Chapter 326: Chapter 28 Leaving Immortal Crossing Island

Without realizing it, another half a year had passed.

At this point, within the Trial Grounds, Lin Jing stood on the eightieth step, looking up at the eighty-first step above.

Lin Jing appeared quite relaxed at the moment, not tired in the least, as if the omnipresent pressure of Divine Sense had disappeared altogether.

However,

it wasn’t that the pressures had vanished, but rather Lin Jing had grown accustomed to them.

Right after experimenting with the limits of that pressure for the first time, Lin Jing had returned to the System Space to begin refining his Divine Sense.

It wasn’t until ten days later that Lin Jing ventured out again.

And so…

Lin Jing would leave at regular intervals.

As the number of departures increased, the time Lin Jing spent outside grew longer and longer.

Moreover, later on, when going out again, Lin Jing tried his best not to use the attachment enhancement feature.

He needed to maintain a balance between his Harvest Points and the time spent in the System Space.

And so it went, until a month later.

Lin Jing had completely adapted to the external pressures.

It was from that moment on that Lin Jing no longer had to worry about running out of time in the System Space.

Furthermore, during this time, aside from the tempering of his Divine Sense, Lin Jing’s body had been strengthening continuously.

Although the Overlord Divine Physique was still at the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment, he was just one opportunity away from advancing to the Golden Core Stage.

This opportunity was the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation.

It was the same with his Cultivation.

However, Lin Jing had been continually suppressing his own Cultivation.

Whenever his Cultivation overflowed, Lin Jing would immediately refine it into his acupoints, using it to cultivate the Overlord Divine Physique.

Now, Lin Jing already possessed the fully complete Cultivation of the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment, coupled with the fully complete Overlord Divine Physique at the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment.

Lin Jing could no longer continue refining,

If he stayed any longer, he would have to face Tribulation to enter the Golden Core stage.

Because of the increase in his physical Cultivation, the oppressive force on the eightieth step was no longer a concern for Lin Jing.

And through the cultivation of the Dao Transformation Divinity Technique, Lin Jing’s Divine Sense had also reached an unprecedented level.

Lin Jing felt that his Divine Sense might not be inferior to that of an average mid-Golden Core Stage cultivator.

Now, even without using the attachment enhancement feature, he could remain unharmed on the eightieth step.

The only thing that made Lin Jing anxious was one matter.

And that was the step right in front of him, the eighty-first step.

If the eightieth step was already so formidable, wouldn’t this final eighty-first step be much more terrifying than the eightieth?

Therefore, Lin Jing hesitated somewhat.

But Lin Jing’s Cultivation was also nearing the point where it couldn’t be suppressed any longer, to the brink of facing Tribulation.

This left Lin Jing with no choice but to step onto the eighty-first step.

After much contemplation, Lin Jing made up his mind.

To continue staying here would mean a dead-end.

He must ascend the eighty-first step today.

Having thought it through, Lin Jing got ready and took a step forward, stepping onto the eighty-first step.

However,

When Lin Jing’s foot landed firmly on the eighty-first step, the anticipated repulsion force did not appear.

Lin Jing furrowed his brow, starting to feel puzzled.

As he waited a while longer, it still didn’t appear.

Lin Jing then lifted his leg and both feet stepped onto the eighty-first step.

At this moment, Lin Jing was fully on guard, ready to face the sudden onslaught of repulsion force or Divine Sense pressure.

Simultaneously, the attachment enhancement feature was once again activated by Lin Jing.

After waiting a little while longer,

suddenly, another change occurred.

The eightieth step behind Lin Jing disappeared abruptly, and the eighty-first step in front of him underwent a transformation.

One could see a gigantic Formation appearing around the eighty-first step, which was identical to the one on top of the stone platform.

Baffled, Lin Jing hastily looked toward the top of the stone platform.

However, Lin Jing could no longer see the top of the stone platform, but could only see the step beneath his feet, as well as this massive Formation.

This Formation even had a concealing function.

Just then, a screen appeared in front of him, and on the screen, two rows of characters formed by black ink appeared.

It read:

“Immortal Crossing Grounds, the Path to Becoming an Immortal.”

“Heavenly Tribulation descends, the true immortal self-crosses.”

Following that, the two rows of ink characters disappeared, and a scene of a Heavenly Tribulation destroying the world appeared on the screen.

The Heavenly Tribulation scene in the screen looked as real as life.

Lin Jing could clearly see from within the screen that countless top Cultivators were turned to ash by the Tribulation Lightning descending from the heavens, strike by strike.

And in the Immortal Cities below those Cultivators, countless low-level cultivators and mortals were howling, crying out…

And numerous people, some on Flying Swords and others fleeing…

Trying to escape from that world-ending Thunder Tribulation.

However, a particularly thick column of lightning struck down.

The entire city, along with those Cultivators and mortals, vanished without a trace.

And those standing in the void, whether it be kind-faced old men or stunning beauties with flowing hair…

These Cultivators, even those of the Mahayana Realm who were facing Tribulation,

were acting as if they were crazed at the time, paying no heed to their own appearances, cursing nonstop, and attacking with all sorts of Magical Treasures and spells…

Trying to stop this apocalyptic Tribulation.

