Before you is a disciple tunnel. If you can walk through this tunnel, it means you have the talent to become a Shade Spirit Master. If you cannot walk through it, then please turn back.” The leading elder pointed ahead and spoke to Ye Chu.
Ahead was a pitch-black tunnel, constructed entirely of metal, carved with various ferocious beasts. Each beast was vividly lifelike, baring fangs and brandishing claws, fully displaying savagery and cruelty. If an infant saw such a hideous appearance, it would be frightened into tears.
Looking at this tunnel, Ye Chu felt puzzled inside, not knowing what was strange about this tunnel, that it could actually be used to verify whether one had the talent to become a Shade Spirit Master.
However, Ye Chu was bold because of his high skill. Although he did not know what was strange about it, he still stepped inside.
As soon as Ye Chu entered the tunnel, he immediately felt as if those carved ferocious beasts had come alive. Waves of violent savagery vibrated out from their bodies, and waves of strange spiritual pressure surged toward Ye Chu.
“Shade Spirit Masters primarily cultivate the primal spirit. Only if the primal spirit is strong enough is there a possibility of becoming a Shade Spirit Master!” The elder outside the field shouted, “In this tunnel, successive past generations of ancestors used spiritual power to forge and carve it. Within it lies their majesty. If you can endure part of their majesty and walk out, that means your primal spirit is sufficiently powerful.”
The other party’s words reached Ye Chu’s ears. Ye Chu feared nothing, stepping out step by step. With each step forward, the pressure grew more dominant.
Every ferocious beast seemed to soar into the air at this moment, transforming into streams of illusory shadows pouncing toward Ye Chu. Baring fangs and brandishing claws, they rushed before Ye Chu, as if to tear him apart.
Seeing this, Ye Chu could not help reaching out to resist. But his hands waved before his mind’s eye, and he discovered there was nothing at all.
“Illusions!” Ye Chu’s eyes twitched. Cold light shot out from his eyes, shooting toward the illusions pouncing over. The originally baring fangs and brandishing claws instantly vanished, and Ye Chu’s whole person also became somewhat clearer.
Ye Chu continued forward. Those ferocious beasts appeared even more hideous and savage. Each one carried a blood-scented majesty, pouncing toward Ye Chu. In the next instant of baring fangs and brandishing claws, they arrived before Ye Chu. It was just like having a nightmare at night, being devoured by a pack of beasts. Ye Chu was like duckweed within it, completely powerless to resist.
This was a terrifying bloody scene. Ye Chu stood within it, his hands involuntarily waving as if to block the ferocious beasts pouncing up one by one.
“Get lost from me!” Just as Ye Chu was waving his hands and feet, a sharp sword intent suddenly surged out from Ye Chu’s body. The sword intent surged up to Ye Chu’s eyes, shooting straight out. The herd of beasts before Ye Chu instantly collapsed and cracked. The originally scene of beasts waiting to devour him vanished. Before Ye Chu was nothing more than an empty tunnel.
The disciples outside the field saw this scene, and could not help exchanging glances. They thought this youth truly had the qualifications to enter the Shade Spirit Pavilion. Being able to break the illusions in such a short time meant his primal spirit was clear and powerful.
Sword intent was awe-inspiring on Ye Chu’s body. He stepped out step by step, cold light flashing in his eyes. Walking all the way through, although illusions reappeared, as soon as they appeared they were pierced through by Ye Chu’s cold light.
This scene made many disciples nod repeatedly. Being able to walk out of the tunnel with such unstoppable momentum, his primal spirit was considerably stronger than ordinary Shade Spirit Masters.
“Pass down the order. Have the disciples guarding the tunnel activate the second layer.” The leading elder suddenly spoke to a disciple.
