Chapter 1 Ancient Earth Serpent

The Ancient Earth Serpent's swift attack caught Shi Feng completely off guard. Its speed was so great that even a Tier 3 peak expert would have difficulty dealing with it, let alone Shi Feng, who was only a Tier 2 at Level 70.

Ancient Earth Serpent, an ancient ferocious beast, Legendary rank, Level 80, HP ????????

"It's over!"

Shi Feng could only watch helplessly as the Ancient Earth Serpent's mountain-like mouth swallowed him. There was nothing he could do but activate Absolute Domain, but even that would be useless…

The Ancient Earth Serpent was a top-tier existence among ancient ferocious beasts. In ancient times, they could fight against the gods themselves. Their life essence was no lower than that of the dragon race.

Legend has it that the most powerful Ancient Earth Serpents could even swallow gods whole. The serpent's belly contained a separate space, and any god who entered it would never escape, facing only death.

Although the current Ancient Earth Serpent was only a Level 80 Legendary, it was still a genuine ancient ferocious beast.

Even with invincibility activated, he couldn't avoid being swallowed by the Ancient Earth Serpent.

In an instant, the Ancient Earth Serpent swallowed Shi Feng whole and disappeared into the ancient hall. After swallowing Shi Feng, the Ancient Earth Serpent turned to attack the demon and fire spirit, who were just recovering.

After being swallowed by the Ancient Earth Serpent, Shi Feng suddenly felt darkness before his eyes. Although he wasn't hurt, he was pulled by an incredibly powerful suction force into a tiny black dot inside the Ancient Earth Serpent's belly. The powerful suction force made it impossible for Shi Feng to move; he could only let it drag him along.

The black dot seemed small, but as Shi Feng got closer, it felt bigger and bigger.

"Is this where it ends?" Shi Feng looked at the increasingly large black dot, speechless.

In his previous life, although he hadn't personally done the Thunder Axe City exploration quest, he had heard some information about it. He had never heard that the guardian boss was an ancient ferocious beast like the Ancient Earth Serpent. The gatekeeper was supposed to be just an ordinary Legendary monster.

As long as it was sealed with the sealing stone, it could be dealt with a greatly weakened Legendary monster.

With a monster like the Ancient Earth Serpent guarding the gate, even the sealing stone would be useless, because even a High Lord-ranked Ancient Earth Serpent couldn't be defeated by Level 70 or 80 players, even with various items to summon Tier 4 combat power.

The Ancient Earth Serpent's life essence was no less than that of a dragon. Even a High Lord-ranked one could easily crush a Tier 4 Legendary monster of the same level. That was the terrifying thing about the Ancient Earth Serpent. Moreover, as an ancient ferocious beast, its vitality was exceptionally strong. Other monsters recovered 1% of their health every five seconds, while a monster with such strong vitality like the Ancient Earth Serpent recovered 2% of its health every five seconds. They also possessed heaven-defying innate skills.

In his previous life, the Level 150 Tier 4 High Legendary Ancient Earth Serpent that appeared in God's Domain stumped even a team of Level 180 Tier 5 experts, and the entire hundred-man team was wiped out.

It should be known that the weakest in this hundred-man team were all Level 180 Tier 4 classes, with fifteen Tier 5 classes. This was the limit of combat power that a super force could put out at the time, but it was useless, they were still wiped out…

In the end, it wasn't until a Tier 6 god-ranked player appeared that the Level 150 Ancient Earth Serpent was finally killed.

Right now, even a Level 80 Legendary Ancient Earth Serpent would mean certain death for a team of Level 100 Tier 3 players. Only using a sealing stone would there be a chance of killing it.

Before long, Shi Feng was sucked into the black dot. He felt time and space shift. When he opened his eyes again, the scene before him stunned him.

"Where is this?" Shi Feng looked around, momentarily unable to react.

It turned out that this was a shrine suspended in the void. The entire shrine was protected by a layer of magical barrier, preventing it from being crushed by the endless power of the world. Beside this massive, city-like shrine was a giant serpent of incomprehensible length wandering around. This giant serpent was none other than a gigantic Ancient Earth Serpent.

