novelraw Chapter 415 - 342: Beginning the Trial
Chapter 415 - 342: Beginning the Trial
The Star Tower stood like a Star Crystal Giant Sword planted upside-down between heaven and earth, its starry power layered from the base to the peak.
On the first level, Chen Sheng carried his sword, and as he stepped into the tower, fine star patterns surged from beneath his feet like live serpents towards the center of the arena.
"Buzz—"
Where the star patterns interwove, the starlight suddenly erupted, forming the outline of a giant beast, a meter tall.
This beast resembled a tiger or leopard but had three heads, each embedded with a diamond-shaped Magnetic Crystal, emitting a faint purple glow, surrounded by a golden Star Primordial Magnetic Mist, with vague glimpses of a stellar river flowing within the fog.
It was the phantasm of the top-tier Demon Race, the Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beast, inherently mastering the Starry Primordial Magnetic Great Dao.
Before Chen Sheng could speak, the central head abruptly opened its huge mouth, and the three heads lit up simultaneously with brilliant starlight, as the pale gold Magnetic Mist condensed into a silver-white beam of light in its throat.
Wherever the beam passed, the space twisted into a helix due to magnetic force; it was its innate Divine Technique "Star Annihilation Divine Light," aggressive and domineering, enough to pierce through a High Grade Dao Artifact.
Facing such a killing move, Chen Sheng’s expression remained unchanged. He lightly raised his left hand before his chest, where black and white air suddenly emerged in his palm, entwined and rotated like a Tai Chi Diagram, instantly transforming into a Tai Chi Dao Map.
As the Dao Map rotated, the black and white air devoured and regenerated each other, forming an invisible force field that happened to intercept the divine light just before it reached.
"Boom!"
The silver-white divine light crashed into the Tai Chi Diagram, bursting into a dazzling flash, but the black and white air on the diagram surged and gradually dissolved the annihilation force of the divine light. Eventually, only a wisp of blue smoke was left, blown away by the star wind.
Chen Sheng withdrew his left hand, and the Tai Chi Diagram vanished accordingly. He had reached a conclusion in his mind:
"High Grade Dao Principle, Third Realm."
"In the Jiuli Mansion comparison, this strength is enough to break into the top thousand, but unfortunately..."
He shook his head, his sleeve suddenly waved, and the long sword at his waist hummed as it was drawn, a cyan light slicing through the void.
The sword’s body was entwined with the Five Elements Dao Principles of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, along with black and white air swirling around it. Yin Yang and the Five Elements merged, condensing a terrifying annihilation force.
The sword light moved as swiftly as a meteor chasing the moon. The Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beast barely had time to activate the magnetic mist to form a defensive armor before the sword light pierced the Magnetic Crystal of its central head.
The three heads hung down simultaneously, the starry primordial magnetic mist around them retreating like tidal water, finally dissolving into starry glimmer and merging into the tower wall’s runes.
The clearance mark of the first level quietly surfaced at Chen Sheng’s brow. His action of sheathing the sword was smooth and unbroken, and with a flicker of his silhouette, he stepped into the teleportation array of the second level.
In the second level, two Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beasts attacked from front and back, their Star Annihilation Divine Light intersecting into a net.
In the third level, four Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beasts set up a "Primordial Magnetic Trapping and Killing Array," weaving star power into a cage.
Chen Sheng countered each with his Five Elements Annihilation Sword Light, the sword light either transforming into five-element giants to collide or condensing into a Yin Yang Sword Wheel to slaughter, each sword precisely targeting the breach in the Illusion Beast Dao Rhyme, causing the star-powered bodies to melt like snow before the annihilation Dao Rhyme.
In less than half an incense stick’s time, he pierced through three levels consecutively!
Just as he stepped onto the fourth level, a pressure far exceeding the previous three levels oppressed him, causing his steps to pause slightly.
In the center of the arena, a Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beast three times larger than the first level lay sprawled on the ground, its heads consisting of nine this time, each with Magnetic Crystals glowing a deep purple.
Without waiting for Chen Sheng to make a move, the illusion beast leapt up, and the nine heads simultaneously spewed out variously colored Magnetic Divine Lights.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, and white beams intertwined into a great net, with starry annihilation scenes flickering at the mesh.
Following this, it stomped the ground with its limbs, the star patterns on its body lit up, and countless primordial magnetic spikes surged from the ground, aimed at Chen Sheng’s lower half, while its other ability "Primordial Magnetic Earth Spike Array" was simultaneously activated.
"Top-level Dao Principle, Third Realm Perfection, plus Bloodline Divine Techniques."
Chen Sheng’s eyes sharpened; this Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Illusion Beast, in the Jiuli Mansion comparison, would surely be second only to Venerable Wuyue.
"But I’m no longer the green warrior of yesteryear!"
His Five Elements Annihilation Sword Light fell like a torrent, each strike precisely cutting the star pattern nodes of the Illusion Beast Armor.
After more than thirty moves, as the final sword light pierced the illusion beast’s brow core Magnetic Crystal, the powerful beast exploded in dissipation.
...
The air of the fifth level was thickened to the point of being solidified star power.
