It was a blazing tiger. As soon as it appeared, its sharp claws were like blades, slashing toward Long Chen.
"Boom!"
Long Chen formed hand seals, and a transparent shield appeared before him. The fierce tiger slammed its claw against the shield, and with a loud explosion, flames surged as the shield shattered, and the tiger was knocked back by the shield.
To defend with intent, Long Chen needed to form hand seals, but dragon clan experts did not. In this regard, dragon clan experts couldn't teach him, so this technique required Long Chen to figure it out himself.
"Buzz"—Long Chen's
hand seal changed, and a transparent sword stabbed fiercely toward the tiger.
"Roar!"
What Long Chen didn't expect was that the fierce tiger reacted extremely quickly. Its huge mouth opened wide, spitting out a burst of flame that struck the sword. With a loud explosion, the sword was shattered by its single blow.
Long Chen snorted coldly, changed his hand seal again, and eighteen sharp swords appeared out of thin air, slashing down fiercely at the tiger.
Boom!
The tiger was finally shattered by eighteen sharp blades, but just as it exploded, it transformed into endless runes and then condensed again, instantly forming another tiger to attack Long Chen once more.
"Boom boom boom... Long
Chen used his intent to resist the enemy, slashing the fierce tiger more than a dozen times in succession. But the tiger was immortal; once it shattered, it would recondense, its power undiminished in the slightest.
After half an hour of fierce battle, Long Chen couldn't hold on any longer. His head began to ache—a symptom caused by excessive consumption of mental power.
Long Chen had no choice but to retreat to the first stage to rest. After resting, during another fierce battle with the fierce tiger, he suddenly noticed that his mental power was no longer transparent, but had started to show golden spots.
Infused with the power of the golden spot's will, it became even stronger. Originally, Long Chen's mental power could only cover a hundred zhang around him, but when the golden spot appeared, it could instantly cover a thousand li.
Long Chen hadn't expected that refining intent wouldn't require deliberately extracting the power of blood, qi, bones, spirit, or soul. Once they reach a certain level, their powers connect everything and support each other.
"Pfft!"
The golden sword pierced through the tiger's body, shattering instantly. The tiger, which had previously withstood dozens of attacks, now couldn't withstand even once.
Long Chen was both surprised and delighted. The power of thought was like gaining an extra domain, and it was a domain that no one could detect. Using the power of thought against enemies, he could kill without a trace!
The power of thought was extremely strange, somewhat like domain power, somewhat similar to oppressive pressure, but with many differences.
Long Chen expanded the Flame Domain or Thunder Domain. In this domain, he could control everything, but switching domain power took time. During battle, experts could judge the opponent's intentions based on domain fluctuations.
But the realm of thought is different; this power is completely at will, with mind and force, making it impossible to guard against.
Unlike pressure, pressure is like water—it can restrict people's movements and even make them immobile. But its power is dispersive, and no amount of water can crush a fish.
But the mental domain can instantly disperse, covering a thousand miles, or condense into a weapon the size of a weapon, possessing terrifying destructive power. Its form can be completely controlled by the mind.
However, using the power of thought consumed a huge amount of mental energy, and even Long Chen's mental strength couldn't sustain it for an hour.
But what excited Long Chen was that, as the golden power was injected, his mental power was rapidly strengthening, as if his soul power was merging into his mental energy.
The power of the primordial spirit and the soul are both tangible forces, while the power of thought lies between the tangible and the intangible. The relationship among the three is extremely subtle and cannot be explained in words.
"Boom boom boom...
When Long Chen reached the ninth level, it was already filled with various fiery beasts, each one overwhelmingly powerful, putting immense pressure on him.
However, the greater the pressure, the stronger Long Chen's willpower became. He continuously formed hand seals, and in the void, thousands of golden swords formed a razor-sharp sword formation, killing the beasts with roars and shattering them one after another.
Now, Long Chen's mental power could cover a radius of ten thousand li, meaning that within ten thousand miles, wherever his thoughts reached, he could kill without a trace.
However, Long Chen found it extremely difficult to break through to the tenth tier, because in the latter half of the ninth stage, fierce beasts were densely packed and layered.
Each time Long Chen charges, he starts consuming his mental power from the first stage. By the ninth stage, he has already used up a small portion of his strength. By the time he reaches more than half of the ninth stage, his mental power is nearly depleted, forcing him to retreat and rest.
After several consecutive charges, Long Chen finally reached the tenth level. Just as he reached the tenth level, before he could see what was happening, he was struck away by a terrifying force.
By the time Long Chen returned to the first stage to rest, Yu Qingxuan and the others had already reached the ninth level, and their speed was astonishing.
After the trials of the seventh and eighth trials, each of them revealed their sharpness, their killing intent like blades, their eyes sharp, and their aura intimidating.
Even Yu Qingxuan's aura had changed. At this moment, she was still gentle and serene, her gaze still tender, but deep within her eyes was a resolute sharpness.
She was like a long sword, hidden within its sheath. Once drawn, its sharpness could cut down the Milky Way. Moreover, Long Chen could sense a powerful aura of flames, different from others—it was the aura of the Rainbow Flame.
It seemed that this trial had finally awakened the Rainbow Flame, the ninth-ranked peerless divine flame on the Heavenly Fire List.
After everyone arrived, Long Chen briefly explained the situation here, then led them forward.
"Boom!"
Zhu Yunwen slashed out with his sword, shattering a newly formed invisible sharp sword. His strike was like an antelope hanging from its horns, leaving no trace, sharp and swift and ruthless.
"Beautiful,"
Long Chen couldn't help but say. Zhu Yunwen had already fully reached the ranks of true masters; one strike alone revealed his true strength.
Receiving Long Chen's praise, Zhu Yunwen's face lit up with joy. Long Chen's recognition was the greatest encouragement for all of them.
Although they hadn't seen Long Chen's performance, the fact that he was always at the forefront meant his strength was vast and unfathomable. No matter how strong they were, they knew there was an unreachable gap between them.
Therefore, Long Chen's praise was the greatest recognition for them. For a moment, everyone was greatly energized and pressed forward relentlessly.
When everyone rushed to the sixth tier, they encountered a fiery beast, and the pressure increased greatly, slowing their advance.
However, when everyone tried to pass the stage together, it was completely different from when Long Chen went alone. The power of the Flame Beast was greatly weakened, less than one-tenth of what Long Chen had at that time.
Over 800,000 royal disciples charged their way and finally reached the ninth stage. When endless ferocious beasts charged at them, they finally couldn't hold on and tried to retreat.
"Boom!"
A golden shield struck,Everyone was covered, and the fiery beasts were cut off, letting them bite and tear at them madly, yet they could never break in.
"This ..."
Everyone was shocked. This was a forbidden magic domain, with no laws of the Heavenly Dao, no power to borrow, and no energy to borrow. It repelled any energy, so they couldn't cast any spells. Here, they could only fight with the most basic power of the primordial flame.
When everyone saw Long Chen forming hand seals, they were all dumbfounded, speechless in shock—Long Chen could actually ignore the laws here.
In fact, the domain of consciousness Long Chen wielded came from his own power and did not require drawing the power of heaven and earth. Moreover, this power was outside the scope of this constraint, so he could freely use it.
Long Chen opened up the domain for everyone, buying them a chance to rest. When they had rested enough, Long Chen led everyone up to the tenth stage.
"Boom!"
As everyone rushed up to the tenth step, a thunderous explosion erupted, endless flames shot up, and then a gigantic head appeared before everyone.
"Ancient Vermilion Bird"
Zhu Yunwen and the others saw the head and immediately knelt down on the ground.