Chapter 254: Examiner Xiao Ru, Failure
Out of a total of ten beast cages, Lu Lin has already passed through five, among which the Golden-eyed Droopy-eared Rabbits and Copper-skinned Iron-boned Ox achieved their wishes and were successfully passed.
The Sky-flying White Horse also gave him a vote.
The tasks of finding a husband for the Earth Mother Bear and letting the Bone-breaking Falcon fly a circle in the sky are still unresolved for Lu Lin, so he has set them aside for now.
However, after going through five beast cages, Lu Lin has also gained some experience.
The spirit beasts within the beast cages will not die.
This gives Lu Lin more confidence when facing the cliff apes next.
Next, the sixth Beast Cage, the old couple of Blazing Fire Antelopes.
As Lu Lin approached, the couple were still there busy making little lambs, and after waiting for a while on the side and seeing that the two had no intention of stopping the fight, Lu Lin shook his head and turned to the seventh Beast Cage.
The seventh Beast Cage housed the cliff apes.
Lu Lin requested to enter, and the examiner approved.
Gazing at the three spirit beasts that were just flaunting their might, a smile appeared at the corners of Lu Lin's mouth.
Heh heh.
Finally, it's your turn, the three of you.
No more talking, let's begin.
Previously, when Lu Lin went over to chat and establish communication, the three fools rudely insulted him.
Now, it's time to settle scores.
Lu Lin didn't say a word; he rushed up and delivered a barrage of punches to the three cliff apes.
From the first challenge, Lu Lin learned that the cliff apes have decent intelligence, love climbing and like to compete.
Before each climbing competition, they would let out loud howls to attract spectators.
Once enough spectators have gathered, they start climbing.
Climbing, for the cliff ape clan, is a vital contest to showcase their strength and win mates, absolutely not to be lost.
Such competitions are extremely risky, often resulting in the victorious ape trying to throw off the others.
Thus, small groups have formed among the cliff ape tribe, providing mutual protection if they lose to avoid death.
The three cliff apes in the seventh Beast Cage are noticeably one such team.
Lu Lin charged forward with all his Star Skills active.
Initially, the three tried to resist.
However, due to the sealing of their combat power, they were no match for Lu Lin.
In less than three minutes, all three cliff apes lay on the ground, bleeding and dead.
Soon after, the figures of the three apes reappeared in the cage, and Lu Lin, without hesitation, charged again with a barrage of punches.
Some people, when treated like humans, will show no respect.
If that's the case, let's start with a beating.
Once subdued, we can see if communication is possible.
Once, twice, thrice, five times, ten times.
Initially, the three cliff apes still tried to resist or flee, but Lu Lin gave them no chance.
Whenever they died, Lu Lin stood guard over their corpses.
When they resurrected, he continued his assault.
Eventually, the apes realized Lu Lin wouldn't let them go; upon resurrection, they lay down without even standing up, allowing Lu Lin to beat them at will.
The twentieth time.
The thirtieth time.
The fiftieth time.
The seventieth time.
By the end, Lu Lin's anger had long dissipated, leaving only mechanical movements.
After the ninety-ninth beating, the silhouettes of the three apes gradually appeared.
This time, Lu Lin didn't move, simply stood and watched them.
The three cliff apes curiously glanced at Lu Lin and almost simultaneously chose to let him pass.
Lu Lin smiled, opened the beast cage door, and walked out to the eighth Beast Cage.
Inside the eighth Beast Cage was a One-eyed Rampage Wolf.
However, its emaciated figure and messy fur made it difficult for Lu Lin to associate it with the fierce rampage wolf in his memory.
During the first challenge, Lu Lin learned that rampage wolves live in packs; when going out to hunt, even the old, sick, and crippled wolves must join.
It's the survival rule of the wolf pack.
If you don't contribute, you can't enjoy the food.
More dreadful than the pack wolves are the lone wolves.
Being able to survive away from the pack, these wolves are terrifying.
They don't care about their own lives and only aim to kill you, regardless of their own life.
In the wild, no spirit beast dares provoke a solitary lone wolf.
"Old wolf, do you have any wishes?"
Lu Lin asked the one-eyed wolf in a calm tone.
The one-eyed wolf gazed at Lu Lin with its one good eye and slowly spoke.
"I want to eat something different, give me that, and I'll let you pass."
This request seemed easy enough to fulfill.
Lu Lin rummaged in his storage ring, tossing in several pieces of Exotic Battlefield exotic beast meat.
The one-eyed wolf sniffed the meat, a gleam flashing in its eye.
It had been too long.
Locked up here, it had never left.
At first, it resisted.
But over time, it gave up.
The man who captured it was too powerful to resist.
After a few bites of the meat Lu Lin threw in, the old wolf allowed Lu Lin to pass, then laid down and ignored Lu Lin, resuming its slumber.
Four out of the eight beast cages cleared.
Not bad.
Lu Lin encouraged himself; two more to go.
He was confident he could complete this challenge task.
Ninth Beast Cage, home to a Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake.
The belly-tip snake is small and can change color.
If encountered in the jungle, it might bite unnoticed, injecting its venom.
The snake's venom isn't constant.
Its toxicity changes according to the bitten's attributes and talents.
Also, the snake can choose what type of venom to inject.
If bitten, unless the bitten part is immediately severed, death will occur within thirty seconds due to venom spread.
To some extent, the venom is incurable.
