107: Earthbound Flowing Sand
Zhang Sheng looked at the introduction of his life experience, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest, unable to let go.
It was a bit too heavy.
He couldn't help but ask himself, "If it were me, could I really endure all this?"
Hassan's experience was not an isolated case, but a representation of countless suffering masses.
At the same time Hassan disappeared from the dungeon, the wealthy man who brought him all these nightmares also died mysteriously.
To collect this information, Huaxia's investigators contacted many local people to basically reconstruct the story that happened to Hassan... Huaxia did not hide the news of the Earth-Splitting Rock Centipede's arrival in the world.
All Cultivators must remain vigilant at all times against threats from underground!
The method to avoid a sneak attack by the Earth-Splitting Rock Centipede is simple: move to the higher floors of buildings to Cultivate.
The process of a Yao Beast breaking through reinforced concrete will definitely cause significant noise.
Once they hear the noise, everyone will have time to react; whether it's to fight or flee, they will have a choice.
The Earth-Splitting Yao Centipede is a Yao Beast that excels at Digging holes and tunneling through the ground.
"In that case, I'll also practice Digging holes and tunneling!"
Zhang Sheng flew to a deserted mountain and began preparing to practice.
Practicing in such a deserted mountain was to avoid being discovered and watched like a madman.
Three second-rank spirit tool flying daggers flew out from the storage ring.
Under the control of Mental Energy, the tips of the three Flying Daggers pressed together and rotated at high speed.
Both Mental Energy and the Object Manipulation Art can control objects.
Now, Zhang Sheng's ability to control objects with Mental Energy was much stronger than his first-rank Perfection Object Manipulation Art.
When there is sufficient Mental Energy, he naturally prioritizes using Mental Energy to control objects.
The three high-speed rotating Flying Daggers began Digging like a drill bit.
The Digging skill, like other first-rank abilities,
As the Realm of Digging improved, Zhang Sheng's proficiency in Digging became more and more skilled, and his Digging became faster and faster.
This tunneling speed would shock even a Divine Breath Realm Earth-Splitting Rock Centipede if it saw it!
"Hey, human! Which one of us is actually the Earth-Splitting Rock Centipede?"
Under Zhang Sheng's Mental Energy control, the three Flying Daggers rotated at high speed to tunnel. If other Divine Breath Realm Cultivators were present,
they would only be able to see the afterimages of the Flying Daggers,
it was just that fast!
"Skill: Digging (Perfected State)"
Even when facing rock layers, Zhang Sheng could tunnel thirty meters in a single second. This speed was comparable to the moment a bunker-buster missile drills into the ground.
However, a bunker-buster missile can only drill once, while Zhang Sheng's Digging skill can keep drilling.
In Huaxia's myths and legends, there exists a Divine Ability called Earth Escape, but unfortunately, such a powerful Spell has not yet appeared in the Secret Realm.
Perhaps it will have to wait for a higher Rank Secret Realm.
Although Zhang Sheng, who possesses the star ring, can accelerate the arrival of Secret Realms,
the timing is not yet ripe.
Currently, a large amount of resources still remains in the cleared Secret Realms, having not been looted in advance.
Especially the dense Spiritual Qi within the Secret Realms!
Only when all the resources in the Secret Realms can be quickly and completely consumed will it be time to accelerate the arrival of new Secret Realms.
Because Zhang Sheng knew that the Civilization Assessment was both a test and a gift.
This precious opportunity only happens once,
and it must be thoroughly exploited!
...Ever since the incident with the Earth-Splitting Yao Centipede, Zhang Sheng had asked Dean Hou to collect earth-element Spells.
He didn't expect that there were very few earth-element Spells, and even fewer that could deal with the Earth-Splitting Yao Centipede.
But when Zhang Sheng saw the content of this Spell, he was extremely excited.
Although this Spell was only a first-rank Spell!
Its name: "Earth-Binding Quicksand"
After a Cultivator casts this Spell, they can transform solid ground into quicksand, and it's a quicksand trap with powerful suction.
Once an enemy falls into it, they will be subjected to continuous pulling and binding effects.
Their movement speed will be greatly reduced, or they may even be completely unable to move.
However, both Cultivators and Yao Beasts have extremely fast neural reaction speeds.
If this Spell is not cultivated to an extremely high Realm, it is of no great use.
Even if cultivated to a profound Realm, its usage scenarios are very limited; it's far better to spend that time cultivating other Spells.
Therefore, very few Cultivators Cultivate this Spell, and even if they do, they quickly give up.
For Zhang Sheng, however, it was a treasure!
Earlier,
Zhang Sheng had obtained a second-rank earth-element Spell—"Sand Blast Funeral".
Using sand as a coffin, exploding with the sand, and burying the enemy!
Although this second-rank Spell was powerful, it had a prerequisite.
That was being in a sandy environment.
Because of this huge limitation,
Zhang Sheng had never thought about cultivating this Spell.
Now, with "Earth-Binding Quicksand" as a prerequisite, and both Spells cultivated to the Perfected State, he would not only have an additional powerful killing technique,
but dealing with the Earth-Splitting Yao Centipede would surely be a breeze.
Zhang Sheng began cultivating this Spell on the spot.
His strong Mental Energy made his speed of cultivating Spells much faster than before, especially for first-rank Spells.
In front of him, the originally hard soil turned into a quicksand trap with a diameter of one meter.
Although this was only the effect of the Beginner Realm, it was indeed a bit too useless.
In a fight between two people, by the time you cast this Spell, the opponent would probably die of laughter.
"Friend, are you making cat litter for your cat?"
At the Proficient Realm, the range of the quicksand trap expanded to two meters in diameter.
At the Proficient Realm, the range of the quicksand trap expanded to ten meters in diameter.
At the Transcendent Realm, the range of the quicksand trap expanded to a hundred meters in diameter.
Perfected State!
The Spell became instantaneous; in a single thought, several quicksand traps appeared one after another!
Wonderful!
Too wonderful!
Beyond words!
"Awesome!"
Zhang Sheng particularly enjoyed the process of cultivating a Spell to the Perfected State; the feeling of making progress with every effort felt like a gift from fate.
Just as Zhang Sheng was preparing to start cultivating "Sand Blast Funeral", he received a phone call.
"Zhang Sheng, we have a way to find Hassan!"
Dean Hou's urgent voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Dean, that's great! How long will it take to catch that guy?"
"This..." Hou Wu's voice was a bit hesitant.
"Zhang Sheng, it's like this. To find Hassan, we still need your cooperation."
Zhang Sheng could hear the hesitation and uncertainty in Hou Wu's voice... At this moment, in the reception hall of Kyoto First Cultivation University.
An ethereal and pleasant voice of annoyance came from the main guest seat.
"Song Xian, that's right, you are very strong, but the purpose of my trip is to see Zhang Sheng. How many times do I have to say it before you understand what I mean?"
The speaker was tall and curvaceous, with soft light-blonde long hair and fair, translucent skin.
A pair of clear ice-blue eyes, with a calm and sharp gaze.
She wore a cream-white high-necked knit sweater paired with blue high-waisted straight-leg jeans, looking confident and elegant.
No one expected that the famous SSS-rank Diviner from Europe—Irene,
was also a top-tier beauty.