Chapter 335 Tailor-made Opportunity
Dark clouds rolled in, murderous aura rose into the sky, and the world was filled with murderous grimness.
As soon as he entered the central restricted area of the Holy Island, Li Zhi felt an aura that was completely different from the forty-nine outer areas.
It was as if I had arrived at the remains of an ancient battlefield, where the tragic atmosphere would last forever.
Looking around, there are dangerous places everywhere. The laws that have never been erased have evolved into very dangerous places.
Moreover, the presence of ferocious beasts can be sensed from all directions, and the number of ferocious beasts in the central restricted area seems to far exceed that of all the outer areas.
Not long after he went in, Li Zhi was targeted by a holy-level ferocious beast.
"Roar!"
It was a sacred bird with wings, covered with cold scales. After discovering Li Zhi, it immediately roared at him. The terrifying and fierce roar seemed to shatter Li Zhi's soul.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"
Seeing this, Li Zhi did not feel much fear and just shouted out the Taoist name.
The sound of the terrifying avenue of purification quickly spread out in all directions with Li Zhi as the center.
The terrifying divine sound even pierced through the barrier above the island and echoed in the starry sky outside the domain.
The cold and dark sky seemed to become much warmer at this moment.
The commander-in-chief and soldiers waiting outside the island suddenly changed their expressions.
"What a terrifying power, it seems to be much stronger than the strongest of the last batch of trialists." A soldier whispered. The commander's eyes were shining, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Within the central restricted area, almost all the ferocious beasts felt the supreme pressure emanating from Li Zhi.
In their hearts, it seemed as if a Taoist master had descended to this place.
The evil and murderous aura in the restricted area seemed to have become a little thinner because of this shout.
The forest, which was originally filled with the roars of ferocious beasts, suddenly became silent.
The holy bird that had already rushed towards Li Zhi turned around and ran away.
The ferocious beasts living in the trial grounds have the keenest sense of danger.
They all knew that none of those who came to participate in the trial were weak.
As ferocious beasts that grew up in the trial ground, they have been imprisoned on this sacred island since the day they were born.
Even though they have become saints, they still cannot leave this place.
The opening of the human race's trial road, which occurs once every ten thousand years, is a disaster for these ferocious beasts.
Previously, several powerful holy beasts were killed by super masters among human trial-takers.
Moreover, the guides of the human race will not allow them to grow beyond their limits.
Therefore, these ferocious beasts both hate and fear the human trial-takers.
He wished he could tear all the human trial-takers to pieces, but he was also worried that he would be killed on the spot by the super masters among the trial-takers, and all his hard-earned skills would be gone to waste.
Therefore, when faced with super masters among the trial-takers, they generally will not take the initiative to provoke them.
There are many dangerous places in the central restricted area, and there are remnants of many immortal laws left over from the ancient wars, which are of great benefit to the cultivation of these ferocious beasts. It is precisely because of the comprehension of those immortal laws that the ferocious beasts living here can more easily transform into holy beasts.
The cry of "Wulian Tianzun" not only frightened the ferocious beasts in the central restricted area.
It also indirectly helped rescue many monks who were in dangerous situations.
However, they were all very tactful and did not look for trouble with Li Zhi. Instead, they took advantage of this opportunity to quickly look for opportunities in the restricted area.
Li Zhi did not chase after the escaped beast.
In a sense, the ferocious beasts kept in captivity here are actually training resources prepared for human trial-takers.
As long as you have the ability to hunt a holy beast, you will have all the energy needed for cultivation and the materials for refining equipment in the short term. Even if you cannot use them yourself, you can sell them at the city gate on the ancient road.
After all, holy beasts are full of treasures. Their flesh, bones, scales, and even their souls can all become resources to nourish cultivators and make them stronger.
However, these holy-level beasts are not very valuable to Li Zhi now, so he has no intention of hunting them. He would rather leave it to later generations to kill monsters and get treasures.
After all, as a trial site on the ancient road of the human race, although it is only opened once every ten thousand years, the area of the trial site is limited after all, and the opportunities it can produce are limited. If Li Zhi plunders too much, later comers will inevitably have no chance.
Li Zhi would never do such a thing as to ruin other people's opportunities.
Because of the existence of cause and effect.
If a cultivator wastes too many opportunities on the ancient path of humanity, then he will owe more karma to humanity.
These causes and effects will definitely be repaid in some way in the future.
There is no free lunch in the world. This is a truth that everyone understands, and there is no way Li Zhi would not understand it.
Walking in the central restricted area, after there was no threat from ferocious beasts, Li Zhi went to various places where there were traces of laws, to comprehend the immortal laws there.
In the lake, beside the swamp, in front of the ancient cave, on the magic mountain...
Li Zhi's presence can be seen everywhere.
At the same time, it also made Li Zhi understand why the strongest ancient trial road did not allow the older generation of strong people who were too old to enter.
The opportunities in the trial ground are limited. If an old and powerful person at the Saint King level is allowed in, all the resources here will be swept away.
Even if Li Zhi wanted to, he could clear out some of the resources in the central restricted area, except for those that he could not take away, so that latecomers would have no chance to find them.
