Zongwang: Unspeakable fear!

The benefits brought by attribute upgrades are never natural gifts without a price; rather, they are an extreme test of one's spirit and will.

The improvement of attributes in the comprehensive network is essentially to completely infuse the body with the improvement that would otherwise require long-term training in a short period of time. In short, it is to compress the entire process into a short period of tens of minutes.

The power gained through attribute points is no different from the power obtained through diligent self-cultivation.

Correspondingly, the suffering endured during this period will not be reduced in the slightest.

Moreover, because the process is compressed infinitely, it naturally leads to a problem: the pain generated during cultivation is also compressed by tens of millions of times and erupts in these short tens of minutes.

This is why one cannot control power beyond one's own limits.

The most basic point is that if one's mental will is not strong enough, then when faced with the pain accumulated over decades, centuries, or even millennia, it is very likely that one's mental will will be directly shattered under such overwhelming pain, and consciousness will perish.

In particular, at Gao Yang's level, the time and effort required to improve one's power even slightly are calculated in units of hundreds of years.

The further we go, the more exaggerated this time span becomes. Similarly, the pain brought about by each advancement will be measured in hundreds or thousands of years.

In this situation, any rash action would result in physical collapse.

Moreover, even if one forcibly increases their power, due to a lack of control over that power, it will not only fail to improve their combat strength but will also hinder their performance.

Time passed slowly, and Gao Yang continued to refine and absorb the attribute gems without stopping; the crimson under his skin never faded.

Waves of heat spread unchecked from his body, which seemed to transform into a giant, raging furnace. The surrounding space was distorted and deformed under this intense heat, and the void emitted a continuous "bubbling" sound.

A bowl-shaped crater had appeared beneath him, its surface vitrified—a crystallized layer resulting from being baked by extremely high temperatures.

Thick, blue veins throbbed and darted wildly across his blood-red skin, each throbbing almost as if it would burst through his skin and break free of his restraints.

"Ho~"

After an unknown amount of time, Gao Yang suddenly opened his mouth, and a blazing, blood-red arrow of energy shot out from it.

Gao Yang opened his eyes, a hint of regret in them.

He still has five attribute gems available: three strength gems and two constitution gems, but his current level of improvement no longer allows him to use them.

If he continues to blindly pursue improvement, destruction will inevitably await him.

Even so, his improvement has been nothing short of revolutionary.

In less than a day, his strength had increased many times over. If others knew this, they would probably never believe that it was possible.

Name: Gao Yang
Class: The Unrivaled God of War (LV32)

Health: 48%
Dou Qi: 4405000/5621412
Strength: 44→51
Agility: 36→43
Constitution: 44→51
Intelligence: 28
Charisma: 39→43
Perception: 28
Willpower (Hidden): 45→46
Free attribute points: 0; Extraordinary attribute points: 0; Legendary attribute points: 0; Legendary skill points: 1;

Legendary Reputation: 1825

Strength and physique both broke through the 50-point mark, agility and charm also broke through the 40-point mark, and even willpower increased by one point under the onslaught of this indescribable pain, bringing it one step closer to the 50-point mark.

After closing his personal panel, Gao Yang clenched his fist slightly, feeling the surging, almost explosive power within him, and an endless sense of confidence welled up inside him.

The boost of a full twenty-six points to his legendary attributes expanded his already enormous base size countless times over.

Now, let alone three thousand top-level legends, even three thousand gods with weak divine power... well, that's too exaggerated, he can't get too cocky.

Even if he were attacked by three hundred or one hundred gods with weak divine power, he was confident that he could kill them all.

Well, perhaps even if a powerful deity came, he could fight and kill it.

Gao Yang secretly calculated that the probability was probably not low.

He had been able to fight against a god of medium power long before, and although it was only a severely injured god of medium power, he eventually killed it completely.

His strength has increased many times over since then, and under these circumstances, deities of medium power no longer pose a threat to him.

Only a deity with immense divine power could fight him head-on.

Thinking of this, Gao Yang's eyes flickered as he looked at the pool of blood where the Withered Eye was not far away.

