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Chapter 175: Mind Energy

"Stop pretending to be dead!" Chu Tian grabbed the little fellow's tail, "Go and find the queen bee!"

The little fellow burped!

Its inflated belly that was like a rubber ball that instantly deflated.

Like a carp jumping out of the water, its eyes began to glow. It was like after hearing the words queen bee, it knew to associate it with something delicious!

Damn master!

Since it had been born, it had never once sated its hunger!

Did it think filling its stomach for the first time would be so easy?

It was just having a taste. After hearing what its master said, it felt hungry once again!

Chu Tian rubbed his chin and his eyes revealed a bit of surprise. This little fellow seems like it's grown a little fatter!

The little fox was indeed a little fatter, after all, the honey it drank contained enough energy to explode a True Soul Realm expert eight-ten times. So, this little fox's appetite was truly too big, but it seemed like it had gained quite a bit from this trial.

Chu Tian did not want to waste time.

Because the trial space was truly tempting, and it was all because of the fortuitous encounters and treasures found inside the trial space. After Chu Tian had founded Miracle Commerce, the money in their hands continued to increase, but unique treasures were hard to find.

There was also the ultimate treasure of the trial tower. There was that ancient riddle that no one had solved and the secret to life and death. This kind of unusual thing was quite attractive to Chu Tian.

As for the queen bee.

He might as well take care of it on the way!

With the premise of not wasting too much time, Chu Tian did not mind taking advantage of this opportunity. After the little fox was thrown to the ground, it immediately locked onto a direction and led the seven of them away.

The little fox was clearly faster than before.

Teleporting several meters away, it continued to display its strange movement technique. After seeing several masses of gray mist appear, it had appeared several hundred meters away.

In this kind of situation, even if Chu Tian opened the Mind's Eye, he still would not be able to track it!

Because it was too fast.

The little fox's escaping ability was so great that even if it met an expert like Chu Xinghe, it would still be able to completely escape. No matter what kind of battle strength the little fox had, just its speed alone was enough for it to do reconnaissance work.

The hive's structure was very complex, even more so than the giant labyrinth.

The map in Chu Tian's hand was not detailed enough to reveal the layout of the hive. Even the giant bee hive was a hidden map itself and it had appeared after they had found it. It was hidden on the map, so it should contain a kind of hidden reward.

"This…..Where is this?"

"There are so many large eggs, it is so disgusting!"

When they arrived in another honeycomb room after following the room, they were stunned by what they saw.

In the giant room, the walls and floor were densely covered in white eggs, with there being over ten thousand of them. Each egg was as big as a person's head, perfectly round, and white as jade. The outline of the larva itself could be seen through the egg shell.

In front of them, there was an incomparably big insect cultivating pool. There were several thousand white and fat insects rolling around inside. Each of the young insects was as big as a human baby, and they were letting out a zhi, zhi sound that was very creepy. There were worker bees all around feeding the young insects.

"Those giant bee larvaes are also quite dangerous!"

"These insects contain a large amount of energy in their bodies and can blow up. It doesn't matter if it's a few of them, but it's quite terrifying if several hundred or thousands of them explode, so we'll need to be careful and not touch them."

After this insect cultivation room, it should be the queen bee's room.

The little fox went down another layer, arriving in another different place.

This was the lowest layer of the hive and compared to the other layers they passed, it was also the most spacious layer. Moreover, it was not covered in a variety of secretions and was very clean. It was built with a kind of hard dark gold wax.

There was no way for a normal weapon to leave a mark on it at all. It was just like a mysterious underground temple.

At the back of the queen bee's hall, there was a high stage made of beeswax that was shaped like a flower. There was a fat and white giant queen bee lying there, seemingly in a deep sleep.

Two mountain like large beings stood on the side with jet black bodies like they were made of iron, giving off a invincibility just like metal. They were over six meters tall with a solid and tall build. There were four different sickle blades that gave off a cold glow.

Two king bees?

The two strongest guards were naturally called the king bees.

Other than the two king bee guards, there was also several large and strong guard bees on the side. These normal guards were smaller than the king bees, but even though they were smaller, they were still over four meters tall and much larger than humans.

These guards were the most loyal guards the queen bee had!

As for those two king bee level existences, even an Illustrious Soul Realm expert like Yun Yao would not be their match. As the matter stood, it was now much harder to hunt the queen bee.

"The queen bee still hasn't noticed us yet." Chu Tian commanded, "First, seal off the entrance!"

Lin Mu nodded and, putting his hands on the ground, a green spirit energy was released. Tree roots pierced through the beeswax and grew slowly as they wove together and sealed off the entrance.

A cold current came from Fang Han's hands and fell onto the wall of tree roots, adding a thick layer of ice energy onto the wall. If a normal worker bee charged at it, it would be instantly frozen."

"Let's go!"

Everyone prepared to move forward.

The guards all around them instantly raised their guard and encircled them.

The giant bees had low intelligence and did not think about what they did, they mostly acted on instinct. When they felt the aura of the beeswax on their bodies, they did not immediately attack and just sent out a signal indicating danger.

It was probably indicating: This is a forbidden area that you are not allowed to enter. Go back or you'll be killed!

The Thunder Spirit Bead flew out while releasing the power of lightning stored within, shooting out like an explosive ball.

The queen bee immediately woke up after feeling the energy fluctuations. An invisible and strong energy spread out all around it, covering the seven of them.

"Zhi!"

A decisive warning sounded out.

The two king bees immediately went on guard beside the queen bee!

The guards revealed their hostility, revealing their sickle claws dipped in killing intent. They were preparing to put up an iron wall defense!

The strong Thunder Spirit Bead already attacked. Just like a super bouncy ball, it was continuously bouncing between the bee guards. It looked like series of lightning, attacking several guards, turning them into ashes!

"Kill!"

Nangong Yun brought Yun Xiao, Lin Mu, and Fang Han as they charged out. Feng Caidie was responsible for summoning sword qi to provide long range support.

The bee guards were stronger than the giant labourers.

But before they could even make a move, several of them had already been dealt with. Even if they were not afraid of death, with their quantity, it was impossible for them to stop the enemies.

A sound rang out around them.

The queen bee had summoned the colony for help, and several thousands of them quickly charged at the room. This was also the reason why Chu Tian had sealed the entrance, but this measure was only temporary, being unable to block them for long. They could only deal with this problem by taking care of the queen bee as soon as possible!

"Flickering Flame Slash!"

Several streaks of sword qi flew across the air.

Several bee guards were cut in halves as they fell to the ground.

Seeing that the guard bees were slaughtered, a terrifying killing intent filled the air. The two silent king bees suddenly jumped out and like black lightning, they flew out with a speed that the naked eye could not see. Those dangerous cold glowing sickles came from different angles at Chu Tian.

Too fast!

It was also incredibly strong!

In front of the king bees, the Immortal Body was useless and he would be sliced into pieces!

Chu Tian did not dare to block it. He immediately released the Mind's Eye and with the hyperfocus ability, he dodged their attacks.

The blades' edges brushed past his body.

Several deep slashes appeared on the ground that was releasing a black smoke. The king bee's weapons were poisonous!

The two quickly turned in the air and their four sickles shot out once again. Large streaks of blade qi created a wild storm.

Yun Xiao only blocked a single blade qi and he was sent back several steps, "These king bees have some really overwhelming blade arts!"

"Stop them! I'll kill the queen bee!" Chu Tian's body was covered in starlight and raising his treasure sword covered in blue flames, he ignored the king bees to charge at the queen bee.

The space around him slightly distorted.

An invisible energy surged forward, and it was spiritual energy. The queen bee had transformed the spiritual energy into a strong attack that created a pure energy. This energy was naked to the invisible eye, but it could be seen through the Mind's Eye.

The queen bee was releasing its spiritual energy to safely keep Chu Tian away or to kill Chu Tian from a distance?!

Chu Tian dodged the spiritual energy wave.

The Netherworld Sword began to gather flames.

The queen bee seemed to realize that the Mind's Eye could see through this invisible energy, so it changed to a different method of attack. Another wave of spiritual energy transformed into pure energy, but it was not sent out as an energy wave attack. Rather it was concentrated into fine needles and sent out like raindrops.

It had been condensed into several invisible energy blades!

Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa!

The sound of beans popping rang out as strange large cracks began to appear on the hard as iron beeswax floor. It seemed like it had been sliced apart.

Shua!

After that, several large fissures appeared, each one being as long as several dozen meters long. It was as if it had been sliced by extremely sharp sword qi, this was the effects of the energy blades.

Everyone was completely shocked.

Because there was no indications at all. No sounds and no energy changes, it was as if it had appeared out of thin air.

Spiritual Energy could be used to attack like this?

Compared to the queen bee's terrifying spiritual abilities, Ye Hen was like a firefly compared to a flame!

Everyone was worried about Chu Tian. The queen bee was clearly someone not easy to deal with, so could he really defeat the queen bee?

Sou!

A spiritual energy needle slammed into Chu Tian's chest.

The Starlight Immortal Body was shattered to pieces as the starlight scattered just like countless fireflies, but it did not dissipate. The moment the attack hit, the starlight was concentrated into a blade of starlight that shot out at Chu Tian.

