Chapter 728: Second Level!
The gold-colored beast that had attacked Meng Hao was clearly far more powerful than the one that had been dispatched against Lu Bai.
Despite that, it almost died. Were it not for the intervention of the deep-gold overseer, it would surely have been destroyed.
However, Meng Hao was also only capable of throwing this one punch!
That strike had contained all the power he had just absorbed. At the moment, his body was returning to normal. Although his aura was quite a bit weaker, there was no one who would dare to look down on him.
The five Golden Frost Sect cultivators were thoroughly shaken.
"He's... even stronger than before!!"
"Don't tell me that golden vortex appeared because he was just enlightened?! Or, was he simply holding back before?!?!"
The five men exchanged glances, and each could see how shocked the others were. If they were to fight Meng Hao, and he used the golden vortex, then even in their puppet form, they would still be... completely defeated!
Gu Tianxiang from the Solitary Sword Sect had a face filled with shock. His eyes were wide, and his heart trembled. "He's clearly only at the Second Severing level, but that Blood Demon Grand Magic... it's simply... simply terrifying!!"
He was a powerful expert from the Solitary Sword Sect, and had previously viewed himself as quite knowledgeable regarding the Blood Demon Sect. As of now, though, he realized that the magic of the Blood Demon Sect was beyond imagination.
The deep-gold overseer was also shocked, and could do nothing but stare wordlessly at Meng Hao.
Meng Hao's expression was the same as ever as he slowly walked forward. When he reached the flame portal, he stepped in without hesitation.
On the other side of the flame portal was what seemed to be a completely different world. As soon as Meng Hao entered, he saw Lu Bai off in the distance, coughing up blood as he tumbled backward like a kite with its string cut. The black dragon in front of him was returning to its usual lifeless state.
This world was a world of fire. A sea of flames stretched out in all directions, from within which emerged an enormous, towering altar. The altar was colossal, hundreds of thousands of meters tall, arranged into nine levels.
Just now, Lu Bai had met defeat on the third floor, and was ejected, blood spraying from his mouth. He hovered in mid-air, his face pale. He looked back and saw Meng Hao, and his eyes began to shine with a bright glow as well as complex thoughts.
"So, you're here," he said as he floated down to the ground. Paying Meng Hao no more heed, he sat down cross-legged and began to meditate.
Meng Hao looked up at the enormous altar stretching up out of the sea of flames. For some reason, he got an odd feeling about this place. For some reason, he felt more relaxed, as if some intangible shackles had been removed from him. His mind felt clearer.
"Foreigner!" said an ancient voice, which echoed out from up above. Looking up, Meng Hao was shocked to see a white, humanoid beast, another overseer.
It hovered up above at what seemed to be the very top of the world, emitting absolutely no cultivation base aura whatsoever.
It looked down at Meng Hao and said, "You have passed the first level, which is your good fortune. If you pass the second level, you will be qualified to leave this place and can also receive a treasured item of our clan.
"This is a life-or-death trial by fire, the result of the treaty with our benefactor long ago. Any foreigner who enters, regardless of which clan they come from, may participate in the trial by fire.
