292: Golden bell

Lin Chen ignored the suspicions of the trial participants; after his clone appeared, he immediately took action.

After all, his purpose in coming this time was to test Duanmu Lei's strength and also to test the power of his Physical Strength after being amplified by the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique.

Boom! Boom! Boom!—

Lin Chen's Physical Strength fully erupted, and his figure constantly teleported, striking Duanmu Lei with punch after punch.

Seeing this, Duanmu Lei's eyes gleamed.

A palm-sized golden bell appeared in his hand, which then rapidly expanded, instantly becoming as vast as the sky, directly blocking all of Lin Chen's attacks.

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. The power of this golden bell was terrifying; it must be a Fourth-Rank Origin Artifact, an Emperor Realm-level weapon!

Duanmu Lei did not directly use true spirit attacks, which temporarily relieved Lin Chen.

Immediately, he attacked again. With the amplification of 6400 units of power, Lin Chen was like a War God.

Duanmu Lei could only defend with the golden bell for a short period.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Intense collision sounds came, and Duanmu Lei was shaken by the terrifying force, spitting blood from his mouth and nose.

The next moment, he roared, and the golden bell instantly burst forth with dazzling golden light, then fiercely suppressed Lin Chen.

Lin Chen snorted coldly, completely unafraid.

His Physical Strength was too terrifying at this moment. Facing the suppressing bell, he gathered all his Physical Strength and unleashed a powerful punch.

This punch directly sent the golden bell flying!

Lin Chen seized the opportunity to teleport next to Duanmu Lei.

Swoosh!—

Duanmu Lei had no time to react and was directly struck in the body by Lin Chen's punch.

Buzz!—

A faint golden glow suddenly flashed on Duanmu Lei's body, revealing a close-fitting golden battle armor that blocked most of the attack for him.

However, Lin Chen's punch was too terrifying; half of his body was directly shattered through the golden battle armor!

"You're courting death!"

Duanmu Lei was furious, and an extremely terrifying true spirit directly rushed into Lin Chen's clone's brain at close range.

Bang!—

With a soft sound, Lin Chen's clone turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared.

At this moment, the many trial participants were all dumbfounded, like clay sculptures.

In this battle between Lin Chen and Duanmu Lei, he had been suppressing Duanmu Lei from the very beginning.

If Duanmu Lei hadn't used true spirit attacks, he might have been killed by Lin Chen!

And the most important point was that the one fighting Duanmu Lei was just Lin Chen's clone!

Lin Chen's clone turning into green smoke and disappearing was something the trial participants were very familiar with.

They had been following Lin Chen closely; when Lin Chen fought the demonic creatures, including during the previous layer's trial, his clone technique had already been exposed... At this moment, Duanmu Lei also reacted. He looked at the floating continent where Lin Chen was, his eyes filled with extreme malice.

Lin Chen's main body was still in the seventh layer of Space-Time. He recalled the previous battle and gained some understanding of the true combat power of the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique.

Duanmu Lei was very strong and extremely troublesome!

He not only had high-grade weapons but also battle armor protecting his body.

He withstood a close-range punch without dying, so it seemed the battle armor was also of a very high grade!

Lin Chen guessed that Duanmu Lei's realm was likely around the Great Emperor Realm Two. He wielded a Fourth-Rank Origin Artifact and also possessed mid-tier source battle techniques, so his combat power should be comparable to Great Emperor Realm Three!

And with the amplification of the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique, after his Physical Strength erupted, it should be equivalent to the combat power of the Great Emperor Realm Three peak!

Lin Chen was once again shocked by this body technique.

One must know that the gap between each stage of the Great Emperor Realm was like an insurmountable chasm.

Yet, he managed to elevate his Physical Strength from the Half-step Great Emperor Realm late stage to the Great Emperor Realm Three peak by relying on a body technique!

The amplification of this body technique was too abnormal!

"And this is only the effect of a trace of Hongmeng Power..."

Lin Chen muttered to himself.

At this moment, he yearned for this Hongmeng Power... Soon, the seventh wave of demonic creatures descended, just as Lin Chen had guessed.

This time, the demonic creatures that descended were indeed Great Emperor Realm Two, and there were 3 of them!

Compared to the sixth wave, the difficulty had sharply increased!

Lin Chen first used the Taiyi Return to Ruins Slash to fight for a while, and after realizing he was outmatched, he decisively activated the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique.

With the terrifying Physical Strength amplification, he easily crushed the three demonic creatures.

The 3 Great Emperor Realm Two demonic creatures provided him with 6 billion Energy Points!

Lin Chen's Energy Points had now accumulated to 34 billion!

Duanmu Lei, on the other hand, naturally quickly killed this wave of demonic creatures, as his realm was already there.

