Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 308 - 105: Breaking Out of the Formation, Facing New Challenges Part 2

Chapter 308: Chapter 105: Breaking Out of the Formation, Facing New Challenges Part 2

We’ll need it to mobilize other forces to increase its ranks.

In other words, when the time comes, its illusionary power will weaken or even disappear, and that’s our chance to escape simultaneously."

Xiao Jie gave the old man another torch, two gunpowder jars, and two kerosene pots.

"These are what I brought with me. We only have one chance, and we must succeed. Follow my plan, and when you hear me shout, you light the fire."

To bring down the Array, one must light as many flames as possible in the shortest amount of time, because if it takes too long, the Array could gradually extinguish each fire point.

Luckily, he brought enough supplies for the trip, including five kerosene pots and five gunpowder jars.

It was a precaution, but unexpectedly, it came in handy.

The two spread the firewood around, placing it near about a dozen pine trees, each separated by at least fifty meters. Almost the entire area around Hermit Village was covered with fire points.

Fortunately, as long as one doesn’t wander too far from Hermit Village, one won’t be confused by the Array.

Then the two positioned themselves at opposite corners, and Xiao Jie summoned Xiong Da as well.

"Xiong Da, run south, run as far as you can!"

With a roar, Xiong Da turned and ran into the woods.

Being a living creature, once Xiong Da entered the woods, the Array would inevitably create illusions to confuse it. Although the Illusion Technique didn’t consume much Mana from the Array, every little bit of Mana saved was beneficial at this point.

Watching Xiong Da run far away, Xiao Jie switched his Kung Fu to Tiger Roar Skill and fiercely used his Combat Skills—Shock Roar!

Roar!

A Furious Roar spread far and wide, even to the elder on the other side of the village.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Jie lit the fire in front of him, then immediately called upon his Mount, and charged toward the next fire point. Because it was ignited with a torch, the fire didn’t spread quickly. By the time it started to pick up, dark clouds had begun to gather overhead, and Xiao Jie had already reached the next pine tree.

Without dismounting, Xiao Jie threw a kerosene pot directly at it, and the flames instantly blazed up.

Meanwhile, rain had started pouring down over the first burning tree.

The Array was quite responsive, Xiao Jie thought to himself, not hesitating to rush to the next pile of firewood.

Boom! Another tree was lit.

Boom boom boom! On the other side of the village, dark clouds also gathered with thunder resounding and the rain coming down.

Xiao Jie kept racing to light the fires while the old man also rushed fiercely, using his old arms and legs to their utmost, igniting the fire piles around the village one by one. In the sky, dark clouds kept gathering, clump by clump.

By the twelfth clump of dark clouds gathering, boom boom boom! Thunder resounded but no clouds appeared.

Apparently, they had run out of water.

Ha ha ha, this is promising! Xiao Jie, excited, threw out the last gunpowder jar.

As the flames soared, the sky was filled with the sound of thunder again, but it sounded like a speaker that had lost power, crackling and spluttering; no dark clouds or heavy rain followed.

As Xiao Jie rushed toward the next fire pile, he kept a close watch on his surroundings.

All of a sudden, his vision blurred, and when he looked around again, the hillocks, bizarre rocks, trenches, and hindrances were nowhere to be seen—there was only a flat pine forest.

Flames continued to rise, and the thunder in the sky was intermittent.

Xiao Jie knew the Array was trying to restart, a process that would not last long. He had to act quickly.

Turning his horse around, he shouted to the old man, "Old man, the time has come, follow me!"

"This way is correct!" the old man shouted back, pointing in the southeast direction.

"You’re running?"

The old man replied with a bitter smile, "If not now, when? I’ve realized something—what Immortal’s Treasure could be more important than one’s own life? At my age, I have no ambitions left for Immortal’s Treasure. All I want is to leave this damned place alive. Young man, it’s fortunate that we met. Let’s part ways here. If destiny allows, we’ll meet again someday." After saying this, he turned and ran into the distance, his movement technique so fast that it was almost as swift as a galloping horse.

Xiao Jie cursed to himself that the man had not yet told him where he lived or even his name, as if he was trying to avoid paying a debt.

But Xiao Jie couldn’t afford to hesitate, not knowing how long the Array would be down. He spurred his horse and galloped toward the northwest.

