CHAPTER 557: CHAPTER 554: INQUIRING ABOUT THE GOD REALM! [SECOND UPDATE]

"Clang!"

Just at this critical juncture of life and death, a strange sound suddenly resounded from within the Underground Palace, resembling the roar of a dragon.

A torrent of blazing flames carrying the force of thunderbolts burst forth at an astonishingly rapid speed from below, sweeping over everything.

"Rumble!"

In an instant, mountains crumbled, the earth split, and magma roared, creating a scene akin to the apocalypse.

Seeing such a terrifying spectacle, Jin Xing, Huo Wu, Shui Ze, Musheng Liu, and Miyamoto Sakura were all stunned into speechlessness.

"What’s going on? Did Immortal Master Li make his breakthrough?"

The first to exclaim was Shui Ze.

As a Water Shadow Ninja, he was most adept at controlling the Water Element. In the magma-filled Underground Palace, he was the most suppressed.

If he could, he would want nothing more than to immediately flee this dreadful place that made his entire body uncomfortable.

A bitter smile appeared on Huo Wu’s lips, "It’s Immortal Master Li who has broken through!"

Musheng Liu couldn’t help but retort unwillingly, "This is the sign of entering the God Realm. It means he has just ascended to the God Realm. We four are already in the God Realm, what is there to fear from one Immortal Master Li?"

At that moment, a young man surrounded by flames and thunderbolts rose up like a dazzling new star.

He was tall and majestic, with eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes like bright stars, handsome and resolute. His body, tempered by Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire a thousand times, was like a perfect ancient Greek sculpture without the slightest flaw. He wore silver-colored battle armor, which shone brilliantly under the glow of the orange-red flames, looking like an invincible god descending from the Nine Heavens.

Even the Miyamoto Sakura, colder than the snow atop Mount Fuji, couldn’t help but be moved. This was the most perfect man she had ever seen.

The Jiao Long, lying in a pool of blood and on the verge of death, let out an excited low roar upon seeing Li Chen finally make the breakthrough.

Seeing the Jiao Long covered in blood with not a single spot undamaged, Li Chen couldn’t help but frown.

He stepped forward and patted the Jiao Long’s head, saying solemnly, "It’s alright now; leave the rest to me!"

The Jiao Long nodded with difficulty, then lifted its bloodied claw and waved it in front of Li Chen, mumbling "Guoguo, Guoguo".

Seeing this scene, Li Chen was at a loss for words.

What the heck, you’re badly injured and still you can’t forget about eating ’Guoguo’, were you starved to death in your past life?

Li Chen took out two Dragon Blood Fruits and threw them in front of the Jiao Long.

The Jiao Long, upon seeing the enticingly juicy Dragon Blood Fruits, became as excited as if it had been injected with adrenaline, completely ignoring the pain from its wounds and eagerly gobbled them up.

The Dragon Blood Fruit, originally grown with the fresh blood of a Five-clawed Golden Dragon and having the same blood properties as the Jiao Long, started to close up the Jiao Long’s horrific wounds at a visibly rapid rate after consuming the fruit.

Witnessing this scene, Musheng Liu was greatly alarmed.

"No good, that beast’s wounds are healing!"

Jin Xing also realized that the situation was dire and urgently shouted, "Together, let’s kill Immortal Master Li and that beast!"

Before his words fell, he had already swung his Golden Battle Axe, attacking Li Chen with the force of the Overlord of Western Chu, powerful enough to uproot mountains and cover the world.

Musheng Liu flicked his long spear, and like a drilling impactor, it twisted through space, aiming for Li Chen’s throat and Life Gate.

Huo Wu and Shui Ze shared a glance and simultaneously unleashed their killing moves, attacking Li Chen from the left and right flanks.

Miyamoto Sakura looked at Jin Xing, Huo Wu, and the other Four Great Sealed Ninjas, then at Li Chen, and finally her gaze fell on her own Tianzhao Divine Sword, hesitating to make a move.

In an instant, Li Chen became besieged from all sides.

Although Jin Xing was the first to initiate the attack, before his War Axe could fall, Musheng Liu’s spear had already pierced the air.

Li Chen did not dodge; instead, he stood chest-forward, facing Musheng Liu’s spear tip.

"Crack!"

Musheng Liu’s long spear hit Li Chen.

However, it only penetrated half an inch before it couldn’t go any deeper.

Seeing this, Musheng Liu’s eyes bulged with disbelief.

You must know that his spear had the penetrative power comparative to a fighter jet’s cannon, capable of piercing through three-foot-thick armored steel plates. Yet it was blocked by Li Chen’s body; this was simply too bizarre.