Just as Chen Sheng steadied himself, he became locked onto by a daunting pressure that was more powerful than that of the illusion beast in the fourth level by several magnitudes.
In the center of the field, a Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beast, composed entirely of star particles, hovered in the air.
It had no fixed shape, sometimes condensing into the form of a giant beast, sometimes dispersing into a cloud of star mist. The Primordial Magnetic Power around its body had completely merged with the Star Power within the tower, indistinguishable from one another.
"To integrate Bloodline Divine Techniques into the Secret Technique, the Path of Starry Primordial Magnetic can actually transform to such an extent."
Chen Sheng’s pupils shrank slightly. Before he could muster his strength, the Illusion Beast swiftly contracted its form, forming waves of pale purple ripples that spread in every direction.
The ripples seemed gentle yet carried an all-penetrating force, not only enveloping the entire physical space of the fifth layer but also infiltrating the depths of the void, the shadowy crevices, leaving no dead ends.
Among the ripples, the Star Primordial Magnetic Power oscillated at an extremely high frequency, emitting a subtle yet terrifying hum!
If a cultivator of Chen Xihua’s level were here, they probably couldn’t even get close; their flesh would be directly decomposed into the most basic particles by this oscillating power.
Chen Sheng also expelled a mouthful of sullied air. If he hadn’t acquired the "Yin Yang Five Elements Annihilation Calamity Resolution" beforehand, faced with such an all-encompassing oscillating ripple.
He could only muster all his Mana, and use Sword Dao to fiercely resist. If he could manage a mutually injurious battle, it would be the best outcome.
But now, although he hasn’t fully mastered this art, he has already integrated its Yin Yang transformation and Five Elements Birth and Death principles into Sword Dao, raising Sword Dao to a higher level.
Suddenly, black and white energy enveloped Chen Sheng’s body; the two energies intertwined and rotated like Tai Chi, quickly transforming into a man-high black hole.
The surface of the black hole flowed with archaic Yin Yang Dao Pattern, emitting a strong Devouring Power.
Those encroaching purple ripples, once near the black hole, were instantly swallowed and dissolved, not even causing a ripple.
"Now it’s my turn, Yin Yang as the foundation, Annihilation as the tool!"
He shouted lowly, and the void before the Illusion Beast suddenly twisted, with black and white Sword Light, unexpectedly thrust out.
The black sword carried the heavy force of Five Elements collapse, the space sinking where it passed; the white sword carried the sharp aura of Yin Yang Annihilation, as if capable of severing all in the world.
The two strands of Sword Light intertwined into a Tai Chi shape, their might surpassing by three parts, causing the Star Power of the entire fifth layer to vibrate violently.
The sword tip carried the Devouring Power of the black hole, forming a black and white intertwined Sword Light, directly cleaving the Illusion Beast’s core.
Where the Sword Light passed, the void ripped a black trajectory, and those purple ripples that hadn’t yet closed in quickly collapsed, forming a sky full of star debris.
The Illusion Beast, upon seeing this, let out a silent roar, as star particles around its body explosively burst into billions of tiny star beads, each possessing the weight akin to a meteor, and were densely packed towards the Sword Light.
Meanwhile, the Illusion Beast’s core condensed a Primordial Magnetic Barrier, trying to fend off the Sword Light’s remaining force.
"Bang!"
Sword Light collided with star beads, countless star beads instantly shattered, yet also diminished the Sword Light’s might by a few parts, just enough to get blocked by the Primordial Magnetic Barrier.
Chen Sheng’s heart jumped, instantly comprehending:
"It’s the offense-defense transition of the same Secret Technique!"
"The previous ripples were for probing and suppression; now the star particles are for defense and restoration, bearing somewhat of an Undying Body implication."
He urged his Primordial Spirit Power, spreading it like a spider web, carefully perceiving every change in the battlefield.
Soon, he discovered that those star beads shattered by Sword Light did not reassemble, but completely dissipated into the air.
"Turns out restoration also has its costs; the fifth layer, after all, doesn’t reach a true Undying Body."
A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Sheng’s mouth, his gaze becoming sharper:
"If I can’t kill you once, I’ll kill you ten times, a hundred times, depleting your Star Power!"
As soon as his voice fell, the black hole around him expanded again, the black and white energy becoming even more intense, even drawing in the Star Power outside the tower, forming a small Yin Yang Vortex at the tower top.
He waved his long sword, continuously thrusting out strands of black and white intertwined Sword Light, each carrying the terrifying Dao Principle of Yin Yang Annihilation and Five Elements collapse.
Sword Light fell like torrential rain, sometimes transforming into a black hole swallowing star beads, sometimes into a Tai Chi Sword Wheel grinding the Illusion Beast’s body, and sometimes with the Power of the Five Elements collapsing the Primordial Magnetic Barrier.
The entire fifth layer was enveloped by black and white energy and purple Star Power.
The Illusion Beast’s body continuously ruptured and reformed under the bombardment of Sword Light, with each reform, its physique reduced a fraction, and the Star Power around it became increasingly thin.
Meanwhile, Chen Sheng’s Sword Techniques became ever faster and more condensed, the profound meanings of the "Yin Yang Five Elements Annihilation Calamity Resolution" constantly comprehended in real combat.