No hope for eternal life

Chapter 127 The final contest

After taking the spiritual herbs, there were no miraculous changes. The only change was that the pressure on Mu Changsheng suddenly dropped, probably to the level before the sudden increase. Although the pressure was still very high, at least it gave Mu Changsheng the strength to continue climbing.

"It is true. These spiritual herbs and fruits are used to relieve stress." Mu Changsheng was glad that he did not give up picking spiritual herbs and fruits before.

Based on the idea that spiritual herbs and fruits would not appear without reason, and the ever-increasing pressure, Mu Changsheng had already linked the two together. Now it seems that his guess was correct.

Jiang Yuheng obviously guessed this, so he had evil thoughts.

Mu Changsheng also noticed that the speed of Mu Xun and the other four people above quickly returned to normal after a sudden drop, and they obviously guessed the secret of the spiritual herbs and fruits.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng did not waste time and continued to climb, because he still suspected that the duration of this spiritual herb was limited.

As time went by, the effect of the spiritual herbs was indeed gradually weakening, and the pressure on Mu Changsheng was slowly increasing, until it reached its strongest state.

Mu Changsheng quickly swallowed a spiritual fruit. To his surprise, the spiritual fruit's pressure-reducing effect was even stronger than that of the spiritual herb.

"Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have asked Jiang Yuheng for ten spiritual fruits instead of spiritual herbs." Mu Changsheng felt a little regretful.

"That's not right. The distribution ratio of spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits is relatively even. Perhaps there are some magical uses between the two." Mu Changsheng thought about it again. He is now certain that every design of this mountain should have its special meaning.

After Mu Changsheng took the spiritual fruit, he climbed even faster and was about to surpass Song Zhi, who was ranked fifth.

Because the space became narrower as one went higher, at this moment Mu Changsheng and Song Zhi were only half a zhang apart.

When Mu Changsheng passed Song Zhi, he said, "Sorry, Miss Song, I have to go first."

At this time, Song Zhi called Mu Changsheng and said, "Mr. Mu, please wait a moment. I have something for you."

After saying that, Song Zhi threw a storage bag over to Mu Changsheng under his puzzled gaze.

Mu Changsheng took the storage bag, took a look at it, and was immediately shocked because there were five spiritual fruits and five spiritual herbs in it.

"Miss Song, this is not appropriate." Mu Changsheng declined politely.

"There's nothing inappropriate about it." Song Zhi explained: "Before, when they asked us to compete as a team, they were actually hinting that we could also assist as a team during the mountain climbing competition. Xue Shaoyang and Shen Qianliu are both very strong, and I am destined not to be their opponent. Since I can't make it into the top three, then for me, there is no difference between fourth and tenth place."

Then, Song Zhi told Mu Changsheng a crucial piece of information: "Taking spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits at the same time can relieve stress more effectively."

Mu Changsheng had doubts about the relationship between spiritual fruits and spiritual herbs before, but after Song Zhi's advice, he suddenly understood. So Mu Changsheng no longer hesitated and accepted the spiritual fruits and spiritual herbs. At the same time, he kept this friendship in his heart and said to Song Zhi: "Miss Song, thank you very much."

Then, Mu Changsheng continued to climb.

At the same time, Feng Ze, who had been paying attention to the entire Mishan Mountain, could no longer sit still. Seeing that the first place was likely to be snatched away by the guy named Mu Xun, he began to make some small moves and whispered to Feng Li: "It is better to use spiritual fruits and spiritual herbs at the same time. In addition, you must do your best to win the first place. This matter is related to a great opportunity for you."

When Feng Li heard this, he was moved and took the spiritual herbs and fruits at the same time. Afterwards, the pressure really dropped to a very low level, and Feng Li's speed increased greatly.

On the other side, Xiao Jingshan noticed Feng Li's change and glanced at Feng Ze. He knew without guessing that it must be Feng Ze who did something.

