novelraw Chapter 594: The Way Back
Chapter 594: The Way Back
This gave everyone there a shock.
Transcending the limits of this world? Did it mean that there was a way to go to the upper realm or even the immortal realm through the Soul Ring?
If so, then the Chu family ancestors must have sacrificed more than just a few lives.
"Who exactly are you? What kind of guardian are you?" Chu Miao felt that things were not that simple and decided to ask.
"I am just a fragment of will left behind by your ancestors. My job is to test those worthy of taking the path to transcend and assist them if qualified. I do not have a physical body, so I made one."
Everyone looked at the ten feet sandman and wondered why this couldn’t have made something less intimidating and hot.
Ye Xuan’s eyes sharpened the more he listened.
All this could only mean one thing, a connection to the Immortal Realm.
If that was the case then...
He turned to look at Chu Miao and the two exchanged understanding gazes.
They couldn’t believe that they had found a way back through the treasure left behind by the Chu family ancestors.
At this point, Chu Miao didn’t believe for a second that her reincarnation in the Chu family was coincidence or her being chosen as the master of the Soul Ring.
Everything seemed to have followed a path leading to one place...the Immortal Realm.
"So this place was never just a training ground." Qi Long muttered.
"It is a gateway," the guardian confirmed.
Just as Chu Miao and Ye Xuan had guessed.
It was really a way back.
"But only for those who are worthy." The guardian added.
Chu Hao cracked his knuckles.
"Alright, enough talking. How do we pass?"
The guardian’s burning gaze swept across all of them.
"Defeat me."
It was very simple. To become worthy of using the path in the Soul Ring to the Immortal Realm, they had to defeat the guardian.
"Of course," Pei Ming sighed. "Why did you even ask?"
The guardian raised both arms, the sand around it surged upward, forming massive pillars that twisted and condensed.
"Show me your strength."
The temperature spiked again and the air distorted violently.
Just as the others got into battle stance, Chu Miao spoke again.
"If we manage to defeat you, can we go back first to finish some business then come back and claim our reward or is there no going back?"
The guardian stopped for a moment before its lips stretched in a smile again.
"You can go back and come back at a later date. After passing, you can use this as a channel to connect the two worlds, but you cannot bring people from the other side here. This place has a set of rules and its own laws as well." The guardian replied.
Chu Miao understood that if people from the Immortal Realm came to earth, even the lowest of low in the Immortal Realm could wipe out the entire earth.
So, it was reasonable that they couldn’t come here.
"I understand. Thanks."
After that, she also got into a fighting stance to take on the guardian.
The guardian took a step forward. Unlike the scorpion that charged to attack the group, the guardian was calm.
It only took one step, but the ground around a hundred meters around them shook.
Its speed was also very deceptive. It seemed to have only taken one step and it was very slow, however, the next moment it appeared before them.
Even Chu Miao was shocked by this speed.
"Everyone, scatter." She shouted as she pulled back her brother and teleported twenty meters away from her previous spot.
The others were used to following orders, so the moment her words fell, they were like startled birds, flying in all directions.
An area of ten meters around the guardian’s foot turned into a crater.
This kind of strength was far beyond a nascent soul.
If it was before they entered the Soul Ring before the tempering of the cold zone and the desert, they wouldn’t have stood a chance against the guardian.
Li Han, who had been slower by half a heart beat was thrown backwards and slammed to the ground from the impact, spitting out blood.
With just the impact of a stomp, the guardian had managed to injure someone at the peak of the golden core.
It could be seen just how strong this guardian was.
Indeed, it wasn’t easy to enter the Immortal Realm.
Ye Xuan took the initiative to attack, just like Chu Miao had combined his spiritual energy with his superpower and could now use them freely.
So, instead of using his darkness element, he used lightning.
A massive bolt descended from the sky, striking the guardian directly.
The massive figure didn’t even bother to dodge.
CRACK!!!
The desert lit up and the impact was powerful enough to flatten dozens of meters of sand.
However, when the dust settled, the guardian was standing in the same spot without even a grain of sand missing.
Chu Miao looked at it for a while before saying, "it absorbed the attack."
"Then we need a different approach." Ye Xuan agreed immediately.
They hadn’t expected this sandman to be so difficult to deal with.
But thinking about the reward, it was indeed worth every ounce of strength spent fighting.
Just as they were wondering how to fight, the sand around them suddenly began to gather as if someone was controlling it.
It formed sharp spikes that could pierce through anything.
"Be careful." Qi Long shouted.
The spiked suddenly shot up like arrows before changing direction and targeting the group individually.
Some ran, others dodged, while others tried to block them.
However, nothing seemed to work.
The arrows were fast and relentless.
The group kept getting pushed back step by step.
"Damn it. The guardian controls the entire desert." Murong Yi cussed.
It seemed they had to find a way to fight this guardian because dodging and defending wasn’t working.