When Su Ming moved, the area instantly fell silent. All gazes were gathered on him, and they followed him into the platform. Su Ming did not care about the fact that he was the center of attention of ten million cultivators in the area.
What he wanted was for everyone to see him amaze the world with a single brilliant feat. He wanted to be arrogant and intimidate everyone. Su Ming had risen to power in Divine Essence Star Ocean, and once he returned to True Morning Dao World, he could not allow himself to be humiliated like he was in the past.
During the previous moment, Su Ming had been observing the fourth Striking Lands. When he observed it carefully, he could vaguely see some clues. At that moment, when he took a step forward and stepped on the platform, he immediately sensed a cold air that was completely different from the world outside.
That cold did not spread out from the air, and neither did it spread out from the platform under his feet. Instead, it was caused by the laws in the land. It was as if the laws were set so that this place needed to be cold, which was why this place had to be cold.
"Challenger, who are you?!" A cold and indifferent voice came from the huge pillar of light on the platform.
As the voice appeared, a translucent ripple immediately appeared on the platform surrounded by the dragon-like beasts. It faintly revealed an existence wearing a black robe with a pair of black wings on its back.
He had his eyes closed, as if he was sealed in the pillar of light. He was the one who had caused the laws in the land to change and become the source of all the cold in the land.
"Dao Kong," Su Ming said faintly.
"There are two paths in the Extreme Abyss Platform. The first is that the loser will not die. If you clear nine layers on this path, you will be considered to have cleared the stage. The second path is that the loser will definitely die. If you clear nine layers on this path, you will also be considered to have cleared the stage.
"Tell me your choice." The cold voice spread out, but the people outside could not hear it.
"What's the difference?" Su Ming frowned and asked languidly.
"The difference is whether you want to live or die." The cold voice contained an awe-inspiring might that was superior to all. As it spoke, that mighty pressure spread out as well.
The words might have been cold, but the arrogance in them was incredibly clear. When Su Ming heard them, a brilliant light shone in his eyes, and he smiled.
"I choose the second path," Su Ming said flatly.
The moment he said those words, the figure sealed in the pillar of light immediately opened its eyes. A brilliant light shone in them, and all the dragon-shaped beasts around it roared together. They quickly descended from the pillar of light and appeared outside the pillar of light. Dark light flashed between them, and they fused together to form a single figure.
The figure was covered in black feathers and had bat-like wings on its back. Its eyes emitted a red glow. It looked exactly the same as the existence that was sealed in the pillar of light.
"Hold on for three breaths of time and pass one step. If you hold on for more than thirty breaths of time, you'll pass. Ever since the rankings were cleared 10,000 years ago, only one person has passed, and he chose the first path." There was a flash of red in the black winged person's eyes, and his voice was eerie and cold. At the instant he spoke, he moved forward and a piercing black light erupted from his body.
That black light seemed to be able to devour all sources of light in the area. At the instant it appeared, Su Ming felt as if his entire body had been pierced by countless needles. In fact, his eyes were so bright that it was difficult for him to open them.
Wisps of freezing air spread out from the light and seeped into Su Ming's body through his pores, as if they wanted to freeze him.
With a bang, Su Ming tumbled backwards. Once he staggered a few steps back, he lifted his head, and with a whoosh, he saw another layer of black light. Immediately, the stabbing pain in his body, the freezing sensation that his body had become several times heavier appeared once again.
Booming sounds rose again, and Su Ming was forced back once more. When he retreated to the edge of the platform, he coughed up a mouthful of black blood, and only then did the aloof voice of the person with black feathers travel outwards.
"Three breaths. You've passed the first step." As he spoke, Su Ming lifted his head, and with a whoosh, black light erupted from the person with black feathers again.
That black light seemed to cover the world, causing everything Su Ming could see to be replaced by it. It was difficult for him to move his body, and he felt as if there were ten thousand needles stabbing into his body. In fact, even breathing was painful, and when he exhaled, cracking sounds came from his lungs, as if he was about to freeze.
When the people in the area outside saw this, pity immediately appeared on their faces, but there were also those who took pleasure in Su Ming's misfortune. As discussions echoed in the air, Bei Bang shook his head. The three Sect Masters behind him might not have said anything, but compared to the other two's pity, the tanned old man only smiled coldly.
The dozen something divine thoughts that had descended in the area were also showing signs of dispersing at that moment.
"At most, he'll reach the fourth step. This person will definitely lose!"
"That's right. By the looks of it, the fourth step is his limit. The Light of Extreme Darkness is known as one of the five true lights. It might not be complete, but it's still not something a normal person can withstand."
"I thought that there would be another Dao Xuan Yi. I didn't expect that while his presence might seem pretty good, he would only end up like this when the time comes."
