Super Strong Little Divine Farmer

Chapter 2230: Chapter 2231: Returning and Entering

Thinking this way, he couldn’t help but tighten his grip. Inside there was a pill that could instantly enhance power. This pill seemed far from gentle like the one Chen Jie took before; instead, it was filled with a violent aura.

It was found in the storage ring of one of the strong men. Even through the jade bottle, its violent aura could be felt.

Lin Chen didn’t know the side effects it might have, but if pushed to the brink, Lin Chen certainly wouldn’t care about minor side effects.

As they were deep in thought, a sudden sound echoed, as if a gong struck the ground, and an anomaly appeared from the center of the cylinder.

It was a stone platform, slowly rising.

During its ascent, the stone platform shook the surrounding ground, causing dust to fall, making even Lin Chen feel a tremor beneath his feet.

Lin Chen’s gaze sharpened, looking toward the stone platform.

On the stone platform, blue light flickered. Amidst its undulations, Lin Chen felt movement within the ring, with several wooden plaques slowly floating toward it.

”Don’t be nervous, this is also for tallying each individual’s points.”

In the sky, a familiar sound rang out. Upon careful listening, Lin Chen recognized the speaker as Tao Yuyu’s master.

After these words, the disciples present no longer resisted that force, allowing the wooden plaques to approach the center of the stone platform.

They were like soldiers, each gathering, looking toward that spot in a pattern.

If looked closely, one could see that this arrangement was according to the order in which they entered earlier.

As they floated toward the center, the stone platform displayed names and numbers.

That would be the points accrued by that person.

Once these tallies were complete, strangely enough, one wooden plaque flew back into each person’s hand, while the wooden plaques that were originally snatched away vanished.

The process was slow, and though there weren’t many silhouettes present, it took quite a while until each person’s wooden plaque returned to their hand, and the content on the stone platform started to change.

Atop the stone platform, numerous names appeared, along with the point totals beneath them, densely covering the light screen on the stone platform.

”Alright, anyone whose name is on the stone platform, step forward.”

As those names appeared, though the speaker was unseen, a voice transmitted again from the sky.

Lin Chen and Chen Jie exchanged a glance and then stepped forward, as their names naturally appeared among them.

The strong men had reaped a substantial harvest, numerous things indeed, so their names appeared too, and their rankings weren’t low.

A soft exclamation echoed from the sky, unsure of the source of surprise.

But the surprise quickly dissipated, and soon beams of light emerged from the sky, each enveloping those whose names hadn’t appeared, with many sounding throughout the spiritual realm.

The light beam seemed to harbor an irresistible force, engulfing those trapped within. In a matter of moments, these figures vanished within the light beam, leaving behind only sighs and sounds of reluctance.

”Alright, now that you’ve passed the first layer, next comes the second. Whatever you may encounter in there, I don’t know, so if any of you don’t wish to proceed, step forward now, and I’ll send you away.”

After these words, a few people seemed aware that their strength was still lacking. After a brief sigh, they stepped out.

No one mocked them; these few seemed not very formidable, just Spirit Pill level two, but having reached this point was commendable.

At least compared to the strong man Lin Chen saw before, they were much stronger.

Thus, none mocked them after their retreat. Instead, there was some respect due to their courage in recognizing their own limitations, something rare indeed. It was good enough that they had reached this point and could see their capabilities clearly and leave.

”I wonder what the next layer will be?”

Lin Chen whispered with Chen Jie and Sun Tianming nearby.

”I don’t know; every time we enter, the locations differ, so do the trials. Even if within the same spiritual realm, the rules aren’t identical. Only upon entering will we know, eliminating the possibility of cheating.”

Chen Jie responded solemnly. Originally fifty people in the field, now a few less, making their chances of confronting Tao Yuyu greater.

”Hmm, I wonder if it’ll be like before, teleporting to an unknown location. If so, it’s best to be cautious and gather quickly.”

Lin Chen’s gaze was serious; he pondered leaving here.

But now they had no way to retreat, indeed like before being coerced here, unless Lin Chen disregarded Meng Shan and others. Otherwise, if he left, what might follow was unpredictable.

”Since no one else stepped forward, let’s activate the next layer.”

Silently waiting for a moment, that familiar elder’s voice echoed again. As the voice rang out, after a brief pause, suddenly chaotic spiritual energy erupted from the outer realm.

Following the source of spiritual energy, one could see Tao Yuyu’s master, at this moment, flying to the front of a giant statue’s chest, his face solemn, making complex hand signs with his breathing.

During the hand sign formation, spiritual energy was derived from it, through his hand signs, flowing toward the statue’s chest.

As that spiritual energy entered, the statue’s chest, originally like a mirror projecting landscape images, abruptly transformed into a water curtain, rippling in fluctuations as the spiritual energy poured in.

Soon, within the spiritual realm’s sky, a spiritual energy beam about thumb-thick shot into the stone platform rising from the ground.

The stone platform clicked and clacked, then in its center a gap appeared, slowly widening until a person could stand in its height.

At the stone platform’s apex, it seemed like a peculiar imprint, where the transformed spiritual energy flowed, finally converging at the center of the widening gap in the stone platform.

A cyan-green light beam thus appeared out of nowhere, the spiritual energy swirling within, that unique fluctuation seemingly a mystical transmission formation.