Chapter 1402 Breakthrough

The time of the mana restriction ticked by, and Aqua Rose and the others outside the magic array couldn't help but grow nervous.

They hadn't expected entering the Ancient City of Lost Paths would be so terrifying.

Once the mana restriction ended, regardless of what happened after, the three Trial Shadows had only used the Forbidden Domain once. The remaining two Trial Shadows could use it again.

When that happened, Shi Feng would be facing three Trial Shadows that could use skills, while he himself would be unable to use any, drastically reducing his combat power. It could be said he would definitely die.

As the three Trial Shadows continuously brandished their swords, slashing wildly around Shi Feng, not only were their base attributes stronger, but each Trial Shadow also possessed absolute Subtle Realm mastery. Every sword strike had no superfluous movements, reaching the pinnacle of speed. The three of them working together were like a single entity, making up for their own defensive weaknesses, further multiplying their combat power.

"I can only risk it!"

Shi Feng also knew the consequences of the mana restriction ending. Gritting his teeth and enduring the injuries, he pierced through the dense trajectory of attacks and slashed at the Trial Shadow that had taken five hits.

Sword's Orbit!

If he could kill one Trial Shadow, he would have a chance against the remaining two after the mana restriction ended. If he didn't do this, the end of the time limit would mean certain death, without a shred of hope.

Although Shi Feng was fighting desperately, the Trial Shadows seemed to understand what was happening. A sneer appeared at the corner of their lips as they ruthlessly stabbed towards Shi Feng's defensive blind spot.

Shi Feng didn't even bother to dodge, unhesitatingly swinging his sword towards the Trial Shadow that was unable to parry in time.

One sword... Two swords...

It was a fighting style of trading injuries for injuries.

The number of injuries he sustained was increasing, twice... four times... six times...

"Faster! A little faster!"

Shi Feng frantically wielded his swords, his spirit focused like never before, completely forgetting himself.

Although Shi Feng was attacking madly, the Trial Shadow had two hits remaining, and Shi Feng also had two remaining.

Just as Shi Feng's swords were about to slash across the Trial Shadow, the two Trial Shadows behind and beside him simultaneously stabbed towards Shi Feng's defensive blind spots.

"It's over." Tyrolk sighed softly.

He was only a sliver away. If Shi Feng could kill one Trial Shadow, he would have a considerable chance of passing the Asura-level trial. Unfortunately, that small difference was like a chasm.

"Is this the end?" Through his senses, Shi Feng could clearly see the two Trial Shadows' longswords about to pierce him. He was powerless to change anything, at most he could only die together with one Trial Shadow.

As the longswords in the hands of the two Trial Shadows got closer and closer to Shi Feng's back and side,

Shi Feng felt this scene was incredibly familiar.

It was like the trial he faced against Rhinebeck, the vice commander of the Sea God's Hall, facing attacks he could never withstand, watching himself fall to defeat, unable to do anything.

"Rhinebeck?" Shi Feng suddenly recalled his battle with Rhinebeck, and his eyes lit up. "That's right! Fighting style! My fighting style!"

Suddenly, Shi Feng exerted force under his feet, leaping up and turning. The Holy Sword, Thunder, in his hand also turned, its speed suddenly increasing by a large margin compared to before, transforming into a cyan light that met the Trial Shadow attacking from the side.

Clang!

A crisp ringing sound echoed in the forest.

At the critical moment, Shi Feng used the Holy Sword, Thunder, to block the attack from the side. Abyss Blade slashed across the shoulder of the Trial Shadow in front of him, and he leaped eight yards away, supporting himself on the ground with one hand, turning twice to steady himself.

"He's not dead?" Aqua Rose and other experts couldn't help but open their eyes wide, unable to believe what they were seeing.

Shi Feng was actually able to avoid a situation of mutual destruction with an unbelievable movement.

"This is..." Tyrolk in the distance looked at the unharmed Shi Feng with a surprised expression. "How can this be! His comprehension of Reason has actually reached the Hall level."

Being able to reach the Entry level of the Realm of Reason was already extremely rare among the experts in a kingdom, and even in the Ancient City of Lost Paths, there were not many experts who could reach the Hall level.

