Chapter 228 [Trial of Wood]

The blue sea reflects the clear sky.

The clouds at dusk are like burnt firewood, red and scary.

Clean.

This is Ryan's first impression of the scenery after he, Freni and Cecilia drove the Black Rose away from the Witch Island.

The imagined Ash Sea is gray and black as far as the eye can see.

In the real Ash Sea, everything is thriving, without a trace of clutter.

But soon, the three of them felt the difference.

Although it looks calm on the outside, the energy contained in the environment is extremely violent.

It is a vast and boundless magic power, like a waterfall pouring down from the sky. Let alone trying to absorb it, just being in it makes people feel a lot of pressure.

Ryan tried to absorb spirituality, but soon, he gave up this move.

The Ash Sea area is full of magic power, without a trace of spirituality. Even if he wants to get spirituality, he has to rely on the support of magic potions.

As for Freni, she didn't dare to try to absorb it.

It is true that she is a witch, but she cannot absorb all magic power.

The violent magic power is mixed with a lot of pollution. If you absorb it rashly, the consequences will be disastrous.

After moving his body, Ryan controlled the [Black Rose] to sail automatically, and told Freni and Cecilia about the information he got from the Water Drop Princess, and shared the treasure room.

After listening to the whole story, Freni was very interested: "Ruins? You can go and see it."

Her eyes showed eagerness to try.

After obtaining the "Rune Battle Suit", she has already possessed legendary strength, and with the deepening of rune learning, the strength that can be demonstrated by driving the "Rune Mecha" is getting stronger and stronger. The crisis that caused the tragedy of the Fire Witch Mifala and the Water Drop Princess Ariel in the past may not be worth mentioning to her.

After obtaining the inheritance of the Moon Wolf King, Cecilia also has a combat power comparable to that of a legend. Although because she has just obtained the inheritance, her moves and applications are somewhat lacking, but she still has no problem protecting herself.

With Ryan's strength, it is more than enough to break through the ruins of the Ash Sea.

Of course, the most important reason is the sense of crisis.

Although she did not face the attack of the Golden Church directly, she still felt heavy in her heart through the barrier.

The legendary strength is still a little weak in the face of the upcoming crisis...

Therefore, she needs stronger power.

But the traditional path of the Tao career has too many constraints, and it is too troublesome to search for potions. Therefore, after experiencing the power of the Rune Way, Freni is particularly interested in the power system before the era of the gods.

Only this kind of power can make her and Cecilia have the possibility of a surge in strength in a short period of time.

After a discussion, the three of them decided on the next action, focusing on reaching the ruins first, and then trying to cross the Ash Sea and enter the new sea area after exploring the ruins.

Similar to the Magnetic Thunder Sea, the Ash Sea also has the outer, inner and core areas, but it is more dangerous. However, as long as you don't enter the inner area, the danger is still within the controllable range.

As for the core area... No one has entered this thing so far, or in other words, those who have entered have not come out alive so far. The existence of the core area is mainly a speculation made by the world based on the structure of the Magnetic Thunder Sea.

The gorgeous ship broke through the waves and moved forward quickly.

Ryan sat cross-legged on the bow deck, and behind him was Xiao Zi lying on the deck to bask in the sun.

The thick dragon scales reflected a deep halo under the sunlight. If you look closely, you can see that there are some small and complicated patterns on the edges of each scale of Xiao Zi.

To this day, under Ryan's careful care, Xiao Zi has successfully transitioned from childhood to adolescence, and his strength has reached the legendary level.

As a natural evolution of Red Yao, it grows at an astonishing speed when there is enough food, not to mention that what Ryan feeds is the best blood food that Xiao Zi can bear.

"After Xiao Zi enters adolescence, he can start to try to eat forbidden flesh and blood. In this way, his strength will improve faster..."

Ryan glanced at a dragon lying on the deck like a lazy dog. During the time in the magnetic thunder sea, there was no sunlight all day, which made Xiao Zi, who has both fire and poison attributes, in a bad mental state all day. Unexpectedly, after arriving at the Ash Sea, this guy still behaved the same way.

I didn't raise a home dragon, did I?

Shaking his head, Ryan was too lazy to think about it, closed his eyes and prepared to start meditating.

Although Furenyi left the Witch Island, the study of the Way of Runes had to continue. The Scarlet Witch stored the knowledge of the Way of Runes in the inheritance crystal. Now, Miss Witch was thinking hard in the captain's room. The complex patterns made Ryan terrified.

Cecilia was in a similar situation. She had just completed the inheritance and she still had a lot of things to adapt and make up for. As for the combination of the Moonlight Power skills, she was able to complete some of them with her past combat experience, but it would also take time.

