lotus platform is not large, only one step square.

When he landed in the center of the golden lotus platform, two spiritual spring beads emitting sea-blue light were quietly displayed in a hazy glow.

'really! ’

Ping Sinan was delighted and reached out to take it.

However, he never expected that the seemingly useless layer of misty glow would instantly burst out with a powerful shock wave when his palm touched it. Even though Ping Sinan was alert, he was caught off guard by the shock wave and almost fell into the lake behind him.

"Your small protective formation, can't I break it?!" Ping Sinan sneered, and used his true energy to weave and break the formation.

The formation was broken and the pearl appeared.

The lotus platform overturned.

Ping Sinan snatched the Lingquan Pearl with one hand, and with the help of his flying sword technique, he was ready to fly away on his sword again.

However, the shaking and sinking lotus platform affected his spell-casting speed to a certain extent. At the same time, the lotus platform sank at an astonishing speed, so much so that when Ping Sinan was halfway through the sword-controlling technique, he found that half of his foot had already stepped into the lake.

Fanwu's boots were corroded and melted in an instant, and Ping Sinan kicked his feet and rushed towards the shore.

However, he was unable to exert enough strength in such a hurry, and his body flew diagonally two meters in the air and was about to fall into the water.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he managed to use the secret method of seclusion and successfully emerged from the shadows of his own sect's disciples. Only then did he pat his chest with lingering fear and said, "I was scared to death."

Although the lake water is not fatal, he certainly doesn't want to go in and take a bath after seeing the miserable condition of the body cultivator.

Hu Feifei looked at the lotus platform sinking into the lake, then looked at the two spiritual spring beads in Ping Sinan's hand thoughtfully.

"Each lotus platform contains a spiritual spring bead, but the protective magic circle and the lotus platform are connected. If the magic circle is broken, the lotus platform will fall..."

"Flying and water are prohibited here, but neither sword control nor levitation can be performed simultaneously with breaking the formation, so this level tests your ability to control the distance to the lotus platform and plan your landing point."

'etc! '

When she thought of this, Hu Feifei's eyes narrowed and she thought of someone.

Under these rules, wouldn't there be a guy who could take full advantage?

Just as I realized this, I looked up and saw a figure floating far away on the lake.

The figure floated above the lotus platforms, taking away the spiritual spring beads stored on each lotus platform as easily as if he were sailing on a lake...

"In the woods!"

Hard!

The fist is hard!

If this guy were to seize enough advantage in this common level, their Xianyi Sect would never be able to regain the top spot!
(End of this chapter)