Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 149 Abyss of Purgatory

Virtual universe, the Bridge to Heaven dimension.

The fifteenth floor.

Whoosh!

Almost instantly, the young martial artist had already arrived in front of Luo Shen. His silver mask gleamed with metallic luster, and through the mask, Luo Shen could clearly see a pair of resolute eyes flashing with fighting spirit. The two swords in his hands were like two intersecting streams of light, tearing through space and attacking Luo Shen.

"Perfect timing!"

Luo Shen felt a surge of heroic spirit, and his right hand slashed upwards with his sword, almost lightning-fast, clashing with the two swords.

Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere, unleashing a terrifying shockwave that instantly spread through the vacuum. Immense power surged back from the weapon, and almost simultaneously, Luo Shen and the young martial artist were both sent flying backward thousands of kilometers.

"happy!"

The young martial artist raised his head and roared.

Turning around in mid-air, he excitedly charged at Luo Shen again, his twin swords flashing faster and faster, wave after wave, like a continuous, surging tide.

For a moment, Luo Shen was caught off guard by the sharp twin blades.

One moment of carelessness.

"Sizzle!"

The blade swept across, tearing through Luo Shen's right shoulder armor, and crimson blood slid down the armor.

Luo Shen quickly created distance.

He glanced down at the armor on his right shoulder; a knife mark was clearly visible. If it had been any lower, the knife would have sliced ​​off his entire right shoulder!

The young martial artist smiled knowingly: "Don't worry, the next strike will pierce your heart!"

"call!"

Take a deep breath.

Twisting his neck, Luo Shen thought to himself, "It's time to get serious. If this continues, I'll only fall into their rhythm, and I might get beheaded at any moment!"

He glanced at the young martial artist who was rapidly approaching.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Shen moved, instantly mobilizing the fundamental laws of the surrounding space. Within a kilometer radius, tens of thousands of illusory bodies appeared, attacking the young martial artist from all directions.

However, the young martial artist merely glanced at him coldly.

He scoffed in a low voice, "An illusion? You've truly run out of tricks. You think you can defeat me with such a mere method? Ridiculous!"

Twin swords clashing!

Like fire, like thunder, like a tiger descending the mountain!

Those tens of thousands of illusory bodies could not stop the young martial artist's advance at all. In fact, once they had comprehended the laws to this extent, the number of illusory bodies was no longer important, because they had completely understood the essence of space!

Every gesture and every step perfectly embodies the essence of the space!

The speed of the instantaneous burst is far faster than this so-called illusion!

"Found it!"

The young martial artist's eyes suddenly lit up, his gaze locking onto one of the countless illusory figures. He was certain that it was Luo Shen's true form!

Whoosh!

The instantaneous burst speed is almost at its limit; if it were to go any further, it would be the legendary teleportation.

"laugh!"

The twin blades hovered in the air, cold and deadly, almost exhausting all the mysteries of the fundamental laws of fire and emptiness. The young martial artist's attack was determined to succeed and was destined to bring Luo Shen down with his blades!

however--

As the blade flashed, the young martial artist clearly felt that when the two blades crossed, there was absolutely no sensation of flesh being cut, as if everything was nothingness.

A strong sense of unease welled up in the young martial artist's heart.

I turned my head and looked.

The "Luo Shen" that had been split in two by his twin swords was now gradually splitting into two, solidifying, and finally splitting into two illusory bodies!

"impossible!"

The young martial artist's eyes were wide open.

Clearly, he didn't understand why his sure-fire strike had missed.

"Fire Sun!"

But Luo Shen clearly had no intention of explaining to him. All the illusory bodies in the sky looked at the young martial artist with their eyes on him and spoke in unison. Then, at the same time, all the illusory bodies rushed towards the young martial artist like a swarm of locusts.

For an instant.

The dazzling flashes of sword light, like bursts of rosy clouds, suddenly adorned the entire surface of the Tongtian Bridge.

"You think you can defeat me like this? Don't even think about it!"

At this critical moment, the young martial artist did not panic at all. Instead, he became even more composed, as if he had transformed into a rock washed down by a stream. He wielded his two swords in a tight and impenetrable manner.

Even though the countless sword lights surged like waves, they still couldn't break through the defenses.

However, the young martial artist was unaware that this was merely a delaying tactic by Luo Shen!

"Sunrise in the Sky - Sword Draw Slash!"

With a single slash, the blade blazed like the blazing sun, majestic and imposing, already possessing some of the spirit of the blade light that Luo Shen had observed in the deep pit of the ancient god's ruins.

Danger!Danger!Danger!

Alarm bells rang in the young martial artist's heart. Only when he saw this slash did he understand everything Luo Shen had done before.

Although Luo Shen's sword was powerful, it was extremely slow to unleash.

