Lin Chen felt the sensation brought by the Soul Shock, yet he felt no discomfort, and a faint, mocking smile even appeared on his lips.
Now, his Divine Soul was so powerful that he no longer feared the Soul Shocks at this location.
He was eager to know, if he mastered the entire Triple Layer Three Purities Soul Painting Technique, to what extent his Divine Soul would reach.
At this moment, Lin Chen did not stop cultivating his Divine Soul; his body did not halt either, forging ahead along the iron chains, and this was without the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron taking any more of the Soul Shock for him.
"Damn it, what kind of freak is that kid? Does he really not feel the impact of the Soul Shock at all?"
"No, we absolutely can’t let him reach the other side first; otherwise, the inheritance inside might fall into his hands."
At this moment, the expressions of Ma Yuan, Hu Jianfei, Shi Ling, and others on the iron chains were ugly—they feared Lin Chen would obtain the inheritance from the Descending Heaven Hall before them.
However much they were anxious, it was futile now; although they too were moving step by step towards the opposite side, their speed in cultivating the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique was utterly incomparable to Lin Chen’s.
Even if they cultivated the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique, their Divine Souls were far from matching Lin Chen’s.
After all, Lin Chen was an Alchemist, Artifact Refiner, and Formation Master; perhaps even Lin Chen himself did not realize when he initially learned these three ’professions,’ his Divine Soul had already been tempered far beyond an ordinary person’s. Now, having cultivated the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique, his Divine Soul had reached an unprecedented height among Martial Artists of the same realm, and even surpassed the entire larger realm.
"They all started moving forward; it seems that practicing the Divine Soul Technique on the iron chains can withstand the Soul Shock. Let’s go too."
"Right, there’s an immense inheritance on the other side; we can’t let it go cheap to them."
"Really going? Once we get on the iron chains, there’s no turning back."
"What’s there to be afraid of? If they can do it, why can’t we? Didn’t you see that kid with First Layer Melding Earth Realm Cultivation has already made it halfway? "
On the mountain peak, the crowd was abuzz with discussion. They soon leaped up and stepped onto the iron chains, unwilling to watch Lin Chen and others reach the other side without joining in.
After stepping onto the iron chains, everyone at first suffered from the Soul Shock but, taking a cue from the experiences of Lin Chen and others, they too immediately began to cultivate the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique. After practicing for a while, they found that it indeed could withstand the impact of the Divine Soul, and then they slowly moved forward.
Nevertheless, not all Martial Artists stepped onto the iron chains; some were still hesitant. The opportunity inside the Descending Heaven Hall was tempting, but they valued their own lives even more.
Zhao Yijing, Xu Lianyu, and others also did not move forward because they always remembered Lin Chen’s words to them—they had to wait until Lin Chen reached the other side before they would act.
Seeing that Lin Chen had already progressed to the halfway point of the iron chains, leaving others hundreds of meters behind, their hearts were pleased for Lin Chen.
"Junior Brother Lin Chen, you can do it!"
Xu Lianyu was incredibly happy and immediately started cheering for Lin Chen.
At this moment, under the impact of the Soul Shock, Lin Chen strode forward swiftly. His Spiritual Sense did not stop practicing the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique even for a moment, and by now, he had also successfully cultivated the Second Layer of the technique.
All of a sudden, Lin Chen’s step faltered, and he discovered that his Divine Soul had undergone some changes; at this moment, he felt an extremely mysterious sensation, a feeling he had never experienced before.
His Divine Soul was actually able to leave his body, soaring out as if with a god-like perspective, and he could even see his own body.
Not only that, but his Divine Soul could also freely soar in the sky. He knew that this was a qualitative change in his Divine Soul—from Divine Sense to Spiritual Sense.
Only when one’s Cultivation reached the Reverting Void Realm, could the Divine Sense leave the body to become Spiritual Sense.
Lin Chen had not expected that with merely the First Layer Cultivation of the Melding Earth Realm, he would already have cultivated his Divine Soul to the realm of Spiritual Sense.
At Lin Chen’s thought, his Spiritual Sense immediately traveled rapidly towards the front of the Iron Chains, at such high speed that in an instant it had reached the other end of the Iron Chains, nearly a thousand meters from his body.
"It seems my Spiritual Sense has its limits; as of now, it can only reach a kilometer range."
With another thought, Lin Chen immediately retracted it back into his body.
Having Spiritual Sense out of body expended it greatly, yet its function was enormous.
Spiritual Sense is different from mere perception. The effects are not on the same level, where perception can be blocked by others, Spiritual Sense can move freely within its range like one’s true body, discovering views and hearing sounds undetectable to Divine Sense.
At this moment, a scream came from behind Lin Chen, as a Martial Artist, his head splitting with pain, directly fell into the abyss below.
It turned out that the Martial Artist thought he could progress by cultivating his Divine Soul, only to realize he didn’t have the talent to refine it further, and the result was as one could imagine. Ultimately, unable to withstand the Soul Shock on the Iron Chains, he fell into the abyss.
It was not just him; other Martial Artists who had later stepped onto the Iron Chains were also repeating the same experience as the one who had fallen before them.
Others, like Ma Yuan, had cultivated the First Layer of the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique to the Minor Accomplishment Realm. Although their Divine Souls weren’t as powerful as Lin Chen’s, they gritted their teeth and could withstand the Soul Shock of the Iron Chains.
On top of that, Ma Yuan and others had magic treasures to resist the Soul Shock, and were now catching up to Lin Chen’s pace; they were unwilling to let Lin Chen be the first to reach the opposite shore and obtain the legacy of the Descending Heaven Hall before them.
Lin Chen glanced sideways and was somewhat surprised to find that Ma Yuan and the others had already caught up to walk shoulder to shoulder with him.
After all, Ma Yuan and the others were of the Heaven-reaching Realm Cultivation, and although suppressed by the relics, their Divine Souls were still at the level of the Heaven-reaching Realm. Having cultivated the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique, it was only natural that they were no longer affected by the Soul Shock of the Iron Chains.
Lin Chen quickened his footsteps and continued to move forward. At this time, he had finally succeeded in cultivating the Third Layer of the Three Purities Soul Painting Technique to Great Success. His Divine Soul grew stronger once again, and now the Soul Shock on the Iron Chains no longer had any effect on him.
"Kid, although I have no idea how someone with mere First Layer Cultivation of the Melding Earth Realm like you managed to stand firm on these Iron Chains under the Soul Shock, if you don’t want to die, hand over the Blue Lotus Divine Flame to me obediently," Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel⚑fire.net
Ma Yuan, on another set of Iron Chains, was now walking side by side with Lin Chen, the distance between the two sets of chains being less than ten meters. He started to threaten Lin Chen.