Chaos Qi

"A family shouldn't speak so formally. Hurry, if we're slow the treasures will be gone!" Nan Rou said with a smile.

"Mm!" Nan Qiao nodded.

On the other side, with only a few dozen steps left to the mountaintop, Qin Guan's movements began to slow.

He hadn't expected the gravity suppression up here to be this strong. Right now, it felt like a great mountain was pressing down on him, and every step he took was extraordinarily difficult.

Without a tenacious will and endurance, it would be nearly impossible to reach the summit. Just this first trial alone would probably eliminate countless people.

Time passed bit by bit. When he finally set foot on the last step, the gravity suppression vanished instantly. Qin Guan let out a long breath, as if relieved of a heavy burden.

The first trial was finally over!

He quickly surveyed the mountaintop. Soon, a wooden dummy not far away caught his attention. Behind the wooden dummy was a heavy stone door, wrapped in a strange energy.

Creak! Creak!

The wooden dummy noticed Qin Guan and walked straight toward him. As it walked, it suddenly disappeared.

Bam!

Qin Guan reacted swiftly, throwing a punch to his left that collided instantly with the wooden dummy's fist, which had appeared out of nowhere.

Boom!

A fierce gale of wind exploded, and the surrounding air seemed to be sliced by blades, letting out a sharp whistling sound.

"This wooden dummy's not bad—it's even a bit stronger than that old thief Cang Yuan!"

After exchanging that punch, Qin Guan marveled inwardly.

Whoosh!

A muffled explosive sound rang out as the wooden dummy's other fist swung like lightning toward Qin Guan's head.

Bam!

Before the dummy's fist could get close, its body was sent flying by a single punch from Qin Guan.

Boom!

The moment it hit the ground, the wooden dummy bounced back. Just as it was about to charge in front of Qin Guan, it suddenly changed direction, and in the next instant, four wooden dummies appeared around him at the same time.

The four wooden dummies were perfectly aligned, coming from front, back, left, and right, all throwing punches at Qin Guan simultaneously.

Quadruple Shadow Clone!

Seeing this, the corner of Qin Guan's mouth lifted slightly. He twisted his body sharply and delivered a sweeping kick to the wooden dummy behind him.

Bam!

The dummy was sent flying again.

This time, before the wooden dummy could hit the ground, Qin Guan suddenly appeared above it. He clasped his hands together and brought a heavy hammer blow down on the dummy.

Bam, crack!

The wooden dummy was smashed to pieces, and a black key fell to the ground.

Qin Guan picked up the key and looked at the stone door. Soon, he spotted a keyhole on the wall to the right of the door.

Rumble!

Qin Guan inserted the key, and the heavy stone door slowly opened.

Behind the stone door was a void—nothing could be seen clearly. It was like a passage to an endless hell or a bottomless abyss, making one afraid to step forward.

This was a test of the mind. Qin Guan saw through it at a glance.

A simple door like this—most people would probably find it hard to overcome their psychological barrier and take that step.

Without hesitation, Qin Guan stepped inside.

The moment he entered the stone door, his vision brightened, and he found himself in an ancient hall.

Qin Guan looked around the hall. It was worn and dilapidated from the erosion of time, covered in thick dust, exuding an air of age and desolation.

Could this be the floating palace he'd seen from the foot of the mountain?

Qin Guan guessed inwardly.

"What's that?"

Just then, a light screen suddenly lit up on the central wall of the hall.

Qin Guan hurried over. On the light screen, mysterious runes flickered faintly, exuding a barely perceptible aura of energy.

As Qin Guan stared at the light screen, a line of text suddenly appeared: Break the formation to obtain the Heaven-Defying Legacy.

"Heaven-Defying Legacy... defying heaven... heaven defied... Could this really be Senior Yang Tianni's legacy!"

Qin Guan's eyes lit up, and his heart pounded wildly in his chest.

"Huff!"

Qin Guan let out a breath and quickly suppressed his excitement to calm himself down. He looked at the formation light screen in front of him and furrowed his brow slightly.

Breaking the formation?

There are usually several ways to break a formation—finding the pattern and mechanism of its operation, using a treasure to break it, or the most direct method: Li Po Wan Fa, overwhelming it with brute force.

Formations are all driven by Spiritual Power, and he himself was a complete illiterate in that regard. He could only try using brute force.

Qin Guan stepped back a few paces and punched the Light Screen.

Pop!

But when Qin Guan's fist struck the Light Screen, it felt like hitting a ball of cotton—the force was completely absorbed.

Seeing this, Qin Guan increased his strength and punched the Light Screen again. The result was exactly the same; it didn't cause the slightest damage to the Light Screen.

A bit annoyed, Qin Guan activated his Martial Cultivator's Gang Qi and rained down punches like a storm. The originally gentle Light Screen was thrown into chaos by his assault, forming a massive vortex, but his fists still couldn't Break Open the Light Screen.

"With your current strength, Even If you opened all eight Battle Gates, you still couldn't break through this formation barrier."

Just as Qin Guan was furiously attacking the Light Screen, the voice of the Little Black Tower suddenly rang out in his mind.

Hearing this, Qin Guan withdrew his fists. He had almost forgotten about the Little Black Tower—maybe this guy could break the formation.