The moment Meng Wanwan turned her head, the flying sand and stones in the world had disappeared. It seemed to be a vast open field, with mist covering the ground, or perhaps a sky full of yellow sand.
A palace stood atop a distant snow-capped mountain, appearing and disappearing in the distance. But for some reason, even as the first rays of sunlight shone through the snow, the palace still carried a hint of eeriness and desolation.
Less than ten meters in front of Meng Wanwan, a girl wearing a blue and white striped dress stood quietly.
The girl was petite, but clearly an adult.
She clasped her hands together over her abdomen, her posture upright, like someone's maid.
The girl smiled kindly, bent down slightly, and said to her.
"Welcome to the Snowfield Demon Cave!"
Her head bowed respectfully, but her voice gradually became distorted and then sharp.
A wisp of black energy emanated from the top of her head.
"Oh my god!" Meng Wanwan was so startled that she took two steps back.
"Nian Nian!"
Niannian transformed into a little fox and leaped out from between her eyebrows. Her pure white body spun in the air, directly engulfing the black aura.
Meng Wanwan formed a hand seal, and a huge Hundred Treasures Seal passed through Nian Nian's body, like a filter paper, carrying the black energy towards the girl.
However, to Meng Wanwan's surprise, the girl just lowered her head and didn't move.
When the Hundred Treasures Seal touched her, her figure scattered into specks of light and disappeared, but when the Hundred Treasures Seal disappeared, her figure reappeared.
Niannian jumped back onto Meng Wanwan's shoulder: "Master, this place is so strange! Niannian can feel that this is a formation within a formation."
Meng Wanwan held a red fan in her right hand and tapped it against her left palm, causing the red fan to emit a faint red light.
With a gentle flick of her wrist, the red light lengthened, and a red sword appeared in her hand.
At this moment, the girl finally raised her head.
When she looked up, Meng Wanwan was so frightened that her hair stood on end.
"So sudden?"
A skull crawling with maggots "looked" at Meng Wanwan.
Her body was still the same, but her face had changed...
"Ugh..." Meng Wanwan covered her eyes and almost vomited.
Niannian: "..."
The girl's skull tilted slightly, and the dark aura intensified, but she made no move, simply continuing to speak.
"Welcome to the Snowfield Demon Cave!"
This time, the sound completely transformed from a human voice into the roar of a demon. Because of this roar, the surrounding yellow sand, which had stopped falling, began to be blown up again by the wind.
Meng Wanwan's scalp tingled: "Niannian, what is this Snowfield Demon Cave?"
Niannian: "Niannian Encyclopedia, ah, it's the legendary training ground of the demon race, which is what cultivators in this world often call the trial ground."
Meng Wanwan laughed in exasperation: "What kind of incredible luck is Li Dao? It's both a Demon Gathering Array and a Demon Race Trial Ground! Did he manage to trap the Demon Race here too?"
Suddenly, Meng Wanwan looked towards the palace in the distance.
should……
No way?!
Niannian quickly said, "No, no, that must be an illusion, Master. Do you see the golden teardrop-shaped pendant around her neck? That's the core of this formation."
Meng Wanwan then noticed a tiny, almost invisible golden spot on her neck.
Meng Wanwan licked her chapped lips, assuming a fighting stance: "Roger!"
The eerie roar came again, this time with a different sound.
"The trial has begun. Success is the trial, failure is the sacrifice. Hehehe, whether it's a sacrifice or a trial depends on your fate. Are you ready?"
A restless wind was already blowing in the air. Her hands were pressed against her chest, as if she was just waiting for Meng Wanwan to say that she was ready and the trial would begin.
However……
Meng Wanwan shook her head: "No!"
girl:"……"
As soon as she uttered those two words, the wind in the air suddenly froze.
Meng Wanwan looked at it with curiosity: "Hey? It's voice-activated?"
Seeing the mockery on Meng Wanwan's face, the girl realized she had been tricked, so she roared, "The ritual shall begin!"
Meng Wanwan pouted: "No martial ethics, yay~"
Suddenly, a hurricane swept up the sandstorm, and the fierce wind made Meng Wanwan's small body roll several times on the ground.
Nian Nian transformed into a beam of light and entered Meng Wanwan's brow. Only then did Meng Wanwan stand up, supporting herself with her sword, and look at this ghost-like girl with excited eyes.
The girl took a step back, and with a slight wave of her hand in front of her chest, a dark golden light emanated from her chest. Suddenly, two giant figures wielding spiked clubs appeared in front of her, blocking the way between Meng Wanwan and her.
Meng Wanwan's eyes lit up even more: "Niannian, I want her!"
After saying that, Meng Wanwan waved her hand and spread out a Hundred Treasures Seal in front of her. She stomped her small foot on the ground, and two huge golden chains rose up from the ground and directly bound the two giants.
The two giants roared, their bodies trembling, instantly shattering the chains.
Meng Wanwan leaped into the air and slashed down with her sword.
However, her strength was still far inferior; these two giants were at least at the late Foundation Establishment stage.
So this sword strike only made the two giants take two steps back, and then they raised their spiked clubs and smashed them down on Meng Wanwan.
Meng Wanwan slightly touched her brow, and a white mist emanated from her body.
Meng Wanwan leaped into the air, taking the full force of the blows from both giants.
The powerful attack directly dispersed the mist surrounding Meng Wanwan, and the attack formed by demonic energy struck her directly.
Meng Wanwan felt as if her meridians were being torn apart inch by inch, and her spiritual energy was surging out wildly.
"Master, these two guys are too powerful; you can't beat them at all!"
Niannian's voice trembled slightly. It had taken the injury for Meng Wanwan, and it knew very well the extent of Meng Wanwan's injury.
However, Meng Wanwan remained silent. Just as she was being knocked away by the two giants and her spiritual energy was gushing out, two chains suddenly flew out from her hands. The chains quickly wrapped around the necks of the two giants. At the same time, Meng Wanwan, who was retreating at high speed, was pulled back and then transformed into a beam of light and bounced in the opposite direction.
The two giants felt a slight pain in their necks, and then saw a streak of light fly past between their heads.
Meng Wanwan leaped over the two giants and crashed directly into the ground behind them.
The skeleton girl had been quietly watching Meng Wanwan's trial, but now she saw Meng Wanwan hurtling towards her like a cannonball.
However, I heard her shout.
Come here!
Meng Xiuyi and the others quietly watched the scene in the formation. The other three phases of the Demon Gathering Formation had been broken, and the dark aura had almost disappeared. Only the area where Li Dao was located was still filled with billowing black energy.
The black aura surrounding them now presents a strange phenomenon.
Outside that same Pure Land circle, ten feet below, was a vast night sky, like a sea of stars, slowly rotating.
Ten feet above, however, were rolling black clouds, faintly shimmering with lightning.
Helian Xiao sat on the ground, numbly watching this strange scene, and said to Meng Xiuyi, who had already broken through the formation and returned, "See, I told you, whatever happens to your daughter, it's bound to cause a mutation!"
"It's just breaking a formation? She's dragging down the Heavenly Dao as well?"
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