Whoosh!
When the Spiritual Energy around Mu Chen's body completely disappeared, the scarlet light instantly descended, hiding the skies and covering the earth. In the next instant, a terrifyingly high temperature swept over from all directions.
Mu Chen's skin was almost instantly corroded under the illumination of the frightening scarlet light. A heart-piercing pain spread from all over his body, causing Mu Chen to involuntarily violently suck in a breath of cold air.
"Damn it …"
Mu Chen cursed as he trembled. Shortly after, a golden light burst out from the surface of his body with a will of his heart. The True Dragon Tattoo on his chest seemed to have been revived and started to wander on his chest. As the True Dragon Tattoo wandered, the burns on his body swiftly started to heal.
A faint coolness quietly spread out, finally counteracting some of the pain.
Mu Chen heaved a sigh of relief when he sensed that the intense pain in his body had weakened. Fortunately, his physical body wasn't weak. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for him to endure the terrifying scarlet light.
"Next, I will see how terrifying the first level of the Body Refining Pagoda is."
Mu Chen raised his head and looked at the distant desert with a smear of stubbornness in his black pupils. Thereafter, he no longer hesitated and stepped off the stone platform, walking into the desert.
After making up his mind, he did not choose to fly across the desert directly. Instead, he chose to walk, which was the slowest. Since he had decided to use the scarlet light here to temper his body, he naturally had to choose the most difficult path.
Chi!
The moment Mu Chen's feet stepped into the desert, white smoke rose from beneath his feet. It was as if he had stepped into magma.
However, Mu Chen didn't care at all.
Taking a step forward, he endured the scarlet light that covered the sky and covered the earth as he walked towards the depths of the desert.
…
Outside the Body Refining Pagoda.
At this moment, the experts of the various races …
All of them cast their gazes towards the mottled stone tower.
All of them shot towards the first floor of the stone pagoda. Light gathered at the bottom of the pagoda, forming a light screen. Although there wasn't an exact figure appearing on the light screen, there were ten light dots flickering.
These specks of light represented the ten individuals who had entered the stone pagoda. Each speck of light represented the ten individuals who had entered the stone pagoda.
All of them were connected to one person. Through their Spiritual Energy fluctuations, the people outside the pagoda could roughly sense the situation inside the pagoda.
At that moment, there were nine specks of light moving forward at an astonishing speed.
"It's actually Zong Teng of the Sky Roc Clan, he's temporarily in the lead …" Everyone's gazes were fixed onto the first light dot and they swiftly found out his identity through the Spiritual Energy fluctuation. It was Zong Teng of the Sky Roc Clan.
"This Zong Teng has awakened the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Roc. His speed is extraordinary. It is normal for him to be in the lead for now …"
"Han Shan, Xu Kun and the others are not lagging behind either."
"As for the rest of the prodigies?
They're not easy to deal with, and they might even be able to enter the second floor first … "Outside the Body Refining Pagoda, everyone was paying attention to the situation inside the pagoda.
All sorts of whispers were constantly spreading out.
"Heh, there's actually someone who hasn't moved at all?"
As everyone conversed, a woman's ridiculing laughter suddenly resounded, "Sensing his Spiritual Energy fluctuation, it seems to be that human brat that Jiu You brought over … It looks like the Spiritual Array doesn't have any effect in the Body Refining Pagoda."
Everyone was briefly stunned before noticing that when the nine specks of light were rapidly moving towards the second floor, there was indeed a speck of light far behind them that wasn't moving at all!
Some experts exchanged a look.
Shortly after, they looked at Jiu You and Mo Ling with playful gazes. That human brat's performance was extremely dazzling.
They never expected that he would be so weak the moment he entered the Body Refining Pagoda.
What a waste of a great quota.
Jiu You's face was filled with coldness as she coldly stared at the person who ridiculed them. It was Liu Qing of the Sky Roc Clan. This woman had been quiet for a while after Mu Chen defeated Zong Yan, but she never expected that she would start to cause trouble again. How annoying.
"Hehe, Jiu You, it's useless for you to look at me. It looks like the quota that you guys fought so hard for is going to be wasted by this person. What a pity."
When Liu Qing saw Jiu You's expression, she couldn't help laughing. Her face was filled with joy, as if she had vented her anger.
"You're so proud now, but be careful that you won't be able to pick up your face later." Jiu You raised her eyelids and sneered.
Liu Qing ridiculed, "Oh?
Then I'm looking forward to it. "
Jiu You coldly glanced at her, but she couldn't be bothered with her. She shifted her gaze and stared at the first level of the Body Refining Pagoda with her brows slightly knitted.
"Big Sister Jiu You, what is Big Brother Mu Chen doing?" Mo Ling, who was by the side, also spoke out in puzzlement.
Jiu You bitterly smiled and shook her head with doubt in her eyes. Although the Primordial Body Refining Pagoda was tough, Mu Chen shouldn't be trapped on the first level with his strength.
There should be some other reason for the current situation. Could it be that he was injured by the experts of the other races who had entered the pagoda at the beginning?
This thought only flashed in a flash. Amongst the nine of them, aside from Zong Teng and the Thunder Crow Clan, the rest shouldn't have any ill intent towards their Jiu You Sparrow Clan. Furthermore, those two alone weren't enough to force Mu Chen to such a pathetic state.
