Chapter 1000 (1/2)

Chapter 1000: 1000

As Long Chen continued forward, he saw mountains and valleys, as well as quite a few signs of battle . He even saw some severed limbs .

He frowned . Perhaps the true trial only started now . Thinking of those fellows he hadn’t seen yet, he shook his head .

There was an old saying: if a person had to suffer, they should suffer as early as possible . This was entirely correct . Only once you suffered enough could you avoid even greater suffering . If you treated your disciples with too much pampering, refusing to allow them to suffer at all, then in the future, they would eventually suffer immensely .

Now that the true trial was starting, it was unknown how many disciples were dying here . This was the price of pampering .

A loud booming sound came from ahead and Long Chen rushed over to see a huge mountain pa.s.s . The two mountains extended far to the sides, making this the only way through .

The mountains were precipitous here, with the sides practically vertical . The cliffside was sleek and smooth . The runes on it clearly showed it was set up intentionally this way so no one could climb it .

This mountain pa.s.s was guarded by a huge Magical Beast . It was a Xuan Turtle . Its entire body was covered in scales, and its sh.e.l.l sparkled with ancient runes . It was like a mountain blocking the pa.s.s, and currently, a group of people were fighting against it .

Seeing that, Long Chen frowned . He ran back and returned to the place where he had just killed a Magical Beast . He saw that another Magical Beast had appeared there .

“So that’s what it is . Once a Magical Beast is killed and the people who kill it pa.s.s, they’ll send another Magical Beast to guard that place . It seems there’s a special formation restricting the Magical Beasts from roaming . ”

It was no wonder Long Chen had felt like something was wrong . The people at the front should have already killed all the Magical Beasts, so wouldn’t the latter people be able to safely pa.s.s?

But there were people were secretly controlling things behind the scenes, replacing the slain Magical Beasts to maintain the difficulty of the trial .

Only then did Long Chen return to the mountain pa.s.s where hundreds of disciples were fighting the Xuan Turtle .

The Xuan Turtle was extremely large, and he didn’t know what breed it was . As the runes on its sh.e.l.l revolved, a faint layer of light appeared over it, blocking all these people’s attacks .

When it opened its mouth, a terrifying water arrow would shoot out, sending hundreds of disciples flying . Quite a few of them vomited blood . If it weren’t for the Treasure items protecting their bodies, there would have been casualties .

Seeing over seven hundred disciples shouting loudly as they fought all-out against this eighth rank Magical Beast, Long Chen couldn’t help but find it laughable . He sat down at a mountaintop and just watched them besieging the Magical Beast .

Although two Magical Beasts could both be in the mid eighth rank, some had special bloodlines or abilities . For example, this Xuan Turtle’s defensive power was perfect without any opening . Although there were quite a few rank four Celestials amongst this group, they were still unable to break its defense .

This intense fight continued for a long while . Startled cries and furious roars intertwined along with cursing and grumbling .

Fortunately for them, the Xuan Turtle’s attacks weren’t very sharp . As long as these people focused, they would only be injured and not killed .

“Is brother Long just going to sit here and watch the show?” Suddenly, a voice rang out behind Long Chen, startling him . He actually hadn’t sensed this person approaching him .

“Oh, so it’s sister Ziyan . How coincidental!” Long Chen hadn’t expected to run into the rank five Celestial Zhao Ziyan here .

This was Zhao Ziyan’s first time seeing someone like this . Long Chen didn’t stand up, cup his fists, or even bow at all . He greeted her like she was an old friend, giving off a very intimate feeling . It was like in Long Chen’s eyes, everyone was the same, not worth looking up to and not worth looking down upon . This surprised her .

Zhao Ziyan was very beautiful, but in Long Chen’s eyes, she hadn’t reached the level of Meng Qi, Tang Wan-er, and his other women . He had experienced a great deal in the past few years, and now, he found himself indifferent to many more things than before . He was past the age of being unable to control himself around a beauty .

“Brother Long’s bearing is out of the ordinary, a hero amongst people,” Zhao Ziyan smiled slightly .

“What did you say?” asked Long Chen .

“I said brother Long’s bearing is out of the ordinary, a hero amongst people,” repeated Zhao Ziyan .