345: The ancestral realm 'Hao' has arrived!

“Look, the bandit leader is out!”

“He’s finally out. He’s the only one who hasn’t finished his challenge yet, so we all have to wait for him…”

“Do you think Lin Chen is planning something big? He still has 8 challenge opportunities left.”

“Have you noticed? His aura has become even more terrifying. I even have a feeling… he’s even more terrifying than the Supreme Ranking Prodigy ranked first!”

Hiss—

“How is that possible… Did he break through his Realm?”

As soon as Lin Chen walked out of the Martial Dao Space, he became the focus of the entire scene.

Meng Tianxing and Hu Yan, who were not far away, also looked in Lin Chen’s direction.

The two of them were powerful, and they immediately noticed something amiss.

“Meng boy, have you noticed that Lin Chen seems to have changed…”

Hu Yan, with his upper body bare, said through true spirit transmission. He looked at Lin Chen, a hint of dread flashing in his eyes.

He had witnessed Lin Chen’s strength before Lin Chen went into seclusion.

But a few days had passed, and he found that the young man in front of him had become even more terrifying. Just standing there gave him a heart-pounding sensation!

“He should have made a breakthrough in his Realm, and it’s not as simple as just one Realm breakthrough!”

Meng Tianxing narrowed his eyes slightly, also speaking with a wary true spirit transmission.

“It’s only been a few days, such a big breakthrough is impossible. It must be a time-accelerating secret treasure…”

Meng Tianxing slowly said again, immediately pinpointing the problem.

“A time-based secret treasure? That’s a good item…”

Hu Yan grinned, revealing a mouthful of ferocious fangs.

Meng Tianxing sneered and said,

“It’s a good item, but do you dare to snatch it?”

Hu Yan was stunned by the words and shook his head helplessly.

“This kid is a pervert. I can’t even beat a Supreme Ranking Prodigy in the top 1000, let alone him…”

“Hmm? What is he doing?”

Suddenly, all the trial participants, including Ji Changkong and Fang Yong, noticed a shocking scene.

Lin Chen went directly to the statue ranked first.

This statue was of a young man with long brown hair.

He was clad in a purple-gold robe, and with a lazy expression, he leaned back on a throne. A terrifying power belonging to the late-stage Half-step Eternal Realm emanated from him… The throne itself was suspended high in the sky, looking down on all other statues, utterly domineering!

Just from the uniqueness of this statue, it was evident that the number one Supreme Ranking Prodigy must be terrifying!

Not only that, but the statues of the other Supreme Ranking Prodigies did not have names recorded.

However, on the throne of this young man in the purple-gold robe, there was a single character imbued with endless power — 'Hao'.

“He… he wouldn’t be challenging this person, would he!”

“Challenging this person, isn’t he afraid of having his Dao Heart shattered by the blow… ”

“You should know, ‘Hao’ has long since achieved the Ancestor Realm position!”

“Be careful, don’t call him by his name, otherwise he will sense it. Ancestor Realm powerhouses possess unimaginable great power…”

Ancestor Realm?

A hint of shock flashed in Lin Chen’s eyes.

Just now, Fang Yong and Ji Changkong had also informed him through true spirit transmission that the young man in front of him was now an Ancestor Realm powerhouse.

However, Lin Chen only paused for a moment before decisively activating the statue!

What if he was an Ancestor Realm?

Didn’t he also start cultivating from a weak age!

It just so happened that he wanted to verify if there was any gap between him and an Ancestor Realm powerhouse in his youth!

He urgently needed a great battle to test his own strength!

Buzz—

A flash of light passed, and under the shocked gazes of all the trial participants, Lin Chen’s figure entered the Statue Space on the throne.

The moment Lin Chen entered this statue, the entire Black Tower subtly trembled.

Beside the massive Black Tower, that terrifying figure slowly opened his eyes again.

The last time he was startled was when Lin Chen was learning the Ancient Desolate Battle Body.

“It’s him again…”

“Oh? His true spirit has actually broken through to Eternal!”

A hint of surprise flashed in the ancient, unchanging eyes of the colossal figure, then gradually turned into shock.

“Is he truly a Fated One… How long has it been since one appeared… Hao can be considered a Fated One…”

“This is getting interesting…”

On the continent of the ninth floor of the Black Tower.

At this moment, Lin Chen had already arrived in the Statue Space.

He immediately saw a young man in a purple-gold robe standing in the depths of the void.

The young man merely stood there, and the void continuously collapsed because it couldn’t withstand his pressure… Lin Chen’s eyes erupted with astonishing battle intent as he slowly drew his Five-Colored Saber.

He could sense that the young man opposite him was at the same Realm as him, both in the late-stage Half-step Eternal Realm.

Although he already knew the other party's Realm, he couldn't help but marvel.

He was able to break through so quickly with the help of the system, but what about the other party?

Lin Chen guessed that the other party’s opportunities and talent must far exceed his imagination!

After all, this was the youthful period of an Ancestor Realm powerhouse!

Ancestor Realm represented transcending countless four-dimensional worlds and reaching the level of true eternal life!

Countless prodigies pursued this supreme Realm, but in the end, they were all trapped at insurmountable bottlenecks.

