Ye Chu shouldered this pressure, step by step moving forward. With each step, his tread rumbled thunderously. Had the tunnel floor not been forged from special metal, it would have cracked underfoot.
When the Elder saw Ye Chu break through the second layer, his eyes suddenly brightened. He shouted to the disciple beside him, “Quickly, activate the third layer!”
This sentence made the numerous disciples even more baffled, but under the Elder’s rebuke, they finally ran over quickly.
Ye Chu walked on within, each step feeling like he was bearing immense force. The consumption upon his mind was especially severe. Ye Chu thought to himself, had his Green Lotus not been unusable, that earlier illusion would not have affected him in the slightest.
Ye Chu took a few steps, then suddenly discovered that these statues of fierce beasts had begun to tremble. This time it was not an illusion, but a true trembling. Amidst the trembling, waves of beast roars continuously surged up.
As the beast roars shook, from within erupted waves of savage intent. The intent suppressed down, all pouncing toward Ye Chu. This intent truly transformed into fierce beasts, each one terrifying to the extreme. Pouncing over, Ye Chu’s expression changed drastically.
As the intent pressure descended, Ye Chu felt an immense pressure. This pressure did not directly act upon his physical body, but rather suppressed Ye Chu’s mind and Yuan Spirit.
Ye Chu only felt as if his spirit would shatter at this moment. The fierce beast pressure bore down with bared fangs and brandished claws. Ye Chu’s Yuan Spirit and spirit were like a lamb, and they all sought to tear it apart.
This feeling was extremely unbearable. For the first time, Ye Chu felt this sense of powerless inability to resist.
“Damn it! It is merely a Sha Spirit Practitioner entry test, yet it is this strong? Just how powerful is this Sha Spirit Pavilion!” Ye Chu frowned severely, gritting his teeth and forcibly resisting.
Naturally, Ye Chu did not know that the third layer was a trial for outstanding disciples of the Sha Spirit Pavilion. Although Ye Chu counted as half a Sha Spirit Practitioner, he was merely self taught. His application of Sha Spirit Arts was limited, so enduring this pressure was even more difficult than for a true Sha Spirit Practitioner.
“You think this can do anything to me? This young master can break through it with a single glance!” Amidst Ye Chu’s roar, a heaven and earth anomaly violently erupted. The starry sky was resplendent, the brilliant starry sky flickering. No nine stars appeared, but relying solely on the starry sky, Ye Chu had a vast and mighty aura shaking out.
This vast and mighty aura shook out, as if a true starry sky had appeared. The numerous beast roars could not break through the starry sky to suppress Ye Chu.
Ye Chu stepped forward step by step, letting the outside fierce beasts shake as they may, all powerless to hinder his steps.
“Good! Well done!” The Elder grew excited. The stronger Ye Chu was, the more interested he became. The matter entrusted by several Lords of the Pavilion Heart, if it were too easy and finished, would be rather too dull.
“Activate the fourth layer!” The Elder shouted to the disciples.
This sentence made the numerous disciples burst into an uproar, all looking at the Elder in disbelief. The fourth layer was what kind of existence? That was something used to temper King level Sha Spirit Practitioners. Although the person before them was a outstanding talent, his Yuan Spirit would not be weak. But after all, he was not a Sha Spirit Practitioner, his application of Yuan Spirit power was limited.
Even if he was an outstanding King level talent, it would be difficult to block the fourth layer’s trial.
The crowd stared blankly at the Elder, wondering how Ye Chu had offended him. To think the Elder would deal with him so relentlessly!
But under the Elder’s rebuke, they ultimately still went to activate the fourth layer.
In the tunnel, the originally carved fierce beasts stopped trembling, and the roars also vanished. But beneath Ye Chu’s feet, the originally cyan ground suddenly turned blood red, truly as if blood was flowing.
The fierce beast intent transformed into one blood beast after another, slowly walking out, matching the blood red passage perfectly, giving people infinite oppressive force.
These fierce beasts walked side by side toward Ye Chu, their steps not fast, but everywhere they passed, the tunnel turned into a sea of blood, surging with boundless waves. Ye Chu felt the ground beneath his feet was not solid, as if the entire person would sink down.
Ye Chu stood aloft in the air, looking at the surging waves, his heart suddenly thumping. Naturally Ye Chu could tell these waves were all condensed from intent. If they truly struck his body, he feared all the various intents Ye Chu had integrated into his body would be erased by them.
Had it been any other cultivator, having the intent in their body erased would merely be that at most, with some effort they could train and integrate it into their body again. But Ye Chu was different. If the intent integrated into his body was erased, he would no longer have King level combat power. With the Green Lotus bound by Cold Fire King, and the body’s intent erased, Ye Chu would no longer have any means to resist him.
Rolling blood waves covered the sky and swept toward Ye Chu. Those fierce beasts transformed from intent also pounced toward Ye Chu with bared fangs and brandished claws. Ye Chu enveloped himself with the starry sky, which was instantly engulfed by the blood waves.
The blood waves had an extremely terrifying erosive power. Ye Chu’s starry sky was corroded, and under the continuous assault of the fierce beast intent, it began to crumble.
This made Ye Chu’s expression change somewhat. He had not expected this intent would actually have baleful qi merged within it. But thinking of where this was, Ye Chu could understand.
“Damn it, this is nowhere near a Sha Spirit Practitioner test.” Ye Chu now somewhat understood. This was not a Sha Spirit Practitioner test at all. With such terrifying attacks, how many cultivators could pass?
If Sha Spirit Practitioners truly recruited disciples in this manner, who knew how few they could recruit.
“Mo Qi was indeed right, someone wants to deal with me!” Ye Chu bit his teeth, guessing at the reason. Very quickly, Ye Chu thought of a possibility.
“Old Madman!”
Ye Chu thought of what Mo Qi had said, and Mo King’s attitude toward him. Only Old Madman having enmity with the Heaven Soaring Pavilion would make someone act this way.
“Probably the other side wants me to retreat in the face of difficulty, or wants to give me a show of strength.” Ye Chu muttered a few times, “But this young master precisely will not let you have your wish.”
Ye Chu roared, his Yuan Spirit suddenly shifting. Nine stars materialized, standing in various positions, propping up the originally collapsing starry sky. Fierce sword intent and powerful defensive power surged out, patterns flickering. Ye Chu held nothing back, his own Dao manifesting.
Ye Chu walked within the blood waves, ignoring those fierce beasts pouncing toward him, step by step moving forward.
“Good good good!” Seeing Ye Chu actually had means to withstand the fourth layer’s assault, the Elder’s inner excitement was unceasing. He thought, as expected of the figure the Pavilion Heart seniors repeatedly reminded him to attend to, truly extraordinary.
“Activate the fifth layer!” The Elder shouted to the disciples.
The disciples were already numb. Looking at Ye Chu continuously walking within the blood waves, their hearts also shook. At this moment they no longer thought the Elder wanted to deal with Ye Chu, but rather wanted to see just how much potential Ye Chu possessed.
The fifth layer activated. The blood waves Ye Chu was treading upon suddenly began to churn, like a cauldron of oil. Scorching heat violently erupted, towering waves surging up, and within them flames even burst out, as if some absolutely terrifying flames were spurting from the seabed.
Ye Chu knew this was all condensed from intent, but even so, Ye Chu felt his starry sky exploding, being struck by waves of terrifying intent, about to be shattered into pieces.
“Your Yuan Spirit is very strong, but you only know defence. Without Sha Spirit Arts to resist, let us see how you block the fifth layer.” The Elder stared at Ye Chu. He rather especially hoped Ye Chu could block even the fifth layer.