229: Welcome to the dungeon lobby

Behind Great Master Hui Ming, the thousand-zhang giant Buddha suddenly twisted, as if the Buddha's light of heaven and earth was torn apart by an invisible hand.

The originally compassionate and solemn golden Buddha face was now cracked like molten gold, with streaks of crimson blood spreading from its brow and covering the entire face. The Buddha's eyes opened in fury, and deep within its pupils, a bloody light surged, as if billions of wronged souls were wailing within it!

The right hand, which had once formed mudras to save the world, abruptly transformed into a blood-red claw—its five fingers like hooks, knuckles gnarled, and each nail tip condensing a blood-red bead with a swirling ghostly glow, within which resentment churned, as if countless deceased souls were shrieking!

The giant claw tore through the Void Realm, bringing with it a bloody wind and rain, aiming directly for Lu Chen's crown!

"Old bald donkey!" Wan Yuan roared towards the sky, his voice shaking the nine heavens, "How dare you treat me as nothing?!"

Before his voice faded, nine streaks of purple lightning burst forth from the Dragon Horns on his forehead. Within each lightning bolt, a lifelike phantom of a Flood Dragon coiled, its scales and claws clearly visible, and the faint sound of a Dragon's roar!

In an instant, the nine Flood Dragon phantoms behind him solidified, transforming into true ancient demonic Dragons!

The terrifying pressures of two Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators collided with a boom, and space cracked inch by inch like glazed glass!

The battle was about to erupt!

Bai Qi shouted, "Stop! Great Master Hui Ming, it will be easy to kill this kid after we get out. There's no need to waste time here; exploring for treasures is more important!"

Just then!

Boom!

With a loud bang!

All the Seals in the entire valley exploded and broke open.

A terrifying golden vortex, a hundred zhang in diameter, suddenly tore through space and appeared above the original sealed area.

In the center of the vortex, eighteen intertwined golden chains emerged, each chain wrapped with distorted spatiotemporal ripples.

An ancient voice resounded throughout heaven and earth:

"Nine Tribulations of Reincarnation, only the fated may pass; Seamless Purgatory, the Heaven-Defying shall live!"

Instantly, everyone's bodies were entangled by golden chains. Even Great Master Hui Ming and the Devil King could not resist, and all were pulled into the vortex.

In an instant, everyone's bodies were suddenly entangled by golden chains. Great Master Hui Ming and the Devil King, both Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators, were as powerless as ants struggling against this force.

The blood-red Buddha behind Great Master Hui Ming let out a mournful roar, and its sharp claws turned to dust the moment they touched the chains.

Wan Yuan's nine Flood Dragon phantoms also vanished into thin air under this power, and even his proud lightning Dragon Horns developed cracks.

Everyone was forcibly dragged towards the center of the vortex by the chains.

The next second, everyone disappeared, and Black Abyss Valley returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened... There was no sensation of falling, no tearing pain.

One moment it was an earth-shattering confrontation between Buddha and demon in Black Abyss Valley, the next, everyone's perception was completely stripped away.

White.

Boundless white.

Lu Chen suddenly opened his eyes and found himself suspended in a perfect cubic space.

Up, down, left, right, front, and back—all six sides were pure, dead silent, and flawless white.

There was no light source, yet it was as bright as day.

He tried to circulate the Divine Illumination Seamless Art, and his Divine Sense spread out like a tide—

"Buzz!"

His Divine Sense collided with the white "wall," but it was like a clay ox entering the sea, instantly swallowed and flattened, without even a ripple.

This space completely isolated Divine Sense!

"Cough, cough..." A low cough sounded.

Great Master Hui Ming fell to the ground in disarray. The blood-red Buddha phantom behind him had long vanished, and his Late Golden Core Stage pressure was suppressed as if he were a Mortal. He scrambled to his feet, his face pale.

Soon, others appeared one after another: Wan Yuan, Bai Qi, Blazing Heaven Lord, Madam Shuang, Old Monster Mo, Lei Xingming, Night Rakshasa, Fox King Qian Huan... Including Lu Chen, there were eighteen people in total, all present.

"This... where is this?" Blazing Heaven Lord of the Crimson Flame Alliance's voice trembled. The crimson flames around him were completely extinguished, as if this white space had sucked dry all his vitality.

"Space Restriction! What a terrifying method!" Madam Shuang of Profound Ice Pavilion gently caressed the cold white wall with her delicate hand, feeling a temperatureless touch at her fingertips. For the first time, a look of solemnity appeared on her beautiful face, "Even my cold True Qi cannot condense."

"Hmph! Petty tricks!" Old Monster Mo, the Poison King, sinisterly pulled out a jade bottle, poured out a drop of ink-black liquid, and dripped it onto the white wall.

As soon as the liquid touched the wall, it completely evaporated without even a faint "sizzle," as if it had never existed.

"Even 'Heaven-Corroding Poison' is ineffective?" Old Monster Mo's face twitched, and a hint of horror flashed in his eyes.

One must know that Heaven-Corroding Poison was Old Monster Mo's strongest poison; even a single drop was enough to corrode and dissolve a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator!

Just as this deadly panic spread—

"Buzz—"

A mechanical, cold, and emotionless voice directly sounded within the space, like metal grinding, causing even Golden Core Cultivators to feel a splitting headache:

"Welcome, everyone, to the Dungeon Hall. The Heavenly Dao Nine Tribulations Dungeon is about to begin."

Everyone looked at each other, what the hell! What dungeon!!

How was this completely different from the usual ancient Forbidden Grounds, treasure vaults, and Secret Realms!!

Lu Chen suppressed a laugh; all of this was, of course, his doing.

When he initially deployed the heavenly dao forbidden item, he also created various dungeons.

Lu Chen did not participate in the specific content design of the checkpoints, only providing a general direction, asking mechanical girl zero to make the dungeons into a game similar to a challenge, where each level's gameplay had to be different, including tests of intelligence, psychology, cooperation, competition, combat, puzzle-solving, and so on.

Therefore, Lu Chen actually didn't know what kind of dungeon he would face next.

But it didn't matter, he had a back door!!

The voice just now was mechanical girl zero's preset program! It wasn't that mechanical girl zero had actually appeared in the dungeon!

Lu Chen decided to test it to see if the back door program was effective!!

While everyone was still in shock and horror, he silently chanted: "Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, abab!!"

Ding!

A pleasant sound rang out, solely in Lu Chen's mind.

Cheat code activated!

You will receive all clear hints!!

It worked!

Hahahaha!

Fortunately, when Lu Chen created these dungeons, he had an extra thought and had mechanical girl zero leave a back door, originally intending to participate when he was bored. He didn't expect to be directly thrown into the trial world by the heavenly dao system.

"Kid, what were you mumbling just now, moving your mouth!" Black Abyss sharply noticed Lu Chen's unusual behavior.

Lu Chen pretended to be scared: "No, no, I... I was just startled."

Black Abyss confidently said, "Don't worry, you are from Wanxiang City. Follow me, and you won't die!!"

The mechanical, cold voice sounded again!!

"Nine Tribulations! First Tribulation: Number Tribulation."

"Rules: Everyone chooses a number, 1, 2, 3, 4... 100. After confirmation, the person with the smallest and largest number dies! If everyone chooses the same number, then all die! No fighting allowed! Otherwise, direct execution!!"

"Countdown: One incense stick's time."