As night fell, stone houses rose and fell along with the mountains in a radius of a few miles outside the eastern city wall of the Gu Yuan Tribe. Ten thousand Gu Yuan Tribe Iron Blood Cavalry patrolled outside ten miles away.
"You are not allowed to kill. You are only allowed to attack those in the same realm. Anyone who disobeys will be killed!"
Under the night sky, Wan Tianxing's figure appeared in the darkness. His roar resounded through the wilderness.
Wan Tianxing's words were like a signal. The originally silent night was suddenly filled with murderous intent.
In a stone house at the foot of the ancient mountain, a young man in black sat cross-legged. He was refining a pill he had obtained in the secret realm. The young man in black was already in the middle stage of the Blood Refining Realm and had opened five Heavenly Meridians.
As soon as he swallowed the pill, he could feel the dense medicinal energy flowing through his body. The majestic medicinal energy filled his Heaven Meridians to the brim, and there was even a large amount of medicinal energy that flowed through his limbs and bones.
Caught off guard, the young man groaned. However, he quickly adjusted his body and circulated his cultivation technique to refine the majestic medicinal power in his body. Even so, a large amount of medicinal power still leaked out of his body.
Rumble!
Finally, the medicinal power in the young man's body had accumulated to its limit. Like a raging tide, it surged toward the barrier of the sixth Heavenly Meridian. The violent airflow instantly broke the barrier and blood Qi rushed into the sixth Heavenly Meridian.
"Phew!"
The young man opened his eyes with a hint of joy. He had already opened his sixth Heavenly Meridian and reached the peak of the middle stage of the Blood Refining Realm.
However, in the next moment, the joy in the young man's eyes disappeared.
He muttered to himself, "It's a pity that the quality of my cultivation technique is too low. It's only an Upper Human Tier. If I had an Earth Tier cultivation technique, I wouldn't have wasted so much medicinal power. Perhaps I would be able to reach the late stage of the Blood Refining Realm with just this pill!"
After a short moment of regret, his eyes lit up again. He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes gradually became determined.
"Yes!"
At this moment, the young man looked outside the door. Through his Soul Perception, he could sense two figures hiding within a hundred feet of the stone house he was in. They seemed to be observing him.
He was born with a powerful Spirit, and every action of the two outside the stone house could not escape his senses. Although he was only at the mid Blood Refining stage, his Mental Energy was at the perfect Blood Refining stage, and his Spirit was different from ordinary people.
A cold smile flashed across the corner of his mouth. The young man's figure gradually became illusory. In an instant, he had already disappeared from the stone house.
Boom!
The two figures outside the door charged into the stone house at the same time. However, in the next moment, they were stunned. That was because there was no one in the stone house.
Bang!
After two soft sounds, the two figures that entered the stone house were sent flying and fell to the ground with serious injuries. Then, the youth's figure reappeared in the stone house.
"You're lucky. If it wasn't for the fact that killing is prohibited, you would have already entered the Yellow Springs!"
A murderous intent flickered in the eyes of the black-clothed youth. Suddenly, he sensed that there were people surrounding the stone house again. The light in his eyes disappeared, and his figure became illusory again, blending into the night.
If Xiao Chen was here, he would definitely discover that this youth did not use any escape technique. Instead, he used an innate magical ability that belonged to the Spirit. With the addition of Spirit Power, he could actually make others unable to sense a martial artist's figure. Even their aura was melted away.
Boom!
There was a loud sound, and a bloody aura filled the air. Several figures were blasted out of the stone house, flying more than a hundred feet away. Sounds of bones and tendons cracking could be heard. A figure emitting a thick bloody aura walked out from the dust with a majestic gait. He did not care about the surrounding gazes.
At the same time, there was also a youth in a nearby stone house. He had knocked out a martial artist who had tried to sneak attack him. The two youths looked at each other with fighting intent in their eyes. However, they immediately withdrew their aura and returned to the stone house.
It was Long Tian and Kun Peng. Their violent strength immediately caused the surrounding martial artists who were eager to try and snatch the tokens to stop in their tracks.
In just three days, the combat masters of the Gu Yuan Tribe had looted all of the houses within several li of them. Tens of thousands of young cultivators had begun an intense looting spree on the low hills that stretched for several li.
Whether it was a head-on fight or a crafty plot, the bronze token was the goal of all the young martial artists. It represented the qualification to participate in the second round of the War God Palace's test.
With the Gu Yuan Tribe's Heavy Building Realm martial artists constantly patrolling, the many young martial artists did not dare to take a step out of line. While they fought, they did not fight to the death.
In just three days, there were as many as twenty thousand martial artists who were severely injured. These people were the martial artists who had been eliminated in the first round. There were also martial artists who had passed the first round but were unable to protect their tokens.
Three days later, the sun rose, and the bleak horn sounded again. More than twenty thousand young martial artists had already appeared in front of the houses that stretched for several miles. These martial artists held a bronze token tightly in their hands.
Rumble!
In an instant, thunder exploded in the sky again. This time, the thunder was like a sea, stretching endlessly and shaking the entire world. Even all the martial artists could feel the earth trembling at this moment.
