Chapter 76

"Ten of them!"

Jiang Wei saw that the ten ghostly figures behind him were rapidly closing the distance. Jiang Wei's soul strength was lower than these ghostly figures, and without using secret techniques, his speed naturally couldn't match theirs.

Seeing that he was about to be caught, Jiang Wei had no choice but to use the secret technique "Gentle Breeze."

As the name suggests, "Gentle Breeze" allowed him to transform into a light breeze. However, winds usually blow on the ground—have you ever seen wind blowing in water?—and since Jiang Wei was now in the water, the effect of "Gentle Breeze" was significantly reduced.

Fortunately, there was still a difference between using a secret technique and not using one. As soon as Jiang Wei used "Gentle Breeze," his speed immediately skyrocketed, and he quickly outdistanced the ghostly figures chasing him.

But soon, an eleventh ghostly figure appeared beside Jiang Wei!

"How can I fight this?"

Jiang Wei believed that with his strength, he was already hard to find an opponent at the Divine Perception stage. However, facing this test, he had no chance at all. Not only did he have no chance, but if he wasn't careful, he might even be annihilated here—unless Jiang Wei was willing to immediately reincarnate.

Even with his strength, he had no hope of passing the test. So, what kind of strength would be required?

After all, in just a short while, there were already eleven ghostly figures in the water. If it continued, the number of ghostly figures would likely increase even more! In Jiang Wei's view, the only way to pass the test was to kill the ghostly figures faster than they were created. However, killing a ghostly figure with twice his soul strength was no easy task.

The ghostly figures kept appearing, quickly surpassing twenty. Fortunately, this water world was vast and boundless; otherwise, Jiang Wei would have already been surrounded and killed by the ghostly figures.

Even so, Jiang Wei deeply felt the danger.

"This can't go on!"

When Jiang Wei was surrounded by nine ghostly figures, he had been hit by a spear. He had barely escaped by forcibly tearing his soul apart. Although he escaped, his soul was severely injured, and his soul strength dropped from 150 times to 130 times.

Now, Jiang Wei had been using the secret technique "Gentle Breeze" for a long time. If he were on land, using "Gentle Breeze" wouldn't consume much energy. But now, in the water, although he was using the same secret technique, the energy consumption was much higher—Jiang Wei's energy drawn from the natural world was no longer enough to meet the demands of "Gentle Breeze"!

In other words, Jiang Wei had to rely on his own soul to provide energy for "Gentle Breeze." Although the energy consumption wasn't much, it couldn't be sustained for long. Jiang Wei could foresee that if this continued, his 130 times soul energy would be completely drained!

At that point, Jiang Wei would be like fish on a chopping board, ready to be cut up!

"I have to take the initiative!"

Finally, when the thirtieth ghostly figure formed beside him, Jiang Wei couldn't afford to delay any longer.

"Whoosh!"

Taking advantage of the distance between him and the ghostly figures behind him, Jiang Wei suddenly launched an attack on one of them.

"Hmph!" The ghostly figure struggled to block.

However, could Jiang Wei's attack be easily blocked? The spear, like a venomous snake, easily bypassed the ghostly figure's defense and pierced its thigh.

"Devour Soul!" Jiang Wei frantically activated the secret technique "Devour Soul," absorbing the scattered soul energy.

In this brief pause, five or six ghostly figures who were closer to Jiang Wei had already caught up.

"Kill!"

The ghostly figure at the front directly attacked Jiang Wei, while the five behind threw their spears.

"Scram!"

Jiang Wei didn't dare to engage in a prolonged battle. He struck the attack with his spear and quickly fled using the rebound force. While fleeing, he also activated the "Divine Casting Technique" to convert the energy he had absorbed with "Devour Soul."

"The soul energy of a ghostly figure with 300 times soul strength is indeed abundant!" The soul energy Jiang Wei brought back with his spear was more than he had expected. However, due to the strict requirements of the "Divine Casting Technique," he only recovered a little soul strength.

"At least it can keep up with the energy consumption of 'Gentle Breeze'!" As long as he could keep up with the energy consumption of "Gentle Breeze," Jiang Wei could persist. Perhaps if he persisted long enough, he might even pass the test!

"Alright, let's do it this way!"

With this thought, every time a new ghostly figure appeared, Jiang Wei would unhesitatingly strike it with his spear. When the hundredth ghostly figure appeared, Jiang Wei finally restored his soul strength to 150 times.

"Finally, my soul is no longer injured!" Jiang Wei's soul strength was now 150 times, and anything below that meant his soul was injured. "But if this continues, I don't know when it will end..." However, Jiang Wei understood that maintaining the current situation was already a huge success.

"I wonder if Senior Lin Nianluo could pass this test if she came here?" Jiang Wei didn't know how strong Lin Nianluo was, but he had heard that she was very strong, at least much stronger than him.

Just as Jiang Wei was lost in thought, another ghostly figure condensed.

Jiang Wei was about to happily strike it with his spear when he suddenly froze: "What the heck, this ghost is so big!" The 101st ghostly figure was clearly different from the previous hundred; just looking at its five-meter-tall body, he knew this ghostly figure was not to be underestimated.

Jiang Wei then carefully examined the soul strength of this huge ghostly figure and immediately confirmed his suspicions: "Soul strength over 700 times..."

Damn!

Jiang Wei cursed inwardly: "Is this still a test for the Divine Perception stage? Even a Soul Condensation stage ghost would be tortured to death by these ghostly figures!"

This test had no possibility of being passed!

"Run quickly!"

Jiang Wei had no choice but to use "Gentle Breeze" and flee. A ghostly figure with over 700 times soul strength was beyond his ability to resist!

However...

This huge ghostly figure not only had extremely high soul strength but also incredible speed.

Despite Jiang Wei's best efforts to use "Gentle Breeze," he was still easily caught by the huge ghostly figure.

"Whoosh—"

The five-meter-long spear in the huge ghostly figure's hand mercilessly attacked Jiang Wei.

To Jiang Wei, this wasn't a spear; it was like a massive pillar stabbing at him. The tip of this pillar was extremely sharp, and Jiang Wei had no doubt that if he were hit, his soul would be severely injured.

"Ugh!"

Jiang Wei desperately dodged to the side and used all his strength to strike the tip of the huge spear.

Using the sudden rebound force, Jiang Wei quickly changed direction and fled in another direction. In this situation, every moment of persistence was valuable!

"Run?" The huge ghostly figure sneered contemptuously.