The test on the third floor of the Tower of Babel is actually to help or encourage entrants to break through their own limits through strong pressure. This limit is not about overdrafting mana, but it is actually more about will.
Many people, when they think they can’t do something, often don’t really think they can’t do it.
Just like ordinary running, when a runner thinks he can't run, it doesn't actually mean he can't run. If he gives up here, then he will think that his judgment is correct and his limit is here. Every time he runs in the future, he may stop at this time and never attack further targets.
And if this runner chooses to keep running, he will find that his limit is actually far beyond that. And when you encounter this threshold next time you run, you will have more confidence to cross it.
In fact, this is the reward that people can really get after the third level of test.
The reason why Ye Zan said that the reward was swallowed by Xiao Baxia did not mean that the Yazhan with condensed mana was the reward. Rather, Xiao Baxia's behavior caused everyone to lose the opportunity to be tested and the growth of their will to break through their own limits.
Therefore, just like Ye Zan passed the second-level dream test, many things have their own gains and losses. By quickly passing the third level, they gained a certain lead among the many people who entered the tower, but they also lost the real reward of the third level.
However, there is nothing we can do about it.
After all, the current situation does not allow Ye Zan and others to follow the rules and go through layers of tests. If possible, Ye Zan is even willing to reach the ninth floor directly, and all the previous rewards can be given up.
So next, how to quickly pass the fourth level? Ye Zan asked everyone to wait for a moment, then used the jade ball to release countless electronic flies. The large number of electronic flies gathered together, like a thick black mist, and then dispersed in all directions, disappearing in the blink of an eye before everyone watched.
"What is this, Fellow Daoist Ye?" Zhang Qian and others asked in surprise. They had not seen Ye Zan use this electronic fly with their own eyes, even though in the small world, electronic flies had spread all over the continent.
"Oh, fellow Taoists, don't be surprised. These are just some Gu insects raised here. The terrain here is quite complicated, so I will let these Gu insects explore the road for me." Ye Zan explained calmly.
Although these electronic flies released by Ye Zan are very tiny individually, they have been disguised during production. On the surface, they are just tiny bugs.
Everyone had seen Ye Zan's Zerg Taoist soldiers, so they felt that Ye Zan's theory of "gu insects" was a logical thing, and no one had the resources to catch a few of them for study.
A large number of electronic flies dispersed into the cave passages everywhere, and then fed the information back to Ye Zan. In Ye Zan's case, the auxiliary chip integrated a large amount of information data, and a three-dimensional cave map was gradually drawn and formed.
After getting the complete map, Ye Zan couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, he had this detection method, otherwise this level would be really sad. This underground cave, what is "quite complicated", it should be extremely complicated. The caves, large and small, crisscross and extend in all directions, it is simply a huge underground maze.
In such an underground maze, even if the ascetic has a memory that far exceeds that of ordinary people, it will not be possible to escape in a short time. What's more, in those caves, the electronic flies also detected a large number of abnormal energy fluctuations, and there was obviously something hidden in them.
At the other end of the underground maze, in a huge space, there is an altar similar to the one before. There is also a swirling light door in the altar. Obviously, if Daozu Xuanqing had no bad taste, that should be the door to the fifth floor and the so-called "exit" of this underground maze.
"Brother Ye, how's it going?" Lin Mumu asked.
"Well, it's almost done. Everyone, please follow me." After saying this, Ye Zan raised his sword and flew towards the cave not far away.
The maze is basically not difficult as long as you have a map. After Ye Zan had the map, he quickly obtained the best route through the calculation of the auxiliary chip. This route can avoid most dangers and is also the relatively shortest route.
On the other side, on the ocean on the third floor of the tower, the few people who came here after Ye Zan and others were none other than the Nascent Soul Ancestors and Golden Pill Grandmasters of the Demonic Path.
"Didn't the old ghost of blood flames come here first? Why can't he be seen?" A man wearing a black cloak, wrapping his whole body tightly, looked at the space and said in an extremely hoarse voice .
"Then the old ghost couldn't have passed by first." Another Nascent Soul Ancestor wearing a green robe guessed.
