Just say, "Take it!"
Then they saw the mist surging around the lantern, and they all dived into the lantern at an extremely fast speed. The mist involved the attacking monsters, and the monsters' movements to attack seemed to be caught by something. Then, their figures began to move. It became blurry and followed the mist into the lantern.
All the fog in the entire space has dispersed, and the lantern core emits a faint brilliance. This time it is not the light of fire, but the light of the demon spirits gathered by the demon spirit fog. The roars of the demon beasts can still be faintly heard, and you can still see it. Countless monster shadows threw themselves inside the lantern, but they were unable to break free.
Zhao Ning understood the meaning of the "fog of demon spirits". In ancient times, there was a fog called demon spirit. It was a spirit formed by the concentration and concentration of countless demon powers. In the mist, all the beasts were born. It’s no wonder that no matter how many people strangle the monsters and eliminate them with quick and deadly methods, they still can’t break through to the third level. It’s not because of lack of strength, but because of a fundamental mistake.
She raised her hand, and the big demon document floating in the air slowly rolled up, and then fell into Zhao Ning's hand. This time it was just two words. The mystery recorded in the ancient text could not be fully understood in a short while.
At this time, the surrounding light gradually became brighter. Both the soles of the feet and the top of the head turned white at the same time. It was impossible to detect where the light came from. It seemed to be the light coming from the surrounding white walls. At this moment, Zhao Ning suddenly heard A sound of footsteps.
Zhao Ning paused for a moment. She noticed something strange in her perception. Zhao Ning turned around slowly, and what she saw was...
The person who came was wearing a green blouse and long mist skirt. She was delicate and delicate, and looked exactly like Zhao Ning. She also held a long sword in her hand, which was exactly the same as Chayue Sword.
The other party didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.
Zhao Ning didn't move, and looked at the other person. Zhao Ning understood in an instant that this was not a person, but his own shadow.
Raising his right hand slightly, Chayue Sword buzzed, and the opponent did the same thing.
Zhao Ning attacked with a sword, and the opponent also rushed towards Zhao Ning with the same posture and the same moves.
There seemed to be no time in this fight, and there was no right or wrong. No matter which move she made, the opponent would use the same move, and every move would be easily resolved.
After trying many moves, Zhao Ning widened the gap between him and his opponent. Standing not far away, the two sides faced each other. What state was Zhao Ning in? What state was the opponent in? What was Zhao Ning's look like at this moment? No change at all.
Shadow, shadow, everything you do, shadow will be reflected honestly.
Zhao Ning understood that this was the fourth level. There were no killing formations or monsters on the fourth level. The opponent was only himself.
The key to passing the fourth level is self-evident, as long as you defeat yourself.
But this is extremely difficult. There are millions of strong people in the world, and the ways to defeat are few and difficult. However, this does not mean that it is invincible. There will always be a chance left, but if the opponent is yourself, and you know yourself, you can attack If you are like yourself, your defense is like yourself. Wherever you find a breakthrough, its breakthrough will also be your breakthrough.
The fourth level is probably more likely to trap those who climb the ladder than the third level.
But Zhao Ning didn't think so. On the contrary, she felt that the fourth level was easier than the first three levels. In fact, it didn't test anything. The test was just...
Zhao Ning suddenly held the sword, and with a movement of the sword, it stabbed down hard on his chest, and the other party did the same.
Blood gushed out at the same time, splashing everywhere as if his life was completely cut off.
I kill myself. The test is just the word "ruthless".
Zhao Ning's face suddenly turned pale. Her body's strength was gradually fading away. Gradually, she could no longer stand. She knelt down on her knees and put her hands on the ground. Blood dripped from her chest bit by bit, and her consciousness began to fade away.
Not far away, her shadow was in exactly the same state.
Zhao Ning saw it from the corner of her eye and murmured, "Isn't it enough?"
