Arthur: I thought about it, and three years for five levels does seem a bit low, so I've made a slight adjustment and changed it to two years. I hope readers who have already seen the previous text will know.
Li Qing is now eleven years old, and Tang San is ten.
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Death Canyon, also known as the Burial Ground, is the most dangerous Spirit Beast habitat on the continent, bar none. Even the Star Dou Great Forest cannot compare to it.
This is because most of the Spirit Beasts inhabiting it are very strange, and you might not even know how you died.
Death Canyon is no different from hell for Spirit Masters. The mortality rate is extremely high, and without the protection of high-level Spirit Masters, normal people would not go to this ghost place to hunt for spirit rings.
However, major powers like to use this as a training ground to temper their younger generation.
Because only here can you experience a true life-or-death crisis. Sometimes, even with the protection of high-level Spirit Masters, it may not be enough. That feeling cannot be experienced elsewhere.
Death Canyon is called a canyon, but in reality, it is not much different from a Spirit Beast forest.
This is because the canyon is very wide, and from the ground, you cannot see the appearance of a canyon. Only from high in the sky can you see the winding dragon lying on the ground.
The only difference is...
Although the trees in Death Canyon are also thick and tall, they do not have dense branches and leaves. Instead, they have strange moss that seems to have grown as one with the trees.
"Such dense death energy!"
Standing outside Death Canyon and feeling the overwhelming death energy within the canyon, Li Qing's eyes narrowed slightly.
[Writing here, I hope readers will remember our domain name 𝟣𝟢𝟣𝗄𝖺𝗇.𝖼𝗈𝗆]
Unlike other Spirit Beast forests, the death energy in the canyon does not come from certain dying Spirit Beasts. The death energy seems to have emerged from underground.
It is spread throughout every corner of the canyon.
Before even entering Death Canyon, Li Qing could already feel the spirit power within his body gradually becoming active, even more so than in the simulated training room.
Death Canyon is a natural simulated training environment for him.
"Because of your spirit ring configuration, you rarely make a move, and your practical combat experience is severely lacking. This time, enjoy it thoroughly. Unless absolutely necessary, I will not make a move."
Dugu Bo said with a smile at this moment.
On the way here, he had already informed Li Qing of the situation of some of the more threatening Spirit Beasts in Death Canyon. The purpose was to let him experience the customs and Spirit Beasts of Death Canyon.
Who told him he lacked practical combat experience so much?
Although the fighting style of Spirit Beasts is different from that of Spirit Masters, the comprehension gained between life and death is definitely not worse than conventional sparring, even with him secretly protecting him.
"Okay!"
Li Qing did not refuse. He did indeed need this kind of tempering, because up to now, he was not even sure of the specific power of his Spirit Abilities.
Dugu Bo nodded: "Alright, go in. I won't follow you closely."
It was very quiet in Death Canyon, so quiet that there were no insect or bird sounds. Coupled with the ubiquitous white bones, the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
However, Li Qing had a different feeling when he stepped into it.
At this time, the spirit power in his body could no longer be described as active; it was boiling. Furthermore, he discovered that he seemed to be able to absorb the death energy in the canyon.
Li Qing tried it and found that it would be absorbed into the Spirit Master's body along with the energy between heaven and earth.
This made Li Qing's heart fill with joy, because the problem of weak death energy had always troubled him. This problem made him unable to try to create his own Spirit Abilities like other normal Spirit Masters.
He just didn't know if there were any hidden dangers in this absorbed death energy.
Li Qing sat cross-legged on the ground, extending his palms. Death energy emanated from the palms of both hands. The left hand's was innate, while the right hand's was the death energy just absorbed.
After some comparison,
He found that the death energy in his left hand was significantly gentler and did not possess any substantial attack power, while the death energy just absorbed in his right hand was significantly more violent.
The death energy in Death Canyon has a certain corrosiveness.
Although it was just a feeling, Li Qing seemed to know why the mortality rate of Spirit Masters entering Death Canyon was so high. It was likely due to the death energy.
Fortunately, he could perceive the existence of death energy, otherwise, who knows if absorbing too much of this stuff is harmful to Spirit Masters.
Although if you don't cultivate, that death energy won't enter your body, when you go out to train, spirit power recovery is inevitable, so you will definitely need to take some of Death Canyon's local specialties with you.
However, the harmfulness of death energy should not be that exaggerated.
Judging from the fear of Death Canyon by Hu Liena and others in the original work, they should have trained here, but they don't seem to have been affected too much.
Li Qing quickly forced all the death energy he had just absorbed out of his body.
What kind of effect this death energy has, and whether it is harmful to him, needs to be clear after experimentation. He would not dare to joke with his own life.
Li Qing stood up and continued to go deeper.
There are very few Spirit Beasts in the outer area of Death Canyon, even rare. Li Qing, who had been walking for a long time, did not even encounter a ten-year-level Spirit Beast.
It made him unable to find a guinea pig.
However, it is also possible that those Spirit Beasts haven't woken up yet, because Dugu Bo mentioned that the night in Death Canyon is the real Death Canyon.
Death Canyon during the day is not as terrifying as rumored.
After going about ten li deep into Death Canyon, Li Qing still did not encounter any Spirit Beasts, so he simply stopped going deeper and prepared to wait for nightfall on the spot.
The stratification of Death Canyon is not as obvious as in other Spirit Beast forests.
At night, except for the real core area where there are no low-level Spirit Beasts, other areas are a mixed bag, and you can encounter Spirit Beasts of any level.
Entering Death Canyon at night, even if you just entered, you might encounter a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
This is also one of the dangers of Death Canyon.
In other Spirit Beast forests, as long as you don't go to areas beyond your own level, and as long as you are not surrounded by gregarious Spirit Beasts, the chance of escaping is still very high.
In Death Canyon, if you are unlucky, you might fall just after entering.
"Woo woo woo..."
"Gag gag gag..."
"Jie jie jie..."
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Night gradually fell, and the originally lifeless Death Canyon gradually became active. Various bone-chilling sounds rose and fell one after another.
"Damn, how is this ghost place so eerie?"
When Li Qing heard those sounds, he felt goosebumps all over his body, and he had the illusion of being in a graveyard in a ghost movie.
"Puff puff puff..."
A very faint sound of flapping wings suddenly entered Li Qing's ears, making him instantly alert. As he stood up, he had already completed his Spirit possession.
Black wings spread open, and four spirit rings, yellow, purple, black, and black, rose from under his feet.
"Damn!"
Li Qing's face suddenly changed. He spread his wings and fled towards the distance at high speed, because the sound of flapping wings suddenly became very dense.
There were at least dozens of Spirit Beasts.
Although he knew the specific strength of those Spirit Beasts, their numbers were there after all, and even just hundred-year Spirit Beasts were very troublesome to deal with.
"Woo woo woo..."
Suddenly, a sound like ghost wailing and wolf howling came from directly in front of the direction Li Qing was fleeing, and he could clearly perceive that there were creatures rapidly approaching him from that direction.
"Damn, is this what Death Canyon is like at night?"