A faint light flashed, and the scenery before Xu Yang changed. He found himself in a dense forest, with none of those who had entered the Secret Realm ahead of him anywhere in sight.
He had already known this would happen. Everyone entering the Secret Realm of the Azure Dragon Trial appeared in a different, random location.
"Sure enough, I can't use Astral Energy!"
He carefully sensed his Astral Energy and found it as heavy as a mountain, unable to summon even a trace.
He tried extending his spiritual awareness next. It could leave his body, but the moment it did, tremendous pressure bore down on it. His awareness, which could normally cover several kilometers, could now reach only a hundred zhang.
"This place really is strange. Even the air seems to exert tremendous pressure."
Xu Yang had already noticed what was wrong. His entire body felt as though it carried an immense weight of tens of thousands of jin. The pressure acted on his internal organs and every inch of his flesh. Had his physique not been so formidable, it might have crushed him to death outright.
An ordinary Marrow-Cleansing Martial Artist would probably have been crushed into pulp upon arriving here.
He tried circulating the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body. Its body-tempering effects were indeed better than when he cultivated outside. Aside from the invisible pressure that penetrated everywhere, a strange energy in the air seeped into his body through his pores.
It was this energy that improved the body-tempering effects.
His Dragon Qi stirred with delight, seemingly very fond of this energy. It also grew faster than it did outside.
While circulating the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body to temper himself, Xu Yang also tried flying. Without access to his Astral Energy, however, he could not get airborne. Finding