NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1238: Shock
After obtaining the Seven Treasures Blessing Spirit Root Seed, Li Zhirui immediately planted it in his space and buried a large number of Spirit Stones nearby to accelerate its growth.
However, the growth rate of the Spiritual Root is notoriously slow, and these Spirit Stones are merely a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning; it still requires a considerable amount of time.
After handling this matter, Li Zhirui began to restore his mana in preparation for the upcoming eighth-level trial task.
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While Li Zhirui was busy continuing preparations for the trial task, significant changes were also taking place in the ruins.
The many Demon Cultivators who had taken advantage of the opportunity to enter the ruins were mostly wiped out due to the Artifact Spirit's dislike and specific time-limited trial tasks targeting them. Only a few remained, as the rest were killed by the cultivators, including some Earth Immortal Demon Practitioners.
However, despite their relatively short time in the ruins, they caused significant harm to the cultivators!
In just a few days, tens of thousands of cultivators had been brutally killed by the Demon Cultivators.
This caused great fear among the cultivators; many didn't even dare to stay any longer and chose to escape the ruins.
Seeing this situation, the Artifact Spirit's dislike for the Demon Cultivators deepened significantly. If not for certain restrictions, it would have taken action itself to deal with them.
Why are there so many projections in the maze? It's precisely because it learned from countless cultivators.
As more and more cultivators leave, it means fewer Divine Ability Spells for it to learn, and it should be noted that this is its path of cultivation!
Revenge for blocking the path can never be too severe or punitive.
Fortunately, this situation did not continue to deteriorate.
"I wonder if any of these cultivators are destined to be with me?" The Artifact Spirit's gaze penetrated the space, sweeping over each passing cultivator, with a glimmer of anticipation in its eyes.
Although it controls everything in the ruins, it is also constrained by them, unable to leave for life, and besides, staying here, its path of cultivation cannot possibly be perfected!
But it would never compromise just to leave, casually choosing a cultivator; anyway, the ruins have already manifested in the world, and it will have time and opportunity in the future to select the most suitable candidate.
Creak—
Dust-covered for countless ages, the grand door, accompanied by the sound of years of disrepair, was pushed open by someone.
"Here it comes!" The Artifact Spirit looked up but then shook its head straightforwardly.
The newcomer was a Heavenly Immortal of Great Ability, with top-notch cultivation and realm, but the Artifact Spirit did not value him. With a casual wave, it withdrew its gaze.
"The ninth-level trial, perfect the Three Thousand Laws of a Minor Thousand World, the reward will be distributed based on the degree of perfection."
"Hmm?" The Heavenly Immortal, upon hearing this, was taken aback.
He didn't expect the final trial to be so difficult yet so simple.
Difficult because perfecting the Three Thousand Laws of a Minor Thousand World is something a Heavenly Immortal simply cannot achieve.
Simple because, as a Heavenly Immortal, he has a good understanding of his own Taoist Technique Laws and some related laws, especially the former, with quite a high mastery.
Moreover, in any case, he can receive rewards even if he can't choose as freely as before.
But it's not like the eighth-level trial task, which required defeating five puppets and projections of equal cultivation and realm to pass.
Of course, needless to say, the higher the degree of perfection of the laws in the Minor Thousand World, the better the reward.
However, when it comes to laws, the ability one has dictates the level they can achieve, there's no forcing it.
This Heavenly Immortal, after a great deal of effort, finally obtained an ancient text that contains a travelogue by someone named Yun Xiazi from Ancient Times, detailing the geographical and water veins of certain areas.
But when he opened it, he became completely absorbed.
This was no ordinary travelogue; it was a classic that describes the very foundations of a cultivation technique!
No exaggeration to say, as long as one's comprehension is high enough, one could completely comprehend a cultivation technique that leads directly to becoming a Heavenly Immortal.
However, he also had a sense that the travelogue could not be comprehended indefinitely, at most, one could comprehend three parts of the cultivation technique, and the grade would depend on the person's comprehension.
"It's still quite a good gain."
This Heavenly Immortal felt no dissatisfaction. Although his faction was not lacking in cultivation techniques, he left the maze very contentedly.
After this Heavenly Immortal, several more cultivators arrived at the ninth level, surprisingly including one at the Realm of Human Immortality.
But due to the lower realm, the final reward was relatively ordinary.
Of course, this is relative, for any Spiritual Object of Heavenly Immortal Rank is an absolute treasure beyond value.
And among these cultivators, none could catch the Artifact Spirit's eye.
Among them, there were a few who were unwilling, feeling that the reward they received was too poor and didn't match their achievements, wanting to cause trouble. As a result, they were directly thrown out by the Artifact Spirit, and even a Heavenly Immortal couldn't refuse this forced teleportation!
In this way, those few immediately behaved and left the ruins dejectedly.
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On another side.
Li Zhirui finally restored his mana and adjusted his state, confidently pushing open the door to the eighth-level trial task.
For the first time, he saw five puppets and projections not far away, standing with the same cultivation and realm as him.
"Could the trial task on this level be to defeat them?" Li Zhirui was stunned; he hadn't expected the eighth-level trial to be so difficult.