So Xiao Jingshan also sent a message to Mu Xun, and the content was roughly the same as Feng Ze's. Immediately afterwards, Mu Xun's climbing speed also increased greatly, and he still maintained the leading position.

Feng Ze saw this and understood the reason. He just laughed dryly and said to Xiao Jingshan: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, both of us have committed a foul. Let's stop here."

"Okay, then please ask Senior Mo to be a witness." Xiao Jingshan said with a faint smile, looking at the mysterious woman who had never left.

The mysterious woman nodded slightly when she heard this, and the word "yes" appeared in the ears of Xiao Jingshan and Feng Ze at the same time.

However, Xiao Jingshan's words stirred up quite a stir in Feng Ze's heart, and he was surprised and said in his heart: "Her surname is Mo, she is from the demon clan!"

Afterwards, Feng Ze became completely obedient and didn't dare to make any more small movements.

At the top of the Maze Mountain, the final contest has begun. Mu Xun ranks at the top, followed by Feng Li, and then Shen Qianliu, Xue Shaoyang, and Mu Changsheng.

However, after the first spiritual fruit became ineffective, Mu Changsheng took both spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits at the same time, which greatly reduced his pressure and increased his speed.

As for Xue Shaoyang, whether it was because he did not have enough spiritual fruits and herbs, or because he did not know the secret, his speed had fallen far behind Mu Changsheng and he was about to be overtaken by Mu Changsheng.

Seeing this, Xue Shaoyang naturally refused to agree. Mu Xun was in the first place and stepped on all of them, which already made him very unhappy. He could not tolerate Mu Changsheng surpassing him.

So, Xue Shaoyang directly used his signature skill - the art of taming insects. Three hideous-looking beetles attacked Mu Changsheng along the mountain wall.

Mu Changsheng had been wary of Xue Shaoyang for a long time. After seeing the beetles, he directly threw out three Fire Talismans. The Fire Talismans turned into three white fire dragons, which devoured the three beetles one by one.

After the flames died down, three beetles were found, one dead and two seriously injured!

Xue Shaoyang quickly called back the two living beetles, furious: "Damn this mountain climbing competition, it prevented me from using my full power to control insects."

The so-called insect taming is not a simple manipulation of insects, but requires the combination of the power of the insect master and the insects to exert the strongest power. However, because he was in the maze mountain, Xue Shaoyang's magic power was suppressed, which prevented him from exerting the strongest power of the insects, and he was suppressed by Mu Changsheng's Lihuo Talisman.

Xue Shaoyang seriously suspected that the rules of this competition were designed to target these top performers, preventing them from exerting their full strength.

At the same time, Xue Shaoyang had a similar question in his mind as Jiang Yuheng: "How many Lihuo Talismans does Mu Changsheng have in his hand?"

On the other side, Mu Changsheng felt it was impolite not to reciprocate, so he threw another three Lihuo Talismans towards Xue Shaoyang.

Seeing this, Xue Shaoyang didn't dare to use beetles to resist anymore, because every beetle was carefully bred by him, and every death of one made him feel heartbroken.

In the end, Xue Shaoyang successfully withstood the attacks of three Lihuo Talismans with his physical body that was strong enough to challenge an early Jindan cultivator.

Mu Changsheng took the opportunity to surpass Xue Shaoyang and continued to climb up.

Xue Shaoyang was as gloomy as water below, and was furious in his heart, but he did not attack again, because he understood that Mu Changsheng's three attacks with the Fire Talisman were just warnings. If he dared to attack again, he would only be greeted with a merciless bombardment of the Fire Talisman.

"Damn competition rules." Xue Shaoyang cursed in his heart again, but didn't dare to curse out loud, because he could guess that these weird competition rules were probably made by the king, and their words and deeds on the mountain could not be hidden from a strong man like the king.

Seeing that Xue Shaoyang did not make another move, Mu Changsheng temporarily put his mind at ease and began to focus his attention on Shen Qianliu.