This was…..Mind Energy?

The queen bee had a strong spiritual power, but it had not cultivated a strong consciousness, so it could not form a divine sense. Even so, it could change its spiritual energy into Mind Energy, which was also very terrifying.

Mind Energy was a kind of energy that could control matter!

Theoretically Mind Energy could control any kind of matter!

Mind Energy attacks did not leave a trace and were secretly sent out using spiritual waves.

No matter what kind of matter or energy it was, once the Mind Energy entered it, it would be controlled by the queen bee.

This was why after Chu Tian's Starlight Immortal Body had been attacked, the starlight did not disappear and was concentrated to attack with. This was because the moment the spiritual energy needle hit the Starlight Immortal Body, the queen bee instilled its Mind Energy into Chu Tian's Starlight Immortal Body and forcefully controlled it. It was like peeling off a large chunk of one's skin!

Chu Tian did not have time to stabilize himself before his surroundings began to tremble.

His Mind's Eye swept across the area.

He was filled with shock!

This is bad! His surroundings was covered in the queen bee's Mind Energy!

Chu Tian did not fear direct spiritual energy attacks, but he never would have thought that this queen bee wouldn't use direct attacks. Rather it turned its spiritual energy into Mind Energy and used it to control matter and energy to indirectly launch attacks!

This queen bee was stronger than Chu Tian expected!

If it's like this.

Chu Tian had no other methods!

Chapter 176: Mind's Lamp

The Mind Energy attacks were like a storm, but they mostly hit thin air. However, wherever the queen bee's attack landed, it was now covered in Mind Energy!

The queen bee did not plan to kill Chu Tian with the Mind Energy at all.

The main hall was built out of beeswax and was as strong as thousand year old iron after being refined for so many years. This material was very special and so it could store the queen bee's Mind Energy for a long time. After the queen bee displayed its Mind Energy, the main hall would become its weapon and shield, freely being controlled by it!

This location became its domain!

In that instant, the beeswax as hard as thousand year old iron instantly turned into liquid!

This viscous beeswax was like a wave as it surged forward right at Chu Tian!

If it hit Chu Tian.

Chu Tian would instantly be turned into a beeswax statue!

Chu Tian's Mind's Eye had already seen through the energy changes and immediately tried to dodge this danger. However, he did not have a chance to even stand properly as several hundred spikes appeared in the ground below him!

Firm as iron!

Sharp as needles!

The area around Chu Tian turned into a field of spikes. When each spike shot into the sky, there were branches that formed, creating even more spikes.

The Mind's Eye was a kind of Divine Sense.

The Divine Sense had limits, and the Mind's Eye also had limits!

The thorns had appeared too quickly and they spread too quickly!

Chu Tian could not possibly see through this sudden and explosive attack. He could only dodge the key parts of it and make his way through the spike forest!

Who would have thought that a breaking sound would ring out!

Countless needles broke off and shot forth, just like a dense rain as they approached Chu Tian.

This process occurred in a very short period of time. Those hard as iron spikes were filled with Mind Energy and could easily pierce through an Awakened Soul Cultivators body protecting spirit energy.

When Chu Tian was pierced by the thorns from the front and behind, the thorns quickly softened. They turned into something like sinister leeches as they wildly drilled into his wounds!

This is bad!

The thorns were filled with the queen bee's Mind Energy.

After they were controlled by the queen bee, they could instantly harden or soften at will. After hitting Chu Tian, the queen bee could instantly liquefy the beeswax and sent it into Chu Tian's meridians and blood stream. It could seal Chu Tian from the inside out, turning him into a beeswax statue!

He would die without a doubt!

He could only go all out now!

"Raging Flame Slash!"

Sending everything at once!

The Netherworld Sword's energy gathering power was released to its limit.

The Netherworld Flames surged forth, enveloping his body. It completely blocked off the encroaching beeswax and even entered his body to burn away the beeswax that had already entered.

This method would also cause heavy injuries to oneself!

Chu Tian did not care much. In this kind of dangerous situation, he could not wait for the queen bee to launch her next attack. Chu Tian disappeared from within the spike forest and sent out a giant burning sword qi. With an overbearing might, it cut through the numerous spikes and was released into the main hall.

Hong!

The liquid beeswax in the sky quickly formed a shield!

The burning sword glow flashed!

The giant shield was cut in half!

On the edges, there were still traces of blue flames.

The might of the burning sword glow was not reduced at all and it continued to soar forth, aimed right at the queen bee in the main hall. The queen bee did not have any close combat abilities and Chu Tian's sure kill slash was quickly approaching the queen bee!

In that moment!

Chu Tian was out of the range of the queen bee's Mind Energy, but he was still in the range of being influenced by the queen bee's spiritual energy. Just like a needle being stabbed into his brain, it was filled with a searing pain.

Chu Tian's eyes turned black.

The world fell into darkness!

When his vision returned, the king bees and the others all disappeared. Chu Tian appeared in a giant space where he was surrounded by ten thousand bee guards, each one flapping their wings and their sickle claws were twinkling.

"Stupid intruder!"

A cold and angry voice sounded out through the world.

"You wanted to use your weak powers to threaten this queen's life?

It had giant wings that were as thin as cicada wings, but it had a human form, however the head was in the shape of an insect. It was several meters tall and stood in the center of the guard bees, just like a king overlooking the world.

Chu Tian's lips formed a smile, "You're finally using your spiritual powers?"

"Such a weak spiritual power, this queen will kill you as easily as flipping this one's hand!"

The queen bee did not have any close combat abilities, but it was a master of spiritual attacks. It could control the entire honeycomb hive and command over a hundred thousand bees, so its spiritual power was quite strong.

The density of this spiritual domain was over ten times stronger than Ye Hen's. Even a True Soul Realm expert might find it hard to resist the queen bee's terrifying spiritual power!

"Now, die!"

Several tens of thousands of guard bees charged at Chu Tian.

"Your spiritual power is quite strong, but in my eyes, it is nothing more than a giant ball of cotton!" Chu Tian's hands came together as he coldly said, "I, am a small mass of flames!"

An ancient and dignified power was sent forth, just like a layer of dark smoke soaring into the sky. Instantly the figure of the demon god appeared. As the countless bee guards slammed into Chu Tian, they all let out a pitiful cry as they were swallowed by the black flames, turning into a black fireball in the air.

The queen bee revealed a shocked expression when it saw this demon god, "You used your spiritual energy to burn this queen's spiritual energy…..No, how is that possible!"

The black fireballs flew into the sky and suddenly exploded.

The flames were scattered and countless bee guards were lit on fire by the spiritual flames. They all let out pitiful cries before finally turning into fireballs and exploding once again.

Finally.

The tens of thousands of bee guards turned into fireballs.

"If you did not try to fight me in spiritual power, then you might have had a chance to succeed. However, since you've decided to compete in spiritual power, you are guaranteed to lose. Now, let me give you magnificent funeral!" Chu Tian laughed and his hands formed a seal, "Demon Flame Funeral!"

With the queen bee's pitiful's scream, countless fireballs were attracted to it. Coming from all direction, the black flames swallowed the queen bee and turned it to ashes!

The spiritual domain collapsed, and they returned to the hive.

The queen bee was lying in front of him with its head chopped off.

This one slash was not Chu Tian's true attack, but rather to entice the queen bee to launch its spiritual domain. So, it did not matter if this attack made contact because once the queen bee made contact with Chu Tian's spiritual energy, the demon god had already burned its spiritual energy away, so it would have died no matter what!

"You have killed the queen bee! You have been awarded twenty trial points! You currently have one hundred and ninety trial points!"

The figure on the jade token changed, instantly rising by twenty points!

Chu Tian found this strange!

Was it a mistake?

Killing such a strong character only gave twenty points, as much as the puzzle cube? It had to be known that the reason why Chu Tian won was because of his ability, otherwise with the queen bee's spiritual energy, even a True Soul Realm expert would be killed!

After the king bees lost the queen bee, they fell into a panic and began to run away.

Nangong Yun and Yun Yao chased after them and eliminated the two king bees. A single one gave ten points which was divided evenly among them.

Chu Tian was standing by the queen bee as he found something shiny that was like a gold brick.

"I found it!"

The gold brick was not light and there was honey dripping down from it. A sweet smell flowed out that was very enticing.

"This is ten thousand year old spiritual honey!"

"What level is it? Level two? Or level three?"

"It's still a level two item! But..." Chu Tian gently tossed it up and down, "It is not an Elixir anymore and is closer to the Sacred rank. It should be a half step Sacred grade treasure!"

A half step Sacred grade existence?

They looked at the queen bee's body and found that there were over a hundred of these "gold bricks"!

Nangong Yun, Yun Yao, and even Feng Caidie who was used to seeing treasures all had their eyes pop out, "God, we're really rich this time!"

How much was a half step Sacred grade level two material worth?

It was worth at least several tens of millions of gold coins. It was something that one could not buy no matter how much money they had!

It was a good thing that they had so much of this good item. Neatly stacked in front of them was a shocking fortune!

"How do we use it?"

"You melt it with your spirit energy and directly ingest it." Chu Tian gave a brick over to Nangong Yun, "The density of this brick is quite high and it should fill several large jars after being melted. This thing is very good for increasing one's cultivation, so everyone should have a try."

