Chapter 32 Phantom Trial

Raising the token in his hand, the Formation would automatically suck people in.

Before entering the Formation, Lin Mo still felt a bit apprehensive, unsure if an Outer Sect Disciple could really enter.

He still craved the azure wood spiritual liquid very much.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and Lin Mo had already appeared in another space.

Every Disciple who entered the Phantom Trial would automatically generate a space.

This space would generate various Yao Beasts from low to high. Each time a Yao Beast was killed, the Formation would also help the Cultivator restore a certain amount of Spiritual Qi. The more Yao Beasts killed, the more Spiritual Qi fed back.

All Disciples participating in the trial could squeeze out their very last bit of potential until they encountered a Yao Beast they could not defeat with their abilities.

The Phantom Trial did not record names; every Disciple who entered the space could temporarily take a codename for themselves.

These codenames would appear on the leaderboard, making it convenient for the Disciples to know their rankings clearly.

Lin Mo thought for a moment and wrote down two characters: "Sang Biao!"

The implication was extremely fierce, vowing to win the championship.

Quite a few Disciples had already started the trial, and the fastest one had already killed two Yao Beasts.

Seeing that the codename at the very top of the ranking was called Ruyue, Lin Mo pondered inwardly: could it be that little girl Liu Ruyue, instead of going to the Inner Sect to fight for rankings, actually came to the Outer Sect to bully newbies?

There was also a name called Waner that caught Lin Mo's attention.

Ranking near the front, she had also already killed one Yao Beast.

It was probably that little girl Tang Waner. He hadn't seen her for a while since she went into seclusion, and he hadn't expected her to progress so fast.

While Lin Mo was still viewing the leaderboard, a gray, roly-poly little pig had already appeared in front of him.

It was a low-tier Spirit Beast, Stone-Skinned Pig, whose combat power was equivalent to the third layer of the Qi Refinement Stage. Its attack had only one Move, Savage Charge, and its defense relied on its innate petrified skin.

Because it had no other special skills, Qi Refining Stage Cultivators carrying talismans or Formations could easily resolve this little pig. After removing its stone skin, its meat was delicious and sought after by quite a few Cultivators.

Now it had become very rare due to being eaten.

The little pig grunted and ran towards Lin Mo with a Savage Charge.

For a moment, Lin Mo's playful spirit surged, and rolling up his sleeves, he said: "Come on, let's compare strength!"

Although Lin Mo was not a Body Cultivator, his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation base used spiritual power for Body Tempering, and his strength should not be underestimated either.

With both hands, he grabbed the pig's ears, exerted full force, and threw the Stone-Skinned Pig directly flying up into the sky.

Lin Mo clapped his hands; the first Spirit Beast was still very simple.

A stream of Spiritual Qi poured into his body. The Realm of the Stone-Skinned Pig was simply too low, so the grand Formation only rewarded a trace of Spiritual Qi.

After a while, another Profound Ice Python appeared in front of Lin Mo, and the scene before his eyes changed accordingly.

The surroundings turned into a ten-thousand-year ice field.

On top of the Profound Ice Python's head was a small white horn. It spat out a long tongue, opened its wide mouth, and its two fangs were as long as daggers, with white Qi spewing from its mouth.

Seeing Lin Mo, it started attacking without a word. A strand of cold Qi condensed into an ice arrow, which was spat out from the Profound Ice Python's mouth and flew straight towards Lin Mo.

Lin Mo formed hand seals with both hands and instantly cast a large Fireball. This was the Move with the greatest power and the one he was best at currently.

The bone-chilling cold Qi and the blazing Fireball collided, evolving into an incomparably terrifying scene. The surroundings became so foggy that one could not see their own fingers, filled with water vapor.

Lin Mo opened his Divine Sense, and every single detail within a 200-meter radius around him was clearly visible. After locking onto the Profound Ice Python's location, a Fireball Technique went straight into its soul.

The scene changed again, and Lin Mo returned to the initial space.

At the same time, the leaderboard of the Phantom Trial also began to change.

Several names appeared tied for 1st place: Ruyue, Waner, Hanyue, Sang Biao.

