We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

"Wh-what...when?" At this moment, Wangchuan's heart turned completely cold, even colder than when he was targeted by the Eye of True Sight.

His mental perception rapidly swept across the surroundings, repeating itself over and over again. He clearly remembered that just a few seconds ago, Shen Bailian was still running away with all his might.

However, at this moment, he could not sense the familiar number on the general's armor within his perception range.

Before the sacrifice of the Moon Embracing Realm warrior, Wangchuan had given the order to escape without hesitation. However, at this moment, he stood there stunned.

Nothing else matters, but Shen Bailian's martial arts talent is far beyond that of a top-tier martial arts prodigy. Even if he were to advance to the Divine Palace Realm, it would be a sure thing.

This is something that everyone in the upper echelons of Great Xia is well aware of.

Otherwise, Fang Wenshan wouldn't have thought of obtaining the right to decide on Shen Bailian through a resolution meeting, instead of using underhanded means to attack Shen Bailian.

Now, coupled with that ability/talent that can enhance others' martial arts potential without any loss, its overall improvement effect on the Great Xia Dynasty is extremely important.

Even three Divine Palace Realm experts couldn't exchange for one Shen Bailian.

At this very moment, such an exceptionally talented top-tier martial arts prodigy...

However, due to his momentary negligence as commander, Shen Bailian suddenly disappeared from sight, and may even have vanished like the previous late-stage Embracing Moon Realm expert.

He died silently, like a chick, powerless to resist, only managing to leave behind a single word.

And so it completely perished.

Wangchuan, who had always maintained a calm demeanor, showed signs of collapse after experiencing two major blows, and even his senses had weakened considerably.

Despite the exponentially increasing pressure, which surged like a raging tide, Wangchuan remained as if it had lost consciousness, showing no reaction whatsoever.

A strong sense of responsibility is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

Clearly, Wangchuan now blames himself for most of the blame for Shen Bailian's disappearance, and he feels a deep sense of guilt.

Let's rewind ten microseconds.

The first microsecond.

"I see it, could that thing be..." When the Eye of True Sight of the Star Ring World unleashed its fury, Shen Bailian's Eye of God realized for the first time the true source of that invisible force.

He stared blankly at those eyes, which were like stars, blotting out the sky and filling his entire field of vision, burning with raging anger, and for a moment he was lost in thought.

But the next moment he suddenly came to his senses.

Shen Bailian suddenly realized that the enormous pupil was probably an imperceptible manifestation of the will of the Star Ring World.

Before this, whether it was due to the distance in time and space, or the other party's excellent concealment, his divine eye did not detect the other party's existence.

But fueled by their anger at being deceived, the other party clearly no longer bothered to hide and secretly investigate.

As the commander of the entire squad, Wangchuan was clearly aware of this and promptly reminded his teammates.

It's just a pity.

Wangchuan's reminder came a little too late.

As a result, apart from him and Jiang Yufan, two experts at the Embracing Moon Realm, the speed of the dozen or so other martial artists at the Opening Sea Realm decreased dramatically with the pressure.

When Shen Bailian felt the overwhelming pressure coming like a tidal wave, he felt a splitting headache, as if a million needles were throbbing wildly inside his skull.

This pressure targets not only the physical body, but also both the mind and body.

Moreover, the pressure seemed invisible, because his military armor remained unchanged, completely losing its protective function.

But it is also substantial, because for Shen Bailian himself, this pressure is omnipresent.

Under this unimaginable pressure, Shen Bailian's mental sea trembled violently, almost losing its ability to think.

His body was like a sandbag tightly gripped by an invisible hand, every muscle enduring indescribable compression and pain, and even the speed of the Force's flow seemed to be slowed down several times.

The speed naturally decreased sharply as a result.

However, Shen Bailian was not under that much pressure at this time, nor was she in a tense state of mind.

The reason is also very simple.

Even before entering the world portal, Shen Bailian had been keeping an eye on the status of the skill [Close at Hand, Yet Far Apart].

Although his perception of the anchor point weakened as he gradually entered the Star Ring World, the signal seemed to be cut off when he reached the Boundary Bridge.

However, after this brief escape, Shen Bailian and the others had already almost escaped the boundary bridge's area.

His perception of the anchor point also improved accordingly.

Therefore, if Shen Bailian escapes a little further, he can activate the skill [Close at Hand, Yet Far Away] and return to the vicinity of Bozhou City in an instant.

Furthermore, as the saying goes, gold is refined through repeated tempering.

Congratulations! Your skill "Iron Body" has been upgraded. Experience points +2

Congratulations! Your character level experience has increased by 2.

