Chapter 944: The Mighty Lin Chao

"A year! By the time we get out, won't everything be cold by then?" Yue Mengli exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Yuan shrugged and said, "Anyway, I have no control over this space. When we get out is entirely up to it."

Yue Mengli was speechless, gaining a clearer understanding of the miraculous nature of the Soul-Calming Pearl.

She knew Ye Yuan had extraordinary means and was top-notch in the Divine Realm when it came to soul cultivation. If even he couldn't do anything about it, it meant the Soul-Calming Pearl's origins were certainly extraordinary.

"Crackle, crackle..."

In the dark space, suddenly lightning flashed and thunder roared. Streaks of lightning filled the entire space, forming an ocean of thunder and lightning.

Seeing this, Yue Mengli's expression turned grim.

"Such powerful lightning energy!" Yue Mengli said solemnly.

Ye Yuan said, "If I'm not mistaken, if we can withstand the baptism of this lightning, we should be able to get out."

Yue Mengli was startled and said in surprise, "This lightning is much stronger than a heavenly tribulation. If we enter it, our souls will scatter."

Ye Yuan smiled, moved his body, and directly entered the ocean of lightning!

"Ugh..."

As soon as he entered the ocean of lightning, Ye Yuan's entire body was immediately wrapped by a dozen streaks of lightning, numbing his whole body and causing him to cry out in pain.

Ye Yuan neither dodged nor avoided, simply letting the lightning surround him.

Seeing this, Yue Mengli couldn't help but shiver. However, she took a deep breath and also leaped into the ocean of lightning.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

The lightning instantly enveloped Yue Mengli, making her feel as if her soul was about to scatter.

But seeing Ye Yuan grit his teeth and persevere, Yue Mengli's stubbornness flared up, and she gritted her teeth and endured without a sound.

After who knows how long, Yue Mengli felt that her soul had weakened to the extreme, truly on the verge of scattering.

But just then, she suddenly felt the lightning energy directly enter her body, nourishing her soul.

Soon, Yue Mengli felt her soul rapidly recovering!

She abruptly opened her eyes and saw Ye Yuan not far away, looking at her with a full smile.

"How is it? Don't you feel surprisingly good?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

Yue Mengli was startled and couldn't help but examine her soul, horrified to find that it was much stronger than before.

"This... what's going on?" Yue Mengli asked in surprise.

"It seems to be a kind of trial. If we pass the test, there will be unexpected gains!" Ye Yuan said.

Yue Mengli asked doubtfully, "What if we don't pass the test? Will our souls really scatter?"

Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem so, but as long as we haven't passed the test, we'll be trapped here forever."

Having experienced the baptism of will pressure, combined with this ocean of lightning, Ye Yuan had deduced some rules of the dark space.

Ye Yuan extended his hand and smiled, "The deeper we go into this ocean of lightning, the greater the impact on the soul. As long as we work together, what's a little lightning baptism?"

Yue Mengli's face flushed slightly. She nodded, took Ye Yuan's hand, and the two walked side by side into the depths of the ocean of lightning.

...

The battle for the top sixteen in the Bright Moon Grand Competition attracted countless people's attention.

Zhuo Bufan rode alone, cutting down all opponents along the way, and had already secured a spot in the finals.

The other spot would be decided between Lin Chao and Zhou Yan!

It could be said that both Zhou Yan and Lin Chao were dark horses in this Bright Moon Grand Competition!

Before this, Zhou Yan had just broken through to the Dao Profound realm, placing him at the bottom among these talented martial artists.

But relying on his Scorching Sun Flame Heart Pupil, he managed to defeat Bai Han and earn a spot in the semifinals.

As for Lin Chao, he was even more of a dark horse among dark horses.

Everyone thought he was just lucky to make it to the top sixteen, but unexpectedly, his strength was astonishingly formidable!

In the first round against Tang Yu, Lin Chao defeated him in just ten moves, advancing to the top eight.

In the second round against Jiang Yancai, Lin Chao again used only ten moves.

In both rounds, he used exactly ten moves, cleanly and neatly defeating two Dao Profound First Layer genius martial artists.

This shocked everyone!

Everyone realized that this unknown young man was not so simple after all!

After all, Tang Yu and Jiang Yancai were renowned young talents in the Divine Realm, extremely powerful.

Yet Lin Chao, only at the Ninth Layer of the Formless realm, had defeated them consecutively, showing just how strong he was.

The gap between the Dao Profound realm and the Formless realm was not insignificant.

The Dao Profound realm was the pinnacle of martial artists in the Divine Realm! Many supremely talented geniuses could not cross from the Formless realm into the Dao Profound realm.

This step was extremely difficult to cross.

Those who could take this step were geniuses among geniuses.

People like Tang Yu, who were very young, had managed to cross this step, which itself said a lot.

Yet they still lost to Lin Chao.

Moreover, Lin Chao had used only ten moves in both battles!

At this moment, Zhou Yan faced Lin Chao, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Lin Chao looked contemptuously at Zhou Yan and said indifferently, "Young master of the Zhou family, I know you like Yue Mengli, but I advise you to give up. Yue Mengli is mine, Lin Chao's!"

Zhou Yan's face darkened, and he roared angrily, "You're asking for death!"

A flash of fire flickered in Zhou Yan's eyes, and the Scorching Sun Flame Heart Pupil erupted violently!

After breaking through to the Dao Profound realm, Zhou Yan's Scorching Sun Flame Heart Pupil had undergone a qualitative change, its power many times greater than before.

Provoked by Lin Chao, Zhou Yan was now furious, and with one move, he aimed to kill Lin Chao.

"Boom, boom, boom...!"

Where Lin Chao stood, a series of violent explosions occurred. Under the impact of the Scorching Sun Flame Heart Pupil, even the formation trembled.

Seeing that Lin Chao didn't dodge at all, Zhou Yan sneered, "Fool! To take the Scorching Sun Flame Heart Pupil head-on is simply suicide! But daring to speak rudely about Rui'er, death is too good for you!"

The smoke from the explosions gradually dissipated, revealing Lin Chao's figure.

He lightly brushed the dust off his clothes and said calmly, "They say the pupil arts of Scorching Sun and Bright Moon are unmatched, but today they seem nothing special. Speaking rudely? How I speak to my own woman is my business. Don't worry, I'll take good care of Miss Rui'er."

Lin Chao spoke lightly, as if Yue Mengli was already his.

Zhou Yan's pupils contracted—Lin Chao didn't have a single scratch on him!

His Scorching Sun Flame Heart Pupil couldn't even injure Lin Chao?

"Stop your arrogance! Rui'er is mine, no one can take her away! Not Ye Yuan, and not you!"

Zhou Yan roared, his eyes suddenly turning blood-red. Suddenly, a violent flame formed a cage, completely trapping Lin Chao inside.

"Boom!"

Before Zhou Yan could rejoice, a loud noise rang out. His flame cage had been blasted into a huge hole by Lin Chao!

Moreover, the force of that punch didn't diminish, flying straight toward Zhou Yan.