Chapter 154: Trials and Opportunities (Second Update)

  Although the gap between the late stage of Condensing True Realm and the peak of the late stage is not large, it is extremely precious for Ye Chen. If he had three tenths of confidence in killing Yuan Heng before, now he has four tenths of confidence. If he can enter the Embracing Origin Realm, killing Yuan Heng would be as easy as cutting vegetables.

  Other sect disciples felt their cultivation had improved, but no one like Ye Chen broke through the original boundary.

  "The gate of Tiān Mèng Zhàn Diàn is open, hurry up and go in."

  "Charge!"

  "This pure white light shines over, I feel greatly benefited, entering inside, it's certain to break through to the Embracing Origin Realm."

  Apart from the powerful ones on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, most of the sect disciples have gone crazy. They risk their lives to enter the Ancient Sky Dream Land for what? Isn't it just to break through their cultivation boundaries? As long as they become a Yuan Yuan Realm warrior, they will have the power to speak with the powerful ones on the Hidden Dragon Ranking on an equal footing. No longer will they need to be fearful and anxious, nor will they need to humble themselves, lower their voices, and swallow their pride. It's like taking a shortcut to heaven.

  "Get out!"

  The first person on the Dragon List, with the fastest speed, flashed his body and instantly entered the palace gate. Before entering, Yuan Heng killed a sect disciple who blocked his way with a random move, his method was ruthless and bloody.

  Looking at the crazy sect disciples, Luo Hanshan said: "We're going in too!"

  Ye Chen circulated his true energy several times and found no issues, nodding: "This Tian Meng War Hall indeed has a great effect on breaking through the boundary."

  "Yes, I think so too."

  Four people followed closely behind the crowd and entered the palace with a dense white light.

  Wow!

  Taking a deep breath, Zhu Mei exclaimed: "What a rich and pure primordial energy! It's far superior to the spiritual stone's primordial energy, almost effortless to refine."

  In fact, without Zhu Mei's reminder, the three of them could feel the change in the atmosphere as soon as they entered.

  The only thing was that the white light inside the palace seemed too intense. As soon as they entered, everyone became completely blind. They couldn't see or sense anything, and even Ye Chen's soul force lost its effect, leaving only the most basic sense of touch and hearing still present.

  About a quarter of an hour ago, the grand gate behind him suddenly closed with a heavy thud, and then the palace inside was like a small earthquake, rumbling sounds continued, one after another, abrupt. The floor under Yechen's feet sank down. Something vaguely sealed this space from above.

  "Be careful, the structure inside the palace has changed." Ye Chen hastily reminded.

  But no one answered.

  He let out a wry smile. Ye Chen knew they were separated, which was good. The Tian Meng War Temple wouldn't take the initiative to kill people on its own. There shouldn't be any danger.

  Sitting on the ground, Ye Chen was preparing to meditate and cultivate.

  Huh?

  A dazzlingly bright white light, visible to the naked eye, condensed into a ball and sank into a huge crystal orb, which displayed seven colors and hung suspended in mid-air.

  Leaves dust quietly observe its changes.

  Buzz!

  The air slightly shook, and a human-shaped white light shadow gradually appeared below the crystal ball. The light shadow held a treasure sword, with its back straight. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it had exactly the same body shape as Ye Chen, even the treasure sword was identical, as if another Ye Chen had been replicated.

  Of course, light and shadow are just light and shadow, all over the body is spotless white. There are no five senses, only appearance, at a glance, it can be seen that it is an unknown energy structure, not a real person.

  Whoosh!

  A white light flashed into being, and with one step forward, a sword sliced out towards Ye Chen.

  "Condensing True Boundary Late-Stage Peak Cultivation!"

  Ye Chen sensed the true energy fluctuations of the white light shadow, and its swift and fierce attack speed, as well as its internal force that was not released, were extremely astonishing, almost on par with Luo Hanshan. In other words, the strength of the white light shadow was at the level of a quasi-prince of Tianfeng Country.

  Being beaten passively is not Yechen's style, and if he guessed correctly, this is the trial of Tiānmèng Martial Hall, and only by defeating the White Light Shadow can one have the qualification to stay.

  Clang!

  The sword emerged from its scabbard, and Ye Chen brushed past his opponent.

  Next moment!

  The white light shadow grasped the right arm of the treasure sword and flew up, with a faint white glow emanating from the broken edge.

  The white light shadow that lost an arm still wanted to desperately attack Ye Chen, but was beheaded by Ye Chen's sword and transformed back into a white light that entered the crystal ball.

  At the same time.

  In an enclosed space of less than three hundred, the same scene is unfolding.

  "My god, his strength is on par with mine, and he even has martial skills equipped."

  "It's just slightly inferior to me, but it seems very difficult to defeat!"

  "How is it different from the Tian Meng Temple trial ten years ago? It was all the same back then!"

  Some people are fighting fiercely with the white light, and it's hard to distinguish between victory and defeat. Some can suppress the white light, but they can't defeat their opponents in a short period of time. Others are shocked and caught off guard. In short, everyone is undergoing a test, and the difficulty of the test varies from person to person, and is not the same.

  The first round of trials ended, and five sect disciples performed abnormally, being hit by a white light shadow on their vitals, instantly transmitting out of the Tianmeng War Temple.

  Red Ancient Desert

  Next to the gigantic light gate.

  Five figures shot out of the light gate and fell onto the thick sand.

  "Open."

  Li Jing.

