Qin Siyang ventured deeper into the island, where the bone forest grew denser.
Yet the bone forest still avoided him like the plague.
Wherever he passed, only bare earth remained.
This left Qin Siyang a little at a loss.
More precisely, he felt disappointed.
He had planned to gather more materials, but the Large God overseeing this trial had actually stopped the bone forest's attacks outright, preventing him from collecting any more.
Qin Siyang shouted into the lifeless depths of the island, "As an examiner for the [Succession Trial], how can you ignore the trial's rules?! You'll be expelled from Earth for breaking them!!"
Yet he received no response beyond his own echo.
With no other choice, Qin Siyang continued deeper into the island.
When he reached its very center, he saw an exceptionally thick bone tree.
Qin Siyang looked up at the bone tree and chuckled.
"Not even bothering to hide anymore?"
The face in the bone tree's bark suddenly opened its eyes.
It let out a shriek, and every bone tree in the forest surged toward him at once.
The ground heaved.
Countless roots tangled and intertwined, forming a giant maw of white bone that tried to swallow Qin Siyang.
He did not retreat, because the key to passing had to lie in this bone tree.
Holding the Godslayer Spear across his body, Qin Siyang lowered his stance and charged straight into the bone roots.
Attacks immediately swept in from every direction.
Bone roots coiled around his arms, bone branches slammed into his back, and bone shards sliced bloody cuts along his cheeks.
Ignoring the attacks from behind, he swept his spear to knock the others aside, then advanced swiftly, his gaze fixed on the heart of the bone tree.
As he drew closer and closer, Qin Siyang