The Trial

Beneath the purple-glowing inner passage, Lu Yan'an cautiously advanced step by step. He walked along the stone path, passing several forks in the road, everything proceeding smoothly. But suddenly, when he stepped onto a particular stone slab, it sank in, unleashing a tremendous suction force. Caught off guard, Lu Yan'an was instantly sucked in, and the slab returned to its normal state.

Deep underground, he stood up and cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

"This godforsaken place even has traps?" Lu Yan'an muttered to himself, "Who are they really guarding against?"

Wow.

Holding an Ordinary Supreme Treasure longsword, Lu Yan'an cautiously traversed the deep, dark cavern. Based on intelligence gleaned from years of adventure, in unknown locations, one should not fly recklessly! Do not attempt to escape! If there is a path, follow it. If there are stairs, follow them. This is safer... Unless you are powerful enough to confidently handle any danger, reckless actions are irresponsible towards your own life!

"This place?" Lu Yan'an tried to sense his surroundings, but he could only feel a vast and boundless power permeating all directions. The range he could sense was extremely small, and it was blocked if he expanded any further.

We walked along the road.

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~~"

After walking for half an hour, still advancing through the dark underground passage, a sound suddenly came from ahead.

A silver insect crawled out from the wall of the passageway, its small eyes fixed on Lu Yan'an. However, as it emerged from the wall, a chilling feeling of being watched by a predator arose within it!

"What is that?" Lu Yan'an, somewhat shocked.

It vanished instantly, and in the next instant, it appeared in front of Lu Yan'an. Just as its sharp claws were about to pierce Lu Yan'an's head, Lu Yan'an was incredibly fast. He simply tilted his head to dodge the attack!

"Luckily, I was well-prepared, otherwise I would have been in serious trouble if this little thing had ambushed me!" Lu Yan'an's movement technique was extremely terrifying, and it contained the complete Law of Time, allowing him to easily dodge the insect's continuous attacks... and he was even able to launch a proper counterattack. Why would Lu Yan'an care about just an insect like this?

But just what I feared most came to pass! After the silver beetle's claws collided with Lu Yan'an's longsword, the Heart Power enveloping it caused it to dodge backward. Then, it stared intently at Lu Yan'an with its small eyes.

"Roar~~~" It suddenly let out a very powerful roar.

Hissing sounds soon filled the air.

Lu Yan'an's expression changed drastically in an instant.

Suddenly, silver beetles emerged from various parts of the underground passage. Hundreds of them surged out from different locations in the passage, a sight that almost triggered trypophobia in anyone who saw it!

"This is outrageous! Let's go!" At this moment, Lu Yan'an didn't care about being careful anymore and immediately sped forward. If they were really surrounded by these little creatures, their journey would probably be over!

"Buzz!"

While fleeing, Lu Yan'an didn't forget to use his Heart Power Spiritual Force. A vast illusion spread in all directions, and the silver beetles began to shake their heads as if they were drunk. They all fell to the ground, powerless to resist! And silently, they all sank into the depths of the earth and disappeared in an instant.

"Fortunately, they are not immune to illusions!" Lu Yan'an thought to himself. However, he dared not be careless, because there were simply too many of these silver beetles, and his Spiritual Force and Heart Power was limited.

"Finally, we've reached the exit!"

Lu Yan'an finally saw the faint light ahead, and his heart immediately leaped with joy, as if he had already seen the vast world outside through the glimmer of light. At this moment, his condition was far worse than before, mainly because his Heart Power energy was too exhausted. Anyone would be unable to withstand a month of frantically expending Heart Power!

Fortunately, this journey is finally over!

As Lu Yan'an stepped out of the cave, he couldn't help but feel extremely excited.

"Luckily I didn't drag it out any longer!" Lu Yan'an thought to himself. "If I had been any slower and been surrounded, it would have really been over! How could my Heart Power be depleted so quickly? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this."

At first, it wasn't too bad, with only a few hundred insects constantly appearing. But as time went on, tens of thousands of insects were swarming towards him every moment. If it weren't for the indiscriminate Heart Power illusion attacks, he really couldn't afford to keep up!

As Lu Yan'an emerged, the passage seemed to detect something; the patterns on the corridor walls suddenly caved in, followed by a whoosh... Gate massive Gate suddenly descended from above the corridor, crashing to the ground.

It completely blocked the densely packed figures behind it, and several of them were even completely crushed by the Gate, their bright green blood splattering everywhere.

"Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"

The silver beetles emitted a shrill and piercing cry. Upon hearing this unpleasant sound, Lu Yan'an's scalp tightened, but he quickly realized that he was out of danger.

"Phew! It's safe now!" He looked at the Gate with a sense of relief. Although the silver beetles inside were making noises and frantically tearing and colliding with the Gate, it still stood there motionless.

After calming himself down, Lu Yan'an began to briefly scan his surroundings.

This is a large canyon, and it seems to have been specially modified by a powerful being. A sharp aura emanates from the bottom of the canyon, and even with Lu Yan'an's current level of cultivation, he feels somewhat uncomfortable under the impact of this aura!

This grand canyon is connected by an iron chain, and on the other side of the chain lies a miniature wormhole. The situation is self-evident: one must rely on this iron chain to teleport to the miniature wormhole on the other platform.

"So, can't we just fly over?" Looking at the situation, Lu Yan'an thought speechlessly. "As long as we get there, it's fine, right?"

With that thought in mind, he slowly floated up and began preparing to fly towards the other side.

"Bang!"

Just as Lu Yan'an set off, a powerful gravitational force suddenly descended upon him, catching him off guard and causing him to lose his balance and be pressed back to the ground!

"I knew things wouldn't be that simple!" After barely regaining his footing, Lu Yan'an. It seemed that this place had a rule against reaching the destination on the other side by flying.

This makes things very clear: they're forcing him to rely on this iron chain to get through! And the chain is quite long, estimated to be nearly 100,000 kilometers! There are even many dangers along the way; if he fails, there will be no chance to start over.

"Then we have no choice but to leave!" The situation is beyond our control now, and Lu Yan'an has no other option but to set off.

"It's so cold." As soon as he stepped onto the iron chain, he felt as if he were in a world of absolute zero! After concentrating his attention, Lu Yan'an finally began to slowly move forward into the distance.

Walking on the iron chain, which was dark gray in color and about the thickness of Lu Yan'an's fist, it stretched extremely far, its length of 100,000 kilometers seemingly leading into the void ahead.

Moreover, the iron chains were extremely cold. When Lu Yan'an walked on them, an invisible chill seeped into his entire body through his feet. Even his fully transformed Divine Body could not completely resist this cold!

"This chill seems to be specifically targeting the soul! The longer you stay on these iron chains, the stronger the chill will become!" Lu Yan'an held his long sword and stood very steadily on the iron chains.

Step by step, he walked on. Although the iron chains were incredibly cold, this level of cold was nothing to Lu Yan'an's will. However, the further he went, the stronger the wind in the Grand Canyon became. The wind was unpredictable, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, and sometimes changing direction! At this point, he realized that the coldness of the iron chains was only the first hurdle!

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