Before he could even finish.

A gabeng sound reached his ears.

Chu Tian looked over and smoke almost came out of his ears. He saw that the little fox had somehow taken a brick of honey and had already gnawed most of it away.

"Fuck!" Chu Tian grabbed the little fox's tail and lifted it up, "You little bastard! Daring to secretly eat your master's item? Is you butt really that itchy?"

The little fox still had a little piece in its claws and with a gently toss, it threw it into its mouth. Then it made a face, revealing an appearance that seemed like it was saying, "Didn't the master tell everyone to have a try? This fox was helping you test it for poison!"

Chu Tian's lungs almost exploded with rage.

The little fox was still not satisfied, "Didn't I just eat a single piece? I haven't even had a taste of it yet! How about you give me another piece!"

"In your dreams!"

The little fox pointed at the jade token on its neck and then using its claw to draw a circle, it cut it in half.

Chu Tian was a little surprised, "You're saying you're willing to give me half your trial points?"

The little fox nodded.

Chu Tian rubbed his chin and thought about it for a few minutes. He thought it was quite worth it, "Alright, I'll give you another piece. You can save it for later because there will be no more for you in the future!"

The little fox happily held the piece. It did not wolf it down this time, but rather it stuck out its tongue and licked it like a popsicle.

Its face was filled with happiness.

Feng Caidie forced down her smile as she walked over, "Brother Chu, forget about it! Since we have this much, it doesn't matter if we give the little fox one or two pieces!"

The little fox revealed a touched look!

Good person! It was this fox's fault for picking the wrong master!

It had picked a violent and stingy fellow for a master instead!

When Chu Tian saw how it acted, he couldn't help being filled with anger. Back then, Feng Caidie had also been present, so he should have kicked it over to Feng Caidie instead. If he had really done this, perhaps the Divine Wind Marquis would have been bankrupted by this little fox already!

Everyone looked for a container and immediately melted the spiritual honey into it.

Lin Mu, Fang Ha, and Yun Xiao only drank a fourth and already felt that they could contain no more energy from it. They did not dare to drink more as they sat down to cultivate.

Chu Tian, Nangong Yun, Feng Caidie, and Yun Yao all drank half.

"I'm about to breakthrough!"

Nangong Yun gave an excited low roar.

A pillar of flame shot into the sky as her cultivation went from the peak 2nd Awakened Soul Layer to the 3rd Awakened Soul Layer. Lin Mu and Fang Han both reached the 3rd Awakened Soul Layer. Yun Xiao's strength was too weak, so he only reached the peak 2nd Awakened Soul Layer.

Finally Feng Caidie also broke through to the next layer.

Four peak 2nd Awakened Soul Layer Cultivators had been reborn!

Even Yun Yao at the 4th Awakened Soul Layer felt her strength increase by quite a bit!

It really was worthy of being a precious half step Saint grade item!

It was definitely a good thing, they had never seen an Elixir have this kind of fast effect. Feng Caidie and Yun Yao had seen treasures at the same level, but they had never had such quick results.

When Chu Tian saw everyone's quick progress, his heart was filled with satisfaction.

This was not a risk taken in vain!

When Chu Tian prepared to use it as well, he suddenly realized that the queen bee's body had disappeared and a round pale blue orb was left behind.

"Spiritual Pearl?"

This was a pleasant surprise!

This thing was a rare item that was hard to find, something that could directly increase one's spiritual energy.

Chu Tian melted a piece of spiritual honey and mixed it with the Spiritual Pearl, swallowing it in one breath. He felt a burst of spiritual energy fill his body, almost exploding his meridians!

Chu Tian did not dare to be careless. He immediately sat down on the floor and began to refine the spiritual energy.

The energy in the ten thousand year old honey really did not have a limit. When the large amount of spiritual energy turned into spirit energy in his body, Chu Tian's cultivation suddenly broke into the peak 2nd Awakened Soul Layer. It was at this point that the spiritual energy within the Spiritual Pearl was slowly absorbed by Chu Tian.

Chu Tian could feel that his spiritual energy was wildly growing.

He finally reached a critical point!

An earth shaking roar sounded out!

Chu Tian could feel that in his sea of consciousness, there was now a lamp that was glowing there. An invisible light broke through the limitation of his flesh and soul, shining out in every direction.

Nangong Yun said in a surprised voice, "This power…..Is it the Mind's Eye?"

Yun Yao shook her head with a serious expression, "That's not right! I'm afraid the Mind's Eye is not that strong. It seems like he's broken through to a new realm!"

That's right!

After the queen bee's spiritual energy had been absorbed by Chu Tian, it had fused with his consciousness and created a strong spiritual might.

Now, Chu Tian's Divine Sense had increased a level and surpassed the "hyperfocus" and "Mind's Eye" realms, entering the third realm – Mind's Lamp!

What was the Mind's Lamp? It was a lamp in one's mind! A lamp made of Divine Sense!

When the Mind's Lamp burned, it saw through everything. It could see through the souls of all kinds of ghosts, monsters, and demons!

Not only did the Mind's Lamp realm increase the range of one's Divine Sense, it also allowed one to kill with it!

There were a few people who had opened the "Mind's Eye" in the Southern Summer Country, but Chu Tian had done it with just a weak Awakened Soul Realm cultivation, as well as igniting the Mind's Lamp. Even if he was compared with the entire Southern Summer Country, there was no one who could match him in terms of Divine Sense strength!

Chapter 177: Secret puppet room

Chu Tian wanted to stabilize his breathing, but several loud sounds came from above him!

Several holes appeared in the ceiling.

Large larvae that had turned red fell down. They suddenly exploded releasing large amounts of energy, falling down like bombs!

Chu Tian quickly shouted, "The hive is about to self destruct, let's go!"

This was a problem from how the giant bee hive was designed. Once the queen bee was taken care of, the larvae would collectively explode, blowing up the intruder and the hive together, letting everyone perish together.

Chu Tian quickly put away the ten thousand year old spiritual honey, and they quickly left the main hall. With how complicated the hive was, it was a good thing they had the little fox to guide them. They finally escaped the honeycomb hive.

Tens of thousands of giant bees flew out in every direction.

After losing the queen bee's commands, they turned crazy and began to slaughter everything. They no longer differentiated between friend and enemy. This meant that their camouflage had no use anymore and they were attacked as soon as they stepped out.

Chu Tian wasted quite a bit of energy to slash out a road of blood. They finally left this hidden area and returned to the giant's labyrinth.

This was another palace.

From the map, they could see that this was called the secret puppet room!

After passing through the hidden portion, they had saved three fourths of the distance!

They looked around themselves. There was plenty of light, and this room was fully illuminated, with several large ancient bronze lamps hanging in the corners. But after entering this palace, what they saw first wasn't the treasure box, but rather a row of giants standing in the middle of the room!

These giants were not like the armoured giants. They seemed smaller and more refined. In comparison, these giants were around fifteen meters tall with compact figures. They were covered in glowing runes, looking very eye catching.

One after the other!

What would they meet here?

Chu Tian carefully observed these fellows. Although they released a strong aura, there were no energy fluctuations coming from them. His eyes suddenly lit up, "These things don't seem like monsters of the trial space, there seems to be a trick to them!"

The seven of them slowly approached the giants.

The result was not false!

They did not have any reactions at all. Although their runes were glowing, there was no pressure or danger coming from them, just like dead beings.

The seven of them looked at each other in blank dismay, not know what was happening.

Nangong Yun's eyes looked around and surprise filled her beautiful eyes, "Forget about them! There's a bronze treasure chest here, so give me the key! I want to open it!"

There were several giant bronze treasure chests in the secret puppet room.

It was forged with a plain yellow bronze that was rectangular in shape. It was two-three meters long, about half the length of a human, but it seemed very ancient like it had been here for many years!

Chu Tian studied the motionless giants.

Feng Caidie, Yun Yao, and the others encircled the treasure chest while being filled with expectations and apprehension.

Nangong Yun excitedly rubbed her hands together. There were two bronze keys in her hands that she moved towards the treasure chests, "I'm about to open them!"

"Just open it already!" Yun Yao said in a somewhat impatient manner.

The moment the key touched the keyhole, it was automatically sucked in and rotated on its own. The key hole began to release a bright light.

Kacha!

The treasure chest was opened.

Nangong Yun forcefully opened the treasure box. She saw that inside the treasure box, there were all kinds of gold, gems, and diamonds. With the light shining out, it seemed very mysterious, but the gems themselves were quite ordinary. Although they were valuable to normal people, they did not enter their eyes.

These gems were just filler and the true treasures were sitting at the top. There were a few jade slips and a glowing ancient jade talisman.

"What are these things?"

Nangong Yun picked up a jade slip and looked over it, not understanding it at all. Was this an ancient cultivation technique? It didn't seem like one. There were many pictures on it that showed a variety of tools!

"Trial Protection Talisman?"

Nangong Yun discovered that the talisman was not normal. When she picked up the jade talisman, spiritual energy containing information entered her mind, showing her what uses this ancient talisman had.

The jade talisman could be used to defend oneself at a critical moment. It could only be used for a short period of time, but it was strong enough to defend against an attack from a True Soul expert!