Even before the words completely dissipated, Zhao Ning weakly raised his right hand, pressed his palm on the hilt of the sword again, and twisted it without hesitation. Blood spurted out instantly, forming a large pool of blood under his body.
Zhao Ning's body shook, and the last breath of life seemed to be completely cut off in the next moment.
It's already the limit.
Finally at this moment, the shadow body on the opposite side began to disappear, and the whole person disappeared.
Zhao Ning let out a weak and cheerful chuckle.
The hand holding the sword hilt suddenly twitched, and he pulled out the Moonlight Sword from his chest. Perhaps because of the loss of strength, he threw it aside directly after pulling it out, and used the last bit of strength to sit cross-legged and meditate, with the five hearts facing up. , at the last moment when the blood was drained, the ever-bright lamp of innate saintliness appeared above the head.
Warm and soft light once again scattered on the body, vitality poured into the body, and the penetration in the chest gradually healed.
The innate holy virtues are always bright lamps and have the power of life. As long as one breath is left, the vitality will be like a spark igniting a prairie fire, giving you a chance to live.
Zhao Ning meditated on the spot, and time passed by. Perhaps the tower was not isolated from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Yangshen realm. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth here was as rich as the outside world. Zhao Ning was running the six spiritual sources of Taixu while doing this. Secretly passing on, while repairing the wounds, his cultivation gradually improved.
I don't know how much time passed, but the injury gradually improved, but I felt a heat wave around me.
This should be a magical time. Since the cultivator has strengthened his body, he is not afraid of cold or heat, but this feeling of heat is weird.
Zhao Ning slowly opened her eyes, only to find that the world around her had changed at some point. It was no longer the blank space. She suddenly came to a desert. As she looked around, there were only dunes and flying sand. Not a trace of any living thing was seen.
After entering the next level on his own, Zhao Ning stood up and walked along the sand dunes. It was more desolate than the desert area to the west of Yangshen Realm. There were at least the corpses of small animals and some dry haystacks in the desert. But there is nothing in this desert, only yellow sand.
Zhao Ning walked in the yellow sand for a long time, but it seemed that he could never reach the end.
She didn't feel the slightest threat here. Even the high temperature was still within the limit of what she could withstand. The Foundation Establishment Realm had long been incapacitated and she was not afraid of hunger. There was an endless supply of water in the House of Silent Spirit, and she was not afraid of drying out. Thirsty, Zhao Ning didn't know what was being tested here for a while.
Xu was an image of someone who had been through the previous levels of trials. She seemed to be subconsciously searching for the hidden monsters here, but apparently she didn't get any results.
Zhao Ning climbed all the way up the mountains and hills, walking in the direction she had originally determined, step by step, with no sign of looking back.
After a long time, a sound other than footsteps appeared in the desert. It was the sound of wind. I don’t know where the wind came from, but I knew it was going all the way to Zhaoning, wrapped in layers of yellow sand. It had already experienced the sound in the desert of Yangshen Realm. After passing through the sandstorm, Zhao Ning was no longer afraid of the yellow sand in the sky. He just sat quietly on the spot, closed his eyes, and practiced on his own.
The yellow sand has gathered more intense earth spiritual energy. Since it is not suitable to do it at the moment, why not take the opportunity to practice.
Zhao Ning was calm in the sandstorm, but he didn't expect that the sandstorm seemed to be unable to do anything to Zhao Ning, and it dissipated not long after.
Opening his eyes again, Zhao Ning still maintained the previous direction and moved forward step by step.
When Zhao Ning crossed a high hill, an oasis suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of his sight. The oasis stood in the middle of the valley of several yellow sand dunes. It seemed to have magical power to prevent the sliding yellow sand from invading the oasis.
The green trees and green lake looked like a dazzling pearl in the yellow sand. Zhao Ning stood there for a while and felt that it was pleasing to the eye.