【Congratulations……】

One message notification after another rang in Shen Bailian's mind, helping him maintain his composure amidst the surging impact.

The louder the waves, the more expensive the fish.

If one can survive under extreme pressure, the rewards will be unimaginable.

This is especially evident in top-tier martial arts prodigies like Shen Bailian, who are practically cheating (just kidding) and possess extraordinary martial arts talent.

In just a few microseconds, the experience points for the skill [Iron Body] increased by dozens of points.

This rate of growth is unprecedented.

Meanwhile, the external pressure increased, causing Shen Bailian's body to suffer unimaginable pain. His bones crackled and popped, almost shattering.

However, as his [Iron Body] experience points increased, his physical body also became stronger.

However, the latter is far weaker than the former.

This caused Shen Bailian's pain to double again.

Even so, Shen Bailian was secretly pleased. If he could, he would be willing for this pressure to last for ten thousand years.

Before this, even when enduring a full-force attack from a mid-stage Tier 3 ferocious beast, the skill [Iron Body] only gained two experience points.

And this is without wearing Force armor.

Otherwise, you might not gain any experience points at all.

Of course, Shen Bailian's biggest trump card is not the "Close to the World" skill that can be activated instantly, but the combination of "Close to the World" and the passive skill "Following in the Shadow".

Even when he is in a "dead" state, he can still use the skill "Close to the Ends of the Earth".

This is the source of Shen Bailian's confidence in participating in the first batch of explorations into another world and entering the world portal.

Time flies by.

It quickly reached the ninth microsecond.

At this moment, the void sea, which originally had no medium, seemed to have gained substance, and the pressure, which was increasing exponentially, continued to assail it.

The pressure surged.

Shen Bailian, who was lagging behind, felt this particularly acutely.

"That's about enough." In order to resist the surging pressure, Shen Bailian's primal force and mental power had both reached the warning line.

Although he cherished the thrill of rapidly increasing experience points with the skill [Iron Body].

But life is still the most important thing.

Although Shen Bailian's best option would be to wait until that pressure completely crushed his body, and then use the resurrection interval to use the skill [咫尺天涯] to teleport back.

In this way, the value can be maximized.

Unfortunately, there were too many people here. Although most were too busy with their own affairs to pay attention to Shen Bailian, there were still two Moon Embracing Realm martial artists around.
They couldn't just abandon so many people and run away alone, could they? If Wangchuan and Jiang Yufan really did that, although it would be in line with human nature...

However, during the process of growing to the Embracing Moon Realm, they will never receive special training from the Great Xia Dynasty.

Shen Bailian is different because he has always considered himself a person of innate wisdom, and so far, he has never been older than forty years old in both his past and present lives.

Despite the greater good, the lingering thoughts of the "small self" from past lives are still difficult to eradicate.

Furthermore, Shen Bailian was also self-aware; if he stayed, he would not only not play any effective role, but would also become a burden to Wangchuan and the other two.

Once the body shatters, it becomes difficult to explain.

However, if someone suddenly disappears, they could be said to have accidentally fallen into a spacetime storm, and then, by sheer luck, return to Earth Star unscathed.

After all, isn't that what Kent is like?

however.

Just as Shen Bailian made up his mind...

drop drop~
At this critical moment, in this void where nothing exists, the clamor of horns suddenly resounded in Shen Bailian's mind.

The sound of the horn seemed to have triggered something within him.

It unlocked a memory that had been buried deep in his heart, a memory that, apart from the gods and their followers, was only remembered by him in the entire world.

Time and space around us seemed to freeze in that instant.

"Hmm...long time no see." Shen Bailian suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and a young girl in a white dress suddenly appeared in front of him, her face showing an apologetic and embarrassed expression. She waved her delicate white hand at him.
"Sorry, I'm late this time."

"You... what is this?" Shen Bailian's pupils contracted slightly. He stared at the familiar figure in front of him, momentarily lost in thought.

His feelings toward Li Mengyi were extremely complex.

Perhaps, possibly, or roughly similar to the feeling of first love or a white moonlight.

In both his past and present lives, Shen Bailian has hardly ever been in a relationship, let alone gotten married, so his understanding of his own feelings is naturally very vague.

There is no specific concept.

In his "previous life," Shen Bailian was not a loser, but just an ordinary person from an ordinary family living in a border town. As a child, he was mischievous and his academic performance was not very good.

But they had a lot of fun and were in a great mood.

The same was true in junior high and high school, but fortunately, he had some talent in science, so even without studying seriously, his grades were among the top in the class.