The seemingly fierce attack of countless illusory bodies was actually just a feint. The real killing move was this one strike hidden beneath countless blades, which cut through all the light and exhausted the limits of fire!

"Stop it!"

The young martial artist could no longer afford to defend himself; his rock-solid stance could no longer be maintained. His twin blades danced in an instant, bursting forth with boundless radiance like the rising sun, and he was the only god within that boundless radiance!

A single slash from the west shatters the void!

Clang!

The head-on collision between a single sword and two swords was like a collision between Mars and Earth.

"Rip!"

His tiger's mouth was split open, blood gushing out. An unstoppable force emanated from the two swords crossed in his hands. Luo Shen's single sword seemed to contain boundless power, pressing down firmly on his two swords.

Keep going down!

"Crack~ Crack~ Crack~" The bones in her arms groaned in agony.

Ultimately, they couldn't stop it. The twin blades pressed heavily against the young martial artist's chest, and instantly, that terrifying power blasted through the blades and struck the young martial artist's body.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, accompanied by the crisp sound of a collarbone shattering.

boom!!

A figure crashed heavily onto the bridge, leaving a human-shaped crater in the sturdy surface.

Luo Shen fell from mid-air.

The young martial artist struggled to leap up from the human-shaped crater. His hands, which had been clenched and fractured by Luo Shen, still gripped his battle sword tightly, and he desperately swung out the most brilliant strike of his life once again!

However, this was indeed his last blow!

The news that Luo Shen had passed the fifteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge quickly spread throughout Yuxiang Mountain and reached the other five major powers.

Many of those who had previously spread rumors and slandered Luo Shen are now cowering underwater, afraid to show their faces.

How dare they show their faces?

In terms of talent, Luo Shen is a super genius who appears only once every tens of millions of epochs in the Virtual Universe Company and even in the entire human race. He has already passed the fifteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven at the cosmic level!

In terms of status, Luo Shen's teacher was the Lord of Chaos City, second only to the Giant Axe Founder in the entire human race!

In every respect, they are far from being a match.

Therefore, they only dare to say hurtful things behind Luo Shen's back during the hundred years or so that Luo Shen has been silent. If Luo Shen were to appear in person, they would probably be the first to fawn over him.

Luo Shen naturally wouldn't hold a grudge against these people.

At this moment, he was in the manor of Yuxiang Mountain, recalling the battle with the guardian of the sixteenth level.

Without using his Mind-Bending Blade, he really couldn't get past the sixteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven. After all, the sixteenth level's guardian's understanding of the laws was absolutely comparable to that of a Marquis or an Immortal!

"What are you thinking about?"

Yan Na pushed open the study door and immediately saw Luo Shen staring blankly into space. Without any hesitation, she plopped down opposite him.

Upon seeing that it was Yan Na, Luo Shen smiled and said, "What brings you here?"

Yan Na rolled her eyes at him and said, "What? You're allowed to be busy cultivating every day, leaving me aside and ignoring everything, but I'm not allowed to come and find you myself?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Shen immediately remembered.

It seems that's really the case.

After returning from the Blood Continent, Luo Shen was busy relaxing and cultivating, and he completely forgot about Yan Na, the Immortal King. This made her very angry, and she dragged Rong Di into real-life PvP battles in the training ground every day.

Rong Di was merely at the peak of the Immortal Army Lord realm; compared to Yan Na, who was a King-level Immortal, he was no match for her.

I'm being abused every day.

"Hehe~" Luo Shen scratched his head sheepishly.

Left with no other choice, he had to spend time appeasing this young lady. He had no choice but to appease her, as she was now Luo Shen's protector. In the future, when Luo Shen left the core area of ​​the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, he would still need her protection.

What if she quits?

With Luo Shen's small frame, it's not certain that he could withstand wave after wave of assassination attempts by alien races.

Yuxiang Mountain, a pristine area.

At this moment, Luo Shen was sitting in his study, looking at the screen in front of him, and directly clicked on the page.

Safety level, normal level, difficult level, dangerous level, and extreme level.

"Extreme level!"

Having already made his decision, Luo Shen didn't hesitate at all and directly chose the extreme mission.

Drip—drip—drip—drip—drip—

A piercing sound came from the screen.

"Your Highness Luo Shen, I solemnly remind you that this is a critical mission. Many members of my Virtual Universe Company's Primordial Secret Realm and Primal Secret Realm have lost their lives because of critical missions. I suggest you go through a few more qualifying battles before trying to take on critical missions again."

Electronic sounds echoed in the study.

"Please select Cancel to go back, or select Confirm to accept the Desperate Quest."

"Once it's decided, there's no going back."

On the path of cultivation, one either progresses or regresses. Luo Shen naturally didn't care about such a small threat and directly clicked "Confirm".

drop!

The page on the screen refreshed automatically, and then a brand new page appeared, which was the complete list of Desperate Missions.

