329: It is both a trial and a reward

"Big Brother Chen, what are you talking about?" Bai Jun was even more confused. What was Big Brother Chen looking at the wall for, when there was nothing there?

"Come with me." Chen Heng knew that the effect of his Self-Transformation Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Body only worked on himself.

The scenery in Bai Jun and Luo Shuo's eyes was still that endless passage.

"I never thought I'd be entranced by an illusion one day."

And this was a labyrinth formed by the illusion combined with changes in the ground.

If Chen Heng hadn't possessed the Self-Transformation Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Body, he might really have been trapped to death here.

After all, when Chen Heng looked back, the path he had come from had also changed. Even if he had turned back just now, it would have been difficult to get out.

Chen Heng chuckled. However, these small tricks posed no threat to him.

Chen Heng walked towards the wall in front of him. Bai Jun and Luo Shuo exchanged glances and followed.

Seeing Chen Heng's actions, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo realized they had fallen under an illusion.

"No wonder we haven't reached the destination after all this time."

But even after seeing through the illusion, that great door was still incredibly far away.

Only someone with Chen Heng's telescope-level vision could see it from such a distance.

The path after seeing through it was much harder to walk than imagined, and their speed couldn't pick up at all.

They basically had to turn a corner every two steps. They turned more than ten times in less than a li of road.

After a full stick of incense, the three finally arrived before the great door.

"How big is this... behind it?" Bai Jun swallowed, looking up at the twenty-zhang-high door.

Twenty zhang, which is sixty-six meters high. This door was indeed massive.

"No wonder they call it a trial. Even with the ability to break illusions, if your strength isn't great enough, you can't push this door open."

Sure enough, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo were straining, trying to push open this great door.

This solid great door wouldn't be lighter than a small mountain. Bai Jun and Luo Shuo's specialty was not physical strength to begin with, so it would be strange if they could push it open.

Not to mention, the material of this great door was identical to the entire world-suppressing nail, so their spells had no effect on it at all.

"Move aside." Chen Heng rolled up his sleeves and dug his fingers into the great door.

Creak~

A harsh metallic grinding sound rang out, and the entire great door began to twist and deform.

Unlike the particularly thick outer layer, this door's thickness was only about two meters, so Chen Heng could still tear it open.

"Wait, Big Brother Chen, there seems to be an opening mechanism..."

Bai Jun and Luo Shuo were still studying the great door when they heard a loud bang and Chen Heng's roar.

"Open!" Chen Heng roared, and a man-sized gaping hole was ripped open in the great door by Chen Heng's bare hands.

"...?" The expressions on Bai Jun and Luo Shuo's faces froze.

"What did you two say?" After throwing the man-sized hunk of metal aside, Chen Heng turned to look at the two.

"No, there seems to be a mechanism to open the door here..." Bai Jun said, pointing to the black panel beside him.

"?" Chen Heng was also stunned for a moment and walked to where Bai Jun was pointing.

On the black panel, the large characters for 'Open' and 'Close' were incredibly conspicuous.

"Ah..." Chen Heng scratched his head. He had thought this great door was opened manually.

His brain really wasn't working well lately. If it really wasn't working, maybe he should take it out and wash it.

Also, he usually relied on brute force and didn't use his brain much... "Ahem, it's nothing, I was just testing how sturdy this great door was." Chen Heng coughed lightly, a bit embarrassed, and pressed the 'Open' character on the panel.

The great door slowly rose upwards, but it got stuck at the position where Chen Heng had torn it open.

"..." The three of them looked at the stuck great door, unable to rise further, and didn't know what to say.

"Alright, stop staring, let's go in." Chen Heng felt embarrassed for the first time and quickly stepped through the door.

Bai Jun and Luo Shuo exchanged glances, knowing it was best to keep quiet now, otherwise, if Big Brother Chen became angry out of embarrassment, they would definitely be the ones to suffer.

When Chen Heng stepped through the great door, even he couldn't help but be astonished by the sight before him.

The entire space was over a thousand meters long and wide, with a large luminous panel overhead illuminating the entire area.

The surrounding walls, the floor beneath their feet, everything was pure white, with only a small platform in the center of the space holding something.

Bai Jun and Luo Shuo also followed Chen Heng's steps inside. Their mouths hung open wide enough to fit a fist.

"Is this... a celestial realm?" Bai Jun felt a bit dizzy. This environment had a tremendous impact on him.

"It's not a celestial realm." Chen Heng shook his head. This place felt more like a sterile laboratory.

But it was a bit too big and too empty, always giving him an unsettling feeling.

However, Chen Heng didn't think too much. How much could you expect a brute to think?

If you're not convinced, fight until you are.

Chen Heng lifted his foot and walked towards the small platform, encountering no accidents along the way.

A crystal-clear red crystal was encased in a transparent shell and placed on the platform.

Just as Chen Heng was about to reach for it, he felt a sudden palpitation.

He turned his head sharply and found that the ground he had just walked on was beginning to deform, revealing precise mechanical structures underneath.

"Roar!" A beast's roar came from below, and Bai Jun and Luo Shuo's expressions changed simultaneously.

"What, what is this?"

They saw a monster with the body of an ox, the head of a tiger, covered in sharp thorns, and sporting a pair of wings, crawling out of the fissure.

Not only that, but three more strangely shaped monsters crawled out from below.

"These are... the Four Fiends of Antiquity?"

Chen Heng recognized the four giant beasts before him at a glance: Qiongqi, Taotie, Taowu, and Chaos.

These four were the famous Four Fiends of Antiquity. Why would they appear here?

Could this be the trial that old man left for him?

Chen Heng took off his outer coat, a flash of bloody light passing through his eyes.

"You two, get far away. These are treasures delivered right to my doorstep."

His optimization system could not only optimize items but also plunder Bloodlines by consuming Optimization counts.

These four big guys in front of him were the Four Fiends of Antiquity. Weren't they much stronger than those mixed-blood mongrels outside?

Thinking of this, Chen Heng immediately felt that the crystal was no longer appealing!

But Chen Heng didn't make a move immediately. He still wanted to witness the capabilities of these Four Fiends of Antiquity.

So he just let the four Vicious Beasts surround him, and even the sound of their drool dripping to the ground was clearly audible.

"Qiongqi, Taotie, Taowu, Chaos."

Chen Heng was now trembling with excitement. He looked up at the drooling Taotie directly in front of him.

Compared to the size of these four Vicious Beasts, Chen Heng could be described as delicate.

Chen Heng wasn't even as big as Taotie's head.

A sharp, infant-like wail rang out, and Taotie pounced directly at Chen Heng!

Chen Heng neither dodged nor evaded, grabbing Taotie's massive mouth with both hands.