290: The emperor-level monster is coming!

Facing Duanmu Lei's provocation, Lin Chen smiled coldly.

Many people had spoken harshly to him, and in the end, they were all slain by him... However, he wouldn't underestimate his opponent, as the other party had very likely already reached the Great Emperor Realm.

If he passed the fifth Black Tower Trial this time, he would definitely see further improvement.

Recalling his thoughts, Lin Chen began to ponder the upcoming Black Tower Trial.

It was only the fifth wave of demonic creatures, and Pseudo-Emperor-level demonic creatures had already descended.

He had a premonition that in this layer of the Black Tower Trial, Great Emperor Realm demonic creatures would definitely descend!

The Great Emperor Realm demonic creatures this time would not be like those in the first and second layers, where he could still find ways to avoid them.

Here, it was different... The floating continent he was on was only about a million kilometers in diameter, too small... Within such a small area, if a Great Emperor Realm demonic creature descended, he would have nowhere to hide and could only find a way to slay it!

He learned from Ye Shaoyang's memory that the Great Emperor Realm was also divided into nine cultivation levels.

However, the combat power leap between each cultivation level of the Great Emperor Realm was enormous.

Each higher cultivation level meant an entirely different world!

Currently, with the battle formation's amplification, his Taiyi Return to Ruins Slash, at its peak, should be comparable to the peak of the first level of the Great Emperor Realm!

As for his physical combat power after being amplified by the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique, it had likely reached the second level of the Great Emperor Realm or even higher.

The specific combat power could only be known through actual combat... Among the four trial participants following Lin Chen, there were two humans and two non-humans.

The two humans were named Qi Shanheng and Xia Shan.

The non-humans were Gu Ming of the Gu clan and Lei Hao of the Thunder clan.

Both humans were seed-level talents, having comprehended a trace of the Great Emperor Realm Great Dao, possessing monstrous natural endowments.

And Gu Ming and Lei Hao both came from terrifying backgrounds.

They all came from medium-dimensional worlds, and their clans had Eternal Realm mighty figures overseeing them!

This time, they had originally intended to soar to great heights with the help of the Black Tower Trial, but they didn't expect to almost perish here...

Although these four followers had all sworn an oath to follow him permanently and not defy his will.

But Lin Chen knew that none of them were truly sincere... After all, a peerless genius capable of creating an ultimate-level Great Dao would not follow others so easily.

Everything was merely for temporary self-preservation.

Just as Duanmu Lei said, these four followers all had ulterior motives.

They must be hoping that Duanmu Lei would slay him, so they would be free... Lin Chen didn't care about this; it was all just mutual exploitation.

These people were being clever, but they didn't know.

They would forever submit to Lin Chen in the future and work for him.

One Pseudo-Emperor-level demonic creature contained 10 million Energy Points, and 1000 Pseudo-Emperor-level demonic creatures provided Lin Chen with another 10 billion Energy Points.

His accumulated Energy Points now reached 27.02 billion!

After clearing all the demonic creatures, Lin Chen returned to the time domain of the sixth layer of space-time.

He wanted to use this one day to further improve the Space-Time Evasion combat technique.

Space-Time Evasion was merely an elementary Origin Realm combat technique, and this technique was very practical.

He also wanted to know if, after further improving this combat technique, he could enter higher layers of space-time!

As the space-time profundities involved in the Taiyi Great Dao became increasingly profound.

Lin Chen realized that the layers of space-time in this world might not be so simple; his previous understanding of space-time layers was too limited...

One day in the time domain was 22 years, and just as the sixth wave of demonic creatures was about to descend, Space-Time Evasion finally advanced to the High-Level Origin Realm!

Space-Time Evasion (High-Level Origin Realm) (0 / 50 million Energy Points)

(Upon complete mastery, one can enter the seventh layer of space-time to conceal their aura.)

“The seventh layer of space-time? It really is like this!”

Lin Chen's expression was pleasantly surprised; he was very satisfied with this combat technique.

One must know that the sixth layer of space-time required comprehending Great Emperor-level space-time profundities to enter.

What about the seventh layer of space-time?

