When 'God' Decides To Start Over
Chapter 137 - 97 Land of Trial

Chapter 137: Chapter 97 Land of Trial

Ye Yuzhen was so angry he almost spat blood. If he’d known, he wouldn’t have said anything. It would have been better to watch Li Xiu and the others fall.

"My cultivation isn’t up to par yet. I need to stay calm... stay calm..." Ye Yuzhen took a deep breath, but he couldn’t swallow down his frustration, his chest felt tight.

Ye Yuzhen stopped trying to take deep breaths, leaping over the pillar and continuing to follow them.

The A-level trial was much harder than the previous B-level one. Li Xiu didn’t dare lead Ah Fei and Sha Chu directly into a room anymore.

Even if he couldn’t hear any noise inside the room, Li Xiu would go in first himself to make sure there was no danger before letting Ah Fei and Sha Chu enter.

"Let me go in front," Ah Fei said to Li Xiu.

She had the Abstention Skill; in case of danger, she could directly retreat.

"No need." Li Xiu shook his head. They didn’t know how big the A-level Dark Maze was yet. He had to explore quickly, letting Ah Fei go first would be too slow.

"Sha Chu, didn’t your body glow before? Why aren’t you using it here?" Li Xiu looked at Sha Chu.

"Do you think I don’t want to use it? It doesn’t work here in the Trial Ground. You can only rely on your own skills during a trial, nothing else works. You can only use it after you leave the Trial Ground," Sha Chu sighed.

"What use is it after the Trial Ground?" Li Xiu was a bit puzzled why Ki, Demon Spirits, and Sha Chu’s abilities couldn’t be used within the Trial Ground.

Once outside the Trial Ground, it’s the domain of the Magic Armor Master; even the real Trial Takers can’t compete with the Magic Armor Master.

"Of course it’s useful. Once you’ve passed through the Trial Ground, it becomes useful," Sha Chu said.

"You’re talking about what’s behind the admission ticket?" Li Xiu asked as he walked.

"Haven’t you gone in?" Sha Chu probed.

"No, tell me, what’s behind the admission ticket?" Li Xiu didn’t plan to hide anything.

"That’s the real Land of Trial. To use an improper analogy, the Trial Ground is like a school, a place for learning and training. The Land of Trial is the real world. Without ability, entering the Land of Trial will get you beaten up."

Sha Chu paused, then continued: "I’ve only been to one Land of Trial, not that I couldn’t go to others. Every Trial Ground has a corresponding Land of Trial, and you can enter if you have the admission ticket. But no one can guarantee you’ll come out alive. The first time I entered that Land of Trial, I survived by luck, and was barely nine lives from death, so I haven’t gone to any other Land of Trial since then, even after obtaining the S-level Good and Evil Punisher, I’ve only gone to the Land of Trial I’m familiar with."

"After getting the admission ticket, how do you enter the Land of Trial?" Li Xiu asked again.

"Complete the agreement with Ki, and the Copper Lamp will naturally guide you into the Land of Trial. Once you get the contract for this Trial Ground, the next time you enter, there won’t be a contract, and the Trial Gate will be open, so you can enter directly. But I advise you not to attempt entering the Land of Trial without thorough preparation—you’ll lose your life." Sha Chu thought for a moment and added, "However, since you have so many Demon Spirits, your chances of survival should be a bit higher than the average Trial Taker."

Sha Chu continued saying, "Each Land of Trial is different, so my experience is of no use to you. The only useful information is to prepare for battling Demon Spirits."

Li Xiu understood Sha Chu’s point. Demon Spirits vary in type and have vastly different abilities, knowing just one type of Demon Spirit’s ability isn’t useful.

"If there’s a chance, I ought to go in and take a look." Li Xiu suddenly stopped; he heard a hissing sound coming from within a just-opened door.

Before Li Xiu could close the door, he smelled something fishy, as something swept in with a foul wind.

Li Xiu quickly backed away, shouting loudly, "Get out of the way, something’s rushing out."

Ah Fei and Sha Chu immediately retreated to the sides. Sha Chu was about to charge into the room but felt something bind her leg, so she immediately punched downwards.

Bang!

The fist hit the thing, feeling oily and cold. Even with such a punch, an iron plate would have been dented, but the thing didn’t release her leg; instead, it wrapped around her body, instantly making Sha Chu lose her balance and fall to the ground.

"It’s a python. I’ve been caught by a giant python," Sha Chu shouted.

Li Xiu had already heard what it was. He pushed Ah Fei into the opened room, rushing to Sha Chu’s side, using sound to locate, the Skill Brand flashed, and he struck the python’s cloacal area.

The python immediately let go. Sha Chu quickly freed herself and rushed into the room with Li Xiu, shutting the door behind them.

Ye Yuzhen had just entered this room and was startled by the raging python.

There was no time to escape; the giant python pounced swiftly.

"What the heck!" Ye Yuzhen, shocked and angry, turned to flee.

Fortunately, this time he retreated quickly enough, back to the previous room, shutting the door behind him. There was a thud, presumably the sound of the python hitting the door.

Seeing the python was more than ten meters long and frighteningly thick, Ye Yuzhen didn’t want to tangle with it and had to take a different path, no longer daring to chase Li Xiu and the others.

Li Xiu and his group moved through room after room, quickly noticing a pattern. The A-level Dark Maze was essentially built upon the B-level with additional outer layers of rooms, featuring more traps and rooms filled with venomous snakes and beasts.