Not to mention that Mo Feng was by his side.
"Mu Chen … what are you doing?" Jiu You stared at the stone pagoda as she gently clenched her fists and muttered to herself.
…
In the boundless desert, scarlet light poured down from every direction, enveloping the heavens and earth. It was unavoidable.
Rustle!
In the deathly silent desert, there were faint footsteps that resounded. Shifting their gazes over, they saw a silhouette slowly walking across the desert.
Sizzle!
Blood flowed down from Mu Chen's face, but before it even landed on the ground, it had already evaporated. At this moment, Mu Chen's skin was scarlet red.
Even his flesh and blood were exposed under the high temperature.
The dreadful pain was eroding Mu Chen's consciousness at every moment, causing him to be on the verge of fainting.
But even if the pain was endlessly sweeping over,
Mu Chen's steps were still slow and firm.
Even if his flesh and blood were burning in pain, he still did not stop.
That's because he could sense that when the terrifying scarlet light shone on his flesh, it would bring about a searing pain. But when the pain reached its limit, his flesh seemed to be gradually growing stronger. Furthermore, his flesh seemed to be growing stronger.
Moreover, his flesh and blood seemed to be devouring the scarlet light that penetrated his skin and bones.
Every time his flesh and blood devoured a trace of scarlet light, there would be an explosive power quietly surging. In the depths of his seemingly burnt flesh and blood, there was a heart-palpitating vitality gathering.
Although the scarlet light here would cause excruciating pain to one's body, once one could adapt to and endure the excruciating pain, one's body would also receive the gift that the scarlet light brought.
"So that's how it is..."
Mu Chen's hand, which seemed to have been skinned, trembled as he clenched his fist. He could clearly feel the vigorous life force contained within his flesh and blood after the intense pain.
He had only walked in the desert for half an hour.
Although the intense pain almost tortured him to the point of insanity, the strengthening of his physical body could not be underestimated.
In this short hour.
The enhancement of his physical body was probably not inferior to the Blood Spirit Paste Embryo that he had refined previously.
The True Dragon Tattoo on Mu Chen's chest and the dragon scales all over his body seemed to have become even more vivid at this moment. The True Phoenix Tattoo on his back also slightly unfolded its wings.
Most importantly, the eyes of the True Dragon and Phoenix Tattoos, which had only been revealed for a brief moment, seemed to have opened a little more...
All these changes.
This caused the corner of Mu Chen's lips to rise into a slight arc. However, it was just a slight change in his expression.
The intense pain caused his entire body to tremble.
It grew stronger and stronger.
However, Mu Chen wasn't bothered. He raised his head and looked into the distance with blazing joy surging in the depths of his black pupils. He could sense that his body was gradually adapting to the terrifying scarlet light.
Furthermore, if this continued, he might really be able to break through to the second level of the Dragon-Phoenix Sutra in the Body Refining Pagoda. At that time, his physical body would reach a level that he yearned for.
However, he could sense that as his body started to adapt to the scarlet light in the first level, the improvement of his physical body had also started to slow down. Perhaps, it wouldn't be long before he would be able to walk on the first level without any obstructions...
Mu Chen licked his dry lips and no longer hesitated. He strode forth and slowly moved forward, allowing his flesh to quietly squirm under the scarlet light.
…
While Mu Chen was slowly moving forward on the first level, he did not know that he had attracted many voices outside the pagoda. However, the majority of them were ridiculing him as if they were watching a show.
"Hehe. Jiu You, I've been waiting for a long time, but there's nothing that can surprise me. That's not right … that fellow didn't stay still. In the past half an hour, he moved at a snail's speed …" Liu Qing chuckled. Her harsh voice was filled with joy.
"Jiu You, the Sparrow Clan might have some ability, but it's a little too much to waste the quota like this. You must know that there are many clans here that haven't even obtained a quota."
Liu Qing was vicious. She clearly wanted to attract hatred for the Jiu You Sparrow Clan, and her plan was effective. When she spoke, some gazes immediately looked at Jiu You and Mo Ling with unwillingness and jealousy.
Jiu You's face was cold, but she still didn't speak. She only stared at the screen of light on the pagoda. On the first level, a dot of light was still slowly moving forward.
That feeling was as if she was powerless to catch up.
However, as she watched, Jiu You's eyes suddenly narrowed. She sensed that the slowly moving dot of light had suddenly stopped once again.
"Is Mu Chen … unable to continue?"
…
In the scarlet-yellow desert, Mu Chen's footsteps finally stopped. He raised his head and looked at the scarlet-red sun. Soon after, a faint smile rose from the corners of his mouth.
"This first level is already enough …"
Mu Chen muttered to himself. Earlier on, he could clearly sense that his flesh and blood had already adapted to the scarlet light. The intense pain had also greatly weakened, and at the same time, the strengthening of his flesh and blood had also slowed down.
The first level had already reached its limit in terms of tempering his physical body.
"Many thanks …"
Mu Chen stretched his waist and smiled at the scorching sun. Soon after, golden light surged on the surface of his body, and the burnt skin rapidly recovered. Then, he looked into the distance with a burning gaze.
Those fellows should be about to enter the second level, right?
Then, next, he should try to see if he could catch up to those guys in front of him before that happened … (To be continued)
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