The Splitting Ability of Katsuyu

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Cultivating the Senjutsu of Shikkotsu Forest required passing a trial.

Long Ye showed no change in expression when he heard that failing the trial could also cost them their lives, but Rin looked hesitant.

In his view, the danger was simply too great. If the trial had been easy, there would not have been only two people who had passed it in over a thousand years.

Long Ye was accompanying her, but she still felt uneasy, worried that she would drag him down.

Seeing through her thoughts, Long Ye tightened his grip on her hand.

"Don't worry! No one capable of taking my life has been born yet. Even if you fail, I can still take you safely out of here. You have to believe that."

Rin smiled and nodded firmly.

Long Ye knew nothing about the trial itself, so he did not dare guarantee that he could definitely help Rin pass.

After all, the decision lay with the Slug Sage. If it said you had failed, then passing would be useless.

Thus, all he could do was protect Rin's safety by every possible means.

He had complete confidence in that.

Back then, when he had been far weaker, he had still escaped the trial in Ryūchi Cave unharmed. Surely Shikkotsu Forest could not be stronger than Ryūchi Cave.

The two continued deeper inside.

Their feet sank into the soft, damp earth, leaving a long trail of footprints.

As they went deeper, they saw more and more skeletons along the way. Their attire varied, and the two even discovered forehead protectors bearing the symbols of countries that had been destroyed a century ago.

All of this showed that some of the skeletons on the ground had been there for more than a hundred years.

Whenever he came across a