Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 372 - 68: Something’s Off, I Am the Strongest in This World
Chapter 372: Chapter 68: Something’s Off, I Am the Strongest in This World
If Yan Yu knew what had happened to Xie Ruoxi, he would certainly have exclaimed:
“This beautiful good-for-nothing, I was not attentive for a moment, and actually let you do such a big thing alone!”
But he had no mind to think about the outside world at this time, because he, Ye Jun, Su Yunjin, and Lin Ning, all four of them, were trapped in this level of the Mysterious Realm.
“…So, the content of the last level was roughly these.” Ye Jun, in the form of a skylark, detailed the specifics of the Asura level to Yun Jin and Ningning, so that when they subsequently entered the Asura level, it was as if they came with their own guide, which would make clearing the level much faster.
“How nice.” Lin Ning couldn’t help but sigh, “Although the Asura level is tough to fight, at least there’s a target to deal with. But in this level, we simply have no idea where to start, not even a direction for solving it.”
Yan Yu also became contemplative, continuing to organize the available intelligence in his mind:
...
From high above, this place should be a valley, surrounded by mountain ranges.
Yun Jin and Ningning had run a circle around the perimeter of the valley and confirmed there were no caves for exit; the method to break through was within this valley.
However, while Yan Yu and Ye Jun were tackling the previous level, the two of them had also thoroughly searched the interior of the valley and had not found any suspicious places.
Apart from the river that cut through the middle of the valley, and the small lake to the south, the remaining ground was covered only with various woody and herbaceous plants. Lin Ning even braved her natural aversion to getting her fur wet inherent to leopard cats and dived into the rivers and lakes to search for clues, only to come up with nothing in the end.
“…Surely we are not expected to examine every single tree in detail,” Su Yunjin said with a sigh.
“Impossible,” Yan Yu flatly denied, “Every trial in a Mysterious Realm has a plausible intent behind it. If the Asura level tests our ability to handle faction wars, then what does searching trees in this level test? Our grasp of botany?”
“Could it be observational skills?” Lin Ning speculated.
“I have confidence in your observational skills,” Yan Yu said, “If even with your meticulous observations you can’t find any clues in this Mysterious Realm, then that means the clue for passing the level is definitely not on the surface of the environment.”
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No sooner had his voice fallen than the white fox Yun Jin and the leopard cat Ningning simultaneously narrowed their eyes, showing comfortable expressions with a slight hint of smugness.
However, seeing animals displaying such anthropomorphized expressions still felt a bit odd.
Yan Yu hopped a few times on the ground and continued:
“Anyway, we should think of some other method…”
Before he could finish speaking, a warm breath suddenly came from behind him—something had apparently snatched him up.
“Sorry,” Lin Ning released her grip quickly, shuffling the Yan Yu in his swallow form between her two front legs and communicated telepathically, “Seeing you hop around made me unable to resist playing with you.”
Yan Yu: ………
“Ningning, you can’t do that,” Su Yunjin came over, using her front leg to nudge Yan Yu in front of her, “You can’t bully the leader in his little swallow form.”
Yan Yu: ………
“Enough already,” he said, quite helplessly, “Becoming animals is not for fun, having no defense at all. If we encounter carnivorous beasts, Ye Jun and I could fly away, but what about you?”
“I can climb trees,” Lin Ning said.
“Then I’ll burrow,” Su Yunjin added.
“But when we searched the valley before, we also encountered some animals with rather strange behaviors,” Lin Ning suddenly recalled, “Like squirrels, frogs, and sparrows, gathered together chirping, croaking, and twittering.”
“We speculate they might be Transcendents from abroad,” Su Yunjin said worriedly, “So we didn’t dare to approach them.”
“Wait, squirrels, frogs, and sparrows?” Ye Jun suddenly thought of something, “All small animals? So this level isn’t about us killing each other, otherwise, it should be set with beasts.”