This wasn't something that could be achieved by simply understanding it. It required going through countless trials and tribulations and countless life-and-death battles to allow the body to react.

In the brief moment of Tyrolk's surprise, the three Trial Shadows attacked Shi Feng once again.

The three Trial Shadows still formed an encirclement, attacking Shi Feng from three sides.

Although Shi Feng had avoided a certain-death situation, the situation remained unchanged. There was only about one second left before the mana restriction was lifted, and he only needed to be hit once more to end this trial completely.

"Come on." Shi Feng looked at the Trial Shadows coming from three sides and couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.

Suddenly, more than twenty sword lights enveloped Shi Feng from all directions, making it completely unavoidable.

Faced with these twenty-plus sword lights, this time Shi Feng didn't use Sword's Orbit to resist at all. He simply moved his footwork, and his body turned, swinging eight swords. Compared to his maximum number of bursts, it was nothing.

But an astonishing scene appeared once again.

The speed of Shi Feng's swords seemed to accelerate continuously, and the three Trial Shadows that rushed up actually passed by Shi Feng, all their attacks being blocked. Shi Feng didn't get hit by a single sword.

"Die!"

Shi Feng faced the Trial Shadow that passed by, and the Holy Sword, Thunder, in his hand slashed across the Trial Shadow's neck, directly taking away the Trial Shadow that had taken nine hits. Suddenly, only two Trial Shadows remained in the entire magic array.

"What's going on?" Aqua Rose, Fire Dance, Shadow Sword, and the others were all dumbfounded at this moment.

They completely didn't understand what Shi Feng had done. Not only had he blocked all the attacks without using Sword's Orbit, but he had also created defensive gaps in the three Trial Shadows.

What they didn't understand even more was why Shi Feng, who had been at a disadvantage, was now in the dominant position.

"Is this the deeper level of the Realm of Reason that Rhinebeck spoke of?" Shi Feng looked at the dead Trial Shadow and also felt incredible.

Last time in Rhinebeck's trial, he had only just entered the door. Now, through the battle of Rhinebeck's trial, he understood that not only did his body need to change, but his own combat perspective could also change. That was to borrow the various environments around him, and even the opponent's attacks could be borrowed.

This kind of improvement wasn't like a player's improvement in senses, but rather the utilization of the body and the environment.

However, Shi Feng didn't expect that this would improve his combat power so much, directly overpowering the three Trial Shadows.

But after killing one Trial Shadow, the mana restriction was completely lifted.

Without saying a word, the Trial Shadows directly activated Blade Liberation, and then used Forbidden Domain.

"Double Burst?" Shi Feng couldn't help but smile. He also directly used Double Burst. After entering the magic array, the cooldown time of all his skills was reset, and he didn't need to hold back at all.

Immediately, Void Steps was activated, and he suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.

One of the two Trial Shadows used Heavenly Wheel Cycle Sword, and the other used Thousand Blade Streamlight to perform a large-scale area attack.

However, the attacks of the two Trial Shadows didn't reveal Shi Feng, and they fell into chaos for a while, attacking frantically in all directions. But as time passed, Shi Feng didn't appear. It wasn't until the two Trial Shadows had used up Forbidden Domain.

Shi Feng suddenly appeared beside the two Trial Shadows.

Phantom Kill!

Suddenly, five swords crossed, although the Trial Shadows reacted quickly, they were quickly hit by three swords.

Having no choice, the two Trial Shadows didn't want to waste any more time, and used Netherworld Domain, covering a radius of 50 yards. It integrated offense and defense, and even Shi Feng couldn't move around in Netherworld Domain at will, because Void Steps had no effect at all within the domain.

Immediately, Shi Feng also used Netherworld Domain.

Suddenly, more than ten ice shards flew and collided, completely unlike a player's battle.

It was clear that the two Trial Shadows controlled more Netherworld Power, a full eighteen, while Shi Feng only had nine. However, no matter how the two Trial Shadows attacked frantically, they were all blocked by the six Netherworld Powers controlled by Shi Feng. On the contrary, they were occasionally hit by Shi Feng's Netherworld Power.

Twice... Three times... Five times...

As the number of times accumulated, the number of times the two Trial Shadows were injured was increasing. In the end, they were hit ten times by Shi Feng, and both died, lying on the ground.