The black-robed old man glanced at him indifferently and said, "At least a thousand years, at most ten thousand years. This depends on your aptitude. If you are unable to complete the inheritance mission, you will only grow old and die a slow death."
Ye Chen was startled for a moment, but he did not hesitate and said decisively, "I give up!"
The black-robed old man was slightly startled. He looked at Ye Chen carefully and frowned, "Why?"
Ye Chen said in a low voice, "I don't have that much time."
The black-robed old man raised his eyebrows and a light flashed in his eyes, "If that's the case, you don't have to worry. In the inheritance land, the flow of time is a thousand times faster than outside!
If you are lucky, you might be able to complete it in a thousand years, which is equivalent to a year outside. "
Ye Chen was startled for a moment and frowned. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment before suddenly asking, "Once the inheritance is complete, I can control the entire Demon Palace?"
The black-robed old man nodded, "Once you succeed, all the major systems of the Demon Palace will recognize you as their master and be controlled by you."
Ye Chen's eyes flashed, "Then let's begin."
The black-robed old man raised his eyebrows, "Wait for another thirty seconds. Connecting."
Ye Chen turned his head and patted Ka Ba's shoulder, "Go to the rune space and wait for a moment."
Ka Ba shrugged his shoulders and directly brought the other puppet into the rune space. When the space closed, the black-robed old man suddenly rolled up his sleeves and a pitch-black hole appeared out of thin air. A strong suction force came out of the hole and enveloped Ye Chen's body, sucking him in directly.
Ye Chen only saw a flash of light in front of him, and then he saw that he had arrived in a vast starry sky. The stars here were resplendent, and the Star Field was vast and boundless. He was floating in the vacuum of space, and his body seemed to be wrapped in a mysterious energy.
Ye Chen's eyes flashed. He pinched his skin and felt some pain. It should not be an illusion.
Whether it was an illusion or not, Ye Chen would not allow himself to fail. As he looked around, a cold voice appeared in his mind, "The inheritance mission will begin in ten minutes. Please be prepared!"
Ye Chen could not help but frown. He looked around and said to the void, "What is the inheritance mission?"
The cold voice appeared directly in his mind, "There is only one Inheritance Mission. Receive the refinement of the black hole in order to obtain the 'Ancient Dark Matter' and fuse the 'Ancient Dark Matter' into your body. When the 'Ancient Dark Matter' reaches 100% saturation, you will pass the Inheritance!"
"Pass the inheritance mission, you will obtain the Demon Palace!
"Fail, you will die!"
The voice, with an unquestionable tone, sonorous and forceful.
Ye Chen felt a trace of seriousness. His heart couldn't help but feel heavy. "Ancient Dark Matter?
What kind of material was this? Why was it being refined in a black hole?
Are you kidding me?
A black hole is something that can even destroy a star into ion energy. Even a pinnacle Deity powerhouse would find it difficult to escape from a black hole! "
Ten minutes passed quickly while Ye Chen was pondering. In the void in front of him, a huge black hole suddenly appeared. The black hole appeared out of thin air, emitting a mysterious and heart-palpitating light in the entire starry sky.
Magnificent and stunning!
A black hole was a celestial body with an extremely strong gravitational force. The gravitational force it emitted was enough to destroy any star. Even light could not escape from it.
At this moment, such a terrifying thing was slowly opening in front of Ye Chen.
The black hole was extremely large, about one-tenth the size of Earth. It was a miniature black hole.
The more matter a black hole devoured, the greater its mass. Many black holes in the universe had masses several times or even hundreds of times that of the sun!
At this moment, when the miniature black hole opened, a strong suction force immediately appeared. It rotated irregularly and enveloped Ye Chen's entire body. The suction force seemed to come from all directions, pulling at every part of Ye Chen's body. It was as if his bones, meridians, and blood were being drawn out of his body.
An intense tearing sensation spread throughout his body. Ye Chen felt as if his entire body was being disintegrated into countless quarks. His brain throbbed with intense pain, and his entire body trembled violently. The unbearable pain pierced through all his nerves.
Ye Chen did not even last a minute before he fainted.
After he fainted, a thin chaotic energy shield appeared around him and enveloped his entire body. Within this energy shield, the gravitational force of the black hole outside was completely blocked. Not a single bit of it could be transmitted inside.
This coma lasted for seven days. When Ye Chen woke up in a daze, he felt as if his entire body was on fire. Before he could even open his eyes, he felt a strong suction force appear around him again. It pulled at every cell in his body, and the intense pain came again.
Ye Chen's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Because he used too much force, his fingernails dug deep into his flesh, and blood flowed down his palms.