Every hundred years, members of the Primal Realm can choose three extreme missions to undertake.

The following is a list of extreme missions:

1. Purgatory Abyss (The Original Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company)

2. Cloud Palace (Giant Axe Arena Divine Origin Secret Realm)

……

8. Magic Mountain (Primordial Secret Realm of Virtual Universe Company)

……

18. Blood Demon Continent (The Universe's First Bank: Blood-Dripping Secret Realm)

There are a total of eighteen perilous missions, four of which are located in secret realms under the Virtual Universe Company, while the rest are distributed in secret realms under the Giant Axe Arena, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, and the Cosmic First Bank.

Luo Shen first examined the Demon Mountain and then discovered that it was not in the original secret realm he remembered.

Instead, it is located in the Primordial Secret Realm!

"Do we have to go to the Primordial Realm again?"

Luo Shen frowned.

After all, he had only spent more than a hundred years in the Blood Luo World of the Primordial Secret Realm, and now he had to go back. Luo Shen was filled with unease.

Take a look at all the desperate missions.

Each extreme mission has an extremely detailed mission description and requirements. The difficulty and points required for each extreme mission are different.

Even the lowest-level Death Star missions, with three missions combined, yield 300,000 points.

The highest level, the Abyss of Purgatory, has only one mission, but the reward points are extremely high, a full million points!

Most importantly, the Abyss of Purgatory is located within the Primal Secret Realm!

"So close?"

Luo Shen muttered to himself as he opened the mission description for the Purgatory Abyss and read it carefully, one by one.

Compared to the detailed descriptions of other missions, the Purgatory Abyss mission is only described in a few simple sentences: "Purgatory Abyss, a place where demons gather, extremely repelling outsiders, with an extremely high difficulty of survival. Choose carefully!"

In the original story, Luo Feng also planned to venture into this infernal abyss.

However, because of Hong and Ji Qing's situation, he ultimately chose to break through to the Domain Lord level, thus missing out on the Purgatory Abyss.

Therefore, Luo Shen didn't know much about this infernal abyss.

The only one who knew was Crove, the strongest genius werewolf in the Primordial Zone, who was currently carrying out a training mission in the Abyss of Purgatory. Crove ultimately perished in a desperate mission.

It's likely that in the original story, he was in this abyss of purgatory.

"accept!"

After some thought, Luo Shen decided to accept the mission from the Abyss of Purgatory.

"No matter how difficult this infernal abyss is, there's always a glimmer of hope. I refuse to believe that so many geniuses can emerge from it, but I can't!"

A determined glint flashed in Luo Shen's eyes.

He wanted to gradually fill in the gaps that had remained unresolved in the deep pit of the ancient god's ruins.

If you dare not do this, and you dare not do that, what are you arguing about?

In the Wuchen Time and Space, within Luo Shen's territory.

"Are you really not taking me with you?" Yan Na asked Luo Shen.

When Yan Na learned that Luo Shen had accepted a cultivation mission but refused to take her with him, she was somewhat unhappy, since Luo Shen was the only person she knew in this primeval secret realm.

Previously, Luo Shen was busy with cultivation, so he didn't say anything. Now, how come he can't even take her with him on a cultivation mission?

"It's just points, right? Just tell me how many you need."

Yan Na is an immortal being, capable of directly exchanging Primal Chaos Units for points. After all, she was once the daughter of a tribal chief on the Blood Luo Continent, and is now the chief herself, so she still has some wealth.

Luo Shen shook his head: "It's not just about points."

Yan Na was somewhat puzzled.

Although she had higher authority, she hadn't specifically looked into it, so she didn't know that those mission worlds, like the Blood Luo World, hid enormous secrets.

"Anyway, just stay home and be good. I'll be back soon."

Luo Shen smiled.

result--

Yan Na actually said this nonsense with a straight face: "I think you'd better not say these things. It's said in novels that you shouldn't make promises before you go out, especially those supporting characters. None of them ever come back alive."

Because Yan Na didn't particularly like quiet meditation and often pestered him, Luo Shen recommended Earth novels to her.

As a result, things spiraled out of control.

Now, she occasionally utters classic quotes from the main character; the "flag" she just mentioned was something she learned from a novel.

Hearing Yan Na's words.

Luo Shen rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Pah, can't you wish me well for once?"

After some playful banter between the two...

Luo Shen was finally about to board the spaceship. He said to Yan Na and Rong Di, "Please take care of things at home while I'm away."

Seeing that both of them nodded, he flew towards the spaceship with peace of mind.

Watching Luo Shen's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Yan Na sighed, "He's still just a little kid. If only he could grow up sooner."

As if suddenly remembering something, without saying anything more to Rong Di beside him, he turned around and returned to his territory.

This left Rong Di, who was standing to the side, completely bewildered, with no idea what had happened.

(End of this chapter)