Even if you could enter that state, you would soon be forced back to reality. You simply could not maintain it forever.
So this was also a great test of one's mental strength and willpower.
Uchiha Shin passed the trial in this place without a hitch.
Uchiha Shin did not continue forward. He stood there, pondering the matter.
After passing through those formations and mechanisms, the first trial he had faced was a baptism of lightning, followed by a baptism of the sea of fire, and then a baptism of the ocean—water, presumably.
"These trials should be related to the abilities of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, right?" Uchiha Shin murmured after thinking it over.
That should be it. Among the Twelve Ancestral Witches were the Ancestral Witch of Lightning, Zhurong the Fire God, and Gonggong the Water God.
Those three trials had corresponded to those three Ancestral Witches.
It seemed that was indeed the case.
Uchiha Shin smiled faintly, though he also felt somewhat helpless. He had only gone through three so far. If that was truly the case, there were still nine more to come.
But it did not matter. Let him be strong if he wished; as long as Uchiha Shin held fast to his state of mind and his willpower, nothing would be a problem.
However, just as Uchiha Shin was about to take a step forward, his body suddenly swayed, and he nearly fell to the ground.
Uchiha Shin hurriedly steadied himself and stood there, calming his mind.
The reason he had nearly fallen was that Uchiha Shin felt a certain weakness within himself. It was not the kind of weakness affecting his body; his physical strength remained abundant enough that a single punch could shatter a massive boulder.
This weakness was mental. His mental power