I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 96 - 80: Trial · Elemental Realm_3

Chapter 96: Chapter 80: Trial · Elemental Realm_3

This was considered a benefit. As for the soul during this process, it had long been crushed to pieces. However, if he encountered one of those powerful beings that could survive on soul fragments, Gu Shanhai would have to take action himself.

Of course, Gu Shanhai would later cultivate Spirit Plants specifically to crush these types of soul fragments.

He hadn’t considered this before because he didn’t know the effect of the Fierce General. Now that he had discovered its potential, he certainly had to further develop this ability into a system.

This was a resource, and moreover, one of the most common and easiest to obtain.

"This way, I really can’t just go back. I need to rack up some resistance and affinity for the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth. When combined with Elemental Blessing, perhaps my starting point will be higher."

Gu Shanhai picked up an elemental core and inspected it carefully, his expression somewhat puzzled, "It’s unusable. The power of the Fierce General is indeed domineering."

After all, there were two special Spirit Plants. The General Order’s former self, the sad young girl, was a gift from the great demon Black Tiger, while the former clown Blue at the General Worship Platform possessed an SSS-tier growable Spirit Root Ability of soul baptism. With Gu Shanhai, a former big shot personally cultivating and harmonizing them, it would be a problem if they weren’t strong.

So Gu Shanhai wasn’t afraid of minor elementals, and could go toe to toe with medium ones.

"Must be nearing the Elemental Intersection Region. I hope there are enough small elementals around here." Gu Shanhai set off again with the Fierce General.

He knew that relying only on small elementals to boost resistance and affinity had its limits; it was about 1 point at most. Absorbing one with the Fierce General would be about 0.01 points—not much.

After reaching 1 point, to continue improving, one would need to rely on the spirit and soul elemental power of medium elementals.

However, he never planned to face medium elementals directly, because if he did, he would have to handle the Fierce General himself or take action in person, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to defeat the opponent.

So, 1 point was enough.

The so-called insatiable nature of humankind, Gu Shanhai knew how to be greedy.

The Elemental Realm was here, unable to run away. He could always come back to grind later when he was stronger.

Instead, the trial of the Marked Druid was a bit more important.

"A hundred of each of the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth, there’s still difficulty in it, after all, I have to find them myself."

He hardly saw any elementals along the way, not even small ones, because where he was so close to the edge. It was like being outside of the thirtieth ring, on the boundary between two Elemental Regions. Elemental creatures prefer staying near the center of Elemental Regions where the elemental force is abundant, giving them a sense of comfort and allowing them to grow faster.

Therefore, only a few elemental beings roamed the edges, or else Gu Shanhai would not have taken so long to find a single small fire elemental.

"It seems I need to push further in, otherwise, it’s a waste of time."

Gu Shanhai pondered. Once reaching the intersection, he would scout the situation and then loop back to delve deeper and kill.

Although he had plenty of time in his hands, if he could finish quicker, he might be able to mix with the yet-to-be Red Dragon King in the Royal Capital, a destined King. Becoming a Minister of Dragon could net him more benefits.

The future King would most likely become a political animal, but not initially; he was still a fresh-faced youth.

He wasn’t planning to stick with the King in the later stages, only in the early phases.

Therefore, it meant he couldn’t afford to waste unnecessary time in the Elemental Realm. He needed to complete the killing of four hundred elementals quickly and find the exit of the Elemental Realm.

The reason for heading to the Elemental Intersection was naturally because there might be Druids from other orders. The Elemental Realm wasn’t solely owned by Imprint Druids; all Druids could enter, as well as some Legendary Knights and Wizards, like a secret realm.

There was no need to worry about foul play, as the Imprint Druids were on good terms with others and had no enemies. Besides, he was merely an apprentice with nothing of value. Only a few in this world, be it Druids or other classes, could detect the Spirit Plant within him.

But such legendary figures wouldn’t come to the Elemental Realm. Even if they did, they wouldn’t bother with Gu Shanhai’s meager possessions; they were much wealthier than him, whether in wonderful plants or animals.

Even if the worst happened, and he faced life-threatening robbery he couldn’t fend off, he could simply leave this world. It would only cost "the First Era" two years of lifespan. With his Spirit Root Ability acquired, his lifespan was at least a thousand years, so was he short of those two years?

So from the start, he had an escape route. With that, there was nothing to fear.

Otherwise, why would he bother going there?

This was part of the survival strategies taught to him by Mafas. The four Elemental Regions were not suitable for humans; only the central region, formed from the intertwining of the four elements, was akin to the main material world, allowing ordinary people to survive.

Plus, with Druids occasionally there, as long as he arrived in this region and was lucky to meet a helpful Druid, it was basically a done deal.

The reason for saying "basically" is because some Druids, due to their absolutely neutral alignment, would not help but remain passive observers of events.

And those of neutral evil alignment were even worse off—they would betray you. However, Druids of neutral evil alignment were as rare as endangered animals and unlikely to be encountered.

Of course, if he met someone like Gu Shanhai of chaotic neutral, then it all depended on their mood.

The best scenario was to encounter someone of neutral good; such people are the proverbial saints in legends, escorting you safely out of the Elemental Realm. Indeed, neutral good was the true saint; lawful good was actually most common people, adhering to kindness under order.

Lawful neutral was a bit special; if your trial didn’t explicitly forbid help, they would assist you. Otherwise, they could only offer apologies and not interfere.

Thus, the only difficulty was how to identify a Druid’s alignment.

If Gu Shanhai were not an apprentice, a simple "Detect Alignment" would suffice, but since he wasn’t, he needed to make his own judgments.

Fortunately, he had some experience in this area.

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