Chapter 2024 - 2025: Congratulations, You Passed the Trial
Chapter 2024: Chapter 2025: Congratulations, You Passed the Trial
This is a vast desert.
The blazing sun hangs overhead, scorching everything with an almost insane fervor.
An Ying no longer remembers the last time he drank water, the extreme thirst he felt before is gradually dissipating, and his lips are becoming moist.
But An Ying knows, it’s because his lips have cracked to a certain extent, causing blood to gush out, creating an illusion.
And it won’t be long before this moist feeling will also disappear.
Because by then, the blood in his body might not even flow.
An Ying doesn’t know how long he has been walking, only feels that illusions are gradually appearing in front of him, and the soft, hot sand beneath his feet is becoming sticky, each step requiring his full effort.
Finally.
After a stumble, An Ying’s vision goes black, and then he falls to the ground with a thud.
The scorching sand instantly covers his cheeks, and the hot air rushes into his lungs with his rapid breaths, roasting everything along the way.
But he couldn’t feel the pain anymore, he just wanted to lie there quietly and wait for the darkness to come.
Have I failed again! An Ying thought to himself with a hint of self-mockery.
But right at this moment, An Ying suddenly felt a slight vibration from the sand beneath him.
The sensation was very subtle, but it made An Ying’s spirit lift.
Because these vibrations were rhythmic, clearly something was quietly approaching.
An Ying still lay on the ground, but his hands beneath him quietly clenched into fists, silently awaiting the arrival of the opportunity.
The vibrations grew closer...
Suddenly!
The vibrations stopped, evidently, the thing approaching An Ying had halted its steps.
It’s now! The thought surged in An Ying’s mind, then he summoned his last bit of strength, sprang up from the ground like a spring, raising a cloud of sand to obscure the view, then drove both fists towards the thing approaching him.
Thud!
After a muffled sound like striking leather, An Ying felt as if his fists were almost shattered.
He was shaken back over a dozen steps, and only after regaining his footing did he see clearly.
What had approached him was a giant lizard.
This lizard was at least seven or eight meters long, over a person’s height, flicking its sharp tongue, making it look chilling at first glance.
But at this point, An Ying was already past caring, he roared angrily, "Beast, meet your death!"
With that, he once again charged forward recklessly.
Despite his cultivation level being greatly restricted in this desert, at this moment, a faint glow still appeared in An Ying’s eyes.
The aura forced the lizard to retreat slightly.
But just as An Ying rushed close, he saw the lizard’s tail whip towards him menacingly.
The speed was so fast that it even brought a sharp breeze.
An Ying’s eyes were already red; he didn’t care about the tail sweeping toward his waist, and continued charging forward.
Bang!
An Ying crashed under the lizard’s forelimbs, his fists pounding skyward, striking the lizard’s soft, white-glowing belly precisely.
Hiss!
The lizard let out a painful screech, then began stomping frantically, trying to crush An Ying.
An Ying dodged left and right, then seized a moment, landing a fierce punch on the lizard’s throat.
The lizard let out a miserable cry, then angrily swung its tail towards An Ying.
An Ying didn’t dodge; in reality, he didn’t have the strength to.
The recent moves had drained all his energy; now An Ying’s vision was blackening, and he could collapse at any moment.
But this time, An Ying was stirred to his core with ferocity.
"Beast, you think it’ll be easy to kill me?"
With that, instead of retreating, An Ying charged forward, viciously biting into the lizard’s throat.
Crack!
The tail struck hard against An Ying’s back, instantly tearing his clothes and skin, dragging out a deep trench, even faintly revealing the white spine.
An Ying’s whole body trembled in pain, but his jaws did not relent, instead biting down viciously with all his strength.
His teeth finally pierced through the skin on the lizard’s throat and directly bit through its windpipe.
The lizard struggled in agonizing pain, trying to shake An Ying off.
But at this moment, although An Ying’s lower body was paralyzed, his hands clung to the lizard’s neck like iron claws, refusing to let go.
Moreover, at the moment he bit through the lizard’s throat, An Ying felt a gush of briny fluid flow into his mouth and down his throat, reaching his stomach.
It was the lizard’s blood!
An Ying was shocked, then felt his previously spent and exhausted body begin to rejoice as the lizard’s blood flowed in.
An Ying began to take big gulps of the lizard’s blood.
Finally, after a whole fifteen minutes, the lizard toppled over, becoming a corpse.
Upon looking at its throat again, it had been completely mangled by An Ying’s bites.
But at this time An Ying’s condition wasn’t well either.
Though he had replenished his energy, the lizard’s tail whip was no joke.
Now An Ying felt as if his entire lower body had lost sensation, rendering him unable to survive further in the desert.
Just when An Ying was about to give up, he suddenly felt a shiver through his body, and then the surrounding environment began rapidly changing.
The desert fell away like water, replaced by familiar earthly scenes.
Simultaneously, An Ying felt all his injuries disappear, and his cultivation level was restored.
He leapt up from the ground, looking around with some confusion.
Clearly, he hadn’t exited yet; why had he suddenly returned to Earth?
At this moment, a faint voice came from behind him.
"To be honest, I’m very surprised!"
Hearing this voice, An Ying turned around sharply, only to see Xue An standing a short distance away, looking at him with a smile.
An Ying was startled, quickly bowing and saying, "Brother-in-law... Mr. Xue!"
He initially wanted to call him brother-in-law, but at the tip of his tongue, he changed it to Mr. Xue.
Xue An didn’t acknowledge his salute, instead said lightly, "Do you know what I’m surprised about?"
An Ying shook his head.
"I originally thought you were pampered since childhood, merely a pleasure-seeking playboy, who would quickly give up in the Armory Trial due to the pain, but you gave me a big surprise!"
Saying this, a faint smile appeared on Xue An’s face, then he waved his hand, and a command talisman flew above An Ying’s head.
There was a sound of clanking, a beautifully styled, impressively imposing Command Talisman Armor clothed An Ying’s body.
An Ying looked down in a daze, still not reacting to the astonishment.
"Congratulations, you passed the trial!"
Saying that, Xue An turned to leave, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, saying without turning around.
"You can still call me brother-in-law in the future, after all... Yan’er now only has you as her brother!"
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