440: Fengchuan in a dilemma

True Lord Feng Chuan stood within Sacred Emperor Mountain, releasing his Spiritual Sense, which was immediately crushed by the heavy pressure, forcing him to retract his Spiritual Sense and then probe inch by inch.

He finally confirmed that inside Sacred Emperor Mountain, his Spiritual Sense was suppressed to a range of only a few dozen meters.

This overly narrow range made Feng Chuan feel uneasy.

He could no longer detect anomalies immediately.

If some kind of attack suddenly erupted inside or outside Sacred Emperor Mountain, he would only be able to react once the attack was upon him.

This was absolutely unbearable for him, making him tense up and become somewhat paranoid.

He prepared to dodge immediately whenever he encountered an attack, giving Li Changfeng and the others no opportunity.

Besides maintaining high vigilance, Feng Chuan also forced himself to calm down and scanned his surroundings to determine his location.

He hadn't gone deep yet; he was only at the edge.

The heavy pressure brought by the Sacred Emperor Mountain Trial Grounds had not completely crushed him, only causing slight changes to his physique and slightly slowing his movements.

As long as he calmed down and retreated step by step, he could still leave.

'Phew... after all, this is just a Trial Grounds, not a meticulously prepared Killing Formation.'

After Feng Chuan confirmed the situation, he relaxed slightly.

He then tried to take a step outward.

As he moved, the oppressive feeling brought by the gravity became increasingly evident, making it hard for him to breathe and forcing him to circulate his cultivation to resist it.

Feng Chuan became even more vigilant, his eyes constantly darting around, staring intently outside Sacred Emperor Mountain.

He suspected that Li Changfeng and the others were waiting for him to fight the gravity of Sacred Emperor Mountain until he was exhausted, and then suddenly strike ruthlessly.

'I must be careful...'

Feng Chuan's expression was serious, his entire body taut.

The next moment, just as he had anticipated, the jade bone Puppet, once again wrapped in fiery red flames, charged madly toward him!

Judging from its appearance, this Puppet had clearly undergone Fusion with the power of a Grand Array; its strength was formidable and posed a certain threat to him in his current state.

As for the opponent's trajectory... Feng Chuan frowned.

With his Spiritual Sense restricted, he couldn't analyze the situation immediately, and naturally couldn't counter it right away.

He really wanted to pull out a Magic Treasure, but suddenly remembered that Magic Treasures could not be used inside Sacred Emperor Mountain.

Watching the increasingly close jade bone Puppet, the tense Feng Chuan subconsciously wanted to dodge backward.

But at that moment, he suddenly froze, and then the corner of his mouth curled up.

"Oh, so that's it. They want to force me to go deeper..."

Feng Chuan remained calm, letting the jade bone Puppet approach, and then suddenly leaped sideways.

The immense gravity nearly crushed him, causing him to spit out a mouthful of Vital Blood.

But it also allowed him to avoid the attack without going any deeper.

The charging jade bone Puppet, conversely, suffered gravity suppression, causing its speed to continuously slow down.

Next, the flames on the jade bone slowly faded, and the Formation Patterns flashed once before being crushed by the heavy pressure. Sacred Emperor Mountain did not permit challengers to use Formations.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

A series of cracking sounds rang out, making Feng Chuan look over.

He saw that the Puppet Inscriptions on the jade bone were also crushed by the gravity, the Spiritual Power upon them flashed briefly, and the methods left by the players were clearly purged by Sacred Emperor Mountain.

Completely losing its support, the jade bone collapsed onto the ground.

The heavy pressure continued to affect it, but the jade bone was, after all, an object belonging to a dead person and did not seem to be judged as a challenger.

After the jade bone formed a curled-up shape on the ground, the heavy pressure gradually ceased, failing to crush it.

Feng Chuan also suspected that the gravity of Sacred Emperor Mountain likely couldn't crush a third-rank jade bone; there was a limit after all.

