Heavy... increasingly heavy...
The steps before him seemed to exert a tremendous pressure on his shoulders, just like when he first awakened his abilities, as if trying to force him back.
The aura emanating from Li Chen had already broken through to the Calamity Realm.
He felt it wasn't enough; he knew he couldn't reach the Wasteland Realm, but he wanted to take another step forward, perhaps to see what lay atop the God-Ascending Stairway...
"Not enough, let me take another step." Li Chen's expression was calm as blood seeped from his legs. The immense pressure had already broken his legs, and he was only able to continue climbing by relying on Forbidden Substances and Vector Manipulation.
This perseverance wasn't particularly strong, because he understood that reaching the Calamity Realm was already so difficult; what about the Wasteland Realm, or even the God Realm?
Did he vanish before he even took a single step forward?
Just as Li Chen was about to take the next step, an extreme danger entered his senses.
With a "clang".
In the surrounding void, countless sharp swords charged towards him, each one wreathed in burning flames.
There was even a hint of oppressive power about it.
Li Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and an energy shield unfolded around him, blocking all the sharp blades.
Who is it?
Someone's trying to sabotage my cultivation!
Click~ Click~
At that moment, a cracking sound rang out, Li Chen's barrier began to be penetrated bit by bit, with the sharp blade continuing to penetrate deeper.
The newcomers are no ordinary people; could it be reinforcements from the God-Slaying Cult?
Right now, Li Chen has drawn the Demon Blade Vermilion. The aura of his newly broken-through the Calamity Realm begins to surge, and he begins to use his abilities. The entire barrier compresses and squeezes those crimson swords together, leaving only the burnt-out silver swords in the end.
Li Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, gripped one of the swords, looked at the two large traditional Chinese characters on it, and murmured, "Oh? Justice?... Which faction is this?"
At this moment, the demons of desire and calamity below also arrived.
Zero grabbed Blood Charm and floated it in the air, looking disgusted. This guy had no flesh on his body at all, and you could even see his scarlet internal organs between the bones. It was disgusting.
Blood Charm remained silent.
He can't fly. He's tried using bone wings, but that's just something you see on TV. It would be strange if someone could actually fly.
Their current lineup is undeniably impressive.
After Li Chen successfully advanced to the Calamity Realm, five Calamity Realm experts floated in the air. Countless people died or were injured in the entire Sinful City 'God-Slaying Cult, and the Calamity Realm experts were almost completely wiped out. The Seven Sins have now become a thing of the past.
They are now the largest force in Sinful City.
However, Li Chen currently has no interest in this city; he is pursuing something else entirely.
Blood Charm glanced at the silver sword floating in the air, lowered his head slightly, and said, "My lord, this sword engraved with Justice should belong to the Justice Alliance in the interior."
"It's indeed absurd that they could appear here and attack you, but the fact that their swords are here indicates that Supreme Being has taken action against you."
"It must have sensed your intention to challenge the Wasteland Realm, so..."
"The Supreme Being?" This was the first time Li Chen had heard this term. He had only ever encountered Sequence User before, so where did this Supreme Being from?
At this moment, Blood Charm continued, "My lord, the title of Supreme Being is one of the nine ranks of Human Race. Before the Great Wall was built, the best way to gain respect was to obtain the title of Supreme Being."
"But only nine Supreme Beings are designated in the world. They are all equal in rank, and each one is extremely powerful. Even Evil Cults dare not provoke them easily."
"But with the advent of this peaceful era, these titles have gradually disappeared from human sight, replaced by the Sequence User, while those Supreme Being have now sunk into the masses, retiring from the world."
"Now that chaos has broken out, all those powerful figures have reappeared."
"And Justice is the voice of one of the Supreme Beings, the Judgment Angel Human Race the Second Sequence of humanity, who currently governs the Order of Justice Sequence User."
Li Chen nodded slightly. It seemed that the outside world had indeed changed in a year. He had no idea about these things back then, but now that the gates had been breached, it had drawn out a lot of people.
But why would this sword of Justice cross the void to strike him?
At this moment, the disaster interrupted Li Chen's thoughts.
"Lord, shall we slaughter the entire city and make this our first stronghold?"
"After all, Lord, Your will is too grand. If you wish to accomplish it, it is certainly impossible for us to do it alone. Moreover, everything that this person just said is true. The power of the Supreme Being can easily crush us."
Despite the disaster, his mind was still working very quickly.
They immediately came up with a plan: if they wanted to advance into the inner region, they had to at least leave themselves an escape route, not to mention those suddenly appearing Supreme Beings.
Evil Cults and Special Affairs Bureau are already troublesome enough.
Moreover, there are these other forces as well.
Li Chen's current goal is to eliminate anything that poses a threat to him. If he were to advance into the inner region, he would inevitably clash with these forces.
Moreover, as the Child of Destiny, he has no way to escape it.
He cannot take sides between humanity and Evil Cults.
He is the vortex itself.
While the disaster's suggestion was good, it also had its downsides. Sinful City was already riddled with holes, and its defenses would inevitably crumble sooner or later.
With the Seven Sins gone, most of the criminals are dead.
Where do they get the manpower to keep supporting the Sinful Pass?!
It's only a matter of time before this place collapses.
At this moment, Zero's voice once again interrupted Li Chen's thoughts, saying, "My Lord, why don't we move into the Black Mist?"
"Eerie Monsters are just walking food to us, and those mindless Eerie Monsters pose no threat to us whatsoever."
Li Chen remained silent.
He had anticipated this situation, but he didn't know what kind of terrifying creatures existed within the Black Mist outside. After all, if the outside world was truly as wonderful as imagined, why hadn't humanity shrunk back inside the walls?
He was well aware of the Eerie Monsters's habits: it constantly devoured weaker creatures to grow stronger.
The Black Mist has been present for sixteen years, and even humans probably don't know how many powerful Eerie Monsters have emerged from it...
So when Zero said that, he immediately ruled out the option. As for Zero, he was still looking at Li Chen expectantly, hoping to get a compliment.
Li Chen simply patted his head, his gaze lingering on the direction from Sinful City, and murmured, "It's time to leave. What's the inner route like now?"
Feeling the warmth of my My Lord's palm, Zero lowered her head and a smile appeared on her face.