Chapter 146: The Bottom of the Blood Pool
Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan, although they came quickly, the others were not slow either.
At this time, people gradually broke through the last maze and arrived at the Tianshan Terrace halfway up the mountain.
The ones rushing in the front were undoubtedly the geniuses from Sifang Pavilion. After they arrived, they did not act too arrogantly in front of Jin Shi. They took the initiative to step forward to say hello, and then stepped aside to wait.
Although they showed a certain degree of vigilance and caution towards Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan, they did not step forward to provoke them.
After all, they came here just to bathe in the Tianshan Blood Pool. Before their own interests were truly threatened, none of these geniuses were willing to be the first to take action.
Xu Haoyu also pulled Zi Yan with him and stepped aside to wait.
Several hours later, more than twenty people had arrived at the Tianshan Terrace. They were all five-star Douhuang or above and relatively young.
Although it is only the northern region of Zhongzhou, the quality of the geniuses here is already quite impressive. From this, we can see that Zhongzhou is indeed a place where geniuses gather.
At this time, the chief of the Gold-Eating Rat Clan, Jin Shi, came out and said in a dignified voice:
"The time is up. For everyone who has arrived here, we will start the next round of assessment. For those who can't even get here, they should wait until next time."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present became excited, and everyone knew that the main event was about to begin.
There are only ten places for those who can bathe in the Tianshan Blood Pool, and two of them are reserved for the Gold-Eating Rat Clan. In other words, there are more than 20 of them and they can only compete for eight places.
In the next levels, they are opponents to each other, which makes them wary of each other.
Jin Shi glanced around and said:
"Among you, only eight people will be able to obtain the quota. If you want to obtain these quotas, you need to pass through our Gold-Eating Rat Tribe's Rat Tide Sound Wave Array. Let's start now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bunch of gold-eating rats of all sizes suddenly jumped out from both sides of the staircase leading to the top of the mountain from the Tianshan Terrace. Their levels were not very high, but their numbers were quite large.
Seeing this scene, many people's faces changed slightly. The rat tide sonic array is a very difficult array. The sound waves emitted by these rats can directly attack the human body. Apart from using fighting spirit to resist, there is no other good way except to use sonic waves to fight back.
Precisely because of this understanding, these people did not go up first. Now these gold-eating rats are in perfect condition. Whoever goes up first will have to bear the most ferocious sound waves. Therefore, it is better to wait a little longer before making the challenge.
Xu Haoyu did not have this concern, and turned to Zi Yan beside him and said:
"Zi Yan, do you want to go first, or should I?"
Zi Yan raised her little face and strode out:
"I'll go first!"
Then she walked to the front of the stairs and rushed out without any preparation.
"squeak!"
At the same time, tens of thousands of gold-eating rats also began to use their powers. They made hissing sounds from their mouths. The sound waves emitted by one rat were weak, but the sound waves emitted by so many rats together, after resonance, could explode with the power of a tsunami.
Facing the sound waves that formed circles of materialized ripples in the air, Zi Yan opened her mouth and roared:
"Ouch!"
It looked very cute and seemed to have no power, but it was an extremely pure dragon roar. The pressure it contained made many mice feel frightened. The originally powerful sound waves also became chaotic, causing their power to be greatly reduced.
When it came to Zi Yan, it didn't cause any ripples at all, and she took the opportunity to quickly reach the top.
Seeing this, a group of geniuses on the Tianshan Terrace looked at Jin Shi with questioning eyes. Was he cheating? He could reach the top easily. The Rat Tide Sound Wave Array was not worthy of its name.
But Jin Shi had no time to pay attention to these people at this moment. They were not magical beasts, so they naturally did not know how powerful the suppression of this pure dragon roar was on the gold-eating rats.
"Longyin, it seems that I am right. This is either the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan or a subordinate dragon race of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan. In short, we can't afford to offend them." The challenge continued. After Zi Yan reached the top, Xu Haoyu also set off.
His figure flew out quickly and went up the stairs. The sound waves just now attacked again.
"squeak!"
Facing the sound waves, Xu Haoyu simply circulated the Dou Qi in his body, circulating it back and forth in his meridians. The surging torrent of Dou Qi offset the sound waves.
Given the strength, quality, and quantity of his fighting spirit, it was difficult for these sound waves to shake him, so he just forced his way through.
In a flash, Xu Haoyu reached the top, looked back, then withdrew his gaze without caring, and then walked towards Zi Yan's position.
Following her gaze, there was a blood-red pool of about 20 to 30 feet in size inside the volcano not far away. The blood-red liquid in the pool was filled with rich energy fluctuations.
This pool must be the Tianshan Blood Pool.
Zi Yan's eyes lit up and she said:
"This trip is worth it. I feel like taking a dip in this pool is worth taking hundreds of kinds of medicinal herbs."
Xu Haoyu also nodded, and then said meaningfully:
"Zi Yan, after we go down, let's explore the bottom of the blood pool."
Xu Haoyu knew that this Tianshan Blood Pool would gather a pool of blood-colored liquid every three years. Although it had some effect on breaking through the Dou Zong level, the effect was not that significant.
At the bottom of the Tianshan Blood Pool, there is energy accumulation left over from hundreds and thousands of years, which is what can truly allow someone to break through to the Dou Zong level 100%.
However, there is a space barrier set up by the Gold-Eating Rat Tribe, but in front of Zi Yan, I believe this space barrier will be useless.
While Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan were talking, the crowd at Tianshan Terrace halfway up the mountain was in an uproar.
How come it is so easy for others to break into the Rat Tide Sound Wave Array? Is it because they are too strong, or is the Rat Tide Sound Wave Array not worthy of its name? This has taken up two places at once.
Others did not dare to wait any longer, fearing that the remaining spots would be taken by others.
Then they rushed to break into the rat tide sonic array, but were severely beaten. The power of the sonic waves was truly terrifying.
It also made everyone understand that the ease with which Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan could break through the formation was definitely due to their own strong abilities.
In the end, only four geniuses from Sifang Pavilion, Fenglei Pavilion, Wanjian Pavilion, Huangquan Pavilion, and Xingyun Pavilion successfully broke through the rat tide sound wave array despite the consumption of their fighting spirit.
As for the others, they all fell halfway, and no one of them made it through the rat tide sound wave array.
This posed a difficult problem for Jin Shi, namely the agreement reached between their Gold-Eating Rat Clan and those powerful forces from the outside world.
That is, of the ten places to bathe in the Tianshan Blood Pool, two will go to their Gold-Eating Rat Clan, and eight will be given to the geniuses from the outside world.
Now, including Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and the four geniuses from Sifang Pavilion, there are only six people in total.
Finally, Jin Shi selected two geniuses who had gotten the farthest in the Rat Tide Sound Wave Array from among the others who had failed to pass the level. He gathered eight people, as well as two giant gold-eating rats, and waited together for the time when the energy in the Tianshan Blood Pool was the most abundant.
(End of this chapter)