If not for this layer of magical barrier, Shi Feng had no doubt that the entire shrine would be swallowed by the Ancient Earth Serpent in a few bites…

Shi Feng stood on the shrine, which was like a city square, very spacious. Only twelve light pillars of different colors flowed in the center, and in the middle of the twelve light pillars was a dazzling treasure chest made of Seven Luminaries Crystal, about the size of a table.

Seven Luminaries Crystals were extremely expensive and rare in God's Domain. Selling a Seven Luminaries Crystal the size of a fist would easily allow an ordinary player to live a carefree life. Now, this treasure chest was entirely made of Seven Luminaries Crystals.

Shi Feng couldn't help but walk over, but when he was less than two hundred yards away from the Seven Luminaries Crystal treasure chest, the twelve light pillars surrounding the treasure chest suddenly burst into dazzling light, projecting beams of light that shot towards Shi Feng. These beams of light were not only extremely fast but also flexible and unpredictable.

A total of twelve beams of light attacked Shi Feng from all directions.

Shi Feng didn't dare to be careless. The effects of Absolute Domain were already gone. He directly activated Dragon Force and swung his twin swords to defend.

Boom, boom, boom…

The beams of light shot out from the twelve light pillars all had the strength of a Tier 4 Legendary. Shi Feng felt his arms go numb the moment they touched. Fortunately, he blocked them all and deflected some of the attacks, so he didn't take much damage. This wave of attacks only cost Shi Feng over ten thousand health points, which wasn't a problem for Shi Feng with Dragon Force activated to withstand it forty more times, but it would definitely be fatal if this continued.

Moreover, as the twelve light pillars lit up, the surroundings of the shrine began to crumble bit by bit, and there was less and less ground to stand on.

"Looks like I can only risk it!"

Shi Feng understood that there wasn't much time left. Either he would be killed by the twelve light pillars, or he would fall into the endless void. Right now, the only way to go was towards the treasure chest.

Immediately, Shi Feng accelerated towards the treasure chest. However, the closer he got to the treasure chest, the more cunning and tricky the attacks of the twelve light pillars became, making it increasingly difficult for Shi Feng to deal with them.

"How is this so similar to the Trial of Reasoning?" After rushing to one hundred yards, Shi Feng suddenly realized that the attacks of these light pillars were very targeted. Simply relying on the Boundary Realm was not enough to cope with them. Without an elementary understanding of the Reasoning Realm, it would be absolutely impossible to step into the one-hundred-yard range. "Could it be that this is also a test for players to reach the Reasoning Realm?"

The closer Shi Feng got to the treasure chest, the more frantic the attacks of the twelve light pillars became, and the number of attacks also increased. If the Reasoning Realm was not mastered, it would be impossible to move half a step forward without using the light beams of the light pillars to offset each other's attacks.

Left with no other choice, Shi Feng had to use his strongest skill, Swords of Light and Shadow, to resist. Even though each use consumed a great deal of stamina and mental strength, he had no choice but to use it.

Even so, Shi Feng's health points were dropping rapidly. Even with Void Shield activated later, it wasn't enough.

As he approached the 50-yard range, the attacks became more and more frantic, and even the Void Shield couldn't withstand it and shattered, causing Shi Feng's health points to plummet like flowing water.

80%… 60%… 30%…

Seeing that he was only 20 yards away from the treasure chest, the remaining health points were not enough to support him any further. More importantly, he could no longer resist.

"I'll risk it!"

Faced with the predicament that two swords could no longer resist, Shi Feng steeled his heart and activated Blade Awakening, causing his base attributes and physique to skyrocket, greatly increasing his body and reaction speed. He directly used his extremely unfamiliar skill, the inherited skill Blade Dance.

In an instant, he took out the weapon Netherworld's Brilliance, which he had never used before, to cooperate with Thunderous Annihilation and Abyssal Blade to resist the incoming beams of light.

The three swords simultaneously used Sword's Orbit, directly increasing the defensive ability of Sword's Orbit greatly.

In an instant, Shi Feng stepped into the range of the treasure chest.