Chapter Twenty-Two Encounter

  "A clang—" sound, very obviously belonging to the collision of weapons.

  Fang Tiannan involuntarily looked towards the source of the sound. He saw that at the entrance of a passageway beside him, Wu You, an inner disciple of Qingyun Sect, was retreating into his line of sight with a look of fear and panic. Immediately following, was the figure chasing after Wu You, but it wasn't any of the cultivators Fang Tiannan had expected to enter the Transmission Cave Heaven, rather it was a warrior carved out of a giant stone.

  The warrior in his hand, was holding a shield, and grasping a long spear. Any of Wu You's long sword attacks that went out would be blocked by the shield. The giant stone warrior's long spear attack was particularly fierce, even if Wu You's body was relatively agile, dodging left and right, he would still be hit from time to time.

  When Fang Tian Nan saw Wu You, this inner sect sister of Qing Yun Sect had already been injured, especially on her left arm and shoulder, where wounds with crimson color were flashing. Even if she held the sword in her right hand to continue resisting the attack of the giant stone warrior, it was just to buy some time for herself to escape, and the damage to the giant stone warrior was not great.

  It's not that Fang Tiannan looked down on Wu You's attack.

  On the contrary, Fang Tiannan just stood still and took a glance, knowing that Wu You's current attack intensity was far beyond his own. After all, Wu You was a true master of the Human Realm, and even if he was exhausted and injured, he was not someone that Fang Tiannan, a dark energy realm warrior, could compare to.

  All I can say is that the giant stone warrior chasing Wu You was too powerful. The attack brought by the long spear, although not fast, made it difficult for people to resist. The force contained in the long spear could be felt just by looking at the giant stone warrior's full-force posture. Wu You didn't dare to confront him head-on, and all his sword moves were deliberately avoiding the long spear's attack. On the giant stone warrior's shield, a few faint sword marks could be seen, but they did not affect the shield's defensive ability, as if Wu You's attacks were fearless in front of the shield.

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  "Sister, over here..." Fang Tian Nan couldn't help but call out.

  As for Wu You, Fang Tian Nan's impression of her was still quite good overall. Especially when she was on the hundred-step stairs, her response to Fang Tian Nan's reminder showed that the elixir in the bottle could only be taken after reaching the Human Yuan boundary, which was enough to make Fang Tian Nan feel grateful towards her.

  Moreover, Wu You, as an inner disciple of Qingyun Sect, could consider the well-being of such outer sect disciples. In Fang Tian Nan's view, Wu You's usual behavior would not be arrogant and bullying the weak.

  "Is that you?" Wu You looked at Fang Tian Nan with a surprised expression. Then, as if she had thought of something, she launched an attack and barely resisted the giant stone warrior for a moment before quickly scanning the surroundings and swiftly retreating to Fang Tian Nan's side.

  "This stone man is not easy to deal with." Wu You said indifferently, "Don't look at its pursuit speed, it's not fast, but in terms of strength alone, I'm afraid even two or three of me would be powerless against it."

  "Isn't it a bit slow?" Fang Tian Nan muttered to himself.

  "You arrived here first, where should we go next?" Wu You asked while gazing at the giant stone warrior who was still in the passageway and hadn't quickly chased after them, "I've been pursued by it to the point that I'm almost losing my sense of direction."

  "Hmm...," Fang Tian Nan said, somewhat at a loss for words, "I just arrived here too. I was thinking about whether to randomly choose an entrance and go in."

  For a moment, Wu You looked at Fang Tian Nan with some surprise, then seemed to see the giant stone warrior standing still at the entrance of the passage. Wu You's heart also relaxed slightly and he muttered to Fang Tian Nan in an ill-tempered tone: "Then why did you call me over?"

  "I'm not happy to see you coming, Sister Shifu?" Fang Tian Nan spread his hands and said helplessly, "A person walking around here alone for a long time will always feel at a loss about what to do."

  "Haven't you encountered any danger?" Wu You asked curiously while sizing up the place, "This place is strange, there are so many roads leading out of here."

  It's precisely because there are too many intersections that Fang Tian Nan is hesitant, unsure of which way to go. The reason he called out to Wu You was partly because he saw the other party in a dangerous situation, but also because he didn't really intend to help Wu You deal with the giant stone warrior. Fang Tian Nan had a clear understanding of his own abilities and knew that even if he went up, he wouldn't be able to lend much assistance. On the contrary, the path Fang Tian Nan had taken so far hadn't been fraught with danger.

  If this giant stone warrior really wanted to continue chasing the two without letting go, Fang Tian Nan thought, it would be better to return with Wu You along the original route, rather than losing their lives under the giant stone warrior's long spear.

