Chapter 94 Encounter with a Swarm of Sand Scorpions
At the same time, the mentors who were watching the images transmitted back by the Sky-Gazing Mirror all showed surprise and delight.
"Fourth level! The beginner class has actually made it to the fourth level of the Spirit Realm! This achievement is almost on par with the intermediate class!" Long Qiushuang, the head of the combat department, exclaimed excitedly.
Instructor Chang said with a smile, "Moreover, among these sixteen people, there are five freshmen who just entered the academy this year."
"Hmph! You just want to show off Zuo Chen from your talisman-making department, don't you?" Long Qiushuang said.
"Oh dear! You noticed that? It's clear you really want to show off Meng Hanhai from your combat department," Instructor Chang said.
"I have no right to show off. Our combat students are naturally skilled in combat, and in this kind of trial, we should be stronger than the other nine departments."
It's your talisman-making system that, which is not good at combat at all, suddenly produced a talent like Zuo Chen.
He was truly born for battle, yet he's been bound hand and foot by such a minor art as talisman making. Alas! What a pity!' Long Qiushuang said.
"What's a pity? Didn't you see that Zuo Chen used the technique of drawing talismans in the void to repair the fragments of Mo Yusheng's soul?" Instructor Chang said.
"The Soul Fusion Talisman he drew seems to have incorporated our weapon-refining techniques," said Zhan Tiangong, the weapon-refining instructor, with a serious expression.
"He used the Soul Shattering Technique when he fought the One-Horned Rhinoceros Beast King on the first level and the Mud Spirit Ant Beast Queen on the second level."
This is a soul attack that only cultivators at the Spirit Connection Realm or above can use, but he is only at the tenth level of the Spirit Fusion Realm, yet he can already use it skillfully, which shows that his spiritual power far exceeds that of ordinary cultivators.
"This child is indeed a rare all-rounder, so everything about his performance in this Spirit Realm Trial must be kept strictly confidential to prevent him from being targeted by some people with ulterior motives," the dean said solemnly.
"Don't worry, Dean. After they return from the Spirit Realm, I will seal away all their memories of this trial," said Vice Dean Wu Qingyi.
"With you here, I feel relieved," the dean nodded.
Regarding this vice dean, not only the students in the academy, but even the instructors knew very little about her.
All that is known is that besides being responsible for sealing the forbidden area of the academy and the academy's defensive array, she doesn't care about anything else.
She usually prefers to stay at home and never gets involved in the affairs of the academy, but the dean treats her with great respect, making her seem like a figurehead with connections.
But no one knows what kind of background she has. It is said that a mentor once secretly inquired about her out of curiosity.
Not long after, the instructor encountered a high-level monster while leading his students on a mission. He suffered a head injury and became mentally impaired.
The mentors guessed that this matter was probably related to this mentor, Wu Qingyi, and from then on, no one dared to inquire about her anymore.
It's strange that she would take the initiative to seal the students' memories today.
"The fact that this group of trainees was able to pass the first three levels is partly due to luck. Being able to take a glimpse of the fourth level should be the end of the journey," the dean said.
The mentors all nodded in agreement, and then calmly looked at the screen.
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After watching the old woman disappear, Ah Chen looked up ahead.
Before me stretched a vast desert, the rising sun just beginning to illuminate it, turning it into a golden sea.
"It's so beautiful!" Lin Zixia, a puppet expert, exclaimed.
“The more beautiful a plant is, the more poisonous it is. I wonder if there are any poisonous insects in this desert?” Ni Zhiyong said.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw waves surging in the sand sea, a sight that was more beautiful and breathtaking than the previously tranquil sand sea.
Lin Zixia immediately took out the photo-recording stone, intending to capture this beautiful scenery.
A sudden, inexplicable chill ran through Achen's heart. He shouted, "Danger! Run!"
The next second, Ni Zhiyong's expression changed: "Run! The snake-head vine is warning us, there's something under the sand!"
Achen threw out the remaining thirty-odd wooden spike talismans from his storage ring and scattered them on the edge of the desert.
Then he shouted loudly at the crowd: "There's no need for futile resistance. If you can't escape, just crush the teleportation talisman and leave!"
To everyone's astonishment, countless enormous sand scorpions burst forth from beneath the sea of sand, each as tall as a person.
They are covered in hard, dark gold shells that gleam with a cold light in the sunlight.
They brandished their enormous pincers, like two sharp scimitars.
Its venomous tail, standing tall behind it, emitted a dark, eerie blue light.
They leaped and rushed toward the direction where the group was, like a group of hungry refugees who suddenly saw a basket of big white steamed buns.
"They're all at the fifth rank!" Meng Hanhai exclaimed, his voice trembling.
If there were only a hundred or so, the crowd might still be able to fight to the death, but unfortunately they are so numerous that they cannot be counted at all.
At this moment, a tremendous sense of crisis enveloped Achen; it was the strongest crisis he had ever felt since birth.
Driven by instinct, he chose to save the person closest to him. When he grabbed Lele's hand, Nie Xiaoxiao happened to be not far away from her, so he grabbed her as well.
Holding Lele with his left hand and Nie Xiaoxiao with his right, he instantly teleported backward.
As for Jin Liu, he figured he was quite capable in combat, so he could only hope for the best.
Everyone used their own abilities to run backwards, some using magical artifacts, others using talismans for speed or earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of talisman used for teleportation).
Everyone ran as fast as a rabbit.
The first batch of sand scorpions rushed to the edge of the desert. Ah Chen threw out a Gale Talisman, which carried dozens of Explosive Talismans with it.
The activated Gale Talisman, carrying the Explosive Talisman, flew to within three zhang of the wooden spike talisman he had scattered, where the Explosive Talisman exploded.
This combination of talismans was drawn by Achen after much thought. The Swift Wind Talisman is activated in a relatively short time, only a few seconds, while the Explosive Talisman is activated only when it reaches its destination.
Those few seconds of time difference are enough for the explosive talisman to fly more than a hundred meters away, making it perfect for a long-range attack.
Dozens of explosive talismans exploded simultaneously, creating a series of loud noises along the edge of the sand sea. In an instant, the sand sea surged with huge waves, and the rolling yellow sand blotted out the sky.
Unfortunately, the explosive talisman was of a relatively low grade. It only killed a few of the nearest sand scorpions and injured more than twenty others, which did not affect the speed at which the sand scorpion army advanced.
The one running in the lead had just jumped to the edge of the desert when the batch of wooden spikes that Achen had buried were activated.
Sand scorpions are of the earth element, and wood thorns are their nemesis.
After dozens of wooden spike talismans were activated, wooden spikes sprouted from the ground like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, and dozens more sand scorpions, caught off guard, were injured.
However, none of this affected the overall situation, and the sand scorpions continued to charge forward fearlessly.
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