C29 The third stage of the desperate
Yang Hao arrived at the third space, the third trial.
If he passed this trial, he would have successfully passed through three trials. Not only would he be exempt from punishment, he would also be able to unleash the powerful might of a clear jade plate.
"I wonder what is going on outside? Has Ru Yi Sect's people arrived yet?" Yang Hao slightly wrinkled his brows, feeling worried in his heart. He was worried about Ye Qingxue and her junior brothers' safety. He really wanted to quickly leave this place and fight alongside his senior apprentice-sister and junior brothers.
And Uncle Wen, if he lost this war, Uncle Wen would probably suffer too.
"I have to pass the third trial!"
Yang Hao's heart was filled with an intense desire.
The sign of success was to ring the morning and evening drums, causing them to ring in unison.
Ye Qingxue had once said that the cultivation stages of clear jade plate were extremely difficult. In all of Cang Yue's history, no one had ever passed three trials in a row. Even she herself wasn't able to succeed.
Yang Hao was well aware of this point. He had already deeply understood the difficulty of the first two tests. However, even if the third trial was as difficult as ascending to heaven, he still believed that he would be able to pass it.
As long as a person had unparalleled faith, he would be invincible.
After settling his mind and adjusting to his best condition, Yang Hao was ready to pass the trial.
He looked around and discovered that it was a gray, misty space, empty and boundless. It gave off a desolate and lonely feeling.
On the left side of this space, there was a large bell that was even bigger than a mountain and taller than a thousand year old tree. The bell had complex patterns engraved on it, and it emitted a faint light. An ancient and ancient aura surged forth from it.
"This should be the morning bell. I didn't expect it to be so big and ancient. It seems to have been standing here since the heaven and earth opened." Yang Hao looked up and couldn't help but sigh.
Soon after, he looked towards the right of the space where a huge drum stood. It had a red body and a white face, and was ancient and vast.
Yang Hao couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in his heart. In ancient times, the drum was revered as a divine tool that reached the heavens. It summoned the gods, boosted morale, and stimulated the bloodline.
There was once a legend that a sage from far away used a drum to summon a divine dragon, defeating the invincible Demon King!
The Divine Dragon was one of the ten Divine Beasts of ancient times, known as an invincible existence. The Divine Dragon Bloodline was also known as the most powerful bloodline. In their Sky Martial Continent, any race that had anything to do with the Divine Dragon Bloodline would become a powerful race.
Yang Hao was secretly surprised. Just by looking at this giant drum, his heart was already restless. He put away his excited thoughts. At the moment, it was more important to pass the trial.
Between the morning bell and the evening drum, there were two huge circular holograms. Only by standing on the light screen and launching an attack against the morning bell and evening drum would it be possible to strike them.
Yang Hao stood on the first light screen and circulated his mental cultivation method. Immediately, a vast amount of elemental energy surged out from his dantian's aura sea. He swung his right hand and a pillar of Origin Energy smashed onto the enormous bell.
The huge bell didn't move at all, nor did it emit any sound. Yang Hao's attack landed on the body of the bell, like a clay ox entering the sea.
Suddenly, the bell blossomed with a mysterious light. It shot out a pillar of elemental energy towards Yang Hao.
He was shocked. This bell was actually able to counterattack, and it was also made from the same type of elemental energy, so its power was exactly the same as his attack.
"Could it be that this bell will reflect the attacks of the people who passed the trial?"
Yang Hao was startled and hurriedly blocked the attack of the huge bell.
Then, he attacked again, but this time with the Mugu drum on his right. The same scene appeared once again. The Mugu Buyu also reflected back his attack.
Yang Hao tried a few more times and finally came to a conclusion. Standing at the first light screen and launching an attack, whether it was the morning bell or the evening drum, they would both reflect his attack back.
Thus, Yang Hao stood on the second screen of light and launched an attack at Chen Zhong.
As expected, the morning bell once again repelled his attack. However, the might of this attack was twice as great as his own.
Yang Hao's expression changed. He extended his hand to block the attack as he stood on the second light curtain to attack the morning bell. The rebound actually doubled!
In the next second, his expression drastically changed again. The huge drum on the right similarly emitted a faint light, and an even more tyrannical stream of Origin Energy flowed out from the drum.
"Holy shit, even Mugu Buyu attacked me. Its power actually increased by four times!"
Yang Hao cursed loudly as he opened up all the acupoints in his body to block this powerful attack.
Before he could finish, the morning bell lit up again and attacked him. The power was increased by eight times!
Yang Hao was directly sent flying, his body was like a broken kite as he flew backwards.
Plop ~
He fell heavily onto the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He felt as if all the bones in his body had been broken.
The nightmare continued, and the evening drum once again shone, aiming its attack at Yang Hao.
"F * ck!"
Yang Hao let out a strange cry, held his head and ran like a madman, escaping from the range of the light screen.
No wonder he acted this way, because the attacks from the giant drum once again became stronger, sixteen times stronger.
Only after they had escaped the light did the morning bell and the evening drum calm down and stop their attacks.
Yang Hao was lying on the ground in a sorry state. As he looked at the morning bell and the evening drum, thick fear flashed across his eyes. If he had been slightly slower in escaping just now, and had been hit by a 16 fold attack, he would have at least been severely injured!
"Terrifying, too terrifying! This third trial is simply inhumane!" Yang Hao constantly muttered to himself. How was this just passing the trial? This was simply the destruction of humanity.