"This..."

After regaining his composure, he looked toward the jade bone that had stopped moving in the depths, his heart pounding incessantly.

Heaven have mercy.

Feng Chuan was a cautious old Cultivator.

After so many years in the Qingling Sect, while being eyed covetously by forces like Duan Kong Cave, Heshui Prefecture, and even the Great Jiang Dynasty.

His ability to enter Seclusion and achieve a Breakthrough without a sound was quite remarkable.

But now, facing a third-rank jade bone.

An emotion called greed spread wildly in his mind, becoming unstoppable.

That was a third-rank jade bone!

Used for Artifact Refining, it was enough to forge a third-rank spirit treasure. Even if the Artifact Refiner's skill was slightly lacking and could only forge a fourth-grade magic treasure, its strength could still contend head-on with a third-rank item.

Used for Alchemy, if it didn't produce a Great Pill accompanied by world-shocking phenomenon, Feng Chuan would consider it a waste.

Even if he just kept it by his side, placed it in his Seclusion Immortal Cave, the Dao Cultivation insights resonated from the jade bone every day would be enough to benefit him for life, potentially saving him hundreds of years of Arduous Cultivation.

Furthermore, furthermore... Feng Chuan suddenly thought, if he could glimpse the secret of third-rank Soul Transformation from the jade bone, allowing him to complete his Dao Lineage and advance further, what splendor would that be?

The moment he thought of this, all his vigilance vanished, leaving only greed.

He couldn't help but look outside Sacred Emperor Mountain, and indeed, he didn't see Li Changfeng or the others.

He had heard that Li Changfeng had once visited Sacred Emperor Mountain but was subjected to extremely terrifying gravity suppression, forcing him to retreat.

Golden Core Playerss dared not enter.

Thinking this, Feng Chuan felt much more relaxed.

Without a Golden Core, even if there were Foundation Establishment Cultivators lying in ambush inside Sacred Emperor Mountain, he wasn't afraid at all.

"If I just go a little deeper and take the jade bone..."

The more Feng Chuan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Finally, unable to restrain himself, he walked forward.

The first step he took immediately triggered a change in gravity, causing cold sweat to pour down his face.

"Hold on, push through..."

Feng Chuan took the second step.

The heavy pressure felt as if it had doubled, making him nearly cry out in pain.

He almost ground his teeth to dust, barely managing to endure the agony.

At this moment, the distance between him and the jade bone was still about a dozen meters—not far, but certainly not close.

Feng Chuan was starting to feel fear.

Previously, no Nascent Soul Cultivator had ever come to Sacred Emperor Mountain, so the players didn't know how much pressure Sacred Emperor Mountain exerted specifically on Nascent Soul Cultivators.

What if the pressure increased exponentially and irrationally? Wouldn't he just die right here?

Feng Chuan looked at the jade bone, filled with greed but also fear.

He was still afraid of death and didn't dare to proceed deeper.

"I don't need to go forward... Since the jade bone is in the hands of these players, I just need to kill them until they are forced to hand it over; eventually, they will yield.

"As long as I ensure I don't die, the advantage remains with me."

Between life and death, Feng Chuan finally regained his rationality and began to think about the problem from a higher perspective.

He took one last look at the jade bone, no longer lingering, and turned around slowly but firmly.

This scene was witnessed by Li Changfeng from afar.

He immediately became anxious.

The distance Feng Chuan had currently penetrated was not enough, far from enough.

Although the Demon Race Outside the Wall helped activate Sacred Emperor Mountain's hidden entrance, successfully trapping Feng Chuan into the mountain.

But since it was only a Trial Grounds and not a Killing Formation, it merely brought him to the entrance of the trial, not deep inside.

It was possible for him to escape.

"We must force him deeper, until he reaches a Critical Point where his power can no longer break free..."

Li Changfeng quickly began to think about how to keep Feng Chuan there.