256: Immortality?

To enter the sixth layer of space-time, one's comprehension of space-time must reach the Emperor Realm.

Lin Chen didn't believe those bizarre things could enter.

If even this couldn't stop those bizarre things, then the second layer trial of the Black Pagoda would be too abnormal.

The reason he left a clone in place was to investigate the truth of this bizarre world from an omniscient perspective!

At this moment, Lin Chen's gaze penetrated layers of space-time, observing where his clone was located.

The clone did not leave, but waited in place.

Lin Chen wanted to prove one thing: whether the group of trial participants he had blasted would reappear like Savage Iron!

Since his true spirit couldn't perceive these bizarre things, he would observe them with his naked eye.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Ten minutes later.

Lin Chen's main body, in the sixth layer of space-time, suddenly constricted his pupils, looking with horror in the direction behind his clone.

A bizarre black shadow appeared out of thin air; this black shadow was precisely Savage Iron, who he had blasted into powder!

"How is that possible!"

Lin Chen looked at this scene in disbelief.

To be able to resurrect after being destroyed to that extent, it was too illogical!

Although the clone had been maintaining a true spirit-outward state, he still couldn't perceive Savage Iron, who had appeared behind him.

Seeing this, Lin Chen's gaze slightly narrowed, and his main body stepped out of the sixth layer of space-time in one stride.

"No matter what bizarre thing you are, I'll just absorb you!"

After Lin Chen's main body appeared, he slapped the bizarre Savage Iron figure with one palm.

Bang—

His terrifying palm directly blasted it into a mist of blood.

"System Devour!"

Lin Chen's mind moved, and immediately the system's devour function activated.

Suddenly, he vaguely heard a shrill scream, full of fear... Om—

All the blood mist, under the effect of the system, instantly transformed into a massive energy flow that poured into Lin Chen's body.

"It really works!"

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out that these bizarre things also contained energy.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't know what to do.

These bizarre things could resurrect infinitely, block true spirit perception, and appear and disappear unpredictably.

Most importantly, they could easily break through his Imperial Rank six-forged golden body defense!

Lin Chen couldn't imagine how other trial participants would escape such a troublesome thing... Soon, the energy was fully absorbed.

Lin Chen looked at the system panel.

Energy Points: 136,000 stones.

How much?!

Lin Chen carefully reconfirmed, making sure he hadn't misread it.

If he remembered correctly, his Energy Points were only a little over 20,000 stones before.

That meant the bizarre thing he had just killed contained over 110,000 stones of Energy Points!

With so many Energy Points, Lin Chen estimated it was comparable to the Energy Points contained in an Emperor Realm corpse!

"No wonder it's so strong!"

Lin Chen's face showed joy; now that he knew how to kill these bizarre things, he felt a little relieved.

"I just don't know how to detect these bizarre things in advance; otherwise, it's too passive!"

Lin Chen guessed that the bizarre thing he killed this time was likely just a small soldier, and there must be stronger ones in the second layer of this world!

The goal for passing this layer was to survive for seven days, and so much had happened in less than an hour.

This bizarre world must be even more terrifying than imagined!

To be safe, Lin Chen's main body once again entered the sixth layer of space-time.

His clone, however, returned to the place where he had first arrived.

He wanted to see if the group of fake trial participants he had previously shattered had resurrected.

Lin Chen's main body walked through the sixth layer of space-time like an outsider.

Soon, the clone returned to the previous landing spot.

But it was empty; there was nothing there.

The clone sat cross-legged there, and Lin Chen's main body carefully observed the entire area with his naked eye.

Soon, half an hour passed.

Suddenly, Lin Chen's expression changed; he discovered dozens of black shadows appearing above his clone's head.

These black shadows appeared out of thin air, and they appeared without any warning!

Their appearances were identical to those trial participants, but at this moment, each of them exuded black mist, making them extremely bizarre.

The clone, through his true spirit perception, also couldn't perceive those black shadows!

"What exactly are these things?"

Lin Chen frowned; these things couldn't be killed.

Suddenly, he thought of something: he had always used physical attacks to destroy them.

What if he used the power of the Great Dao?

Lin Chen wanted to conduct an experiment, so his clone slowly stood up and slightly raised his hand towards the sky.

Om—

A space-time cage appeared, instantly imprisoning one black shadow.

As for the remaining dozens of black shadows, he punched them into a mist of blood again.

Lin Chen's main body quickly appeared and activated the system's devour ability.

Immediately, the sky-full of blood mist transformed into energy.

At that instant, Lin Chen vaguely heard another shrill scream... After a long while, Lin Chen looked at the system panel.

Energy Points: 436,000 stones.

Hmm?

This time the energy decreased?

Thirty black shadows provided Lin Chen with 300,000 stones of Energy Points.

Whereas the bizarre Savage Iron previously had over 110,000 stones of Energy Points.

"Is it related to the strength of these black shadows?"

Lin Chen guessed in his mind; only this could explain it.

After retracting his thoughts, Lin Chen looked at the black shadow imprisoned by the space-time cage in the air.

Then, a dazzling ball of light appeared on his fingertip.

This was precisely the power of the Taiyi Great Dao!

Although Lin Chen had only comprehended 20% of the Taiyi Great Dao and had not yet deduced a Great Dao Combat Skill.

But as an ultimate Great Dao, its basic Great Dao power was also extremely terrifying!

Boom—

The light ball on his fingertip instantly struck the black shadow.

The black shadow silently dissipated... Vaguely, Lin Chen heard another shrill scream.

Lin Chen understood in his heart that this time he had truly killed the bizarre black shadow.

"It seems these bizarre things must be killed using Great Dao power, and they must be killed more thoroughly."

Although he didn't know what these black shadows were, it was fine as long as he could gain Energy Points.

"It's just a bit troublesome that I can't always see these bizarre things."

"I need to think of a way."

After leaving his clone, Lin Chen's main body once again entered the sixth layer of space-time.

"Perhaps I can deduce a detection-type Great Dao Combat Skill."

With the system's transcendence, it must be possible!

Lin Chen's mind moved, and he began the deduction.

During the deduction, he thought that being able to detect those bizarre things was enough; as for which specific Great Dao Combat Skill to deduce and how many Energy Points it would consume, these were all left to the system's analysis... Soon, the system's Great Dao fusion battle skill deduction column began to flash.

And over 1,000 stones of Energy Points were consumed.

Based on the consumed Energy Points, Lin Chen deduced that this time's Great Dao fusion battle skill involved five Great Daos!

After the system upgrade, the speed of deducing these Source Great Dao Combat Skills had increased significantly.

Lin Chen estimated that it wouldn't take long to complete the deduction.

So he simply waited quietly in the sixth layer of space-time.

One hour later, the Great Dao Combat Skill deduction was complete.

Lin Chen curiously looked at the system panel.

Eye of All Phenomena (Source Elementary) (1/5000 stones)

(Analyze essence with chaos, glimpse the destiny trajectory of all things, determine fortune and misfortune. Trace the origin of cause and effect and the order of Yin and Yang.)