Strictly speaking, Li Zhi's cultivation level at this point was already above the standard. If he were two or three hundred years older, he would definitely not be allowed to set foot on the Ancient Trial Road.
The monks who are allowed to embark on the Ancient Trial Road are almost all under 200 years old.
Most of the trial participants are only in their early 100s.
The Ancient Road of Trials is actually a road of experience for young people.
After passing through layer after layer of areas that seemed extremely dangerous to other trial-takers, Li Zhi arrived at the deepest part of the central restricted area.
At the same time, Li Zhi finally discovered a treasure land here that would be of great benefit to his practice.
It was an ancient cave left by an ancient powerful man.
The ancient strong men were desperate and unwilling to give up, so after they became Taoists, they did not completely transform their bodies into the essence of heaven and earth. Instead, they left behind a ball of immortal Taoist fire.
Flames gushed out, heat surged, and the power of transformation surged. An ordinary cultivator who was touched by even a little bit of it would be directly transformed into the power of transformation.
After observing the cave entrance for a while, Li Zhi walked straight in.
I don’t know whether the ball of fire in the cave is the immortal fire left behind after the great sage or the quasi-emperor’s transformation into Tao.
But Li Zhi's intuition told him that practicing with the help of this ball of Taoist fire would be of great benefit to his cultivation.
After entering the ancient cave, the surging flames instantly enveloped him.
Li Zhi only felt that the blood, flesh and energy in his body were ignited by the Taoist fire.
The flesh and blood are burning, the laws of the universe are rapidly disappearing, and even the soul is showing signs of instability.
However, Li Zhi had no intention of leaving the ancient cave. Instead, he walked straight to the depths of the cave, next to the Taoist fire.
Then he sat cross-legged on the ball of fire, allowing the fire filled with the power of transformation to burn his body.
Fortunately, after a long period of time, the power of Dao Fire is no longer as terrifying as when it was first created.
However, the power of transformation is still enough to allow ordinary saints to transform into Tao.
But Li Zhi dared to sit on the Taoist fire and burn himself. It must be said that this was a miracle.
Within the Dao Fire, the power of Dao was surging, one wave higher than the other, but Li Zhi let the Dao Fire burn his body. He even began to chant the "Dao Longevity Sutra" in the Dao Fire. Even though his body was burned with holes one after another by the Dao Fire, his soul seemed to be tortured as if it had been cut into pieces, and his Dao skills were constantly fading, Li Zhi still had no intention of leaving the ancient cave.
Even as time passed, the sound of chanting in the ancient cave became louder and louder, and finally broke out of the ancient cave and echoed throughout the entire central restricted area.
"What's that sound? Could it be that a divine scripture has been born?"
Many trial participants who entered the central area for training were shocked when they heard the sound of chanting faintly coming from between heaven and earth, and then they all rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.
At the same time, a woman in a fiery red fairy dress also came to the Huadao Ancient Cave.
However, seeing the waves of power of transformation rising higher and higher in the ancient cave, she did not dare to enter the cave to find out the truth.
"Oh no, the opportunity here has been snatched away by the Fire Fairy." Many latecomers stopped after seeing the woman in red fairy clothes.
This fire fairy with a mysterious origin has extraordinary ability to control fire, like the reincarnation of a fire phoenix. No one knows her specific origins, but her fighting ability is extremely strong. She is recognized as one of the strong ones among their group of trial-takers.
"Everyone, come together. We must not let the Fire Fairy snatch the Immortal Scripture from the cave."
After a while, many people reached an agreement in private.
Cultivators of the Fire Fairy's level are most likely to be besieged by others because they are too powerful.
Only when a pack of wolves hunts dragons can there be room for the pack to survive.
Once the dragon soars into the sky, they will never be able to look up to the immortal figure of a real dragon again.
Since we have embarked on the strongest ancient trial road, naturally no one will be a weakling, and no one will think that they are really weaker than others.
Hunting trial participants is also part of the trial.
The monks who have the courage and confidence to enter the 50th District are naturally not weaklings. Almost all of them have the cultivation level of semi-saint.
"Humph!"
The Fire Fairy was angered by those people. She snorted coldly and took action immediately.
Apparently she also had a bad temper. A terrifying phantom of a Vermillion Bird formed by flames appeared behind her, and then the dark blue flames condensed directly into two divine claws with terrifying auras.
"Suzaku Sky-Splitting Claw."
The Fire Fairy's methods are explosive and her attack power is super strong. She can tear an opponent into pieces with just one claw.
"Oh no, she has become a saint, everyone, retreat quickly."
Feeling the terrifying holy aura from the Flame God's Claws made the semi-saints feel suffocated, and someone immediately exclaimed.
"You attacked me, and you still want to leave? Leave your lives behind."
The Fire Fairy was filled with murderous intent, as if she wanted to use their lives to establish her authority. She turned into a stream of light and chased after them. A moment later, she killed all the trial-takers who were trying to escape.
However, the Fire Fairy's situation did not seem to be good. After killing those monks, she immediately began to make seals and regulate her breathing, as if she was trying desperately to suppress her own Taoism.
