Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 493
Chapter 493: Trial of what?
Chapter 493
“I got a few coins.”
“I got a pair of daggers.”
“I got these strange crystals.” Finally, after everyone was done, the man stepped forward and placed shining crystals in Wei Jun’s hands. Wei Jun took the crystals, and he immediately knew what they were.
“Wanna sell them to me?” Wei Jun asked.
“What are they?” The man asked.
“Tch.” Wei Jun clicked his tongue and replied, “These are pure mana crystals. They don’t come out nowadays since the mines containing them dried centuries ago, just like Qi crystals. Just one of these is enough to elevate a first circle mage’s mana circle to the second circle. Of course, the amount required would increase, but five of these would be enough for a third circle to jump up to the fourth circle. Seeing you have ten of them, to a mage, their worth is about ten buildings.”
The man mused after absorbing Wei Jun’s explanation and replied, “Very well, I’ll sell them to you. What are you offering?”
Wei Jun didn’t say much and pulled out a few miasma cores, S rank at that. They were only four and not a fair price, so Wei Jun said, “These and a billion yuan when we get out of here.”
“Hm…” The man mused once again and said, “These are enough for me. I also owe you for protecting us all and making sure no one died.”
Wei Jun nodded with a smile and was about to store the crystals in his inventory when Morial spoke up, “Give them to me.”
“To you?” Wei Jun hadn’t decided who to give them to, but since Mark Wilson was the weakest mage, Wei Jun decided it was time to show him some love.
“Yes. I need to stabilize my circles. I’m still not a full-fledged draconian.” Morial replied.
“Sure.” Wei Jun simply replied and tossed the crystals towards Morial, who caught them and, without hesitation, began to devour them, one crystal at a time.
Once done, Wei Jun turned to Natasha and asked, “What did you get?”
“His name.” Natasha simply replied.
‘…’ Wei Jun was speechless. Although he already knew the name, he didn’t once think that Natasha had made a mistake. Knowing the name of the person who was the trial master was an advantage. Especially to a mage like Natasha.
“So? Who is he?” The ethereal woman asked. “That is something I cannot tell you.” Natasha simply replied.
“…” Many were dissatisfied, but no one there was a child. They all knew that knowing who he was was a tremendous advantage, and if there was a chance of a reward next, then it would help Natasha ask for something if she could like Wei Jun had described.
“And…” But Natasha wasn’t done yet.
“What?” Wei Jun asked.
“He said I finished the test without drinking any water, so he gave me a wish that was within my limits,” Natasha explained.
‘Within her limits means it wasn’t something outrageous.’ Wei Jun thought before he asked, “What did you ask for then?”
“I asked him to teach me magic. Blessing and curse magic.” Natasha said, “Eighth circle ones.”
Wei Jun’s eyes popped out of his head as the gears in his mind began to turn. He couldn’t help but ask, “So you mean…?”
“Yes,” Natasha said with a smile.
“Hahahaha.” Wei Jun laughed. If Natasha’s third circle blessing spells could increase his physical stats by thirty to fifty, he couldn’t imagine what an eighth circle could do. It was a tremendous advantage, and Natasha asked for the most suitable prize instead of asking for devastating attack magic. Wei Jun was there for that.
“Now, now.” Suddenly, while they were all catching up, the voice of the man returned, and they all found themselves back in the starting temple. They didn’t even feel teleporting there, just like before when they were all teleported to that large field.
“I think I’ve given you all enough time to rest.” The voice of the man said.
“Now, let us begin with the next trial. The next trial is very simple, actually.” The voice said, and a warm glow washed over everyone. Their injuries, any hunger, thirst, and all negative effects disappeared in an instant, while fresh and soft satin silk clothes appeared on their bodies.
The next moment, before they could be amazed by the changes, their cores, which they didn’t have the time to unlock, unlocked by themselves as well, and their power returned.
Still, the voice didn’t give them a chance. The scene once again changed, and they appeared in the middle of a lush forest.
“The next trial is the trial of Infinity.” The voice said, “Fight. Fight until the end. Fight until your hands break, until the blisters on your feet burst, and your skin shrivels.”
“And then, fight some more.”
“And then more.”
“And then more.”
“Think of giving up all you want, but give up, and game over.”
“The penalty is the same with a little increment. For each of you that dies, twenty S rank monsters would appear in the outside world.”
“This trial lasts for three days only.”
“Don’t die!”
“Good luck!!!”
Without giving anyone a chance to speak, the voice finished saying whatever it wanted to and…
“Guoh!!!”
They didn’t even have the time to think when a monster appeared from the forest and attacked them all.
But…
Fwaahh!!!
A beam of fire pierced the monster and killed it on the spot. Wei Jun and everyone turned to look at Morial, who was showing his sharpened teeth while smoke emitted from his mouth.
“I’ve learned it. Dragon’s breath.”
“…” No one said anything, but not because they were astonished. It was because they didn’t know what that was, and even if they did, it wasn’t like there was time.
Ten more monsters appeared in an instant and attacked everyone.
Slash!
Just one slash and all of them were killed. The sword in the ethereal woman glowed in silver, and the traces of such silver were left on the forest area that had been cut down along with the monsters.
“Morial! Fly up in the air, look for an area where there’s a steep, tall hill!” Wei Jun, who didn’t admire the woman’s skills like everyone else, immediately barked orders, and Morial immediately carried them out.
Morial flew high up in the sky and scanned the area. The man with Wei Jun understood what he was trying to do and spread his Qi around, but for miles, all he could sense was forest and nothing but the lush green forest.
“There’s none.” Both of them replied at the same time, but Morial’s words were taken more into consideration since there was a limit to the man’s Qi sense.
“Then create one.” Wei Jun said.
Morial nodded and began to transform. His body structure began to change, and soon scales began to appear on his body. Hot, thick scales began to appear on his body and expand while massive heat enveloped the area around him. Finally, his size began to increase as well until it stopped at a certain height along with the other changes.
“Shaa!!!”
Without waiting for a second, Morial began to burn the forest down. The man with Wei Jun began to do the same, leaving the killing of the monsters to others. But, the number every time one of the monsters was culled increased by ten. For every monster they killed, ten appeared out of the woods and kept attacking.
But as the forest began to burn and be reduced under Morial and the man’s constant assaults, the area of the monsters appearing began to increase as well.
“All of you, retreat!” The man said. Now that there was. A breathing space before the monsters got to them, they needed to devise a strategy.
“I will keep them busy!” The man took the task upon himself to kill the monsters while Wei Jun delivered his plan, but Wei Jun simply waved his hand, and guns began to drop on the ground.
Soon enough, the ground was filled with guns, guns the people present hadn’t seen before, except for one among them all.
“They’re from…” General Shao’s memory jogged as he saw the guns on the ground.
“Take one each. Conserve your Qi as much as you can!” Wei Jun said, “Form a defensive line, then an attack line, then another defense line!”
The military officers began to move at once while the other weren’t so thrilled about using guns. Guns were no use against these monsters anyway, but that perception was soon to change when Natasha picked one and fired it at the incoming monsters.
There wasn’t even a recoil, yet the beam that left the gun left a visible tremor in the air as it shot the monsters at the forefront and then kept traveling, killing two more monsters behind it.
“Now, no more argument. Save your Qi as much as you can. We need to get through this chance created without a wink of sleep.” Wei Jun said.
In the second trial, he now understood what it was. It wasn’t what it was said it was. It was…
“Yawn~~~”
Natasha yawned, and she wasn’t the only one.
“Damn.” Wei Jun said, “Already?”