As far as he knew, among the ten thousand Supreme Ranking Prodigies, only this Hao had broken through to the Ancestor Realm; the others at most reached the Half-step Ancestor Realm… Seeing Lin Chen appear, the young man in the purple-gold robe also observed Lin Chen.

The more he looked, the more surprised he became.

“Interesting… How many years has it been? Finally, a decent opponent.”

“Make your move, otherwise you won’t have the chance…”

Hao looked at Lin Chen and said in a calm tone, a powerful confidence soaring from within him.

For him, he had never been defeated in the same Realm!

Lin Chen, hearing this, also felt a surge of competitiveness.

Since he began cultivating, he had never been defeated in the same Realm. So what if it was this Hao?

The next moment, Lin Chen directly unleashed his full power!

215 clones instantly formed a battle formation!

A Saber Domain covering tens of millions of light-years appeared!

And Lin Chen’s Physical Strength also began to erupt, purple-gold light soaring into the sky!

An illusory Ancient Desolate ferocious beast appeared in the void above his head!

This series of eruptions was completed within a mere breath.

Hao, who had originally been relaxed, suddenly had a drastic change in expression.

He looked at Lin Chen with a solemn face, then burst out laughing.

“Good! Good! Good!”

“Purple-gold bloodline, Supreme Level Great Dao, you are worthy of being my true opponent!”

Boom—

As soon as his voice fell, purple-gold light similarly surged from Hao's body. Then, his body suddenly expanded a hundredfold, transforming into a towering giant!

As his body grew, his Physical Strength surged again!

“Such terrifying Physical Strength!”

“This is… Creation Level elementary-stage body technique!”

A hint of shock flashed in Lin Chen’s eyes. This was the first time he had seen someone other than himself perform a body technique of this level.

While he was shocked by this, a giant axe radiating endless light appeared in the hand of the colossal figure.

“Come on, let me see your strength!”

The roar echoed through heaven and earth, Hao shouted with a laugh.

Then, the giant axe in his hand, carrying the momentum of world destruction, cleaved towards Lin Chen.

Lin Chen’s mouth twitched at the sight. He thought he was supposed to make the first move?

The next moment, the Five-Colored Saber in his hand also erupted with brilliant light, and the Great Evolution Blade Domain's power instantly condensed.

Buzz—

A saber light appeared, slashing towards that giant axe!

With this saber strike, Lin Chen unleashed the 9-star level Unity Secret Art, along with the amplification of the 9-star Thousand Immortals Battle Formation, bringing its power to a terrifying level!

Rumble—

Heaven and earth trembled violently, and the void arena where the two were located directly shattered into nothingness.

Terrifying aftershocks continuously raged in the void.

After an unknown period, when everything had settled, the colossal figure slowly appeared in the distance.

At this moment, the giant axe in his hand had already shattered, and there was a hideous saber wound on his colossal body.

Lin Chen’s saber strike had nearly cut Hao in half!

And these saber wounds were recovering at a visible speed.

Lin Chen's gaze narrowed at the sight.

This was the abnormal aspect of the pseudo-Eternal Golden Body; as long as it wasn't a fatal injury, it could recover in a short time!

However, Lin Chen estimated that with that saber strike just now, he had destroyed at least 3% of the opponent's vitality.

The next moment, the long saber in Lin Chen’s hand once again erupted with terrifying power.

Boom boom boom—

He slashed out saber after saber.

And Hao also exchanged for another giant axe. He laughed wildly, constantly clashing with Lin Chen.

Lin Chen shook his head slightly at the sight.

At this moment, he also had an understanding of his own combat power.

Hao, on the opposite side, also mastered a Supreme Level Great Dao, but it was not the Grandmist Great Dao.

Although a Supreme Level Great Dao requires the fusion of all top-grade Great Daos.

But the same Great Dao, after extracting the useful profound truths for oneself, will ultimately manifest differently.

What's more, besides fusing top-grade Great Daos, a Supreme Level Great Dao also requires the Great Dao profound truths of many middle-grade and low-grade Great Daos… Not only did Hao master a Supreme Level Great Dao, his Great Dao Combat Skill was also at the Creation Level middle-stage, just like his!

Most importantly, Lin Chen discovered that the other party also mastered the 8-star level Unity Secret Art, which greatly puzzled him.

Wasn't the Unity Secret Art bestowed by the Lord of the Black Tower 7-star?

How could this Hao possess such a secret technique?

This was also the reason why Hao was able to fight fiercely with Lin Chen for so long; otherwise, Lin Chen would have been able to kill him with a single saber strike!

Rumble rumble—

Half an hour later, Lin Chen's saber strike shattered Hao's body into pieces.

Then he stood with his saber sheathed, quietly waiting for the other party to recover.

After a long time, an illusory figure in a purple-gold robe appeared, which was Hao’s true spirit body.

However, at this moment, Hao's aura far surpassed what it was before!

An extreme sense of terror descended.

Lin Chen looked at the phantom in front of him with a horrified expression, vaguely guessing something.

“Little fellow, what is your name?”

A majestic voice emanated from the illusory figure’s mouth.

Lin Chen’s pupils suddenly contracted; the scene before him confirmed what he had suspected.

The Ancestor Realm level ‘Hao’ had descended!