"Haha, Dao Xuan Yi is known as the strongest person in the past ten thousand years in Morning Dao Sect. If he hadn't given up on the right to be a Dynast and focused solely on training, there's no way he wouldn't have a place among the Dynasts."
As the dozen something divine thoughts talked to each other, they were about to disperse, but suddenly, their conversations came to an abrupt halt. The signs of them dispersing also changed, and all their divine thoughts landed on the platform at the same time.
They were not the only ones. The discussions among the ten million people in the area also fell silent. Their gazes landed on the platform, and even Bei Bang and the other three immediately looked over.
At the instant Su Ming saw the world turn black on the platform, a cold sneer appeared at the corners of his lips. It might be difficult for him to move and the ice in his body seemed to want to seal his cultivation base, but he could still speak.
"That's all you've got? Rockslide Art!" At the instant Su Ming said those words, booming sounds surged into the sky, and gigantic meteors appeared out of nowhere in the space above him. These meteors appeared out of thin air and swiftly descended. They were so quick that at the instant Su Ming said those words, they had already landed on the platform.
Booming sounds shook the sky and earth. It was the sound of dozens of huge meteors crashing down. They shook the ground, and even the fourth continent trembled.
As the meteors crashed into the ground, the black light before Su Ming's eyes distorted. A voice with a hint of surprise also came from the darkness before him.
"Rockslide Art! You actually learned this Art?!"
As the meteors fell and booming sounds rose into the air, Su Ming wiped off the blood at the corners of his mouth and looked at the person with black feathers coldly. A strange and enchanting glare gradually appeared on his face, and a hint of crimson appeared on his hair.
He licked his lips, and red capillaries appeared in his pupils, intersecting with each other to form a red glare.
"I choose the third path." Su Ming's voice had also become hoarse. At the instant he spoke, he took a swift step forward. When he lifted his right hand, he struck the center of his brows. Immediately, Su Ming's body disappeared before the eyes of the person with black feathers. He turned into a gigantic planet, and when it moved, it turned into a blood-red heart.
As the heart pounded, the expression of the person with black feathers changed. Black light immediately rose from his body and swept through the area to fight against the will that was about to break down due to the beating of the heart.
"Star Illusion Art!" A low voice reverberated in the air on the platform. A crack appeared on the blood-red heart, and in an instant, the person with black feathers felt as if his soul was about to be devoured. He only lasted for the span of a few breaths before his body let out a bang and was completely torn to shreds. A black thread formed by his soul was devoured by the blood-red heart, and with a flash of red, it turned back into Su Ming.
Su Ming's hair had already turned completely red at that moment. Crimson light shone in his eyes, and there was an indescribable evil and enchanting air about him, along with madness.
As he laughed wildly, Su Ming did not hesitate. He took a step forward and charged towards the pillar of light. A strange light shone in the eyes of the person with black feathers, and there was still a cold sneer on his lips.
Yet at that moment, Su Ming lifted his right hand and seized the air. The Life Inequity Spear instantly appeared in his hand. Once he held it, he leaped up. Golden light shone one hundred thousand feet from the spear, and he thrust it towards the pillar of light.
With a bang, the tip of Su Ming's Life Inequity Spear crashed into the pillar of light. At the same time, the power of cutting fate spread out. When the ripples formed by that power crashed into the pillar of light, some of them actually seeped through and entered the pillar. Then, the power contained in Su Ming's God Slayer Art ignored the pillar of light and delivered a second wave of attacks to the person with black feathers.
When booming sounds rang out once more, the third wave of divine ability from the God Slayer Art — the power of tremors — shot out, causing the pillar of light to let out a hum. As it trembled endlessly, even the expression of the person with black feathers changed swiftly.
"Rockslide Art, Star Illusion Art, God Slayer Art … You actually learned all of them!
"And … Mountain Shifter!" Red light shone in Su Ming's eyes. He lifted his left hand and formed a seal before he pointed into the distance. Immediately, the fourth continent shuddered, and the tremors surpassed all that had happened previously. Under the shock and dumbfounded gazes of the ten million people in the world outside, a mountain in the distance rose from the ground as it trembled …
But that was not all. As the sounds of people sucking in sharp breaths echoed in the air, the numerous mountains in the fourth continent rose into the air one after another. The booming sounds on the ground shook the heavens, and nearly one thousand mountains appeared in the sky of the fourth continent!
Countless reflections of the mountains in the sky appeared on the ground. The appearance of this scene was enough to make the hearts of the ten million people in the surroundings tremble, and the dozen strands of divine senses were astonished. Even Bei Bang's pupils constricted. Even he could sense the terrifying power that existed within the thousands of mountains.
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