144: Chapter 144 A Perilous Situation Lurks, the Nine Realms Boil!

Inside the Myriad Blade Thunder Corridor, killing intent lurked everywhere!

Relying on the precise predictions of his Omniscient Eye, Zhou Heng led the two teams, totaling ten people,

moving forward with difficulty like a small boat weaving through a violent storm.

"Stop!"

With a low shout from Zhou Heng, his figure suddenly froze in place!

Almost simultaneously, dozens of flying swords and spears condensed from lightning,

carrying ear-piercing shrieks, grazed past the edge of his clothes and slammed into the thundercloud wall opposite, exploding into clusters of blinding electric sparks!

"Charge!"

An opening appeared, and Zhou Heng's figure shot out like a bolt of lightning!

The others followed closely behind, their movements perfectly synchronized!

"Three steps to the right front, there's a lightning net! Go left!"

"Duck! Wind blades are sweeping overhead!"

"Speed up! The opening in this area only lasts 0.1 seconds!"

Zhou Heng's commands were concise, precise, and timely!

His brain operated like a high-speed computer, running frantically to analyze every subtle energy fluctuation on the thundercloud walls, predicting the trajectory, speed, and timing of the attacks.

His Omniscient Eye and Eye of Thunder Punishment gave him an extraordinary intuition regarding the flow of lightning energy.

However, even with Zhou Heng acting as a "human radar,"

accidents were inevitable in this completely random, indiscriminate corridor where the attack frequency was constantly increasing!

Sizzle—!

With a light sound, an extremely well-hidden thunder arrow shot from a blind spot diagonally behind him,

piercing through the sword qi barrier Lu Chenxin had hastily deployed, carving a deep, bone-deep bloody gash on his left arm.

Electric light flickered at the wound, bringing a searing, intense pain!

"Old Lu!" Zhou Heng's eyes sharpened.

"I'm fine! Keep going!" Lu Chenxin gritted his teeth, circulating his sword yuan to forcibly suppress the injury, not stopping his pace.

Immediately after, Shi Potian from the Kyoto Team,

was a step too slow while covering Xiao Linger's flank and was grazed on the back by a sweeping giant lightning axe.

He stumbled forward, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his back completely charred!

"Brother Shi!" Xiao Linger cried out, quickly using a Wind-element Lightness Technique to assist him.

"Damn it! This hellish place!" Wang Zhan roared, throwing out a Tyrant Punch,

shattering several lightning spears coming from the front, but the counter-shock also sent his blood and energy churning.

Bai Qianer's illusionary light butterfly fan waved continuously, raining down healing light, but the repair speed was far from keeping up with the rate of injury.

Chen Ye's ice walls, Ji Cang's blade curtain, Li Chenyuan's blood-colored blade net... various defensive measures emerged one after another, yet they were still constantly in peril!

Everyone's nerves were taut, pushing their movement, reactions, and defenses to the absolute limit!

This was an ultimate test of will, skill, and teamwork!

Zhou Heng bore the greatest pressure; he not only had to predict but also coordinate the entire situation,

even personally stepping in at critical moments to shatter particularly tricky attacks with his dragon spine spear.

"Left flank! Triple thunder arrows! Ye Zi, use ice to slow them down! Old Ji, intercept with blade qi!"

"Thunderstorm area directly ahead! Old Wang, use your Tyrant Body to push through! Everyone else, stay close!"

"Watch your feet! Ground spikes!"

His commands became increasingly fluid, and the group's trust in him grew firmer.

In this high-pressure environment, everyone's potential was being forced out!

Reaction speed, dynamic vision, and movement flexibility were all improving frantically on the edge of life and death!

After an unknown amount of time, feeling as long as a century, light finally appeared ahead! They had reached the end of the thunder corridor!

"Last hundred meters! Charge!" A sharp glint flashed in Zhou Heng's eyes as his Wind and Thunder Twin Wings suddenly unfurled, his speed skyrocketing!

He no longer focused solely on dodging, but struck out with his spear like a dragon, forcibly carving out a path!

"Charge!" Wang Zhan also roared, clearing the way with his Tyrant Punch!

Working together, the group erupted with their final strength, rushing out of the Myriad Blade Thunder Corridor like arrows from a bow!

Thump! Thump!

The ten people burst out of the corridor, collapsing wretchedly onto the solid ground. Each was drenched in sweat and panting heavily, covered in various injuries, but their eyes were filled with the relief of survival and an indescribable sharpness!