"Hmph, we have already agreed that we should all act together. He simply doesn't take us seriously by doing this!" Another Nascent Soul Ancestor wearing a blue Taoist robe said very dissatisfied.
"Okay, let him take one step first. If there is no me waiting on the fourth floor, how can he still get through alone?" The green-robed Nascent Soul Ancestor persuaded, but he was obviously worried about that person. The people of the Blood Demon Sect were also quite dissatisfied.
"Hmph, let's see how he explains it to us after we meet!" the green-robed Yuanying Ancestor said bitterly.
The green-robed Nascent Soul Ancestor shook his head helplessly, raised his eyes and looked around, and suddenly said strangely: "Fellow Taoists, have you ever felt that it seems to be very hot around here?"
"Who knows, just let it be hot!" Others said indifferently. No one could have thought that the old ghost with blood flames they were talking about had turned into dust in this space, and this abnormal temperature was the aftermath of turning it into fly ash.
At this moment, I saw waves suddenly rising on the sea surface, as if a pot had been boiled. Immediately afterwards, a Jizhen emerged from the sea from below, facing the demonic crowd and let out a deafening roar, which made the whole space buzz.
"Alas!" The man wrapped in the cloak sighed when facing this scornful man, and then said: "Old ghost Xuanqing is really hateful. I, the great protector of the White Bone Sect, actually have to endure the pain even after his death. Such humiliation!”
It turned out that, just as Ye Zan and others had guessed, this skeleton Yaizhen came from the White Bone Sect. At that time, he was the great protector of the White Bone Sect, and his status was second only to the White Bone Demon Lord and the White Bone Lady. However, this skeleton Yaizi did not wait for the battle between good and evil ten thousand years ago, but disappeared long ago.
However, no one thought at that time that the skeleton Yajue was actually suppressed by Xuanqing Daozu. They only thought that there was some problem within the White Bone Sect that caused it to leave the sect and disappear.
"Friend Li Dao, it's better not to sigh, we have to pass this level as soon as possible." The old man in green robe urged.
"Forget it, please forgive me for being disrespectful today!" As he spoke, the man wrapped in the cloak stretched out his white bone palm, holding a drop of dark red blood on his palm.
The dark red blood droplets suddenly flew into the air, and then fell towards the ridge on the sea. Yaizhen, who was roaring and about to rush towards the Demon Dao people, became frozen there as if he had been hit by a immobilization spell after the blood drop appeared. Then, it almost didn't move at all, just letting the blood droplets fall on its forehead.
As soon as the two came into contact, the dark red blood droplets quickly poured into Yazui's skull, and in the blink of an eye, Yazui's huge skeletal body was dyed with a light red.
"Broken!" The man wrapped in the cloak shouted softly.
Looking at the Yaizhen again, it looked like a sand sculpture that suddenly collapsed and merged with the sea water.
"Let's go." The man wrapped in the cloak said to everyone and descended towards the sea.
Not long after, everyone dived to the bottom of the sea and came to the altar where Ye Zan and others entered, and then plunged into the whirlpool of light without hesitation. But what was different was that as the group of people left, no new eyes appeared on the altar. Only a faint red light loomed in the sea water on the altar.
And not long after the Demon Dao people left, a light door opened again in the sky, and a group of people filed out of the light door. This group of people is the team of Taoist Palace and Freemasonry, and their respective leaders are Cheng Liangqi and Qiao Ronghua.
However, after coming out of the light door, both Cheng Liangqi and Qiao Ronghua looked extremely ugly.
"Sure enough, as Fellow Daoist Ye said, that group of people are the real demons! I just regret that I was a step too late and failed to catch up with that group of demons, otherwise we will have to pay with their blood!" Cheng Liangqi said bitterly.
Obviously, after passing the dream test, Cheng Liangqi, Qiao Ronghua and others saw the bodies of the golden elixir masters from the Taoist Palace and the Freemasonry. Those headless corpses had not only the blood drained from their bodies, but also their golden elixirs. Such a heinous and brutal method has never been seen by cultivators in their small world.
