350: Investigate!

Endless Realm.

Lin Chen, clad in black battle armor, slowly emerged from the Black Tower.

The moment he stepped out of the Black Tower, his true spirit power immediately surged forth.

Hmm?

As expected, he's still here… Lin Chen's lips curved slightly, and a faint killing intent permeated the air.

Outside the Black Tower, thousands of Emperor Realm Experts from various countries had gathered, including the Half-step Great Emperor Realm Experts from the Five Great Empires!

The Black Tower Trial had 5,000 slots for Venerable Realm beings and 5,000 for Dao Realm beings.

These countries were all ones that had secured trial slots.

Less than ten years had passed since the Black Tower opened, which was but a fleeting moment for these Emperor Realm Experts.

The Black Tower Trial was closed-off, so these external beings didn't know what had transpired within the Black Tower.

They only knew that the prodigies representing their countries in the Black Tower Trial had long since perished… Those prodigies would leave an avatar in the outside world when they entered the Black Tower, and the avatar's dissipation signified the death of the main body.

This was also the most common method to determine if a being had died.

The reason the experts from these countries hadn't left yet was that they wanted to see which country's prodigy would make it to the end.

For a low-level four-dimensional world like the Endless Realm, they only knew that there were many opportunities within the Black Tower, but they were unaware of the truly terrifying aspects of the Black Tower Trial.

They certainly didn't know that, by its end, the Black Tower Trial would gather prodigies from countless dimensional worlds to compete together… In fact, this time, over 30 trial participants successfully passed the first two layers of the trial.

Those more than 30 trial participants gained immense rewards, their strength increasing significantly.

If they had chosen to withdraw, they could have quickly become overlords upon returning to the Endless Realm.

Alas… they were too greedy… "Look, someone's coming out!"

"How is this possible… It's him… that human!"

"No! Isn't this human boy already dead? Why is he coming out of the Black Tower?"

These countries had remained precisely because they wanted to witness the strongest prodigy's splendor.

But unexpectedly, the one who emerged was a human who had supposedly died long ago.

Immediately, the scene erupted into chaos.

Just then.

Ten Half-Step Emperor Realm figures appeared in mid-air, each erupting with powerful auras, looking immensely majestic.

Lin Chen's gaze, however, remained calm.

For him now, these Half-step Great Emperor Realm Experts were like ants, easily crushed… He wasn't in a hurry to act; he wanted to see what these empires and kingdoms were up to.

This was the confidence brought by absolute strength!

From the moment he stepped out of the Black Tower, his consciousness had connected with his other clone.

The one who was accompanying Luo Tian.

At this moment, that clone was already on Blue Star.

And including Gu Ming, Qi Shanheng, Xia Shan, and Lei Hao, the four who had followed him in the Black Tower, were also on Blue Star.

The reason they were all on Blue Star was because of the Heavenly Demon Kingdom!

A few years ago, the Heavenly Demon Kingdom's Lord visited the Yuanwu Empire and met with Great Emperor Yuan Wu.

After Great Emperor Yuan Wu learned that the Azure Cang Realm was a dimensional world connection channel, he specifically made a trip to the Azure Cang Realm.

That time, fortunately, Lin Chen's clone, through the Great Dao of Karma and Destiny, had a premonition of the crisis and brought everyone back to Blue Star, thus escaping a calamity.

Great Emperor Yuan Wu had once probed Blue Star, but was frightened away by the terrifying Old Lei… Since then, Great Emperor Yuan Wu departed.

However, Lin Chen's clones, to be safe, dared not leave the Azure Cang Realm.

Everything would wait until the main body returned.

As for the other clone, the one that first followed Savage Iron, even he didn't know what had happened… The first thing he had to do upon coming out this time was to find Savage Iron!

"Boy, is it really you?"

"You truly have some ability."

"I'll give you a chance: hand over the opportunities you obtained from the Black Tower, and I'll leave you a complete corpse!"

A sinister voice came, and Lin Chen noticed that the speaker was the Half-Step Emperor Realm level old Qilin from the Qilin Empire.

This made him suddenly think of Lin Yue, whom he had killed; Lin Yue had also successfully passed the first two layers of the Black Tower Trial… "Lin Chen, do you know how our clan's Saint Son died?"

"What exactly happened in the Black Tower Trial? Why are you the only one alive?"

The Half-step Great Emperor Realm Expert from the Yuanwu Empire also questioned with a face full of killing intent.

Ye Shaoyang was a true peerless prodigy, designated as a Saint Son by Great Emperor Yuan Wu and groomed as his successor… The surrounding onlookers from various countries sighed upon seeing this.

"The human race is weak in the Endless Realm; a peerless prodigy like this appeared, yet no human experts came to protect him. What a pity… how tragic!"

