Chapter 860: Strange Wasteland

After finally crossing the Silver Bridge, time and space changed in front of everyone's eyes, and the images flew around, and they entered a vast wilderness in an instant. The wasteland is so big that you can't see the edge. The grass and trees inside are very tall. A grass is as big as a tree outside; a vine is as thick as a roof ridge, coiling on the ground like a giant snake. The mountains here are extremely tall, reaching deep into the sky, perhaps thousands of meters high.

There is also a big river on the ground. The river is hundreds of miles wide, as vast as the sea, and the waves are rough. Occasionally, huge waves are set off, hundreds of meters high, overwhelming and powerful. Because the grass and trees were too tall, except for Zhang Jun who observed with Buddha's eyes, no one else could see the overall situation. They could only see the scene ahead through the gaps in the grass and trees.

Heihachiro's eyes flickered and he said: "This should be the second level, to increase the strength."

"Increase one's strength?" Zongyuan blinked, "Uncle Heiba, can this level increase one's strength?"

Heihachiro nodded: "Yes, this trial place is a place used by the ancients to improve the strength of children under ten years old. The first level is called cultivating the Taoist heart, and you have already passed it through the illusion to enhance the spiritual level; the second level is called Increasing Qi can take advantage of this level to increase strength; the third level is called wisdom, and after passing the third level, wisdom will be greatly improved."

Qinglian was surprised and said, "Can wisdom also grow?"

Zhang Jun said: "Of course wisdom can grow, but for now it's better to get through this hurdle first."

"How do I pass this level?" Zongyuan asked, "Why hasn't my strength increased yet?"

Zhang Jun looked forward and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I think I roughly know what to do, but I still need to be sure." After saying that, he suddenly stood up and dashed towards a big tree opposite. This tree is very large, with a diameter of more than 100 meters, and the back of the tree is covered with giant rouge and weeds. Right in the middle of those weeds, a praying mantis was squatting. This mantis is very different from the outside world. It is completely black, like a black gem. It was at least two meters tall and three meters long. Two large saw blades overlapped in front of it. Each saw tooth was as sharp as a large dagger.

This mantis has been waiting for an opportunity. As long as Zhang Jun and a few of them enter its hunting range, it will immediately attack, cut these prey into several pieces, and then eat a delicious meal. However, it obviously didn't expect that the prey would dare to actively pursue it after discovering its presence.

Zhang Jun's speed was too fast. Halfway through, the Zhenwu sword came out of its sheath with a "choking" sound, and a ray of cold light suddenly appeared like lightning. Before the giant mantis could take action, it felt a light movement on its forelimbs. Its natural weapons, two huge saws, fell to the ground, and black-green liquid spurted out from the severed limbs. When it realized that the situation was not good, the Zhenwu Sword flashed again, and its triangular head left its neck, rolling and falling to the ground.

"thump!"

The mantis' huge body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Zongyuan and others approached in surprise and looked at the mantis curiously. "It's so big!" Heihachiro blinked, "This damn place is the second level?"

Before he finished speaking, the huge mantis corpse turned into a rain of light and scattered in the sky. At the same time, a white light shot down from the sky, as thin as a paper rope, and fell on Zhang Jun's body. He felt carefully and found that the great power of immortal martial arts in his body, as well as the muscles, bones, blood vessels, etc. all over his body, had slightly improved. His eyes lit up and he said: "It seems that my guess is correct. The way to increase your strength is to hunt these monsters."

Heihachiro: "How did you tell?"

"I can see through the essence of this mantis, but you can't. In your eyes, it is a mantis, but in my eyes, it is an increase in strength. It is composed of a number of primitive runes that enhance physical fitness. When the mantis is When it is killed, the runes that make up it will be released and annihilated. In the process of annihilation, it will produce a magical force that can enhance one's strength, which is the white light you just saw."

Zong Yuan's eyes lit up: "Interesting! It's almost like upgrading this game!"

Heihachiro is also an experienced gamer. He held his chin and sneered: "Killing monsters, leveling up, fun, fun!" He glanced at a few people and said, "We can definitely form a group to kill monsters and hunt the big boss."

Zhang Jun smiled bitterly: "To hunt the big boss, the combat power of this mantis is no weaker than the elementary half-step magical power. How can we defeat the big boss?"

With a look of contempt on his face, Heibalang said to Zong Yuan: "Nephew, please explain it to your father."

Zongyuan cleared his throat and said: "Dad, since this place can increase strength, then the monsters in this level should be known for their strength. But it doesn't matter, because with the strength accumulated in killing monsters, our strength It will become stronger and stronger, and it will not be impossible to kill the big boss in the end.”

Zhang Jun was stunned. He didn't play much games in college. Now that he heard Zong Yuan's words, his mind became more active. He thought about it and said, "In this case, we do have a chance."

Knowing the rules of this level and how to improve it, everyone continued to move forward and hunt monsters. Even in the ancient holy land, Zhang Jun's Buddha eyes can still see very far distances. Within a radius of ten kilometers, nothing can escape the observation of his Buddha eyes. In addition, he can also judge the strength of that monster by the number of runes that make up the monster.

He knew very well that these so-called monsters were not real creatures. They were just non-living things made up of runes. So the progress was much smoother. Everyone progressed step by step, starting from the lowest level and then accumulating. Every time a monster was killed, a white light would descend from the sky. It was the light of power, which could directly increase the power of everyone.

On the other side, Spier, Ilia and the other four also entered the second level. When they first entered, they were more surprised than Zhang Jun and could not believe their eyes.

"God! What is this place! Is it hell?" The Catholic kid turned pale.

"Brock! Don't make a fuss. This is part of the wilderness, the spiritual world. What we see is not real." Spier shouted, and the kid named Brock immediately fell silent.

Good looked around and said, "Before I came here, the elders told me that this level can increase strength, and the way is to hunt the monsters here."

"Hunting monsters? That's too easy." Spear looked proud, "The four of us can definitely sweep away the monsters here if we join forces."

"Your idea is too naive." Ilya said with contempt, "This is different from the first level. The first level is over, and elimination is elimination. In this level, as long as the participants are willing, they can challenge their own limits and keep challenging."

"Keep challenging?" Spear was stunned, and then he suddenly became excited, "God really helps me, this is exactly what I hope for!"