Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

At this critical moment!

"Spirit Beast!" Shui Lingxi shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, the little blue beast rapidly grew larger in the air, transforming into a spirit beast ten feet long.

Its tail was forked, like two long whips. With a flick of its tail, it wrapped around the four people around the waist and fixed them in the middle of the passage.

The bodies of Jiang Shi and the other three were firmly bound by the tail of the spirit beast, and they no longer floated.

Feng Yiran and Jiang Shi stood back to back, each guarding their own side.

The two guards in front rushed at the same time.

Feng Yiran drew his sword, the sword light tracing an erratic path in the weightless state, but he had already learned to calibrate it, and he had adapted to these forces of gravity.

The first sword severed the right arm of a guard, and the second sword pierced its chest.

With two sword strikes, the guard was shattered into pieces.

Sword cultivators are indeed worthy of being called sword cultivators! Feng Yiran's Golden Core is also of the upper third grade!

Although not as strong as Jiang Shi's first-grade Golden Core, it is still a second-grade Golden Core, and its strength far surpasses that of ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivators.

Jiang Shi dealt with the other one, sweeping the Canglan Sword horizontally, the Gengjin divine light flowing on the blade, and with one strike he cut the guard in half at the waist.

With the enhancement of the metal element, the Geng metal divine light is even more powerful and has already acquired supernatural abilities!

Jiang Shi, relying solely on this Gengjin Divine Light, possesses the strength to annihilate ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivators!

In addition, the stone guardians at the rear were blocked by the spirit beast.

The spirit beast wrapped its tail around the four people, leaving it unable to free its claws, so it could only bite them with its mouth.

It opened its mouth wide, and frost power condensed in its mouth. It bit the guard's stone sword, and with a snap, the stone sword broke.

The broken edge of the stone sword was frozen into ice.

Then it sprayed another mouthful of frost onto the guard's chest. A flash of blue light appeared, and the stone guard was covered in frost, slowing its movements.

Huo Lie didn't stop there. He used his last embers to create a spark, blew on it, and the spark exploded, blasting a gash in the chest of the stone statue guard.

In that instant, Feng Yiran turned around and struck the stone statue in the chest with his sword.

And so, all three guardians were wiped out.

Gravity quickly returned, and the four fell from the sky. The spirit beast managed to loosen its tail in time and landed on the ground.

Huo Lie didn't fall to the ground this time; he was pulled back by Shui Lingxi.

"Your spirit beast is very powerful," Huo Lie said to Shui Lingxi.

This time, it was Shui Lingxi who helped him again.

Shui Lingxi stroked the spirit beast's head, and the spirit beast rubbed against her hand, making satisfied whimpering sounds.

Without much rest, the four continued their journey.

Soon, they entered a circular room, which was not large, about ten zhang in diameter.

The ground was made of solid stone slabs, without any runes.

The walls are smooth gray stone bricks, without any decoration.

As soon as the four of them stepped into the room, gravity immediately began to spin.

It's not a sudden change, but a slow, continuous rotation.

First it goes from top to bottom, then slowly tilts to the left, then becomes horizontal, then tilts to the right, and then goes from bottom to top.

The four people were spun around as if they had been thrown into a giant washing machine.

Huo Lie was the first to break down; she felt dizzy, lightheaded, and her stomach was churning.

Shui Lingxi couldn't hold on any longer, and she closed her eyes.

Feng Yiran gritted his teeth, trying to maintain his balance and adapt to the gravity.

Just then, Jiang Shi unleashed the Water-Stabilizing Pearl.

A deep blue bead rose from his palm, radiating a gentle water-based true essence.

He created a water curtain in the room, which adhered to the walls and flowed slowly.

The direction of the water flow is opposite to the direction of gravity rotation, and the two forces cancel each other out, slowing down the rotation speed.

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Feng Yiran seized the opportunity and closed his eyes.

He no longer relies on vision, and no longer tries to determine which side is up and which side is down.

His spiritual sense probed out and detected two auras in the center of the room, guarded by stone statues.

The two guards emerged from the center of the rotation.

Their attacks also carry a rotating force; the trajectory of their blades is spiral-shaped, making them difficult to block.

Feng Yiran sensed their locations using his sword intent.

He doesn't need to see or hear; he only needs to sense the distance between the sword intent and the enemy.

One sword.

The sword light pierced the core of the first guard, and the guard shattered.

Turn around, second sword strike.

The second guard's stone sword was already slashing towards him. Feng Yiran dodged to the side, the blade grazing his shoulder and tearing a gash in his clothes.

He swung his sword backhand and stabbed it into the guard's chest.

The second guard was also quickly shattered by Feng Yiran.

Gravity returned to normal, the water curtain dissipated, and the water-stabilizing pearl fell back into Jiang Shi's hand.

The room stopped spinning, and the four people's feet were firmly planted on the ground.

Huo Lie squatted on the ground, gagged a few times, but nothing came out.

"I... I never want to go through this again in my life..." he said breathlessly.

Shui Lingxi's face was pale, but she was better than Huo Lie. Her spirit beast had also fainted, lying on the ground with its legs weak.

Feng Yiran sheathed his sword; the wound on his shoulder wasn't deep, and the bleeding had stopped.

"Let's go." Feng Yiran ignored the wound on his shoulder and said in a deep voice.

After these three battles, the four of them became more and more coordinated.

Jiang Shi's command ability was on full display; he was always able to anticipate the direction of gravity changes and lead the three of them along the shortest path.

Although Huo Lie's combat power was suppressed, he could still play a crucial role at critical moments.

In critical moments, the spirit beasts of Shuiling Creek can use their tails to help everyone gain leverage.

Feng Yiran remained the most stable one, adapting the fastest no matter how gravity changed.

Sword cultivators are terrifyingly powerful!

After walking for about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, a light appeared ahead.

A portal of light—that's the teleportation array at the center of the maze.

The four quickened their pace and walked towards the gate of light. When they got close, they stopped.

Five stone statues stood guard in front of the gate.

They lined up in a row, each holding a different weapon: sword, knife, hammer, gun, and bow.

Dark red eyes stared at the four people, motionless, as if they were lining up to welcome them.

"This is the final battle. Once we finish it, we can pass the level," Jiang Shi said.

Huo Lie grinned: "Finally, we can see the exit. I almost forgot what color the sky outside is."

Feng Yiran held his sword, ready to strike at any moment.

Jiang Shi glanced at the positions of the five guards, then at the condition of the four people on his side.

"The sword and saber are for Feng Yiran, the hammer and spear are for me and Shui Lingxi. The bow is for ranged attacks, Huo Lie, you're in charge of interfering with it and preventing it from firing an arrow."

Huo Lie nodded, rubbing a spark in his palm.

Shui Lingxi patted the spirit beast's head, and the spirit beast shook its fur, stood up, and the blue light in its eyes shone brightly.

The five guards moved at the same time.

Jiang Shi vaguely sensed that the changes in gravity within the maze were not random.

From the initial leftward turn to weightlessness to rotation, every change felt meticulously designed.

Someone is manipulating these changes, or rather, some kind of will is controlling them.

Does this willpower come from the Earth Bear? Or from the trial itself?

He didn't have time to think much.

The guard with the hammer had already rushed in front of them.