Comparatively speaking, the first light screen was still better than the second one. Regardless of which attack it was, the morning bell and evening drum would always bounce back and continuously increase their power.
What a terrible thing to do!
If he flipped five times, he would be 32 times more powerful. If he fell on his body, Yang Hao felt that he would instantly be smashed into pieces!
"No wonder so many Cang Yue disciple were here, and not a single one succeeded. The third stage is simply insane!" Yang Hao held his forehead, his expression ugly. The situation in front of him seemed to have fallen into a desperate situation once again...
However, he would not give up. Even if it was a hopeless situation, he still had to give it a try.
Yang Hao sat up, swallowed a healing pill, and circulated his elemental energy to heal the injuries in his body.
After recovering eighty percent from his injuries, he stood up again and walked towards the first light screen. Forget about the second light curtain, even if a martial cultivator with Divine Stove Realm or Heavenly Passage Realm came, it wouldn't be enough to kill him, let alone a mere Body Refinement Realm martial cultivator like him.
The double attack was simply unstoppable!
Arriving at the first light screen, Yang Hao circulated his elemental energy. 100 acupoints in his body opened at the same time, and an enormous amount of elemental energy flowed through his limbs and bones.
"Ten Emperor Fingers!"
With a loud shout, he used his most powerful martial skill against the morning bell.
The bell didn't ring yet, but the attack rebounded and sent Yang Hao flying.
"I was even able to break through the sky in the first stage, so I didn't believe that I wouldn't be able to ring that broken bell of yours!" Yang Hao crawled up from the ground and once again used all his strength to launch a fierce attack towards the morning bell.
Once, twice, thrice … …
Yang Hao was sent flying again and again, his clothes were tattered, and his hair was in a mess. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and his clothes were dyed red. He was in an extremely miserable state.
However, he got up from the ground again and again, like a cockroach that couldn't be beaten, or like a moth that was about to pounce on a flame, unafraid of death.
However, the bell still did not ring.
"Even if you are as unmoving as a mountain, I still have a hundred thousand feet of faith in my heart. "Never retreat, let's go with a drop of water!"
The incomparably miserable Yang Hao once again stood up from the ground, his eyes were like that of a fierce beast brimming with fighting spirit.
"Heavenly Bow!"
Yang Hao shouted in anger as he used his most powerful technique.
A glittering golden bow was formed in his hand. Yang Hao nocked an arrow and aimed it at the morning bell.
An extremely dazzling golden arrow flew into the sky, moving like a meteor as it streaked across the horizon, causing the entire sky to light up. It charged straight for the morning bell.
However, even with such a powerful attack, it was still like a clay ox falling into the ocean when it landed on a morning bell, unable to move a single wave. Following which, the attack bounced back and the golden arrow shot towards Yang Hao.
An arrow pierced through his shoulder and nailed him to the ground. In the dusky sky, a large amount of blood bloomed.
Yang Hao was heavily injured, his entire body was powerless, and his elemental energy had been completely drained.
He painfully closed his eyes and an aura of despair enveloped his heart.
He had already used his most powerful technique, but that bell was still as unmoving as a mountain. It was so heartless that it caused one to feel despair. On the other hand, his clothes were tattered and his internal injuries were a mess. Without physical strength and elemental energy, he was not even comparable to an ordinary person.
How could he pass the trial?
"I — don't — accept it!"
Yang Hao's lips wiggled as he used all of his strength to say these two words.
Reality was merciless like that huge morning bell, lying across his head. It was like a huge mountain, so heavy that people couldn't even breathe.
Despair filled his heart, but he still closed his eyes in pain. Was he really going to fail?
Ye Qingxue's figure appeared in his mind. She had a slender and soft body, a face as beautiful as a fairy, the graceful bearing of a sword in her jade hands, and a stunning smile in front of a Ling Tian with six stripes.
As for his junior brothers, Fatty, Wu Jun …
These were all people he loved the most, and for their sake, in order to protect Cang Yue, he had already risked his life and passed two trials. Even if he was in despair, would he give up on this final test?
"I won't!"
Yang Hao suddenly opened his eyes and shouted with all of his strength.
He would never give up, never regret, to fight for the one he loved the most! Even though he was at the end of the line, he still had endless blood in him.
A hot-blooded youth was born for battle!
A strong, unprecedented belief rose in his heart.
He gritted his teeth as he endured the tearing pain. Once again, he opened the one hundred acupoints in his body, slowly absorbing the surrounding elemental energy. Subsequently, he used this elemental energy to slowly refine the golden arrow on his shoulder.
The golden arrows were formed from his elemental energy and could naturally be refined. However, that process was truly too painful.
Every part of his body was heavily injured, his tendons and bones were damaged, and even a trace of elemental energy would cause a heart-wrenching pain. Not to mention thousands of strands of elemental energy flowing through him at the same time, it was like the pain of being sliced into thousands of pieces.
Yang Hao gritted his teeth and endured the pain.
As time passed, he regained some of his strength. Following that, Yang Hao took out the Triple Yang Body Protection Pill and the healing pill and swallowed them together.
The serious injuries on Yang Hao's body were slowly recovering.
When he finally opened his eyes again, his internal injuries had already healed to seventy to eighty percent.
"I wonder how senior apprentice-sister and the others are doing."
