With a sharp blade in hand, the urge to kill rose on its own!
Yet Qian Renxue's gaze flickered, and she ultimately lowered the Angel Sacred Sword, holding her breath as she continued to hide behind the enormous pillar.
For at that very moment, Yang Ming and Black Dragon Di Tian had both finished absorbing soul power.
"Whew!"
Black Dragon Di Tian exhaled a mouthful of foul air and landed on the ground.
Yang Ming swept his divine sense over Black Dragon Di Tian and was astonished to discover that his cultivation had progressed no less than his own. He now stood on the very brink of breaking through to a million years of cultivation.
Nodding silently, Yang Ming surveyed his surroundings.
Only now, when he was so close to the Dragon God's Sword, the objective of the fifth trial of the Dragon God Nine Trials, could Yang Ming properly examine the enormous pillars scattered across the Dragon Ascension Platform.
Through the Rinnegan, he saw invisible currents swirling around the countless pillars of the Dragon Ascension Platform. These currents did not flow in just one direction, but in two. Anyone who stepped onto the platform would have the aura within their body absorbed, forming invisible currents that burrowed into the platform. The platform, in turn, released currents outward, creating oppressive pressure that barred any being who dared approach the Dragon God's Sword.
This pressure increased steadily the closer one came to the Dragon God's Sword, forming an almost vacuum-like field within two hundred meters of it. Such a near-vacuum environment posed a tremendous challenge to humans and soul beasts alike. Not only did breathing become exceptionally difficult, but the difference between the pressure inside and outside the body also placed terrifying strain on the internal organs. Anyone with a weak