Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 549: Chapter 541: Deep Sea Giant Demon

“Go ahead! I’ll be here cheering for you!”

Having failed the challenge, she placed all her hopes on her husband.

“That’s good! With you here to watch over everything, if Xiao Qing happens to fail the challenge, you can step in to help in time,” Qin Niu turned to look at Chi Xing. “Brother Chi, I’ll have to trouble you to take good care of my wife and Xiao Qing.”

“Don’t worry, Master Qin, even without instructions, I would do so.”

Chi Xing was indeed trustworthy.

Qin Niu no longer lingered, but walked straight towards the light gate in front of the Reed Platform.

Yet, before he reached the light gate, he stopped. The Green Silk Worm he had stealthily placed on Executor Wu was sending back feedback.

Moments later, a gleam of sharpness flashed in Qin Niu’s eyes.

Executor Wu’s identity was indeed not simple; the one he devotedly served turned out to be an Executor of the Myriad Beast Immortal Sect. This person had a close relationship with the Myriad Beast Immortal Sect and didn’t hesitate to pay a high price for the landlord’s daughter-in-law to surveil Qin Niu and Xiao Qing’s every move.

This meant that Yu Yuan of the Myriad Beast Immortal Sect had not relaxed his vigilance but had secretly placed people to monitor everything at the Medicine King Tower.

That day, the attempt by Qin Niu and Xiao Qing to break through the negative first floor of the Medicine King Tower had already caught the attention of these people.

Fortunately, Qin Niu was cautious in his actions and had taken some measures to cover up the truth.

From Executor Wu’s reactions, it seemed they were only secretly watching Qin Niu and had not taken any further action. They should be safe for the time being.

If they could enter the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect this time, they might be able to gain some protection.

At the very least, it would cause the spies of the Myriad Beast Immortal Sect to have some apprehensions.

Without concrete evidence, their investigation into Qin Niu and Xiao Qing might be put on hold.

Qin Niu stepped into the light gate.

As soon as he entered, the world around him spun, the constellations shifted, and the scenery changed continually. Just as described by Chi Xing and the others, once inside the Immortal Gate, one could not see any other challengers.

Looking around, Qin Niu saw before him a vast deep-blue sea, boundless to the eye.

And he was situated right on the coast.

The First Immortal Gate was right in front of the Reed Platform, so where did this ocean come from? It must be an illusion.

That was Qin Niu’s first thought.

When challenging the First Immortal Gate, he had brought all his pets except for Green Ox.

Having reached the Immortal Scholar Realm himself, he was not alarmed.

The seawater continuously rushed towards the shore, wave upon wave, with the splashing sound of “splash splash” going on endlessly, while that distinctive briny sea breeze hit his face. The illusion seemed a bit too realistic.

The rule for breaking through the First Immortal Gate was very simple: just find the way out and successfully break through it.

If one exceeded the time limit without breaking through the Immortal Gate, they would be ejected, signifying a failed challenge.

The sea stretched as far as the eye could see; how could one get across?

Not to mention the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, even ten times that would not be enough to cross to the other side of the ocean!

Challenging the Immortal Gate was indeed an endeavor of hellish difficulty.

No wonder so few succeeded in breaking through the Immortal Gate. Out of a hundred people, hardly one could make it through.

Looking at the ocean before him, he was very clear that brute force would definitely not work.

The best approach would be to break the illusion before him.

Just as he was considering how to break the illusion, the sea unexpectedly began to rise. The water swiftly washed up to his feet, that icy cold and damp feeling was incredibly real, and his shoes quickly became soaked.

Bending over, he moved his hand through the water, the touch strikingly authentic, with waves splashing up in response to his movements.

Even the sandy beach by the sea felt utterly realistic.

Could this ocean actually be real?

Qin Niu bit his tongue, and waves of pain flooded in.

It meant his entire being was alert.

Could the sea be real and not an illusion?

How could that be possible?

Even an Immortal Monarch should not be able to transfer an entire ocean here, right?

Moving mountains and overturning seas, only ancient powers possessed such abilities.

Qin Niu subconsciously gripped the Ink Blade tight, and with a fierce slash, he struck at the sea in front of him.

Bang!

The seawater parted to both sides, with four or five-meter-high waves rushing towards the sides, revealing a part of the seabed scene. One could even clearly see a crab scurrying away in panic at the bottom of the sea, a species Qin Niu had never seen before.

It had a shell speckled with spots, long legs, and its body was a bit larger than a grown man’s palm.

Such crabs could not be found in freshwater rivers or lakes.

“This is too lifelike.”

Qin Niu was astonished at how realistic the illusion before his eyes was.

Time was swiftly passing by, and his previous slash had caused no damage to the sea. Nor had he found a way to get across the sea and break through the Immortal Gate.

The time of an incense stick, which is about half an Hour or so.

He couldn’t help but grow anxious.

If he couldn’t even get through the First Immortal Gate, it would be impossible to enter the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect. Without entry into the sect, there was no way to learn the profound Immortal spells and techniques.

After advancing to the Immortal Scholar Realm, he desired even more to join the Immortal Sect.

Because by simply groping around on his own, even with so many great opportunities he had come upon, he had only just barely managed to advance to the Immortal Scholar Realm.

He knew nothing about how to proceed with his cultivation.

Let alone practicing spells.

At this moment, Qin Niu made a bold decision to attempt to walk directly on the waves, heading towards the depths of the sea.

With his current cultivation level, relying on the Misty Rain Elusive Step, he could definitely walk on the water’s surface as if it were flat land.

After running forward for about a quarter of an Hour, he started to feel panicked.

Because he could feel the seawater growing increasingly deeper and the waves more terrifying. Randomly kicked-up waves were dozens of meters high, not something human power could contend against.

And there was still no end in sight ahead.

Based on his current method, even if he ran forward for a day and a night, he likely wouldn’t have crossed even one ten-thousandth of the sea.

Another wave came crashing towards him.

He swung his blade with all his might.

A fierce sea shark took the opportunity to burst out of the water and viciously bite at him.

The threat of death descended, unbearably real.

He could even feel how that terrifying gaping maw could easily swallow him whole.

“Die!”

Qin Niu delivered a cleaving cut towards the attacking sea shark.

Splat!

Blood instantly stained the sea red as he sliced the sea shark in two.

But the crisis was not resolved; more sea sharks, attracted by the scent of blood, converged towards him.

They savagely tore at the carcass of the split shark, while some set their sights on Qin Niu.

In the depths of the ocean, an even more terrifying presence was drawing near to him.

Qin Niu caught sight of that dark mass, as large as a small hill.

He definitely shouldn’t venture further into the depths of the sea; otherwise, he could very well find his grave there.

Even though there had been no news of anyone dying while attempting to pass through the Immortal Gate, Qin Niu didn’t dare gamble with his life. Even if the gigantic sea creature swallowed him and he didn’t die, his attempt to pass the trial would most likely end in failure.

In such circumstances, he decisively turned around and ran back.

Only then did he realize that being in the open sea, surrounded by boundless waves on all sides, he couldn’t find the shore at all.

Qin Niu inwardly cursed his luck.

The difficulty of passing through the First Immortal Gate was truly immense; no wonder so many late Spirit Qi Realm experts failed at the challenge.