This was a life saving item.

Of course they would give it to Chu Tian.

"These ancient slips should be treasures of the trial space, so we need to find someone to translate them." Yun Yao explained, "The jade talisman is a special item of the trial space, so it can't be taken out."

They were truly unlucky.

They never thought that they would get this kind of treasure!

Nangong Yun opened another bronze treasure box. What made Nangong Yun disappointed was a few more jade slips she did not understand, but they seemed similar to the ones they just obtained.

The new thing they acquired was a storage bag.

As the name suggested, it would hold the things they obtained in the trial space, allowing them to not carry too much on themselves. If this thing could be taken out of the trial space, then it would be a priceless treasure, but it was a pity that it was a special item of the trial space.

The protective jade talisman and the storage bag were things of the trial space. They were formed by the trial space and were not real, so they could not be taken out.

There were too few rewards!

Too bad the bronze treasure box was the most basic treasure box!

This bronze key was obtained from the labourers, and the labourers were the most basic beings in the giant's labyrinth.

"Another ancient race's language." Chu Tian looked at the jade slips, "It seems like ancient Gnome writing. This language is quite ancient and there has been too little passed down, so I can only understand a little of it."

It's over!

Even Chu Tian could only understand a little of it.

Then these jade slips were not useful at all!

"This is not a cultivation technique." Chu Tian looked at the dense drawings on the jade slip, "This is a rare ancient mechanical technique book. Although I can't understand what it means, there are people who can understand it. This is not useful for other people, but for us it is quite useful. We'll give this to Tong Xiaoyu later, it will be a great help to her."

Perhaps there was only a single person in the Southern Summer Country who could understand this.

This person was not anyone else other than the young miss, Meng Qingwu. With the Heavenly Book Source Spirit, no matter what ancient text it was, the young miss had the ability to break through it!

"I know!" Chu Tian was suddenly excited as he pointed at the ten giants in front of them, "These are ancient puppet refining mechanical techniques!"

"Is it useful?"

"Of course! As long as we can find the appropriate technique, we can control those guys!"

Everyone's eyes lit up. Those ancient giant puppets released True Soul auras, so if they could control them, would the giants even be a problem anymore?

Chu Tian did not dabble in mechanical techniques at all.

Because mechanical techniques were precursors for source energy engineering and had been eliminated in the later generation.

In the future, there were even flying airships that had been created. Only the state of the art source energy engineering skills could create these large and refined high class products. Mechanical techniques used a secret technique to fuse source energy arrays and was mainly used to create puppets or tools.

In a sense, mechanical puppet techniques were a branch of refining techniques.

This really broadened one's horizons!

Chu Tian used the Mind's Eye to look at the insides of the giant puppets and found that it really was created with the refining technique. The materials it was made of was quite simple and although it was very big, it had a very simple composition. Inside of its chest, there was a strange thing releasing a glow.

Chu Tian jumped onto the giant's chest and hit it twice to open the chest.

"Wa! He opened the giant's chest!"

Chu Tian found a round crystal heart sitting inside of the giant's chest that could be taken out. As soon as Chu Tian touched it, the trial token sent information into his head.

"You have obtained the giant puppet's heart! Activating the giant puppet will cost twenty trial points. Do you wish to activate it?"

Damn.

This thing costs trial points!

Twenty points could be trade for seven-eight Elixirs when he left the trial!

Chu Tian had no hesitation, "Activate it!"

A glow shined out and the number decreased on his trial token, falling by twenty points. A white light came out and it went into the giant's heart in his hand.

Peng!

Chu Tian could clearly feel the crystal heart beating.

The dark golden giant puppet was activated and its eyes filled with light. The runes on its body lit up and a terrifying aura was slowly released.

"Too cool!"

"How great would it be if we could take this out!"

A single giant puppet had strength close to the True Soul Realm. If they could take it out, wouldn't they be able to sweep the Central State City's experts? But this was impossible because the amount of materials required to make this kind of giant puppet was an astronomical figure. The trial space would not be able to make this many puppets, so they had to be illusions.

Chu Tian said to the others, "Activating a giant costs twenty trial points!"

"It's this much?"

The others were stunned. How did they have enough to activate this thing?

"I have trial points!" Chu Tian did not hesitate at all, "I'll do it!"

Feng Caidie felt quite guilty, "How many trial points would this consume? One hundred trial points are enough to exchange for a Sacred grade medicine!"

Sacred medicine?

Chu Tian was shocked!

So trial points were this valuable!

Chu Tian still just generously waved his hand, "It's fine, we still have plenty of time. I'll help you activate the giant puppets and then you can just help me earn back the trial points, right? With these giant fellows, at least we won't be in that much distress anymore!"

This actually had some logic to it.

Chu Tian used another one hundred and twenty trial points to activate another six giant puppets, leaving Chu Tian with only fifty points, but he did not care about it at all. There was still plenty of time left in the trial and with the seven of them having giant puppets, they would have a much easier time surviving!

"We have already stayed here for twenty minutes. According to the style of the trial space, the longer we stay in safety, the more trouble there will be in the future. We should not waste any more time here, so let's go!"

Chu Tian opened the map and looked for the next path.

"After the secret puppet room, there are quite a few paths leading to different rooms. There is only a single room that leads to the center of the giant's labyrinth."

"What is at the center of the giant's labyrinth?"

Chu Tian looked at the map and said, "From the mark on the map, it says that the center of the giant's labyrinth is called the giant's treasure room! It should be the most secret place in the entire trial tower!"

"Treasure room! Is there even a need to ask?" Nangong Yun had obtained a giant puppet and was now filled with confidence, "We have to go there just based on the name alone."

"Alright, then we'll pick the giant's treasure room." Chu Tian wanted the hidden treasures of the Central State Tower anyway. He put away the map, "Before we reach the giant's treasure room, we'll have to pass a place named the craftsmen palace!"

"There's still quite a distance left!" Feng Caidie felt her head ache, "Before the monsters get too strong, we should kill our way over now!"

"That's right, the longer we wait, the stronger the monsters will be. At that time, even if we have these powerful puppets, we still might not be able to block them!"

The seven of them each held a giant's heart.

These giant hearts connected the sense of the user and the puppet. As long as they did not surpass a certain distance, then they could use their minds to control the giants. The controls were quite easy, they just had to use their mind to control their actions.

This was really a strong weapon!

The seven of them controlled the giant puppets to move forward. When they entered into the corridor past the secret puppet room, they found all kinds of monsters waiting for them.

These monsters looked like knights with each one being dressed in full armour. They were riding on steel horses with long jousting javelins in their hands. They were positioned in lines, with several lines set up.

They were positioned in a charging stance!

It seemed like they had stayed in the secret puppet room for too long and when they entered the corridor, there were large amounts of monsters waiting for them.

"What are you scared off? Kill them all!"

When the large group of knights began their charge, the seven incomparably large giants also charged forward!

The iron knights seemed to have strength at the Illustrious Soul Realm!

In other words, the strength of the knights should be on the same level as the labourer supervisors, perhaps even a little stronger. They should have evolved once or twice already.

The large size of the puppets did not match their speed. A pair of scarlet red fists was instantly covered in large destructive runes. When the fist fell, three-four knights were broken to pieces!

Dang, dang, dang!

The iron knights were four-five meters tall!

The thick and big javelins of the knights attacked the giant puppets, but the defensive runes appeared on the giant puppets' bodies. The knights' javelins could only make little holes in the puppets' bodies, but they could not deal any damage at all!

"Ha, ha!" Yun Xiao controlled his giant puppet to stomp down at the center of the armoured knights, instantly gaining six-seven trial points, "Too satisfying! You also have your day of reckoning! Watch grandfather stomp you all to death!"

In front of the seven giant puppets, the knights were completely blocked!

This was basically a one sided fight!

The trial points of the seven of them continued to rise!

Chapter 178: Craftsmen palace

A single iron knight rewarded them with two trial points.

After being swept away by them, they destroyed at least around a hundred knights. The trial points they obtained was over two hundred points and Chu Tian alone obtained fifty points.

Just from this, they had regained the points spent to activate these puppets.

It was a pity that the iron knights did not drop much loot. They just dropped some resources, some rare metals, and etc. These things were rare, but they could be bought outside.

"With how fast we're going, we will definitely be rich!"

"In theory, it shouldn't be impossible for us to earn ten times as many trial points!"

Everyone was excited!

But this was all in theory.

The trial space would continuously change, and even though the giant puppets could easily sweep through everything right now, that would not be the case five or ten hours later. While they could still easily beat the monsters, they would try to earn as much as possible!

"Are there anymore iron knights?"

"Why are they all gone!"

"This old lady isn't satisfied yet!"

Everyone looked like they wanted to fight some more. Killing one would be one-two trial points, and killing a few would mean getting several Elixirs. Where else would they be able to find such a good thing? While the seven of them were prepared to fight some more, they found that the iron knights in the corridor no longer wished to fight.

When they saw the seven of them, they immediately turned around to run.

They were forced to change from passively defending to chasing after them.

This greatly reduced their hunting efficiency.

