I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

Lin Che gritted his teeth, enduring the terrifying pressure that seemed to crush his bones, and continued to move forward.

An invisible pressure surged around him as he moved forward, as if the weight of the entire space was pressing down on his shoulders.

When he exerted all his strength and took his thirtieth step.

"roar--!"

Amidst the surging blood energy ahead, a third blood beast roared and coalesced into form!

This is a massive, blood-red bear with a body as large as a mountain and muscles bulging all over its body!

Its eyes were bloodshot red, radiating a pure aura of savagery. As soon as it appeared, it stood up and pounced on Lin Che with the force of Mount Tai pressing down!

"Refining complete!"

Lin Che instantly judged the level of his strength.

He endured the excruciating pain and heaviness in his body, took a half step back, lowered his waist and stood firm, abandoning the initiative to attack and switching to a solid defense, engaging in a fierce battle with the incredibly powerful blood bear.

Avoid a head-on collision, use skillful force to deflect the opponent's attack, and find an opening in their attack...

After much effort, Lin Che finally seized the opportunity and delivered a powerful punch, imbued with all his blood and qi, piercing the blood bear's heart.

The blood bear disintegrated, turning into an even denser blood mist.

Quickly adjust your breathing.

Restore the blood and energy within your body that have been boiling due to battle and resistance against oppression.

Then he urged his almost numb legs forward again, taking one step, then another...

The pressure continued to rise, and every inch forward felt like wading through viscous lead and mercury, causing the muscle fibers to groan in unbearable strain.

Lin Che's face flushed red from the extreme effort, veins throbbed on his forehead, and sweat poured down his face, but it was instantly evaporated by the surrounding scorching blood mist.

Finally, on the verge of his will being crushed by the immense pressure, he stepped into the area of ​​the fortieth step!

"grumble--!"

A sharp screech rang out, and the surrounding blood energy surged violently, quickly condensing into a lithe, long-limbed blood ape!

Its eyes gleamed with a cunning, bloodthirsty light, unlike the previous blood beasts that charged recklessly.

Instead, he moved with light and swift steps, rapidly approaching Lin Che in an unpredictable arc.

Immediately, claw shadows flew everywhere, attacking like a storm!

"Early Foundation Establishment stage!" Lin Che's heart skipped a beat. This was exactly the level of his own body refinement strength!

Moreover, this blood ape's movements were agile and cunning, far surpassing those of the previous blood beasts.

Unable to use spiritual power, relying solely on physical strength and martial arts driven by blood energy, Lin Che engaged in a fierce battle with this early Foundation Establishment stage blood ape!

Fists and feet clashed, producing dull thuds and splattering blood.

Lin Che brought out the tough physique and fighting instincts honed by the Nine Refinements of the Golden Body to the extreme, dodging and weaving, and countering every move.

At the same time, his brain was working at lightning speed, his eyes like lightning, desperately trying to capture every flaw in the Blood Ape's moves.

This is the ultimate test of willpower, skill, and endurance.

Lin Che quickly gained several bloody marks, while the Blood Ape's attacks became increasingly fierce.

Finally, in the instant when the blood ape pounced in mid-air, its old strength exhausted and new strength yet to be generated, a sharp light flashed in Lin Che's eyes!

He ducked and slid to the side, precisely avoiding the claws. At the same time, his long-prepared right fist, like a cannonball, carrying the twisting power of his whole body and boiling blood energy, slammed into the blood ape's vital area in the waist and abdomen!

"puff!"

The blood ape's body suddenly froze, then exploded like a ruptured blood bag, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

"Ha...ha..." Lin Che knelt on one knee, panting heavily, his robes soaked with sweat mixed with blood mist.

He raised his head and looked at the surging, seemingly alive, crimson pool of blood just ten steps away.

"Just... a little bit more!"

He supported himself on his knees, stood up shakily, gathered all his remaining strength, and struggled to take the forty-first step!

"boom--!!"

Taking that step felt like triggering a critical point.

The pressure exerted on him suddenly increased, reaching an alarming level!

Lin Che felt as if a mountain of immense weight had crashed down on his back.

His legs buckled, and he was forced to kneel on the ground with a "thud"!

Every bone in his body was groaning under the strain, his muscles were spasming, and his blood vessels were throbbing as if they were about to burst at any moment.

This oppressive force had completely exceeded the limit that his current body-refining realm could withstand!