Ye Chen felt his entire body being disintegrated again. The unbearable pain, which was not something a living being could endure, swept over him once again and drowned his consciousness.
There were no celestial bodies around this black hole. The stars that twinkled in the entire starry sky were millions of light years away. They would not be affected by this miniature black hole.
This was the second time he fainted. It was not until the tenth day that Ye Chen slowly regained consciousness. The moment he regained consciousness, the chaotic energy shield that enveloped him automatically disappeared. It was as if it had turned into a thin film that covered the surface of his body. As a result, it would not be torn apart by this miniature black hole in an instant.
Ye Chen had just fainted, and his body, which had not fully recovered, was once again torn apart by the gravitational force. This pain was like countless sharp needles that pierced through Ye Chen's nerve center. If a person did not have a strong will, they would have died immediately from the pain.
Feeling the suction force that enveloped his body again, Ye Chen was like a furious lion. The anger in his body was aroused. He roared and clenched his fists as he stared at the miniature black hole.
"Ant Superman!"
A violent aura rushed out from his body. The genes in his body had been switched to Ant Genes. Among all living things in the world, all living things had their own characteristics. In terms of physical genes, although his genes were still at the pinnacle of the Demigod Realm after the switch, the power he could unleash was 60 times that of a human pinnacle Demigod!
This was the advantage of the Ant Race!
With the sudden increase in the strength of his genes, the gravitational force was immediately weakened. When it landed on Ye Chen's body, it was like a gentle breeze that did not cause him much pain.
Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he was Superhuman Rank Two, he could activate Superhuman Mode for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. There were a total of three Superhuman Modes. If he activated them one after another, he could last for 7 minutes and 30 seconds!
Ye Chen exhaled and sat cross-legged in space. He did not move forward. He had a faint feeling that if he wanted to move forward, he could move forward with just a thought. Otherwise, his body would be fixed in place and he would not be able to move forward. Otherwise, with such a terrifying gravitational force, his body would have been sucked into the black hole.
"The master of the Demon Palace is crazy!"
"He actually used such a terrifying method to refine the inheritor. No wonder this person fell in the last super war. After so many years, no one has obtained the Demon Palace. Just the requirements for the inheritor are already extremely harsh. Moreover, the Demon Palace is so mysterious. Coupled with this inheritance mission, it is simply a demon!"
Ye Chen was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. Using a black hole to refine a person? Was this the way to play?
The gravitational force of the miniature black hole crazily acted on Ye Chen's body, pulling at every inch of his skin, including his blood, heart, and meridians. Everything was within the range of the gravitational force.
As the gravitational force crazily tore at him, a strange phenomenon occurred on Ye Chen's body. Every inch of his skin became more powerful, as if it was gradually transforming. This process was so fast that it was almost visible to the naked eye.
Ye Chen felt the rapid transformation in his body, and he was shocked. He discovered that it was not his physique that was transforming. Instead, it was his genes, cells, and the nuclei, molecules, quarks, and leptons in his cells that were rapidly transforming.
"Genes are transforming?"
Ye Chen was shocked. He did not expect gravity to have such an effect, to be able to urge a living body to undergo the most basic evolution.
He frowned and pondered. Suddenly, his eyes flashed. "It is not the gravitational force of the black hole that is causing the body to transform. There must be some other matter in this gravitational force. Otherwise, the body's genes would not be transforming."
Not long after, the Ant Superman ended. At the last second, Ye Chen activated the Lightning Superman, almost continuously activating it.
If he relied on his own body, under this intense gravitational force, he could only last 1 to 1.5 seconds at most. It would be a big improvement if he could last 2 seconds.
Time passed. When the Lightning Superman was about to end, the Skybeast Superman was activated consecutively. After continuously activating the Ant Superman and Lightning Superman modes, a strong mental exhaustion engulfed Ye Chen's mind. He forced his eyes open, but his brain was drowsy.
2 minutes and 30 seconds passed. The Skybeast Superman's power receded from Ye Chen's body like a tide. The terrifying gravitational force was like a landslide, drowning him. The intense pain in his body drowned his consciousness in the blink of an eye, and he fainted.
This sleep lasted for an entire month.
When Ye Chen woke up, he used the same method again, activating the three Superman modes one after another. After several rounds of tempering, Ye Chen discovered that his body had become stronger, and his spiritual power was increasing rapidly. His mental state was also transforming at an extremely fast speed. From the early Eighth Order Sage, he was about to break through to the mid-Eighth Order Sage.
While Ye Chen was accepting the inheritance, in the distant Ancient Continent, in another supermassive world, the Purple Flame Palace of one of the ten great empires, the Flame God Empire, was in an uproar. Countless famous generals and thousands of vassal states had gathered.
(To be continued.
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