Chapter 2117 Unforgiving Marshland

Chapter 2117 Unforgiving Marshland

The inability to fly became a major hindrance to Monk Hushu and Crown Princess Shang in the Trial.

Unlike the frozen wasteland and the volcanic region, they didn't have solid ground everywhere to walk on. They tried to use their immortal sense to tell what place was 'solid' enough, but the area seemed to be making it hard to do that with its unique properties.

Their immoral sense seemingly became muffled as it entered the mushy soil, and the muddy waters of the marshland.

Monk Hushu found it strange and looked more into it, before realizing that there was some kind of energy permeating the entire place. This was the energy that made it hard for their Immoral sense to work when going through materials.

The two weren't ones to back down just from this and started exploring the trial grounds. Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

It didn't take them long to encounter the enemies after that, as they seemingly rose out of the ground as well as the water.

They were shaped like Alligators, large frogs as well as insects like Dragonflies, Water Striders and more creatures that one might find in a marsh.

These mud beasts were also hard to kill due to them regenerating. But here, Crown Princess Shang seemed to have an advantage. Since she was proficient in both fire and wood elements, it allowed her to sense the energies of the mud creatures better.

Due to it being a swamp, there was still wood element mixed into it, which also mixed into the bodies of the mud beasts. This allowed Crown Princess Shang to pinpoint the energy cores of the mud beasts, finally figuring out a method of killing them.

The keys were hidden deep in the depths of the muddy water, or sunken in the swamps. The two had no option but to get their hands dirty to find the Iron Keys. This was the major reason why it took them this long to finish the second trial, as the keys had to be carefully dug out of the swamps or fished out of the muddy water. If they accidentally used a skill that was too strong, they could destroy the keys as such they had to hold back a lot, causing them to further slowdown.

The mud beasts in the central area were the strongest and used a lot of mud attacks that coated them hundreds of time which they had to clean up. But eventually they gave up as it was simply not worth it, deciding to bear through it all.

They grit their teeth and did their best in finding the Iron Keys, until finally they obtained the final key that opened up a Teleportation gate.

"And that's how we ended up here." Crown Princess Shang finished.

"Wow... that was certainly... Harsh." Lin Mu said listening to their ordeal.

"I've been to many marshlands and swamps before but never to one as disgusting as this." Crown Princess Shang spoke.

"I don't want to see another swamp for a few years at least." Monk Hushu chimed in.

"Perhaps that'll be for the best." Daoist Chu couldn't help but agree.

"Though, how many keys did you two obtain?" Lady Kang who had been silently listening to it all finally asked.

Lin Mu's ears perked up, as he wanted to know this too as it was the only thing that would allow them to get to the next trial.