Chapter 404 – The Eleventh Stage

“Whoosh-“

Stepping into the eleventh stage, Lu Yuan momentarily paused.

What appeared before him was a dim, void space, surrounded by murky mists swirling around, creating an indescribable sense of oppression.

There was no solid ground beneath his feet, only the flowing mist on which Lu Yuan stood, suspended in the air.

The cuckoo bird that had entered just before him had already disappeared without a trace. It always did this; as soon as it hid itself, even Lu Yuan couldn’t find it. He could only wait for it to come out on its own.

Although he had entered with a resigned mindset.

Yet, once truly inside the eleventh stage, Lu Yuan’s expression involuntarily turned serious.

The elephant deity panel quietly lit up, and he silently shifted into his asura form.

His fierce body, with four heads and eight arms, hung in the void, his consciousness of slaughter and combat fully ramped up.

Up to this point, the tightly closed scars on Lu Yuan’s body had opened up, now totaling about thirty.

These awakened asura eyes silently rotated in the darkness, as if searching for an opponent who could appear from any angle at any moment.

Based on the previous stages.

The opponent at this level would likely be of the Star Lord Level.

“Star Lord Level… the will merged with an entire planet…”

Images of the Star Lord Level surfaced in Lu Yuan’s mind, coupled with the aura of power he had felt from that handsome youth from a starry sky advanced civilization before entering the trial.

Gradually, a rough outline of the Star Lord Level began to take shape in his mind.

As this outline was slowly filled by his imagination, Lu Yuan’s blood began to heat up.

A faint red glow began to emanate from his body, pulsating with the rhythm of his breathing.

Thinking of the opponent he was about to face, a mix of immense fear, anxiety, and extreme excitement and anticipation rapidly grew within him.

This is what it means to be an asura. Born for battle and slaughter.

Even knowing that he was about to plunge towards the sun, he wanted to hear the sound of his flesh being scorched by flames before he died.

Lu Yuan’s breathing grew heavier, and the Asura Eye on his body began to spin faster.

Thick Scarlet seeped from his eyes, shimmering like bewitching blood diamonds in the dim light.

His chest was nearly at the peak of its battle readiness.

The blood-red energy coursing through his body burst forth from every pore, blazing like a flag of red flame upon him.

“Why… isn’t it appearing yet?”

Lu Yuan cracked his neck, his fiery gaze searching for his opponent.

Logically, the adversary of this stage should have already appeared.

But despite his time here, there was no movement around him; the only change…

was that the atmosphere of the surrounding void seemed to grow even more oppressive.

Lu Yuan stretched out a hand, watching the murky mist in the void drift through his fingers, falling slowly like smoke.

“Is it below?”

A flicker of light passed through Lu Yuan’s eyes.

After a moment’s thought, he decided to descend.

This eleventh stage felt completely different from the previous ten.

He even had an indescribable strong sensation-that from this stage on, the trial was truly beginning.

Lu Yuan controlled his body to keep falling.

This void space was like the Abyss, seemingly endless.

Interestingly, the speed of the falling mist increased significantly.

Lu Yuan also noticed that in the distance, some mist was rising.

This was the complete opposite of what was happening around him. In his mind, he quickly visualized a circulation of mist.

His current location seemed to be a “wind tunnel,” with a pulling force dragging the mist down in this area, and after passing through the “wind tunnel,” the mist was expelled elsewhere and slowly rose, continuing this cycle.

This idea was confirmed in the proceeding moments.

The downward sucking force gradually increased, realistically affecting Lu Yuan’s body.

Lu Yuan tried to stop his descent, shooting upwards slightly.

Feeling that the pulling force was still manageable and would not greatly hinder his movements, he continued to fall.

He did not know how long he had been falling when suddenly-

The force below surged, increasing hundreds of times over!

“Boom!”

In an instant, it was as if an apocalyptic storm had formed without warning.

What was once a gentle attraction turned into a terrifying downward pull.

Lu Yuan was caught off guard, and his entire body suddenly plummeted downward!

“Damn it!”

Lu Yuan reacted immediately, his body blazing with blood-red energy, furiously propelling his descent.

At the same time, his eight arms danced wildly, unleashing rounds of blood-red great suns downward!

“The gathering of three flowers at the apex!”

Without any hesitation, he activated the secret technique, “the gathering of three flowers at the apex.”

With the combat power increased twenty-seven fold, Lu Yuan’s already fearsome asura form grew even more formidable and swollen.

Bone spurs grew from his joints like spears, a long tail sprouted from his back, and his forehead bulged.

The three superfluous heads growing on his neck also opened their eyes at this moment, starting to roar crazily.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The blood-red great suns Lu Yuan unleashed grew larger and more intense.

The terrifying Strength struck the void, causing ripples of shockwaves, continuously countering the dreadful downward pulling force.

Finally, Lu Yuan’s body stopped plummeting and began to ascend.

He climbed upward against the terrifying suction force, like a red fish swimming upstream, struggling immensely.

And just as Lu Yuan flew upward for a while, that terrifying downward force suddenly vanished without a trace.

“What’s going on?”

Lu Yuan hovered mid-air, his eyes blood-red, his body radiating a fierce and violent aura, breathing heavily.

His expression was somewhat unpleasant.

His burst of power was almost comparable to his previous encounter with the formidable pink crystal monster at the last stage.

And yet, he still had no idea what or where his opponent on the eleventh stage was…

“Is the gap really that big?”

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered, contemplating which direction to explore next.

Just then, an indescribable, terrifying gust of wind blew towards him from the side.

“Boom!”

The gale appeared as suddenly as the previous suction force and was equally terrifying.

Massive amounts of murky fog surged under the force of this fierce wind.

The void shook wildly, emitting deafening roars, as if the space itself might collapse any second.

This gale extinguished the blood-red energy flames on Lu Yuan’s body, quenching his domineering and fierce aura.

Lu Yuan clenched his teeth, growling as he continuously punched towards the direction of the wind, even using the power of the ultimate skill at level 2.

Yet, even with such efforts, his ten-meter-tall asura form swayed unstably like an insect caught in the wind, helplessly drifting backward.

Just as Lu Yuan desperately tried to stabilize himself, a huge object rapidly emerged from the surging murky fog ahead.

Lu Yuan’s eyes widened at the sight.

His movements halted completely, his expression frozen as he stared at the approaching object, abandoning all attempts to resist.

“Damn…”

“What on earth is this?!”