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  "There wasn't much danger, actually." Fang Tian Nan thought for a moment before saying, "It was just after climbing up those hundred steps and choosing to continue on the small path that I encountered a human-shaped wooden puppet blocking my way. After that, I've just been wandering around this ghostly place. Nothing particularly noteworthy has been discovered."

  "I also encountered a human-shaped wooden puppet," said Wu You, seemingly still having some lingering fear. "If I hadn't taken another elixir and suddenly increased my true yuan, I wouldn't have had the chance to defeat it... I almost didn't pass that test of the human-shaped wooden puppet..."

  "Is it true that Shijie defeated a human-shaped wooden puppet before passing through?" Fang Tian Nan's heart skipped a beat.

  "What? Aren't you?" Wu You's eyes widened instantly as she looked at Fang Tian Nan.

  "Where, where..." Fang Tian Nan's eyes flickered as he said, "I was thinking that when I faced the human-shaped wooden puppet at first, its initial display of strength was extremely powerful. At least it was at the True Person Boundary, you know? I'm just a Ming Jing Boundary warrior, so in my heart, I was still very worried and helpless. But when I really started fighting it, it only showed a slightly stronger state than me. I think that with your strength as a Yuan Boundary True Person, you must have had the opportunity to pass the test after defeating the human-shaped wooden puppet at the peak of the Yuan Boundary. It seems that Sister's strength is not to be underestimated..."

  "Discussing a fight,......" Wu You listened to Fang Tian Nan's teasing and let out a bitter laugh. "You have no idea how desperate I was when that wooden puppet's long spear forced me into such a sorry state."

  "That's still because you're more powerful, Senior Sister." Fang Tian Nan couldn't help but praise her with a sentence, "Otherwise, how could you be standing here?"

  In his heart, Fang Tian Nan actually inferred a lot of information from Wu You's words.

  First of all, on each small path, there should be a human-shaped wooden puppet blocking the way. Each human-shaped wooden puppet is similar to the one Fang Tian Nan encountered. The only difference lies in the type of weapon they hold. Just like Fang Tian Nan encountered a long sword, Wu You encountered a long spear. Fang Tian Nan pondered that the others would also encounter different types of weapons.

  Secondly, whether it is repelling, defeating or completely destroying the human-shaped wooden puppet, as long as you can get past the human-shaped wooden puppet, it will be considered a successful pass. And the human-shaped wooden puppets are not all fighting with all their might, but rather according to the strength of the player, they will fight in a slightly higher state.

  As long as the challenger can burst out instantly and surpass their own combat power, the success rate of passing the level will greatly increase.

  It's just that, for the two strange energies in the metal sign in his own dantian, why did they suddenly appear at first and choose one of the small paths. Fang Tian Nan still doesn't quite understand it to this day. If it was just about obtaining the human-shaped stone contained in the human-shaped puppet, then wouldn't there be any on the other small paths?

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  "By the way, I still don't know your name." Wu You suddenly said to Fang Tian Nan, "Did you meet anyone else on the way?"

  Fang Tian Nan was speechless as he said his own name, and also felt helpless. Wu You actually asked about the question of names at this time. To think that the two had been standing together for a long time, even talking to each other. It seems that Wu You's usual style is quite careless.

  "I haven't met anyone on this road so far." Fang Tian Nan explained, "To think of it, Shifu Jie, you are the first person I've seen."

  "I am too." Wu You nodded, and then said in surprise, "We shouldn't have entered a maze, should we?" Subconsciously, Wu You looked around nervously, as if trying to find an exit.

  At this time, the giant stone warrior who was chasing Wu You was still standing at the entrance of the passageway and had not stepped into the hall. This was also the reason why Wu You and Fang Tian Nan could stand on one side and discuss it by themselves. The entire hall, except for more than a dozen passageways around the periphery, was very empty in the middle area, with only four pillars as thick as two people hugging each other, arranged in a square shape to support the top. And on each pillar, there were carvings of strange and mysterious beasts.

  Apart from this, Fang Tian Nan found it extremely difficult to distinguish which direction was the main one and which was secondary in this grand hall. There were no obvious signs whatsoever.

  Fang Tian Nan and Wu You came to one of the pillars, turned around it, carefully examining it, then observed the other three pillars. Each pillar had only one kind of monster carved on it, with its body coiled around the pillar in a spiral shape.

  And every single one of these monsters' heads, the direction their eyes were looking in, was all towards the center of the hall.

  This made Fang Tian Nan slightly disappointed. It seems that it is impossible to distinguish the specific direction by observing these carved demon beasts.

  At the same time, Fang Tiannan and Wu You both sensed in an instant that another passageway had transmitted the sound of fighting.