With that in mind, Chen Wen did not hesitate at all. He sat down cross-legged on the spot.
Very soon, he began absorbing the death energy drifting around him.
What did this mean?
Everyone watched all this, and for a moment, they were somewhat baffled.
In their view, shouldn't he keep advancing at a time like this?
Clearing the trials depended on order of arrival, and the rankings also depended on order of arrival.
So time was extremely important. Who would suddenly stop?
If Chen Wen had exhausted himself too much, then recovering on the spot would still make sense.
Because the farther one went, the harder it would only become.
But Chen Wen clearly had not exhausted himself, and what he had used was another method.
So what was his purpose? What was he after?
For a moment, quite a few people were already confused.
And at this moment, Huang Fan spoke once more. "Alliance Leader, you're familiar with the Ascension Path. Can you tell why he's doing this?"
Before Dongfang Chuge could speak, Zhuge Futian leisurely said, "If I remember correctly, in this trial, spiritual energy is insufficient. Instead, death energy is abundant."
"Although death energy also contains Spiritual Energy, to ordinary cultivators, it is not something beneficial."
"Even if one has a means to purify it, it cannot be absorbed in excess. Otherwise, it is very likely to sever one's foundation."
"But then again, if someone does not recognize death energy, it is very easy to mistake it for spiritual energy with the Dark Attribute."
"Could it be that Chen Wen truly mistook it for spiritual energy with the Dark Attribute, and that is why he would do something like this?"
As soon as these words came out, many elders fell into thought, clearly also thinking that