198: Breakthrough at the bottom of the pool

As Lin Chen approached the central area, the energy in the pool water became more violent.

"I wonder if the system can absorb all this energy."

Lin Chen thought to himself.

However, if he did that, he would likely expose his secret.

"Let's see the effect first."

The entire Dragon Marrow Pool had a diameter of a hundred kilometers, and Lin Chen had now reached half the distance to the center point.

The violent energy contained in the pool water here was a hundred times denser than at the edge!

Yet, it was still not enough!

Lin Chen's Physical Strength was indeed undergoing a slow transformation, but the effect was too weak.

The main reason was that his Golden Body level was already very high.

Even upgrading through the system required 3 million energy points.

At this moment, only Lin Chen's two masters and Ancestor Jin remained on the shore.

They were all delighted when they saw Lin Chen easily rescue Ao Hai.

Xiong Lie, in particular, let out a huge sigh of relief.

Ao Hai was the most beloved great-grandson of the Azure Dragon Clan's Old Ancestor. Their Ba Sect had a very good relationship with the Azure Dragon Clan because of Ao Hai.

The Azure Dragon Clan also sent many of their talented body cultivators to the Ba Sect.

In recent years, the Ba Sect had received a large amount of cultivation resources due to the Azure Dragon Clan's care.

If anything had happened to Ao Hai just now, his Ba Sect would have been in trouble.

"Lin Chen, this kid, I haven't seen him in a few years, how did his Golden Body improve so fast!"

Yuan Fei said in shock from the side; he did not know that Lin Chen's Golden Body level was even higher than his.

Xiong Lie already knew in advance, so he had been calmly observing.

"Monkey, our disciple is extraordinary now. You'll see if you keep watching."

Yuan Fei looked surprised upon hearing this. He gazed at Lin Chen, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, Lin Chen was already nearing the center of the Dragon Marrow Pool.

Upon reaching this point, Lin Chen also clearly felt the pressure, and his Physical Strength transformation was accelerating.

After all, this was the remains of an Emperor Realm level corpse, and a True Dragon at that!

The True Dragon race was extremely rare in the Endless Realm. A True Dragon's entire body was a treasure... "Not enough, still not enough!"

Lin Chen had now adapted to this intensity. He instantly teleported to the very center of the Dragon Marrow Pool.

Boom—

Extremely violent energy instantly surged into Lin Chen's body, and his skin turned a crimson color.

A terrifying Emperor's pressure emanated, and Lin Chen's pressure immediately increased greatly.

His true spirit extended outwards, and at the bottom of the pool, he saw a True Dragon skeleton, or rather, half a skeleton!

This True Dragon skeleton only had its upper half.

Crimson energy continuously emanated from the half-skeleton. The closer to the skeleton, the denser the energy, and the energy at the very center was almost substantial.

Lin Chen's eyes lit up. He first adapted to the intensity on the water's surface for a while, then slowly began to dive.

This scene immediately made Yuan Fei's pupils on the shore constrict.

One must know that after the Dragon Marrow Pool was fully opened, even he dared not dive into the center!

He remembered that historically, an elder of the same realm as him, who thought highly of himself, had dived to the bottom of the water, and ultimately exploded and died because he could not withstand the violent energy!

Yuan Fei was about to stop him when Xiong Lie pressed his shoulder.

"Monkey, keep watching."

At this moment, Xiong Lie also had a worried expression.

Because in the entire Ba Sect, only their Sect Master dared to dive to the bottom of the pool.

The few of them used their true spirit power to constantly monitor Lin Chen's changes. If anything went wrong, they would immediately rescue him.

An hour had passed since the Dragon Marrow Pool opened.

Among the dozen or so geniuses from the two sects, four or five of the weaker ones had already come ashore.

They happened to witness Lin Chen diving.

"I didn't see wrong, did I? That kid actually reached the very center of the Dragon Marrow Pool and even dived down!"

"He really doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. I think he just wants to show off in front of the elders. He'll probably come up in a bit."

