The sudden earthquake woke up the four people who were resting in the Trial Forest.
Mao Zimiao was the last to wake up. That night, she hadn't been sleeping but was instead meditating and practicing her technique. On the way here, Wang Qi had told her that the forest had the aura of spiritual beasts and carefree cultivators, which was highly beneficial for her cultivation of the Heavenly Evolution Sutra. As a half-demon girl, she knew her comprehension wasn't as good as Wang Qi and the others, so she didn't want to miss any opportunity to improve herself. Now, with this chance, how could she not seize it? However, just a moment ago, she felt that the law of the forest had suddenly become chaotic, and she was forced to break her meditation, just in time to feel the ground beneath her shaking.
"Meow!" The half-demon girl leaped up, her tail standing straight up like a startled cat.
Su Junyu, Wu Shiqin, and Wu Fan were already awake. The ground was shaking violently. Su Junyu used his spiritual power to lift all four of them up, keeping them from falling.
Mao Zimiao looked around and realized someone was missing. She immediately asked, "Where's Xiao Qi? Why isn't he here, meow?"
Su Junyu pointed towards Jiachen Lake. "Over there. It seems like he couldn't sleep and went out for a walk. He didn't leave my spiritual awareness range, so I wasn't alerted."
At that moment, the five-colored sky curtain that represented the spiritual law of Spiritual Beast Mountain above them began to distort due to the earthquake, and eventually shattered like foam.
Su Junyu looked up at this scene and sighed, "This is troublesome."
Mao Zimiao's ears twitched. Just then, a figure dashed toward them from a distance. Su Junyu stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Qi over to their side.
Wang Qi's face was pale, looking very uncomfortable. "Almost threw up..."
Motion sickness, seasickness are one thing, but earthquake nausea... I really can't handle bumpy situations...
Mao Zimiao asked, "Xiao Qi, what were you doing out there so late, meow?"
Wang Qi remained expressionless. "Enlightening the Dao."
"Ah?"
"Just enjoying the lake view, stargazing, and thinking about my life path."
"Uh..."
Hearing this, everyone gave him a "You're lying" expression. Only Wu Fan chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, such a leisurely interest, didn't expect Senior Wang to be such a, um, refined person."
Wang Qi raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Don't believe me?"
These days, even when telling the truth, no one believes me. The world is going down the drain...
Su Junyu took a deep breath, looked at Wang Qi, and asked seriously, "Wang Qi, did you notice anything near the lake?"
Wang Qi nodded, "The beast herd was startled, especially the Thunder Giant-Horned Deer, they fled to the other side."
"The other side? Which direction?"
Wang Qi pointed to the southwest. Su Junyu's face changed, "That's bad, how could it be that direction... Wait, now the spiritual prohibition here has failed, and the boundary line between the two regions has also collapsed. Over the years, the creatures in these two regions have evolved into different subspecies. If these beast herds meet, the experiments from hundreds of years in this experimental area might be ruined."
Wang Qi shrugged, "If the experiment fails, it fails. I've never seen an experiment that can last forever."
Su Junyu shook his head. "When you see something like this, you should do what you can. Also, if you act now, you'll get merit rewards."
"Ah?"
Su Junyu waved his wristband, "As long as you're carrying this connection artifact to the Ten Thousand Immortals Mirage, and you take action during an unexpected event like this, defending the interests of the Immortal Alliance, they will definitely reward you with merit."
Wang Qi sighed, "Where's the rich-guy attribute?"
"Rich people save up one piece at a time," Su Junyu replied, while glancing down at the ground. The earthquake had come suddenly and ended quickly. The ground no longer shook much, so Su Junyu lowered the four of them to the ground. He then took a small box from his storage bag and said, "Stay here, don't move. If any beast above the Spirit Awakening stage attacks, don't worry about the trial evaluation. Don't hold back! The trial is already over."
Wu Fan asked, "Senior Su, are you really going to lead the beasts from both regions?"
Su Junyu nodded. "The beasts in the Battle Trial area have been interfered with by humans and have long been in a state of chaotic fighting. No need to worry about that. I just need to prevent the beasts from the other area from crossing over and clashing with the beasts here."
Wang Qi looked at Su Junyu's small box, his eyes squinted. "By the way, isn't that an Unsettled Card... How are you going to lead the beasts? With playing cards?"
Su Junyu raised the box in his hand and said, "This is my magical tool for battle."
Then, Su Junyu soared into the sky, rising to a height of a hundred feet.
"Can't go any higher, any higher and the spell's power will decrease." Su Junyu measured the height and stopped there.
Next, Su Junyu began to channel his unmatched mental method, the "Xiangyu Tianwei Skill," which combined the "Yao Ding Suan Jing" and "Geometry Book."
His powerful spiritual sense burst out, spreading in all directions like waves. Soon, Su Junyu received feedback from the waves of spiritual sense and began constructing a model of half the forest in his mind.
The model also included the locations of all the large beast herds and powerful beasts at the Qi-Gathering stage.
"Good... input the conditions, the beast's habits, calculate the possible movement paths, calculate the likelihood of contact... Also, how will they react when attacked unexpectedly!"
Then, Su Junyu used his most fundamental spell, the Bai Ze Calculation!
The essence of Bai Ze Calculation was to gather large amounts of information, calculate the future development of things, and if perfected, it could even predict the past and the future!
"Thunder Giant-Horned Deer herd will meet two Demon-Eye Tigers at coordinates 652 on the x-axis and 759 on the y-axis... This time, my goal is to preserve the ecological integrity of the trial area, so I'll eliminate the Demon-Eye Tigers!"
Su Junyu's thoughts moved, and a card flew out of the box in his hand. He threw the card into the air, and it quickly grew from the size of a palm to the size of a door.
Wang Qi narrowed his eyes and looked at the card. "Rarity five, the Flowing Sword Qi of Liuyun Sect... It's exactly the same as the cards sold by the Sheng Tai Trading Company. They even sell complete sets of magical tools? Do you think these tools also need eleven pulls..."
At that moment, the card suddenly lit up, and five sword Qi beams shot out from the card, their power exactly the same as the genuine Flowing Sword Qi.
Su Junyu didn't bother checking the result, because he knew that the two Demon-Eye Tigers wouldn't be able to avoid his attack. He snapped his fingers, and more cards flew out of the box, circling around him. Various spells shot from the cards towards the distance.
Most of the spells grazed the beasts and hit the ground. For the beasts, this type of attack was like saying "This path is blocked." After being hit, the beasts would usually turn ninety degrees and run in another direction.
With the help of this magical tool, Su Junyu single-handedly controlled a small part of the Trial Forest's beasts!