In the night, Long Chen climbed to the top of a mountain peak. The bright moon hung high, and he could overlook the surrounding scenery for hundreds of miles.
The current Long Chen is no longer the Long Chen he was when he was chased by the Yinghou. Now he doesn't have so many taboos. This is an excellent place for practice.
In the primitive jungle, the aura of heaven and earth is several times richer than that in the imperial capital. He needs to take advantage of the unique environment here to reach the next level.
After assassinating Xia Changfeng last time, he encountered the Yinghou and fought continuously. He was always on the verge of death. Long Chen's state of mind improved rapidly.
He felt that the bottleneck was beginning to loosen, and this was the best time to hit the next level.
At the top of the mountain, there were steep cliffs everywhere. He was not afraid of beasts disturbing him. He sat cross-legged on a boulder and turned on twelve cyclones.
The space trembled, and twelve huge whirlpools appeared behind Long Chen, with a diameter of a terrifying hundred feet.
This was the first time after Long Chen was promoted to the tenth level of Qi Gathering that he used all his firepower to release the cyclone from his body.
Because he was afraid that his vision would alert the enemy, now he could finally let go of his hands and feet and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with all his strength.
Twelve cyclones with a diameter of one hundred feet are like the mouths of twelve beasts, like long whales sucking water, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and pouring it into the Fengfu Star at Long Chen's feet.
The space that could almost be seen with the naked eye began to twist slightly due to the extraction of twelve cyclones, and the spiritual energy of hundreds of miles in radius converged towards Long Chen like a torrent.
"boom"
It only took three hours for Long Chen's Fengfu Star to make an explosive sound, which was a sign that the spiritual energy had reached the critical point and was about to enter the next state.
However, Long Chen was not excited at all, because he knew that this was just the beginning, and there would be an extremely long process waiting for him to work hard.
When he condensed the tenth cyclone, he experienced the almost abnormal difficulty. The Nine-Star Hegemonic Body Technique was too evil and he was used to it.
Usually, warriors can attack the barrier in one attack. Those with strong qualifications may need to attack it multiple times. However, no matter how talented a person is, they will never attack the barrier more than nine times.
Although Long Chen didn't count the time when he hit the tenth level of Qi gathering, he conservatively estimated that there must be thousands of times.
As for the subsequent two attacks, Long Chen couldn't remember how many times they were. Anyway, they were just constant attacks until they broke through.
So when the Fengfu Star made a muffled sound for the first time, Long Chen didn't react at all and continued to absorb the energy of the world.
Following Long Chen's actions, more and more energy from heaven and earth poured into the Fengfu Star, and the Fengfu Star began to rotate rapidly with constant explosions.
Long Chen ignored it and still tried his best to absorb the energy of the world. The wind and clouds gathered, the sea embraced all rivers, and energy from all directions came in like thousands of horses galloping.
On a high mountain hundreds of miles away from Long Chen, on a towering tree, a woman in white was looking here.
"What a powerful foundation-building aura. It seems that a great figure is about to appear in the human race." The woman in white murmured, and the figure slowly disappeared.
The Fengfu Star in Long Chen's body kept vibrating, and it did not exceed Long Chen's expectations. It could never enter the next state. This is where the Nine Star Hegemonic Body Technique became abnormal.
It was not until three days later that the Fengfu Star in Long Chen's body turned slower and slower, and finally stopped completely. Long Chen couldn't help but feel happy, this was the real breakthrough.
"boom"
Suddenly, the world trembled, and the twelve cyclones behind Long Chen slowly separated, and a thirteenth cyclone appeared.
When the thirteenth cyclone appeared, the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder thundered, and it was gloomy for thousands of miles.
"How is this going?"
Long Chen was shocked. He found that the dark clouds in the sky were like a huge whirlpool, and the center of the whirlpool was facing Long Chen.
It was like a huge devil's eye, staring at Long Chen mercilessly, and at the same time, a terrifying will of destruction came straight towards Long Chen.
Long Chen immediately found that he couldn't move his whole body, and he couldn't even move his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel horrified.
"what the hell?"
Long Chen cursed in his heart, looking at the dark clouds that kept gathering in the sky, and the thunder and lightning that kept flashing in the dark clouds, converging towards the center of the dark clouds, he knew that something bad might not happen.
"Are you going to hack me?"
No matter how stupid Long Chen was, he knew that something terrible might appear soon, so he struggled crazily.
But my whole body seemed to be pressed down by a big mountain. I tried my best to stand up, but I couldn't stop my body from shaking.
"Click"
The rock under Long Chen's feet cracked. Such a solid boulder could not bear Long Chen's weight.
Even though Long Chen was brave, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart and wanted to escape, but it seemed like a huge mountain was pressing down on his body, making it difficult to move and unable to escape at all.
"This is heaven's punishment. You can't escape it. Concentrate on resisting it with all your strength."
Just when Long Chen was secretly anxious, a voice came into Long Chen's ears.
"God of the forest?"
Long Chen recognized that voice, which was coming from the woman in the spirit world. She was obviously reminding him.
Heaven's punishment? Long Chen couldn't help but feel more and more angry. There are so many bad people in the world. If you don't punish them, why don't you punish me?
