Forward and Reverse Intersect

Ning Fa's expression shifted slightly as he looked toward the water ahead.

Several miles away, a whirlpool over a dozen zhang in diameter had appeared. The once placid surface began to ripple.

Ning Fa felt a faint pulling force as well, and his body drifted involuntarily toward the whirlpool.

His face changed. He knew that the true trial of this stage had arrived.

If he were sucked into the heart of that whirlpool, he would most likely meet the end of body and soul alike.

While he was still far from it, he immediately changed direction and swam to the right.

After a long while, Ning Fa finally escaped the whirlpool's range.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his expression changed again. Another whirlpool had appeared directly ahead.

With a grave expression, Ning Fa stopped at once.

He already understood that the whirlpools in the waters ahead would only grow more numerous. They were not something he could simply avoid at will.

Moreover, blindly evading them would surely waste time and lower his passing evaluation. He had to find a way to pass through the whirlpools.

Ning Fa could not help thinking that, since this stage tested Mana, the key to resisting the whirlpool's pull was likely Mana as well.

If the previous test had examined the quantity and speed at which one refined Mana, then these whirlpools should be testing something else.

With that thought, Ning Fa began cautiously probing at the very edge of the whirlpool's pulling force.

Before long, Ning Fa stopped. A thoughtful look appeared on his face, and he had already somewhat understood how to cross the whirlpool.

He had discovered that once he entered the whirlpool's range, the spiritual energy flooding into his body was no longer as docile as before.