1004 The Ninth Spirit Mountain (1/2)
Poisonous fire ants were foreign insects with fire attributes, so their resistance to fire was naturally high. Yet they had been turned to ashes in a split second by the Ink Scaled King's Ink Scale Flames. Even those several miles away could not withstand the might of the flames. Where the Ink Scaled King walked, large patches of poisonous fire ants were immediately vaporized.
”Qilin Heaven's Eye.”
Two beams of black light suddenly shot out from the Ink Scaled King's eyes. The two beams of black light seemed like they were capable of piercing through the dematerialized space. Evil was wiped out everywhere they touched. The poisonous fire ant queen that was hiding amongst the colonies was discovered by him in a split second.
”Hmph, these are only little bugs in the later stage of the Primordial Soul Realm. How dare they stand in my way!” the Ink Scaled King huffed coldly.
His figure morphed into a black stream of light and, everywhere it touched, patches of poisonous fire ants turned into ash. After a few breaths' worth of effort, he arrived at the side of an exceptionally large poisonous fire ant. This was the poisonous fire ant queen.
Hiss!
It seemed the poisonous fire ant queen could tell that danger was upon her. She flexed both of her wings in preparation to flee, but the Ink Scaled King's gaze was already fixed on her, so there was no way she could escape. A stream of black light pierced straight through her body and she was instantly turned to ash.
After the poisonous fire ant queen died, the colony was without a leader, and it scattered in an attempt to flee.
”Right off the bat, the First Spirit Platform is already being guarded by insects like the poisonous fire ant. The Nine Spirits Road test is truly daunting,” Mo Wen said with a sigh. Even without mentioning that the poisonous fire ants' cultivation was at the later stage of the Primordial Soul Realm, the fact that the colony of poisonous fire ants could block out the sky and the earth was daunting enough. The average Primordial Soul Realm pinnacle practitioner might be able to make it here, but they might not be able to get through to the next Spirit Platform.
It is no wonder that throughout the history of the Huatian Palace, even the most formidable of them had only made it as far as the Fifth Spirit Platform.
After making it past the poisonous fire ant colony, the first Spirit Mountain suddenly appeared in front of their eyes. If he entered the Spirit Mountain, Mo Wen would be able to move to the Creation Pool through the altar inside. However, he did not linger. He continued flying ahead.
The First Spirit Mountain could send him to the Creation Pool, probably even to the edges of the pool. The higher the Spirit Platform, the better the position it could send him to. It was rumored that the Ninth Spirit Platform could send him directly to the core region of the Creation Pool.
The Second, Third, and Fourth Spirit Platform… They made it all the way to the Seventh Spirit Platform before they finally ran into some trouble.
The guardian of the Seventh Spirit Platform was a rather intelligent puppet. Its level of cultivation was actually at the intermediary stage of the Tide Changing Realm. On top of that, its body was incomparably sturdy, making it difficult to attack.
A Tide Changing Realm intermediary stage obstacle only appeared on the Nine Spirits Road in the seventh round. It was no wonder there had been no one in the history of the Huatian Palace who had ever made it this far.
Ultimately, it was the Jade Xiu King who made a move to strike down the puppet.
The guardian of the Eighth Spirit Platform was a puppet whose cultivation was actually on a par with the practitioners at the later stage of the Tide Changing Realm. One blast from it and everything within a five hundred-mile radius was affected by its terrifying force of destruction.
The group immediately realized something was not right. Such a terrifying thing had appeared at the Eighth Spirit Platform!
The later stage of the Tide Changing Realm was something they could not contend with. Even the three Great Kings were helpless in the face of this puppet.
The three Great Kings of the ancient land had surpassed the limits. The average Tide Changing Realm preliminary stage practitioner was no match for them, and they could handle the intermediate stage of the Tide Changing Realm, even if they could only barely do so. However, if they wanted to defeat a later stage Tide Changing Realm practitioner, the Jade Xiu King was the only one of them who stood a chance.
And as for the pinnacle of the Tide Changing Realm… Even if the Three Great Kings joined hands, they might not actually win.
Mo Wen's grew somber. This was only the Eighth Spirit Platform, and they had already been hit with such a strong feeling that it would be difficult for them to progress. What would the Ninth Spirit Platform be like?
”How could this be?!”
The Multicolor Queen could hardly believe it. The difficulty level of the Nine Spirits Road was actually so high that the Three Great Kings could not make it through?
All of the human preliminary cultivators who took on the challenge of the Path of Creation were at the Primordial Soul Realm and below. Even if there were a few of them who suddenly broke through in the middle of the Path of Creation, they would be at the Primordial Soul Realm preliminary stage at most. Even if they lingered in the preliminary ancient land for a few decades, their cultivation would, at best, only be on a par with that of the three Great Kings. Who could make it through such a difficult test?
”The damned Creation Sect, they're really too much.” The Ink Scaled King felt anger throbbing through his body. So this was it for them?
”If the four of us charge at the puppet with all we have, we can probably take it down. After all, it's just a puppet and not a creature that has cultivated the Way of Immortals. In terms of power, it's still a far cry from practitioners at the later stage of the Tide Changing Realm. It's probably only on par with the stronger Tide Changing intermediary stage practitioners,” the Jade Xiu King said calmly. The puppet was not a living creature. The puppet was still some way behind a practitioner of the same realm.
”Give it a shot.” The Multicolor Queen had never been as competitive as she was now. They had no way back. If they failed, they would die.
”I have to forge my way out of here, even if I die trying,” the Ink Scaled King bellowed. The road to freedom was right in front of his eyes, so he would stop at nothing to destroy anything that stood in his path.
”We have no choice but to fight to the death,” the Multicolor Queen sighed. They were only here because of her obstinance.
Mo Wen pursed his lips. In terms of strength, he was still lagging too far behind the three Great Kings. If he were alone, he could still defeat a Tide Changing Realm preliminary stage puppet. However, defeating a Tide Changing intermediary stage puppet was practically out of the question.