So, the two women woke up, but Ryan was still the only one on the deck.

Ryan didn't care much about this.

Although he used tricks to improve the Tianqing and Zhuoyan swordsmanship to the Grandmaster level, tricks were just tricks after all, and many places were not as good as the original.

But with the Grandmaster-level insights gained from tricks, it was only a matter of time before he could truly reach the Grandmaster level by practicing swordsmanship.

The Black Rose was sailing on the boundless sea. What surprised Ryan was that after sailing for several hours, it was dark, and he did not encounter any violent monsters.

According to Ariel, there were many violent monsters in the Ash Sea, and they were very aggressive. How could they not attack the Black Rose?

Strange...

This situation did not make Ryan happy, but rather a little solemn.

There must be a reason for the abnormality.

It has been only a few years since Ariel and her friends came to the Ash Sea last time. It seems a long time, but for the vast ocean, it is really not worth mentioning in terms of time scale. It is unlikely that there will be any drastic biological migration.

What's more, the monsters living in the Ash Sea have undergone specialized changes due to the influence of the environment here. If they are really allowed to go to the outside environment, they will die quickly.

"Is it a temporary luck?"

Ryan frowned.

After sailing for several hours again, Ryan completely dispelled the fluke in his heart.

There was no attack, not even a single bird was seen, as if the entire Ash Sea had really become a dead silent place.

Abnormal, 9981 points abnormal!

Freni walked out of the captain's room and stood beside Ryan, with a solemn look in her eyes.

"Mr. Ryan, what do you think?"

Ryan thought for a moment: "How about we return?"

Miss Wolf stood quietly beside him without expressing any opinion.

Freni nodded: "Go back."

Although they decided to take the risk, the current situation in the Ash Sea is too weird. Going deep rashly is not taking the risk, but courting death.

[Black Rose] turned the bow and began to sail.

Two hours later, looking at the Witch Island getting farther and farther away on the "logo", Ryan and Freni's faces were not very good.

"Lost..." Ryan said in a deep voice.

It may not be very appropriate to describe it as lost.

Ryan followed the guidance of the "logo" and controlled the [Black Rose] to sail, but the distance between the two sides was getting farther and farther.

Ryan suspected that there was something wrong with the "marker" and tried to sail in the opposite direction, but he was still getting farther and farther away.

"Something is interfering with our sense of direction. No matter which direction we sail, we will eventually get farther and farther away from the Witch Island..."

Ryan frowned.

In this situation, going back seems to be a little impossible.

In this case...

"Then keep moving forward!"

Ryan and Freni's eyes became sharp.

Since they are not allowed to go back, they can only clash with each other.

"Continue to the depths of the Ash Sea. I want to see what it is."

Although Ryan is unwilling to cause trouble, he is not afraid of trouble.

With the strength of a demigod, basic safety can still be guaranteed in the Ash Sea.

[Black Rose] continued to sail towards the depths of the sea. Not long after, a flowing galaxy suddenly appeared in the pitch-black night.

Countless starlight spread on the sea, forming a path that spread to the depths.

At the same time, a faint voice sounded beside Ryan's ears:

"... Come... Come... Follow... Ashes... Star Road... To see you..."

The voice became more and more vague as it went on.

Ryan's eyes remained unchanged, and he looked at the two women beside him.

"Did you hear it?"

The two women nodded.

Ryan grinned: "Interesting."

Even with his perception, he could not detect the source of the sound. There was no spiritual fluctuation, nor any magical fluctuation. This meant that either the owner of the sound was a true god-level existence far superior to them, or the power system of the owner of the sound was not a traditional professional path, and did not use spirituality or magic.

If it was the former, it would be meaningless for them to struggle, and if it was the latter...

Ryan and Freni looked at each other.

In the current situation, there was no other choice but to move forward.

Directional interference... Starlight paving the way...

Everything the owner of the sound did was to get them to an unknown place.

Even if they turned around at this moment, it would not make much sense.

Since this was the case, it would be better to face it head-on.

[Black Rose] was moving along the Ash Star Road. Ryan could clearly feel that the moment the ship entered the Ash Star Road, the surrounding environment had undergone a wonderful change.

It was as if the dimension of space was stretched and lengthened, and time slowed down.

Endless light spots came towards us, more and more, and denser and denser. In the end, all the light spots outside the ship's barrier were submerged by the starlight spots.

"Boom!"

The hull of the [Black Rose], which was moving smoothly, shook violently, and the endless starlight in front of him suddenly dimmed. Ryan reached out to support the two women who almost fell down under the violent shock.

The darkness lasted for less than three seconds, and then the light in front was bright.

