John returned to the cavern he had started in a short while later, gasping for breath. It wasn't gasps of fatigue or breathlessness, but gasps of disgust from the foul odor that surrounded him. His body was covered in a horrifyingly foul-smelling slime that nearly caused him to faint from its stench. Pain rose from his body as well as the slime corroded his skin, wracking his body with pain. And worse of all, the slime clung to his skin in spite of his Qi, refusing to budge. It even permeated his Qi when he tried to push the smell away, making it impossible to escape. Only with great effort was he able to get some of it off, although a great deal remained lingering behind.
The trial was even worse than he could have imagined.
"What the fuck is this stuff?" John cursed through the gags.