“Exactly,” Yan Yu said, “Ye Jun and I are both birds and can’t go underwater, so the way to pass definitely isn’t underwater. Yun Jin can’t climb trees, so it surely isn’t in the trees.”
Su Yunjin’s fox face drooped slightly, seemingly a tad unhappy, as she continued telepathically:
“So it’s not underwater, not in the trees; thus, it must be near the ground, right?”
“Not necessarily,” Yan Yu said, “The ground is the most obvious place, but haven’t you still found no clues?”
The two birds and two beasts sat facing each other, all at their wit’s end.
Ye Jun flapped her wings, hopped onto the fox head of Su Yunjin, and said,
“Could it be that we have to wait for a certain moment when the level will suddenly change and provide the clues for passing through?”
“That’s a possibility, but not a big one,” Yan Yu said, “The challenges of the Secret Realm of Lígōng are about permutations and combinations, and everyone enters at different times. If clues only appeared at fixed times, then anyone entering the Secret Realm after the clues had appeared would waste less time compared to other challengers, which would be obviously unfair… Lin Ning, what are you doing!”
Lin Ning had been stealthily getting up and circling to the back, trying to sneak up on Ye Jun perched atop Su Yunjin’s head. Hearing this, she immediately lay down and said,
“Nothing, I just can’t sit still, just walking around.”
“If I were the designer of this level,” Ye Jun summarized, “since you’ve all turned into animals, it’s unlikely you would fight each other, and you’d surely be exploring the Mysterious Realm.”
“After you’ve explored the whole map and found nothing, you’d definitely find a place to stay and then think or discuss strategies with each other. Of course, without any clues, you wouldn’t be able to come up with any strategy, so you can only wait for time to progress to a certain moment when suddenly… the clue appears.”
“Wait.” Yan Yu suddenly said, “What did you just say? Say it again.”
“I said, without any clues, it’s impossible to come up with any strategies,” Ye Jun repeated.
“Before that.”
“After finding nothing, find a place to stay?”
“Yes,” Yan Yu said, “If we are to find a place to wait, what would everyone do?”
“Different animals would do different things,” Lin Ning said, “If it’s a cat, it would probably lie down or wander around.”
“No, it’s not about the animals, what the Captain is talking about is ‘something that everyone would do,'” Secretary Su, ever so meticulous, pondered for a moment then suddenly said, “Cultivate?”
“First, let’s see if we can cultivate,” Yan Yu said.
So the four creatures each closed their eyes to rest and began circulating their cultivation techniques.
Yan Yu herself entered tranquility and silently started performing the String-Pulling Technique, only to find that even in her bird body, the True Yuan flowed without hindrance.
As she was circulating her energy through her meridians, she suddenly heard what seemed to be celestial music and voices singing, but the sound was too faint to make out.
“Someone’s singing!” Ye Jun suddenly opened her eyes, excitedly saying, “And it sounds pretty good.”
“Magnificent is the Palace of Seven Treasures, naturally producing lotus flowers,” Su Yunjin also transmitted her voice, “The lyrics have quite the ambiance.”
“I heard a line: Shining flow illuminates the dark void, an army conquers ten thousand demons,” Lin Ning added.
“Magnificent is the Palace of Seven Treasures, naturally producing lotus flowers~ Brightly opening night’s radiance, vaguely illuminating the Divine Household~” Ye Jun started twittering and singing.
Yan Yu:………
Why am I the only one who can’t hear it clearly?
The group continued circulating their energy and discussing the mysterious lyrics, becoming more convinced that this was the key to passing this part of the Secret Realm.
Only Yan Yu kept not being able to make out what was sung, feeling an urge to scratch her head in frustration, but as a swallow, she had no hands, only wings, so while she was fretting about this, suddenly she saw the white fox Yun Jin turn into a white light and vanish.
Did she pass the level? Move to the next one?
Before Yan Yu could react, she saw both the leopard cat Ningning and the skylark Ye Jun also disappear.
Fuck!
Why is it suddenly just me left?!
Damn it, I’m supposed to be the strongest in this world!
