Chapter 950 - 424: Annotation!
Rumble---
As the senior brother analyzed the words he had just inadvertently spoken.
Above the dueling arena.
A roaring sound emerged. Looking over, Xu Ran saw a stone door appearing before him, and above the stone door, there was a shimmering curtain.
On the curtain, there was a profound darkness, as if it contained endless mysteries.
The appearance of this stone door was something Xu Ran had long been accustomed to.
He had passed this trial of Sword Technique!
At that moment, he didn’t hesitate, stepping directly into the stone door.
Just as Xu Ran stepped into the stone door, a powerful suction suddenly came, as if trying to tear his body apart.
He felt a dizzying sensation, the surrounding space seemed to distort, and time slowed down, making his whole body feel like it was floating in midair.
"Hoo--"
The next moment, a gust of wind roared past his ears, stinging his cheeks, while his face was pelted by fine particles, not painful, but incredibly irritating.
"Where have I ended up now?"
After a moment of disorientation, Xu Ran opened his eyes, and in an instant, a harsh light from above shot down, directly piercing into his eyes, making it impossible to open them.
"The sunlight here is so harsh?"
Xu Ran forced himself to endure the discomfort, finally squinting his eyes open a crack, and only then could he vaguely make out the scene.
Before him was an empty void, seemingly boundless without an end in sight.
Yet on both sides were two towering mountain ranges, not very high, seemingly only thousands of feet high, indicating this was a valley.
"This valley is large and long enough!"
The appearance of this valley suddenly triggered Xu Ran’s memory, remembering the scene inside the strange ravine in the Great Mountain, leading him to speculate.
"Could this trial be testing flight speed?"
When Xu Ran first acquired the Wind Control Skill, he inadvertently found himself in a strange ravine within the Great Mountain.
In that ravine, the wind was rampant, with numerous gusts shooting forth deep inside.
Thanks to such an excellent environment, he quickly learned to fly in the air, and it was then that the Peregrine Falcon’s flight speed greatly increased.
If not for that ravine, both he and the falcon would have been killed by the giant eagles intercepting them along the way!
However.
This valley before his eyes, although it appeared similar to that ravine.
In reality, this valley had a sightline that seemed endless, as though it was born for speed.
Furthermore, the rampant winds in this valley carried sand that constantly battered against Xu Ran’s body.
If not for his powerful physical strength, these sands bundled in the winds could cause him serious trouble!
Suddenly.
A whirlwind swept through the valley, blurring the scene in an instant; countless sand particles were whipped into the air by the sudden gust.
At this moment, the wind seemed to take shape, spinning continuously above, completely obscuring Xu Ran’s vision.
Standing in the valley, Xu Ran’s clothes flapped madly in the wind, fiercely whipping against his body, as if in the next moment they would tear him apart.
The sand was abundant, and the raging wind had taken shape, covering the sky with Huang Sha, rendering the scene ahead invisible.
"Why is the bald man not showing up this time?"
Xu Ran felt the forceful wind in the valley, looked around for the trial’s Gatekeeper.
Normally, the bald man appeared promptly when he entered the next trial, but this time he was late.
Moreover, only by the bald man’s appearance could he learn the nature of the trial; otherwise, if the target was wrong, he would have to start all over again.
Thus, finding out the location of the bald man was the best move!
Xu Ran looked left and right, but still couldn’t see the bald man, and his vision was now obscured by the sand to a visibility of less than two feet.
Making a decision right away, Xu Ran opened his arms, letting the wind and sand pound against him.
"This wind..."
Xu Ran muttered to himself and the next moment retracted his opened arms, half-squatted to the ground, pressing against a protruding rock to stabilize himself.
"Such strong power!"
He felt the protruding rock rapidly eroding at a perceivable speed upon contact.
In an environment like this, besides the raging wind, it was hard to imagine anything having such power.
When he had opened his arms, the body’s contact area with the wind increased, and the wind sliced against his body like blades.
Moreover, he could almost feel his body sliding backward?!
"Such immense wind force!"
The whirlwind in this valley was far greater than the wind force in the previous strange ravine.
"Hmm?"
After a moment, Xu Ran sensed something was amiss again.
"This wind... seems to limit my movements?"
Xu Ran felt extremely surprised.
Within the whirlwind, he could faintly feel his movements constrained by the wind, as if a shackle held his body, binding his every move!
Although.
At this moment, Xu Ran felt extremely uncomfortable, yet he was still trying to adapt to the canyon where the whirlwind raged.