Chu Tian let out a sigh, "The trial designer was not a fool. He would not let anyone continue to farm points like this, otherwise the trial would have no meaning. Let's go! Let's not farm trial points anymore, it is more important for us to reach the giant's treasure room!"

Yun Xiao and Nangong Yun both sighed, "What bad luck!"

It was a bit of a pity.

They found these strong giant puppets with great difficulty and wanted to vent their anger, but they found that there was a limit on killing the monsters. How could they not feel depressed over this?

Each corridor of the giant's labyrinth led to a palace, and without a map, one could not possibly find the giant's treasure room. With the giant puppets, they could easily create a slaughter and increase their trial points, but Chu Tian did not want to do this.

Time was very precious!

Instead of wasting time in the side halls, it was better to risk it all in the main halls. With the trial space's design, the best treasures were in the main halls, so why would they waste time with the side halls? With their current battle potential, it was better to charge into the main halls!

After all, it had already been around six hours since the trial had started.

Chu Tian brought the others to charge through the corridors and kill several strange monsters. Just Chu Tian alone farmed several tens of trial points and harvested a variety of different materials and other loot.

There was an exit in front of them!

They had arrived at the craftsmen palace!

When the brand new hall appeared in front of them, everyone was instantly shocked!

The scale of this new hall was unprecedented, being around four-five Central State City square long. There were giant stoves everywhere with thirty meter tall giants wielding giant hammers to create armour and weapons.

The giant craftsmen were different from the giant guards, they were smaller by than the giant guards by quite a bit. Moreover, they wore no armour, revealing their black and blue granite skin. Even their beards seemed very firm, looking stone like in nature.

They all wore shorts and the muscles on their bodies stuck out like hills. They had incomparably large hammers in their hands, which were covered in red runes, continuously releasing steam. Every time the hammers smashed down, a red light was released and giant sparks were flew in every direction.

The entire hall was filled with giant craftsmen.

All having a fiery appearance!

"They are all giants!" Yun Xiao's heart fiercely whispered, "Boss, there seems to be quite a few of them, so do we fight them or not?"

Chu Tian measured the distance with his eye.

This was a little troublesome.

The giant puppets were too big and couldn't not sneak through, so they had to defeat over a hundred giants just to pass this palace, but was eliminating a hundred giants that easy? It was unknown how strong these giants were compared to the guards, but they would not be that much weaker!

"We have no choice!" Chu Tian made his decision, "We'll fight!"

This was the only road through the main hall and there were no other secret roads or paths to pick, so they had no choice but to fight. Now they just needed to carefully decide how they would fight.

"We'll make some giants enter the labyrinth and split them up to reduce the pressure, then we'll break them one by one!" Chu Tian quickly though of a good plan, "Nangong, you will be in charge of leading them out while we hide on the side. After Nangong draws them away, we will go into the main hall and exterminate the rest."

"Alright!"

Everyone prepared to make their move.

Nangong Yun controlled her puppet to rush out of corridor and charged out at the giant crafting a weapon closest to her.

When the giant raised its head.

A red iron fist slammed into its face!

The puppet's iron fist glowed with a variety of runes!

Hong!

Like an explosion, the giant was sent flying onto the ground!

"Go and die!"

Nangong Yun raised and attacked with the puppet's two arms like wild hammers. Then she jumped up and smashed down with her legs, the giant did not even know how he died.

"You have killed a giant craftsman! You have been awarded five trial points! You currently have fifty five points!"

When Nangong Yun destroyed the giant's head, a notification came from the jade trial token. Killing a giant was actually worth five trial points, but Nangong Yun did not feel happy because the more trial points something was worth, the stronger the being was.

"Intruder!"

"Kill! Kill!"

The other giants angrily roared out as they raised the hot red hammers in their hands to charge forward!

God! This scene is too terrifying!

Considering that over a hundred angry naked men were charging at her, how could she not be appalled?

If she was caught by these naked men, wouldn't the consequences be unthinkable?

Nangong Yun quickly jumped onto the giant puppet's shoulder and the puppet ran into the corridor. Over a hundred hammer wielding naked men chased after her. Their speed was much faster than that of the guards, but compared to the giant puppet's, it was still lacking.

"They're gone!"

"Quickly! Make use of this time!"

Nangong Yun had attracted over half of the giants. Chu Tian and the others returned into the corridor and entered the craftsmen palace once again. Because Nangong Yun had drawn them away, most of the giants in the palace had been led away and there were less than half remaining.

"Don't waste this time! Kill them all!"

"Yes!"

Their blood boil as they prepared to attack. The giant craftsmen were very strong and in terms of their destructive might, they were close to the peak of Illustrious Soul Realm. Compared to the giant guards, they were still a little weaker. In the palace, there were over a hundred giants and now that Nangong Yun had led over sixty away, Chu Tian and the others had to deal with only five or six each. Although it was a little difficult, they still had hope.

"Don't you exhibitionists have any shame!" Yun Xiao shouted as he rushed over, "Eat a punch from me first!"

Peng!

The giant puppet's punch sent a giant craftsman flying.

The others also acted quickly. Before the other giants could approach, they had killed four-five giants already before they could enter a hard struggle.

"Dang!"

Feng Caidie's puppet suffered a hit from a hammer. The burning hammer slammed into the iron armour and left a large dent on the back of Feng Caidie's puppet surrounded by black burnt marks.

Damn!

Although she knew that the puppets couldn't be taken out, when she saw the puppet being hurt, it still felt very painful to Feng Caidie.

The giant craftsman's hammer was not just very powerful, it also contained a strong fire attributed energy. It hit an ordinary iron hammer, it would have turned it into molten iron.

The forty craftsmen were quite strong, but compared to the giant puppets, there was a bit of a disparity. The most important thing was that the trial space only simulated the monsters and in the end, they were all fake. The one problem the beings in here faced was that they lacked intelligence.

So they did not know how to coordinate and only knew how to rush forward. Like this, how could they be a match for the six of them?

The entire fight lasted less than fifteen minutes.

The forty giants were all taken care of.

Chu Tian had managed to take care of everything before Nangong Yun came back, but suddenly, a large wild roar came from the top of the hall.

"There's still one more!"

The six of them had just turned around.

A flaming red giant hammer flew through the air and with a explosive sound, it slammed into the head of Yun Xiao's puppet. The head had been exploded as Yun Xiao's puppet staggered to the ground.

"Fuck!"

"This bastard destroyed my head!"

Chu Tian had no time to care about this as he opened the Mind's Eye. After the hammer had flew through the air, it was as if a magnet attracted it as it suddenly flew back into a giant's hand.

This giant craftsman was different from the others!

This giant had red skin with various cracks in them that was leaking red magma, like it was the giant's blood. Steam appeared around him, and he seemed like a giant human stove.

His beard, hair, and eyes were all red. It was like they were made of fire.

A strong aura was released.

Lin Mu said in a surprised voice, "He seems like he's the leader!"

Fang Han snorted and said, "It doesn't matter what he is, I don't believe that he will be able to take all six of us together!"

Yun Xiao stood up from the ground. His puppet's head had been half destroyed and the other half had fused together. It was a good thing that did not have a weak point and as long as the controller was not injured, it would still be able to move.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

Yun Xiao angrily roared out.

At this moment, the main hall shook as Nangong Yun ran back in a distressed manner. Her body had been hit four-five times by the iron hammers and there were many black holes on it releasing smoke, "Are you finished yet? I can't hold on much longer!"

This is bad!

There seemed to be an endless amount of trouble!

Chapter 179: Raging Flame Craftsman God

This flaming giant craftsman's body was stronger than the normal craftsmen's by several times, it was close to the True Soul Realm. He even had cultivation techniques and martial arts, so their battle strengths couldn't compare.

"You guys help Nangong, I'll take care of the chief!"

In this critical situation, they did not dare to hesitate. They immediately controlled their puppets to help Nangong Yun and take care of the giant craftsmen that came back.

Would the flaming craftsman chief allow them to leave?

As they prepared to leave, the giant suddenly gave a loud roar and charged out.

Chu Tian hid behind a pillar.

He ignited his Mind's Lamp and released his Divine Sense. It was released like an invisible glow that could penetrate anything!

When his Divine Sense reached the "Mind's Lamp" realm, not only could he see through everything, he could also use it to affect matter. The flaming giant was enveloped by the Mind's Lamp, and some external force anchored it to the ground.

A puppet charged forward.

The burning giant instantly recovered and his hammer shot out at a fast speed. Flames appeared around it like a flaming projectile, making it look like red lightning.

Chu Tian could clearly see through this giant's attack and made the giant puppet dodge before it could hit. The giant hammer slammed down behind him, leaving a long mark on the ground. A terrifying heat came out of the crack with magma flowing out.

The puppet seized the chance to jump up and launch an attack. When the two giant fellows made contact, there was a massive shock. The giant was caught off guard and pushed back two steps while the puppet's fists were like bombs as they hammered the giant's chest!

When the two dark gold fists slammed into the giant's chest, the destructive ruins on its arms began to glow and a terrifying destructive power was released. The giant's chest caved in, and his thirty meter tall giant body was sent flying, slamming into a pillar!

Hong!

The pillar was shattered.

This was the puppet's chance to attack, but that flaming hammer turned in the sky and was now shooting out at Chu Tian's back.

