Chapter 965: Purple Spiritual Tree
Qin Tian raised his head and looked at the cliff in front of him, frowning.
His backpack didn't contain a long rope or hooks to climb up that cliff.
A sheer cliff of more than ten meters, how could he get up? Around him were cliffs almost at a ninety-degree angle, with no chance to climb around from the side.
"It seems I'll have to go up the front. Either crawl up from the bottom or get above the platform on the cliff and then find a chance to jump down."
Qin Tian frowned and started to think.
However, he quickly dismissed the idea of circling to the peak of the mountain and jumping down.
After all, in the Mengbei Mountain Range, the mountains vary in height, and to circle to the peak at the top would seemingly require detours of dozens of miles.
And now, it's almost dark, making this method completely unfeasible.
Moreover, even if he reached the top, getting down would also be a big problem.
After much thought, Qin Tian finally decided to climb up directly from the base of the mountain!
After precise calculations, facing a cliff fifteen meters high, he was confident that he could leap up without using a rope!
Qin Tian's Flowing Cloud Skill had nearly reached its peak. With a gentle leap, he could jump four or five meters high. Using this jumping ability, Qin Tian took advantage of the impact on his feet, stepping on the cliff to leap again. By repeating this process three times, Qin Tian could "fly" up to that mystical platform using the Flowing Cloud Skill and his own momentum.
This was the ultimate application Qin Tian learned after mastering the Flowing Cloud Skill.
Of course, more safely, although the cliff was steep and without vegetation, there were still protruding rocks in between the gaps, not completely smooth, providing Qin Tian an opportunity to leverage them.
The sun was setting in the west, and by this time, the forest was almost wholly devoid of light.
Qin Tian stood in front of the cliff, four or five meters away.
He looked ahead, and in his Dantian Qi Sea, his breath stirred and condensed. His eyes focused, and suddenly his legs sprang forward!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The Flowing Cloud Skill set his inner breath into motion instantly. Qin Tian's footsteps, mingled with the speed of the Wave Striding Technique, stepped forward twice, and then as he approached the cliff, he suddenly tapped his toe, his body rising like a floating cloud, soaring upwards!
With this leap, he jumped nearly five meters high!
His body shot upwards suddenly, and at the same time, Qin Tian observed the scene on the cliff. When he felt his body reach the highest point, his right foot kicked upwards fiercely against the cliff wall!
This leap rose over four meters in height!
Continuous upward leaps challenged not only strength and movement technique but also physical balance and reaction speed.
As the body started to descend, he had to ascend the cliff wall promptly.
In the first and second leaps, Qin Tian leaped over ten meters in total.
But even so, he was still five meters away from the edge of the Broken Cliff.
This distance seemed unreachable for Qin Tian.
Three jumps could only result in progressively lower jumps, as the latter two jumps were not from a firm ground.
But now Qin Tian had no choice left.
As he began to fall after the second jump, Qin Tian gritted his teeth and jumped forcefully again!
By this time, his body was already bouncing back from the cliff. In the last two jumps, Qin Tian relied on inertia.
The upward inertia was exhausted, and attempting a fourth upward jump was impossible.
But in this third jump, Qin Tian could see that he was just over a meter away from the platform of the Broken Cliff!
Seeing himself reach the highest point of his jump and starting to fall, Qin Tian started to feel panic.
He wanted to plant his foot on the wall to rise again, but this time he was two meters away from the wall, and his toes couldn't reach the cliff!
As his body fell, Qin Tian, quick with his hands and eyes, maneuvered his body closer to the wall despite a free fall of more than a meter, getting within half a meter of the wall.
The velocity of free fall was forming, and Qin Tian was plummeting straight down!
In this critical juncture, Qin Tian swiftly drew the Dragon Blood Dagger!
"Clang!"
His arm exerted force as the Dragon Blood Dagger, razor-sharp, plunged directly into the stone gap on the cliff!
This strike was crucial!
Approximately three meters below the edge of the Broken Cliff, Qin Tian used the Dragon Blood Dagger to support his body, hanging by one hand on the over twelve-meter-high cliff!
Rustle…
Qin Tian's toes touched the cliff as loose stones on the cliff fell directly downward…
Qin Tian glanced down and swallowed hard.
If he fell freely from this height, his brains would be dashed out, and his flesh mangled for sure.
Fortunately, the Dragon Blood Dagger was a Divine Weapon, fully capable of supporting Qin Tian's body.
Moreover, leveraging this point of support, Qin Tian regained his composure. While gathering strength, he began circulating the Spiritual Energy Inner Strength within him.
After over ten seconds, Qin Tian gave a soft shout, kicked upwards again with both feet!
Simultaneously, Qin Tian pulled out the Dragon Blood Dagger with his arm. During the upward journey, he repeatedly stabbed the cliff, supporting Qin Tian's direct climb using friction.
Finally, a few seconds later, Qin Tian climbed onto the platform of the Broken Cliff.
"Whew whew whew… damn, it's even more tiring than a fight."
Upon reaching the platform, Qin Tian was utterly exhausted and lay on the ground, gasping for breath.
He looked up and was stunned.
The scene on the platform was entirely different from what he imagined. It was surprisingly a paradise-like place!
The vast area showed no semblance of the Primordial Forest. Instead, the trees growing on this platform were ones Qin Tian had never seen before, not tall but looking somewhat peculiar with their purple leaves.
These trees formed a grove, not very tall, appearing only around three meters high, with forked branches, purple leaves, and purple flowers, enchanting Qin Tian's senses.
Especially beneath the Purple Trees, dense wildflowers and grass grew abundantly, complementing each other and creating a paradise-like scene.
However, unlike a utopia, a dense mist emitted from the purple woods ahead, a mist with a purple glow. Qin Tian looked closely and was overjoyed because that was the mysterious Spiritual Energy with powerful aura he had seen before!
"Holy crap, what are these Purple Trees, even able to release such potent Spiritual Energy? Finally, I've found a training location!"