It took a full hour before the explosive aura on her body subsided.
Although she already possessed the qualifications to become a saint, she did not want to overcome the tribulation and become a saint now. Her innate divine fire was still quite far from the real Nanming Lihuo.
The fire of transformation in the ancient cave can eliminate the impure impurities in her innate divine fire, thereby allowing the innate divine fire she cultivated to transform.
By then, when she overcomes the tribulation and becomes a saint, both her foundation in the great way and her innate strength will skyrocket.
Among the geniuses who embark on the ancient road of trials, few would choose to break through in order to quickly improve their cultivation.
They are constantly consolidating the foundation, and using every possible means to consolidate the foundation.
The Fire Fairy is no exception.
When she came to the ancient cave again, she saw two other figures. They were the other two saints in this group of trial-takers besides Li Zhi.
The chanting in the cave continued, but the two saints hesitated at the entrance of the cave.
It seemed that he had already felt the danger in the ancient cave.
Finally, the two saints shook their heads at the ancient cave and left.
The terrifying fire of transformation within the ancient cave seemed to have been fueled by someone, becoming much more terrifying than the information they had gathered.
Although the sound of chanting in the ancient cave is very attractive, life is more important.
Seeing that the two saints had given up on entering the Huadao Ancient Cave, a hint of hesitation flashed in the Fire Fairy's eyes.
However, after hesitating for a long time, she walked into the Huadao Ancient Cave without hesitation.
It seems that she has cultivated a secret method that can counter the power of transformation.
After entering the ancient cave, flames rose from her body, ensuring that she would not be directly consumed by the power of transformation.
When she walked deeper into the ancient cave, she was stunned by the scene before her.
A mysterious and powerful Taoist priest was sitting on the fire of Taoism and practicing. Most of his body had been burned, and almost half of his body had turned into a skeleton.
Moreover, the essence of the Tao continued to emanate from the Taoist's body and was absorbed by the Tao Fire under him.
It seems that the Taoist is in the process of becoming a Taoist.
The Fire Fairy could clearly hear the mysterious chanting sounds coming from the Taoist's Wheel Sea and Taoist Palace.
"Who is this person? Why did he become a Taoist here?" The Fire Fairy was filled with doubts.
"Is this person alive or dead?" The Fire Fairy couldn't even judge whether Li Zhi, who was burned by the Dao Fire, was alive or dead.
However, the terrifying power of the Dao left her no extra time to explore Li Zhi's situation.
She sat down directly on an open space next to the Dao fire, and then used a secret method to draw a ray of Dao fire from the Dao fire into her body.
"Um, ah!"
The Fire Fairy instantly felt as if she was cut into pieces by a thousand knives. The extreme pain made her moan uncontrollably.
With a "boom", a ball of terrifying divine flame emerged from her body.
Then, the fire fairy's fiery red fairy clothes were burned to ashes in an instant.
The extreme pain even made her lose control of her magic power, and the divine fire in her body began to riot.
A violent fire dragon tornado immediately appeared in the ancient cave.
The mountain where the ancient cave was located began to shake, as if it was about to explode.
Li Zhi, who was being burned by the Dao fire, was instantly awakened.
Then one sees the Fire Fairy whose magic power and blood and essence are all ignited by the Fire of Transformation.
"Pro!"
Upon seeing this, Li Zhi immediately spoke out a voice to suppress the Fire Fairy.
Then he said to the Fire Fairy: "Fellow Daoist, calm your mind and follow my scriptures to practice the profound skills."
Afterwards, Li Zhi recited a passage from the ancient scripture of the Immortal Emperor's deity, which recorded a story about a phoenix rising from the ashes.
"Chirp!"
Li Zhi used the divine sound of the Tao to send the scripture directly into the Fire Fairy's heart, and used his great magic power to guide her to practice the profound skills. Then, a sound of the Red Bird's cry burst out from the Fire Fairy's body.
Then Li Zhi pushed her out of the cave.
"That was a close call. I was almost affected." After sending the Fire Fairy away, Li Zhi said to himself, not seeming to pay attention to whether his current condition was normal.
The fire fairy who was sent out of the ancient cave seemed to have turned into a red bird reborn from the fire.
The forest outside the cave was turned into a sea of fire.
It took two full days before the fire in her body was extinguished.
The pure Nanming Lihuo turned into a flame mark that appeared between her eyebrows.
After waking up, the Fire Fairy immediately understood everything that had happened before.
"Did he save me?"
After the Fire Fairy put on her fiery red fairy dress again, she came to the ancient cave and talked to herself.
"But isn't he dead?"
In the Fire Fairy's opinion, Li Zhi was already in the process of transformation and there was absolutely no possibility of him surviving.
If she entered the ancient cave again, she would find that Li Zhi at this moment was completely different from the one she saw two days ago.
The treasure's body was crystal clear, shrouded in a layer of immortal Tao rhyme, and its forehead faintly radiated the pure light of the soul.
He could let the fire of the Tao burn him without being harmed in the slightest.
Apparently after being burned by this ball of Dao fire, Li Zhi completed a transformation comparable to a complete rebirth.
(End of this chapter)