"Little snake, little snake, may I ask what your wish is."
"Hiss— hiss—"
The belly-tip snake said its wish was for Lu Lin to survive its bite for thirty seconds; that would complete the task, allowing him to pass.
Hiss.
Now it was Lu Lin's turn to draw in a sharp breath.
The Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake harbors at least a hundred kinds of poison, stored in different concentration ratios within its gallbladder.
Sometimes, even the Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake that injects the venom cannot determine the exact ratio in the venom.
Decoding it is as challenging as ascending to the heavens.
Bitten within thirty seconds?
Lu Lin would never joke around with his own life.
"Hiss—hiss—"
Rest assured, even if an examiner dies by accident in this Beast Cage examination checkpoint, they can be resurrected.
The little Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake, only as long as a thumb, consoled Lu Lin.
Lu Lin didn't believe the snake, so he confirmed it again with the checkpoint examiner.
"That's correct, if the examiner dies in this checkpoint, they can be resurrected infinitely."
Since that's the case, what is there for Lu Lin to worry about?
However, to endure for more than thirty seconds, Lu Lin still made a lot of preparations.
Detoxification Pill, thirty pills.
Nothing else.
With thirty detoxification pills stuffed into his mouth at once, this was already the limit of what Lu Lin could do.
"Alright, let's do it."
Lu Lin extended his finger into the Beast Cage.
This Beast Cage for imprisoning the Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake was much smaller than the others.
It wasn't just made of metal; it also had a dense layer of wire mesh-like protection on top.
This was to prevent the small-sized Belly-tip Snake from slipping through.
The Belly-tip Snake bit down on Lu Lin's finger.
Crisp crunch.
It couldn't bite through.
How is this possible?
The Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake wanted to take another bite, but Lu Lin, noticing it, swiftly drew his finger back.
"Alright, you've already had one bite."
"Now it's waiting time. If after thirty seconds, I'm not dead, please let me pass."
"If you don't allow me to pass, I believe the checkpoint examiner will have a good talk with you."
The Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake wanted to say something in defense, but before it could speak, Lu Lin interrupted it.
It didn't even need to wait for thirty seconds to know the result.
It hadn't even broken Lu Lin's skin.
Even though some snake venom flowed from its hollow teeth onto Lu Lin's finger, it seemed like it had no effect on him at all.
What kind of monster is this person?
In its heart, the Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake felt like tens of thousands of alpacas had trampled past, if it knew what alpacas were.
After thirty seconds, Lu Lin shook his finger at the Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake.
The Hundred-venom Belly-tip Snake had no choice but to let Lu Lin pass.
Good!
That's five passed now.
Lu Lin didn't care about the reproachful look in the Belly-tip Snake's eyes and turned to the last Beast Cage.
Beast Cage No. 10 wasn't exactly a cage, more like a gigantic island.
After entering the Beast Cage, Lu Lin took a long time to realize.
Ah, I was indeed looking for a donkey while riding one.
The spirit beast in Beast Cage No. 10 was the Peninsula Sea Turtle.
Just from its name, it was clear; there was no need to look for the turtle, as he was indeed standing on this turtle's back.
No one knew how long this Peninsula Sea Turtle had lived, but its back seemed like a real island.
With soil, greenery, undulating hills, and flowing streams.
"Turtle, do you have any wish I can help you fulfill?"
"I want to see the real sea."
"I've been in this Beast Cage for tens of thousands of years."
"But I've never been to the sea."
Ugh.
Another wish like this.
Lu Lin was at a loss.
Whether it was letting the Bone-breaking Falcon fly in the sky or the White Horse run on the prairie, or letting the Turtle swim in the sea.
To fulfill desires that required such vast spaces, how could Lu Lin ever achieve that?
Could he conjure up a world out of thin air for them to play in?
A world...
Something clicked in Lu Lin's mind, as if he was about to grasp an idea.
But just then, a voice from the checkpoint examiner rang in his ears.
"Examiner Xiao Ru, test failed."
The voice sent Lu Lin into a state of panic.
Xiao Ru failed the test?
Doesn't that mean she has to serve in the Spirit Beast Garden for thirty years?
After thirty years, Xiao Ru would be almost forty, with her best youthful years wasted in the Spirit Beast Garden.
How could Lu Lin bear this?
However, he knew that the "Chen Buming" who built this Secret Realm was far beyond what Lu Lin could resist.
From the fact that he could imprison so many unheard-of spirit beasts and had methods to resurrect them indefinitely, he was undoubtedly much stronger than both the Alien Race's Star Generals and the Humans' Titled Kings.
If he were to confront them head-on, Lu Lin might exhaust himself and not even harm a hair of his opponent.
To save Xiao Ru, he must do what he did in the Mad Blade Secret Realm.
Pass through.
To obtain the ultimate management rights of this Secret Realm so he could potentially save Xiao Ru.
Ah, if only I'd known earlier, when Bai Hu and Bai Lang threw Rui Ge into the manor for safekeeping, Lu Lin should have returned to the Human Federation with Xiao Ru.
Now, it's too late to say anything.
What Lu Lin can do... is to complete the second challenge.
Then start with the Peninsula Sea Turtle underfoot.
Lu Lin's eyes gleamed with a spark.
Just now, when saying he couldn't conjure a world for the Turtle, an idea flashed through his mind.
But by this time, Lu Lin couldn't recall what his earlier thought was.
What method was it...?