250: Exchange Place

“The Final Beast?”

All the challengers on the first floor of the Black Pagoda heard that ethereal voice.

At this moment, their hearts were filled with fear. Five minutes wasn’t long.

But they were facing mutated beasts of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, or even Emperor Realm!

Without a safe house, they would be instantly annihilated!

“What do we do…?”

“Why would the Final Beast descend upon the first trial of the Black Pagoda?!”

“Isn’t this trying to force us to our deaths?!”

“The Black Pagoda’s hint said the safe house isn’t safe. Are we supposed to leave the safe house?”

At this time, even the Venerable Realm trial area saw the appearance of the Final Beast… All the challengers panicked. Passing the first trial was within sight, with only a few minutes left.

They had even started imagining exchanging treasures with their points.

Just as many challengers were hesitating—

Howl—

A terrifying roar echoed, and all the challengers saw a giant phantom of a mutated beast.

“What… what is that?”

At this moment, Lin Chen also looked at the phantom in the sky with a serious expression.

He understood that this phantom was merely a projection of the Final Beast he had sensed earlier.

The phantom of the Final Beast appeared everywhere on the first floor of the entire Black Pagoda, its terrifying pressure shaking heaven and earth.

The mutated beast hordes also rioted at this time, countless mutated beasts began to gather and charge towards the safe house.

Just as many challengers were terrified—

Boom—

The phantom of the Final Beast roared, and from an ultra-long distance, it swiped at the safe house.

Bang!

A crisp sound came, and all the safe houses instantly shattered under the horrified gaze of the challengers.

Suddenly, all the challengers were exposed to the outside world.

Countless mutated beasts roared and charged towards the challengers.

Seeing this scene, Lin Chen instantly split into eight clones, leaving them in place, while his true body rapidly fled.

To conceal his aura, he had to activate the time wheel.

Unfortunately, the time wheel had already been activated once before, and he had to wait ten days before he could use it again.

The current time wheel only had some passive functions, such as defending against true spirit attacks… Each of the eight clones burst forth with full power, charging into the beast horde, buying time for Lin Chen's true body to escape.

Unfortunately, the mutated beast horde at this stage was too powerful!

Emperor Realm mutated beasts of seven steps and above were in groups, and his clones were shattered within a few breaths… Immediately after, the beast horde rapidly pursued Lin Chen’s direction.

Feeling the terrifying aura coming from behind, Lin Chen’s expression was incredibly grim.

With a thought, another eight clones appeared.

Bang, bang, bang!

The clones charged towards the beast horde behind them and self-destructed directly!

Lin Chen’s clones, when fully unleashed, were comparable to the six-step Emperor Realm level, and their direct self-destruction at this moment was also incredibly powerful.

Instantly, a large area of the mutated beast horde behind him suffered casualties, with mutated beasts below the six-step Emperor Realm almost wiped out!

Unfortunately, these mutated beasts were conjured by the Black Pagoda; they seemed to lack independent thought and thus felt no fear.

This self-destruction bought Lin Chen another few tens of seconds.

With his flying speed, he had already moved tens of billions of kilometers away.

This was not the end; Lin Chen continued to create clones to block the mutated beast horde.

His source energy was abundant, so he didn't care about this small consumption.

Time passed by minute by minute.

With only a few seconds left until the Black Pagoda trial ended, Lin Chen had used his clone technique over a thousand times in this short period. His source energy was almost depleted, and he himself had become numb… “Fortunately, these mutated beasts didn’t use true spirit attacks.”

Lin Chen felt that this was a glimmer of hope the Black Pagoda trial left for them.

Otherwise, if the Final Beast had directly launched a true spirit attack, all the challengers would have died!

【First trial ended!】

【Congratulations, challengers!】

【Challengers who passed the first trial are rewarded with 1 billion points. Please proceed to the Exchange Land to redeem treasures!】

【The second trial will begin in ten days. Challengers can choose to withdraw or continue participating in the trial!】

The ethereal voice sounded again.

Lin Chen let out a long breath.

It’s finally over!

He hadn’t expected this first trial of the Black Pagoda to be so abnormal.

One must know, this was only a trial targeting the Dao Realm.

“Could it be that in the Myriad Worlds, there truly are beings at the Dao Realm level who can contend against the Half-Step Emperor Realm, or even the Emperor Realm?”

Lin Chen shook his head. He thought it was possible for the Quasi-Emperor Realm to appear, but the Dao Realm was impossible!

He estimated that many challengers, like him, possessed time-related treasures that allowed them to break through their realms after entering the Black Pagoda.

However, breaking through a realm isn't something that happens just because one wants it to; if one's comprehension is insufficient, even sitting in meditation for millions of epochs won't lead to a breakthrough!

Just then, a portal of light suddenly appeared before Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment. Was this the teleportation gate to the Exchange Land?

He didn't hesitate and stepped directly into the portal.

He had been looking forward to those treasures for a long time… Buzz—

Lin Chen only felt a flash of light and shadow before his eyes, and then he arrived in an unfamiliar place.

This was an incredibly spacious hall, with a fountain in the center that exuded a rich spiritual aura.

He saw dozens of challengers drinking deeply from the spring water at this moment.

Those challengers were the same beings who had passed the first trial.

Lin Chen noticed that some challengers were incredibly miserable, their bodies mostly not intact, some even having only a head left.

That challenger directly submerged his entire head in the spring water.

This spring water contained rich life essence, capable of repairing physical injuries.

The incomplete bodies of those challengers were recovering at an astonishing speed.

Besides the challengers with severe physical injuries, Lin Chen also saw a few true spirit bodies soaking in the spring water.

And their destroyed physical bodies were slowly re-condensing at this time.

Suddenly, a familiar figure caught his attention.

He was dressed in purple-gold battle armor, staring at him with a playful expression.

Ye Shaoyang?

Lin Chen recognized him instantly.

Strangely, Ye Shaoyang seemed to have suffered little damage; his spirit was full, and his blood energy was abundant.

Lin Chen guessed that Ye Shaoyang likely also possessed a heaven-defying treasure.

Immediately, his eyes burned with fervor.

Every seed has a powerful protector, and Ye Shaoyang’s protector likely also gave him a treasure for self-defense!

“I thought you wouldn’t make it out. It seems I truly underestimated you.”

“Too bad, the ultimate opportunity of this Black Pagoda is destined to be mine.”

Ye Shaoyang looked at Lin Chen and said with a sinister smile.

A murderous intent flashed in Lin Chen’s eyes. Just as he was about to make a move to suppress Ye Shaoyang, an ethereal voice rang out.

【Fighting is forbidden in the Exchange Land. Violators will be instantly annihilated!】

Lin Chen’s body stiffened abruptly. Just now, he had felt a hint of deathly peril.

He believed that if he dared to make a move, this dream body would definitely die instantly.

After reacting, Lin Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly.

This Ye Shaoyang seemed to know some of the Black Pagoda’s rules; he was trying to lure him into making a move!

After collecting his thoughts, Lin Chen smiled faintly and said:

“A jumping insect is just a jumping insect. I’ll kill you on the second floor!”

Then Lin Chen ignored Ye Shaoyang and walked directly to a corner to sit cross-legged.

He then opened the Black Pagoda’s intelligent assistant… Ye Shaoyang in the hall watched Lin Chen’s departing back, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes.

“Perfect, I also want to kill you on the second floor. This body of yours will be mine.”

Ye Shaoyang’s face twisted bizarrely for a moment before returning to normal…