"But this kid is truly a monstrous talent. Even God Son Ao Hai can only stay in the peripheral areas..."

Time passed minute by minute, and they found that Lin Chen had not come up.

"This... this kid isn't going to burst, is he...?"

Slowly, a look of horror appeared in the eyes of these few people.

At this moment, Lin Chen had already reached the bottom of the pool. The huge True Dragon remains were right before his eyes; he could even touch them with an outstretched hand.

The substantial, violent energy was frantically impacting his Golden Body.

The effect here was a thousand times stronger than on the surface!

Boom—

The violent energy contained powerful True Dragon blood essence, and Lin Chen's Physical Strength began to transform rapidly.

These energies began to modify his Physical Strength from the most basic particles.

His Physical Strength began to slowly disintegrate, then reassemble. This process was extremely slow.

If this continued, each time his Physical Strength completed a transformation, his Physical Strength would increase significantly.

His current Golden Body was at Saint-tier Seven Forgings. Advancing to Eight Forgings was a huge watershed, requiring 9 Physical Strength transformations.

These 9 transformations would far exceed the 99 transformations he had previously experienced in the Space-Time Holy Land... Although this Physical Strength transformation brought much greater pain than before, Lin Chen's true spirit had already reached the First Tribulation Quasi-Emperor Realm, allowing him to largely block out perception.

At this moment, his body was like a bottomless pit. Ninety percent of the energy from the half True Dragon remains was absorbed by him, with only a small portion overflowing outwards.

Soon, the sect geniuses outside also noticed something was amiss.

"Huh, why do I feel like the energy in this Dragon Marrow Pool has weakened a lot?"

A Saint Son on the shore said, puzzled.

He slowly came to the shore and dipped his finger into the water.

"No! The energy in this Dragon Marrow Pool is at least a hundred times weaker than before!"

Upon hearing this, the remaining few Saint Sons showed shocked expressions.

"You guys... could it be that kid's doing?"

Upon hearing this, the few immediately released their mental power outwards, probing towards the bottom of the pool.

However, the closer to the True Dragon remains in the Dragon Marrow Pool, the stronger the pressure. Their mental power only penetrated a few meters before being blocked by the terrifying pressure... At this moment, including Ao Hai, all the other geniuses from the two sects still undergoing Physical Strength baptism in the pool opened their eyes, all looking towards the bottom of the pool with confusion.

Suddenly!

Boom—

A dazzling golden light burst forth from the bottom of the pool, the entire Dragon Marrow Pool violently churned, and a terrifying pressure soared into the sky!

Including Xiong Lie and the others on the shore, they all discovered the anomaly.

Their true spirit power also could not reach the bottom of the pool, so Lin Chen had long disappeared from their perception range.

"Monkey, this... this is... Saint-tier Seven Forgings... no, Eight Forgings aura!!!"

Yuan Fei shouted in shock.

At this moment, even Ancestor Jin and Xiong Lie were stunned.

Wasn't Lin Chen's Golden Body Saint-tier Six Forgings?

How could the aura at the bottom of the pool be so terrifying now!

"He is currently undergoing the transformation from Saint-tier Seven Forgings to Eight Forgings."

A deep, powerful voice came.

The few turned to look, only to see a middle-aged strong man over ten meters tall appear.

The newcomer was the Sect Master of the Ba Sect. His name was Wu Yang, and he was from the Giant Spirit Race.

"Sect Master!"

Xiong Lie and Yuan Fei respectfully bowed. They hadn't expected the Sect Master to come.

Wu Yang nodded slightly and said:

"You have found an extraordinary young fellow this time. He is not as simple as you think."

"The energy at the bottom of this pool is not only abnormally violent, but the dragon's might's impact on the true spirit is also terrifying."

"This young fellow is actually unharmed and can still maintain his Physical Strength transformation."

"There is only one possibility, and that is that this young fellow's true spirit power has already reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm!"

"And after he completes this Physical Strength transformation, his Golden Body will also reach Saint-tier Eight Forgings!"