After nearly a day of devouring, the pool of blood left by Grisius had been reduced to a small puddle, no bigger than a washbasin, and it couldn't even completely submerge the withered eye's size.

"If it hasn't been completely devoured, then let's give it a try."

Gao Yang's eyes flickered, and with a flick of his fingers, he captured the withered eye in his hand from a distance.

The withered eye opened its mouth wide, a hint of dissatisfaction appearing in its eyes. However, when it met Gao Yang's indifferent gaze, the dissatisfaction in its eyes instantly disappeared, replaced by a fawning and ingratiating look.

"Having swallowed so much, I'll just leave these scraps behind; I still have some use for them."

After Gao Yang finished speaking, he didn't care about its reaction and put it directly into his inventory.

Then, the pool of blood on the ground floated up into the air and gathered into a blood sphere the size of a volleyball.

Gao Yang glanced at the ball of blood, and a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[Abyss Experience: 1 days, 04 hours, 31 minutes, 58 seconds]

There's about a day and a half left.

Gao Yang slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and then took out a large number of life essence crystals from his backpack.

Nearly a thousand crystals of life essence all emitted a warm, blood-like red light. When they were gathered together, the light they emitted was even more eye-catching than the divine spark above the contract on his head.

Platinum-gold battle aura flowed from Gao Yang's body like water, gently enveloping all the crystallized life essence.

When his total battle qi exceeded five million, the color of his battle qi had already transformed from a brilliant golden color to a more restrained and fiery platinum color.

It may not seem to have lost the wild and unrestrained nature of the golden color, but both its temperature and destructive power have increased by more than one level.

Enveloped in battle qi, nearly a thousand crystals of life essence began to slowly melt, and strands of pure life essence began to merge into the battle qi, circulating into Gao Yang's body.

Under the infusion of this primal life force, which was both violent and gentle, Gao Yang's already enormous and exceptionally profound primal life force began to grow further.

Absorbing a thousand Life Essence Crystals at once would take a considerable amount of time. Once Gao Yang had completely absorbed and digested these Life Essence Crystals, less than 12 hours remained before the next Abyss Trial.

Gao Yang opened his eyes. In his perception, many more legends gathered around outside the Zhuxian Sword Domain. In front of these legends, there were even seven gods whose bodies exuded divine power.

Their expressions were already showing signs of impatience, clearly due to the excessively long wait.

With a thought, Gao Yang's Immortal Execution Sword Domain began to rapidly shrink.

Such a commotion immediately alerted the beings surrounding the Immortal Execution Sword Domain, and they also prepared themselves mentally.

There are only two possibilities for the changes in the Zhuxian Sword Domain: one is that the Heavenly Calamity Sword Master killed everyone and then took the initiative to reclaim his own legendary domain; the other is that the Heavenly Calamity Sword Master perished under the siege, and his legendary domain naturally began to collapse.

But in either case, this is their last chance.

With less than a day and a half left until the thirty days mentioned by the Sword Master of Calamity, if they cannot kill him within this time, then this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ascend to godhood will completely disappear from their sight.

What they didn't know was that the thirty days Gao Yang mentioned were actually only twenty-nine days. When the time was up, he would directly enter the abyss for training.

The Zhuxian Sword Domain quickly contracted, and the figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the domain was naturally exposed to everyone's view.

"Hiss~~!"

When they saw the black-haired youth sitting cross-legged on the ground with an indifferent expression, both legends and gods couldn't help but gasp inwardly.

Even with a thousand legendary figures and three gods with weak divine power surrounding him, they still couldn't kill this human!
This scene was truly beyond the comprehension of most living beings.

Gao Yang glanced at the Zhuxian Sword Domain gathered beside him. The Zhuxian Sword Domain was only the size of a basketball, and inside it was a blood sphere.

Gao Yang did not intend to release the suppression of the blood ball just like that. He did not know how powerful the Blood Lord was, so to be on the safe side, he would release the suppression of the blood ball when he was about to enter the abyss for training.

If the Blood Lord can still descend here in a very short time, then he will fight him. Regardless of whether he wins or loses, he will have some buffer time.

