A God-tier Counter-damage Priest, I am the Master!

53: A devilish trial: the Four Symbols Maze!——“(Ding-dong!)”

“(Please feed your mount as soon as possible, otherwise its loyalty to you will decrease.)”

“(When a mount’s loyalty falls below 50, it will leave its owner...)”

“(Your mount’s loyalty to you has decreased by one point due to hunger.)”

Holy crap!

This is actually a thing?

Bai Tian grew anxious; he hurriedly flipped himself up and mounted the horse’s back.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat some grass.”

It was a horse, after all!

Grass should be their food.

As a result, the Ancestral Return Strange Horse gave Bai Tian a resentful glare and shook its head vigorously. Simultaneously, a notification appeared stating that its loyalty to him had dropped by another point.

“You don’t eat grass? Do you eat meat instead?”

The mount couldn’t speak; it simply shook its head again.

Bai Tian was getting frantic, but a sudden flash of inspiration hit him.

“I think I have a guess as to what you eat. Come on, I’ll take you to eat the good stuff.”

Bai Tian patted the horse’s back, and the Ancestral Return Strange Horse immediately carried him through the heavy rain at a speed that was practically flying.

“Damn! What was that thing that just flashed past my eyes?”

“What was that burst of white light that just zipped by?”

“It looked like a horse with someone riding it.”

“A mount? Needless to say, it must be the big boss Brilliant; he’s currently the only one with a mount.”

“...”

Bai Tian riding the Ancestral Return Strange Horse immediately drew countless gasps of amazement.

In just ten breaths of time, Bai Tian arrived at the Warehouse NPC on his Ancestral Return Strange Horse.

“A Spirit Beast?”

The Warehouse NPC was a lame old man. When he saw Bai Tian’s mount, his eyes flickered, but he quickly regained his composure.

Yet for some reason, Bai Tian seemed to detect a fleeting glint of greed in his eyes.

“Withdraw one hundred of my butterfly orchids.”

The lame old man immediately took out one hundred of the butterfly orchids Bai Tian had stored and gave them to him.

“Horse, you’ll surely eat this, right?”

Bai Tian’s guess was spot on; the Ancestral Return Strange Horse ate medicinal herbs rather than ordinary grass.

——“Neigh!”

The Ancestral Return Strange Horse gave an excited cry and even nudged Bai Tian’s head affectionately before devouring the butterfly orchids in large gulps.

——“(Ding-dong!)”

“(Your mount’s loyalty to you has increased by 2 points.)”

He who feeds is the master!

Once given food, the mount’s loyalty immediately went up.

However, this mount had quite an appetite; one hundred butterfly orchids weren’t enough to satisfy it.

Bai Tian had the lame old man withdraw another 100 stalks. Only then was the Ancestral Return Strange Horse full, with its hunger level reaching 93.

Since this fellow ate medicinal herbs, Bai Tian simply withdrew another hundred butterfly orchids to keep as a reserve.

“Let’s go, time to work.”

Bai Tian flipped onto the horse’s back and pointed in a direction.

The well-fed Ancestral Return Strange Horse was extremely obedient. Its speed was like a supercar, creating a slipstream that even forced the rain away.

After Bai Tian rode away, the lame NPC watched their receding figures and revealed a sinister smile.

In a short while, the Ancestral Return Strange Horse brought Bai Tian to the myriad manifestations stone gazing at heaven.

Bai Tian was already Level 20, so he naturally had to race against time to complete his Second Transfer quest.

When triggering the Second Transfer quest, Bai Tian noticed that a floating spatial black hole had appeared near the myriad manifestations stone gazing at heaven.

After approaching to investigate, a system notification immediately rang out.

“(Regional Teleportation Spatial Hole. Only open to players of Second Transfer and above. You cannot use it.)”

Haha!

Bai Tian was delighted; the teleportation function was finally open.

It didn’t matter; he would be able to undergo his Second Transfer soon.

Bai Tian rode the Ancestral Return Strange Horse closer to the myriad manifestations stone gazing at heaven, and a system notification soon sounded.

——“(Ding-dong!)”

“(You have met the requirements for Second Transfer. Do you accept the Second Transfer trial quest?)”

“(Note! The Second Transfer trial quest is divided into four difficulties: Normal, Elite, Master, and Demon.)”

“(The higher the difficulty of the Second Transfer quest completed, the higher the rewards obtained.)”

“(If you can complete the Demon-grade difficulty trial quest, there is an additional 0.09% chance to obtain the opportunity to transfer to a Hidden Class.)”

So the Second Transfer quest was divided into difficulty levels.

