Chapter 688: Six Paths Pagoda!
"Die."
Several thousand meters away from the black vortex, a blue-robed cultivator slashed down with his blade, instantly shattering a large swarm of Four-Winged Soul-Devouring Insects.
Just then, he suddenly felt an ominous premonition and could not help looking up.
With one look, his expression changed drastically as he saw a black gale sweeping toward him frantically. Its speed was extreme, and in the blink of an eye, it had already enveloped his entire body.
"Ah!"
In the next moment, a massive suction force enveloped him.
Before that terrifying force, his entire body was swept up. In an instant, he crossed several thousand meters and was sucked directly into the black vortex.
Not only this blue-robed cultivator, but all cultivators within a radius of tens of thousands of meters felt the terrifying suction.
No matter their cultivation level, they were completely unable to resist the force. Their bodies instantly flew backward and were swallowed by the pitch-black vortex.
In the blink of an eye, all the cultivators within tens of thousands of meters were sucked into the black secret realm.
"Where is this place?"
No one knew how much time had passed before Li Yun finally regained consciousness.
He opened his eyes and found himself in pitch-black darkness where he could not see his own hand in front of his face. There was not a single ray of light.
Here, not only were his naked eyes useless, but even with the Nine Tribulations Divine Eye, he could not see anything at all.
All that met his gaze was endless darkness.
Buzz!
Just then, a dim light suddenly flared up.
Although it was faint, it finally allowed Li Yun to see his surroundings.
He found himself in a vast and empty space. There was nothing in this space, no presence of any kind, only an atmosphere of deathly silence.
"Congratulations. You have successfully entered the Six Paths Pagoda."
At that moment, a voice devoid of emotion suddenly rang out.
Then, within the dim yellow light, the phantom of a black-robed man vaguely appeared.
The black-robed man’s expression was cold, and his eyes lacked the slightest trace of emotion. He looked at Li Yun as if he were looking at an ant.
"The Six Paths Pagoda is divided into six levels of space. The first level is the Hell Path, the second is the Hungry Ghost Path, the third is the Beast Path, the fourth is the Human Path, the fifth is the Asura Path, and the sixth is the Heavenly Path."
"Each level contains a different trial. There are six trials in total, and each one is more difficult than the last. Next, what you must do is brave these six trials."
"During the process of clearing the levels, as long as your soul is not annihilated, even if your physical body is crushed, you can be instantly reborn to continue the trial."
"However, if you cannot pass all six trials within half a month, you will be directly obliterated."
"Furthermore, a total of one hundred and thirty-seven people have entered the Six Paths Pagoda this time. Among them, as long as one person passes the six trials, everyone else will be directly obliterated."
"Do you understand?"
Finally, the black-robed man looked coldly at Li Yun and spoke in an icy voice.
"I understand."
Li Yun nodded, his expression becoming solemn.
A black secret realm was truly worthy of its name.
Although he did not know the exact difficulty of the six trials, the fact that everyone else would be obliterated as soon as one person passed all of them was already incomparably cruel.
In other words, if one could not pass the Six Paths Pagoda as quickly as possible, one would still perish even if they had already reached the fifth level or were only a step away from passing the sixth.
This was forcing all the cultivators who entered the Six Paths Pagoda to fight for their lives and unleash all their potential.
Buzz!
Just then, the black-robed man suddenly pointed his finger.
In this empty space, a pitch-black and eerie formation suddenly appeared, occupying an area of about three square meters.
"Enter this formation, and you will automatically enter the trial grounds of the Hell Path. If you pass, you can enter the second level of the Six Paths Pagoda. If you fail, you will start over from the beginning until you pass or are obliterated."
The black-robed man said coldly, "Now, the trials officially begin."
As his voice fell, the black-robed man’s phantom vanished without a trace.
The space became empty once more, with only the suddenly appeared pitch-black formation proving that everything just now had not been an illusion.
"To think that at a time like this, I happened to encounter the opening of a black secret realm. I do not know whether this is luck or misfortune."
Li Yun shook his head.
He was confident that if he used all his strength, he could have killed Yan Wuhen’s clone at the 8th level of Heavenly Core Realm. That would have been the easier path.
But now, inside this Six Paths Pagoda, he had to risk everything.
Clearly, the master of the Six Paths Pagoda did not intend to let the challengers know each other’s progress. Under these circumstances, all a challenger could do was give everything they had and fight desperately to pass these six trials.
"Six Paths Pagoda, let me see what is so mysterious about you."
Li Yun’s figure flickered as he stepped directly into the pitch-black formation.
Instantly, he was transported to another strange space.
In this space, devilish qi was thick and pervasive. Towering devilish qi had condensed into substance, with devilish clouds churning and the sounds of ghosts weeping and wolves howling echoing from time to time. It resembled a scene from hell.
Hualala!
Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and shake.
Then, the earth cracked open, and one devilish hand after another reached out. Immediately afterward, countless devilish monsters and ghosts crawled out from beneath the surface.
Among these devilish monsters were Blood Devils, whose bodies were crimson and dripping with blood. There were Blade Devils, whose bodies were covered in sickle-like blades. There were also Charm Devils, whose seductive figures constantly made various provocative gestures.
There were countless types of devilish monsters, numbering in the thousands and tens of thousands. In an instant, they all appeared before Li Yun.
The weakest among these monsters were at the Heavenly Core Realm, while the strongest had reached the 8th level of Heavenly Core Realm. Of course, there were very few monsters at the 8th level of Heavenly Core Realm. Only six leader-level monsters had reached that level.