Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"That actually sounds good," Zachary said as he nodded in satisfaction.

"It's much more than that. If you can break through all the passes in the Heavenly Pill Array, you will have the chance to obtain the Golden Holy Pill, which is necessary for every warrior in order to break through to the Holy Level. With the Golden Holy Pill, your preparation to break through to the Holy Level would be much easier. You can achieve twice the result with just half the effort," Mimi explained cheerfully.

"Really? That's great! What are we waiting for then? Let me try it now!" Zachary was so thrilled that he was itching to give it a try.

"Right away. Activate the Heavenly Pill Array!" Mimi immediately announced.

A moment later, Zachary was teleported to what looked like an illusory place. He stood on a round platform that appeared as a floating plate at first glance, and it had a furnace at the center. As he looked around, he noticed that there were several round platforms around that came in various sizes. In each platform, he could see that there were several furnaces. Some of these platforms were surrounded by others as if they formed an array.

"Remember this. The Heavenly Pill Array has two modes. The first one is breaking through passes by refining pills, while the other one is breaking arrays by refining pills. The first mode, w

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er, Zachary successfully endured all the pain and suffering for several hours.

When it was almost dawn, Trevor went out of the treehouse again to observe Zachary's situation. He was actually surprised to see him still sober despite his deathly pale face. He could not help but let out a faint smile as he admired the young man's tenacity. "You impress me, brat. I can't believe that you can hold on for two consecutive days. It seems that I have to make an even more powerful venom tomorrow," Trevor said.

Immediately after, the vines let go of Zachary.

After landing on the ground, Zachary looked up at Trevor and confidently said, "Although I am not sure of the extent of the power of the venom that you can make, rest assured that I will take it no matter what."

"Ha! Are you sure that you should be saying that? Well, since you are arrogant enough, I will return the favor and show you no mercy. You better expect that I will make your life a living hell!" Trevor exclaimed as he sneered coldly.

"I expect nothing less from you, sir," Zachary said, let out a bitter smile and eventually left the swamp.

After flying away from the Bald Mountain, Zachary directly went to Alcuin's winery to ease the remaining toxins in his body with alcohol. Once he had recovered, he went back to the Cyan Cloud Mountain for his morning training.