Puchi!
The Qu Shuang Flying Sword pierced Ling Qingxue's neck. Because the Flying Sword did not have a sword hilt, it went straight through, leaving a ghastly hole in her neck.
Fresh blood spurted out.
When the Qu Shuang Flying Sword pierced Ling Qingxue's neck, Xia Ruofei's heart trembled slightly.
In reality, he was not absolutely sure. Apart from the illogical things he had discovered, it was only his strong intuition that supported him.
This was also an instinctive intuition that a cultivator with strong mental strength would have when trapped in an illusory formation.
But no matter how determined Xia Ruofei was, he still could not be sure that Ling Qingxue in front of him was an inner demon created by the illusory formation.
A thought even flashed through his mind: If he had really lost his mind to the illusory formation and completely lost his rationality, it would be a tragedy for the world if he killed the real Ling Qingxue.
However, Xia Ruofei still followed his heart in the end. Without any hesitation, he took out the Qu Shuang Flying Sword and delivered a fatal blow.
The moment the Flying Sword pierced Ling Qingxue's neck, Xia Ruofei could not help but close his eyes.
At this time, he had already made up his mind. If his mind was really affected and he made the wrong judgment, then he would kill himself on the spot and follow Ling Qingxue.
Ling Qingxue fell weakly to the ground, the last trace of life in her eyes gradually disappearing.
The world seemed to suddenly become abnormally quiet.
Xia Ruofei took a deep breath and then slowly opened his eyes.
He saw Ling Qingxue's body on the ground slowly decomposing into specks of light. The speed of decomposition became faster and faster, and finally, her entire body disappeared. The specks of light also drifted away with the wind, leaving no trace behind.
Xia Ruofei let out a long sigh of relief — his strong intuition was right. Ling Qingxue just now was an inner demon created by the illusory formation.
In reality, he had no choice but to act decisively because if he didn't kill, he would be trapped in the illusory formation forever. Moreover, he would be affected more and more deeply, and he would be unable to extricate himself. In the end, even he would be unable to distinguish between the illusory formation and reality, and would be completely lost in it.
Perhaps he would complete the mission with "Ling Qingxue", or even pass the ultimate test of the trial and receive the greatest opportunity. Then he would return to Earth and continue to climb on the path of cultivation. However, it was all an illusion. In reality, he might have only spent an instant in the illusory array, but he was already trapped here.
After "Ling Qingxue"'s corpse turned into light spots and disappeared, the entire sand-filled environment began to fall apart.
What appeared in front of Xia Ruofei was like a 4D screen that was shattering bit by bit.
Everything came from the illusory and returned to the illusory.
The real world gradually revealed itself in front of Xia Ruofei — the gurgling stream, the undulating mountain range, the dense forest, the green grassland …
Everything here looked like a beautiful picture scroll, and the air was filled with dense spirit energy, making Xia Ruofei have the illusion that he had entered Ring-Tu space.
Although all of this could still be the effect of the illusory formation, Xia Ruofei's faint feeling of discomfort had already disappeared. His intuition told him that the illusory formation should have been broken, and what appeared in front of him now should be the real environment of the third level of the trial tower.
Of course, just like how he had determined that "Ling Qingxue" was an inner demon created by the illusory formation, Xia Ruofei was still not confident in his current judgment.
At this moment, in front of Xia Ruofei's Sensory Mirror, a new notification appeared:
Congratulations, you have passed the preliminary test of the third level of the trial tower. You are now qualified to accept the trial mission!
Seeing this short line of words, Xia Ruofei's heart immediately calmed down — along the way, the information provided by the Sensory Mirror had never been false. Since the Sensory Mirror had given him such a notification, it meant that he had broken the illusory formation just now.
Xia Ruofei thought about it and felt that it made sense, because the scene of "Ling Qingxue" at the end, coupled with the shifting of the stars in the environment, was really too deceptive. He might have had many obsessions in his life, but in this trial mystery realm, his biggest obsession was undoubtedly "Ling Qingxue." The formation had turned his biggest obsession into an inner demon, so it was naturally his last resort.
Since his last resort was ineffective, the illusory formation would naturally break.
