"Plop."
A bean-sized raindrop landed on the back of Chen Lin's hand.
He was startled.
He had been protecting himself with the Nine-Layered Armor all along. Never mind a raindrop-even a flying sword should not have been able to pierce its Defense Force Field.
"Ah!"
"Aaah!"
Screams erupted all around him.
Before Chen Lin could look around, a bone-piercing pain rose from the back of his hand. Something brown sprouted where the raindrop had landed, ceaselessly drawing out his origin essence, while fine strands spread through his body.
They were like roots.
"Hmph!"
Chen Lin snorted coldly.
His soul seed trembled, and rainbow energy instantly erupted, forming countless razor-sharp currents that eradicated every trace of the bizarre energy taking root within him. Without losing momentum, they struck straight at the abnormal growth on his hand.
In that brief instant alone...
The brown growth on his hand had already swollen to the size of a fist. It resembled a mushroom and even gave off a rich fragrance.
But under the suppression of his rainbow power, the mushroom rapidly withered, finally dissolving into a wisp of black smoke. It left no wound on his hand.
Chen Lin felt slightly relieved.
As long as his own energy could counter it, the threat was not great. This also confirmed something: after receiving the reinforcement of Liu Laosi's Will, his rainbow energy had become sharper and more lethal.
It could even contend with the rule force here.
"Aaah!"
Chen Lin had resolved his problem, but most of the trial takers lacked that ability. Their screams grew louder, and several mushrooms had already sprouted on many of them.
For a moment...
A heady fragrance filled the entire area inside the gate.
"What foul demon dares show itself?!"
An angry shout rang out nearby.
Immediately afterward...
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