Chapter 317: Become a star!
In front of the towering summit
The pressure surrounding them weakened slightly. Jiang Shan and Zhong Sheng raised their heads and looked at the sky.
After seeing Gu Jieshuang rising into the clouds, everyone was relieved.
“This kid has good talent.” Jiang Shan nodded.
As long as you reach Yunshang and officially enter Feng Yue Cangjian, it means that you have passed the first trial and can get the soul card.
As for what you encounter after arriving on the cloud, whether it's a battle or anything else, you can do whatever you want. Even if you fail, it won't affect you - it's just that you can't enter the second level.
Although it seems that the process is just to stand on the top of a towering mountain and then wait to ascend to the sky, this step alone has stumped many people for countless years.
Even the ancient emperors were not able to reach the clouds.
In this process, you have to face the great horror between life and death, the terrible feeling that all parts of your body are constantly failing, and the psychological suggestion that you can return to the original state as long as you give up, two feelings When fighting against each other, most people might just give up.
Although the process of ascension will continue to hurt your body, no matter how serious the damage is, as long as you turn back, you will return to the towering summit intact. Although there is this premise, the feeling of death is too real, and few people can bear it.
“You should be able to see the frost coming down in a little while,” Jiang Shan said.
Among the three trials of Feng Yue Cangjian, the first level is the simplest - the limit of the physical body, which can be reached by relying solely on one's own will.
But as you go up, the difficulty suddenly rises.
Jiang Shan has lived in the Holy Capital for so many years and has met many people who participated in Feng Yue Cangjian's trial, but he has only met Zhong Sheng who can enter the second level.
The difficulty gap between the second floor and the first floor is even greater than the difficulty gap between the third floor and the second floor - at least judging from the comparison of the number of people.
Since the founding of the Yan Kingdom, those who have climbed to the first level are like crucian carps crossing the river, and only a dozen or so can enter the second level. Among them, there are also Ye Yan and Di Changan who can reach it. The third floor.
Jiang Shandao: "When you go to the sky, you have to experience three levels of limits. The first level is the limit of the physical body. Those who pass this level will return with the ambition to discover the true self."
< br>Broken and then established, this process of ascending to heaven is the process of "breaking". When returning from the clouds, it will naturally "establish".
During this process, the body of those who pass the test will be reshaped under the guidance of their own will, gaining a large amount of enhancements and a higher upper limit. The will itself will also become stronger under the influence of Feng Yue Cangjian's power.
Jiang Shan looked back and found that Yu Cang was still concentrating with his eyes closed, so he turned around without disturbing him.
"We should be able to see Jie Shuang back in a moment... huh?"
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Shan suddenly hummed, raised his head suddenly, and looked at the sky.
“That’s not right.” Zhong Sheng looked surprised, “Jieshuang, she...is still going up?”
……
Above the clouds
Gu Jieshuang's body seemed to be suspended on the clouds as if there was no force. There were more and more cracks on his body, and it became more unstable. There were even fragments falling off from it and dissipating in the wind. into powder.
She gradually faded the smile on her face and looked in front of her.
The clouds keep rising, and the giant monsters they gather keep growing!
Roar! !
A loud roar suddenly exploded from the clouds, and countless pieces of ice were shaken out of the body made of clouds with the roar. Then, the giant cloud suddenly rushed out, bringing waves of clouds and mist towards Gu Jieshuang!
Gu Jieshuang frowned and raised his hand, as if he wanted to fight, but after thinking for a moment, he still chose to retreat.
It's not that she doesn't want to fight, it's just that her current body doesn't allow it.
If nothing else, soul energy alone is not enough.
Now my mental pressure has also reached the limit, and the soul energy production rate is zero, which means... now, I only have this tube of soul energy in the soul energy well to use, and there will be no more. .
You only have one tube of soul energy and your body is in such a broken state. You can't beat this big guy no matter how hard you think, right?
Can I really pass this level...
Gu Jieshuang didn't know that he had passed the first level now, so he was thinking seriously.
Phew!
The huge claws made of clouds passed by, and Gu Jieshuang tried his best to mobilize his weak body, but he could barely avoid it.
Bang!
The blow was too close, and the strong wind caused a large part of Gu Jieshuang's body to suddenly break into pieces, turning into powder and dispersing in the clouds.
She frowned.
Broken, she subconsciously kept such a close distance during the battle, forgetting that her current body was too fragile...
She moved, accelerated suddenly, and avoided the attack. At the same time, he quickly opened his body.
This movement caused almost the entire left arm to be shattered by the wind.
On the opposite side, the giant creature that punched seemed to have some of the clouds condensed on its body falling off due to the violent movement.
Gu Jieshuang's eyes narrowed.
“Do you want to fight for endurance?”
The clouds on your body will be blown away during the movements of the clouds. So, as long as you keep your body intact before the clouds completely dissipate, That should do the trick.