The Mind's Lamp Divine Sense was stronger than the Mind's Eye.

Although the Mind's Lamp could see everything clearly, it was not as detailed as the Mind's Eye. However, the range it had far surpassed that of the Mind's Eye.

Chu Tian could sense the hammer flying at him, but the puppet's body was not his, so he could not use hyperfocus with it and could not control it very efficiently. He could only dodge to the side and let the hammer fly past him, leaving a black burn mark on his skin.

The flaming giant seized this chance to stand up. With a peng sound, he was once again holding the giant hammer!

With the giant hammer returning to his hand, his aura increased by several times!

His eyes seemed to be releasing flames of rage as he charged forward with earth shaking steps. The hammer shot out at the puppet's head!

Chu Tian knew how strong the giant was.

If this hammer were to land, then the puppet would be completely destroyed!

Under Chu Tian's control, the puppet immediately moved back to dodge this attack. The giant hammer fell right in front of him and the heat released from it ignited the air. It was like a flame dragon dropping from the clouds onto the ground.

The floor beneath the puppet turned soft and it flew into the air.

It had fallen into a large pool of fire red magma!

The strength behind the hammer was not much, but it released a shock wave that instantly melted the ground. It was a good thing that the puppet had a high density metal structure. If it were a normal being made of flesh, even a True Soul Realm expert would instantly perish after falling into a pool of thousand degree magma.

The puppet quickly moved back and pulled itself out of the magma pool.

Although it was made of strong metal, staying in the magma for a long time would still cause quite a bit of damage to its body. If any key parts of its body were melted, then the puppet would be wasted.

The burning giant raised the hammer once again and launched another attack at Chu Tian's puppet.

Wherever the giant hammer went, the air was lit on fire. It was as if there were a flame dragon in the giant's hand that was wildly attacking the giant puppet.

The attack hit the ground!

It instantly created a large pool of magma.

The attack hit a column.

It instantly melted the column!

Chu Tian was always a distance away, but he could still feel the terrifying burning aura. If it weren't for Chu Tian using his Divine Sense with his skills and the hyperfocus ability to perfectly control the puppet, he would have been defeated already.

The burning giant raised its hammer once again and turned another patch of ground into magma.

"That's enough!"

Chu Tian's puppet did not retreat and charged in. He went under the giant's hammer, not letting it raise it again.

The destructive fists slammed into the giant's right shoulder!

The giant's shoulder broke.

Chu Tian's puppet raised its hands in the air and slashed down with its hand. A terrifying splitting sound occurred and the giant's hand was cut off.

Raising its leg to kick out!

The giant was sent flying once again.

"How will you fight me without a hammer!"

Chu Tian's puppet picked up the giant's arm and threw it into the distance. It stepped out of the pool of lava and charged out of the pit. Its body was covered in a terrifying power as it charged at the giant. The giant did not have time to react as the puppet lifted it high up and threw it into a pillar.

It had lost its right arm and its hammer.

The giant's battle strength had decreased quite a bit!

How could it still be Chu Tian's match in this situation?

Ao, ao, ao!

The burning giant gave three roars. His body was covered in flames as countless ruins appeared on him.

Self-destruction?

Chu Tian's Divine Sense could see the situation inside the giant's body and could tell that it was condensing its energy. As well from the runes on its body, he could tell that the giant did not have enough strength to fight its enemy, so it decided to take them both out!

Chu Tian controlled the puppet to pick up a broke pillar and wielded it like a ten ton giant stick.

His Mind's Lamp was released.

His Divine Sense covered everyone.

In their brains, a voice sounded out, "You guys move aside! This fellow is about to explode!"

More and more cracks appeared on the flaming giant's as magma and flames poured out, as if it was about to explode out!

"Fuck you!" Chu Tian used the pillar to attack the giant, and the thirty meter tall giant was sent flying. It was like a ball sent flying by a wooden bat as it shot towards a group of giant craftsmen.

Nangong Yun controlled her puppet to jump out and kick down, "Let me help you!" Her puppet's foot landed on the giant's stomach and the giant was sent flying right into the center of a large group of craftsmen.

"Run away!"

Everyone ran to the side and dropped to the floor.

Hong!

A devastating energy was released in the main hall, and flames submerged half of the palace. At least thirty giant craftsmen were destroyed by the explosion!

"You have killed the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman! You have been awarded thirty trial points!"

"You have killed a giant craftsman! You have been awarded four trial points!"

"You have killed a giant craftsman! You have been awarded four trial points!"

"..."

Chu Tian's points quickly rose and he gained close to one hundred points. Each giant craftsman was worth five points, but because of Nangong Yun's kick, the trial tower decided that she had made a contribution and gave her one point per giant craftsman.

"This is great!"

Yun Xiao loudly shouted.

They killed all the giants in one go!

Is there anything more satisfying than that?

The entire craftsmen palace, a divine craftsman and over one hundred giant craftsmen has been exterminated by just seven people! The puppet had a weaker battle potential compared to the giants and being able to obtain a magnificent victory like this was not an easy thing to do.

"You have cleared the craftsman palace! You have been awarded thirty trial points!"

They received the reward at the same time!

Exterminating all the giants gave extra trial points!

Because to the trial tower, completely exterminating the craftsman palace was an impossible mission to accomplish! If there was anyone that could accomplish this, they would naturally receive extra rewards!

Chu Tian had continued to solve the cube puzzles and gained over a hundred points, which was an impossible thing to do. This allowed the seven of them to activate all these giant puppets!

It was because they had so many giant puppets and they could recognize their goal that they ignored the side halls with treasure to head for the main halls, which allowed them to reach the craftsman palace in the shortest time possible.

The craftsman giants had not been properly strengthened.

Otherwise with just seven giant puppets, they would not have the ability to pass through this hall, not to mention exterminating the entire craftsman palace!

There was no doubt!

This was a magnificent victory!

Chu Tian looked at his points and found that he had two hundred and eighty four points!

This was already enough to break the previous Central State City highest point record. Even if Chu Tian was eliminated from the tower now, he would still have the record of the highest trial points obtained!

Only eight hours had passed so far in the trial space!

Chu Tian dusted off the dirt on his clothes. The flames of the hall had mostly dissipated, but the the air was hot enough to burn their lungs. This situation could be considered extremely hot.

"Is everyone alright?"

Nangong Yun stood up with her head of beautiful red hair standing up and her beautiful face completely black. Feng Caidie who cared a lot about her image also looked like a coal miner right now.

"We are still alive!"

Yun Xiao, Lin Mu, and Fang Han were together. Fang Han had condensed a thick wall of ice which had countered out the flame shock wave.

There was no need to worry about Yun Yao.

Her cultivation base was higher than Chu Tian's so this blast was not enough to threaten her life.

"Although we are fine..." Yun Yao knit her brows and said, "Our puppets have been damaged quite a bit and their battle strength has decreased. We haven't even arrived at the treasure room, so this loss is quite big."

The seven puppets had all been injured, but it was a good thing it wasn't too serious. Even the most heavy injuries still did not affect their movement, so they would not collapse.

"Forget about that!" Nangong Yun was filled with excitement as she said, "Look over there! What loot did we get!"

Yun Xiao also said, "That's right! These giants were so strong, they would definitely leave behind loot!"

Chu Tian walked over to where the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman exploded.

Chu Tian noticed something and his eyes lit up!

This fellow was quite difficult to deal with, but he did leave quite a few things behind!

Chapter 180: Treasure room

The might of the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman was not something a True Soul Realm expert could block!

This could clearly be seen from the rewards given by the trial space. Killing a powerful queen bee awarded twenty points and killing a Raging Flame Divine Craftsman rewarded thirty points, which clearly showed that the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman was much stronger than the queen bee!

The queen bee dropped a priceless Spiritual Pearl after dying, so how could the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman leave nothing!

A purple key.

A long giant hammer.

A scarlet red jade slip.

A scarlet red magic orb.

These were all the pieces of loot the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman dropped. The purple key was used to open a treasure box, the scarlet red jade slip seemed to contain some secret techniques, and the giant hammer and magic orb seemed like strong items!

Chu Tian picked up the two meter long hammer, and his hand sunk down a bit. He felt a bit awkward holding it.

A good heavy weapon!

If one did not use their spirit energy, it would be hard to fight with it. It seemed like one could not use it without incredible strength.

The jade trial slip sent information into his mind and Chu Tian nodded with satisfaction, "The Magma Hammer, this is a good soul weapon!"

This weapon was not weaker than the Divine Wind Marquis' Divine Wind Sword!

Chu Tian picked up the scarlet red magic orb, "Flame Avoiding Bead, it is a special defensive item. It can absorb all kinds of flames, which makes it impossible for the user to be hurt with flames."

A strange treasure and a valuable Magma Hammer!

"This cultivation technique is called «Strength of Lava» and one will be able to release high temperatures like the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman if they practice it." Chu Tian looked over the jade slip and then gave the jade slip and the large hammer over to Nangong Yun, "These two items suit you, so take them!"

He was really worthy of being the head, giving this kind of reward!

Nangong Yun held the two meter long giant hammer. This hammer had a round head that was even bigger than a person's waste. It had a dark red body and a metal build, being completely covered in glowing runes. It was like magma was flowing over it, slowly releasing a strong energy.

