Chapter 70: I Heard It, the Echo from the Mountaintop

【No, what is Su Qiu doing?】

【He has taken out all the gifts prepared for tourists by the Da Luo Mountain Scenic Area, this... this...】

【If I remember correctly, there is only a spatial error between the Destined Ones, but the things in a place like Da Luo Shan shouldn't change at all, right?】

【In other words, except for Fude Kaier, all other Destined Ones will have no gifts because Su Qiu took them all?】

【There really is such a possibility.】

【I'm stunned. Is Su Qiu trying to get all the Destined Ones in the world killed?】

【Every man for himself, or heaven and earth will destroy him. Instead of blaming Su Qiu, it's better to blame those Destined Ones for why their speed is so slow!】

【I agree with this logic.】

【If they had entered the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao from the beginning like Fude Kaier, then how could they possibly not get the corresponding gifts?】

【In the end, it was the Destined Ones' own cowardice that harmed them!】

This was consistent with what the audience in the Xianshishijie thought.

The reason why Su Qiu opened all the gift bags was, in fact, because he remembered the content of the first system prompt!

——Reach the End Point of the Shenlu at all costs!

For the trial-takers.

The rewards gifted by the Feathered Immortal Sect are very likely the sharp weapons for the trial-takers to ascend further!

These items would all be treasures if placed outside! Every man for himself, or heaven and earth will destroy him!

With these treasures placed right in front of him, how could there be any reason not to take them?

Besides,

When Su Qiu took these things, the elders of the Feathered Immortal Sect did not come forward to stop him, which shows that his actions were correct!

As the first trial-taker to arrive here, all the spirit stones here should logically be his!

"Everyone wants to pursue the Immortal Path."

"But only one person in a lifetime can become an immortal."

"Everyone."

"It is better to walk slowly."

After saying this, Su Qiu began to absorb the spiritual energy of the spirit stones on his own.

As the dense spiritual energy of the high-grade spirit stones surged into Su Qiu's body, his physical body began to show a faint blue tint.

This is a sign of sedimentation.

Once the sedimentation is finished, it is time to thoroughly fuse the foreign spiritual energy within the body, turning the external into the internal, and breaking through to Foundation Establishment! "Swish, swish, swish—"

However, the moment Su Qiu closed his eyes to cultivate.

A Guiyi sound suddenly came from the mountain forest, and one could see... the sky all around began to darken at an extremely fast speed.

And then.

Pairs of golden eyes opened in the darkness.

They stared fixedly at Su Qiu not far away, the greed and desire in their eyes undisguised.

"Meow!"

Just as the golden eyes were getting closer and closer to Su Qiu, a sharp cry suddenly rang out.

A pure white cat walked behind Su Qiu.

The cat.

Stared fixedly at them with golden eyes that were purer and more flawless than those of the monsters.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!!"

The strange wind blowing from the forest grew stronger and stronger.

The monsters' sharp claws also gradually reached out toward Bai Ze; they wanted to eat this little cat, and then eat that guy, but!

Before they could officially launch an attack on Bai Ze.

A terrifying phantom, impossible to describe in words, suddenly emerged from Bai Ze's body.

Bai Ze Dharma Image!! This majestic existence stared fixedly at the hundred ghosts in the mountain, looking unkind.

And with the appearance of the Bai Ze Dharma Image, a loud noise suddenly came from the top of Da Luo Shan, as if... some mysterious existence in deep slumber had been awakened by this power of Bai Ze! "Swish, swish, swish—"

The originally ferocious hundred ghosts in the mountain suddenly withered.

Their golden eyes lowered slightly.

The sharp claws that had reached out from the darkness also returned to the darkness. And as the hundred ghosts in the mountain retreated, the covering darkness gradually dissipated, and sunlight shone once again onto the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao and the surrounding mountain forest. 【What... what is going on here?】

This scene left the audience in the Xianshishijie completely stunned.

They did not understand.

Why would the greedy hundred ghosts in the mountain suddenly retreat at this moment? Could it be that they were afraid of the divine beast dharma image displayed by Bai Ze? That shouldn't be!

Although Bai Ze flows with the bloodline of a divine beast, it has not truly grown up yet.

A divine beast dharma image can deter the hundred ghosts slightly, but it cannot truly drive them away! 【I heard the echo from the mountaintop.】

【It was the arrival of that echo that made the hundred ghosts in the mountain feel fear and retreat back into the darkness.】

【So, does that mean we have reinforcements this time?】

【Hard to say.】

【Just by this alone, one cannot judge the stance of that thing; one can only temporarily judge that the hundred ghosts in the mountain fear Him.】

【What kind of existence could make even the hundred ghosts fear it...】

【Compared to this, I am more curious about how Su Qiu was able to bring the cat here.】

【Because he completely subdued the little cat, right.】

The Shenlu is far more powerful than the Sect Forbidden Land.

Here, the cultivation speed of a challenger will receive an incomparably significant boost.

At home.

It took Su Qiu an entire night to complete the breakthrough from the Postnatal Body Refining Realm to the Innate Qi Refining Realm, but now, he absorbed all the Qi in the spirit stone in just a short hour.

He broke through to the strength of the Foundation Establishment Realm!

"As expected of a place where immortals have fallen; the boost to a challenger's cultivation speed is truly terrifying."

After sighing with emotion, Su Qiu prepared to walk deeper into the Shenlu.

However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered something wrong with Xiao Bai.

Bai Ze was staring fixedly behind them.

"Xiao Bai, what is this..."

Su Qiu followed the cat's gaze and looked behind him.

【It's over!】

【Don't look back! This rule is actually correct!】

【If you look back, you will be dragged into the ghost domain of those things behind you; even the mysterious existence at the mountaintop cannot save you!】

【Su Qiu is still as fond of breaking the rules as ever.】

【...】

At this moment, the entire Great Yan Empire was anxious.

Looking back meant being dragged into the ghost domain by the hundred ghosts in the mountains behind, and losing one's life in the mouths of the hundred ghosts!

Su Qiu,

violated this most serious rule! The Da Luo Shan Gui Tan.

Countless viewers held their breath, eyes wide, watching the movements in the Great Yan Empire's Qiongdong Zhibojian in silence.

At this very moment.

The image of Su Qiu being torn apart and eaten by the hundred ghosts appeared in their minds simultaneously! Yet as time passed, the scene they expected did not occur.

Su Qiu kept scanning behind him, following Bai Ze's gaze, trying to guess the reason for his Spirit Pet's confusion, and during this time, the so-called hundred ghosts of the mountain did not attack him at all... 【Where are the ghosts?】

【Isn't it true that looking back means being killed by ghosts? Where did the ghosts go?】

【Why is it that nothing happens even when Su Qiu looks back!】

【It might be related to the echo coming from the mountaintop!】

【What kind of connection is that! I don't understand, I really don't understand!】

【...】

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Although it was not the first or second time Su Qiu had broken the rules.

But, they still hadn't truly gotten used to it! After all, this was no ordinary game; it was a survival challenge where national destiny and lives were at stake!! (End of this chapter)