With the support of national policies and his own talent, he was admitted to a top 30 university in the country.

However, he has never been in a real relationship.

Shen Bailian had a very positive initial impression on Li Mengyi; he was strong, beautiful, and very lively... therefore.

"There are some things I can't resist, but at least I have one last choice." Li Mengyi's white dress fluttered without wind, a glint of intelligence flashing in her eyes as she quietly looked at the boy before her, her smile radiant, yet she uttered inexplicable words:
"Last time, you bought me a milk tea as an apology. That milk tea was very sweet, and I really liked it."

"To be fair, I was late, so I should also offer an appropriate apology."

"What do you mean?" Shen Bailian frowned, looking at Li Mengyi in front of him, a bad feeling suddenly popping into his mind.

"This parting may be our last." Li Mengyi, though clearly responding, seemed not to hear Shen Bailian's words. She clasped her hands in a fist and bowed, smiling as she said:

"I wish you good luck in martial arts!"

next moment.

"Snapped!"

The moment Li Mengyi's voice fell, it was as if a complete mirror had been shattered by a stone. Shen Bailian didn't even have time to utter a sound before the scene before him suddenly broke apart.

He desperately wanted to know why all of this happened, and what the reason was.

Unfortunately, the surrounding medium disappeared again. At this moment, Shen Bailian could not make any sound and could only watch the shattered images recede into the distance.

Until a slightly cloudy, round tear rolled down the corner of her fair eye.

Shen Bailian's heart was suddenly stirred.

He suddenly had a feeling that this parting might really be the last time he would see Li Mengyi, just as she had said.

He didn't even feel this way when Li Mengyi disappeared from the world.

Time and space around us resumed their normal operation.

however.

boom!
Like a sudden clap of thunder in spring, Shen Bailian's spiritual sea was already under immense pressure, and this mental shock, which came from an unknown source, added to the pressure.

The sea of ​​spirit suddenly shattered, suffering a severe blow.

Only a sliver of instinct remained, an instinctive urge to activate the [Close at Hand, Far Away] skill. However, [Close at Hand, Far Away] seemed to have lost its power, inexplicably interrupting itself every time it reached the middle of the process.

If Shen Bailian were sober, she would naturally be able to perceive the reason.

Therefore, at this moment, he was all alone, as if he had been swallowed by an invisible abyss, falling towards a world bathed in a dim yellow light.

……

Source: Xuhai.

"How's it going?" Taiyi's voice suddenly rang out, filled with hope.

“It’s finished.” Gaia’s tone shifted, recalling Shen Bailian’s unusual behavior, and she said with some doubt, “But…”

"But what? Has something gone wrong? I told you, you have to be very, very careful..."

"It's nothing." Hearing that nagging voice, perhaps because of the previous incident, or something else, Gaia felt so disturbed at this moment.

Naturally, I didn't want to continue talking about it.

Even if a broken realm is reunited, there will still be gaps, let alone with Taiyi's attitude.

……

The Sea of ​​Nothingness.

"...Wang...Wangchuan, Wangchuan, what are you doing?" Jiang Yufan's hysterical screams kept echoing in Wangchuan's mind.

This finally brought him to his senses.

"nothing."

"It's good that you're alright. Hurry, give it your all, or we'll all perish here." Jiang Yufan's expression was pained; she had already given it her all.

However, there were too many people. Even though he had begun to burn his lifespan, it was still difficult for him to carry those martial artists at the Sea Opening Realm and escape the exponentially increasing pressure.

If the third Moon Embracing Realm expert hadn't died, things wouldn't have been so chaotic.

Furthermore, Wangchuan also displayed this attitude.

"No, it won't happen." Wangchuan glanced at Jiang Yufan calmly, patted his shoulder, and said softly, "Please pass on a message for me."

"what?"

"I, Wangchuan, have no regrets before the Great Xia Dynasty."

"Huh?" Just as Jiang Yufan was filled with doubt, he was shocked to find that Wangchuan was not advancing but retreating, and in the blink of an eye, it went to the very end of everything.

Subsequently.

boom!
Wangchuan's body burst into flames, a surge of materialized primal force that instantly covered an area of ​​tens of kilometers around it.

And it continues to expand, covering hundreds of kilometers of space and time in an instant, as if it had no end.

The terrifying energy fluctuations caused the surrounding space to tremble violently. The clash with the invisible pressure caused the group of martial artists to suddenly feel a relief on their shoulders, and their escape speed doubled.

Tens of thousands of meters per second!
Looking at everything before him, Jiang Yufan understood the meaning of Wangchuan's words. (End of Chapter)