"Rumble..."
As soon as he stepped onto that step, the pressure ahead instantly changed. Previously, the pressure had been falling from above, but now it was coming from ahead. Long Chen felt as if he were standing on a flood drain at the breach.
The direction of the pressure made Long Chen's body sway slightly, but he quickly steadied himself. The people behind Long Chen only felt a slight discomfort. Long Chen was at the front, enduring the greatest impact, so their pressure was much less.
Long Chen led everyone forward, covering a thousand zhang. A second step appeared ahead, and stepping onto that staircase, the pressure increased once again.
Zhu Yunwen and the others brought special measuring instruments. By the time they arrived, the pressure had reached 120 dragon power, meaning the pressure increase level here was the same as before.
However, the pressure here was horizontal, making it even harder than the previous level. When Long Chen led everyone up to the fifth stage, some finally began to feel overwhelmed. The terrifying impact caused their bodies to ache excruciatingly, showing signs of being torn apart.
Long Chen had no choice but to stop. Long Chen stood at the front and began to refine blood. He realized that after the pressure increased, he could indeed begin blood refining again.
His dragon blood seemed to have no upper limit; as long as the pressure was sufficient, it could keep improving. When it couldn't increase, it meant the pressure was insufficient, not that the dragon blood had reached its limit.
So everyone began cultivating on the fifth step, with Long Chen leading the way, followed by Zhu Yunwen, Yu Qianxue, Zhu Yifeng, Yu Qingxuan, and other princes and princesses.
Zhu Yunwen and the others also endured immense pressure. They followed closely behind Long Chen, fanning out to create more space for the royal disciples behind them, splitting up in a fan shape to share the terrifying torrent flowing from both sides of Long Chen.
Only in this way could the royal disciples behind hold on to the fifth step. The pressure here, whether princes or princesses or other royal disciples, was already at its limit.
Under the terrifying pressure, their strength gradually emerged. Many royal disciples, usually inconspicuous, began to reveal their sharpness under pressure.
Among the royal disciples, more than three thousand prodigies began to spread out larger fan shapes, which not only reduced pressure on those behind them but also allowed them to gain greater benefits under the pressure.
Long Chen refined blood, qi, and bones—but after just one day, all three had reached their limit and could no longer be refined.
At this moment, Long Chen began to use the power of the three to begin refining his spirit. Refining the spirit was extremely painful; after condensing for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, he had to rest for a while before continuing his cultivation.
Another day passed. Golden spots appeared on Long Chen's primordial spirit, but he couldn't feel their strength—only endless pain.
If it weren't for the dragon clan experts protecting him, he might have thought there might be a problem in his refining. Once the golden spots on his primordial spirit reached a certain level, they wouldn't have increased.
At this moment, Long Chen noticed that the auras of Zhu Yifeng and the others were growing stronger and stronger, especially the flame power on their bodies, whose fluctuations were terrifying. From the flames, Long Chen could already sense the powerful will of the Vermilion Bird.
At this moment, their aura was much stronger than when they first arrived, almost like a completely different person.
Long Chen couldn't help but marvel at the incredible foundation of the Vermilion Bird Empire, and this Vermilion Bird Trial should be one of its trump cards.
By now, everyone could barely adapt to the power here. Long Chen told them to stay put while he walked forward. As Long Chen left, the pressure on them instantly became terrifying.
Fortunately, after this period of improvement, with everyone's combined efforts, they could barely handle the pressure of this stage.
With this, Long Chen felt at ease and walked forward alone. When he reached the sixth step, he discovered that this was actually a training ground, filled with many pieces of equipment.
Just like in the royal training chamber, except the equipment here was much heavier. Among the equipment, Long Chen found a pair of bracelets with one hundred dragon power, three hundred dragon power arm guards, and a pair of five hundred dragon power leg guards.
Long Chen put on the equipment, his body instantly felt much heavier, but it hadn't reached its limit. The nine hundred dragon power hadn't reached its limit, which meant Long Chen was now much stronger than during the Royal Training Ground tests.
Long Chen searched through it again and found that whether it was the bracelet, arm guard, or leg guard, all were the heaviest ones.
With no other choice, Long Chen put on a belt with one hundred dragon power and a vest with five hundred dragon strength.
The vest was so hard to wear, like a shell, which was very uncomfortable. But to maximize the weight, Long Chen didn't care about that.
At this moment, Long Chen already weighed 1,500 dragon powers. Only now did he feel exhausted. Wearing heavy gear, he moved back and forth along the passage, relentlessly stimulating his flesh and blood under the terrifying gravity.
Long Chen refined blood, qi, and bone—three had reached an extremely terrifying level. However, his flesh, tendons, and veins couldn't be deeply stimulated, making it impossible to coordinate the energy among the three and thus unable to unleash true power.
"Huff huff huff... Long
Chen clumsily swung his fists and kicked his legs, swinging a few times. His arms and legs were sore from the start. Once he rested, he would keep swinging.
But just as Long Chen had predicted, with such deep stimulation, his strength increased at an astonishing rate. After several hours, he could throw thirty punches in one go. Although he was panting like a dog, his strength was indeed increasing at a speed he couldn't even believe.
"Senior, I should be at the Three Thousand Dragon Power now, right?" Long Chen asked.
"Even the power of three thousand dragons is useless." The dragon clan expert said calmly.
"Why?" Long Chen was stunned.
The Dragon Clan expert said, "The route has changed now. If you don't complete the Dragon God Body Refining Technique, don't even think about training a new Seven-Star Battle Body, or else... You'll die! Long
Chen was shocked and was about to speak when the dragon clan expert added, "Don't waste precious time on such meaningless topics." Long
Chen had no choice but to continue cultivating. A day later, everyone rushed up to the sixth stage. Some began choosing the equipment here, but they all opted for lighter weights, with the largest not exceeding fifty dragon strengths.
Long Chen led everyone all the way to the gate, the pressure reaching two hundred dragon powers, and everyone had been cultivating here for three days.
On the third day, Yu Qingxuan's expression suddenly changed dramatically. She took out a jade talisman with cracks and said, "Oh no, I'm afraid the Great Battle of the Vermilion Bird has already begun." "