Chapter 67: On the List
In the trial space, the storage ring could not be opened, and elixirs could not be used to restore mana. Facing the last giant bear, Li Yu, whose mana was already exhausted, gave up resisting completely.
All the monsters were illusions. When two heavy bear paws hit Li Yu, Li Yu did not feel any discomfort. A light flashed before his eyes, and he had returned to the hall.
It has to be said that this illusion trial is as difficult as hell for disciples in the Qi Refining Stage.
If it weren't for the Five Spiritual Veins that Li Yu practiced, which had the ability to restrain any monster he faced, he would probably have been eliminated at the fourth or third level.
Even so, he couldn't pass the level.
The old man who had established his foundation was still here. He looked at Li Yu in surprise and said, "This is your first time to enter the illusion trial, and you have persisted for so long. Which level have you reached…"
There are five levels in the illusion trial, and you need to face five monsters at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining in succession. Each monster has different attributes, which just make up the five elements.
Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The fifth level..."
The old man found it a little unbelievable. In Kunlun today, there are only a handful of young disciples who are capable of passing the fifth level, and each of them is not an unknown person. Could this kid be bragging?
After the illusion trial was ruined by those genius disciples, the rules were changed and the difficulty was directly increased to hell level.
An ordinary ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator can only pass the first level, or even fail to pass the first level.
Those who have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining with dual spiritual veins can barely pass the second level, and the best among them have a chance to pass the third level.
Most of those who are at the peak of Qi training with three spiritual veins fail at the fourth level, a few can pass the fifth level, and an extremely small number of true geniuses can barely make it onto the trial list, but their ranking will not be high.
Only by practicing four or five spiritual veins and having extremely strong magic power can one defeat five monsters in succession and pass the test successfully. The vast majority of the names on the trial list are practitioners of four or five spiritual veins, and are geniuses in the sect's history.
Even though this kid has cultivated five spiritual veins, he is only close to the ninth level of Qi Refining with two spiritual veins. How could he make it to the fifth level?
…
Li Yu's first trial ended in failure.
This is simply not a challenge that a Qi Refining Stage cultivator can overcome. An average Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator can only deal with a Qi Refining Stage 9 monster at best. After passing the first level, they will have very little magic power left and will no longer be able to deal with the wood-type mantis.
If one cultivates two spiritual veins, his magic power will be twice that of the same level, and he can barely see the giant water python.
After practicing three spiritual veins, you can probably reach the fourth level. Even if you can defeat the giant python, you will die under the flames of the fire demon bird. Only by practicing four or five spiritual veins and possessing extremely strong magic power can you hope to see the giant earth bear in the last level.
No wonder the ranking list of the Illusion Trial often remains unchanged for decades. Not to mention clearing the levels in the shortest time and leaving your name on the list, those who can successfully pass five levels are all the chosen ones who lead an era.
If he wanted to leave his name on the Trial Ranking, his opponent was not the current Kunlun Sect’s genius, but all the Kunlun Sect’s geniuses over the past thousand years...
Those ten Tongmai Pills are not easy to earn.
However, Li Yu was not discouraged. After all, it was his first trial and he lacked experience. After calming down and thinking back, he realized that with his current magical powers, he had every hope of passing the fifth level.
The prerequisite is that he has enough details in each level and does not waste any extra mana.
When he was dealing with those monsters just now, he was not careful enough in many places, and some of the mana consumption was completely unnecessary. If he could save it, dealing with the giant bear would not be a problem.
After taking two recovery pills and taking a short rest, Li Yu took out another hundred spirit coins in exchange for a second trial opportunity.
Having had this experience once, the old man ignored him.
Stepping back into the painting, Li Yu appeared on the platform on the top of the mountain again.
This time, facing the ferocious giant tiger, Li Yu did not release any spell.
After practicing Taoism for so long, he almost forgot that he was a warrior.
Li Yu used all the magic power of the five spiritual veins to strengthen his body, and then he faced the tiger claw with his fist.
This is the most mana-efficient way.
boom!
Li Yu's magic power is deeper than that of the giant tiger, but the giant tiger's attributes are purer and its body is much larger. When the tiger's claws and fists collided, both the man and the tiger were bounced back several feet, and neither of them gained an advantage.
Li Yu rolled over, landed steadily, and took the initiative to attack.
In his previous life, he had good skills, but he could not fight such a ferocious beast with his bare hands. Now it is different. With the blessing of powerful magic power, his speed and strength are far beyond the limits of human beings. Combined with his fighting skills, he can even fight this tiger monster head-on.
A man and a tiger were fighting each other. Li Yu used his agility to focus on the tiger's eyes, throat, and genitals, which were its vulnerable parts. He also used fire spells. Although the giant tiger had a body of iron and steel, its eyes and throat, especially its genitals, were still its weak points.
It could rely on its body to withstand the large-scale scattered spell attacks for a while, but its eyes, throat, and some parts of its lower body could not withstand the ravages of the punches, and it soon stopped actively attacking and started retreating step by step.
boom!
