Supreme Warrior in the City

The Human Emperor’s words drew everyone into silence. If that was really the case, then they had absolutely no way to go in and investigate what was inside.

”I don’t think that explanation is accurate!” the Demon Lord suddenly said.

”Why?” everyone asked in unison.

The Demon Lord said, ”If only those who came out from that place can go back in, then how did the Seven Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Dao, lying in those seven coffins inside the black hole, get in there? Don’t tell me all seven Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Dao also came out from that forest?”

These words stunned everyone at the same time. That really was a problem.

”So this means whether or not someone came out of that forest isn’t the reason they can enter!” The Human Emperor frowned. ”Then what is the reason?”

Everyone looked at one another. No one could answer this question.

”How about we go over everything from the beginning again?” the Demon Lord said. ”Let’s set aside for now the fact that Su Yang came out of that forest, and instead compare other differences between us and Su Yang, and slowly look for the answer!”

”Fine!” everyone nodded.

They carefully analyzed for a long time, sought out many different aspects, and also brought in many people to run tests, but the final result was still the same. These people simply could not enter this area; only Su Yang alone could go inside.

”This is really strange. We’ve compiled so many circumstances, tested for so long, and we still can’t get in?” The Taoist Venerable looked bewildered. ”Is this place really so special? How about we try and see if we can just force it open!”

”I think you’d better forget it. Here, we can’t sense even the slightest trace of power. How are we supposed to break it open?” The Human Emperor curled his lip. ”If we really want to break this place, we at least need a point to apply force. Without even finding that, if we strike out with our combined power, wouldn’t we just be hitting empty air?”

”Then what exactly is going on?” The Taoist Venerable looked thoroughly depressed. ”In the end, will it really only be Su Yang who can go in?”

Su Yang stood silently to the side, but a thought suddenly occurred to him.

”Tell me, could it be because of the Earth Principle?” Su Yang suddenly said.

As soon as these words left his mouth, everyone was stunned. After a long while, the Taoist Venerable glared and said, ”You know, that really might be it. He carries the Earth Principle, so he can go in. We don’t have the Earth Principle, so we can’t!”

”Highly likely that’s the case!” The Human Emperor nodded vigorously.

The Buddha Venerable nodded. ”We’ve been ignoring the Earth Principle all along, and kept looking for other reasons. But we forgot that this is inside Chaos; everything here is governed by the rules of the Earth Principle. The Earth Principle really might be the cause of this outcome!”

The others all nodded one after another. Qi’er, however, said in surprise, ”Even if it really is because of the Earth Principle, how do we verify it? The Earth Principle is only inside Brother Su’s body right now; we can’t take it out for the moment, and we can’t let anyone else go in to try!”

Everyone fell silent at once. Qi’er was completely right. The Earth Principle couldn’t be taken out; even if they really did find the reason, they would only know the cause and still be unable to enter.

Su Yang said, ”Or, I can try using the power of the Earth Principle to see if I can send one of us in.”

”That method is worth a try,” the Heaven Slayer nodded.

”Then it’s decided!” Su Yang slowly nodded. ”Let’s first find someone below the level of a Strongest to test it. My control over the Earth Principle still isn’t enough. If the other party’s strength is too high, I’ll have to mobilize more power of the Earth Principle. If a Strongest goes in, I’m afraid I won’t be able to control it so precisely!”

The few Strongest nodded. They understood this point, and naturally wouldn’t rush to try it.

In the end, they found a Heavenly Warrior at only Mid-level Heavenly to come over and follow Su Yang toward that place.

Su Yang slowly stirred the power of the Earth Principle, completely wrapping this Heavenly Warrior within it. Even those Strongest could no longer sense the person’s original power aura.

The power of the Earth Principle was too strong; it completely blocked his original power.

Su Yang led this Heavenly Warrior over, while the others stared without blinking.

When they reached that place, Su Yang and that Heavenly Warrior vanished at the same time.

A moment later, everyone immediately broke into cheers.

”So it really is like this! It really is like this!” The Human Emperor sighed over and over. ”It really is because of the Earth Principle!”

The Taoist Venerable said, ”I never thought that to enter this place, one would have to possess the power of the Earth Principle. No wonder we could never get in!”

”We finally figured out what’s going on. Next, we can also try to go in!” The Demon Lord chuckled.

While everyone was laughing excitedly, Su Yang suddenly rushed out from inside. At his side, the Heavenly Warrior who had followed him in earlier was now a bloody mess; his flesh was mangled all over, his stark white bones were almost completely exposed, and he looked utterly miserable.

Everyone’s expression changed drastically, and they hurriedly gathered around.

”What happened?” the Human Emperor asked in shock.

Su Yang’s brows were tightly knitted as he said in a deep voice, ”Once he went in, his body started to rot, as if he had been struck by some corrosive power. He circulated his cultivation to resist and could slightly slow the decay, but he couldn’t stop it. And the rotting was extremely fast; in just this short while, he’s already rotted to this extent.”

”There was no way I could take him down to the forest. In his condition, he’d probably have completely rotted away before we even got there!”

Everyone was astonished. ”Why would this happen?”

Su Yang shook his head. ”I don’t know either. It was just like this as soon as we went in.”

They all looked at one another. The Taoist Venerable asked curiously, ”When you went in before, you never felt this corrosive power?”

Su Yang shook his head. ”Not at all. I’ve been in there for so many years and never encountered any corrosive power. And this time, I went in together with him, yet I didn’t feel a thing.”

”Why is that?” Everyone was baffled; this situation made them very curious.

”It should be because of the Undying Golden Body!” the Demon Lord suddenly said. ”Little Yang possesses the Undying Golden Body. If he really did come out from that forest, then his Undying Golden Body would have been tempered in that forest for who knows how many years. So when he goes back into that place, he naturally won’t be corroded by the power inside!”

”That really is possible!” everyone nodded one after another.

The Taoist Venerable frowned. ”So that means if we go in, we’ll probably also be corroded by the power inside?”

The Human Emperor said, ”It shouldn’t go that far. The kind of power that can corrode a Heavenly Level Powerhouse and the kind that can corrode a Strongest are on completely different levels!”