Chapter 337 (1/2)
Chapter 337: The Fifth Vine Leaf World
Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations
Xue Ying raised his head and looked around, taking in deep breaths all the while. The baleful aura and resentment prevalent in this blood-colored battle platform could not hinder his incomparably joyful mood.
After the battle, his spirit relaxed, and an endless wave of exhaustion rushed into his mind.
This relaxed and tired feeling drew an unpreventable grin from Xue Ying. He knelt down, stroking the ice-cold arena, and, feeling the icy chill, muttered, “I’ve won. What about the blood battle platform? I still won, and I’ve already broken through the fourth vine leaf world. Right now, only the fifth vine leaf world is left. Jing Qiu, wait for me; I will return!”
He then abruptly rose and caressed the Stellar Fire Cloud Spear in his hands. It was this spear in his palm that had accompanied him the entire way, always charging through up till now.
“We will continue to break through—breaking through to the very end.” Xue Ying smiled and out of the blood-colored battle platform’s arena. The protective shroud around the arena had already faded away. Entering the entrance passage, he quickly walked out of the blood battle platform structure.
Sou.
After exiting the majestic Blood Battle Platform structure, Xue Ying immediately soared into the sky.
Around him was an endlessly dark, starry sky. Further away, there were innumerable stars.
A vision of silence.
Xue Ying looked at this lonesome scene and flew away, smiling. As the hex poison’s torment strengthened, Xue Ying withdrew the black gourd and drank a mouthful of antidote.
…
He flew the entire journey of eight seemingly endless days.
Xue Ying flew almost to the space’s apex. He raised his head and looked upward. Catching sight of an incorporeal space membrane, he realized that above him…was another space. The Sky-Reaching Vine’s trunk continued to extend, squeezing past the space’s membrane.
“As long as I pass through this fifth vine leaf world, I can enter a higher level of space along the Sky-Reaching Vine, thus becoming the Crimson Rock Mountain’s honorary disciple. I would obtain many things that I have wanted, including treasures that even the high-tiered, aloof, powerful World Deities would covet.” Xue Ying extremely anticipated that day. “Of course, there’s still this last obstruction.”
Xue Ying’s gaze landed on the huge leaf beside him.
This was the fifth vine leaf.
The vine leaf was absolutely empty; there was nothing but the leaf itself. Other than that, there existed nothing else.
“Xia Clan Transcendent.” Emerging from the Sky-Reaching Vine to appear by Xue Ying’s side, the green-haired Xi Wei looked at Xue Ying, a trace of expectation in her eyes. “Congratulations on arriving at the fifth vine leaf. This world may seem the simplest of all the vine leafs, but it is also the most difficult. The trial varies from person to person.”
Xue Ying nodded.
“As long as you land on the fifth vine leaf, as long as your body touches the fifth vine leaf, you won’t be able to hear, won’t be able to see, and won’t even be able to feel anything outside of the vine leaf world… What you have to do is live on the fifth vine leaf world for three years.
“If you live, you will have succeeded. You will be able to become an honorary disciple of my Crimson Rock Mountain.
“If you don’t, your soul’s consciousness will collapse; as a result, the body dies.”
Xi Wei looked at him. “Do you understand?”
“I understand.” Xue Ying nodded. He had the Xia Clan’s intelligence as well as the evidence given by Chen Jiu. Naturally, he clearly knew about the fifth vine leaf world’s trial. This was the only vine leaf world that didn’t require battle. It seemed the simplest, but it was actually determined to be extremely, extremely difficult according to the intelligence. At that time, in the Deity world, many Transcendents overflowing with talent were halted at the fifth vine leaf world. Here, their soul’s consciousness collapsed and died.
“Go.” Xi Wei’s eyes held expectation. It had been too long. Since the owner died, there had not been an honorary disciple in a very long time.
Xue Ying withdrew the black gourd and drunk a mouthful of the Hundred Bitter Restoration antidote. Immediately afterward, without the slightest hesitation, he dived down, charging into the fifth vine leaf world.
Xi Wei looked down at him, softly muttering, “Of those few, according to talent and potential, this Xue Ying has the highest. Compared to the other three, however, Xue Ying is still too young. The tribulations he had experienced must be relatively fewer. I don’t know if he can break through this fifth vine leaf world. I hope this genius Transcendent doesn’t fall here.”
She thought of helping him, but she didn’t have the authority to.