Everyone was shocked!

This was a weapon worth tens of millions of gold coins!

Yun Xiao was covered in a cold sweat. Elder sister was a very violent person and now she even had this giant hammer in her hand. It had to be said that it was very suitable, but…..it was also a little scary.

Nangong Yun raised the giant hammer and swung it around a few times. She created a strong breeze that made others fear approaching her. She then gave a satisfied laugh, "It's quite strong! It's also easy to use! I like it a lot!"

With a dong sound!

The hammer pounded onto the floor!

Fire red spirit energy crushed the ground in a three meter range to pieces. Everyone was caught off guard by the floor shaking and they almost fell to the ground!

"Strong and fierce!" Nangong Yun did not dislike the hammer's exaggerated shape at all. Gently kicking the hammer, the hammer was raised from the ground and she swung it over her shoulder, "Thanks boss, I finally have a convenient weapon now!"

Yun Yao secretly spoke to Yun Xiao beside her with a serious expression, "From now on, stay a little further away from her, do you understand?"

Yun Xiao rubbed the cold sweat on his forehead, "I understand. I still want to live for a few more years!"

"This «Strength of Lava» does not conflict with your family's inherited cultivation technique, so I believe you will be able to cultivate them at the same time! I believe that with this cultivation technique and this giant hammer, your battle strength will at least double!"

The weapon and cultivation technique did not suit Chu Tian, so he gave them to Nangong Yun who would have the most use from it.

The Flame Avoiding Bead he would keep to use.

Finally there was the purple key left. What use did it have?

Everyone searched around the main hall and found eight silver keys and even a golden key that came from the normal giants.

In the trial space, the highest level treasure box was the gold treasure box!

Then what use did this purple key have?

"Take the silver and gold keys to find the treasure boxes." Chu Tian shook the purple key, "I will see what use this purple key has!"

There were many gold and silver treasure boxes in the craftsman palace!

Because they could not waste time, Nangong Yun immediately took the keys and excitedly charged out to find the treasure boxes.

Chu Tian carefully studied the purple key the Raging Flame Divine Craftsman had dropped. This should be a key with a special function. Chu Tian looked around the hall, and a giant copper stove appeared in front of his eyes.

The Raging Flame Divine Craftsman had appeared from behind that stove!

Chu Tian went behind the stove and found that within the roaring flames of the stove, there was actually a glowing treasure box releasing a purple glow.

He had found it this easily? This was a bit beyond his expectations!

A new problem had arisen!

The purple treasure box was inside the giant's stove, and this stove could even melt iron. If Chu Tian's flesh body entered the stove, wouldn't he be turned into charcoal?

The Flame Avoiding Bead did not represent flame immunity since it had a limit to what it could absorb. This energy in the stove was very strong, and even True Soul experts could not withstand it, so Chu Tian was not that willing to rush to his death.

"Since the stove is used for forging, there should be a way to control the flames!"

Chu Tian quickly discovered that there was a giant array lock on the side of the bronze stove. There were sixty four array designs and there were some designs that could control it.

"Gold, fire, water, earth, and wind?"

The stove clearly had different elements and when different elements fused together, the stove's function would change. Ancient refining techniques used different materials to create items, so this was the best way to create a stove with different functions.

First he had to reduce the fire element and increase the wind element!

An explosion came from inside the stove as the flames almost spewed out.

With the flame element being reduced and the wind element being increased, although the temperature was lower, the wind helped the flame rise, making it even more intense. It spewed out of the stove like a dragon's breath.

He understood now!

The sixty four designs represented the elemental energy inside the copper stove, some of which was fixed and could not be changed.

Chu Tian needed to change the other designs and find the optimal configuration to turn off the flames. One should not assume that reducing the amount of fire element would make the bronze stove safer, rather it made it worse. This one part fire element energy that Chu Tian changed into wind element energy made the flames even more intense.

But the difficulty of this was not too big!

Chu Tian understood the increase and decrease logic behind it. After grasping the array distribution of the copper stove, Chu Tian quickly adjusted the stove's function. Mutually suppressing elements and restraining each other, the stove's temperature quickly dropped and gradually achieved a balance.

"This should be fine now!"

There was still a flame burning in the stove which obscured one's vision, but the temperature was much lower now.

Chu Tian held the Flame Avoiding Bead as he walked into the sea of flames.

A protective layer appeared around him. When the flames came close, they were immediately absorbed by the Flame Avoiding Bead.

Chu Tian walked into the center of the flames but did not get burned at all. He knew that the Flame Avoiding Bead had a limit, so he could not stay here for too long.

"Kacha!"

The purple treasure box was opened!

Chu Tian did not even look at it before taking everything away. He rushed out of the stove as fast as possible, coming out unscathed without a single hair being scorched.

There was a strange square shaped crystal that the jade trial token called "treasure house key"!

A special jade talisman that the jade trial token called the "Substitution Talisman". It had the ability to substitute for a person when they suffered a fatal attack. This was an item of the trial space and could not be taken outside.

There was also an ancient refining technique jade slip. According to the information of the jade trial token, this was a slip full of ancient refining techniques, which was a priceless treasure in this era.

The last two were fine.

The one Chu Tian was curious about was the "treasure room key". Was this strange key needed to open some treasure later on? But, how was it used!

Nangong Yun and the others came back.

They all had a large harvest.

This place was a weapon refining palace, so the treasure chests did not contain medicinal resources or special items. Instead they contained various weapons, armours, other equipment, and even weapon crafting materials. There were many high level Soul Items and they had harvested dozens of them!

Dozens of high level Soul Items!

This was not a small number!

There were not many refiners in Central State City who could refine Soul Level Items. So for good quality Soul Items, even the Four Great Families did not have many of them.

This harvest completely satisfied them!

They had already been in the craftsman palace for quite a while, so they immediately gathered up their loot. Then they began to head for the giant's labyrinth's core, the giant's treasure room!

There was still a large distance between the craftsman palace and the giant's treasure room.

On the road, there were quite a few strong giant guards blocking their way and fighting their way through was not a sane thing to do. Chu Tian chose not to fight and ran through as fast as possible.

Finally.

They had used three hours, but they had arrived at the center of the labyrinth, which was the giant's treasure room!

When they arrived at the giant's treasure room.

They were all stunned!

This giant's treasure room was too different from what they had imagined!

In their imaginations, they thought the treasure room would be covered in treasures, forming a magnificent palace. The giant's treasure room was the center of the giant's labyrinth, so it should have been a magnificent sight!

In front of them was now an empty palace.

The size of the palace itself was much smaller than the craftsman palace!

The most important thing was that the palace itself was completely empty, other than giant mirrors placed randomly around the hall.

Ground, walls, and the ceiling!

Every area was covered in giant mirrors.

The mirrors were three meters tall with golden bases, and they could be turned. Their surfaces were very smooth, with not a single piece of dust on them. Each mirror was enveloped in a special energy that released an ancient aura.

At the back of the crystal mirrors, there were mysterious totems painted on.

It was shaped like a wolf man, looking like a fierce monster. It wore scaled armour while wielding a long trident in its hands. A pair of blood red eyes stared at intruders as if telling them to stay away.

There was nothing else here at all!

There was not even a treasure box!

What was happening?

Where was the treasure room!

This was clearly an ordinary palace, how could this be the center of the trial space? Where was the mysterious hidden eternally lost question!

Chapter 181: Mirror and demon

This center palace was completely empty, being filled with a deathly silence. It was completely made of black metal, making the hall feel like a mausoleum.

The strangest thing was that all around them, the walls were covered in countless giant mirrors, perfectly fitting together. There were no gaps and it extended infinitely. When a person stood in the center, countless reflections on the mirrors were in every direction. It looked like there was no end, and a single person was turned into tens of thousands of people.

The hundreds of three meter tall giant mirrors seemed like they were arranged in a special pattern. Once one came in, they wouldn't be able to find the exit, so it was very easy to get lost.

The large hammer touched the ground with a "dong" sound.

"This is the treasure room? This is the treasure room? Pei! There's absolutely nothing here!" Nangong Yun was set ablaze with rage, "We were tricked by the map! Perhaps this was a joke made by the trial tower designer!"

The others felt the same way. In the giant bee hive, they had harvested the half step Sacred grade ten thousand year old spiritual honey. In the craftsman palace, they had harvested a bunch of Soul Items.

They had worked hard to reach the center of the giant's labyrinth, but they found nothing in the end. There was no guards or treasure boxes at all! How could this be? This was too unreasonable!

"The map cannot be wrong, the trial designer would not be that bored." Chu Tian did not believe this. He felt that the formation here was strange. This many crystal mirrors would not be suspended here for no reason, but he did not find a single clue yet, "Look around, there must be something strange!"

"I found it!"

"This mirror is a little different!"

The mirror that Yun Xiao found was not different in size, but its frame was a purple gold colour. It was unknown what it was made of, but it was very exquisite. It was releasing a faint glow, and there was no demonic totem painted on the back.

Feng Caidie rubbed the purple gold mirror out of curiosity and found that there was a hole in the back. The hole was square shaped, as if something could be placed inside of it.

Everyone immediately remembered the treasure house key!

