With a loud explosion, Long Chen crashed hard to the ground, the world spinning wildly, countless stars spinning above his head, nearly knocking him unconscious.
Long Chen lay on the ground, his bones aching all over. In that instant, it was as if he had lost all his cultivation.
"No-fly zone?"
Only then did Long Chen understand that the laws here forbade people from staying in the air. He obediently fell like a dog's dung, his lip scraped, blood flowing out, looking utterly disheveled.
"Boom!"
Long Chen slammed his fist to the ground, and a loud explosion erupted from the earth.
"Such a hard floor, what is it made of?" Long Chen was startled. When he threw a punch, it hurt from the impact, yet the ground remained completely unharmed.
The pressure here was about the same as outside, but there was a height difference. Fortunately, it was Long Chen; if it had been someone else, they might have fallen to their deaths.
What Long Chen didn't know was that everyone else was breaking through together. When everyone stepped onto the closing steps, the laws here weakened as the others shared the burden.
But Long Chen tackling the challenge alone is considered personal heroism. For a country or a legacy, this is unacceptable, so forcing it alone will be punished by the law.
After adapting for a while, Long Chen was about to proceed with spirit refinement, but was stopped by a dragon clan expert:
"First refine your blood, then your qi, then your bones. When all three have reached a certain level, refine your spirit to give your primordial spirit a buffer."
"Can blood, qi, and bones continue to advance?" Long Chen was overjoyed.
"How novel! This Dragon God Body Refining Technique is one of my strongest techniques. Do you think that's all you can do?" The dragon clan expert said irritably.
"Buzz"
When Long Chen began refining blood again, golden dragon blood swirled through his body. However, he noticed that under the terrifying pressure here it had become stagnant, startling him.
"This is the place of body refinement, restricted by the Vermilion Bird Law, which will return you to the most primitive state of cultivation.
Right now, everything about you seems clumsy, and all kinds of power are stagnant. Cherish it—this kind of ancient inheritance is now very rare, and for your cultivation, this place is like adding wings to a tiger. The dragon clan expert said.
When Long Chen began refining blood, he noticed that the golden blood, which he thought had been perfected, started burning again. The surrounding pressure actually helped fuel the fire, making the golden blood even more solid, like flowing gold.
Long Chen was overjoyed, frantically boosting the power of his essence blood. The essence blood burned again, circulating within his body, faster and smoother. Long Chen could feel his strength growing wildly.
Just as the dragon clan powerhouse said, such an opportunity was extremely precious. Long Chen cherished it extremely and worked furiously. After three hours, the golden blood began to gradually cool and could no longer burn. Long Chen knew the pressure here was no longer sufficient.
However, Long Chen did not go further. Instead, he refined his qi with blood, then refined his bones with the power of his blood and qi. When his bones reached their limit, the three powers merged to refine his spirit.
But refining the spirit was too painful, so Long Chen could only keep refining. Three days later, he heard movements behind him.
Yu Qingxuan and the others appeared one by one, and they actually rushed to the second level. When Yu Qingxuan saw Long Chen, her eyes reddened: "
You bad guy, you entered the second round without saying a word. I have no idea how worried they are about you..."
"Sorry, I was curious and wanted to see what's behind the door." , but suddenly fell in, and even if you wanted to, you couldn't go back. Long Chen quickly comforted him kindly, apologizing repeatedly.
He knew Yu Qingxuan must be very worried about him, and couldn't help but feel guilty. Before coming in, he should have greeted everyone. He had acted a bit too recklessly and hadn't considered others' feelings.
Seeing Long Chen apologize repeatedly, Yu Qingxuan finally wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes. She was indeed very worried about Long Chen. Although she knew he would be fine, she couldn't help but worry about him.
When everyone entered the second stage, the royal disciples activated the Vermilion Bird Divine Diagram. At this moment, they were together, their bloodlines resonating with each other, naturally forming a bloodline formation to resist pressure together, no longer as flustered as before.
After asking, Long Chen learned that because Yu Qingxuan was worried something might happen to him, everyone rushed with all their might, risking their way to break through the level. Under terrifying pressure, they actually broke the bloodline seal and activated the bloodline connection ability.
"I'm really sorry for making you worry." Long Chen apologized to everyone once again. He hadn't expected these royal disciples to be so generous, with over 800,000 people willing to risk for him, which made him feel both guilty and moved.
"Brother Long, don't be so polite. Since Father allowed you to participate in the trial, he didn't treat you as an outsider.
We are a unified entity, and you are very strong. Many times, we probably need your support. "The eldest prince Zhu Yunwen said.
At this moment, he no longer had the arrogance he had when they first met. He respected Long Chen from the heart; Long Chen's strength won his admiration.
"Then I won't be pretentious anymore. To be honest, the situation at Vermilion Bird is dire right now, and a major war could break out at any moment. I'm very anxious.
I hope everyone can clear the game as quickly as possible and not waste a moment. I came in to scout the way for you as soon as possible. Long Chen said sincerely.
Long Chen sensed the scent of war. If all the princes, princesses, and royal elites were trapped here and couldn't escape, the Vermilion Bird Empire would be in danger.
Hearing Long Chen say this, many royal disciples showed signs of shame on their faces. In fact, the Crown Prince was leading everyone to risk their way through, and many were quite resistant to it.
But Long Chen had broken through the checkpoint to help everyone find the way. Thinking of his previous resistance, he suddenly felt embarrassed.
After entering, everyone did a simple rest, then began to slow down the power of the bloodline formation, letting the pressure settle on them and gradually adapt to the environment here.
When the pressure made their bones crack, their bloodlines took tremendous pressure, and their visions began to roar and ignite.
As the phenomenon burned, their bloodline power was visibly increasing at a frenzied rate. Zhu Yifeng and the others exclaimed, the pressure here was about the same as the last step of the first trial, but the benefits for them increased several times over.
"Long Chen, I have a bold idea!" Suddenly, Zhu Yunwen said to Long Chen.
"As long as you dare to come with me, I'll dare to take you." Long Chen smiled faintly, knowing exactly what Zhu Yunwen wanted to say.
After this period of rebuilding, Long Chen also wanted to know what kind of pressure he could endure now.
"Alright then, thank you for your trouble, Brother Long!"
After Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, he immediately gathered all the royal disciples to rebuild the bloodline barrier. Long Chen smiled slightly and led everyone straight into the depths.
The moment Long Chen stepped onto the second step, a raging pressure like a tsunami swept over him.