Every one of these chains exuded a heart-palpitating aura, and at the very front, an eye was slowly turning.
The instant Ye Lin fully entered this space, that eye fixed directly on him. In the blink of an eye, Ye Lin felt as though he were carrying an entire starfield on his back.
The bones in his body cracked repeatedly as an utterly lethal pressure gradually intensified.
And that was not all. At the same time, Ye Lin felt a sharp pain from his Primordial Spirit. Not only was his body bearing this pressure—even his Primordial Spirit sensed this deadly threat.
The broken chains around him moved at once. Chain after chain coiled around Ye Lin's body, binding him firmly in place and leaving him unable to move.
No matter how Ye Lin struggled, the chains did not so much as tremble.
"Damn it."
Ye Lin cursed under his breath, then suddenly dropped to one knee, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
That pressure had increased another notch, forcing him to kneel and shed some of the force weighing on him.
But dropping to one knee was merely a delaying measure, doing nothing more than making things slightly easier for himself.
After all, there was no ground here. All around was nothing but emptiness. Even if he wanted to redirect the force, he had nowhere to send it.
At that moment, a message appeared in Ye Lin's mind.
Its general meaning was that if he wished to leave, he could depart at any time. There were no other conditions.
So long as he wanted to leave, he could do so in a single thought.
Yet this only deepened Ye Lin's curiosity.
What exactly was this level testing?
After all, there had been no retreat in the first three levels. One