But it was only for a while that Zhao Ning continued to move forward in the direction he originally chose. After crossing another mountain, the oasis was covered by the top of the mountain. Zhao Ning was slightly disappointed for a moment. Without him, this Among the yellow sand everywhere, there are other colors that always make people feel more relaxed.
Without stopping, at the bottom of the mountain, I saw two human skeletons. One was half sunken into the yellow sand, and the white bones were jade-colored, but also dim. The other was straddling the previous white bones, and the bones were slightly darker. There is some luster, and it seems that they died at different times, at least a thousand years apart. The clothes they were wearing were damaged, but the storage bags around their waists were still looming, and several spiritual weapons were stuck in the yellow sand.
Zhao Ning continued to move forward without even stopping her gaze.
Walking like this, it seems that nothing else appears anymore, and it is a boring and boring walk, which makes people's thoughts go blank.
But Zhao Ning's expression did not change at all, and there was no complaint in his eyes.
Soon, I saw a long staircase leading from the first floor to the second floor in front of me. Was this the end?
But the long steps seem to be never close. It seems that there are only three or four hills to reach it, but I don’t want to climb to the last high mountain sand dune. The long steps are still behind the three or four hills.
Zhao Ning didn't seem to see this, and still maintained the previous pace until the long steps seemed to move forward. Outside the second hill, the pace continued, and there were no more hills between the long steps and Zhao Ning. To block it, she only needs to go down the hill and move a few steps to the left on the flat ground.
Go down the sand dune and stop in front of the long steps. The first level of the long steps is at your feet.
Zhao Ning watched as the long steps spread upward step by step until they reached high altitude. The high altitude was hazy, but it seemed like there was a hidden space.
But even after seeing this scene clearly, the next moment, Zhao Ning still moved forward at the same pace as before.
Abandoned the long steps.
But this long step was as weird as before when it was far away from Zhao Ning. It kept appearing after climbing over a mountain top, and kept dropping the first step at Zhao Ning's feet.
Zhao Ning seemed to be blind and turned a blind eye until he passed the hundredth hilltop and the long steps disappeared.
Her footsteps paused slightly, and she murmured slightly, "The heart is full of desires, and the earth behind it is hard to fill."
The final book on the lantern has actually made it very clear that this is a place of trial, called the Nine-story Trial Green Wood Pagoda. The place of trial is to test strength and character. If we say If the first four levels were all for testing strength, then after roughly understanding that there was no external threat in the desert, Zhao Ning understood that this level was a test of character.
Among the thousands of kinds of mind, desire is the lowest and most primitive.
Zhao Ning understood from the moment he took the first step that with each step, the direction has been chosen. From then on, all desires cannot stop the path forward. A slight deviation is a compromise to the desire.
Zhao Ning took another step, and where she was going, a pillar of sand suddenly spewed out, and then she heard a sharp chirping sound. This was an extra sound that had not appeared in the entire desert for a long time. Only two yellow sand pillars were seen. The mature bird spirals upward along the sand pillar.
If the road ahead is blocked, there must be no detour.
He stretched out his right hand and a red lantern appeared in his hand, then inserted it into the place where Zhao Ning stopped.
The next moment, the man flew up, split the Moon Sword into nine blades, and caught a bird that was attacking him.
The two birds are almost identical in appearance. The front half of them has a complete body, but the back part is just a shadow in the yellow sand.
Chamoon Sword entangled one of the birds, and Zhao Ning was already riding up the wind. His toes were on the top of the entangled bird's head, as if he was in a ball of flying sand. His body rushed upward and landed on it. The feathers on the back of another bird, which were originally solid, turned into quicksand the moment Zhao Ning landed, swallowing three inches of Zhao Ning's feet. Zhao Ning instantly felt the swallowed three inches. Lost consciousness.
The bird was still stretching its neck backwards in a twisted manner. Suddenly, yellow sand rushed toward Zhao Ning like flying knives.
