Chapter 249 - 249 A Competition Among Heroes
Lu Ziling shook her head and denied it.
“Little Lu isn’t that kind of person.”
“Alright,” he said. Lu Ziling’s teammate shrugged and asked, “So are we still going to find him now?”
Lu Ziling pondered for a moment and said, “Let’s not look for him for the time being. He has his path to walk, so let him walk it himself.”
Everyone nodded and returned to the camp.
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It was nighttime when a loud noise suddenly came from the sky. The entrances of the stigma secret realm, big and small, flashed and gradually opened.
The originally quiet camps of the hunter universities were suddenly filled with noise, and all the powerful monsters were ready to attack.
However, in the face of unknown danger, everyone subconsciously began to act in a wretched manner.
“What’s there to be afraid of? We’ll be the vanguard.” Lin Feng’s fighting spirit was high, and his eyes were burning with a bright light.
Everyone nodded in unison and flew directly to the nearest entrance. Wang Zining led the team and followed closely behind.
The other powerhouses from the hunter universities looked at each other when they saw this.
“We can’t let a kept man steal the limelight. Let’s go too!”
After saying that, the experts from all the hunter universities entered.
In the camp of Chang’an Hunter University, Yang Ke learned that Lu Benwei and Wang Zining had entered the stigma secret realm first, and a cunning smile appeared on his face.
“You guys go in first, I’ll let you be proud for a while. When the time is right, Lu Benwei, Wang Zining, let’s settle our old and new grudges together!”
After that, Yang Ke waved his hand and summoned all the experts from Chang’an Hunter University. He then whispered something to them.
On the other side, Lu Benwei’s team and Wang Zining’s team appeared in the stigma secret realm at the same time.
The secret realm was extremely vast, and it seemed to be many times larger than the Chaotic Battlefield. One of the mountains caught everyone’s attention.
“What’s that?” even the experienced Chu Yan pointed at the mountain and exclaimed in surprise.
The mountain they saw seemed to have been cut by god with a knife. It was divided into nine levels, and each level was suspended in the air. There seemed to be another world hidden between each level.
“The Nine-story Treasure Mountain.”
Wang Zining’s faint voice attracted everyone’s attention.
After a moment of silence, Wang Zining said, “The stigma secret realm is a secret realm with complete laws. The things inside aren’t comparable to the small secret realms we have explored before. This Nine-story Treasure Mountain is one of the trials in the stigma secret realm.”
At the same time, the powerhouses from various universities who had arrived behind them also noticed this strange Nine-story Treasure Mountain.
The Nine-story Treasure Mountain was originally nameless. However, because of its strange characteristics, it was named as such.
“There are different treasures on every level. As long as you defeat the enemies on that level, you can obtain them. But there’s no stigma there so it means it’s not our target.”
Hearing Wang Zining’s words, everyone lost interest in the Nine-story Treasure Mountain.
After all, their main purpose in coming to the stigma secret realm was to get the three-rune stigma.
Everyone was about to leave when Lu Benwei suddenly felt a sense of reluctance. He felt that something was calling him from the Nine-story Treasure Mountain.
Lu Benwei was surprised and activated his Eye of Insight.
[Nine-story Treasure Mountain]
[A treasure land in the stigma secret realm in the Chaotic Battlefield. There are different treasures on every level. As long as you defeat the enemies on the corresponding level, you can obtain the treasures.]
[Each person can only challenge one level and can only challenge it once.]
The information obtained by the Eye of Insight was the same as what Wang Zining said.
However, the next second, Lu Benwei’s pupils shrank when he read the treasures on the Nine-story Treasure Mountain.
[Ninth level of the Nine-story Treasure Mountain: Ice Lotus]
[Ice Lotus]
[A lotus flower that grows under extreme cold and ice. It is a top-grade treasure in the world and can effectively suppress the backlash of fire.]
Suppress the backlash of the flame…
Lu Benwei was shocked. The memories of Lu Ziling’s divine fire kept surging in his mind. This Ice Lotus was a supreme treasure that could suppress a fire. Lu Benwei vowed to obtain it!
Then, Lu Benwei rose into the air and flew straight to the ninth level of the Nine-story Treasure Mountain!
“Chu Yan, take Lin Feng and the rest to explore the stigma secret realm. There’s a treasure on the ninth floor of the mountain that I want. I must get it!” Lu Benwei’s voice could be heard in every corner of the stigma secret realm.
Everyone heard this and laughed mockingly.
“There’s no stigma on this Nine-story Treasure Mountain, so what’s there to take such a big risk for?”
“And only one person can enter each floor. Can Lu Benwei clear the floor without Wang Zining’s help?”
“I guess the next person will be to collect his corpse.”
On the other side, Chu Yan heard Lu Benwei’s voice and turned to the crowd. “Let’s not worry about him for now. Let’s go find the stigma first.”
Everyone was very confident in Lu Benwei’s strength and believed that it would not be long before he obtained the ninth floor’s treasure.
In addition, some geniuses from first-rate universities thought that they could not get the three-rune stigma, so they set their eyes on the Nine-story Treasure Mountain.
A moment later, Lu Benwei officially stepped into the ninth level of the mountain. The moment his feet touched the ninth floor, Lu Benwei felt a chill from his feet to his head. At the same time, a thick layer of frost immediately condensed on his body.
“Is the test starting now?”
Lu Benwei’s shoulder trembled and shattered the frost.
...
“Ka!”
After a crisp sound, Lu Benwei broke the frost and used the Eye of Insight to see the information on the ninth floor. Sure enough, it was just as Lu Benwei had expected! The ninth level’s test was the Ice Lotus itself.
This heavenly treasure had intelligence, and its strength was no less than a level-50 magical monster.
In front of him, the Ice Lotus had turned into an ice man. His body was covered in frost, and his face was cold.
“Human, pay for your greed!”
After saying that, the Ice Lotus activated the dense frost elements on the ninth floor, forming ice arrows. Tens of thousands of arrows shot out at the same time, densely covering the sky!
Lu Benwei activated his two origin level bloodlines, and his blood boiled. No cold energy could invade his body. Then, he activated the Holy Light Shield to block the rain of arrows.
The Ice Lotus let out a strange cry and charged forward, an ice sword forming in his hand. With a flick of his wrist, he activated the ice element and attacked Lu Benwei.
Lu Benwei took the attack head-on, but in an instant, a majestic ice qi covered him and a layer of ice quickly condensed, wrapping him in it.
The Ice Lotus coldly laughed.
“Human, I’ve said it before. You’ll pay for your greed!”
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“That might not be the case!” Lu Benwei responded with a sneer.