Passing the trials

Chapter 22: Passing the trials. Faced with the rapidly approaching black spiritual power vortices, Mu Chen and Luo Li braced themselves. Wherever the vortices passed, the spiritual mist churned violently, their powerful suction threatening to swallow everything around them. "We can't let them suck us in! Stay out of their range as much as possible!" Mu Chen shouted. He tried to steady himself with spiritual power, but using it in this strange space had become extremely difficult. Luo Li tightened her grip on her Spiritual Power Sword, her gaze focused and resolute. "These vortices seem to move in a pattern. Let's watch them carefully." They moved swiftly through the confined space, dodging the black spiritual power vortices. As they evaded the attacks, Mu Chen discovered a subtle connection between the vortices' appearance and movement and certain spiritual power fluctuations in the blurred images around them. Whenever the fluctuations in an image intensified, the black vortices moved in that direction. "Luo Li, I've figured it out! The vortices' movements are linked to the spiritual power fluctuations in the images. We can use that to dodge them!" Mu Chen shouted. Luo Li understood. As she evaded the vortices, she watched the fluctuations in the images. With their newfound understanding of the vortices' pattern, they escaped one crisis after another for the time being. Yet as time passed, more and more black spiritual power vortices appeared. They began intertwining, forming a massive black spiritual energy storm. The storm engulfed a vast area and swept relentlessly toward Mu Chen and Luo Li. "We can't keep going like this. We have to find a way to break this deadlock." Mu Chen's brows knitted tightly. He knew they had to take the initiative. Luo Li studied the storm and, after a moment's thought, said, "Let's try