Zhao Ning was not afraid of such an attack, but she didn't want to get stuck deeper and deeper on the bird's back, so she leaned back and fell down, falling quickly, and the bird caught up with her. However, Zhao Ning's figure disappeared in mid-air, and reappeared directly above the bird surrounded by the nine blades of the Chamoon Sword.
The light in her palm gathered, and the nine blades of the Chamoon Sword buzzed, and they turned upward at the same time. After gathering the palm upwards for a moment, they gathered into a complete Chamoon Sword, and at this moment, she gave the bird an unprepared blow. .
A bird screamed and fell into the yellow sand, and its body also melted into the yellow sand.
Another bird suddenly went berserk amidst the wails of its companions, and its attack became even more fierce. Zhao Ning and Zhao Ning formed a two-phase wrestling match, but Zhao Ning was not willing to fight. She was agile, and after avoiding the bird's blow, she turned to her hand. After performing the Sword Pinch Jue, the Moon Sword was placed horizontally above his head, just as he was about to gather his strength to strike.
But suddenly he heard a bird chirping again, and saw that the bird that had fallen into the yellow sand condensed into a solid body again and flew upwards.
Zhao Ning frowned slightly, but did not stop the sword technique in his hand. When the sword technique exploded, the bird had no resistance at all, and was directly hit by Chayue Sword and fell into the yellow sand, and also melted into sand.
She swayed to avoid the newborn bird that was rushing towards her, and the Chamoon Sword also flew into her hand.
I paid more attention to the yellow sand below, and I really saw the melted sand grains of the bird crawling on the surface of the yellow sand.
One breath, two breaths...
Zhao Ning broke through the yellow sand mist coming from the birds with a sword, ducked in mid-air and changed his position, and his eyes dropped again.
Five breaths, six breaths, seven breaths...
The Chayue Sword only left an afterimage, which turned into a sword net to stop the birds from attacking, causing Zhao Ning to take three steps back in mid-air.
Nine breaths, ten breaths.
Just hearing another chirp, the melted bird really flew up again.
Zhao Ning had no birds in front of the counterattack. The two yellow sand birds met, flew in staggered directions, and looked directly at Zhao Ning with hostility.
"The spirit of yin and yang?" Zhao Ning murmured. Rumor has it that there are monsters. Yin and yang exist in pairs. If one of them is immortal, the other will live forever. If you want to defeat this thing, you must kill the two monsters in a limited time. The beasts were defeated at the same time, breaking the power of yin and yang.
Seeing the two birds rushing toward him ferociously, Zhao Ning raised a faint smile on his lips, twisted his body, and then waved the Chayue Sword in mid-air, and the aura swam to form a large demonic word: "Humph" ", the two birds stopped for a breath, and the Chaoyue Sword disappeared at the same time, switching to the dragon's roar whip, the dragon's roar was long and high, and the birds stopped for another half breath.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the dragon chanted the whip and wrapped around the words to restrain the two birds, and they collided fiercely.
Zhao Ning appeared directly above them, the dragon roar whip turned the dragon fang thorn, and pierced the two birds with one thorn.
The falling speed was extremely fast, and with two synchronized wails, the moment they hit the ground, Zhao Ning drew out the dragon fang thorn, flew back, and landed at the place where the red lantern was first inserted.
The footprints followed the footprints without moving at all.
After retracting several spiritual weapons, she raised her eyes and looked ahead. Two birds turned into yellow sand at the same time, causing a burst of yellow sand to boil.
Zhao Ning's eyes moved slightly, and she saw two hearts that looked like stone but not stone flying out of the boiling yellow sand, and then they rotated together and turned into a yin-yang jade.
Jade fell into Zhao Ning's hands. Such spiritual objects are rare in the world and are excellent for refining weapons and even practicing.
At this time, a strong wind came from nowhere. Under the strong wind, even Zhao Ning could hardly stand still. The strong wind swept away the surrounding yellow sand inch by inch.