[Successfully passed the Myriad Blade Thunder Corridor trial!]

[Rewards: Neural reaction speed and dynamic vision significantly enhanced! Movement flexibility increased! Intuition against high-speed, precision-type attacks significantly strengthened!]

A wave of cool energy surged into everyone's consciousness and bodies, repairing their injuries while solidifying the insights they had gained in the corridor.

Everyone felt that their reactions, speed, and eyesight had improved by a whole level compared to before!

"Damn... we're finally out..." Wang Zhan sat paralyzed on the ground, wiping away sweat. "This ghost corridor is more tiring than fighting ten battles!"

"It's all thanks to Zhou Heng's command," Lu Chenxin said sincerely while bandaging his arm.

The others nodded one after another, looking at Zhou Heng with gratitude and admiration.

Zhou Heng waved his hand and gave a small chuckle. "Everyone was pretty fierce; the cooperation was good."

Though he had also consumed a lot of energy, his condition was the best among them; after all, his lightning resistance was high and his recovery power was strong.

The group meditated for a moment, tending to their wounds and recovering their yuan energy.

Ahead, a third door appeared.

This door was even more ancient, carved with the patterns of nine boiling cauldrons, emitting heart-palpitating energy fluctuations.

"The third trial... looks even harder to deal with," Ji Cang said in a heavy voice.

"The Court of Judgment is indeed more perverted with every stage," Chen Ye summarized coldly.

Zhou Heng scanned it with his Omniscient Eye, and information emerged:

[Boiling Cauldron Nine Domains]: The third trial of the Court of Judgment!

Challengers will respectively enter a 'Boiling Cauldron Domain' corresponding to their own attributes.

Inside the domain, lightning laws will invade the meridians, searing energy and triggering energy rampages and loss of control, as if placed inside a boiling cauldron!

Requires extreme energy control and willpower! Failure results in the complete destruction of meridians!

"Boiling Cauldron Nine Domains... a targeted trial..." Zhou Heng frowned slightly.

"In this stage, I'm afraid we won't be able to help each other. We have to rely on ourselves."

Everyone's expression turned solemn.

Energy loss of control, meridians destroyed... this was even more dangerous than the first two stages!

"How do we proceed?" Wang Zhan looked at Zhou Heng.

"There's no choice but to enter." Zhou Heng stood up and stretched his muscles.

"Everyone be careful, guard your minds, and stabilize your energy! Whoever comes out first, wait outside."

The group nodded, each adjusting themselves to their peak state.

Zhou Heng and Wang Zhan stepped forward again and pushed open the third door.

Behind the door was not a passage, but nine rotating energy vortices of different colors!

They corresponded respectively to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Blood, Slaughter, Sword, Lightning, Ice, and a chaotic grey color.

"Entrances corresponding to attributes... let's go!" Zhou Heng took a deep breath and stepped into the purple-gold lightning vortex without hesitation!

Wang Zhan stepped into the dark red blood-energy vortex, Ji Cang stepped into the white-gold killing intent vortex,

Lu Chenxin stepped into the azure sword-qi vortex, Chen Ye stepped into the ice-blue vortex... the ten people respectively disappeared into their corresponding vortices.

Zhou Heng only felt a blur before his eyes, and then he appeared in a space entirely composed of purple-gold lightning!

Above, below, left, and right were all tumbling, boiling liquid lightning! Terrifying high temperatures and violent energy instantly enveloped him!

[Boiling Cauldron Thunder Domain]: Activated!

Boom—!!!

Endless lightning energy was no longer attacking, but acting like pervasive poisonous snakes, frantically drilling into his meridians!

This energy was extremely violent, clashing fiercely with his own Purple Heavens Wind Urgency thunder yuan, attempting to trigger a loss of control and rampage of the energy within his body!

"Want to boil me? Let's see who boils whom!" A flash of madness appeared in Zhou Heng's eyes. Instead of suppressing it, he completely released the constraints on his own thunder yuan!

"Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison Body!"

Like a black hole, he began to frantically devour the surrounding Boiling Cauldron thunder energy!

Using himself as the cauldron, the external thunder energy as firewood, and his invincible will as the fire, he engaged in an even more dangerous tempering!

The third stage, Boiling Cauldron Nine Domains, the trial had officially begun!