But listening to the woman's voice, it seemed that she knew the origin of this terrifying vision. Since the woman reminded herself, she would never harm herself.
Putting aside the shock and anger in his heart, he touched the ring, and the broadsword appeared in his hand, maximizing his power.
At this time, there were thirteen cyclones behind Long Chen, surrounding Long Chen like a halo emerging, setting off Long Chen, like the reincarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, looking proudly at the sky.
The woman in white looked at the thirteen cyclones in the halo where Long Chen stretched out his hand from afar, and fell into deep thought.
Long Chen condensed the thirteen cyclones, and the power of heaven and earth poured into his body continuously. The meridians of his body were transformed by the woman in white, so that they could withstand greater energy.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, and the lightning was getting denser and denser. Suddenly, there was deathly silence between the sky and the earth. A lightning as thick as a water tank rushed down from the center of the dark clouds and headed straight for Long Chen.
Want to destroy heaven and earth.
Long Chen looked at the terrifying thunder falling straight down, feeling the endless will of destruction in it. He held the sword in both hands, and a strange light appeared on the broad sword.
"Open the sky"
"boom"
The rubble collapsed, and the mountain peak hundreds of feet high was knocked down. The thunder struck and flattened the entire mountain.
Long Chen spat out three mouthfuls of blood in a row, his whole body was scorched, and he could even smell the scent of meat emanating from his body.
His full blow was like an ant waving its tentacles against an elephant's hooves. It was unable to move the enemy at all. It was completely useless.
This made him very frustrated. In front of that lightning, he felt so insignificant, and the joy that he had just been promoted to the thirteenth level of Qi Gathering was suddenly extinguished.
"You did very well"
At this time, the sky became clear again, and the dark clouds in the sky dispersed. As if everything just now was an illusion, a woman in white appeared in front of Long Chen.
Just as Long Chen was about to speak, another mouthful of blood spurted out. The blow just now caused a great shock to his internal organs.
The woman in white waved her hand, and a drop of green liquid floated towards Long Chen and fell into Long Chen's mouth. Long Chen felt a sweet smell, slid down his throat, and quickly dispersed in his body. He found that his injuries began to improve rapidly.
.
The burnt black on his skin was slowly falling off. In less than a stick of incense, his body had recovered by 70% to 80%, which was more miraculous than any healing medicine.
"Don't be surprised. The first punishment from heaven is mainly to destroy people's will. If your will is not strong enough, your soul will be destroyed under the punishment from heaven," said the woman in white.
"What exactly is heavenly punishment?" Long Chen asked.
"That is the will of Heaven. Anyone who threatens Heaven will be punished by Heaven when he is promoted."
Long Chen couldn't help but his heart beat wildly when he heard it, threatening the way of heaven? Could it be referring to the Nine-Star Hegemonic Body Technique?
"There are some things I can't say too much to you, as that would be detrimental to you. You take a rest and consolidate your cultivation. I'm going back."
After speaking, without waiting for Long Chen's reply, the woman's figure turned into a wisp of smoke and slowly disappeared in front of Long Chen.
Watching the woman in white disappear, then looking at the flattened mountain peaks, and then looking at the cloudless sky, it felt like I had just had a dream.
Recalling the lightning just now, Long Chen suddenly woke up. He couldn't resist the lightning at all, but why couldn't it kill him?
Could it be true that as the woman said, the first divine punishment was only aimed at his will. If his will collapsed, he would die under the divine punishment.
Before, he was irresistible to the punishment from heaven and wanted to escape. It was the woman who reminded him that gave him the courage to face the punishment from heaven.
If it hadn't been for that woman's reminder, I'm afraid he would have been hacked to pieces, physically and mentally. It makes me scared just thinking about it.
At the same time, I also understood how important a strong will is to a warrior, and practice is simply a path of progress and no retreat.
Taking a deep breath, after being reminded by the woman today, he seemed to have seen a broader sky.
"Buzz"
The space trembled, and Long Chen summoned thirteen cyclones out of his body. He wanted to see if there were any changes in his own cyclones.
"Huh"
Long Chen found that the thirteen cyclones were still a hundred feet in diameter and had not become larger. However, what surprised him was that after the heavenly punishment, there was a bond between the thirteen cyclones that completely connected them.
Now the thirteen cyclones are connected together to form a halo. They no longer work independently, but become a whole. The spiritual energy travels back and forth among the thirteen cyclones.
"call"
Long Chen's thoughts moved, and the thirteen cyclones trembled slightly. The cyclones rotated rapidly, and the halo behind them circulated rapidly, forming a huge vortex, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth crazily.
The speed was more than ten times faster than before, which greatly surprised Long Chen. With such a speed of absorption, even if he encounters an intense battle, he will not run out of spiritual energy.
When he and Ah Man fought against the Yinghou together, they consumed too much energy, resulting in insufficient spiritual energy and could not last. Now that there are thirteen cyclones connected, there is basically no need to worry about endurance in the future.
And he discovered that when the divine ring condensed by thirteen cyclones appeared, his body appeared in another state, and his whole body was full of power.
Slowly closing his eyes and looking inside his body, Long Chen was suddenly shocked, with a look of ecstasy on his face.