  “……”

  These five were the sect disciples who failed the test. They crawled out of the sand, looking stunned, and then thought of something, with a dejected look on their faces. They didn't even hear the shouts of their respective sect elders, and they walked away in a daze.

  "It's okay to fail, no one will blame you, go back and work hard, don't be discouraged, otherwise it will be difficult to make progress in the future."

  "How many disciples of our sect are left?"

  "Nothing's left but you."

  Some elderly people spoke words of encouragement, some inquired about the situation, and others, upon hearing the bad news, beat their chest and stamped their feet, with tears streaming down their faces.

  The people outside were unaware of the situation inside, and even if they knew, they couldn't be distracted. As the first round of tests came to an end, the second round began.

  "Heavenly Wind Country's Crown Prince-level strength!"

  Ye Chen's face was solemn, the white light in front of him wasn't too bad, but just the second round had such strength, the third and fourth rounds and even later tests were undoubtedly more difficult. When encountering someone with similar strength to himself, wanting to get through would not rely solely on personal strength, but also require surpassing the opponent in combat skills.

  A white light flashed over, and Ye Chen swung his sword out.

  Hmph!

  A brilliant light shoots out, transforming into a white glow that enters the crystal ball.

  The second round of trials ended, and the number of failed sect disciples increased exponentially. Five people in the first round had become thirty-five this time around.

  As the number of failures increased, outside Tianmeng Ancient Land, the various major sects on the Red Sand Desert more or less understood the internal situation and were shocked one by one.

  They didn't think that Tiān Mèng Gǔ Dì was a place where people were eaten, but out of 660 people who entered, only less than 300 people made it to the Tiān Mèng War Temple. The others were either hunted and killed by the ancient beasts inside, or beheaded by disciples from other sects, or died in the mouth of the ancient Xuanjin Python. The death toll reached a historic high, with a mortality rate exceeding 55%.

  "It's fortunate that one-tenth of those who survived hope to enter the realm of embracing the origin; otherwise, it would be better not to enter this ancient land at all."

  "The number of deaths is too high, fortunately our sect did not suffer a complete defeat."

  The third round of trials began.

  This time the white light shadow's strength has reached the level of the top 100 in the previous Hidden Dragon Ranking, and is about the same as Qiu Heng from the swamp, with the ability to instantly kill warriors of the same rank.

  Easily beheading his opponent, Ye Chen felt a different place.

  Every time one's own attack lands on the opponent, a wonderful shockwave will be transmitted to oneself. As the shockwave becomes more and more pronounced, it is only then that one realizes that within the shockwave lies an extremely pure yuanqi that has merged into the body, helping oneself to improve their cultivation. In other words, every battle is actually a step forward in progress. The longer one persists, the greater the progress will be. By the end of it all, who knows, perhaps one might even take a leap and enter the realm of embracing the yuan.

  Having understood this point, Ye Chen slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and secretly thought: I finally understand that the Tian Meng War Temple is both a test and an opportunity. It depends on whether one can seize it or not.

  The third trial was not difficult for Ye Chen, but it was extremely difficult for others.

  In the seventh enclosed space on the east side.

  Luohan's heavy breathing, the white light in front of him was a notch stronger than his own power. Beating him with his own strength was almost impossible. What to do? Was he going to be eliminated just like that?

  "No way, since it's a test, there must be a way to pass."

  Boom!

  Without giving Luo Hanshan much time to think, a white light shadow burst out with a punch, the powerful fist like a great mountain, like a long river, fierce and surging.

  "The Purple Energy Arrives from the East, the Great Stele Presses Down!"

  Luohan Mountain went all out, using Zixi Gong and Dabitian Tianwang Quan to their limits, combining them into a special defensive technique to protect himself.

  Splendid!

  The purple stone monument collapsed with a loud crash, unable to withstand even three blinks of an eye.

  Luohan desperately rolled out of the way, avoiding a terrifying white fist. His internal energy was boiling over and his eyes were flashing with golden stars.

  "Right, if the Zi Ji function reaches the ninth level of its peak, it might be possible to defeat the opponent." Luo Hanshan's eyes lit up, the ninth level of the Zi Ji technique was called "Purple Energy Arrives from the East", and at the peak of the ninth level, one could summon a purple lotus flower from thin air, with the lotus flower protecting the body, its defensive power would increase exponentially.

  The white light shadow came again, Luo Hanshan did not retreat or yield, the Purple Extreme Skill was urged to its limit, and two punches were made in a row.

  In another enclosed space.

  Xu Jing burst out with unprecedented strength, fighting White Light to a stalemate, every punch landing on flesh, the four overflowing fist winds shaking the air like water, the surging golden light sometimes bright and sometimes dim, dazzling and eye-catching, as if rivers crisscrossing back and forth.

  If Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei were here, they would be shocked beyond measure. Xu Jing's opponent is even more formidable than Beixue Gongzi Duanmu Gongzi. Based on their previous understanding of Xu Jing, they had not reached this level at all. It can be said that Xu Jing has been hiding her true strength all along.

  Clang!

  White light and Xu Jing clashed with a punch, exploding into a terrifying sound of gold and iron, brilliant sparks flying everywhere, extremely hot.

  "Give me change!"

  With his left hand locking down the white light's right arm, Xu Jing's body shook and a golden light burst out from within him, striking the white light and rendering it immobile. Seizing the opportunity, he threw a punch that landed squarely on the white light's head.

  With a "poof", the light and shadow transformed into white light and entered the crystal ball.