Most of the remaining people had only eliminated the 1st Spirit Beast.

The average cultivation base of the Outer Sect Disciples was still too low. Someone like Zhang Tie was already a very excellent Outer Sect Disciple, but his cultivation base was only a pitiful 3rd layer of the Qi Refinement Stage, and the only presentable thing he had was the Fireball Technique.

The scene changed again, and the 3rd Spirit Beast appeared. This time, the Spirit Beast's cultivation base reached the 10th layer of the Qi Refining Stage.

As for Lin Mo's side, the Spirit Beast that appeared was a leopard wrapped in lightning all over its body, with a speed as fast as lightning.

The Lightning Shadow Leopard, although a Spirit Beast with a cultivation base at the 10th layer of the Qi Refining Stage, was too fast, and its combat power was comparable to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refinement Stage.

If Lin Mo hadn't achieved a Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage and could rely on his Divine Sense to predict the opponent's movements in advance, he really wouldn't have been this leopard's match.

Lin Mo parried and maneuvered with this Lightning Shadow Leopard for a long time, finally catching a rare opportunity to send a Fireball Technique straight into its soul, finishing off the Lightning Shadow Leopard.

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Meanwhile, ever since Liu Ruyue was injured after chasing Lin Mo last time, in order to make her cultivation base advance further, her sister Liu Ruyan specially begged Luo Qingcheng to let Liu Ruyue participate in the Phantom Trial for Outer Sect Disciples.

She wanted Liu Ruyue to win the azure wood spiritual liquid to make up for her stagnant cultivation base after being injured.

Testing together with the Outer Sect Disciples, the 3rd Spirit Beast Liu Ruyue encountered was a Golden-Horned Deer.

This deer grew a pair of huge antlers, boasting both offense and defense, and could condense a shield in front of its two antlers to resist various attacks.

Fortunately, Liu Ruyue was a little rich girl no matter what, even though she had been completely plundered by Lin Mo last time.

Coming back this time, her sister Liu Ruyan gave her many good things again.

However, the Golden-Horned Deer in front of her was indeed incomparably tricky. Liu Ruyue exhausted all means and even destroyed a few Magic Treasures before she barely managed to take down the Golden-Horned Deer.

She originally thought she was secure in 1st place, after all, very few Outer Sect Disciples slew the 3rd Yao Beast.

Looking smugly at the leaderboard, she turned out to be only in second place.

Liu Ruyue clenched her silver teeth and said hatefully: "Who on earth is this Sang Biao! To actually steal this lady's first place."

She took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to challenge the 4th Spirit Beast.

However, while her courage was commendable, her strength fell far short. As soon as the Spirit Beast appeared, before Liu Ruyue even noticed what kind of Spirit Beast it was, she was directly knocked flying.

The illusion before her eyes disappeared, and she appeared outside the Formation.

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On Lin Mo's side, the 4th Spirit Beast had already appeared: a Twin-Winged Flying Tiger, a wind-attribute Spirit Beast with a pair of white wings.

With a single flap of its two wings, countless wind blades flew towards Lin Mo.

For a moment, Lin Mo secretly complained bitterly; this Spirit Beast was incomparably ferocious.

Furthermore, his previously invincible Fireball Technique failed in front of this Spirit Beast.

Even if he incited a Fireball, in the end it would be fanned back by the opponent's hurricane.

Lin Mo's situation became precarious.

A wind blade flew past Lin Mo's scalp, shaving off a few strands of hair, and Lin Mo secretly thought it was close.

Having just advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lin Mo had too few means to deal with enemies. The only presentable thing he had was the Fireball Technique, even though the power of his Fireball Technique far exceeded those of the same tier.

However, it was still far from being a match for the Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast.

Seeing that defeat was already set, Lin Mo suddenly thought of the small flame at his Dantian. Cautiously, he added a cluster of the small flame into the Fireball Technique.

Although the Spirit Beast inside the Phantom Trial no longer had spiritual intelligence, Lin Mo still saw from the other's eyes a kind of fear originating from the depths of its Bloodline.