Ye Hao's dark face was full of fighting spirit; he finally had an opponent who made him feel threatened. Breaking through two levels at once—what a concept!He couldn't even do that!**Fourth Level**Sen Lei reached the level where all the other prodigies stopped, which was also Feng Tianya's record."This level indeed has a spiritual pressure that's much higher than the first level. I'm already feeling a bit strained." Sen Lei saw the void filled with stars again, but this time, the stars in front of him were getting bigger and bigger.The spiritual power infused into him was absorbed by the demonic seed. Now Sen Lei could sense that a leaf had sprouted on that seed inside him, a blood-red leaf. Sen Lei knew that it was the absorption of so much spiritual power that brought forth this leaf.Every time he thought about it, Sen Lei felt a twinge of heartache!It was too extravagant, using so much spiritual power to cultivate a seed; perhaps Sen Lei was the only oddball on the entire continent to do so.But there was no choice… It wasn't up to him to decide…"Sigh," Sen Lei sighed. He felt like he was just a laborer.Sen Lei stopped thinking about it, since all the benefits were his anyway, and he also felt that he was being a bit slow.
"I need to speed up! Today, I will finish this star path!" Sen Lei picked up the ink bamboo and charged towards the barrier leading to the fifth level.
"Bang!"
The spiritual barrier shattered!
This time, a demon beast appeared that was at the fifth level of the Spirit Sea realm.
And this demon beast looked like a purple pig with weak limbs and tusks. Sen Lei couldn't remember its exact name, but it had a game name, something like "Plague Dirige." Sen Lei couldn't recall it clearly.
"Damn it, whatever!" Sen Lei grabbed the ink bamboo and swung it down.
But this time, it was different; the purple pig, covered in black sticky fluid, nimbly dodged Sen Lei's attack, which made Sen Lei pause for a moment.
"What a fast pig!"
"Whoosh, whoosh!" From the purple pig's mouth, four black sticky fluid whirlwinds were spat out!
"Damn, this thing is really disgusting!" But Sen Lei quickly dodged, while also not relaxing his vigilance.
The characters "Star Su" appeared in the sky; Sen Lei quickly formed seals with his hands and moved swiftly behind the purple pig using the Seven Star Steps.
"Soul-Devouring Hand!"
The immense suction from the blood hand summoned by Sen Lei left the purple pig defenseless, and it flew directly towards Sen Lei.
A powerful blood aura burst from Sen Lei's hand, and as it neared the purple pig, it exploded violently.
A serene voice echoed in the air:
"Am I evil? Are you definitely right in your persistence?"
Sen Lei was stunned. He remembered that these were the words the Apostle Dirige said before he died!
In fact, when delving deep into the game's plot, Sen Lei had often thought about the actions these self-proclaimed righteous adventurers took for their own benefit.
Every time he recalled these Apostles, Sen Lei suddenly felt a deep sadness. They had killed so many Apostles; did that make the adventurers righteous?
In the game's storyline, before Dirige died, he also asked the adventurers, "Am I evil? Are you definitely right in your persistence?" After saying this, he was sucked into a space-time rift, forever exiled on the brink of death.
Afraid of the dark, Hilock was transported into the dark, sunless Scream Cavern, where she ultimately lost all her light and was killed by the Four Great Sword Saints after turning into a monster.
The ocean overlord Rost was transported to the sky city without a drop of water. He had no choice but to control the BGL cultists to survive, with his power severely weakened. If he had chosen to sink into the Arad Sea, how could he have been killed by the adventurers? It was because he was worried about the great water overturning Arad that he controlled the BLG cultists to help him build a palace to stop the evaporation of water, but in the end, he was killed by the adventurers.
Antoun, lacking energy, would die if he didn't, so he occupied the power station to break the boundary wall. After painstakingly storing enough energy to return home, he was still killed by self-proclaimed righteous adventurers. He just wanted to go home.
Luke, the master and scientist of the Demon Realm, was also just trying to protect himself. Little Becky calling Luke his grandpa was simply heartbreaking!
Luke could have been subdued without further research. He was ambushed by Barn, which resulted in the death of the leader Aizera at the hands of the radicals.
Sen Lei, although he believed this was an illusion, was overcome with sadness at this moment.
**Fifth Level, Open!**
The outside world was already numb. Ever since Ye Hao forcefully opened the fifth level, Sen Lei also entered strongly.
