Trial Complete

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were facing two Soul Elders and one Soul Ancestor, making their situation exceptionally difficult.

The clothes on Zhu Zhuqing's left arm had been torn apart, and her arm was covered in countless tiny bloody scratches inflicted by the Thorn Vine martial soul.

There was a red mark on Xiao Wu's neck. The Blood Silkworm Soul Ancestor across from her had sneakily released a strand of silk. If not for her Blink soul skill, her head would have been severed!

Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, had not suffered much injury. After all, he was only fighting a Soul Grandmaster and still had time to help his teammates.

Outside Desolate Mountain, Bai Yu watched the five of them suffer quite a few unnecessary losses and shook his head as he said:

"Sure enough, life-and-death combat still lacks something. They need more training!"

Flender and the others' eyelids twitched at those words. Liu Erlong could not help mocking him in a strange tone:

"Your little girlfriend is injured, yet instead of helping her, you're standing here making snide remarks. She's really unlucky to be with you!"

Bai Yu's gaze turned deep as he looked at Zhu Zhuqing in the Water Mirror and said softly:

"I don't want to see her get hurt either. She used to train desperately so she could take control of her own fate, but after she got together with me, every path before her became unobstructed!"

"She could choose a comfortable life of daily pleasure and only train occasionally, but she didn't. Instead, she trained even harder. I never asked her why, but I respect her choice."

"Since she wants to walk this path and become stronger, then I'll help her become stronger. Life-and-death combat is the best catalyst! All I can do is protect her path!"

After hearing Bai Yu's words, Liu Erlong's expression became extremely complicated. She understood that this so-called trial had all been arranged by Bai Yu for Zhu Zhuqing; everyone else was merely benefiting from it.

She then turned to look at Yu Xiaogang and sighed inwardly. The others beside her also wore strange expressions.

Good grief! He had made such a huge production just for his girlfriend to gain combat experience? Only you could do that!

In Desolate Mountain, Tang San and the other four had only just exchanged a few looks when dense silken threads came winding toward them before they could say anything.

"Phoenix Fire Line!"

Ma Hongjun had learned his lesson by now. Without waiting for anyone to give orders, he hurled a burst of fire straight at them.

"Mubai, be careful not to get ambushed! Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Fatty, cover each other as we retreat!"

Working together, they fought while retreating, all the way to the place where they had set their traps.

At first, the Fallen Spirit Masters were worried about walking into an ambush, so they did not attack too fiercely and kept probing their surroundings. After all, two people were missing from the opposing side.

But when nothing happened for a long time, they gradually forgot about it and attacked with increasing ferocity.

Although Tang San and the others had lured them over, the price was even more severe injuries. Their bodies were covered in blood and grime, with countless wounds. Dai Mubai's left arm was twisted, and there was even a bloody hole in his lower abdomen.

Their opponents had not emerged unscathed either. The Soul Grandmaster was dead, one Soul Elder was gravely injured and near death, and another Soul Elder had suffered light injuries.

"Oscar! Now!"

Seeing that all five of them, except for the gravely injured one left on the road, had stepped into the trap, Tang San shouted urgently.

The Fallen Spirit Masters realized something was wrong, but it was already too late. With a faint crack, the ground beneath their feet suddenly gave way, revealing a massive pit.

The pit was packed with fine steel wire. Bamboo stakes stood at the bottom, covered in Fire Oil, while Crossbow Bolts and Poison Needles shot into the pit from outside, trapping the Fallen Spirit Masters on all sides!

As Ma Hongjun spat out a spark, flames surged from the pit, and the group finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Oscar and Ning Rongrong hurried over as well.

"I, your father, have a Big Sausage! I, your father, have a Small Sausage!"

Oscar continuously released his soul skills, forming sausages for them, while Ning Rongrong also used her soul skill to enhance the five of them. After all, enhancement could count as a different kind of treatment.

"Didn't we say we'd eat Flying Sausages and carry them over? How did it turn into fighting our way here?"

At Oscar's question, Tang San and the other four revealed bitter smiles.

"Plans can't keep up with changes. Those people were very cautious. If we flew up, they would only trail us from afar and keep testing us. Our traps would have been useless."

Just as they were discussing things animatedly, two pitch-black figures crawled out of the burning pit beside them and stared at them with hatred in their eyes.

"Snake Shadow Assassination!"

A thin black snake shadow shot toward Ning Rongrong's neck and bit into the Blue Silver Armored Hedgehog that suddenly appeared.

Tang San and the other four's pupils contracted. Their coordination throughout the journey allowed them to instantly form a defensive formation, blocking Oscar and Ning Rongrong.

"We got careless. I didn't expect two of them to still be alive. Good thing we have Bai Yu's soul skill!"

Looking at the two people across from them, whose bodies had no intact spots left, the five of them felt somewhat nauseated. But after fighting and killing all the way here, they could still endure it.

Ning Rongrong and Oscar could not. If they had not been frightened just now, they would already have vomited.

The two surviving Fallen Spirit Masters were disappointed that their sneak attack had failed to kill anyone, but their eyes still filled with viciousness as they charged toward them.

"Get them! Those two are almost out of Soul Power. Kill them."

Dai Mubai roared furiously. After being brutally beaten all the way here, he was burning with rage as well. The five of them suppressed their nausea and charged forward.

At the foot of the mountain, Bai Yu saw this and waved his hand, dispersing the Water Mirror before saying:

"The trial is complete. Let's go over and finish things up for them. We'll rest here tonight."

Flender and the others nodded. It was indeed over. Those two fellows who had been burned half to death would not live much longer even if no one attacked them.

Bai Yu led everyone to Tang San and the others, conveniently finishing off the gravely injured one along the way.

They saw the five of them lying crookedly across the ground while Oscar and Ning Rongrong clumsily bandaged their wounds.

Soul Power surged around Bai Yu as he called out in a low voice:

"Earth Phase, Myriad Transformation! Water Phase, Gushing Spring!"

The fluctuations of Bai Yu's Soul Power drew everyone's attention. Amid countless astonished gazes, a small stone building appeared before them.

Stone pots, stone bowls, and stone spoons also emerged from the ground. Beside them was a small spring that flowed slowly.

"Holy shit! Bai Ge, you're freaking amazing!"

Ma Hongjun, who was not good at trash talk, was the first to speak. But in his excitement, he pulled at his wounds again and grimaced in pain.

Bai Yu shook his head, walked over to Zhu Zhuqing, and picked her up. He said to the others:

"Find yourselves rooms later. There isn't any lighting, though. If you want to bathe, there are stone tubs in the rooms. You can go boil some water."

He then carried Zhu Zhuqing into the stone building and entered a room. After taking out a blanket and spreading it over the stone bed, he began removing her damaged clothing.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Bai Yu without resisting. Instead, she closed her eyes.

After removing her clothes, he condensed water in a stone basin and heated it, then began wiping Zhu Zhuqing's body.

"What are your thoughts on today's life-and-death trial?"

Hearing Bai Yu's voice, Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes. She saw the concern beneath the calmness on his face, bit her lip, and said quietly:

"I understand what you're thinking. You can protect me, but I still want to keep walking forward. I'm not afraid of danger!"