Boom!
Focusing all her attention towards trying to break through, it did not take long before Mui officially reached the Third Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm. Not only that, but her cultivation base was completely stable after her break through. Not needing to spend any time on stabilizing it.
"Still around five hours left." Glancing over towards the box of words that was showing her how much time she had left; Mui could not help a sense of confidence from welling up inside her. After all, her strength had just increased, and she only had a little over a hundred meters to the peak of the mountain. The fear of failure she experienced just after having reached the fourth special area had already disappeared completely.
"Better now than never..." Knowing that it would be best not to delay for too long, Mui decided to take a few of the delicious fruits along with her before stepping outside the protection of the fourth special area and on to the path leading up towards the peak of the mountain-
Whoosh~!
Not even a second after she took the first step out of the fourth special area, Mui once again felt the terrifying pressure weighing down her body. However, different from what she had experienced during the last ten meters leading up to the fourth special area, she was not forced to the ground this time around and could instead remain standing.
As for moving under the terrifying pressure...? That was close to impossible. For now, she focused all of her energy towards adapting to the pressure so she could start making her way up towards the peak of the mountain without having to worry about suddenly falling to the ground without any way to get back up again under the terrifying pressure.
Spending the next few minutes like this, Mui slowly began making her way up the final bit of the mountain. The pressure not able to stop her from moving forward!
Like this, time slowly passed with Mui getting closer and closer to the peak of the mountain. The pressure not able to stop her as she got within ten meters of the mountain peak-
Bang!
However, it was at this moment that the pressure suddenly increased by several folds and in a similar way like the last ten meters to the fourth special area, Mui felt her legs starting to give up under her. The only difference this time around, was that she had already been prepared for a sudden increase in the pressure she experienced-
Swish-!
So, before she was forced to the ground again, she used all the energy present inside of her dantian to forcefully push through the last ten meters of her journey, something that was only barely possible with the increased qi that was now in her dantian after she reached the Third Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.
Thump!
"Hah... I-I made it!" Letting out an exhausted sigh as she reached the peak of the mountain, Mui was filled with happiness before a wave of exhaustion spread through out her entire body. Preventing her from getting back up again.
M-maybe I should just stay like this for a bit...
Knowing that her body had already been pushed beyond her limit, Mui decided to just stay on the ground until she had recovered enough energy to retrieve the delicious fruits she had brought along with her. After eating them, she was certain that she would be full of energy once again.
...
Laying down on the small rocks that was scattered all over the peak of the mountain for what felt like days, Mui finally managed to recover enough strength to move one of the delicious fruits up to her mouth so she could take a bite out of it-
Chomp~!
The moment she bit down on the delicious fruit, she once again felt the exhaustion that had built up inside her body being washed away. Allowing her to return back to her peak condition. Almost like the exhausting journey up the mountain had never happened in the first place.
"These fruits are really great, I hope I can continue eating them even after the trial ends..." Muttering this to herself as she got back up, Mui began looking around the desolate mountain peak for signs of the box of words.
"Ah! There it is!" Spotting the box of words only a few meters away from where she was standing, Mui didn't hesitate to rush over to check that she had indeed managed to complete the trial.
[Second Trial, Test of Will, has been successfully cleared. Proceeding to calculate participant Mui's score for the Test of Will... Calculation finished, generating a score in accordance to participant Mui's performance during the Second Trial, Test of Comprehension.]
[Trial Participant: Mui]
[Trial: Test of Will]
[Total Score: 5/5]
[Evaluation: Passed, Made it through all five special areas and has met the minimum requirement for continuing on to the final trial.]
"Final Trial...? There is still another trial left..." Reading through the information on the box of words, Mui could not help feeling a bit surprised after discovering that there was still another trial left after the second trial.
Given how difficult the second trial had been for her to complete, it was not hard for her to imagine how hard the next trial was going to be.
Rumble~
"Wha-what is happening!? Wait... This is..."
[The Final Trial, is going to start in two minutes, it is recommended that you are well rested and prepared before the start of the trial.]
[Time left: 2 Seconds... 1 Second-]
Lost in her own thoughts about the final trial that she was going to face, Mui didn't even notice the new string of words that had appeared on the box of words before the two minutes were already up and the mountain below her feet started sinking into the ground below.
Soon transporting her all the way back down to the ground before completely disappearing, like it had never even existed in the first place...
[No description of the trial will be provided this time around, participant Mui, will have to find out on her own. The Final Trial is going to start now.]
"No description!? Wai-" Feeling taken aback by the box of words that suddenly appeared in front of her after she had reached the ground again, Mui was just about to say something when the box of words in front of her suddenly vanished into thin air.
RUMBLE-!
Following the disappearance of the box of words, the ground beneath her ones again began shaking violently like it had done before the mountain had sprung up from the ground. Making Mui start looking around herself for any signs of new things related to the final trial appearing. Hoping that it would be something that would give away what the final trial was about...
"This- What in the world is all of this!?"
However, much to her surprise, what appeared was not a single thing. Instead, over a dozen massive gates made out of all kinds of mystical materials appeared in front of her. Not giving her any clue as to what they had to do with the final trial.
"Do I perhaps have to enter one of the gates? But... Do I only get to enter a single one, or do I have to enter all of the gates...?" Inspecting the different gates that had appeared all around her as she felt her head starting to hurt, Mui silently prayed for the box of words to appear again and help her out with what she had to do. Just placing a bunch of gates in front of her was far from enough to figure out what the final trial was about!
[A hint for the goal of the Final Trial is available.]
"Huh!?" seeing the box of words suddenly appearing in front of her just when she wished for it to appear, Mui could not help jumping back in shock.
"The box of words- Ah! Yes! Please give me a hint!" desperately nodding her head as she looked towards the box of words now floating in the air no more than a few meters away from where she was standing, Mui answered almost instantaneously after realizing what was written. Not wanting to waste any time in case the box of words disappeared again.
[Hint: The gates that have appeared around you are related to the Final Trial; you can only enter one gate.]
Whoosh~
"..."
Watching as the box of words disappeared only a few seconds after she had finished reading through the hint, Mui had no idea what to say.
Entering one of the gates was already something she had planned to do and she already had a good hunch that they were related to the final trial... The only real information she had managed to gain from the box of words, was the fact that she would only be able to enter a single gate, something she would have found out about after she entered one of the gates like she had originally been thinking of doing...