Chapter 358: Trials (1/2)

As to whether or not the others were genuinely lost or together with him, Xue Wei did not know.

Since he was unable to hear anything, see anything, touch anything, say anything and feel anything, he could not say whether or not they were there or if they were gone.

Trying to reach behind him, he still felt nothing, and thus he resigned himself to fate.

Had he picked death? Was this death? It was not very painful, and his soul was still active and did not seem dead. He could also move his body, but he could sense nothing.

Unsure about what was going on, Xue Wei was not one to just wait around to see what would happen to him, so instead, he began moving in this darkness filled with nothingness.

He was fumbling around, there were no walls, but every step felt as if there was nothing beneath his feet. He did not know if he was falling down or floating upwards.

Moving forward was like stepping on a cloud; it was soft beneath his feet, but even so, he did not resign himself to stopping and continued. Since he had not died, something had to be waiting for him inside this darkness.

He was unaware of how long time passed. Because of the darkness, it felt as if it was an eternity, but it could have been mere minutes.

More and more time passed, and although he was quite certain that the time moved slower, it was clear that he had been walking for hours, yet no change had occurred within the darkness.

Although the time was passing like this, he did not halt his steps even once. He continued forward, moving further and further away from his initial location. However, it was hard to say whether or not he had actually left the location as everything looked the exact same.

Sighing Xue Wei was wondering if there was another solution, but unable to find it, he continued moving his legs. Even if he had come nowhere, it was better to try than to give up and await death.

As such, he continued moving without stopping even once. Since he was not flying or running, he could walk for days on end without being tired.

And thus, he did just that. The time continued passing, and soon, a few days had passed, but there were still no signs of ending. Xue Wei wondered if they had to stay within this darkness until the Ascended Realm challenge ended.

But as he continued walking, he realized that even when he had walked for a hundred days, there were still no signs of its ending. He finally paused his legs, wondering if he had made the wrong decision entering these ruins instead of searching for riches elsewhere.

However, the moment his feet stopped moving forward, a light shone brightly, and Xue Wei found that the darkness was forced to retreat, the ground underneath his feet becoming hard once more, and a wall was by his side.

Seeing the light after so many days in darkness, Xue Wei squinted, and his head started hurting when a silver beam of light landed on him, soothing away all the discomfort.

”Welcome to the second stage of the trial,” a voice suddenly boomed out within his head, shaking his mind.

”You just came out of the Realm of the Dead, a world where no senses work. This world tests one's will power alongside their stubbornness. The longer you last, the better your rewards.

”Five experts entered the Realm of the Dead; you were the last to exit. The others lasted fewer days than you. Hence they are in other chambers now getting other rewards.

”This Realm of Death is a realm within a realm, although time flowed slowly in there, it flowed much faster than the outside world. You have been inside the Realm of the Dead for ten hours.”

Xue Wei was stunned when he heard that the hundred days he stayed within the realm was nothing more than ten hours in the Ascended Realm. It was truly magical.

He was also slightly relieved. If he had truly spent a hundred days within the darkness, he would genuinely regret his choice to enter this underground world.

But now he was ecstatic. He understood that each place in this realm was a chance, and although he might have entered one of the best places within the entire realm, he was not willing to give up on the others either.

”Go to the room next door and select your reward. After this, you can choose to challenge the second layer of challenges and get another reward.

”In case you manage to get to the final challenge, you will be able to get your hands on a drop of the diety's blood.”

Xue Wei suddenly felt his heart race fast, his eyes widened, and he suddenly felt a lot of yearning.

He was unaware of what this drop of the Diety's blood was, but his body wanted to get some of this diety's blood.

Since his body had such an unexpected reaction, Xue Wei made a decision. Even if it took the last of his time within the realm, he would fight for the chance to encounter this blood. He had never felt such restlessness before.

He was not sure what to do with himself as he paced the floor, feeling elated, anxious, and confused.

Finally, he took a deep breath and calmed himself down before he slowly made his way towards the door that led to the rewards.

Here he found a scroll with weapons, herbs, ores, and pills. All of which were extraordinarily precious and Xue Wei could pick one of them as he pleased.

In the end, he picked up a tree called a Widow's Willow. It was not a herb as such it was a full tree, and when Xue Wei got it, the tree stood like a potted plant in front of him, natural to take with him.

The Widow's Willow was extraordinary. The leaves were capable of healing wounds, no matter how horrible the wound was, as long as a limb had not been severed completely, any injury could be healed.