While Xia Ruofei's heart calmed down, he also began to worry about his gains and losses — reality had proven that although he had been sent to the same trial space as his companion, the two of them had not directly appeared in the same place. This meant that his companion, who had been sent to this space at random, would also face the test of the illusory formation.
Naturally, he hoped that the one in eight chance would fall on Ling Qingxue, but at the same time, he was worried that "Ling Qingxue" would be defeated in the illusory formation. After all, "Ling Qingxue" had grown up in a good environment, and after she had stepped onto the path of cultivation, she had always been under Xia Ruofei's protection. She had never experienced any setbacks, and her actual combat experience was pitifully little, or even close to zero.
Without experiencing hardships, it would be difficult to train one's mind.
If Ling Qingxue were to encounter an illusory formation like the one just now, it was very likely that she would get lost inside. Xia Ruofei could even imagine that if Ling Qingxue were to be trapped in the illusory formation, the final obstacle that would appear might be an image of herself created by the illusory formation.
After going through so many hardships, suddenly seeing Xia Ruofei appear, in addition to the change in environment, Ling Qingxue would find it very difficult to calmly analyze and judge. Even if she had her suspicions, she would not be as decisive as Xia Ruofei.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei now hoped that the person who would be sent to the same place as him would be Ling Qingxue, but at the same time, he was somewhat worried that Ling Qingxue would not be able to pass the so-called preliminary test. He was extremely conflicted.
Moreover, Xia Ruofei noticed that the notification from the Perceptive Mirror only told him that he had passed the preliminary test and was qualified to accept the mission. However, the mission content had not been announced for a long time.
What did this mean?
Xia Ruofei had a guess in his heart, and the answer was obvious — the most likely person was naturally the companion who had been sent here at random and was still trapped in the illusory formation.
Since the two of them had come to the small trial space at the same time, then naturally, the mission could only be announced after the two of them had passed the first test!
Xia Ruofei felt that his guess was more in line with the reality of the situation.
However, he had no choice now, and could not help even if he wanted to.
This was because he did not know where his companion was, and he did not know how big the small space on the third level of the Tower of Trials was.
Moreover, even if he found the location of his companion, Xia Ruofei felt that he would most likely not be able to help. Once one was trapped in the illusory formation, even their six senses would be sealed, and they would have no perception of the outside world at all. They could only rely on their own strength to walk out.
Therefore, after passing the test of the illusory formation, Xia Ruofei was suddenly at a loss.
He did not know what else he could do now.
After muttering to himself for a while, Xia Ruofei decided that he should first explore the world of the third level of the Tower of Trials. There was no harm in familiarizing himself with the environment.
Thus, he stepped onto the Curved Frost Flying Sword, and at a moderate speed, he found a direction and began to fly. At the same time, he constantly used his eyes and spiritual energy to observe the surrounding environment.
With the experience of the second level of the Tower of Trials as a precedent, Xia Ruofei did not dare to completely rely on his spiritual energy to investigate. Sometimes, the phrase "seeing is believing" was very reasonable. For example, a high level Star Beast could completely block Xia Ruofei's spiritual energy detection.
That was only the second level of the Tower of Trials. After reaching the third level, there might be even more powerful man-made creatures! Just relying on spiritual energy to investigate was obviously not enough.
At the same time, Xia Ruofei still tried his best to fly close to the ground. This was a habit he had developed in the second level of the Tower of Trials.
Even though flying close to the ground often required him to avoid some obstacles and had to be more focused, Xia Ruofei was able to feel more at ease and did not have the feeling of danger that made his heart palpitate.
The environment of the third level of the Tower of Trials seemed to be mountainous and hilly. Even though the terrain was uneven, the peaks were not very high.
Moreover, the vegetation here was very lush. Perhaps it was because of the rich spirit energy, even the grass by the stream was full of vitality. In the flowing stream, Xia Ruofei even saw free swimming fish.
In such a peaceful environment, Xia Ruofei still maintained a high level of vigilance. However, after flying for more than ten minutes, he did not encounter any aggressive creatures. Basically, the only living creatures he saw were the swimming fish in the stream.
In the forest, in the grass, on the hillside, everything was full of vitality. However, there were no other animals or people. There was an eerie silence.
Xia Ruofei frowned slightly. He observed the swimming fish in the stream through the Perceptive Mirror and found that they were just ordinary fish. There was nothing special about them.
