After Luo Chen returned home, he chatted with Shen Yuelan until evening. Only then did he return to his room to meditate. After all, this had been his habit for tens of thousands of years. Asking him to actually lie down and sleep would feel unnatural to him.
The trap for the Shen family was already set. Once they plunged headfirst into it, it would be almost time to close the net.
After the Shen family matter was settled, Luo Chen would definitely need to find a way to rapidly increase his strength.
If conditions allowed, Luo Chen would certainly go to Kunlun to investigate.
After all, if he could truly enter the Jade Pool and take a single bath there, it would be an enormous gain. That was the Jade Pool, known as the Ascension Pool!
However, shortly after Luo Chen sat cross legged, he felt that strange energy fluctuation from last time. Then he was teleported again.
It seemed this time was Shen Junfeng’s doing. A cold smirk involuntarily crossed Luo Chen’s lips. Dragging him into that terrifying game was practically inviting a colossal disaster inside.
Especially when Luo Chen clearly saw the environment of this game, the smile on his lips grew even deeper.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Shen Junfeng, Shen Junze, and others had gathered together.
“Junfeng, we are leaving this to you this time.” Shen Junjie and Shen Junze both turned their gazes toward Shen Junfeng.
Their eyes were filled with murderous intent. As young masters of the Shen family from Yanjing, how had they ever suffered such defeats at the hands of others?
And it was not just once, but several times.
“Rest assured. To senior players like us, a novice who does not even qualify as a beginner like him would simply be crushed by us in that terrifying game,” Shen Junfeng said arrogantly.
This was not mere arrogance. Senior players like them were survivors who had endured over a dozen, or even dozens, of different terrifying games.
Their understanding of the game rules and their ranks were far beyond what those novices could match. Furthermore, the benefits and status they gained upon entering the game were clearly incomparable to those of ordinary people.
Most importantly, each completed game yielded substantial benefits and rewards. Within the game, he had already become someone who could command wind and rain.
He could even bring some rewards back into reality.
“Alright, it is time for me to go.” A sinister smile touched Shen Junfeng’s lips, showing considerable calmness and confidence.
This game would be extremely entertaining and fun!
He would make Luo Chen understand the meaning of despair, and then slowly torture and kill him within the game.
When Luo Chen looked carefully, he found himself standing on a narrow winding path. Straight ahead at the end of the path stood a majestic mountain.
The mountain pierced the clouds and stretched across the sky. It looked magnificent and vast, like a giant pyramid thrust into the heavens. Immortal cranes cried in unison on the slopes, and white apes howled!
At the foot of the mountain lay moss covered stone steps, with a massive stone monument standing beside them.
Ancient Dao Sect!
These three characters were vigorous and powerful, resembling a soaring dragon taking flight into the sky. Waves of five coloured divine light even danced around the monument.
At this moment, the surrounding group of people were all wearing long robes with linked lapels and had shoulder length hair. Although their outfits varied, one thing was certain. They were dressed like people from ancient times.
Clearly, this game was simulating a cultivation world, or perhaps a sect from ancient Earth.
“Listen carefully to me. If you wish to enter our Ancient Dao Sect, you must climb this Heaven Ascending Staircase. The rule of this game is that you must enter the Ancient Dao Sect, or you will be erased!” A youth dressed like a Daoist acolyte spoke beside the steps.
This time, players had actually been inserted directly into the game. Clearly, this session would be quite interesting.
Everyone actually understood the rules of this game very well. Inside, the game rules were god, the absolute ruler!
When it said someone would be erased, that person would truly die!
So as soon as they heard the acolyte youth speak, serious and even grave expressions instantly appeared on the faces of the group on the path.
There were over a dozen people here, men and women. They were all novices, though some were on their second run, and others on their third.
Therefore, the confusion and anxiety of a first timer were gone. They were clearly prepared in advance.
Luo Chen, however, found it quite interesting. It was an entrance test. Yet he seemed to have never experienced such a thing before.
After all, after he originally obtained the inheritance of the Supreme Emperor Classic, there was no longer any need for him to join any sect or holy land.
This actually aroused Luo Chen’s interest.
“Stop standing around like fools. Listen well. Those who climb up before dark will pass. If you are still on the steps after dark, the mission has failed.” The acolyte youth reminded them again.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately charged ahead, taking the lead.
This was not wrong, after all. The sun was already high in the sky. Since they had to climb that seemingly endless staircase that appeared to connect to the heavens before dark, they naturally had to hurry.
However, the moment that person charged forward and placed one foot onto the steps, he immediately began to boil.
Yes, his entire body boiled directly, just like boiling water.
His skin rapidly melted, his blood boiled as if heated to a rolling boil, and his flesh continuously bubbled and emitted white steam.
In the blink of an eye, he was reduced directly to a pile of white bones. A rich smell of cooking meat filled the air, making many people want to retch!
The two people behind him had originally planned to charge up as well, but they now stopped their steps just in time.
They narrowly and timely pulled back the foot that was about to step onto the stairs.
Everyone turned pale with horror, deeply terrified. Just like that, one person was dead?
Was this not far too cruel?
Even Luo Chen felt slightly surprised. There was actually a trick like this?
“Hmph, I had not even finished speaking, and you were already in such a hurry?”
“You truly deserved to die.” The acolyte youth not only felt no regret, but was somewhat pleased. Clearly, he could have finished his sentence in one breath just now, but deliberately baited the crowd.
As expected, in this game, no one could be trusted. Anyone could harm you. It must be understood that, except for anomalies like Luo Chen, if others died inside, they would truly die in the real world!
No matter how high your status was, how wealthy you were, or how powerful your influence was in the real world, you would still die!
Therefore, this game actually had only one rule. That was to survive with all your might.
“Each of you must go over there, pick up a bundle of firewood, and carry it up the mountain. Otherwise, how will you have the face to pay respects at the sect?” The acolyte youth pointed to a corner in the distance.
There were neatly stacked bundles of firewood there.
However, given the previous lesson, no one dared to trust what the acolyte youth was saying now.
After all, what if this was another trap? Meanwhile, the acolyte youth coldly watched the crowd, making no further verbal urging. Clearly, he was also waiting for their reactions.