And those who previously mocked in the Feng Kingdom were nowhere to be seen.
Feng Wu's face was even gloomier than before.
"How is he so strong! Is this the former crippled prince?"
Even Song Qiao's usually calm eyes showed some fluctuation.
He almost opened the fifth level at the third level of the Spirit Sea realm, and now, after several endowments, he had reached the fourth level of the Spirit Sea realm. Of course, if you told him that fights depended on the realm, you would die miserably.
And all the elders in the stands were dumbfounded.
Another person reached the fifth level!
Cheng Hou looked at Xiao Tian and said, "You old thing, you were right, and not just one!"
Xiao Tian was also in a daze.
"Could he finish the star path today… I remember I only reached the fourth level back then…"
After Xiao Tian finished speaking,
Su Xin chimed in, "I think it's possible. If he really finishes it, then perhaps he truly has the qualifications to pursue that ethereal realm!"
The elders nearby all looked shocked.
"That realm!"
Feng Wuyia watched as the elders were amazed by Sen Lei's talent and strength.
His heart was filled with jealousy: "This little brat, without his spiritual roots, can still go against me. I must kill him. He's growing too fast, and I must eliminate him! I can't let anyone know that my spiritual roots were his!" The more Feng Wuyia thought, the more anxious he became.
At this moment, a young girl appeared next to Qingfeng in the stands, "Grandfather!"
This girl was none other than Qingfeng's granddaughter, Qingchan of Ximu Hall.
"Is your aunt still the same?" Qingfeng looked at the girl.
"Yes…" Qingchan's face darkened.
She then adjusted her mood and asked, "How's the competition going? Has the star path been completed yet?"
Qingchan felt it was a bit slow; in the past, they never took more than half a day to pass the star path.
And now, it was almost evening.
"There's still one person inside!"
Feng Wuyia interjected at this moment.
Upon hearing this, Qingchan looked at the name shining on the purple door, "Sen Lei?!" The name was the one who broke the fifth level, Sen Lei.
"Impossible! How could someone enter the fifth level during the enrollment? And he is the child of the one who harmed my aunt!" Thinking of her aunt Qingling's suffering, Qingchan couldn't bear it.
Qingfeng patted Qingchan's forehead and said, "Your father's mistakes shouldn't be placed on his shoulders. Let it go. Your aunt is too obsessed and can't let go, which is why she's like this. I don't want you to become like that."
Qingchan lowered her head and said, "But should my aunt's suffering just be forgotten? I must seek justice for my aunt!"
"Sigh," Qingfeng's face darkened.
For so many years, Qingfeng had been furious about this incident, indirectly causing Sen Lei's grandfather to be mortally wounded and concealing Sen Lei's spiritual roots, leading to many events.
Qingfeng felt genuinely indebted to him. His feelings were very conflicted; he didn't know what this child thought of him. He should find a chance to explain.
After all, his talent was unimaginable even to him.
Su Xin looked at the Grand Elder and smiled, "The Grand Elder has something on his mind."
"Yes."
... …After stepping into the fifth level, Sen Lei felt his breathing quicken. The immense pressure made him feel like he was carrying a giant rock.
From the outside, Sen Lei's skin even began to flush.
"The pressure here is so strong, it's almost like it's stopping his heart from beating. How can he even think about challenging any illusions? Even someone like him, who cultivates blood burning, can't handle it. How can other cultivators even think about passing through?"
"Whoosh~" Sen Lei exhaled a breath of white air.
"This level is quite challenging for me, and there's also an illusion challenge in the next stage." Thinking of this, Sen Lei suddenly felt a bit powerless.
Blood Spirit appeared from the space,
Looking coldly at Sen Lei and said, "Isn't this environment perfect for you to temper your blood energy?"
"Oh right,… I've been so focused on the trials that my brain isn't working right, haha." Then Sen Lei sat cross-legged in the void, feeling the spiritual pressure from the starry sky and constantly resisting it. It's like a habit of pain perception; when you've been in pain for a long time, you don't feel it anymore. The same goes for pressure; when you're
in a certain amount of pressure for a long time, it doesn't feel that big.
Of course, that's assuming you have the strength.
Beside Sen Lei, the giant ink bamboo floated next to him. If you look closely at the ink bamboo, you'll find that the rust on its jet-black body has fallen off, revealing a purple glow, which was unusually strange. Sen Lei hadn't noticed this at all.