However, Lin Chen guessed that if things continued this way,

Duanmu Lei should be able to withstand one more wave, but the ninth and tenth waves of demonic creatures might reach the Great Emperor Realm Four or Five level!

At that level of demonic creatures, he and Duanmu Lei, with their current realms, would be impossible to defeat!

Lin Chen didn't know what other trump cards Duanmu Lei had.

He was quite confident about the last two waves.

Because he had mastered Space-Time Evasion, even if demonic creatures of that level descended, he could quickly hide in the seventh layer of Space-Time.

Moreover, perhaps he could even clear the last two waves of demonic creatures without taking any damage!

The Black Pagoda's fifth layer trial was nearing its end, and the few trial participants who had followed Lin Chen and Duanmu Lei were all becoming nervous.

After all, their lives were now in the hands of others!

If Lin Chen and Duanmu Lei both died in the fifth layer trial, then they might also be obliterated by the Black Pagoda's rules... The four followers of Lin Chen, however, were not too worried at this moment, because Lin Chen could enter the seventh layer of Space-Time at any time.

They understood that with such an ability, passing this layer of the trial was only a matter of time.

It was just that their hope of regaining their freedom might be dashed... There were still three waves of demonic creatures left before the end of the fifth layer trial. Lin Chen no longer needed to improve anything, so he simply put away the time wheel.

With the time wheel protecting him, he was no longer afraid of true spirit attacks.

Soon, the eighth wave of demonic creatures descended.

Just as Lin Chen had expected, the strength of this wave of demonic creatures reached the Great Emperor Realm Three!

And there were 5 of them!

Lin Chen, after being amplified by the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique, gradually broke through them one by one, killing all 5 demonic creatures!

The Great Emperor Realm Three demonic creatures contained 3 billion Energy Points.

Lin Chen's Energy Points now amounted to 49 billion!

On the other side, Duanmu Lei appeared somewhat disheveled dealing with the 5 Great Emperor Realm Three demonic creatures.

After all, their strength was only comparable to these demonic creatures.

It took a full half-day for Duanmu Lei to kill all the demonic creatures. At this moment, he was greatly exhausted and covered in injuries.

Lin Chen became interested upon seeing this; he wanted to see how Duanmu Lei would endure the last two waves of demonic creatures.

Soon, the ninth wave of demonic creatures descended, and all the trial participants' hearts were in their throats.

According to calculations, the ninth wave would bring demonic creatures of the Great Emperor Realm Four level!

Buzz!—

An extremely terrifying pressure came from the spatial aisle. Lin Chen's pupils contracted, and his main body immediately entered the seventh layer of space, leaving only a clone in place.

The next moment, 10 hideous and terrifying demonic creatures descended.

The aura of these 10 demonic creatures far surpassed the previous Great Emperor Realm Three demonic creatures!

These were Great Emperor Realm Four!

At this moment, the clone had already activated the Hongmeng Divine Body Technique and erupted with full power.

The clone fearlessly launched an attack towards one of the demonic creatures.

Boom!—

A terrifying blow with 6400 units of power was casually swatted away by that demonic creature's claw.

At the same time, the clone instantly shattered!

In the seventh layer of Space-Time, Lin Chen's body trembled slightly.

In just one encounter, his clone was instantly killed... After a moment of silence, he reacted.

Great Emperor Realm Four was equivalent to the Great Emperor Realm mid-stage, and the gap between it and the Great Emperor Realm early-stage was too vast, like heaven and earth...

"It seems I can only try a sneak attack..."

Suddenly, Lin Chen thought of something. He released his true spirit power to observe the floating continent where Duanmu Lei was.

Eh?

Lin Chen showed a surprised expression.

Duanmu Lei had already disappeared.

Where is he?

"Could it be that Duanmu Lei can also enter the seventh layer of Space-Time?"

No... This is absolutely impossible!

In the previous battle, Lin Chen already knew that Duanmu Lei had not comprehended the Space-Time Great Dao.

As if guessing something, Lin Chen's eyes suddenly burst forth with dazzling purple light.

He activated the Myriad Manifestations Eye, this high-tier source battle technique!

The next moment, Duanmu Lei's figure was revealed.

He was hidden ten thousand meters deep underground, with a small golden bell suspended above his head. The small bell emitted a faint golden halo, forming a shielding field.

Lin Chen's expression changed. This small golden bell actually had the ability to conceal aura!

Moreover, after concealing his aura, even the Great Emperor Realm Four demonic creatures couldn't sense him.

Only then did Lin Chen react.

Duanmu Lei's small golden bell was likely of an astonishingly high grade!

Perhaps this small bell was Duanmu Lei's greatest fortuitous encounter!