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Guo Nan was on top of the island reef. When he looked around, he saw that the sea surface a few miles away was even higher than the one above his head.

The island reef was at "sea level", which was quite a unique view.

It was hard to imagine that the aura of the Sword Qi that was spreading out in all four directions could make those little bugs retreat, looking as if they wanted to go up but did not dare to. Just from looking at how powerful those little bugs were, being able to bite holes like the island reef, it could be seen how powerful the Sword Qi was.

However, Guo Nan was a bit confused. Since the Sword Qi was so powerful, it could make the little bugs that he could not do anything to retreat. However, it did not harm Guo Nan at all.

Guo Nan could only vaguely feel the existence of the Sword Qi, but it did not seem to have any intention of retreating.

Guo Nan felt that the Sword Qi seemed to be weak and did not have the ability to stop him.

This was what he was puzzled about. The Sword Qi that could stop little bugs, why did it not have any power or influence towards Guo Nan himself?

Guo Nan carefully observed for a while and found that the whirlpool formed by the small insects was gradually expanding. Thus, he was slightly relieved. He was afraid that if he was careless, those little bugs would suddenly become free from the Sword Qi's' restraints' and fall back down, drowning the island reef.

In the past, Guo Nan had flown across this area more than once, but he did not discover the existence of the island reef. At that time, the island reef was submerged in the sea of blood. Guo Nan guessed that it was only recently when the Sword Qi began to spread out that the island reef appeared.

Then, to pass the second round, could it be that it had something to do with the Sword Qi?

Guo Nan walked to the top of island reef, where Sword Qi were the strongest.

Guo Nan followed the direction of the strongest place on the Sword Qi and found a piece of black millstone. In the center of the millstone, a handful of hilt of sword stretched out. The blurry Sword Qi followed the millstone and spread out in all directions.

And that wooden hilt of sword, had aroused Guo Nan's great interest.

The island reef that did not leave a single inch of grass untouched, under the little worms' wanton attacks, anything that was made out of wood was eaten clean, but this hilt of sword still did not have any signs of being attacked. Guo Nan tore off a piece of his clothes and wiped the wooden hilt of sword clean. The hilt of sword returned to its original appearance and looked ordinary like a peach tree with a reddish-brown color.

"For such a divine sword to appear in this sort of strange place, it truly is extraordinary."

"But if I pull the sword out, perhaps it will lose the Sword Qi's resistance. Those little bugs swarmed in and turned into a landless sea of blood, making it even more impossible for me to get out."

"But continuing to waste time like this isn't a good idea!"

Guo Nan was stuck in a difficult situation. According to his thinking, breaking through the second stage was definitely related to this sword. After all, this was the only object other than the sea of blood of the little insect.

The problem was, after pulling out the sword, maybe there would be a problem? Don't get it wrong. In the end, he wasn't even able to get a break from the second stage. On the contrary, he didn't even have a place to rest. Long time floating in the air, tired ah, where is the ground on the ground comfortable?

Not to mention humans, even birds had to rest. If they continued to fly like this, they would be finished.

Guo Nan's thoughts were not without reason. In this strange second stage, he had to be very careful and not be careless at all.

It wasn't easy to find a way to break through this barrier, so he couldn't let it go to waste.

Guo Nan was extremely conflicted.

"What did all the Divine Apostles who entered this place do? This island reef should appear every time Divine Apostles comes here, but the sword are still here. This proves that they didn't pull the sword out and they came out."

"If that's the case, we can't pull out the sword. We can only let it continue to spread the Sword Qi here, so that the little bugs won't dare to move forward."

"Then, where is the opportunity to break through?"

Guo Nan thought, but his thoughts became more and more chaotic.

This stage is very difficult, very hard indeed, much harder than the First stage young bird.

Guo Nan couldn't help but wonder if the next stages would be even more difficult.

Isn't there anything more direct?

Directly killing the Demonic Beast, and then coming out after killing it, that was the real experiential learning!

What was it like now?

Guo Nan was helpless, Senior Jiang Ziya did not say anything, while the young bird gave a lot of information, but in the second stage, it was all useless.

"That's impossible. It's only the second stage. It won't be that difficult. Otherwise, wouldn't Divine Apostles be trapped to death here?"

"If they can find a way out, why can't I?"

"There must be a way. I have to think about it."

"Don't panic, don't panic. It's just the second stage."

"Perhaps you shouldn't think about it so complicated. If it's easier, would it work?"

Guo Nan's gaze focused on the hilt of sword, thought for a moment, and muttered: "I can't draw this hilt of sword, but there is no other way to pass the second stage, so it can't be that difficult. Maybe, it is precisely this hilt of sword, and it doesn't feel like I can pull it, but in fact, it doesn't need to be so complicated to pull it out directly, can I pass the second stage?"

Guo Nan no longer hesitated, he grabbed onto the hilt of sword with his right hand and successfully pulled it out. He had originally thought that it would be strenuous, but never had he thought that it would actually be pulled out so easily.

A nameless rusted sword!

When the sword was pulled out, the overflowing Sword Qi immediately disappeared. The small insects in the distance were coming toward them like a tide.

Guo Nan did not have time to study the sword and was about to fly away, but before he flew away, he saw that piece of millstone.

A strange feeling appeared in his heart.

It was as if the millstone was summoning him.

Take me with you!

On the millstone, it seemed to be emitting a thought, Take me away!

Guo Nan quickly squatted down and hugged the millstone with both of his hands. Then he picked up the huge millstone and flew into the air.

The island reef was quickly drowned by the little bugs.

The second stage had yet to be removed.

Guo Nan, who was carrying the millstone, felt that it was a bit difficult. That millstone weighed at least two tons. If he was at his peak condition, then that bit of weight would be nothing to him. However, his strength had been weakened by too much, so it was hard for him.

He inserted the iron sword into the hole in the middle of the millstone, carried the millstone and quickly flew towards the edge of the blood sea.

He flew for four full days.

Carrying such a heavy object and having his strength suppressed to the limit was already enough for him to barely be able to fly. Four days wasn't a long time.

When they reached the border zone, Guo Nan attempted to stab the sword into the barrier, and in that barrier, a spatial tunnel suddenly appeared.

Guo Nan was overjoyed. So it was that simple, the trick to passing the second stage was on the sword.

His thoughts were too complicated, but it had actually delayed him for too long. If those people were not meticulous, they would have been too straightforward when they saw the sword being pulled out.

No matter what, he had passed the second test.

Guo Nan carried his millstone and flew into the spatial tunnel. This time, after a few breaths of time, he appeared in a new region, the third stage!

With mountains and rivers, the scenery was great. Although Guo Nan didn't know what the third stage was, he felt a lot better when he saw the normal environment. At the very least, he wouldn't have to keep flying in the air to consume energy.

Guo Nan fell on his butt and gradually relaxed his tensed nerves. He had set up a simple Formations around him. Once something approached him, he would be able to discover it immediately. After he was done, he lay on the ground and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Guo Nan was too tired. In addition, the spiritual force was too weak to detect too far away a place, so he could be said to be completely unaware of his surroundings.

What he did not know was that a snake-like creature with a long neck and a long tail was crawling towards him.

That thing, head and tail, was like a snake, but its body was that of a turtle. Ordinary turtles don't have necks and tails that long.

Its crawling movements were also very slow. It seemed to be using all four of its legs, one step at a time.

However, its speed wasn't slow at all …

It could even be described very quickly.

This seemingly slow pace allowed one to easily take a single step and cover a distance of 100 meters.

Its body was as big as a bathtub, and the back of its turtle was emitting a dense qi image. It looked very mysterious.

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