Chapter 81: Challenging The Pagodas II
[ The strength of Dao heart has been measured... Result: 10 ]
[ Confirmed Difficulty Level: Hell Level ]
[ You have teleported to the first floor...good luck ]
Robotic and emotionless voices echoed in his mind, at the same time, the white space suddenly began to crack and become colored.
Zheng Ming looked away from where he was standing with a frown
His mind was analyzing the situation, but due to the lack of information, he could not make an accurate guess about the situation he was inside.
"Anyway, this place was probably created by the Abandoned Chaos Emperor before his ascension, I shouldn't underestimate this place," Zheng Ming muttered to himself as he saw the white space taking on color.
Of course, even he doubted that this place was built by the abandoned Chaos Emperor, but according to Jasper's words, it was so.
After all, the Abandoned Chaos Emperor ascended countless years ago, and he couldn't understand why this palace hadn't appeared in this between all these years and times.
Of course, these are not important at the moment, but the important issue is how to deal with the current situation
Before entering the pagoda, he only considered situations like entering a dream and illusion, but now it could be something else.
"What's going on?" Zheng Ming muttered to himself as he saw the white space that had turned into more of a black room
[ Class Name: Mist of the Old Gods ]
[ Description: Don't be corrupted by fog ]
He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a terrible pounding in his heart, before he had a chance to compose himself, an ominous fog engulfed him and obscured his vision.
The air became thick and heavy and an eerie silence settled around him. His heart quickened and an otherworldly presence lurked in the depths of the illusion.
Zheng Ming became filled with panic, he didn't even know why he was panicking over such a small thing, but this mist made every cell in his body tremble.
And he felt a tingling sensation creep up his spine and send shivers down his body.
His mind raced with thoughts of impending doom as if the fabric of reality had shifted and plunged him into a nightmare realm.
Cold sweat was dripping from his forehead and temples.
Muttering to himself in a shaky voice, Zheng Ming tried to find solace in his own words. "Calm down, It's just an illusion. It's all in your mind. You can find a way out."
His words echoed through the thick fog, a feeble attempt to convince himself that he had the situation under control.
He couldn't even remember the last time he had said such words
In the distance, a faint sound echoed, like a sad melody playing with his senses. Zheng Ming's heart skipped a beat knowing that he was not alone in this illusion.
The presence grew stronger and its malevolence seeped into him.
Zheng Ming reached out desperately, trying to grab something tangible, something real. But the illusion seemed to mock his every effort, shifting and distorting, making it impossible to find solid ground.
Zheng Ming whispered again, his voice breaking with fear, "What the hell is going on here? Why do these mists and these sounds cause innate fear?"
As the seconds passed, the mist thickened and wrapped around his limbs like spectral tendrils.
The air felt suffocatingly heavy as if the atmosphere itself had conspired against him.
Shadows danced along the walls, taking strange shapes—centipedes with tentacles and spiders with the faces of ancient gods.
His panic intensified, his pounding heart echoing in his ears. A tingling sensation crept up his legs and crawled to his head
It is as if invisible beings are examining his mind. Cold sweat gathered on his forehead
Muttering to himself through trembling lips, Zheng Ming tried to calm his mind, "It's just an illusion, nothing more nothing less." His voice was shaking, every word was a lifeline for his sanity, but even he seemed to not believe his words anymore.
From the depths of this illusion, a group of exciting roars echoed and made his heart tremble.
Mythical creatures that he had neither seen nor read about in the archives of the Immortal Court suddenly appeared in front of him and their monstrous forms formed before his horrified eyes.
Deeous Deep Ones stood along the edges of the illusion, their slimy bodies glistening in the dim light. Shoggoths oozed and throbbed, shapeless masses of moving flesh.
Zheng Ming's hands were shaking uncontrollably, his eyes darting at these abominations.
The bigger picture threatened to break his fragile resolve and sink him further into despair.
Even his brain was slowly failing due to fear and he could no longer think properly or even analyze.
The walls crawled with twisted tentacles and whispered ominous secrets.
Nightcrawlers soared overhead, their bat-like wings casting ominous shadows that burned in and out of existence.
Zheng Ming's mind was trying to keep the last glimmer of strength and not break
"Crack" Unfortunately, his Dao heart cracked
Meanwhile, outside the pagoda, in a white space devoid of any concept, laughter echoed.
"not bad, no matter what world it is, these myths are still enough to scare everyone," Tian Shen said, looking at the blue floating screen.
"Well, maybe except for the people of Earth" Then he paused and corrected his sentence
The situation that Zheng Ming was experiencing was not simply an illusion, Tian Shen used his power and made sure to directly make the myths he wanted come to life.
This is one of the reasons why mist alone caused Zheng Ming's head to tingle and fear penetrated all his cells.
There was no illusion involved, everything he was experiencing had a "real" essence and, in terms of their true power as mentioned in the myths.
"Meanwhile, the other two girls have finally succeeded." Tian Shen then ignored Zheng Ming and looked at Wen Rong and Mei Li.
During this period, they have also managed to pass the first floor and go to the second floor
As for Tian Yanyu? Well, she is still on the second floor
Because of her record on the first floor, she caught Jasper's attention, and because of that, seeing her abilities, Jasper increased the difficulty of the second floor.
The difficulty of the floor that was hell level increased to the ultimate hell-level difficulty
Of course, Tian Shen could have easily stopped it, but he didn't. After all, this is just a combat experience pagoda, and it cannot cause mental damage to Tian Yanyu.
In addition, Tian Yanyu can use this opportunity to fight the projections of some ancient emperors.
"Oh? This wild ant can still survive," Tian Shen looked at Chi Wei.
Chi Wei's whole body was riddled with holes, blood was pouring out from almost every part of his body, including his eyes, ears, and mouth.
Insanity and pain had taken over almost his entire mind and disrupted his brain function, and for this reason, even his self-healing ability no longer worked.
Of course, doesn't work is a misinterpretation - after all, even cultivators in the same realm as him have powerful self-healing, and he as a phoenix has even more powerful self-healing.
Even his blood itself has the property of restoration and regeneration
At this moment, due to the disruption of his brain, his self-healing feature also works incorrectly
For example, while his stomach is perforated, the self-healing ability heals the heart instead of healing and repairing the stomach
As a result, Chi Wei was not having a good time at all, if it wasn't for the strength of his Dao heart, he probably would have committed suicide by now
But well, in Tian Shen's opinion, this is stupid, there are still four more floors anyway, and this is just the first plan he has arranged for Chi Wei.
If he can't even endure this much, how can he reach the next floors and even clear them?
"I hope his Dao heart doesn't break like Zheng Ming's Dao heart with a little bit of fear," Tian Shen put some popcorn in his mouth
He then turned his attention to Lin Fan, the party had chosen the Soul Power Pagoda as his first pagoda - not that surprising of course.
Anyway, he has only started cultivation for a short time, and he lacks in almost all aspects, especially his Dao heart and combat experience - but this lack is less in physical strength and soul strength.
After all, he has one of the top ten basic laws Heavenly Devouring Physique - under the support of this physique, he has a relatively high soul and physical strength.
This physique, as its name suggests, is good at devouring
However, this physique is a little more special than other physiques and has three awakenings - the holder cannot use any of the physique's abilities until even the first awakening is done.
In addition, these three awakenings cannot be done by force, and even when Nalan Jun tried to help him, he could not succeed.
But yesterday in the Lake of the Dead, Lin Fan managed to do the first awakening by using the water of the lake and passing it successfully
Naturally, he was excited after his physique's first awaking, but not that much, anyway, he had already heard about his physique from his uncle and also from his master.