Yet it was all in vain; as each bolt of Tribulation Lightning struck down, the world soon returned to the quietness of death…

At this moment, the scene in the screen changed once again.

The black ink characters reemerged:

“Under the Heavenly Tribulation, endure for a single breath, and you may leave Immortal Crossing Island.”

Then, the light screen changed scenes, and the top of the stone platform appeared.

A person, whose appearance was indistinct, came to the top of the stone platform and jumped directly into the deep pool, entering the vortex within.

After jumping in, the light screen once again turned blank, and the ink-like writing reappeared.

“Survive for two breaths under the Heavenly Tribulation, and you may obtain an unparalleled Immortal Artifact.”

Afterward, the ink writing on the light screen vanished, and it was replaced by a person wielding an incredibly extraordinary-looking Flying Sword that radiated with iridescent, golden light.

Wherever the Flying Sword passed, countless top cultivators were slain with a single strike.

The one controlling the Flying Sword then stood amidst the high skies, laughing heartily under the admiring gazes of the crowd.

“Survive for three breaths under the Heavenly Tribulation, and you would be directly granted immortal qi to refine your body, becoming an immortal on the spot.”

When the ink characters faded this time, the light screen showed a splendidly magnificent Immortal Palace, with palaces made of gilt and jade tiles emanating dazzling golden glows.

Within the light screen, each person bore an aura of immortality, some riding cranes and others steering clouds, heading to the Immortal Palace to attend a banquet of celestial delicacies.

At that banquet,

numerous indescribable Spirit Fruits were neatly laid out, and just looking at them was almost enough to make one’s mouth water…

However, all of this

vanished completely with the disappearance of the light screen.

Like a fleeting dream or a bubble’s shadow.

After the disappearance of the light screen, the array suddenly altered, and an extremely terrifying aura enveloped Lin Jing in an instant.

Lin Jing felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

He saw above his head, countless lightning arcs gathering,

seeming to form a thick Heavenly Thunder that would engulf Lin Jing.

After seeing the images on the light screen, Lin Jing knew that this Heavenly Thunder could very likely be the dreadful thunder from the screen.

Such Heavenly Thunder was something Lin Jing, with his current cultivation, could not withstand at all.

Let alone endure for one or two breaths…

That was even more impossible.

At this moment, the lightning arcs were still gathering.

And that sense of danger was growing stronger and stronger, to the point where even Lin Jing’s cultivation began to waver.

Under the influence of this Heavenly Thunder, his cultivation could hardly be suppressed.

As the Heavenly Thunder was about to finish gathering, the formation, at this moment, bound Lin Jing in place.

He found himself unable to even move his body.

Lin Jing then hastily summoned the System.

Before the descent of the Heavenly Thunder, he entered the System Space.

Only after entering the System Space did Lin Jing let out a sigh of relief.

He then immediately activated Observation Mode to observe the outside situation.

Although Lin Jing had disappeared from the eighty-first step,

the Heavenly Thunder still struck down accurately.

The thunder kept bombarding the ground of the eighty-first step.

In Observation Mode, seeing this Heavenly Thunder made Lin Jing’s heart quail.

This Heavenly Thunder was not as simple as the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation.

Lin Jing only knew that this Heavenly Thunder was very strong,

far beyond what he could endure at his current level.

Perhaps because Lin Jing had vanished, the Heavenly Thunder continued unabated.

This made Lin Jing dare not return to the eighty-first step.

Left with no choice, Lin Jing changed his observation angle.

However, while in Observation Mode,

Lin Jing actually saw the top of the stone platform, which had been concealed by the formation before.

At this moment, there was no formation protecting the top of the stone platform, only the vortex-like deep pool in the center.

Lin Jing was instantly overjoyed.

From the previous light screens, Lin Jing knew that this pool was the exit out.

The other things, the Immortal Artifact, and the infusing to become immortal, needless to say, Lin Jing did not believe in them.

They were definitely false.

But this pool could very likely be real.

After all, this was the only exit in the Trial Grounds.

To confirm his suspicion, Lin Jing used Observation Mode to probe inside the deep pool.

It was there, within the pool, that Lin Jing finally found a Teleportation Array.

It seemed correct,

that Teleportation Array was indeed the exit out.

Following that, Lin Jing summoned the System and then spoke:

“System, use Fixed Point Teleportation.”

Afterward,

Lin Jing chose to land next to the pool at the top of the stone platform.

Once the choice was made, the system’s voice came again.

“Fixed Point Teleportation initiated, 1 Harvest Point consumed, remaining Harvest Points: 8807 Harvest Points.”

Immediately after, Lin Jing appeared at the designated location.

Then, he looked back at the steps and discovered that the array was continuously supplying energy to the Heavenly Thunder,

which was why the thunder hadn’t stopped.

Lin Jing also understood at this point that this was not some sort of Trial Grounds at all,

but clearly a trap.

Perhaps it had been a Trial Grounds before, but it was modified to be this way.

However, now…

Lin Jing had already escaped, and naturally did not care about these things anymore.

Afterward,

Lin Jing turned back, took one last glance at the vast expanse of yellow sand,

and then leaped directly into the deep pool.