After finally climbing halfway up the volcano, Chen Zhou fell down because his feet collapsed.
"Hmm..."
Chen Zhou gripped a protruding volcanic rock tightly with both hands. Fortunately, the rock was sturdy enough to prevent him from falling further.
With a sigh, Chen Zhou used his legs to probe the surroundings, looking for a foothold so he could continue climbing.
After probing both sides, Chen Zhou finally found a foothold. He placed his feet on the foothold and continued climbing.
Unable to use true qi, Chen Zhou had to rely solely on his physical strength to climb upwards. Although his body had undergone two refinements and his root bone value had been improved, making him quite strong, his physical condition was under great pressure in this extreme temperature.
"Ta-da..."
As Chen Zhou stepped onto the volcanic rock, just as he was about to climb to the top, the volcano suddenly began to tremble violently.
"Rumble..."
As it trembled, the crater emitted a churning sound.
The next second, blazing fireballs erupted from the crater, and streams of lava flowed down the crater.
Chen Zhou was about to climb the volcano when lava appeared in front of him.
"run!"
Chen Zhou gritted his teeth, having no other choice, shouted in his heart, and jumped down.
All our previous efforts were in vain.
"Rumble rumble rumble..."
As soon as Chen Zhou landed, he looked up and saw a huge fireball falling from above. The fireball was so big that it covered almost two meters around Chen Zhou.
"So unlucky?"
Chen Zhou was extremely frustrated. If he were hit by this fireball, he would probably lose the opportunity to take this test and be judged as a failure.
True energy instantly enveloped his legs, and he used the Swallow Shadow Ghost Step to rush to the side at an extremely fast speed.
As soon as Chen Zhou stepped out of the fireball's attack range, the fireball fell, landing vertically on the already scorching ground.
"Bang... Hiss... Hiss..."
The fireball landed with a loud thud and immediately emitted a plume of black smoke; thick black smoke would be emitted whenever two hot objects came into contact.
Chen Zhou steadied himself and ran towards the nearest volcano. He had to seize every second now and not let the test fail because he exceeded the time limit.
The volcano in front of Chen Zhou was not as tall as the previous one, but it was extremely smooth with very few grooves or pits on its surface.
This volcano is unlike any other; while all the other volcanoes are pitted and cratered, this one is remarkably smooth.
Chen Zhou looked curiously at the "Heavy Sword" on the crater. Was this volcano so strange? Could the real Heavy Sword be on this volcano?
Chen Zhou became more and more certain as he thought about it, and immediately came up with a solution.
Using true qi, create grooves on the smooth volcano, so that you can have a place to step on with your hands and feet.
This requires Chen Zhou to have a very high level of skill in using his true qi; he must not only control the degree of his true qi but also the power of it.
Chen Zhou was extremely careful with his internal energy this time; using too much or too little would make the groove too large or too small for his feet to stand on.
Following the principles of breathing exercises, Chen Zhou carefully manipulated his true energy, as if it had become one with him. Just then, a different notification sound rang in his mind.
"Ding! The host can learn the first formation of the Eighty-One Formations, the Minor Imprisonment Formation."
As with his usual cultivation techniques, the moment the system message finished, the "Minor Imprisonment Array" appeared in Chen Zhou's mind.
Using his pupil technique, Chen Zhou immediately identified the key element of the formation. As expected of the number one formation, Chen Zhou, who had only just begun learning, was able to spot the key element at a glance.
The easier it is to identify the key element of a formation, the easier it is to break. This is because a formation master sets up a formation based on the key element, and breaking it naturally starts from the key element.
Having identified the key point of the formation, Chen Zhou quickly used his true energy to inscribe a small binding array in his hand. Then, using the hand that had inscribed the small binding array, Chen Zhou grabbed a falling volcanic rock, which miraculously floated within the small binding array in Chen Zhou's hand.
"It even has this wonderful use." Chen Zhou murmured. With this small confinement array, climbing this volcano would be a piece of cake.
As he spoke, Chen Zhou inscribed a small binding array with his other hand. With both hands activated, he no longer needed to use his true energy to dig a groove. With the small binding array, he could directly suspend the volcano in his hands and climb the volcano without damaging it in the slightest.
Chen Zhou quickly climbed the volcano, using the small confinement array to increase his speed.
As soon as he climbed up, Chen Zhou couldn't wait to experience the feeling he had with the Heavy Edge Sword.
But no matter what, he felt nothing; the Heavy Sword seemed to have become unfamiliar to him again.
There isn't much space above the volcano; the crater takes up most of it, leaving only a small outer ring for Chen Zhou to walk around.
Heat waves erupted from the crater, with the "Heavy Sword" suspended above them.
Chen Zhou walked to the closest point to the Heavy Edge Sword, trying to use his true energy to surround the sword and sense it again, but no matter what he did, his true energy could not reach the Heavy Edge Sword.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier between the "Heavy-Edged Sword" and Chen Zhou's true energy, preventing them from communicating.
Chen Zhou immediately used his pupil technique to observe the area around the "Heavy Edge Sword" and vaguely saw an array appearing below the "Heavy Edge Sword," isolating Chen Zhou's true energy from the communication between the "Heavy Edge Sword."
"A binding array?"
The formation beneath the "Heavy Edge Sword" was remarkably similar to the Minor Imprisonment Formation that Chen Zhou had previously learned, except that the formation beneath it was slightly more complex than the Minor Imprisonment Formation.
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