244: Chapter 243 The Suppressive Power of the Mirage Realm, System Reward

"What is going on!?" Xia Jin frowned, carefully sensing everything around him.

In that very instant, he could clearly feel that the rules of this world were completely different from the world he had previously been in!

To be precise, this world seemed to exert an extremely terrifying suppression force upon Cultivators!

Here, the circulation of his spiritual power had become extremely sluggish, as if it were being tightly suppressed by an invisible hand.

Although his Physical Body strength had not changed, everything around him seemed to have become countless times more solid.

Especially the space of this world; if this were back in the Third Heaven, even without him intentionally doing anything, the space around him would be on the verge of shattering at any moment due to the mere existence of his terrifying Physical Body.

Xia Jin took a deep breath and tried to circulate the spiritual power within his body.

The result made his heart sink—the spiritual power he could mobilize was less than one percent of what it used to be!

This...

A look of shock flashed in Xia Jin's eyes. He looked up at the Great Hall Master walking in front, then looked at Marquis Chu beside him.

He discovered that his Senior Brother, Marquis Chu, also seemed to have a rather poor complexion.

Previously, Marquis Chu's expression had been somewhat uncertain. He had also just tried taking a few steps, but his gait was clearly much heavier than usual.

This Senior Brother of the Shrine was actually struggling even to walk at this moment!

Marquis Chu naturally noticed Xia Jin's gaze. He gave a wry smile and whispered, "Junior Brother, you felt it too?"

Xia Jin nodded, his expression grave: "Senior Brother Chu, the suppression force here seems to be much stronger than I imagined."

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing deep apprehension in each other's eyes.

The Great Hall Master walking in front seemed to have noticed the unusual state of the two Disciples behind him. He stopped, turned around, looked at their expressions, and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.

"You two need not be surprised."

The Great Hall Master said with a faint smile.

"This is the unique aspect of the Shenyun Realm."

He reached out and pointed to the towering mountains around them, then pointed to the hard ground beneath their feet, "The stability of this realm is not something that the Small World you were previously in can compare to."

Xia Jin and Marquis Chu listened attentively, not daring to miss a single word.

The Great Hall Master continued: "For example, if you were in the Third Heaven previously, you could shatter a mountain peak with a single punch at full strength. But here..."

He paused, pointed to a cyan stone by the side of the road that was less than half a meter tall, and said with a smile, "I fear you would only be able to break a stone like this."

Xia Jin: "..."

Marquis Chu: "..."

The two looked at that ordinary-looking blue stone, then at the Great Hall Master's smiling face, and for a moment, they were speechless.

Marquis Chu rubbed his bald head and couldn't help but say, "Great Hall Master, you... you aren't joking with us, are you?"

He truly found it hard to believe that someone who could shatter mountains with a punch in the Third Heaven could only break a half-meter-tall stone here?

This gap was simply too absurd!

Could it be that the Great Hall Master just wanted to dampen his and Junior Brother Xia's arrogance? And that's why he said this on purpose?

Seeming to see the doubt in Marquis Chu's eyes, the Great Hall Master shook his head, a faint smile still lingering on his face as he said, "I am not joking with you on purpose. If you don't believe me, feel free to try it yourself."

Saying this, he stepped aside and gestured with his chin toward the blue stone by the roadside.

Marquis Chu looked at the Great Hall Master, then at the blue stone, and walked over, half-believing and half-doubting.

He squatted down and carefully examined the blue stone.

The stone looked ordinary, no different from any common stone. Its texture was quite hard, but... it couldn't really be that exaggerated, could it?

Marquis Chu stood up, took a deep breath, and slowly raised his right hand.

He did not use his full strength, but only used ten percent of his power, striking down at the blue stone in a casual manner.

"Clap!"

After a crisp sound, Marquis Chu's expression changed instantly.

And Xia Jin's pupils also dilated.

That blue stone...

Under Marquis Chu's palm, it didn't even budge!

There was only a shallow palm print on the surface, about half an inch deep, and the stone hadn't even cracked!

Marquis Chu widened his eyes, looking at his palm in disbelief, then at the blue stone.

"This... how is this possible?!"

He muttered to himself, his voice filled with shock.

Ten percent of his power! In the Shrine, ten percent of his power was definitely enough to blast a small hillside into powder! Yet here, it could only leave a palm print on this half-meter-tall stone?

Marquis Chu gritted his teeth and raised his hand again, refusing to believe it.

This time, he did not hold back and directly used fifty percent of his power!

"Bang!"

After a dull, loud bang, the blue stone finally couldn't withstand it and shattered into a dozen or so pieces of varying sizes, scattering all over the ground.

Marquis Chu stared blankly at the fragments on the ground, completely stunned.

Fifty percent of his power...

Only shattered a half-meter-tall stone...

He looked up at the Great Hall Master, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The Great Hall Master seemed to have anticipated this result long ago; the smile on his face did not change in the slightest.

"How is this possible? Senior Brother Chu must have used half his power just now, right? How did it only barely break this blue stone!?"

Beside him, Xia Jin, watching the results of Marquis Chu's experiment, also had a flash of deep shock in his eyes.

The suppression force of this Shenyun Realm was actually terrifying to this extent!

The Great Hall Master looked at Marquis Chu's dejected appearance, smiled, shook his head, walked up, and patted his shoulder.

"Well, do you believe my words now?"

Marquis Chu nodded with a wry smile.

The Great Hall Master saw that both of them looked quite grave and said indifferently: "You two need not feel discouraged. Actually, this is very normal in the Shenyun Realm."

He gazed toward the rolling mountain ranges in the distance and continued: "Even for me, if I were to strike with full force in this Shenyun Realm, I fear I would only be able to shatter that small mountain peak with a single punch."

As he said this, he raised his hand and gestured toward a mountain peak over a hundred meters high nearby.

Marquis Chu's eyelids twitched violently.

The Great Hall Master, using his full strength... could only shatter that mountain peak?

You must know, within the Shrine, the Great Hall Master was already a legendary existence! Yet here in the Shenyun Realm, he was suppressed to this extent?

Xia Jin also took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, which barely managed to calm his shock.

Only now did he realize that he had underestimated the Shenyun Realm a bit too much.

The rules of the world here, the stability of space, and the suppression force on Cultivators all far exceeded his imagination. In such an environment, the methods he had previously prided himself on would likely be greatly diminished.

Just as Xia Jin was feeling a bit discouraged, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

"Ding!"

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the mission: Successfully entered the Shenyun Realm]

[Distributing mission rewards...]

[Received reward: Great Sun Burning Heaven Technique (Entry-Level)]

[Received reward: 38,000 years of cultivation]

Xia Jin breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

Fortunately, there was this System reward; otherwise, with his current state, wanting to gain a foothold in this Shenyun Realm would likely not be an easy task.

He subconsciously clenched his fists, feeling the System prompt in his mind, and a trace of imperceptible sharpness flashed deep in his eyes.

With this Great Sun Burning Heaven Technique, plus those 38,000 years of cultivation, even in this Shenyun Realm with its terrifying suppression force, he finally had some confidence.

"Don't just stand there."

The Great Hall Master's voice came from ahead; he had already turned around and was walking toward the vaguely visible city in the distance.

"Hurry and follow me into the city! The nights in the Shenyun Realm are not safe!"