Li Yu punched the giant tiger in the throat with a flaming fist. The tiger let out a sharp roar, and its body slowly dissipated and turned into nothing.
By changing his fighting style, the time it took Li Yu to pass the first level was shortened by more than half.
After the giant tiger disappeared, the mantis appeared immediately.
Li Yu got angry when he looked at the mantis.
This damn mantis is not the strongest among the monsters, but it definitely has the thickest blood. Its wood attribute gives it extremely strong recovery ability. Li Yu almost killed it several times, but as long as temporarily avoids the battle, it will recover quickly.
This caused Li Yu to waste most of his time and mana on it. Otherwise, he would have no problem passing the fifth level.
When dealing with the mantis again, Li Yu had much more experience.
Facing the double knives, Li Yu did not dodge or evade, but used his body to withstand the blows. While the mantis was slashing at Li Yu, he also grabbed one of its hind legs.
He grinned and said grimly: "Have you cut enough? Now it's my turn..."
The mantis was firmly controlled by Li Yu. Countless fist shadows bombarded it. It flapped its wings desperately, but could not break free. It could only bear the pain and break its hind legs and flee into the distance.
"You're the only one who can fly?"
Li Yu snorted coldly and lifted his body off the ground. Although he had not yet reached the foundation-building stage and his water and wood attributes could not be transformed into wind attributes, his speed was still much faster than that of his peers. The mantis, whose wings were already injured, could not fly as fast as him and was soon caught up by Li Yu, who rode on his back.
Li Yu was angry when dealing with the mantis. He clamped its body with his legs like iron clamps and kept hitting its back with his fists burning with flames.
After a wail, the wood-type monster turned into specks of light and dissipated.
As expected, after defeating the cockroach monster, the giant water python also appeared.
Li Yu twisted his neck, moved his wrists, and continued the new battle.
…
Tongtian Peak.
The Hall of Illusionary Trial.
Many figures gathered under the trial list, looking up at the names on it with envy on their faces.
Every year, or every few years, the sect would hold some competitions among disciples. Those who performed well in the competitions could receive generous rewards, including spirit coins, elixirs, magic tools, and even status...
But in the hearts of Kunlun disciples, winning any competition is not as important as having your name on the trial list.
Competing on the same stage with all the geniuses of the sect over thousands of years, and being able to stand out, leaving your own name, or even have your name engraved on a stone tablet and erected on Tongtian Peak, being admired by generations of disciples...
This is the highest achievement of Kunlun disciples.
Even if there is no further achievement after building the foundation, this life is worth it.
However, it is not easy to get on the trial list. Their opponents are not the geniuses of the same era, but all the geniuses of the sect over the past thousand years. If they encounter an era when the overall talents of the sect's disciples are not good, the one hundred names on the trial list will not change even a single one for decades.
In the past ten years, Kunlun Sect has produced many geniuses. The first time Senior Sister Xu became famous in Kunlun was because she was on the trial list and ranked 72nd.
Senior Sister Qin, who became the first in the trial when she participated in it for the first time and had her name engraved on the trial monument, became famous in the world of immortal cultivation and was hailed as the number one prodigy of the Kunlun School in a thousand years.
Of course, just by carving your name on the trial monument, you won't be revered by all the disciples.
There is an exception, a guy named Lu, who has clearly reached the Foundation Establishment Stage but made the Nascent Soul Master expend great magical power to suppress his cultivation and relied on cheating to force his way onto the list.
Some new disciples who are unaware of the situation might even feel admiration when they see Lu Xingzhou's name on the stone tablet at Tongtian Peak.
But the old disciples who knew the inside story had nothing but contempt in their hearts. The man surnamed Lu had successfully lowered the level of the trial monument by his own efforts. They earnestly hoped that a genius would step forward and make it into the top ten of the trial list, pushing Lu Xingzhou's name out and giving everyone peace of mind.
Otherwise, every time they passed by there and saw that name, they would feel uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly.
Unfortunately, several years have passed, not to mention squeezing out Lu Xingzhou's name, in such a huge place like Kunlun, there is not even one person who has entered the top 100 of the trial list.
A genius from the Kunlun sect was looking at the trial list, feeling emotional. Suddenly, his eyes blurred and he seemed to see the list in front of him move.
He was stunned for a moment and rubbed his eyes subconsciously, thinking that he was seeing things.
The trial list on this wall would remain unchanged for years or even decades. When it changed, it meant someone had made it onto the trial list.
He checked carefully. The top ten of the trial list had not changed. The top twenty had not changed. The top thirty had not changed either...
When he checked the 93rd person, he finally found something abnormal.
All the disciples who come to Tongtian Peak are geniuses with multiple spiritual veins in the sect. They want to leave their names on the trial list, but what they can look forward to are the last few on the trial list. Therefore, in addition to the top ten on the trial list, they also remember the last ten very clearly.
This disciple remembered it clearly. The person who was ranked 93rd on the Trial List was originally a senior of the sect named Qi Lei.
But at this time, Qi Lei's name was ranked ninety-fourth.
And the position that originally belonged to him was replaced by a new name.
Li Yu.