Bai Tian remembered that Flowers in Full Bloom had spent over twenty hours grinding hard to complete her Second Transfer quest back then.

She couldn’t have been stuck on the Demon difficulty, could she?

Just then, Bai Tian received notifications that his friends Flowers in Full Bloom and Frost Like Snow had logged online.

“idol, I’ve missed you so much these past two days. Oh right, I heard you got the server’s first mount. Where are you? Hurry and take me for a ride.”

Frost Like Snow sent an excited voice message.

Bai Tian replied with a smile: “I’m about to do my Second Transfer quest. I’ll take you for a spin after it’s over.”

Frost Like Snow said excitedly: “Okay, good luck! Don’t be like Hua Hua, taking over twenty hours for one quest.”

Hearing her best friend’s jab, Flowers in Full Bloom rolled her beautiful eyes at her and then sent a voice message to Bai Tian.

“Brilliant, you should choose a Second Transfer quest no lower than Master-grade. Only by succeeding at that level will you obtain a full set of Second Transfer skill books.”

Flowers in Full Bloom had been proud and ambitious back then; she chose the Demon difficulty but didn’t succeed once.

In the end, she had no choice but to lower the difficulty by one tier and chose the Master-grade to pass the quest.

Regarding Flowers in Full Bloom’s reminder, Bai Tian replied with a smile: “I understand.”

But Bai Tian was extremely confident in himself; if he was going to do it, he would do the hardest Demon-grade trial.

“I choose the Demon-grade trial quest.”

Following Bai Tian’s choice.

The myriad manifestations stone gazing at heaven reacted immediately: “(Selection successful!)”

“(Please prepare. You will be teleported to the 【Four Symbols Maze】 map in 10 seconds to undergo the Demon-grade trial quest.)”

Bai Tian took a deep breath, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

Bring it on!

Let me see just how thrilling this Demon-grade trial is.

When the system countdown ended, a dazzling light cast down, and Bai Tian quickly vanished from the spot.

The next moment, Bai Tian appeared within an endless maze.

——“(Ding-dong!)”

“(The Demon-grade trial quest is about to begin!)”

“(Player Brilliant, please prepare. You need to find the four gates of 【Old Yin】, 【Young Yin】, 【Young Yang】, and 【Old Yang】 within 30 minutes.)”

“(Activate the spirit stones within the four gates to summon the Four Symbols Spirit Beasts. Defeat them, or survive for 1 minute without dying, to complete the quest.)”

This quest wasn’t simple!

The Four Symbols Maze was vast and endless, with no end in sight. He needed to find four gates within 30 minutes.

Then he had to summon the Four Symbols Spirit Beasts and either defeat them or hold out for 1 minute.

Honestly, with his 40x Rebound Talent, Bai Tian wasn’t afraid of any BOSS trial at all.

The real headache was how to find the four gates representing the Four Symbols within 30 minutes.

“(Quest start!)”

As soon as the system notification dropped, a countdown timer immediately appeared on the top-right interface: 【29:59】!

On such a wide map, there shouldn’t be any restrictions on summoning a mount, right?

Bai Tian quickly tried to summon his mount, the 【Ancestral Return Strange Horse】.

Fortunately!

The system still had a bit of humanity; it didn’t restrict mount summoning.

The Ancestral Return Strange Horse appeared successfully, letting out a resonant, long neigh.

“Horse, I’m counting on you for this stage!”

Bai Tian flipped onto the horse’s back beautifully. After patting the back of its head, he shouted: “Run! Give me a full sprint.”

Perhaps sensing its master’s mood, the 【Ancestral Return Strange Horse】, as a spirit beast, gave a long cry, and the blue flames beneath its four hooves suddenly surged.

——With a “Whoosh,” it was like a Dragon-Slaying Divine Arrow released from a bowstring, cutting through the air and creating a gale as it surged forward.

Once the Ancestral Return Strange Horse began running at full speed, it completely transformed into a streak of white light. The head-on gale even caused Bai Tian’s face to distort from the wind.

This speed was like riding a high-speed train—and an open-air one at that. Just imagine how thrilling it was.

——“Roar!”

Suddenly, the roars of several fierce beasts rang out.

Several incredibly ferocious white tigers leapt up, surrounding them and attacking Bai Tian and his mount.

——【White Tiger Clone】!

(Demon-grade Monster)!

Level: 20... Just as Bai Tian was about to strike back, the spirit beast-grade 【Ancestral Return Strange Horse】 took the initiative to attack.

It gave a soft neigh, and the surrounding air temperature plummeted. A gale rose instantly, forming an extremely cold tornado that sucked all four 【White Tiger Clones】 into the storm in an instant.