Thinking of this, she immediately reached out her hand.
She has to fight. If she doesn't fight anymore, when her right arm is broken, she won't be able to hold the sword even if she wants to.
“Untie Emei!”
Although it would be stronger to summon the Dust-sealed Holy Sword to cover a sword intention, she doesn’t know if her current body can withstand the power of the sword intention, let alone now The mental pressure is already full, and there is no gap. I can only use Jie'emei, which does not take up the mental pressure.
Crack!
The ice-crystal-like long sword appeared in his hand. For a moment, Gu Jieshuang felt that his body suddenly stabilized, as if his broken body had stabilized a lot.
Jie Emei is trying her best to eliminate the negative state in her body, but her current body is not simply a "negative state", and the sword is also powerless.
However, it is always good to be more stable, at least it will not break when touched.
Roar!
The cloud roared loudly, and countless more clouds broke away from the body. It rushed towards me with great momentum.
But at this moment, Gu Jieshuang already had the long sword in her hand. She was not afraid at all. After turning around to let go of the frontal attack, she slashed through Yun Tuan's body with a single slash of her sword, bringing out countless clouds of mist.
"This feeling..."
As the sword passed by, Gu Jieshuang seemed to notice something.
The inside of the cloud is very cold and hard.
I don’t know what thoughts passed through my mind. Gu Jieshuang turned his head and fought fiercely with Yun Tuan again.
For a moment, the fallen clouds and body fragments were flying everywhere, but Gu Jieshuang was more skilled after all. For such a thing with no fighting skills, she got used to it for a while, and she was already able to do it with ease.
Roar!
Yun Tuan slapped the air again. At this time, Gu Jieshuang, who had been waiting for a long time to confirm that this flaw was not a trap, immediately launched an attack and stabbed out the Jie'e Mei in his hand!
Ding!
The long sword penetrated, as if it had pierced something hard. Gu Jieshuang's eyes narrowed and he shouted:
"Disperse!"
Bang!
The long sword trembled. Gu Jieshuang's sword directly shook half of the clouds away. Along with the clouds, there were countless ice particles scattered.
Under the clouds, a monster made purely of ice appeared in front of Gu Jieshuang.
This monster has a pair of wings and a bird head, just like a birdman made of solid ice.
At this moment, Gu Jieshuang's sword hit its chest, and with the help of his skills, the shock directly created a shallow pit with some cracks scattered around it.
Gu Jieshuang raised her brows, but before she could take a closer look, the monster waved its hand and attacked, so she could only retreat quickly.
Roar! !
The monster whose clouds were scattered seemed to be furious. It roared and ran madly. The extremely cold temperature began to spread, and the sea of clouds it passed was directly frozen into ice.
Gu Jieshuang frowned. She did not draw her sword and began to retreat.
The moment this monster appeared, his body, which had been stabilized by Jie Emei, started to become unstable again.
The cold air on the monster's body seems to be stimulating some kind of power in his body, accelerating the decline of his body!
As Gu Jieshuang stepped back, he looked at his hand. The debris was falling off faster and faster. Soon, his body would probably dissipate directly.
"...I see."
Gu Jieshuang raised his head and looked at the monster in front of him.
"Are you the curse buried in my bloodline?"
The meaning of my existence was originally just to serve as fuel for the "bloodline empire".
Being swallowed by the curse is your final fate. The monster in front of you may be yourself who mutated after the blood conflict, but now...
"It is already a thing of the past."
Gu Jieshuang raised the Jie'e Mei in her hand high, and in an instant, cold light burst out!
Countless rays of light overflowed from the cracks on her body, and the speed of her body's fragmentation accelerated in an instant!
But this time, it was not her body that was destroyed because it could not support it, but Gu Jieshuang himself who was speeding up the process.
"I will not burn because of you, nor will I end because of you."
A strong warning came from her heart, and she knew that as long as this sword was swung down, what would belong to her All physical bodies will be irreversibly gone, with no possibility of coming back.
What is more desperate than experiencing the terror of life and death? It is to take the initiative to enter the embrace of death.
When he ascended to the first level, Feng Yue Cangjian adjusted all the parameters of Gu Jieshuang's body to critical limits, but now, it was Gu Jieshuang himself who took the initiative to send everything into the final decline.
No matter how brave a person is, he can't help but tremble in his heart before being sent to the guillotine, or even lose his voice. But now, Gu Jieshuang is becoming his own executioner, and more than once.
Physical energy, strength, lifespan, senses, all the attributes on this body must be manually sent to the end one by one by Gu Jieshuang, and it must be done quickly, before it naturally disintegrates.
In this constant torrent of destruction, even the slightest hesitation will be too late.
Bang!
The light exploded in an instant. At this moment, Gu Jieshuang's body could no longer support it. Starting from his feet, it turned into countless fragments and disintegrated, and then collapsed into little bits of starlight flowing upward!