Five minutes later—

Xiao Jie suddenly broke into the open, finally rushing out of the Pine Forest, and immediately the strange mountains and ridges came into view—it was Konglao Mountain.

Ha ha ha, finally out!

When he looked back, he was stunned—behind him, there was no sea of pine or the sound of waves, just a hundred or so sparsely scattered pine trees, growing erratically at the bottom of a slope.

Wisps of blue smoke rose from the woods and then disappeared without a trace.

Xiao Jie couldn’t help but be taken aback. Was this... the work of an Immortal? Just a few dozen trees had trapped him for an entire day?

The old man had been trapped for over thirty years... That was indeed somewhat magical. If he could learn this Skill, tsk tsk tsk.

"Let’s see what other tricks you have up your sleeve."

Xiao Jie didn’t dwell on it any longer and turned his gaze toward Konglao Mountain before him.

What a marvelous mountain, surrounded by strange peaks, crisscrossed ridges, and adorned with unusual herbs and exotic flowers, withered vines, and ancient trees. What astonished him most was that there was a ridge on the front of the mountain that had somehow been cleanly sliced off, creating a flat, smooth stone wall about seventy to eighty meters tall and over a hundred meters wide. From a distance, it looked as though someone had chopped off a section of the mountain with a single strike of a sword.

On that smooth stone wall, however, there was a dark spot. Only as Xiao Jie approached did he realize it was a cave embedded in the cliff!

That’s right, nestled between the smooth surfaces of the wall was the entrance to a cave, dark and seemingly leading to an unknown destination.

On either side of the cave entrance, two lines of characters were carved into the stone walls.

To the left: "Cultivate the essence within Konglao Mountain."

To the right: "Comprehend the Immortal’s secrets within Heavenly Waterfall Cave."

Even though it wasn’t explicitly stated, Xiao Jie had a feeling that this must be the dwelling of an Immortal.

Could it be that the second challenge was simply to climb the mountain?

That would be far too easy.

Ordinary people might find it troublesome, but I am skilled in Mountain Climbing Skill.

Without further ado, Xiao Jie walked to the base of the cliff and activated his Mountain Climbing Skill.

"I’ll climb!"

System Prompt: Climbing failed; the current terrain does not support the use of [Mountain Climbing Skill].

Huh? What the hell? Isn’t this a mountain? Why can’t I climb it?

Xiao Jie tried several more times, but all attempts failed without exception.

He stepped back and examined it closely, and he seemed to find the reason.

Though Mountain Climbing Skill allows one to climb steep cliffs, it still requires leveraging protruding parts of the wall for support. The wall before him was as smooth as a mirror, with no footholds at all. Even goats would be helpless here, let alone his pirated version.

This doesn’t bode well. It’s a pity there are no geckos in this game; otherwise, learning a skill like Gecko Wall-Climbing might do the trick...

Since climbing was no option, he decided to try Qinggong instead.

Xiao Jie found his distance and suddenly leaped into the air.

Flying Cloud Chasing Moon—Wind Stepping!

He jumped twelve or thirteen meters high in one leap.

Flying Cloud Crossing! A somersault in mid-air and another leap, another twelve or thirteen meters.

However, he was still twenty to thirty meters away from the cave entrance.

The third segment was an aerial sprint, which could only add a little more height. Xiao Jie dashed fiercely but was still far from reaching.

Even though Xiao Jie had activated the Flying Goose Skill, doubling the effect of his Qinggong, he only managed to reach a height of about twenty-six meters, which was still some distance from the cave entrance.

When he tried to jump again, he had already exhausted his strength and began to fall.

Landing back on the ground, Xiao Jie found himself in a quandary.

Unable to climb or jump up, what was he to do?

He thought about it and reasoned there was no need to butt heads with a cliff. He could completely climb to the top from the sides of the mountain, then jump down from the top.

With this thought, Xiao Jie turned and left.

He walked alongside the cliff toward the right for a while, then turned around—huh? He was still facing the same cliff, with the cave right above him.

He tried walking to the left, turned around again, and damn, nothing changed!

No matter which way he went, he always ended up facing that cliff.

Xiao Jie thought to himself, not again?

It must be that same space-manipulating Spell from the Pine Forest earlier; it’s really troublesome for ordinary people.

It seemed that the Immortal insisted he climb this wall to pass the test. Now things were getting difficult.