Invincible Martial King

The 22 disciples continued to climb the mountain.    

"This is the Thousand Layered Mountain. It is indeed just as senior Chang said." As soon as he entered the mountain, Lu Chen felt his limbs sink as if he was carrying a huge rock on his back. What made him even more uncomfortable was the incoming wave of the Dao of the Heavens and Earth.    

"This place is special. It's simply weird."    

"I feel like I'm going to be crushed."    

Fu Feng's face turned green. Every step he took felt incredibly heavy. The most troubling thing was that the soul essence within his body seemed to have been affected greatly, and the circulation speed became very slow.    

"Persevere."    

"This is only the foot of the mountain. The pressure here should be greater." While speaking, Lu Chen noticed that it wasn't just him and Fu Feng who had such an encounter, the disciples from the other two halls were also in the same situation.    

Even if it were some disciples with Life And Death Stage, after they had entered the Thousand Layered Peak, their movements had become extremely slow, and the pressure they felt was also not small.    

"The pressure from above is even stronger?"    

Fu Feng's eyes widened at first, then he smiled wryly: "I thought this first round wouldn't be difficult, but it seems like I was wrong."    

"Stop complaining."    

"Let's move forward."    

Lu Chen patted his shoulder, and the two of them headed towards the summit at the same time.    

Two hours later.    

Halfway up the mountain.    

The figures of the disciples who were participating in the training hall scattered. The disciples who were walking over here were under an enormous pressure, and other than a few Life And Death Stage disciples, the others had to stop to rest for a moment every step they took.    

When he got here, even though the pressure was stronger, Lu Chen's breathing was steady and his steps were light. He was not affected much.    

In his previous life, as an existence of the Martial Monarch Level, not to mention facing the Heaven and Earth dao principles of a mere Thousand Layered Mountain, even if hundreds or even tens of thousands of dao arts of the Thousand Layered Peak came crushing down at the same time, it would be nothing to him.    

If it wasn't to avoid being too outstanding, Lu Chen could have easily reached the peak.    

Lu Chen wasn't affected much, but Fu Feng, who was beside him, was barely able to make it to this point.    

"Lu Chen."    

"I really can't walk anymore."    

Fu Feng's face was pale as he said while panting heavily.    

"Don't resist this dao principle. Use your heart to experience it."    

Lu Chen knew that Fu Feng had reached his limit, but if he stopped here, he would be eliminated in the first round. That was why he gave a suggestion.    

"Experience with your heart?"    

Hearing this, Fu Feng thought for a moment and then closed his eyes to carefully feel the intangible forces of the world around him.    

Lu Chen was in no hurry to continue moving forward. Instead, he waited quietly for Fu Feng. The latter's talent wasn't weak, and he believed that with his comprehension ability, he would be able to reap some benefits.    

Just when Lu Chen stopped moving, he noticed that there were very few people around, and a few disciples with outstanding talent had long climbed up the mountain, like Nan Hongyi of Orthodox Unity Hall and Su Yuvrann of Taiyi Hall. The two of them rode on top of a cloud, and their figures disappeared from everyone's line of sight.    

"Hmph."    

"Such talent?" Are you still delusional enough to want to join a Taoist gathering? "    

"You should leave as soon as possible."    

At this moment, a sneer came from behind him.    

Lu Chen didn't even need to turn his head to recognize that it was Zheng Manghu, the person Yang Yan wanted to cause trouble for him at the Taoist-meeting.    

Zheng Manghu and another Orthodox Unity Hall disciple had arrived together. Although the two of them had been crushed by the Heaven and Earth dao laws, because of their profound cultivation and outstanding talent, their movements seemed to be slightly more relaxed.    

"Hmph."    

Seeing that Lu Chen did not say anything, Zheng Manghu snorted coldly, passed by Lu Chen, the other two, and the Orthodox Unity Hall disciple, and disappeared in front.    

After the two of them left, another seven or eight disciples who participated in the training hall appeared one after another. They looked at the two of them with complicated expressions, but they did not say anything.    

In the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour passed.    

More than half of the twenty-two disciples had reached the halfway mark of the mountain. A dozen of them overtook Lu Chen and Fu Feng and headed towards the top of the mountain.    

"It seems like the two disciples from Kungwu Hall have stopped halfway up the mountain." In the auction house, an elder with deep eyes was able to see through the situation on the Thousand Layers Peak as he sighed with a complicated expression.    

"To be able to walk halfway up the mountain, these two Kungwu Hall disciples are already not bad."    

"If we give them another ten years of accumulation, they might have a chance to reach the top."    

The other old man smiled and immediately turned his attention to the other two hall disciples.    

In comparison, the other elders paid more attention to the performance of the two palace disciples, and there was not even a single comment on Lu Chen and Fu Feng's actions when they stopped. In their eyes, Kungwu Hall was just a formality, to be able to walk halfway up the mountain was not bad, but it was of no value at all.    

Rather than this, they were more concerned about the performance of the disciples in their Tao Hall.    

The four or five elders did not continue to look at Lu Chen and Fu Feng, but there was one exception. This was an old man with a white beard and a cold aura, sitting there with a pair of deep eyes that reflected Lu Chen's figure on the Thousand Layers Peak.    

"I would like to see just how far you can go."    

The old man muttered to himself, not allowing anyone else to hear.    

"I finally understand."    

Suddenly, Fu Feng cried out in surprise. As he opened his eyes, his entire demeanor changed drastically. It was as if he had merged into the surrounding environment, no longer being able to resist the formless pressure.    

"Not bad."    

Lu Chen smiled and nodded. Fu Feng's aptitude was indeed decent. In less than an hour, he had comprehended part of the Thousand Layered Mountain's Dao of Heaven and Earth, which should be enough to allow him to continue forward for a distance.    

"Lu Chen."    

"I don't feel the pressure anymore. Let's continue forward." Fu Feng tried to take a step forward, only to realize that the pressure seemed to have subsided a little.    

Lu Chen smiled faintly. It was not because the pressure had decreased, but because Fu Feng's body had become weaker in rejecting the Heaven and Earth dao.    

This was just like the strong resistance you would encounter when you went upstream. However, if you went downstream, not only would there be no resistance, but there would also be a clear pushing force.    

This Thousand Layered Mountain was a unique place to begin with, and with the support of the remnant charm of the Extreme Tao Academic Palace's martial arts, it formed the dao principles of the heaven and earth over time.    

This was a major trend. Regardless of whether a martial artist had a strong or weak cultivation, once they entered this mountain, they would subconsciously be repelled by this trend. A martial artist would also subconsciously reject this great trend, and every step they took would be extremely difficult.    

Fu Feng had only comprehended part of the rules of the world to make himself less repulsed, which was why the pressure around him had been greatly reduced. If he could continue his comprehension of the laws of the world, then he would be able to dissipate all the pressure.    

It would also bring great benefits to his own martial dao training.    

Even Lu Chen had to borrow the experience of his previous life to see through the strangeness of the Thousand Layered Mountain. As for the other martial artists, even if they had amazing talent, if they did not go through dozens of years of study, they would still not be able to fully understand the rules here.