The scene they saw made Ryan and the other two's pupils unconsciously widen, and a strong shock appeared in their eyes.

What a scene this is.

A huge tree that is so huge that it is difficult to describe in words grows in the dark void. Surrounding it is the sea water flowing down from countless cracks, forming a huge waterfall that surrounds the giant tree.

The giant tree clearly has lush branches and leaves, but its entire body is gray, as if it has lost all vitality, giving people a strong sense of incongruity.

The Black Rose, where Ryan and his two companions were, was located in one of the countless drooping waterfalls. Compared to the gray giant tree that blocked the sun all day, even the hundreds-meter-long Black Rose was as small as an ant, not to mention Ryan and his two companions on the boat.

The hull fell along the waterfall, and a strong sense of weightlessness came. At this moment, the faint voice just now appeared again, and compared with the previous voice, the voice was clearer, and the strong emotions could be heard in it:

"You...finally...come..."

You?

Who is the "you" that the voice refers to?

This thought emerged in Ryan's mind, and the next moment, a dazzling gray light burst out from the giant tree, occupying all of Ryan's sight.

...

"Tick...tick..."

That was the sound of water drops falling.

Ryan slowly opened his eyes and covered his forehead with a headache.

His chaotic consciousness gradually became clear, and memories came to his mind, making Ryan's brows frown deeper and deeper.

Crossing the Ash Star Road...seeing the wonder of the gray giant tree...then, he fell into a coma.

Ryan looked around, and what came into his eyes was not the hull, but a dark and narrow cave.

The sound of water drops he heard just now was the accumulated water flowing from the top of the cave.

At present, the [Black Rose] disappeared, and Furenie and Cecilia did not know where they went.

What made Ryan feel heavy in his heart was this silent method of making him fall into a coma and teleporting his position.

What kind of strength does the owner of the voice have?

Ryan originally thought that the other party needed to guide them to a certain place, and his own strength should not be too strong, otherwise, wouldn’t it be easier to show up and escort them by force?

But now it seems that his guess has a "little" mistake.

But no matter what, the first priority now is to find the two women and reunite with them.

Ryan stood up and walked in the direction of the light. After a while, he walked out of the cave.

The strong light made him squint.

When he could see, Ryan was surprised to find that he was not in the exit of a cave, but a tree hole.

The gray bark was hard and rock-like, which made him mistakenly think that he was in a cave.

A wooden passage woven from gray branches and vines appeared in front of Ryan.

This was an upward staircase. In addition, on both sides of the passage, there was a bottomless black void.

Am I now on the gray giant tree I saw before?

Ryan's heart was shaken.

"Huh..."

After a few seconds, he took a deep breath and calmed down his emotions.

Ryan tried to stretch his hand out of the range of the wooden stairs, and suddenly felt his arm sink.

He retracted his hand, took out a stone from the space ring, and threw it out.

"Bang!"

The small stone, with the power provided by Ryan, exploded the sonic boom cloud, but the moment it left the range of the wooden stairs, the stone suddenly fell.

"There is a strong attraction outside the wooden stairs..."

"That is to say, once you fall down, life or death is unpredictable..."

No one knows what is inside the bottomless black void, but just by looking at it, Ryan feels a strong sense of threat.

Since there is no way to go, he can only move forward.

Ryan took a step and walked up the wooden stairs.

The process of rising step by step gave Ryan a strange feeling of going straight from the ground to the clouds.

The stairs are not high, with a total of ninety-nine steps. When he stepped on the last step, what Ryan saw was a door covered with wooden textures.

There were two different projections on the door.

And the scene above made Ryan's pupils shrink suddenly.

The two projections on the left and right were Furenee and Cecilia respectively.

Furenee was in a dark space, and seemed to be fighting with something, with bloodstains all over her clothes, while Cecilia was in a dead wasteland, surrounded by a large number of gray monsters, engaged in a tragic fight.

A series of fonts appeared on the door.

Ryan couldn't understand the font that just appeared, but the next moment, the font kept changing, changing more than a dozen times in succession, and finally became a font Ryan could understand.

[Trial of Wood]

[Trial of Companions. ]

[Those who pass will receive rewards and can be teleported into one of the projection worlds to help their companions complete the assessment. ]

Ryan narrowed his eyes, and the prompts on the panel appeared in front of him.

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[Trial of Wood]: [Trial of Wood], also known as the Trial of Body, will produce different recoil forces according to the race and rank of the tester. Attack this door with all your strength and withstand the recoil force to pass the trial. During the process of receiving the recoil force, any invincible and dodge skills will not take effect.

Please note that, so far, no human has successfully passed the [Trial of the Body].

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