The thousandth step of the Heart Questioning Steps. The young dragon shattered the last illusory stone step, and the blue-black rock beneath his feet abruptly turned into obsidian as dark as congealed blood! The clouds on either side of the steps were gone, replaced by countless twisted, writhing blood-red sword shadows that appeared out of nowhere! These sword shadows had no physical form, yet they emitted an overwhelming slaughterous aura that made souls tremble, like the wails of billions of lost souls condensed together!
The endpoint of the first trial, the "Heart Questioning Steps," was the beginning of the second trial—the Immortal Slaying Steps!
Immortal Slaying Steps! The moment he stood at the starting point, the viscous, tangible slaughtering sword intent pierced his sea of consciousness like billions of Ice Needles! The red glow of the Dao mark between his brows surged, and the entropy increase rate instantly exceeded 4% per hour! Worse still, the final trace of mental contamination from the Heavenly Dao Spore lurking deep within his sea of consciousness was violently stimulated by the Immortal Slaying killing aura. Like a shark smelling blood, it abruptly awoke from dormancy!
[Warning! Heavenly Dao Spore (mental state) activated!] [Assimilation target changed: Immortal Slaying Steps slaughtering sword intent...] [Assimilation method: Analysis → Simulation → Amplification → Feedback...] [Current progress: 0.03%... accelerating continuously...]
The Star Vortex in the young dragon's left eye spun frantically, and the icy data stream nearly condensed into substance:
[Immortal Slaying Sword Intent intensity: Primordial Grade (offensive · passive trigger)...] [Core traits: Sever life force... Erase will... Temper the Dao through slaughter...] [Threat level: Fatal!] [Dao mark entropy increase rate: 4.2%/hour (continuing to rise due to spore activation)...]
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