Chapter 1309: Sword Tomb Trial

This drumstick has quite a few added attributes, stronger than roasted Justice Beast meat; probably due to the woodcutter's superb cooking skills.

Xiao Feng didn't stand on ceremony, directly taking two bites while it was hot.

Nascent Soul mountain chicken is indeed far tastier than ordinary meat chicken; who knows how many years it has cultivated, the meat is fresh and delicious, fatty yet not greasy, leaving fragrance on the lips and teeth after a bite.

"Ga~"

"Big brother, you're eating something delicious without me!"

At this moment, Da Bai darted into the woods, folded its wings and landed.

"Yo, what a big chicken!"

As soon as the woodcutter saw Da Bai standing taller than many trees, his eyes lit up.

Xiao Feng hurriedly said, "Uncle, this can't be roasted! It's my mount!"

"Ga?"

Da Bai, who only wanted to mooch food and drink, never imagined it would also be regarded as food.

Sensing the woodcutter's unfathomable aura, it couldn't help but want to slip away.

The woodcutter stared at Da Bai, clicking his tongue in admiration, and said, "You look really good—at least a 6th-grade Spirit Beast! It's a pity your strength is still a bit tender; if you break through to Mahayana and then get roasted, you'd absolutely be a delicacy fit for humans!"

Da Bai trembled: "Big brother! Quickly put me away! Quickly put me away!"

Xiao Feng laughed helplessly and had no choice but to put Da Bai away.

"This stupid bird has little meat, all bone and not tasty; Uncle, if you want delicious food, I still have some other ingredients here."

He said that, then took out one of the ingredients stored for Da Bai from the Grand Void Ring—a 970-level Top-tier Divine God feral beast ox.

This ox is 8 meters tall, over 12 meters long; among Top-tier Divine Gods it's actually considered small, but still huge on the ground.

Upon seeing it, the woodcutter realized it was a Mahayana feral beast and was somewhat dazed.

He exclaimed in shock, "Young man, where did you pick up this feral beast meat? It's so intact, so fresh, as if it had just died moments ago!"

A player's storage space comes with an insurance function; if a freshly dead feral beast is placed inside and then taken out, it can still bleed.

Xiao Feng put on an innocent-looking expression and explained, "I didn't pick it up; I killed it myself, after expending great effort to win."

"Well... that great effort refers to swinging the Heavenly Dao whisk twice!"

Upon hearing this, the woodcutter was dazed again: "You... you're a Nascent Soul cultivator, yet you can defeat a Mahayana feral beast? And it should be close to the peak of Mahayana, right?"

"Eh, just luck; it happened to be in a weakened state." Xiao Feng casually found an excuse.

The woodcutter simply didn't believe it, looking at the fresh beef and then at Xiao Feng gnawing the drumstick, unable to recover his senses for a long time.

Not long after, Xiao Feng finished the drumstick, stood up and said to the woodcutter, "Uncle, thank you for the food gift; please open the Place for me!"

This ox will serve as the entrance fee.

The woodcutter looked at him with mixed feelings, forgot to eat the chicken, also stood up, and said leisurely, "Take it easy; just defeat the old ghosts' phantom forms, don't kill their actual bodies—those are all my seniors and friends."

Xiao Feng held back a laugh: "Eh, won't happen, Uncle; I've always loved peace!"

The woodcutter said nothing more, took out a firewood knife and sliced the air.

"Hiss~"

A void rift appeared, expanding in the blink of an eye into a teleportation gate.

"Go on, give those old ghosts a good eyeful."

"Thanks, Woodcutter Uncle!"

Xiao Feng clasped his fists in salute, stepped forward and entered the dungeon teleportation gate.

As soon as he entered, the teleportation gate automatically closed.

The woodcutter's expression was complex as he gazed at the huge feral beast corpse before him, muttering, "Just what background does this kid have? Can he really defeat a Mahayana expert?"

He somewhat suspected Xiao Feng was bragging.

Even a weakened Mahayana feral beast cannot be matched by a Nascent Soul cultivator—a single breath could kill them instantly.

The ox before him appeared to have a completely intact corpse, with no obvious wounds, only slightly wrinkled skin.

According to his experience, this should have been killed by a tremendous force that directly shocked the ox to death, the battle process being extremely brief.

Such a method isn't rare, but being able to kill a Mahayana feral beast this way is uncommon; it must be done by a True Immortal expert.

How could a mere Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator be so ruthless?

Could it be the power of the Great Luo inheritance?

The woodcutter couldn't help but wonder.

He felt that the possibility of Xiao Feng bragging was greater.

But... if it were really just bragging, how could he bear to give away such a precious feral beast for free?

This thing, if sold, would be worth at least several million Spirit Stones!

"No, I'm too curious; I should open a Heavenly Eye to secretly peek at that kid's trial process."

The woodcutter couldn't suppress his inner curiosity, using the Sword Tomb Guardian's permission, quietly opened a viewpoint and began watching the live broadcast.

……

Dungeon interior.

Xiao Feng's figure appeared out of thin air.

He looked around and found that the surroundings were actually not much different from the outside: a low mountain surrounded by twelve towering peaks that connect heaven and earth, only the vegetation differed slightly, likely due to different seasons.

"Such a huge dungeon... could it be that I have to fight twelve bosses?" Xiao Feng muttered to himself.

Upon opening the dungeon info.

【Dungeon Progress: 0/13】

"Holy crap, more than twelve!" Xiao Feng was left speechless.

The dungeon info page had an introduction to this dungeon.

【Place】: An independent space opened up by ancient Sword Cultivators, burying many renowned swords and Sword Cultivators that once shone. Ascend the Twelve Heavens, defeating each Heaven's guardian in succession, to obtain large amounts of Spirit Stone, sword-type weapons, and ore materials. After clearing all, you can obtain the rare item "Immortal Crystal", and there is a small chance to trigger a hidden challenge!

【Recommended Level】: 500

【Number of Players】: 20 people (Simple and Difficulty modes are 10-player)

【Dungeon Difficulty】: Opening (Simple, Hard, Nightmare, Hell; Opening defaults to double Hell difficulty; after first clear, everyone can freely choose difficulty, the higher the difficulty, the richer the dropped items)

That is to say, this dungeon is actually the "past" of the Twelve Heavens.

The Sword Dao experts on the twelve strange peaks, after falling, were buried here; in this place that looks exactly like the outside world, they became bosses or regular monsters.

"A large amount of Spirit Stone and Immortal Crystal sounds pretty good; I just don't know how much it will give." Xiao Feng felt a bit hopeful.

He had never done a resource dungeon before; he had heard of it, but he looked down on the rewards of the resource dungeons in Yuan Su Shen Yu, so he never went to participate.

This kind of dungeon differs from cultivation dungeons; the difficulty is selectable, and weaker players play the easiest version, earning fewer materials.

If one's strength is sufficient, playing on Hell difficulty yields rewards several times greater, and the quality of dropped equipment is also much higher.

Now the dungeon is in Opening mode, harder than Hell; all monsters have double attributes, rewards are also doubled, and after clearing there are announcements and honors of achievements.

Unfortunately, Xiao Feng is an outsider traveler and cannot obtain those later rewards.

Place has 13 bosses, which looks like a lot, but given his strength, estimated at 10 seconds each, he will finish them quickly.

Even counting the time to run the map, it will not exceed 2 hours.

Um... mainly because the Twelve Heavens peaks are far apart, one has to fly for a long time to reach them.

"Da Bai, let's set off!"

Xiao Feng summoned his mount, leapt onto it, and according to the dungeon map's indications, flew toward the first peak.