“I use myself as the material to synchronize!”
Buzz!
The body turned into starlight, and the starlight condensed into a ring and rushed into Jie'e's eyebrows. The green halo was layered from bottom to top, until Gu Jieshuang only had one arm and one eye left. The long sword was finally swung down.
"Hantian will be killed!"
brush!
As soon as the sword came out, the color of the sea of clouds suddenly changed, and the cold air passed by. The monster that rushed towards Gu Jieshuang was frozen in the air in the blink of an eye, completely losing its ability to fight.
This sword, just like when facing Chang Kong that day, was a single blow that synchronized with the legendary equipment Kahan Tianzhan. One blow was enough.
Crash...
The remaining body of Gu Jieshuang was also eliminated, but the long sword of Jie Emei was still suspended in the air.
She is not dead. The body shattered, and the purest soul, spirit, and will were exposed. Under the special rules of Feng Yue Cangjian, they did not dissipate, but condensed into a hazy translucent form.
Jie'emei was summoned from Gu Jieshuang's instinct, and it can actually exist at this moment.
“...It turns out that the conditions for clearing the level are this.”
Before Feng Yue Cangjian drags your body into destruction, take the initiative to cross the limit and seize the opportunity born in this moment. Strength, defeat the monster in front of you - this is how to enter the second level.
This process is not simple. Feng Yue Cangjian weakened almost all the senses, but only the fear of death was infinitely amplified by it.
Bang!
Before the body was completely eliminated, a drop of blood suddenly appeared, and then exploded directly. Then, icy blue energy spurted out from the blood, seeming to form a gorgeous ice bird in the air.
Gu Jieshuang was stunned. She called out tentatively: "Auntie?"
There was no response.
This blue energy ice bird floats quietly behind him. It only exists as its own power and has no other meaning.
Gu Jieshuang suddenly understood.
My aunt...may have been pushed out by Feng Yue Cangjian's power.
"Then..." Gu Jieshuang raised his head, "Continue."
Buzz!
Endless roars suddenly trembled in Gu Jieshuang's soul, and the perceived pressure suddenly strengthened. During this, Gu Jieshuang began to continue to rise, flying towards the higher level of the sea of clouds.
"Cough..." Gu Jieshuang coughed lightly.
This pressure is getting more and more terrifying.
But fortunately, my ability to bear it has become stronger.
Although I have lost the support of my physical body, I am also no longer bound by the physical body. The most obvious change is that without the soul energy well, there is no limit to the process of converting mental power into soul energy. , the endlessly flowing soul can be squeezed out by the "coercion" of heaven, filling every corner of the now invisible body.
"Something's wrong..."
Gu Jieshuang frowned.
Although it feels great to have almost infinite soul energy... but my mental power is limited after all! If you grab and ask for it so infinitely, your mental power will soon bottom out!
What to do...
Spirit is the basis of human existence. Once the mental power is completely drained, the person will become an empty shell... Now that I have no body, squeeze The result is that it dissipates directly!
Nothing existed...
Fear suddenly filled Gu Jieshuang's mind. This time, such fear was difficult to suppress with willpower alone.
Because, in the process of ascension, even the will itself is rapidly approaching its limit and dissipating!
“——Ah!”
Perception fell into darkness again, Gu Jieshuang barely survived in the sea of fear, her mind kept telling her to give up quickly, because, after a while, she After your willpower reaches its limit and you can no longer have other thoughts, you can't even do the action of "giving up" itself. You can only stay in fear forever until it dissipates.
To the outside world, it looks like an ice-blue bird floating up and down with a vague humanoid figure. During the process, the ice bird often cries in pain.
As it rose into the air, the huge pressure continued to compress the body, compressing the mess of spirit, will and other things into something more like Gu Jieshuang's body.
"How can I persevere..."
Gu Jieshuang felt that she could no longer survive.
This time, there is no revolving door in front of you. After all, memory is constantly approaching its limit, and there is no time to play back the past scenes for you.
The difficulty of the second level of trial is much higher than that of the first level.
Wait...
Suddenly something unusual appeared in Gu Jieshuang's perception.
It was a canopy of light.
She quickly looked to the left and right, and countless hazy shapes seemed to appear in the darkness. They were all flying towards the sky just like herself.
"They are...people who have entered Feng Yue Cangjian before?"
The figures of many "predecessors" are heading towards the sky, forming the only light in this dark space. In the upward torrent of these souls, Gu Jieshuang was also driven upward, and seemed...a little more relaxed.
However, the figures of those "seniors" made Gu Jieshuang's heart tremble.
Forget about those human figures... Why are there so many huge beasts?
Among them, the one at the top and the fastest is even bigger than imagined, and this giant beast also has color, red and hot, like a flame-the other souls are only A faint shimmer, no color at all.
