Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

Liu Xing pondered for a long time, conducting numerous tests, and discovered that this was merely a protective barrier, not a killing formation. The formation also included some escape routes, which was why Li Mu was able to survive. It seemed the person who had set up the formation was a kindhearted person, not a vicious, evil spirit.

With Liu Xing's attainments in prohibitions, breaking this formation was naturally a piece of cake. He took out a few prohibition-breaking cones and quickly opened a crack. Liu Xing shrank his body and crawled in, and the crack quickly recovered.

Seeing Liu Xing enter, Li Mu silently prayed that he would return safely with the fruit. Back then, he could only watch the phantom of the fruit from afar; with his strength back then, he couldn't possibly get close. The dark river was eerie and terrifying, and he didn't want to stay there any longer. But looking at Duoduo beside him, he felt more at ease. So he found a rock, sat cross-legged, and waited quietly for Liu Xing to emerge.

As we entered the ice cave, we were suddenly hit by a gust of cold wind, which was more than ten times colder than outside, and locked the cold air directly into the ice cave.

Liu Xing looked up and saw the ice cave was unfathomable. The barrier had the effect of blocking spiritual consciousness, so he couldn't explore the bottom. Liu Xing paused and silently observed the surrounding environment. The ice and snow were freezing cold. There was no sign of demonic beasts. It seemed that the barrier was blocking the aura of the Ice Spirit Fruit, preventing demonic beasts from entering.

Liu Xing advanced slowly, his consciousness constantly monitoring his surroundings. The deeper he went, the colder he felt, as if his very bones had frozen. If it weren't for his profound magical power, his magical body comparable to a magical treasure, an ordinary cultivator in the early Jindan stage would probably be unable to continue at this depth. Nearing the depths of the ice cave, a string of purple-black ice spirit fruits came into view. Encased in a thick layer of ice, they resembled a string of ice beads. The spirit fruits seemed to grow within the ice, with no tree visible.

Liu Xing didn't act rashly. He unleashed his full mighty spiritual sense, probing every inch of the ice. On his first pass, he discovered another layer of protection between the Ice Spirit Fruit and the ice, which he needed to break before picking the fruit.

While researching how to break the barrier, he unexpectedly discovered two snow-white centipedes sleeping at the center of the formation. The aura these two centipedes exuded was remarkably powerful, possessing the strength of a Level 6 demonic beast. Once the Ice Spirit Fruit's protective barrier was triggered, the two ice centipedes would awaken. Judging by their slumber, it looked as if they had been asleep for centuries, having been placed there by the Ice Spirit Fruit's owner as guardian spirit beasts.

Fortunately, I didn't pick the fruits rashly, otherwise, I would have been hurt by these two centipedes if I was careless.

Liu Xing pulled out his life-saving jade flute, and a melodious sound suddenly rang out. He then unleashed the Illusionary Sound Sutra, enveloping the sleeping ice centipede.

Their souls were attacked and they woke up instantly. Suddenly, two evil spirits rose into the sky. They were extremely furious because their sweet dreams were disturbed. At this time, they were twisting their bodies desperately to break free from the control of the evil sound.

Liu Xing concentrated on activating the jade flute. This was the first time he used the Illusion Sound Scripture and the jade flute against the enemy. He did not dare to be careless and wanted to take the opportunity to test the power of the jade flute.

Liu Xing's powerful spiritual sense played a huge role, and even against two enemies alone, he felt at ease. The ice centipede was becoming increasingly uncomfortable, its sea of ​​consciousness aching like needles, and it became increasingly irritable. Their carapaces were as hard as magic weapons, and their thick carapaces and sharp foot blades all demonstrated their formidable defensive and offensive capabilities.

One of the centipedes was so uncomfortable that it charged at its companion, who reacted quickly and dodged. As a result, it crashed into the base of the formation, instantly destroying the center of the formation and destroying the protective barrier.

Liu Xing was overjoyed and immediately rushed forward. He wanted to pick the spiritual fruit before the ice centipede recovered to avoid damaging it during the fight.

He wrapped his magical power around his right hand and slowly reached for the fruit. A stinging chill shot through his body. The moment his fingers touched the fruit, his entire arm was frozen.

Liu Xing was amazed by the powerful ice power. Fortunately, his body had been cultivated to perfection and could resist the ice power, otherwise his entire arm would have been useless.

He activated the Wind and Cloud Art, shattered the ice on his arm with a powerful shake, and then plucked the entire bunch of Ice Spirit Fruits in a lightning-fast motion.

The Ice Spirit Fruit broke free from the ice, and the ice on the fruit turned into water droplets. Liu Xing was overjoyed. Without taking a closer look, he immediately took out a jade box, put the fruit in it, and quickly put away the magic talisman.

Liu Xing moved with remarkable speed, plucking the fruit in a fraction of a second. But that moment of distraction allowed the Ice Centipede to break free from the demonic sound's control. Watching helplessly as the spiritual fruit it had guarded for nearly a thousand years was taken, it glared crimson-eyed and charged angrily at Liu Xing's true form.

The distance was too close. To protect the fruit in his hand, Liu Xing only had time to summon his Dragon Skin Armor, which allowed him to withstand the combined attack of the two Ice Centipedes. Like a kite with its string cut, Liu Xing was flung back over ten meters. The Dragon Skin Armor blocked half the force, while his Dharma Body blocked the rest. Although Liu Xing was in disarray, he remained unharmed.

With a quick flip, Liu Xing stood up and spat out the ice in his mouth. He chuckled, now that he had the spiritual fruit, he had no more worries. "Now I'll have some fun with you guys."

The Jade Flute continued to be summoned, and the Illusionary Sound Sutra was unleashed with full force. This time, the Ice and Snow Centipede was prepared, and was no longer caught off guard like before, instantly falling into trouble.

Seeing the Jade Flute's demonic sound coming, the two centipedes immediately separated and attacked Liu Xing. This forced Liu Xing to expand the coverage of the sound waves, which obviously increased the consumption of Liu Xing a lot.

"These two little centipedes are quite smart." Liu Xing thought.

However, he quickly changed his strategy, focusing his flute music on one of the centipedes while simultaneously using his dragon scale shield to block the other centipede's flying knife attack. He prepared to concentrate his magic power on the centipede on the left, hoping to control the first one as quickly as possible.

The sixth-level monster was indeed not so easy to control. Although Liu Xing's spiritual awareness and magic power far surpassed the opponent, the opponent struggled desperately, and Liu Xing had to work very hard. It took him a full cup of tea to control the opponent.

Liu Xing carefully controlled the centipede and attacked its companion, causing it to scream and dodge while trying to wake him up. However, all this was in vain. The two centipedes immediately tangled together and bit each other. Since they were evenly matched, both were soon injured.

Seeing the wounded and dying ice centipedes, Liu Xing easily dispatched them. He then killed the demon, took its elixir, and skinned and ripped out its tendons. Two level six demon elixirs, along with the leather armor and foot blade, were worth as much as two magical treasures. Liu Xing happily accepted them. This was a huge haul, and he was determined to reward Li Mu handsomely.