Chapter 560: Chapter 236: Out of the Mist Forest, a New Record!

The ancient forest, shrouded in mist, seems impossible to escape from. Negative emotions accumulate, causing one to gradually become immersed and unable to extricate themselves.

“How strange!”

Noticing something amiss, Luo Cheng immediately activated his sword intent to suppress all negative emotions within his heart. At the same time, he released his soul power to carefully sense his surroundings.

Soon, Luo Cheng discovered the clue.

Through the perception of soul power, he realized that the surrounding fog and haze kept shifting, influenced by the bizarre aura, forming a distorted force field that blurred one’s perception!

Even if it seemed like walking in a straight line, a deviation would gradually appear.

This deviation was so subtle as to be almost undetectable, but as long as one walked far enough, the deviation would grow infinitely!

It was undoubtedly terrifying; if one couldn’t detect this, no matter how hard they ran, they’d just be circling within the forest, never able to get out!

“No wonder it’s called the Mist Forest!”

Luo Cheng murmured to himself.

Now that he had discovered this, getting out wouldn’t be difficult.

He just needed to slowly sense, find the pattern of the deviation, and continuously correct it to ensure he was walking a straight line. Sooner or later, he’d be able to get out.

However, Luo Cheng felt that this approach was too time-consuming.

He had already boasted about competing for the top three spots. If he couldn’t achieve it, everyone would undoubtedly look down on him, considering him a joke. Especially Qi Yue and others would likely seize this opportunity to add insult to injury, saying who knows what unpleasant words.

Luo Cheng not only needed to get out.

He also had to get out in the fastest way possible!

“Looks like I’ll have to rely on soul power!”

Taking a deep breath, Luo Cheng calmed his mind and closed his eyes, fully activating his soul power.

Golden waves surged within his sea of consciousness, with powerful soul power radiating from his brow.

Due to the influence of the colorful fog and haze, his soul power was greatly restricted.

Even with Luo Cheng’s strength in soul power, it could only extend a little over two hundred meters, barely covering half of the area outside.

“Two hundred meters! That’s enough!”

Luo Cheng opened his eyes.

Soul power surpasses the five senses, an extraordinary force. In the perception of soul power, nothing can hide, not affected by the distorted force field.

This means that within these two hundred meters, Luo Cheng could ensure his direction was without deviation!

The entire Mist Forest was only a few miles wide, which is just dozens of two hundred-meter segments.

“Alright, let’s begin!”

Taking a deep breath, Luo Cheng once again fully activated his soul power to the limit, using the farthest point as an anchor.

Whizz!

With several leaps, Luo Cheng reached the anchor point, releasing soul power again to determine he was moving in a straight line, then identified the next anchor point and continued to dart forward.

He repeated this process.

Once!

Ten times!

Twenty times!

Every time he established an anchor point, determined the route, Luo Cheng grew increasingly adept, nearly marking the next anchor point as soon as he reached one, without the slightest pause, his speed blazing!

Finally, when Luo Cheng set the sixty-seventh anchor point, the colorful mist gradually thinned, leaving only a faint layer.

Through the fog, a towering mountain peak faintly appeared standing ahead!

It was none other than the Zang Mountain at the island’s center!

“Haha! I’m out!”

Gazing up at Zang Mountain, Luo Cheng was overjoyed.

“I wonder if Yu Lanxin and the others have passed through the Mist Forest.”

Luo Cheng mused in his heart.

He estimated that from the moment they set foot on the island, a little more than half an incense stick’s time had passed.

Granted, he did take some time at the beginning, so Luo Cheng wasn’t sure which place he ranked in passing through the Mist Forest.

After all, the Luoxia Sect disciples were more familiar with such trials, giving them a certain advantage.

“Never mind! Even if I’m behind now, I can strive to catch up when climbing Zang Mountain! No matter what, I must make it to the top three!”

Luo Cheng stopped overthinking, quickened his pace, and charged towards Zang Mountain.

The rocky platform.

The vortex water mirror suspended in mid-air reflected the entire scene of the small island, shrouded in mist.

All the participating disciples had entered the Mist Forest. Due to the mist and haze, people couldn’t see past it and could only wait patiently.

All the elders from the Luoxia Sect present were in heated discussion.

The focus of the discussion naturally was on which disciple could be the first to pass.

The most popular one was undoubtedly Yu Lanxin.

As the senior sister of the Luoxia Sect’s inner sect, Yu Lanxin’s strength was unquestionable, reaching the peak of the Ninth Layer of Awakening Vein Realm, just one step away from advancing to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and becoming an Earth Level Great Power! Moreover, she comprehended eighty percent of the Perfect Sword Intent, deserving the first place!

The other top ten disciples were mentioned, but very rarely.

There were even mentions of Yan Qingshuang, who awakened the Nine-star Sword Martial Soul, a born top-notch swordsman. With spiritual self-generated sharpness, she could pierce through illusions, destroy heart demons, giving her a significant advantage in the Mimeng Zang Mountain challenge!

Elder Lin withdrew his gaze and looked towards Yin Li, “Yin Li, when you participated in the Mimeng Zang Mountain challenge, it took you only four incense sticks of time in total. How long did it take you to pass through the Mist Forest?”

Yin Li took a sip of fragrant tea and said, “Not quick, almost one and a half incense sticks’ time.”

“Haha, passing through the Mist Forest in less than one and a half incense sticks is the fastest record in our sect for nearly a hundred years, and you say it’s not fast? You’re too modest.”

Usually stern, Elder Lin had a smile on his face now.

Other elders also nodded in praise.

Yin Li was the most gifted among all the Luoxia Sect disciples, on par with Yun Mengli of the Xuanyuan Sect’s recent rise in prominence, likely to take over the position of Sect Master of Luoxia Sect in the future!

Yin Li lightly parted her red lips: “I was also lucky back then, cultivating Heavenly Cold Power. Upon discovering I was trapped in the Mist Forest, I used Heavenly Cold Power to shut off my five senses, relying on intuition to stumble out. If not for the Heavenly Cold Power, it wouldn’t have been so easy to get out.”

“When trapped in the Mist Forest, one’s negative emotions amplify, leading to loss of sense of direction and judgment, even breakdown and self-abandonment! To think of sealing off the five senses with Heavenly Cold Power so quickly is quite commendable indeed.”

Elder Lin chuckled, his cloudy eyes glancing at the vortex water mirror, “I wonder if Yu Lanxin can pass through the Mist Forest within two incense sticks this time…”

Like most, Elder Lin believed that in this test, Yu Lanxin would undoubtedly be the first to pass the Mist Forest.

Just as the words left her mouth.

A faint shadow suddenly appeared in the mist reflected in the vortex water mirror.

“Huh, it looks like someone has walked out of the Mist Forest!”

Someone shouted.

“Impossible, it’s been less than half an incense stick since entering the Mist Forest! Even Yu Lanxin couldn’t be this fast.”

Someone immediately denied it.

However, their voice was soon drowned out by exclamations and gasps.

In the vortex water mirror, the faint silhouette quickly moved out of the foggy zone of the Mist Forest, becoming clearer!

“Hiss! Someone really walked out of the Mist Forest!”

“This… this… this is too fast! Just over half an incense stick’s time! Back in the day, Senior Sister Yin Li took a full one and a half incense sticks to pass through the Mist Forest!”

“Who is it? Is it Yu Lanxin?”

Everyone stared at the figure in the vortex water mirror, their eyes wide with shock, exclamations and gasps blending together!

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