"But this human boy is also incredibly bold, knowing this calamity awaited him, he still entered the Black Tower without hesitation."

"No, have you noticed? How can I not see through that human youth's martial arts Realm?"

"He must have obtained some treasure that conceals his aura…"

"Look, that human boy has a look of utter confidence, seemingly not afraid of the empire's experts…"

"Is it possible… that this boy's true Realm has long surpassed our imagination… After all, we don't know what great opportunities are truly within the Black Tower…"

"How could that be… How long has he been in there? Less than ten years, and in such a short time, breaking through to the Emperor Realm would be defying the heavens!"

"…"

Lin Chen's gaze swept across the countless Emperor Realm beings around him.

His brows furrowed slightly, because he suddenly realized that the dozens of Emperor Realm Experts from the Man Country were not here.

What exactly happened back then?

A killing intent flashed in his eyes.

The clone that followed Savage Iron back then possessed the combat power of the Half-step Great Emperor Realm.

And it could even enter the sixth layer of space-time!

Only Great Emperor Realm beings could have attacked his clone!

"Boy, are you deaf when I speak to you?"

Boom—

The old Qilin, whose massive body occupied half the sky, roared and clawed at Lin Chen.

Countless Emperor Realm beings shook their heads slightly.

"This human boy is probably scared stiff…"

"If he had actively tried to curry favor, maybe… What!"

The countless Emperor Realm beings who were originally lamenting for Lin Chen now looked at the sky in disbelief.

The terrifying claw that was about to strike Lin Chen stopped an inch away from him.

It seemed as if an invisible force had imprisoned the Half-Step Great Emperor level Qilin race expert.

Aoo—

The old Qilin desperately roared, trying to break free, but no matter how hard he struggled, his massive body couldn't move an inch.

At this moment, an endless sense of terror instantly filled the old Qilin's huge eyes.

"You… How is this possible, who exactly are you!"

"Lin Yang, what's wrong with you?"

The several Half-Step Great Emperors nearby sensed something was amiss and slowly began to retreat.

"What are you afraid of?"

A calm yet majestic voice resounded.

Lin Chen's gaze sharpened.

Instantly, terrifying true spirit power fiercely imprisoned all the Half-step Great Emperor Realm Experts from the Five Great Empires and the Five Great Kingdoms.

An aura of world-destroying power slowly emanated from Lin Chen's body.

In an instant, countless Emperor Realm beings present froze in place, collectively losing their voices.

They seemed to have witnessed the most terrifying scene of their lives.

A humble human who was merely in the Dao Realm a few years ago now easily suppressed ten Half-step Great Emperor Realm Experts!

And it was merely with a single glance!

How could this be… "Could it be that this human boy was possessed by some unknown creature from within the Black Tower?"

"…"

At this moment, Lin Chen flashed and appeared before Lin Yang.

"Do you know if a person from the Man Country ever emerged from the Black Tower seven years ago?"

Lin Yang's huge pupils were filled with endless fear, his body trembling incessantly.

The oppressive feeling this young man gave him was too immense!

Great Emperor!

This young man must be in the Great Emperor Realm!

No… even an ordinary Great Emperor isn't this terrifying; the oppressive feeling this young man gives him is even more terrifying than his Qilin Empire's founding Great Emperor!

"Pre… Senior, this junior does not… does not know…"

Oh?

Lin Chen smiled faintly.

"If you don't know, then there's no need for you to exist!"

Bang!

With an explosive sound, Lin Yang's massive body instantly shattered, then turned into dust, and even his true spirit was annihilated!

Hiss—

The death of a Half-step Great Emperor Realm Expert instantly terrified all the countries.

But they didn't even dare to move, fearing they might attract the attention of the terrifying young man in the sky.

The remaining nine Half-Step Great Emperors were all pleading in extreme terror.

Lin Yang's death had simply impacted them too strongly!

Lin Chen remained completely unmoved, gazing calmly at the several Half-step Great Emperor Realm Experts.

"Do you know that person from the Man Country?"

"Think carefully before you speak!" Lin Chen said, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Just then.

A voice resounded from the infinitely distant void.

"Young friend, what great prestige you have!"

Boom—

Before the voice faded, a middle-aged figure clad in a golden robe had already appeared in the sky.

The Half-step Great Emperor Realm beings of the Five Elements Empire rejoiced.

"It's the Five Elements Great Emperor!"

This wasn't all; powerful auras continued to appear in the void.

Immediately after, four more figures appeared.

"It's Great Emperor Yuan Wu!"

"The Qilin Great Emperor!"

"The Zombie Great Emperor!"

"The Angel Great Emperor!"