Whoosh!
Meng Lin exhaled heavily. He was very excited as he raised his head to look at the sky.
He desperately wanted to ascend to the tenth level, to explore the secrets of Ice Mountain Pusan, and to find the seed of the Yin Magnetic Aurora.
However, under Cang Long Stele's persuasion, Menglin suppressed his impulse and climbed up step by step.
He did not blindly pursue speed, but instead prioritized safety.
After all, this was only the eighth level.
By the time Menglin reached the peak of the eighth level, the number of martial artists in sight could be counted on one hand.
Meng Lin knew that even for high-level Transcendent realm examinees, if they did not have sufficient strength, it would be extremely difficult for them to reach the peak of the eighth level.
Now that he had reached the peak of the eighth level, Menglin naturally would not be courteous.
After searching around, he indeed found quite a few good things.
Among them, Menglin discovered a few rare supreme-grade spirit materials. Without hesitation, he put them away into the storage space of the Imprisoned Dragon arm.
After sweeping through the area, Menglin did not stay for long.
Without any hesitation, Menglin stepped onto the ninth level.
Upon reaching the ninth level, the Yin Magnetic Aurora scattered in all directions became even more terrifying. It was chaotic, whistling, and extremely frightening.
Coupled with the strengthening of the mysterious binding force, it was as if invisible vines were pulling at his entire body, making it impossible for him to take a step forward.
Even Menglin did not dare to be negligent at this moment. For the first time, he activated the Square Sutra and used the Blue Dragon Imperial Armor.
Instantly, a faint layer of orange armor appeared on the surface of Menglin's body.
Thump!
Thump!
The Yin Magnetic Aurora that pierced Menglin's body was easily blocked by the Blue Dragon Imperial Armor.
Even so, every step on the stone steps of the ninth level was very difficult.
Menglin could clearly sense that he was trapped in an invisible quagmire, and climbing up was a little difficult.
Previously, Menglin felt that he had to spend a lot of time on the eighth level.
However, compared to the ninth level, the eighth level was simply heaven.
Menglin didn't look back either. He just glanced left and right from the corner of his eyes, but he didn't find any other cultivators moving forward.
"Could it be that they've all been wiped out on the ninth floor?"
Menglin was also slightly surprised.
He knew that among ordinary martial artists, there should be extremely few who could reach the ninth level.
Without being distracted, Menglin continued to walk up the stairs.
There were ten thousand stone steps on each level.
Menglin didn't even need to lift a finger to climb the first few floors and ten thousand steps.
But at the ninth level, every step forward was extremely difficult.
After spending an entire day, Menglin finally stepped into the peak region of the ninth level.
Along the way, because maintaining the Azure Dragon Emperor Armor consumed a large amount of Earth Energy, Menglin had already used three top-grade Star Stones to recover.
"Hu!"
Menglin let out a long sigh of relief and was surprised to find that there was no Yin Magnetic Aurora here.
Finally, he could take a breather.
However, that mysterious binding force seemed to have strengthened again.
According to Menglin's speculation, in the peak region of the ninth level, the treasures here would definitely be of much higher quality than those on the eighth level.
Soon, Menglin found some high-grade spiritual materials. Obviously, they should have been placed by the four great forces.
Menglin didn't stand on ceremony and put them all into the storage space of the Imprisoned Dragon Arm.
"Could it be that there are only these dozen or so supreme-grade spiritual materials?" The insatiable Menglin circled around the peak region of the ninth level and advanced with difficulty.
Suddenly, Menglin discovered that there was a strange tree standing in front of him.
The strange tree was as thick as a person hugging it. It was nearly a hundred meters tall and had no leaves on its bare branches. It was completely white!
It was the first time Menglin had seen such a strange tree and was very surprised.
However, Menglin could clearly sense that this strange tree emitted an ancient and vast aura, as if it was the true body of a wood-elemental spirit.
However, Meng Lin didn't sense any life force from Qi Bai's strange tree.
Seeing that Menglin didn't recognize this strange tree, Cang Long Stele said indifferently, "Master, this is the body of a white sandalwood after its death. It contains a trace of immortal characteristics and can be considered a very good holy artifact."
"White sandalwood?
Holy artifact? "The shocked Menglin had heard of white sandalwood.
White sandalwood was a metal-elemental spirit. At the same time, it was also an extremely rare spirit.
However, Menglin didn't know what the immortal characteristics that Cang Long Stele mentioned were, but he knew that the body of the white sandalwood in front of him was the main material that could be used to refine holy artifacts.
The main material of a holy artifact was an extremely rare treasure.
Only a Saint artifact refiner could refine it and refine it into a holy artifact.
Whoosh!
Controlling his consciousness to envelop the body of the white sandalwood, Menglin wanted to take away this rare equipment.
To Menglin's surprise, he actually failed.
"This?
Why can't I take it? "Menglin was quite puzzled.
"Haha!"
With a faint smile, Cang Long Stele explained, "Master, if it could be taken away, I'm afraid that the four great forces would have taken it away long ago. How could it still be left here?"
"To be precise, the body of the white sandalwood has already been fused with the entire Ice Cauldron Mountain by the owner of the Abyss Ancient Ruins using a refining technique."
"Damn it!"
Hearing Cang Long Stele's explanation, Menglin cursed. He was happy for nothing. It turned out that this huge treasure couldn't be taken away.
Suddenly, Cang Long Stele's tone changed and he said with a smile, "Master, but you can chop off the body of this white sandalwood. Even if it's damaged, it's still a good refining material."
"Chop it off?"
A weapon to chop things!
Menglin really couldn't think of what kind of weapon would be needed to chop off this white sandalwood.
He did have a sacred weapon, the Dragon-Imprisoning Arm!
Unfortunately, most of the Dragon-Imprisoning Arm was still in a sealed state. Moreover, the Dragon-Imprisoning Arm seemed to be a defensive sacred weapon.
As for weapons below the level of a sacred weapon, it was almost impossible to chop off the white sandalwood.
"Use Lin Neng's Sword!"
With Cang Long Stele's reminder, Menglin suddenly understood!
That's right, Lin Neng's Sword was the natural gift of the Lin Family's ancestor, Lin Neng. It had unparalleled sharpness and could ignore defense. It was the nemesis of weapons. Facing a sacred weapon like the white sandalwood, it was hard to say whether it could really chop it off.
The excited Menglin couldn't wait to use Lin Neng's Sword and locked on to the bottom of the white sandalwood.
Bang!
In the sound of metal clashing, the huge body of the white sandalwood fell down.
"Hahaha!" Menglin, who was laughing wildly, was very proud.
With just one blow, he had chopped off the white sandalwood!
However, just as Menglin was about to take the body of the white sandalwood, a childish voice came from the body of the white sandalwood.
"Stop!"
The voice was very stiff.
Swoosh!
In the instant that Menglin was stunned, a small light flew out of the white sandalwood body.
Looking carefully, Menglin saw a very small puppy. The puppy with white fur flew out and stopped in mid-air!
What was even more incredible was that this puppy had a pair of almost transparent wings on its back.