I Can See Your Combat Power

Chapter 781: Chapter Seventy-Five: Altar of Aquatics

Tang Luo was a very amiable person. To put it accurately, as long as there were no conflicts of interest, kindness was his way of dealing with others. His slightly passive personality also made him reluctant to stir up trouble.

But not wanting to cause trouble didn’t mean he was afraid of it. As a member of the Longxi Group, if Li Xuanba and Cui Haoran were bullied outside, he, as a captain, would definitely stand up for them. Therefore, after a brief treatment, the four from Longxi followed the light source and headed deeper into the cave.

The cave was incredibly spacious, enough for more than ten people to walk side by side, but as they went deeper, the entrance narrowed down to accommodate only two people.

Both Tang Luo and Li Xuanba were burly men. They had to stoop to walk when the passage became narrower, which was quite uncomfortable. After taking a few hundred more steps, thespace expanded once again.

The group arrived at a cavern junction and encountered the first crossroad. They stopped.

“Something doesn’t feel right.” Staring at the four separate entrance tunnels, Xiao Ziyu suddenly spoke, “Nearly two hundred people entered the cave. Although we were the last to enter, there should have been some noise or traces. But we’ve come this far, and it seems like the people who entered earlier have all disappeared. It’s strange.”

“Ziyu, you’re always spooked by your own shadow. What’s so strange about this? Maybe everyone was so scared of the captain that they moved quickly. That’s perfectly normal. What annoys me is that we don’t know which tunnel the Liu family members entered,” Li Xuanba, crossing his arms, looked troubled as he gazed at the four tunnels.

“It still feels wrong to me. What do you think?” Xiao Ziyu didn’t buy Li Xuanba’s explanation. He turned to Tang Luo for his opinion.

“This tunnel… something’s not right.” Tang Luo pointed to the several entrance tunnels and said to the three, “Even if these people did move quickly out of fear, any noise should have carried far in such a quiet cave. But I don’t hear any footsteps from any of these four tunnels.”

Everyone in Longxi knew of Tang Luo’s extraordinary auditory abilities, so hearing his words sent a chill through the hearts of the three Longxi members.

Cui Haoran discreetly moved a step closer and whispered, “So, Captain, which way should we go?”

“We backtrack.” Tang Luo glanced at the four tunnels then turned around to leave.

The other three Longxi members exchanged glances and hurriedly followed.

Following their original path and passing through the familiar narrow passageway, the path they came from vanished and replaced by a cavern with four branched paths, causing everyone to be taken aback.

“The Martial Saint Mountain wouldn’t leave such a huge loophole at the second stage, it makes sense.” Tang Luo saw the branched paths that had not been there before and confirmed his guess. He told his companions, “Let’s split up. This second stage is an individual trial. If we continue to stick together, these branched paths will appear endlessly.”

After saying that, he opened a bag full of jade coins, counted out two hundred and ten and handed them to Li Xuanba and Cui Haoran, bringing their total jade coin count to three hundred each.

From the setup in Martial Saint Mountain, it could be seen that though the number of jade coins was important, the more wasn’t always the better. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have given the same amount to every disciple participating in the second stage.

Although he did not know the reasons behind this, as a representative of Longxi Group, Tang Luo did not want his teammates to be disadvantaged.

Ignoring the two’s reactions, Tang Luo pointed at the tunnels and said, “The rest of the way, you’ll have to rely on yourselves. Remember, you are the future of Longxi. If you encounter danger you can’t handle, use the jade coin to escape immediately. The Martial Saint Mountain holds the Martial Arts Conference every three years. There is no need for you to do anything reckless. Understand?”

After a brief explanation, each of them chose a tunnel and began the actual second stage of the Martial Arts Conference.

Just as Tang Luo had predicted, as soon as he entered the far-left tunnel, he could no longer hear any sound from the three Longxi members he had just separated from. Looking back, the path he came from was sealed off and looked natural as if the separation at the branched paths was an illusion.noveldrama

“Using a mountain as a battle formation, impressive,” Tang Luo chuckled softly, shook his head, and headed towards the light source.

Although the light source seemed very far away, it appeared before his eyes after only a few dozen steps, revealing its true form.

“This is really…” Tang Luo walked around the Spirit Realm Gate, looked at the sealed path he came from, tilted his head back and said to the empty cavern, “Impressive.”

After obtaining the secrets of the Minor Spiritual Realm treasury, the Tang Clan was no longer completely ignorant of the top secrets of many continents, at least they knew why the Martial Saint Mountain had settled in this barren Longzhou during ancient times and took the Kunwu Divine Mountain as their practice field.

If the Longzhou natural resources were divided into ten portions, Kunwu would have half, Longzhou, Chuanyuan, and Yancang would each have one, while the remaining five continents would share two parts.

Minor Spiritual Realms, which were treasures other sects sought after, were nothing more than a training ground for the Martial Saint Mountain. Although Tang Luo knew this was only a show of power, since even the Human Race sacred place, no matter how abundant their resources, could not possibly take a Minor Spiritual Realm for granted, it was still intimidating.

Shaking his head, Tang Luo casually stepped into the Spirit Realm Gate. After a bout of dizziness, he found himself in a forest with a stone altar beside him. The altar was surrounded by jewels and crystals, clearly, it had been used for sacrifices recently.

“Wasn’t the practice of offering sacrifices ended by the human race after the final Divine Dynasty fell?” Tang Luo rubbed his chin, puzzled, “Could it be that the Martial Saint Mountain still retains the custom of offering sacrifices to the heavens?”

With his doubts, Tang Luo ascended the altar, interested to see who the Martial Saint Mountain was worshiping. He searched around but couldn’t find any statue or title that represented a god. There was only a deep blue symbol, subtly glowing.

This profound symbol seemed alive, pulsating with boundless vitality. It evoked feelings of contentment and abundance, purifying the whole being.

Once Tang Luo laid eyes on it, he couldn’t look away, as if bewitched by the symbol.

“Who are you? Why are you standing on the Sacred Altar!”

A sudden shout from behind jolted Tang Luo out of his trance, bringing him back to reality. He was about to turn around when he heard a sharp whistling sound.

Hundreds of ice pillars, flashing with chilling light, whizzed towards him. Tang Luo turned around without changing expression, waved his hand, and the Heavenly Dragon’s Shadow shattered all the ice columns into ice shards.

Just as he was about to explain his origins, he found that the ice shards hadn’t fallen but were swirling in the air, moving towards him like countless knife blades.

“Interesting.” Tang Luo thought to himself. Typically, once a Spirit Art was shattered and the spirit-locked form was broken, it would turn into basic elemental energy and return to the world quickly. This kind of second strike was a very advanced martial arts realm, only a Dao Realm powerhouse could do such a thing. But looking at the young man under the altar…

He appeared to be in his early twenties, and the spiritual energy within his body seemed to be only at 7759 levels?