Because he was in the abyss for training, if he didn't actively reveal his location, it would take others some time to find him.

Even for someone like the Blood Lord, finding him is not so easy.

This buffer is sufficient.

Moreover, Gao Yang did not believe that he was weaker than the Blood Lord at this moment.

A thousand thoughts may swirl in one's mind, but in reality, they are but a fleeting moment.

When the many legends and the seven deities saw Gao Yang, they inevitably fell into a moment of daze.

Immediately afterwards, they saw the Calamity Sword Master, who had been sitting quietly on the ground, slowly get up.

As he moved, the void around him distorted, and time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Immediately afterwards, under the watchful eyes of many beings, it was as if an ancient divine mountain rose from the ground, or as if a divine sword was drawn from its sheath. An invisible pressure instantly pressed down, making the beings in the Ascension Plain uneasy, holding their breath and watching the human male slowly rise.

The moment the opponent stood up straight, the invisible pressure surged to its peak, and a powerful sword cry suddenly resounded in everyone's hearts.

Bow your head! Bow your head! Bow your head!

Otherwise you will die!

He will definitely die!
The moment the sword's cry resonated in their hearts, most of the legends on the Ascending God Plains reflexively lowered their proud heads. Only a dozen or so scattered legends stood tall and looked straight at Gao Yang.

Of the seven deities preceding the legend, five bowed their heads simultaneously, while the remaining two, their bodies surging with boiling divine power, resisted the astonishing pressure.

Not far behind a legendary figure standing tall and proud, a young man in a Taoist robe looked at the proud figure in front of him with a slightly complicated expression, thinking to himself: "Truly worthy of being a genius born in the same Crystal Wall System and the same era as me. Even when facing the terrifying pressure of the Heavenly Calamity Sword Master, he can still stand tall and not be afraid at all."

It seems I am ultimately no match for you.

His emotional fluctuations seemed to create a barely perceptible ripple in the real world, a ripple as gentle as a breeze or as misty as morning, which "collided" with the proud and upright figure in front of him.

The next instant, the proud and upright figure fell straight forward, crashing heavily onto the blood-soaked earth.

The man in the Taoist robe paused for a moment, then his expression changed drastically. He stepped forward, knelt down, and reached out to touch the other man's forehead.

Before his hand could even touch the other person, it recoiled as if bitten by something.

The other man's head was tilted to the side, his eyes were open, but his once bright and confident eyes had lost their luster. A sword mark had shattered his pupil, revealing to the man a broken and dull eye.

'For a split second, it wasn't an illusion; I really was going to die!'

Those legends who witnessed the deaths of nearby figures who refused to bow their heads shared the same thoughts as the man in the Taoist robe.

Only at this moment did they truly understand the extent of the gap between them and the Lord of the Calamity Sword.

The opponent merely stood up, yet the pressure he exerted possessed substantial destructive power. His will was so strong that it could directly suppress anyone unwilling to back down.

Gao Yang didn't even glance at the terrified legends, but instead focused his gaze on the two deities at the very front of the crowd who hadn't bowed their heads.

Judging from their divine power fluctuations, both of them are deities of medium divine power.

Only a deity of moderate divine power could grit his teeth and withstand the oppressive aura he was radiating at that moment.

Because it wasn't just a simple pressure, but the materialization of a natural disaster's aura.

Intimidation and aura are inherently aggressive, just as the intimidation of a dragon can directly terrify and kill many lower creatures.

The aura pressure released by Gao Yang through his "deep control of aura" is no less powerful than when he personally unleashes "Cataclysmic Sword of Intent".

As a mental attack method, the Natural Disaster Sword technique is extremely powerful in the mental realm.

Of course, this aura is not actively exerted, but passively generated.

Just as before, those who bow their heads and do not confront him will not be attacked by his aura. On the contrary, those legends who refuse to bow their heads will trigger the aura's active attack.

With Gao Yang's current Willpower attribute of 46 points, such a sword strike would be a catastrophic blow to any mortal being.

As for the outcome, it's already quite obvious. (End of Chapter)