Transmigration and Self-Saving Cultivation

Chapter 36: The Dilemma of Trials.

Jun Luochuan stood quietly in the valley filled with thick, ink-like fog that seemed to be alive and constantly churning, like a solitary traveler in a chaotic world. A sense of unease, like a surging wave, welled up in his heart.

"This second test seems to be like a dragon's den or a tiger's lair, it's by no means easy," Jun Luochuan muttered to himself, the voice seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth.

He took his first steps cautiously, like a blind man feeling an elephant, each step feeling as if he were walking on soft, ethereal clouds, devoid of any sense of solidity. The surroundings were deathly silent, save for his own heavy breathing and slightly disordered footsteps, echoing like lonely drumbeats in this eerie space.

As he walked, Jun Luochuan suddenly felt an overwhelming pressure surging from all directions, as if countless invisible giant hands were about to squeeze him into a meat pie as thin as a cicada's wing.

"Hmph, trying to trap me like this is just wishful thinking!" Jun Luochuan gritted his teeth, as if they were about to break, stubbornly resisting the overwhelming pressure.

However, the pressure grew increasingly rampant, like a demon, and Jun Luochuan's legs began to tremble uncontrollably, like reeds in a storm. Large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and rolled down his cheeks.

Just then, a sinister and terrifying laugh, as if it came from the deepest hell, suddenly rang in his ears.

"Haha, kid, don't be so naive as to think you can pass this difficult test so easily!"

Jun Luochuan was startled, as if struck by a heavy hammer. "Who? Show yourself if you dare!"

However, the only response he received was a chilling, eerie laugh that echoed through the thick fog, like the lament of a wronged soul, sending shivers down one's spine.

Jun Luochuan suppressed the overwhelming fear surging within him and continued to grope forward as if walking on thin ice. Suddenly, his footing gave way, as if the earth had instantly opened its gaping maw, and he had fallen unprepared into a bottomless trap that seemed like an endless abyss.

"Ah!" Jun Luochuan cried out in terror, his voice echoing through the trap like a desperate wail.

He tried to use magic to make himself soar into the air like a bird, but tragically discovered that there seemed to be a mysterious and unpredictable, curse-like powerful force here, suppressing his magic power and leaving him like an eagle with clipped wings, powerless to struggle.

"Damn it!" Jun Luochuan cursed angrily, his voice filled with resentment and indignation.

The trap was filled with a pungent stench, like that of rotting corpses. The walls were incredibly slippery, as if coated with a thick layer of grease, making them impossible to climb.

Jun Luochuan instantly fell into deep despair, a despair like boundless darkness that enveloped him tightly.

"Am I just going to be trapped here and die like this?" he thought with a heart full of resentment, his eyes filled with a struggle against fate.

Just when he was about to lose heart and give up the struggle, suddenly, the elders' expectant and trusting eyes flashed through his mind, and the solemn vows he had once made resounded in his heart like a great bell.

"No, I can't give up so easily! I will fight, I will break through!" Jun Luochuan rekindled the flame of hope, letting his fighting spirit burn like a raging fire.

He began to observe the trap like a keen hunting dog, scrutinizing every possible detail and desperately searching for a way out.

After a series of arduous efforts, Jun Luochuan was pleasantly surprised to find that there seemed to be some slightly loose stones on one side of the trap wall, like a ray of dawn in the darkness.

"Perhaps this is my lifeline to escape my predicament." A small but tenacious flame of hope rekindled in his heart.

Jun Luochuan used all his strength to push the stones, veins bulging on his forehead, hoping to create an opening for escape.

However, at the crucial moment when he was about to succeed, a huge, ferocious-looking venomous spider slowly crawled out from the dark corner...

End of this chapter