CHAPTER 1245: CHAPTER 1245: CLASH

The person from the Pill Hall holds an extraordinary position within the Yunlong Heavenly Palace. Even the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall dare not disobey his will, which is why they agreed to his request to temporarily change the second trial to medicine gathering.

As a result, the factors of the second trial have become uncertain.

During the first trial, there were still the forbidden array formations in the main hall. If anyone helped a companion deal with the illusory black shadows, the forbidden array formations in the main hall would detect it and generate tenfold the number of illusory black shadows.

However, the second trial involves entering a secret realm to pick the "Ice Clear Flower."

Others can naturally help pick for others, so no one will know whose herbs in the second trial were picked by their own ability.

With this, martial artists who pass the test cannot be verified for their true competence and capabilities before entering the Yunlong Heavenly Palace.

However, Zhao Changkong couldn’t care less about this since his responsibility was only recruitment; these systems were all established by those old guys in the Law Enforcement Hall.

However, at this moment, Lin Chen openly said in front of him that they should pick spiritual medicine together after entering the secret realm, which clearly was an attempt to cheat by helping others.

Saying it so openly, is it really appropriate?

Soon after, Lin Chen and his group also entered the secret realm.

As soon as they stepped in, they felt a whirlwind before being transported into the space within the secret realm.

After entering the secret realm, Lin Chen released his divine sense to search for Yu Weilian and others.

For Lin Chen, picking spiritual medicine was not the priority; ensuring Yu Weilian’s safety was more important.

When Lin Chen released his spiritual sense around him, he couldn’t detect Yu Weilian’s aura within a hundred miles.

It seems that the teleportation array randomly dispersed everyone, or perhaps the four Yunlong Heavenly Palace elders who previously activated the formation did so intentionally, not wanting familiar people to gather and cheat.

Lin Chen’s divine soul continued to explore when his expression suddenly stiffened, looking unpleasant.

"It’s really a narrow path for enemies to meet."

Lin Chen said indifferently, feeling somewhat speechless.

His divine soul didn’t find Yu Weilian and others but suddenly sensed the presence of Zhang Hongying nearby.

When Lin Chen sensed Zhang Hongying and her group, Zhang Hongying also instantly sensed his presence.

The two were not far apart, just ten thousand miles apart.

For martial artists of their level of cultivation, this distance could be crossed in a few breaths.

"Lin Chen, it turns out to be you."

Zhang Hongying slightly raised her head, her eyes revealing a chilling intent as she looked in the direction where Lin Chen was.

Lin Chen severely injured her brother, then stripped him of his clothes, even forcing the Zhang Family Elder to bring spirit stones to ransom him, causing the Zhang Family to lose face.

She once gave Lin Chen a chance to strip himself and follow her once, but Lin Chen arrogantly refused.

As a result, the feud between the two sides was completely established.

Whoosh, whoosh—

Zhang Hongying leaped into the air, her body swiftly flying towards Lin Chen.

In just five breaths, she reached the location where Lin Chen was.

"Lin Chen, even the heavens are helping me. Today I want to see what ability you have to defeat all my Zhang family members."

Zhang Hongying said coldly, a faint light flashing in her hand, and a long sword with a blue hilt and silver blade appeared in her hand.

Then, filled with murderous intent, Zhang Hongying held the sharp sword and directly slashed towards Lin Chen, seemingly intending to kill Lin Chen with a single stroke.

Seeing this, Lin Chen remained unfazed, showing no fear.

Zhang Hongying’s cultivation was just a step away from the Creation Realm, nearly at it, yet Lin Chen was only at the fifth level of the Nirvana realm.

Facing her attack, he clenched his fist and directly confronted it head-on.

Bang—

The sharp sword clashed with Lin Chen’s fist wind, and a powerful aura instantly exploded around the point where they made contact.

Then, the silver long sword pierced through Lin Chen’s fist, and fresh blood spurted out immediately.

The powerful sword intent tried to invade his arm through Lin Chen’s fist.

Seeing this, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Lin Chen’s mouth.

Bang—

A powerful fist intent erupted from Lin Chen’s body.

The powerful fist intent instantly shattered the sword intent trying to penetrate into Lin Chen’s body.

Lin Chen’s shattered fist also healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon, Lin Chen’s fist was restored to its original state.

Looking towards Zhang Hongying, Lin Chen felt a sense of admiration; she truly lived up to being one of the Top Ten Heroes in Yunlong City, her strength indeed extraordinary.

One must know, Lin Chen’s current physical strength, after being tempered in that unfamiliar world by the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, has become immensely powerful.

Facing an ordinary martial artist with half-step to Creation Realm cultivation, Lin Chen could battle using just his physical strength without employing spiritual power.

However, in the recent exchange, Zhang Hongying was able to break through his physical defense with a single strike and even damaged his fist.

Nevertheless, Lin Chen’s punch earlier was purely based on physical strength, as he didn’t utilize any martial arts skill or spiritual power.

The reason being Lin Chen wanted to see to what extent his physical strength had grown and to test Zhang Hongying’s capabilities.

It seems now that none of the Top Ten Heroes are easy to deal with.

Zhang Hongying looked at Lin Chen, internally extremely shocked. She did not expect Lin Chen’s physical strength to be so formidable, able to withstand her attack relying solely on sheer physical power.

Moreover, Lin Chen’s cultivation was only at the fifth level of the Nirvana realm. If he were at the same realm as her, wouldn’t her previous strike not even be able to harm Lin Chen?

One must know, Zhang Hongying had great confidence in her swordsmanship, believing that even against an ordinary half-step to Creation Realm expert, it might not be easily countered.

It appears that the Lin Chen before her is not as simple as he seems on the surface.

Failing to kill the opponent with one strike, Zhang Hongying was inexplicably disheartened.

She always considered herself a top heavenly pride in Yunlong City, yet compared to Lin Chen now, she felt she was nothing.

She was used to fighting across realms to kill others, yet now she was being bested by Lin Chen in an across-realm battle.

This gave her a great sense of disparity, causing her to question her prideful heavenly aptitude.

Locking her gaze tightly on Lin Chen, Zhang Hongying felt an intense killing intent rising within her.

She must eliminate him before Lin Chen grows stronger.

Because she had a premonition, Lin Chen’s future achievements wouldn’t be lesser than hers. If he were to grow, the Zhang family would not have peace.