After passing through the gate the mist thickened and once again everyone disappeared, including Ning Shen. Ah Chun could only hope that Ning Shen would stay safe and would come out alive. Her heart hurt just thinking that something might happen to him. But she had no choice but to believe that he would be fine.
The mist around Ah Chun was very thick. She could not see anything in front of her. Just stretching one of her arms out in front of her made it so she could not see her hand anymore. Ah Chun did not move from the spot she stood, she did not want to be careless since she could not see in front of her it meant it was dangerous to move ahead at this time. She remembered that the old man said that they would be given nine tests once they entered. So she figured it would be safest to wait and see.
*BOOM!*
Luckily Ah Chun was right not too long after another loud boom was heard overhead. The mist around her started to clear up to around one thousand meters. The space that cleared formed a perfect circle. Ah Chun could now see the dried cracked ground underfoot. With the shape of the clearing Ah Chun had a bad feeling something bad was about to happen.
"First Test! Test of potential!" A loud Thunderous voice bellowed from the sky. The voice did not explain what the test entailed. It only stated what kind of test it was.
Ah Chun who was standing there waiting to see what was about to happen eyes widen in shock when she saw a figure over one hundred meters tall wearing full black metal armor holding a long black sword in its hand appear out of thin air.
The size difference between the two was like night and day. Ah Chun who barley stood at one hundred and fifty-two centimeters tall had to crane her neck just to look up at the metal giant in front of her. Ah Chun subconsciously gulped a mouth full of saliva. She could not understand how the hell this was a test of potential it was more like a test of life or death!
Unfortunately, Ah Chun did not have time to complain because the metal armored giant suddenly made a move and even with its large size its speed was insane as it swung the massive long sword directly at Ah Chun chopping down towards her like a meteor falling from the sky. Ah Chun quickly summoned the Slaughter of Time, right as the long sword was about to hit she pushed her sword against the sword blade while using her dancing lotus technique to push off using the downward force of the attack to avoid being hit directly. But Ah Chun could only grit her teeth since the attack was so strong it flung her five hundred meters away! Ah Chun's body hit the ground and slid, causing a deep rut two hundred meters long.
The original spot Ah Chun had been standing now had a sword scar over a thousand meters long. It was so deep it caused a new ravine to appear in the land. This kind of attack was enough to split mountains!
Ah Chun who was now aching in pain looked at the deep sword scar and her face paled. She realized that if she had not reacted quick enough she would not just be feeling the pain all over her body but she would have been directly sliced in half altogether. But Ah Chun could faintly feel that there was more to that attack than just the power of the swing. Like there was another invisible force at work. She could tell that just the swing alone was not enough to cause such a huge sword scar.
As Ah Chun stood her aching body up, she thought to herself: 'If I can figure out what that invisible force is, I might be able to beat this metal armored giant. If I can't, then I have a feeling I will end up dead on the first test...'
Ah Chun was not feeling so sure of herself at this point. Just the mere force of the attack was enough to make her five viscera and six bowels to shift. The more she thought about it the more her determination rose. She knew she had no choice but to take another one of those attacks head on to see if she could comprehend the invisible force behind the attack.
Ah Chun stabbed her sword into the ground to help steady her body as she looked up at the massive metal armored giant. She watched as it turned its head towards her and without moving from where it stood, it slashed down with its long sword creating a two hundred meter long, sword light that was heading right in her direction!