In addition, the trees, grass, and shrubs were just growing well. There was nothing unusual about them. They were just ordinary species that were very common on earth.
The third level of the Tower of Trials must have existences similar to the puppets on the first level and the star beasts on the second level. Otherwise, there would be no point in having a separate level for cultivators to train on.
But where was the opponent?
Xia Ruofei had a feeling that he had no place to exert his strength. It was as if he had punched cotton.
At this moment, in the field of vision of the Perceptive Mirror, a line of prompt appeared —
Now releasing the third level trial mission of the Tower of Trials: Kill 30 mid-level Sea Serpent Beasts (Note: 1. The difficulty of the mission is set according to the standards of the two cultivators in the small trial space. On this basis, the difficulty will be doubled. 2. The record time for the third level of the Tower of Trials is four hours. Breaking this record will result in additional rewards.)
Seeing this, Xia Ruofei could not help but feel refreshed!
The mission was finally released. In other words, the companion that was sent to this trial space had also passed the test of the illusion array!
Could this person be Ling Qingxue? Xia Ruofei could not help but start to look forward to it.
He could not make too many judgments based on the content of the mission because he did not know what the so-called Sea Serpent Beasts were. He also did not have an intuitive concept of how difficult it was to deal with. There was no way to make a judgment based on the number of Sea Serpent Beasts doubled to thirty. Only when he really came into contact with the so-called Sea Serpent Beasts could he make a comparison. Otherwise, the number itself was meaningless. This was because the mission on the second level of the Tower of Trials already required him to kill 100 mid-level star beasts. The mission on the third level of the Tower of Trials only required him to kill 30 mid-level star beasts. This did not mean that the difficulty of the mission was lower than the second level of the Tower of Trials.
In fact, according to normal logic, the further the mission went, the more difficult it would be.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei could not speculate the cultivation level of the companion that was sent to this trial space at all. He did not even know if the mission standard was specifically set based on his cultivation level or the other companion's cultivation level.
After all, in the exploration team, there was a mid-level Golden Core cultivator who had a higher cultivation level than him.
Ling Qingxue's face was pale. With one hand on the ground, she stared at Xia Ruofei and said, "Ruofei, I really regret it … After we separated, all I wanted to do was to meet up with you as soon as possible. On the first level of the Tower of Trials, I was facing an entire town of puppets alone. When I was at my most helpless, I dreamed that you would come to my rescue like a divine soldier descending from the sky. Finally, I was suddenly sent here. At the most dangerous moment, you appeared in front of me and killed those giant lizards. You were really like my guardian angel. I never thought that our reunion would be my death knell … "
When Xia Ruofei heard Ling Qingxue's tearful words, his heart could not help but tremble slightly.
His heart, which was originally as hard as iron, could not help but waver a little.
He could not help but say in his heart, "What if I really made a mistake? Don't tell me … I really have to kill her? A single slip will cause everlasting sorrow! If I personally kill the person I love, how can I continue living in this world? "
However, very quickly, a voice in his heart said firmly, "Do not hesitate! This is an inner demon! And it is the most powerful inner demon that has appeared so far! If you do not get rid of this inner demon in time, you will forever be lost on the third level of the Tower of Trials! "
The trace of confusion in Xia Ruofei's eyes lasted for a few seconds. Very quickly, he regained his determination.
He stared at Ling Qingxue, who was covered in blood, and said word by word, "Don't waste any more time! If you are really Qingxue, after I kill you, I will commit suicide on the spot! I will personally go down and apologize to you! Down there, I will stay close to you and protect you. I will definitely not let you get hurt. "
"Ruofei, wake up!" Ling Qingxue said with hot tears in her eyes, "If you turn back now, it's not too late!"
Xia Ruofei grinned and said, "Actually, there is still a very obvious loophole! Do you know? The mission that the system female voice issued is really too illogical! Killing high level star beasts should be a task for the second level of the Tower of Trials. The mission for the third level cannot possibly have anything to do with star beasts! Otherwise, the almighty who designed the Tower of Trials is too lousy! "
After saying that, without waiting for Ling Qingxue to reply or explain, Qu Shuang's flying sword had already whistled through the air and pierced towards the dazed Ling Qingxue. This time, it was really fierce and there was no hesitation at all!
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