Now, the whole world was focused on Long Chen's challenge to the Spirit House.
It wasn't just the experts waiting outside the Spirit Lord's residence. As soon as Long Chen stepped into the vicinity of the residence, the entire world heard the news through countless star talismans. Everyone couldn't help but feel nervous. What would happen in the next twenty days or so would very likely affect the fate of the entire Eternal God Domain.
Long Chen had met Yang You before he arrived at the Spirit House, and Yang You had found them first. She was naturally angry, but she couldn't blame Long Chen. This was his personality, and also the difference between him and Long Qinglan. Long Qinglan didn't have many challenges in his life, and before he became the strongest, not many people dared to provoke him. But Long Chen's luck wasn't very good.
So Yang You only made one request to Long Chen, and that was to break through the Spirit House no matter what. He couldn't let this affect Lingxi, or hurt Lingxi.
Long Chen agreed to this.
Then, she added, "If anything happens to you, I will bury the entire Astral Race with you."
These were her deepest thoughts. Now, Long Chen was the only reason why she lived in this world. If Long Chen didn't exist, she naturally wouldn't restrain herself. She would do whatever she wanted. The matter of the Primordial Giant Devil was no longer important to her.
It was because he knew that Yang You cared so much about him that Long Chen understood that he was walking on a path that only allowed him to succeed.
Now, he was standing in front of the 10,000 Layers Spiritual Array. The God Slaying Sword with over 800 Dao patterns was ready. He had returned the Sea Steadying Godly Pillar that he had obtained from the Sea God Emperor to the Sea Clan. Otherwise, he could make the God Slaying Sword even stronger. It would be great if he could obtain other dao treasures that could allow the God Slaying Sword to reach the level of an Unbounded Dao Treasure.
The Ten Thousand Layers Spiritual Formation, layer after layer, formed the gate of the Spirit House. Everyone was waiting for this moment.
Long Chen held his breath. After a few attempts, he roughly understood that it would be difficult for him to use the Ten Thousand Layers Spiritual Formation with his current cultivation.
This was only the entrance to the Spiritual House. Normally, it would be a piece of cake for an expert with the ability to break through the Spiritual House. However, it was clear that Long Chen didn't belong to that category.
However, he wasn't discouraged. He naturally knew that with his current cultivation, he wouldn't be able to complete either bet. To him, this was a challenge. What he wanted to challenge was actually his cultivation in the Spiritual Residence.
Others might have used the Spirit Sovereign Residence to break through, but Long Chen was different. In his heart, he was able to gradually forget some things and truly relax. He treated this place as a place to break through his shackles, a place that would help him complete his final transformation within the three months he had agreed upon.
In these three months, apart from the Death Realm, the Dragon Gate, and the Sea of Chaotic Times, he had gained nothing. Now that there were only twenty days left, he needed a heavy challenge and a fierce stimulation to give him the opportunity to progress again.
"I'm ready."
Long Chen gripped the God Slaying Sword tightly. Little Skeleton was howling excitedly within it. The Ten Thousand Swords of Massacre against the Ten Thousand Layers Spiritual Formation was evenly matched. Now was the time for the Sword of Massacre to complete its final mission. Therefore, he was exceptionally excited.
"Charge!"
With Little Skeleton's howling and Lingxi's anticipation, Long Chen truly put the Sword of Massacre to use. Although the first sword was the weakest, Long Chen was also trying his best to control it. He couldn't release too much energy, or else he wouldn't be able to keep up with the rest.
Just as he had expected, the first sword light directly tore apart the simplest Spiritual Formation of Fire. Long Chen passed through the opening and broke the first layer of the Spiritual Formation. Under the vast energy of the Spirit House, the first layer of the Spiritual Formation would quickly recover. Therefore, Long Chen moved very quickly.
From the beginning to the end, there was basically no chance for him to stop. While the scorching flames were still burning behind him, there was an ice mountain in front of him, blocking Long Chen's path. This was the second layer of the Spiritual Formation.
Rip!
The second sword move of the Sword of Massacre directly shattered the ice mountain, revealing the second formation hidden inside. At this time, the Sword of Massacre still had enough energy to tear a crack in the second layer of the Spiritual Formation.
At the critical moment, Long Chen rushed in.
He understood that this was only the beginning, and not the end. What he had encountered now was just a small matter. From the first to the second layer, the power of the Spiritual Formation had actually increased slightly.
Next was the third layer, and then the fourth.
With a firm heart, Long Chen pressed forward with indomitable will. With his passion for cultivation, his love for Lingxi, and his anger towards Ling Huang, he slaughtered his way forward. Courage was also a great strength. At least, he never thought about what would happen if he failed. He only thought about what he needed to do to get closer to success.