Let alone fighting the final guardian blood beast, even moving forward an inch has become a luxury.

Intense pain and a suffocating sense of oppression swept over Lin Che's entire body, causing veins to bulge on his face and his expression to contort.

However, even under this extreme pressure, his thoughts remained exceptionally clear.

"No... Judging from the design of the previous trial chamber, these trial levels would never be set up as dead ends that are far beyond the abilities of the trial participants and completely impossible to pass."

"They test one's aptitude, comprehension, character, and extraordinary perseverance and wisdom... For true geniuses, even in seemingly hopeless situations, there is always a glimmer of hope!"

"I must have overlooked something!"

His gaze suddenly shifted to the omnipresent, thick, and impenetrable crimson blood mist surrounding him.

"Blood essence... Yes! It's this blood essence!"

A bold idea cleaved through the fog like lightning!

Previously, he had been instinctively resisting and rejecting this blood energy that contained malevolent energy and oppressive power, regarding it as an obstacle and pollution.

But what if this blood and energy are not just part of the test, but a gift from the trial?

"Give it a try!"

Lin Che no longer hesitated. He endured the excruciating pain and adjusted his breathing and the flow of qi and blood in his body.

Instead of resisting the oppressive force of the surrounding blood energy, it tried to carefully guide a wisp of pure blood energy from the surrounding area into its meridians.

"Buzz—!"

The moment that wisp of blood energy merged into his body, Lin Che's whole body trembled violently!

There was no conflict or rejection as expected, nor the pain of being eroded by evil energy.

The blood and energy entering the body were like rain after a long drought, instantly absorbed and assimilated by the thirsty flesh!

An indescribable warm, pure current, containing immense life energy, flowed rapidly along the meridians.

Wherever it passed, the minor damage caused by resisting the pressure was quickly repaired, the tired muscles were filled with strength again, and even the bones emitted a pleasant hum!

"So pure! Such a powerful source of blood energy!" Unbelievable joy erupted in Lin Che's eyes!

He guessed right! This seemingly terrifying aura of pressure and blood energy was actually a top-grade body-refining elixir!

After realizing the truth, Lin Che stopped resisting.

Instead, it actively opened all the pores on its body, like a whale sucking in water, and began to frantically absorb the rich blood energy around it!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

A small vortex of blood energy formed around him.

The pure blood energy left behind by the blood beasts he had previously defeated seemed to be attracted and gathered together, flowing into his body.

"Crackling... crackling..."

A clear booming sound emanated from Lin Che's body, indicating that his bones and muscles were strengthening and his flesh and blood were undergoing a transformation!

He could clearly feel that his physical strength was increasing at an astonishing rate, his meridians were being widened and strengthened, and his internal organs were being nourished by blood and qi, making them full of vitality.

The immense blood and qi energy surged and settled within his body, and finally, the bottleneck in body refinement suddenly loosened!

Early Foundation Establishment stage... early peak stage... finally, it stopped at the perfect stage, which was just one step away from the middle stage of Foundation Establishment!

When the last wisp of pure blood energy was completely absorbed, the terrifying pressure around him, though still heavy, was no longer unbearable.

Lin Che slowly straightened up, feeling the surging blood energy within his body, several times stronger than before, and a feeling of exhilaration, as if he had been reborn, washed over his entire body.

He took a deep breath, his gaze sharp, and looked once again at the last ten steps and the pool of blood ten steps away.

Lift your foot and take a step!

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"

Each step was still heavy, and the earth seemed to tremble.

But at this moment, Lin Che's spine was straight, and his steps were firm and steady, no longer the previous difficulty in taking a step.

He gritted his teeth, his breathing became heavy, and sweat seeped out again, but his eyes burned with a fierce fighting spirit.

Forty-two...forty-three...forty-nine...

Finally, the fiftieth step!

When he used his last bit of strength to firmly plant his foot on the edge of the churning pool of blood.

"hold head high--!!!"

A deafening dragon roar, filled with boundless majesty and murderous intent, suddenly resounded!

The blood energy in the entire space surged wildly back and forth, converging in front of the blood pool!

A crimson wave of blood surged into the sky, and a colossal dragon body, composed entirely of blood-red energy condensed to its extreme, rose from the blood mist!

Its blood-red horns were ferocious, its scales and claws were flying, and its cold dragon eyes locked onto Lin Che. It raised its head and let out a roar to announce the arrival of the ultimate test!