Could it be Eternal-level space-time profundities... Lin Chen didn't know the specific extent yet; he only knew that the seventh layer of space-time must be very extraordinary!

At this moment, Lin Chen suddenly sensed something, he frowned and instantly appeared above the floating continent.

He saw a gigantic space channel slowly opening in the sky, and an aura that made his heart palpitate was gradually descending.

“It seems that Great Emperor-level demonic creatures are truly about to descend.”

Lin Chen looked at the space channel with a solemn expression.

This was only the sixth wave, and there were still four more waves... Roar—

A bloodthirsty beast's roar echoed through heaven and earth, and Lin Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw a terrifying monstrous beast, radiating red light all over its body, descending. This monstrous beast was tens of thousands of kilometers long, with countless tentacles, and on each tentacle, there were giant mouths, making it incredibly bizarre.

At this time, among the 10 trial participants, only the floating continents where Lin Chen and Duanmu Lei were located had demonic creatures descend, all of them being these monstrous creatures with countless tentacles.

“Oh my god, this oppressive aura, it's definitely a Great Emperor-level demonic creature!”

“You four idiots, you actually followed that kid. You'll be crying later, hahahaha...”

“Brother Lei is now a genuine Great Emperor Realm expert, he will definitely be able to easily slay this demonic creature...”

The trial participants who followed Duanmu Lei began to mock them.

This made Gu Ming and the others' expressions turn ugly, and they all became worried.

If Lin Chen couldn't even pass this layer of the Black Tower Trial, they might also be erased by the Black Tower's rules!

Boom—

Duanmu Lei was the first to engage in battle with this Great Emperor-level demonic creature.

Lin Chen discovered that Duanmu Lei had actually comprehended an intermediate Origin Realm combat technique, and the weapon in his hand was also of a very high grade, at least a third-grade Yuan Artifact!

Duanmu Lei also displayed his true combat power for the first time!

Everyone realized that he had indeed broken through to the Emperor Realm.

With each strike, he wielded destructive power, and the tentacled monstrous creature was slain by him within a few breaths!

On the other side, Lin Chen looked at the increasingly fast demonic creature and also made his move.

As if to verify his true combat power.

Lin Chen did not directly unleash his full power. He held a first-grade Yuan Artifact-level long saber, activated the Guiyuan Secret Art, and unleashed a saber strike amplified 13,900 times!

Boom—

A dazzling saber light instantly elongated, directly striking the body of the tentacled monstrous creature.

Roar~

Countless tentacles were severed by this saber strike, and the tentacled monstrous creature let out a heartbreaking roar, all its tentacles radiating an eerie red light as they slapped towards him.

Lin Chen, seeing this, remained calm and teleported away.

Boom—

Countless tentacles struck the ground, and instantly the entire floating continent shook violently, with huge cracks appearing on the ground.

Buzz—

Lin Chen continuously teleported, unleashing saber strikes one after another, the saber lights attacking the tentacled monstrous creature from all directions.

Seeing this, the tentacled monstrous creature's scarlet giant eye on its abdomen suddenly erupted with intense red light, and then all its tentacles turned crimson.

Bang bang bang!

All the saber lights were shattered by the tentacles!

“So strong!”

Lin Chen's mind trembled, and then he directly appeared above the tentacled monstrous creature. With a thought, all his clones appeared!

Instantly, the Thousand Immortals Battle Formation took shape.

“Break!”

At this moment, Lin Chen unleashed the most amplified strike of the Taiyi Return to Ruins Slash!

The tentacled monstrous creature seemed to sense the terror of this strike, and its abdominal giant eye suddenly shot out a dazzling red light.

Boom—

The void vibrated, and terrifying shockwaves swept in all directions.

After everything settled down, the massive tentacled monstrous creature had already turned into a pile of minced meat.

Buzz—

Streaks of dark light appeared, and the minced meat on the ground was reorganizing.

Lin Chen's mouth curved slightly, and he directly activated the system's devouring!

Bang!

The minced meat, which was originally reorganizing, instantly transformed into countless energy flows, and the core of the tentacled monstrous creature also turned into energy...