The Spiritual Formation of Ten Thousand Layers was mysterious and strange.
Along the way, Long Chen had encountered a Spiritual Formation that had never been the same. The Spiritual Arts were also profound, at least in the first thousand layers. Long Chen had seen that no two Spiritual Formations were the same, but each of them had been used to the peak of the Spiritual Arts. It was incomparably marvelous. Long Chen was shocked as he moved forward.
What kind of existence would be able to lay out these ten thousand Spiritual Formations?
One layer after another, there were wind, fire, water, earth, sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, trees, spirits, corpses, puppets, and so on. For example, after Long Chen tore open a Spiritual Formation, he immediately encountered a towering tree. The most difficult part of this Spiritual Formation was to find it, and Long Chen only had a chance to use one sword.
Because if he used one more sword, he would have one less sword in the end.
Time was tight, and there was no time to think. Fortunately, Lingxi was more familiar with Spiritual Formations, and she could see the location of the Spiritual Formation at a glance. That was why Long Chen could rush over in a short time.
There were countless such things.
When Long Chen used the Slaughter Sword Incantation and killed his way through, he finally broke through five thousand layers of Spiritual Formations. He was already quite tired at this point. This was a consumption of both his mental and physical strength. If he had only used five thousand sword strikes, it wouldn't have been a big deal. But now, he still needed to find the weakest point of the Spiritual Formation within a short time to break through each layer. Otherwise, he might not even be able to break through.
If he couldn't break through, the result would be that all his previous efforts would be in vain.
Lingxi could see that the Spiritual Supreme Residence was worthy of its reputation. Although Long Chen was only at the ten thousand layers of Spiritual Formations, he had already surpassed his limits. Long Chen was fighting with all his might, which made Lingxi's heart ache. He was fighting for his child, and for her as well.
Lingxi could only do her best to help him.
She had done some research on Spiritual Arts, and the same was true for Spiritual Formations. She could find the most suitable position faster than Long Chen. In this way, Long Chen only had to do what he needed to do, which made him feel more relaxed.
The two of them had a tacit understanding as they moved forward, completely unaware of the passage of time. To completely break through the ten thousand layers of Spiritual Formations would require a certain amount of time.
Under such a high-intensity situation, Long Chen had already broken through eight thousand layers of Spiritual Formations in the blink of an eye. As expected, the further he went, the more difficult the Spiritual Formations became. Some were even very complicated. For example, right now, Long Chen felt like he was in the starry sky. Countless stars were revolving above his head, forming a huge repulsive force that crashed towards Long Chen like a wave.
"Focus your energy on one point and go through from the center."
Lingxi was very calm as she quickly said.
"Mm."
Without another word, Long Chen made his move. The God Slaying Sword changed from a slash to a stab. Under the stab of the Massacre Sword Art, it condensed into a sharp beam of sword light. Under the terrifying repulsive force, it finally pierced the core of the countless stars. There seemed to be nothing there, but in fact, it was the weakest spot of the Spiritual Formation.
There were only two thousand layers of Spiritual Formations left.
In fact, reaching this point was already the biggest test for Long Chen's strength. In the past, he could at most perform the Massacre Sword Art to around eight thousand swords. Although he had become stronger now, it was difficult for him to get close to the final ten thousand swords. Moreover, in the ten thousand layers of Spiritual Formations, every sword attack landed on the spot and almost every sword had an effect. This caused the consumption to be even greater. Although he had only performed eight thousand swords, the consumption was similar to the usual nine thousand swords.
Seeing that Long Chen's face had turned slightly pale, Lingxi's heart ached. She wanted to tell Long Chen to give up, but she restrained herself from saying such silly words. At the very least, she understood that with Long Chen's personality, even if he was afraid, he would still crawl through the ten thousand layers of Spiritual Formations.
"Eight thousand and three."
Kitten was bored and kept counting at the side. As the number grew, the pressure on Long Chen increased.
"If I can't even get through this ten thousand layers of Spiritual Formations, how am I going to enter the Spirit Lord Residence?"
This was the reason why he couldn't give up. He had come to this place to challenge Ling Huang and himself. The so-called difficulty was, in fact, a way for him to challenge himself.
This was what he had been longing for. How could there be such a challenge when he trained quietly in Eternal Dragon City?
In the past, he couldn't perfect the Massacre Sword Art, but now he could. With this opportunity, he had to seize it. There was no other time when it was easier to cultivate the Massacre Sword Art than now. As for the cultivation of the Massacre Sword Art, he could finally have a plan to perfect it.
"Kill."
The true meaning of the Massacre Sword Art was to kill.