Chu Tian pulled out the square crystal that he received from the purple chest. Comparing it, it seemed like it was the right shape, so he pushed it in without thinking about it anymore.

When the crystal stone entered the hole, it fused together with the ancient mirror like it was a part of the mirror in the first place.

The ancient mirror vibrated a few times and was instilled with some kind of energy!

The purple gold frame began to light up, and that smooth mirror without any dust on it suddenly began to release energy fluctuations. It seem like it was about to melt as waves appeared on its surface.

Peng!

A muffled sound rang out!

Everyone felt like it was hard to open their eyes because of the intense light. A beam of light came from the mirror, hitting a pillar in the distance!

A giant hole appeared in the pillar!

After the beam of light pierced through the pillar, it passed through the entire hall and hit the metal walls of the corridor. Even though there was a six-seven li distance, the high energy light beam began to melt the metal turning it into red hot liquid, creating a stream of it coming from the wall.

Nangong Yun was stunned, "Such a strong energy!"

The crystal stone's ability is to energize the mirror and let it release this high energy beam of light. Then the real key of the treasure room was not the crystal stone, but rather it was the mirror. Or more accurately, it was the light beam?

"This beam is so strong, it can actually melt the metal wall." Feng Caidie said, "Is there a door on the treasure room walls? Do we need to use this light beam to melt the metal door to go in?

"Impossible!"

When Chu Tian entered the giant's labyrinth, he realized something.

This trial space did not only test strength and luck, it also tested one's knowledge and technology. For example the cube puzzle and the secret puppet room, he believed that out of all the other palaces, there were many other places like this.

The giant's treasure house was the core of the trial space, which meant it was the hardest to solve, it might not have been opened in te

How could it be as simple as using a beam of light to melt a wall?

Chu Tian observed the area around them for a long time. Suddenly a loud and long cry rang out in their ears.

"The surrounding mirrors are releasing smoke!"

A black demonic fog came from all around them.

The demonic wolf totems behind the mirrors received some kind of stimulus and were coming to life. They slowly crawled out of the mirrors and an evil roar sounded in the entire space.

"Damn!"

"The totems have turned into monsters!"

Monsters began to crawl out of the mirrors. They had wolf heads and human bodies with cold appearances. They also had lizard tails and bat wings...It was a kind of undescribable, disgusting mess!

Yun Xiao shouted, "There are so many of them, what should we do?"

Chu Tian ordered, "Nonsense! What else can we do? Fight them!"

The demons were three meter tall with demonic qi soaring into the sky, releasing killing intent to suppress them. When they fully formed, their bodies began to dissipate and turn into black fog, which charged at them.

They controlled the puppets to charge over.

Hong!

A rune covered fist attacked a mass of black fog, and the black fog was instantly dispersed.

Was one killed?

No!

It would not be that easy!

The black fog that dispersed continuously gathered, appearing at the giant puppet's chest. It turned into a large trident that pierced into the puppet's chest and came out its back side.

The entire puppet was nailed into the ground!

With the puppet's defenses, even Illustrious Soul Realm Cultivators would find it hard to destroy them!

The demons had actually easily pierced through the puppet's body, just like piercing paper!

Feng Caidie's face turned pale, "My puppet can't move anymore!"

Lin Mu, Fang Han, and Yun Xiao wanted to help, but couldn't do so.

After these demons turned into black fog, their entire bodies transformed. Any attacks that hit them did not make contact and passed right through them.

There were seven-eight monsters approaching!

A giant puppet had been ripped to pieces!

In another direction, a demon formed a bow and arrow. An arrow flew out without any sound, and Yun Xiao did not even know what happened when the arrow pierced through his body.

The jade trial token released a white light!

Yun Xiao disappeared from the trial space!

Yun Xiao had been eliminated!

Everyone's expressions quickly changed.

This was the first time someone had been eliminated.

Chu Tian said to the little fox, "They seem like demonic beings, so can you suppress them?"

The little fox shook its head and made a few gestures with its hand.

Although they were demonic beings, the little fox could feel that they were very special and received a special protection. It was impossible to destroy them in this situation and unless they had a special attack, they could not do anything to them.

Chu Tian's eyebrows knit together, "Would the trial space have invincible monsters appear? That doesn't seem logical!"

The little fox rolled its eyes and revealed an expression like it did not know.

"This is bad!"

"We can't block them!"

With the monsters coming in waves, Lin Mu and Fang Han's puppets were broken in succession. Then they were attacked by a mysteriously appearing attack, being instantly sent out of the trial space.

Too fast!

Not only could the demons not be eliminated, they were also quite strong and very fast. Before they even had a chance to react, they were completely surrounded.

Nangong Yun's face turned white when she saw this, "It's all over now!"

As her voice fell.

A large mass of demons formed together and created a black tornado as they charged over.

What should they do?

Physical and energy attacks all had no use!

"I got it"! In this critical moment, Chu Tian suddenly had an idea, "Quick! Use the light to deal with them!"

Nangong Yun, Feng Caidie, and Yun Yao all suddenly realized it!

That's right!

The light mirror!

Feng Caidie was the closest to the light mirror, and she charged over to aim it at the mass of black fog. When the light beam hit the demons' bodies, the demons let out shrill cries. The black fog immediately disappeared, and they turned back into wolfmen, with the effects of the transformation completely disappearing!

Cracks appeared on these demons' bodies as they used their hands to guard against the light mirror.

The little fox's eyes lit up as it immediately jumped out. Taking in a large breath while facing the demons, the demonic strength was sucked out and absorbed into the little fox's body.

Just like this, several stone figures completely collapsed to pieces!

Nangong Yun wielded her hammer and slammed into the escaping demons. When the attack hit the monster, it sent the monster flying, while it shattered to pieces!

Good!

They had succeeded!

The trick was the mirror!

The entire group of demons was exterminated, but they did not have time to be happy.

After the beam passed through the monsters, it hit a mirror in front of it and was reflected onto a mirror behind it.

The beam was reflected five-six times.

"Ah!"

Feng Caidie let out a shocked cry as she was hit by the beam, being instantly sent out of the trial space!

Nangong Yun cursed, "Fuck! What is she doing! She reflected the ray back on herself and eliminated herself!"

This occurred instantly.

Feng Caidie didn't even know how she had been eliminated!

Yun Yao said in a serious voice, "There are mirrors all around us, and after the light beam has been reflected several times, no one can judge its path. It seems like using the light mirror itself is incredibly dangerous!"

The beams that the main mirror released were reflected by several other mirrors, creating a dense web of light beams. These beams were very strong, and even if they were touched a little bit, they would be instantly eliminated!

The mirrors in the hall began to vibrate.

Over a hundred demons appeared once again!

Nangong Yun's heart lost all confidence. She immediately steeled herself and planned how she would die, "I'll go and manage the mirror, you guys take care of them! Eliminate them all!"

The main mirror position was very dangerous.

Nangong Yun wanted to take out these monsters before she was eliminated.

"Nangong come back, there's no need for you to put yourself in danger!" Chu Tian stopped Nangong Yun's rash decision. Since Chu Tian had found the rule, of course he had found the solution, "Let me do it!"

The Mind's Lamp was ignited!

His Divine Sense was released!

Chu Tian locked the positions of the demons and used his Divine Sense to control the mirror from a distance. Turning the mirror, the strong beam of light shined on the hundred demons and instantly scattered their protective energy.

"Little fellow, it's your turn!"

The little fox quickly rushed past them, sucking in the demon's strength. These spiritual formed demons, once they lost their protective energy, immediately became very frail. In the blink of an eye, they lost their energy and the light mirror's beam shattered them to pieces.

"You have killed a mirror demon! You have been awarded three trial points!"

"You have killed a mirror demon! You have been awarded three trial points!"

"You have killed a mirror demon! You have been awarded three trial points!"

"..."

Chu Tian's jade trial token continued to changed, instantly obtaining two-three hundred trial points!

Nangong Yun happily shouted, "You've taken them all out!"

Yun Yao found that the remaining demons separated from the mirror were gathering together and she immediately reminded Chu Tian, "Be careful, there are still many of left!"

Around two hundred demons had gathered together.

The two hundred of them formed a giant being!

Nangong Yun laughed, "These idiots, don't they know that they're just creating a larger target? Boss, shine the light on them and kill them!"

When the light shined on them, the giant demon began to release a blue smoke.

It was like a piece of iron being burnt. Although it screamed in pain, it did not revert back to its original form. It seemed like it was being protected by a strange energy and refused to change back!

"What is happening?" Yun Yao was stunned, "Did the light mirror lose its effect?"

Chu Tian knit his brows and said, "It's not the light mirror is losing its effect. When the demons fuse together, they have enough strength to resist the power of the light mirror!"

Nangong Yun's mouth opened wide, "How can this be? How do we beat it!"

The newborn giant demon roared into the sky. Countless black energy arms came from its body, creating over a hundred limbs, making it look like a giant octopus.

A terrifying pressure filled the air.

Almost as if it had surpassed the Awakened Soul Realm and had reached an even higher realm!

Even if this monster did not have the ability to resist death, it was still not an enemy Chu Tian could defeat, not to mention that the light mirror would not affect it anymore!