“This… Elder, for recruiting disciples the first layer is sufficient. Those who can walk out are all extremely powerful figures. Some senior brothers in the Shade Spirit Pavilion have not yet walked through this tunnel. Activating the second layer, is it not too…” A disciple was puzzled and did not understand. After the second layer, it was used to temper senior brothers who had already achieved cultivation success. It was not used to select disciples at all.
“You do not need to concern yourself. Just do as I say!” The elder shouted at the disciple.
“Yes!” Although the disciple did not know the reason, he still nodded, quickly running down to instruct people to activate the tunnel to the second layer.
Ye Chu walked all the way, suddenly feeling a great surge of bloody wind. Beast roars were unceasing in the tunnel, as if a pack of beasts were running wild. Before Ye Chu’s eyes, a scene of ten thousand beasts slaughtering each other suddenly appeared. Ferocious beasts surged with terrifying momentum, their momentum vast like rivers galloping, constantly gushing out. Combined with bloody rain and scarlet redness, it was just like a human hell. Sounds of slaughter were unceasing. Among the countless ferocious beasts slaughtering each other, they also opened their bloody maws, pouncing toward Ye Chu.
This scene was terrifying. A bloody terror surged into Ye Chu’s mind. The enormous pressure made Ye Chu feel pressure doubly, his primal spirit about to be crushed to pieces. The claws of ferocious beasts scratched Ye Chu’s body. Ye Chu watched as bloody marks appeared on his body, blood flowing out in streams, with burning hot pain.
Ye Chu’s steps constantly retreated, dodging these savage and frenzied ferocious beasts. But he underestimated the terror of these beasts. No matter how he dodged, there were always beasts pouncing onto his body, tearing off chunks of flesh from his body. Ye Chu felt his whole person was about to bleed out and collapse from exhaustion.
The elder on the periphery watched this scene, the corners of his mouth carrying a few degrees of smiling intent. He thought even if you are a human prodigy, before a Shade Spirit Master, there was similarly nothing to be proud of.
Watching Ye Chu flustered and dodging within it, the smile at the elder’s mouth grew thicker.
“Elder! Should we stop? After all, the other party is not yet a Shade Spirit Master. Such primal spirit tempering is too strong. If this continues, I fear he will be driven mad by that bloody savagery!” A disciple reminded.
“No matter!” The elder smiled and shook his head. “If he really goes mad like this, it would save us some effort.”
This sentence made the numerous disciples look at the elder strangely. They thought the elder could not have a grudge against him.
Ye Chu stood within that sky-filling slaughter of ferocious beasts. At this moment he was also like a member of the ferocious beasts. Wounds already covered his body. A large bloody groove constantly rolled out blood. The pain was about to tear apart his primal spirit.
Ye Chu frantically dodged the ferocious beasts within it, but the beasts were too savage. They pounced toward Ye Chu with savage cruelty, bringing up sky-filling bloody rain and foul wind, terrifying and shocking, truly just like a human hell.
The elder watched Ye Chu’s complexion grow increasingly pale, his body swaying unsteadily. The smile at the corners of his mouth grew thicker. “So what if you are a human prodigy? Compared to a Shade Spirit Master, you amount to nothing!”
Just as the elder was waiting for Ye Chu to collapse in failure, he saw Ye Chu suddenly let out a great roar.
“My heart is like unyielding rock, clear ripples serene and deep!”
Along with Ye Chu’s roar, Ye Chu’s originally awe-inspiring sword intent suddenly changed, instead becoming like water’s cool clarity. His whole person seemed to be drenched by water. His originally terrified and powerless eyes instantly recovered calmness. His whole person stood in place, not moving a single inch.
The originally pouncing ferocious beasts, upon touching Ye Chu’s body, instantly vanished. The originally hell-like bloody place instantly vanished. The bloody grooves on Ye Chu’s body were all gone. Before Ye Chu was still the empty tunnel. The ferocious beast carvings still bared fangs and brandished claws, but the majesty vibrating out from them was much more terrifying. Ye Chu forcibly resisted it.