As for this result, it was completely within Li Chen’s expectations.

His body, now tempered by Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire a thousand times, was cast to be as unyielding as Gold.

Moreover, with the protection of the Five Elements Battle Armor. Not to mention a cannon, even an artillery shell couldn’t harm him in the slightest.

Facing Musheng Liu, whose face was filled with shock, Li Chen smiled a deathly and sinister smile.

"Now it’s my turn!"

As they spoke, Li Chen drew his sword and slashed towards Musheng Liuu like lightning.

Being able to emerge from millions of ninjas to become a sealed ninja at the tip of the pyramid, Musheng Liuu naturally also had his own lifesaving trump card.

That was the Cherry Blossom Long Spear in his hand!

Strictly speaking, this was not a spear, but a tree.

A black thorny tree that grew in the Black Water Abyss, having absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power!

The spear touched the ground and rapidly took root and sprouted, with branches and vines growing wildly as if stimulated by growth hormones.

In just a moment, it had grown into a towering ancient tree that required the embrace of three to five adult men.

Li Chen’s sword strike was like a Thunder Strike, piercing through the ancient tree in an instant.

Immediately afterward, black liquid flowed out of the trunk, emitting bubbles of black smoke.

Seeing this, Li Chen’s expression changed in surprise: Does this tree contain lethal poison?

His body, although it could withstand most physical attacks, was not very resistant to poison.

Therefore, when he realized that something was wrong, he quickly retreated five or six steps with a "thump thump thump" to avoid direct contact with Musheng Liuu.

Seeing Li Chen being pushed back, Musheng Liuu couldn’t help but be overjoyed. The tree body shook violently, and the sharp black thorns on it, like a stormy wind and rain, shot towards Li Chen in a blanket attack.

"Five Elements Battle Armor!"

Li Chen shouted loudly, and the silver armor around his body swirled with glows of five different colors, forming a small array that surrounded and intertwined with each other in an endless loop, enveloping his entire body within.

The black thorns collided with the defensive light ring, setting off bursts of black smoke like fireworks. But they quickly turned to dust and dispersed with the wind.

"Step aside, Old Two!"

Jin Xing shouted loudly for Musheng Liuu to clear the way.

Immediately after, he and his War Axe fused into one, forming a golden tornado, barreling down towards Li Chen like Tai Mountain’s overwhelming pressure.

"Clang!"

This axe strike, if swung with full strength, could split a hundred-meter Earth Mountain in half and could collapse an Ancient Roman City Wall five or six meters thick.

But when it struck Li Chen’s defensive light ring, it left only a faint mark.

"Surging Wave Slash!"

At that moment, Shui Ze shouted in the air, his long sword stirred up a huge wave, like a mighty army of thousands of troops, thunderously slashing down.

This sword strike, if executed at sea, would certainly have achieved twice the result with half the effort.

But in this Underground Palace filled with lava, it could only unleash at most sixty to seventy percent of its combat strength.

Therefore, this Surging Wave Slash, although mighty in momentum, receded quickly upon contact with the defensive light ring, like the ebbing tide.

Even Shui Ze himself was almost rebounded and was compelled to retreat repeatedly.

"Let me try!"

Huo Wu shouted in midair, her fiery red hair fluttering like burning flames, waving elegantly without wind.

Suddenly, she had a fiery red longbow in her hand.

Like Hou Yi shooting at the sun, she drew the bow to a full moon shape, and on the bowstring was an arrow glowing with fire.

"Whoosh!"

Huo Wu released her fingers sharply, the fire arrow tore through the air, making a "sizzling" sound as it burst towards Li Chen.

"Boom!"

The fire arrow collided with the light barrier, creating a dazzling shower of sparks.

The light ring shook violently, and the fiery arrowhead pierced into it.

However, after only the arrowhead went in, the fire arrow had exhausted its momentum, unable to advance further.

Li Chen casually plucked out the fire arrow and pinched it with two fingers, "snap," breaking it in half effortlessly.

Seeing this, Huo Wu, Jin Xing, Musheng Liuu, Shui Ze, and Miyamoto Sakura all furrowed their brows sharply.

At this moment, they were all shocked beyond measure, looking at each other in disbelief.

They had unleashed all their killing moves, yet they still could not breach Li Chen’s defense. If this stalemate continued, like Old Five, the Earth Shadow Ninja, meeting their demise was just a matter of time.

Li Chen dusted his hands and looked at the five of them with a half-smile, saying coldly, "Alright, now it’s my turn to make a move. Which one of you wants to come up and face death first?"