Darkness!
Crushing pressure!
Excruciating pain!
Shen Le did not even have time to react before an enormous pressure came crashing down, squeezing in from every direction.
For an instant, he thought he had been stuffed into a thick, rigid rubber tube connected to some massive machine that was about to squeeze him out through the other end.
As for where he would be squeezed to? He had no idea. Maybe he would be forced through some tiny opening, compressed from a lump into threadlike strands. Or perhaps he would be stuffed into something like a sausage casing, sealed up, and cut off?
Yet the sensation of movement was not very obvious, while the crushing pressure was overwhelmingly intense.
In the darkness, the pressure was not merely coming from above. It was squeezing him from all directions, making every bone in Shen Le's body creak. He even felt as though he were about to suffocate!
His lungs could no longer expand!
His breastbone had been compressed to a certain point. Every breath he exhaled squeezed his chest cavity a little tighter, leaving even less room for his lungs to expand!
Where am I—
A thousand meters beneath the sea...? Or ten thousand...
It feels like... I'm... about to die...
Shen Le had only one path left: circulate his energy. Circulate it desperately, driving the warm current to spin rapidly through his entire body, helping him withstand that pressure. Hold on!
I have to hold on!
Though he had no idea how long he would need to endure before getting through this ordeal, if he failed to hold on, it would all be over!!!
He closed his eyes and focused his mind, embracing the One and guarding his core. He poured all his concentration, all his spiritual power, and all his inner