Amidst the thunder, the void trembled, and an indescribably terrifying pressure swept over like a tide. Everyone's breathing became heavy, as if there was an ancient divine mountain facing them.
Crack! Crack!
Crack! The sound of the void barrier shattering rang out. In the sky above, a pitch-black dot appeared. It was the shattering of space. Then, before anyone could react, the void shattered inch by inch like a spider web.
The sky cracked!
The twisting cracks tore the entire void apart.
"Is the second round of the test still a secret realm?" At this moment, all the young martial artists could not help but think.
However, in the next moment, they saw an unforgettable scene in the void. Under the endless void fragments, a golden figure shrouded in golden light was more than five hundred feet tall. At this moment, this figure was holding up the sky with both hands.
"Lord Xiao!"
With both hands holding up the sky, the shadow of an ancient mountain could be seen. Looking at this scene, countless martial artists were overwhelmed with emotions. The power to hold up a mountain, this was truly shocking.
Finally, an ancient mountain thousands of feet tall appeared in front of everyone. The ancient mountain was pitch-black and as smooth as a mirror, but there were steps carved out of it.
With every inch the mountain descended, everyone could feel the pressure increasing. Right now, in their eyes, this ancient mountain was heaven and earth, shaking their souls. Even the air seemed to be stagnant, and even breathing was difficult. They could feel the boundless qi emanating from the ancient mountain, making it impossible for them to even budge.
"Where did this ancient mountain come from? Just this aura alone is enough to make people feel powerless to resist!"
"Boundless aura, this aura, even those ancient mountains in the depths of the Great Wilderness do not emit such boundless ancient aura!"
At this moment, whether it was the young martial artists participating in the trial or the patriarchs and elders who came to watch the test, they all looked up with shock in their eyes.
Unlike those young martial artists, they could see that this ancient mountain was extraordinary.
Rumble!
The ancient mountain landed on the ground, and it seemed that the entire earth was shaking. This ancient mountain was more than six hundred feet tall, seven to eight thousand feet in radius, and its weight was definitely tens of millions of catties. However, with Xiao Chen's current strength, it was impossible to hold it up. The reason why he could do this was thanks to Liu Li's help.
This ancient mountain was deliberately cut off a small part of the Desolate Mountain Range, and the gravitational pressure it had was exceptionally suitable. For martial artists below the Heavenly Building Realm, it was not a small help.
On the ancient mountain, Xiao Chen deliberately opened up 999 steps, extending from the foot of the mountain to the top. There was a platform at the top of the mountain, and Xiao Chen also left an opportunity at the top of the mountain. If a martial artist could climb to the top of the mountain, they would naturally be able to obtain it.
Standing at the top of the mountain, Xiao Chen looked down at the crowd at the foot of the mountain. They were as small as flies, but for martial artists, such a distance was nothing at all.
"This ancient mountain was obtained when I accidentally broke into the depths of the Hollowness World and entered a strange space. It is an ancient mountain that has been floating in the Hollowness World since the Desolate Era. It has a gravitational field, which has a natural suppression effect on martial artists!"
In an instant, a group of tribal patriarchs and elders also came to the platform at the top of the ancient mountain. As great martial artists of the Heavenly Building Realm, although this ancient mountain had a gravity suppression, it was nothing for them.
However, some of the weaker martial artists of the Heavenly Building Realm whose physical body was even more unstable came to the ancient mountain, but their faces were flushed, and it was obvious that they were somewhat suppressed.
"According to the decree of the patriarch, the second test of the God of War Palace will be presided over by me!"
Suddenly, under the signal of Xiao Chen, Wan Tianxing stood in the void and shouted to the martial artists below.
"The Desolate Ancient Mountain has 900 Celestial Stairs, corresponding to the early stage of the Bone Tempering Realm to the Half-step Heavenly Building Realm. For every step up on the Celestial Stairs, the gravitational pressure will increase!"
"There are 999 steps on the Celestial Stairs. The first 400 steps correspond to the Bone Tempering Realm, the middle 400 steps correspond to the Blood Refining Realm, and the last 100 steps correspond to the Half-step Heavenly Building Realm martial artists. Any martial artist who can set foot on the rooftop of the mountain will get the opportunity to be promoted to a great martial artist of the Heavenly Building Realm!"
What!
"The opportunity to be promoted to the Heavenly Building Realm!"
Suddenly, it caused a commotion among the martial artists below. In the hearts of most young martial artists, their dream was to be promoted to the Heavenly Building Realm and become a great martial artist. As for the Venerable Realm, it was too remote. At this moment, the opportunity to be promoted to the Heavenly Building Realm was placed in front of them, and it seemed to be within their reach!
"The assessment of the God of War Palace is impartial. Martial artists of different realms will pass the assessment as long as they can climb to the corresponding realm."
Not caring about the many martial artists' discussion, Wan Tianxing continued.
"As long as you can climb to the corresponding realm, you can pass the assessment. This second test is too easy!" Wan Tianxing's words immediately caused a discussion among the young martial artists below.
"Easy!"
Similarly, there were also martial artists who heard the discussion of the crowd, and their eyes showed disdain. If this Celestial Stairs assessment was so easy, there was no need to take it!
"The second test of the God of War Palace begins!"