"Huff, huff, ..."
As soon as Long Chen and the other two entered the spirit pool, they dashed down like fish, darting down at top speed.
The spirit pool was bottomless, and the three didn't care about anything else. They kept charging downward. Soon, they sensed fluctuations behind them—clearly, the nine peerless prodigies from the Uncharted Realm had caught up.
The spiritual pool was filled with dense chaotic energy, already condensed into liquid. The deeper it went, the greater the pressure. Endless chaotic energy was washing their bodies.
But Long Chen and the other two had no interest in experiencing these things. They desperately tried to swim downstream, with a long phantom figure dragging behind them, like a dragon's tail, dragging them down rapidly. Those beings were left far behind.
From within the spiritual spring, one could hear the roaring sounds behind them, but the distance was too great to make out what they were shouting at all.
"Boss, look down below." Suddenly, Xia Chen cried out in alarm.
Deep within the spiritual spring, a light suddenly appeared. As the three rapidly approached, a circular portal appeared, spanning a hundred li in diameter.
The circular portal was like a full moon, radiating a sacred radiance. Around the doorway were ten recesses, each with thrones emitting a sacred divine radiance, as if waiting for its master.
"One per person, hurry up and secure your spot." Long Chen said.
"Boss, so you already knew what was going on below?" Guo Ran was both surprised and delighted.
"Earlier, I risked using ocular techniques and saw the situation here. Based on the rules here, at least it's safe for us to come in." Long Chen said with a smile.
"There are ten positions in total. We can only occupy three. What about the rest?" Guo Ran couldn't help but say.
"What, you want to smash the other things? Not leaving them any at all? Long Chen laughed angrily.
"The key is, they're the enemy. If they grow stronger, we'll be in trouble. When the gates open and a great battle breaks out, who knows how many brothers will die at their hands." Guo Ran said bitterly.
Long Chen nodded and said, "You really think far ahead. Do you know why, even though the nine of them have already secured their spots, they still have to wait for the last person?" Xia
Chen and Guo Ran shook their heads. Long Chen hurried forward while saying, "If my guess is correct, it's because only when ten thrones open simultaneously will the energy here be split equally."
If only nine were activated, it would mean nine people split the energy of ten people equally, so they kept waiting for the tenth; otherwise, they would lose one spot for no reason.
The three of us will immediately seize the throne. Remember my words: as long as you don't die, you'll desperately absorb it.
The more we absorb, the less energy we leave for them; conversely, the energy we can't absorb is essentially all left for them. "
Damn it, I'd rather die than leave them with anything." Guo Ran said through gritted teeth.
"Get ready."
With a sharp shout, Long Chen charged to the bottom. Long Chen thrust out both hands simultaneously. Xia Chen and Guo Ran shot toward the two thrones like meteors, while Long Chen charged straight for the middle throne. The three of them were connected, with Xia Chen and Guo Ran positioned on either side of Long Chen.
"Buzz"—
The three entered the throne almost simultaneously. The moment they stepped on, the divine patterns on the throne lit up, and the water of the entire spiritual spring boiled instantly.
"Boom boom boom boom... Long
Chen and the other two sat on their thrones, instantly feeling intense pain all over their bodies, as if billions of steel needles were piercing them. Then, endless energy surged into their bodies wildly.
"Ah..."
Guo Ran let out a piercing scream. Xia Chen's forehead veins bulged in pain, his eyes bulging. The power of chaos invaded their bodies in the most brutal and violent way. At that moment, they almost felt like they were about to die.
However, they always remembered Long Chen's words, not resisting these forces at all, even desperately trying to match them, pouring into their bodies. This was a classic example of walking someone else's path, leaving them with nowhere to go.
Long Chen didn't feel much pain, since he had just endured the pain of meridian unblocking and bone tempering, so this pain was nothing.
As endless chaotic power surged into Long Chen's body, it was as if a sleeping dragon had been awakened, frantically devouring the power here.
Long Chen's qi, blood, tendons, veins, bones, and the hundred-eight thousand stars in his dantian all desperately absorbed this energy like hungry wolves.
Only now did Long Chen understand why the dragon clan experts said his body was in an extreme state of hunger and thirst. Normally, he wouldn't feel it, but now his body was like a desert longing for rain, greedily absorbing the power of chaos.
Meanwhile, Long Chen felt his body changing every moment; his body was truly awakening.
"Damn it, damn humans..."
Just as Long Chen and the other two entered the throne, the nine powerful figures charged forward. But surprisingly, they didn't attack Long Chen and the others, but instead charged toward other thrones.
Of the ten thrones, three were occupied by Long Chen and his companions, while the remaining seven were fought over by nine people, but two powerful figures failed to seize them.
"Die!"
The two powerful figures roared in fury, charging madly at Long Chen and the other two.
"Boom boom boom... They
desperately attacked the throne, but once someone was inside, a seal would form, protecting the person inside. No matter how they attacked, they couldn't break the seal—at most, it would only affect those inside.
Seeing the two powerful figures desperately attacking the seal but unable to break it, Long Chen and the others immediately felt relieved. Guo Ran even felt like cursing
the attacker through the seal:
"You worthless thing, come in here! I can fart and I'll knock you down all the way. Dancing with your ass and showing off to your father!"
Guo Ran had been in terrible pain, but as soon as he started cursing, he suddenly had an outlet for his outlet. It seemed the pain had eased a lot. Realizing this, Guo Ran started cursing even more enthusiastically.
The man attacked the seal, roaring and exploding, but he could never break it. Hearing Guo Ran's provocation, he was so furious that smoke seemed to come from his seven orifices as he desperately smashed the seal.
The more that person smashed, the more Guo Ran cursed—one was smashing enthusiastically, the other was satisfying.
Originally, Long Chen was fully absorbing the chaotic power, but after the other thrones were activated, he clearly realized that part of the chaotic power had been taken away by others.
"Damn humans, you can't escape today. Get out of the barrier quickly, or we might spare your lives." Another being who failed to seize the throne shouted loudly.
"Idiot, do you think we'll believe you?" This time, it was Xia Chen who answered that person.
Like Guo Ran, he was desperately absorbing the power of chaos, using his utmost strength to absorb as much as he could.
"You two keep interfering with them, preventing them from absorbing them peacefully. Once our chaotic power is saturated, we'll come to help you." A blood clan expert engulfed in blood-red flames shouted loudly from within the throne.
"Saturation of chaotic power?"
Long Chen was stunned, then suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him as he formed hand seals with both hands.
"Divine Ring appears!"
"Buzz!"
A seven-colored divine ring appeared behind Long Chen. Immediately, the throne where Long Chen sat trembled, a massive vortex formed, and endless chaotic power surged madly toward the throne.