"So what if we catch up? Didn't your Dao Palace fight with them outside the tower?" Qiao Ronghua said coldly.
When the Mo Dao group first came, Dao Gong tried to stop them, and they had a brief fight. However, that encounter caused the Dao Palace to suffer a lot. The Coiling Dragon Golden Seal of the two Protector of the Country was stained and almost turned into scrap. That is to say, the Demon Dao group is eager to enter the tower, otherwise if there is a big fight, the Dao Palace side may suffer even greater losses.
"You Freemasons also lost their lives in their hands. Don't you have any desire to seek justice for them?" Cheng Liangqi said very dissatisfied.
Qiao Ronghua mocked Cheng Liangqi for not overestimating his capabilities, and Cheng Liangqi immediately retaliated, implying that Qiao Ronghua was cold-blooded and ruthless. Although the people from this palace and the Freemasonry may seem to be working together, they have been fighting for thousands of years. It is not that easy to work together.
Qiao Ronghua glanced at the other party and said expressionlessly: "If you want to seek justice for them, you can't just rely on words. You also have to see whether you have the ability."
"What, from what you hear, does Fellow Daoist Qiao have this ability?" Cheng Liangqi said with great disdain. Not to mention the overall strength, just in terms of the strength of the two teams in front of him, the Freemasonry was far inferior to the Taoist Palace. He didn't believe that Qiao Ronghua really had that ability.
"I don't have much ability, but if we can join forces with Fellow Daoist Ye and the others, I believe that with our combined strength, we may not be able to deal with that group of demons." Qiao Ronghua said lightly.
It turns out that Qiao Ronghua had this idea! When Cheng Liangqi heard this, although he didn't say anything, he agreed with it in his heart. After all, he had witnessed with his own eyes the battle between Ye Zan and Guo Zhenyang. Ye Zan could deal with opponents who were even half a step into the soul. Could it be that he still couldn't deal with this group of demons
"I've been here for so long, why don't I see anything unusual? How do you want me to get past this level?" Cheng Liangqi did not follow Qiao Ronghua's words, but changed the topic to the situation he was facing.
"Indeed, this seems a bit too peaceful!" Qiao Ronghua was also quite puzzled.
The group of them passed through the light door and came to this space. Although the time has not been long, it is definitely not short. According to general experience, something should come out at this time, or people should always know what to do.
"Look over there, the sea surface seems to be a little different." Another protector mage in the Tao Palace team suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted.
Everyone looked over there. At first glance, they couldn't see anything, but upon closer inspection, they found that there was something unusual. There seemed to be a faint red light on that sea surface, which did not dissipate despite the fluctuations of the sea water.
"Let's go over there and have a look." Cheng Liangqi said.
Soon, the group of people arrived over the sea and found that the faint red light seemed to come from under the sea. Everyone hesitated for a moment, and then they each used the secret to avoid water. Under the leadership of Cheng Liangqi and Qiao Ronghua, they dived towards the bottom of the sea.
"Is this level so simple?"
Cheng Liangqi, Qiao Ronghua and others discovered the altar on the seabed without any surprise. Looking at the whirlpool of light in it, they couldn't believe their eyes.
In the previous two levels, although they did not know Taoist Xuanqing or the significance of the tower's existence, they could more or less guess what exactly was to test the entrants. But is this level just a test of one’s eyesight? Or are you trying to test whether you are proficient in this water avoidance technique
But no matter what, since they are here, there is no other way for everyone except to jump into the whirlpool of light. So, under the leadership of Cheng Liangqi and Qiao Ronghua, everyone from the Taoist Palace and the Freemasons jumped into the whirlpool of light.
At this time, in the underground maze on the fourth floor, Ye Zan and others had arrived at the exit and stood in front of the departing altar.
"This is too easy!"
Zhang Qian and others couldn't believe it. They didn't expect that this level would go so smoothly. They came here with almost no pauses along the way, and the battles they encountered were hardly battles. As a result, their mood at the moment was exactly the same as when Cheng Liangqi and others stood in front of the altar on the third floor. (To be continued.)