Chapter 2712 Dangers and Chances of Growth
Over the next four months, Minos would experience ruin 11 from start to finish.
After beating the 11 minutes on level 1, he left the place bleeding from all parts of his body, having lost a good part of his wings that day. But fortunately, these were physical injuries that he would eventually recover from with opportunities.
After defeating the crushing chamber, he had access to three paths in ruin 11—the one that would take him to level 2, the one that would take him to his prize and an area where he could get food and water.
He took things for himself to use during his journey through ruin 11, but also for his companions. The food from the ruins had already proved especially tasty and useful in strengthening the mental and physical strength of the challengers. Nothing restricted those who completed challenges from taking these food resources to their companions, so Minos wasn't the only one to use this strategy.
But as much as it took him 'only' 11 minutes on the level 1 test of ruin 11 and less than 20 minutes collecting food and water, he had spent almost a whole month on level 1. The area of opportunity for him was what looked like a mud lake, where by covering himself with the gray paste of the area, he experienced an opportunity not only to regenerate his physical injuries but also to raise the quality of his defenses. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
As those who had already challenged other ruins in this heritage had realized, this place could kill them, but if they were resilient and endured the minimum time for each test, they would have the tested characteristics strengthened.
Minos experienced this at level 1 of ruin 11, having left the place not only with a higher physical capacity, strength and endurance but also a more resolute mental capacity.
The pain of having one's flesh cut by wind blades for 11 minutes was enough to drive one mad or raise one's mental resilience to a new level!
When Minos left the ruin 11 this morning, at the beginning of the fifth month of his entry into the area, he didn't rush to warn Tiolos and get the man to start the test. As he left the ruin with his cultivation reaching the final 30% of level 113, Minos observed the surroundings to find out exactly where each of his companions was and who was training, meditating, resting or challenging the area.
Coincidentally, no one was challenging any of the ruins in the area at the moment.
He headed towards the resting group, where Tiolos was waiting for the day when he could begin his seclusion with the help of Minos' temporal powers.
"How was ruin 11?" the native of Zocarro asked.
Minos replied with a not-so-good expression. "Now that I've beaten it, I can say that I could easily repeat the test. But for a first attempt, it's tough to beat it. I nearly died in one of the tests and another of them could easily have trapped me in that place until I died of old age, if I hadn't been clever with my skills."
Tiolos turned serious, having already noticed that ruin 11 wouldn't be easy because of the difficulty of ruin 12, but not having thought that things would be so bad.
"Is it that complicated?" he asked.
"Hmm, be careful. In fact, you'd better cultivate for a few decades before venturing there. I also intend to take a long seclusion now that I'm here." Minos confirmed, while the others interested in the area's opportunities felt curious and even excited.
Near-death challenges were problematic. Nobody wanted to die. But they knew that overcoming these challenges would guarantee their strength. This excited them as much as it made them fear the future!
"Anyway, let's not waste time. Get organized. I'll put you under the effects of Temporal Sands for a longer period this time."