The giant beast had a single horn on its head, bright red scales on its body, and a dragon tail trailing behind it. It looked like the legendary Kirin.
Gu Jieshuang's heart was shaken, but she seemed to understand something.
In the second trial, everyone is in a state of losing their bodies. In the process of going up, their will is exposed without any cover. But at this time, the will is under great pressure, so, It's normal to leave some traces.
Now, what Gu Jieshuang sees are those traces.
But... Even if she is driven by these traces of will, the upward process becomes easier, but her limit will eventually be reached, and she may no longer be able to reach the second layer of clouds...
Gu Jieshuang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
This second trial is indeed as difficult as the information said. I am afraid that I will still...
"A descendant?"
Suddenly, a voice came into the perception. middle.
Gu Jieshuang was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and saw a glowing figure coming to her side.
This figure actually has color on his body. He is wearing an ancient robe and is a middle-aged man.
I don’t know why, but when seeing his image, Gu Jieshuang always looks familiar, as if he has seen him somewhere before.
As the middle-aged man got closer, Gu Jieshuang felt that the pain she was suffering was quietly relieved a lot, not sure if it was an illusion.
"Are you...?"
"I am Zhongqiu, maybe you have heard of my name." The visitor smiled softly.
"Zhong...Qiu?" Gu Jieshuang's eyes widened.
……
Towering in front.
Jiang Shan and Zhong Sheng looked at the sky.
Brush!
A ray of light flew down from the sky and landed at Yu Cang's feet.
Jiang Shan came forward and took a look - it turned out to be a soul card, and it was a legendary soul card!
"Ancient...Han Tian's will?" Jiang Shan scratched his head, "How come this soul card appears here."
Zhong Sheng understood clearly: "This soul card contains There seems to be a will... He was ejected by Feng Yue Cangjian. "That's it." Jiang Shan smiled and shook his head.
On the ground, the soul card kept trembling. For some reason, Jiang Shan always felt that... the soul card must be cursing now.
Suddenly.
Whoosh!
The soul card flew up under the influence of an inexplicable force, and Yu Cang also opened his eyes at this time.
"Auntie, why are you down here?" Yu Cang asked with a smile.
At the same time, he randomly threw out an equipment card and let the aunt possess her.
"Made, it's too much!" As soon as she appeared, my aunt yelled, "Auntie, I have a good sleep, who the hell threw me out? I can't even treat my own blood. ?"
"Auntie, calm down." Yu Cang couldn't help but laugh, "Jie Shuang is doing a trial, it's good for her."
"...Hmph." The aunt snorted coldly, "What are you trying to do...huh? Feng Yue Cangjian?"
She was silent for a moment, and the arrogance in her body suddenly disappeared.
"Yeah...understood. Call me when Jie Shuang comes down. I'll go and rest first."
After saying that, he retracted the soul card and stopped moving.
Yu Cang blinked.
Auntie, are you... scared?
Is it possible that she has suffered losses in Feng Yue Cangjian?
"Xiao Cang." Jiang Shan hurriedly came up, "How are you adjusting to your condition?"
"Very good." Yu Cang smiled, "I feel better than ever before."
"Really?" Jiang Shan was doubtful.
But he can't feel any royal aura from Yu Cang's eyes now... The feeling just now is completely gone! It looks almost the same as usual.
Maybe you are comforting the old man...
"Of course it's true." Yu Cang said, "Okay, Mr. Jiang, don't mention me, how is Jieshuang doing now?"
"...She." Jiang Shan raised his head and looked at the clouds , "She... is still going up. Maybe she can reach the second level..."
"Hard to say." Zhong Sheng shook his head, "I have entered the second level before, and the test there... It’s hard for young people to survive. I only successfully entered the second level when I came here for the third time.”
Feng Yue Cangjian is not a secret realm that can only be entered once. It can be entered multiple times.
However, after entering too many times, the effect will not be good.
There are two kinds of rewards in this secret realm. One is the soul card as a reward, and the other is the strengthened body and spirit in the composition of breaking and standing.
It may not be obvious now, but the process of physical body reshaping will lay a solid foundation for you. After level 6, the extreme mental pressure you can withstand will receive a considerable bonus.
The soul card reward is only available when entering Feng Yue Cangjian for the first time. As for reshaping, it is actually useless after the second time.
If Zhong Sheng was not sure of entering the second level, the association would not allow him to enter three times.
"I don't think so." Jiang Shan shook his head, and then said, "The second level of the three limits is the spiritual limit. Those who pass this level will receive the destiny of heaven and return!"
After reaching the second level, the spirit and will have reached their limits. At this time, the "true self's ambition" no longer has the ability to guide repair.
At this time, what will be restored for you will be the power of rules from Feng Yue Cangjian itself - this is the power of heaven and earth.
(End of this chapter)