Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 314 Where did Sword Immortal Luo Feng go?

The third level of the Nine Heavens is a boundless world of ice and snow.

A biting wind howled, and snowflakes swept across the world.

At this moment, in this icy world, the celestial messenger 'Sun Lian', who has transformed into a hundred-foot-tall golden giant ape, is engaged in a fierce battle with an ice crystal giant.

Sun Lian, transformed into a golden ape-man, stood tall like a mountain. He held a dark gold staff that resembled a giant pillar supporting the sky. With just a light swing, countless staff shadows erupted, frantically attacking the ice crystal giant in front of him.

The ice crystal giant was also nearly a hundred feet tall, wielding a long staff formed from ice crystals, and actually blocked Sun Lian's attack with the same move.

The two clashed wildly, their figures completely obscured by the countless shadows of their staffs. The golden ape-man swung his long staff, striking the ice crystal giant with violent force, while the ice crystal giant effortlessly dodged the golden ape-man's attacks, countering with icy power to strike the golden ape-man.

The two fought fiercely, using the same moves and techniques. However, if there were onlookers, they would notice that the ice crystal giant seemed to be more flexible in its use of moves, and was actually subtly suppressing Sun Lian in the fight.

"Damn, this guardian of the third heaven is too monstrous! His realm and strength are in no way inferior to mine, and he knows all the moves I know, even more skillfully than I do. Luckily, his weapon is only a low-grade immortal artifact, otherwise I would have been defeated long ago!"

Sun Lian, resembling a golden giant ape, flashed into the sky and swung his dark gold staff down like lightning.

The ice crystal giant reacted swiftly, raising its ice crystal staff and unleashing a deafening roar as it forcefully blocked the golden ape-man's attack.

The battle intensified, with neither side showing any sign of letting up.

However, as the battle progressed, Sun Lian couldn't help but feel anxious.

"No, this can't go on, or I'll be worn down to death soon!"

The ice crystal giant was at the same level as him, but its combat experience and skills were far more refined and proficient. He was only able to barely resist by relying on his tough body and the advantage of his weapon.

If this goes on for too long, even a small mistake could lead to immediate defeat.

"We have no choice but to give it our all!"

Sun Lian gathered his strength and struck with his staff, temporarily repelling the ice crystal giant. Then he roared to the sky, and the nearly 100-foot-tall golden giant ape rapidly shrank, almost instantly becoming the height of a normal human.

However, Sun Lian's appearance had changed drastically. Although he had a human body, his whole body was covered in bright golden hair, and there was a dark golden mountain-shaped mark between his eyebrows that flowed with a faint luster.

This is a unique "battle form" of demon cultivators, which allows them to perfectly unleash the extraordinary power of a demon beast while maintaining human agility.

Upon entering battle form, Sun Lian's strength remained unchanged, but his speed and agility were greatly enhanced.

"Whoosh!"

Its figure moved only slightly, and it instantly appeared behind the ice crystal giant's neck.

The ice crystal giant reacted extremely quickly. As it lunged forward, its ice crystal staff traced a mysterious trajectory and lashed out fiercely at Sun Lian.

However, in Sun Lian's eyes at this moment, the speed of this ice crystal giant was really too slow.

After all, although the ice crystal giant was at the same level as him, its strength and speed were equivalent to those of a human cultivator at the same level. As a demon cultivator, and whose true form was the extremely rare divine beast 'Spirit Stone Ape' among the ape race, his full power far surpassed that of a cultivator at the same level.

"call!"

In his battle form, Sun Lian dodged the ice crystal giant's fierce blow with a somersault. Then, a faint dark golden light flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, a rich light shone from the golden staff in his hand, and an extremely terrifying aura continued to spread from the staff.

"Die!"

At this moment, Sun Lian held nothing back, pouring all his power into the golden staff in his hand.

"boom!"

A dazzling golden staff shadow instantly descended upon the head of the ice crystal giant. Wherever the golden staff shadow passed, even the space of this world trembled slightly.

The ice crystal giant tried to swing its crystal staff to defend itself, but the moment they clashed, the low-grade immortal artifact-level crystal staff shattered into pieces.

The golden staff shadow continued its momentum, instantly shattering the ice crystal giant's head!

"Congratulations to the challenger for passing the third level. The reward is the low-grade spatial artifact 'Purple Mystic Ring'."

As the majestic voice resounded throughout the icy world, Sun Lian's tense nerves finally relaxed.

"They actually rewarded me with a low-grade divine artifact-level storage equipment!"

Sun Lian raised his hand and caught an ancient purple ring that was falling from the sky, his face showing extreme excitement.

A storage device of divine quality—that's a treasure that even His Majesty the Great Ape King doesn't possess!

"Haha, this time we must make His Majesty the Great Ape King offer something good in exchange!"

Sun Lian was in a great mood, but the thought of the upcoming fourth trial gave him a headache.

"If the trial is this difficult even at only the third level, then there's probably little hope for the next level. However, obtaining three divine artifacts makes the trip worthwhile."

On the beautiful grass outside the towering tower of the Nine Heavens, figures were gathering. These were people who had failed their challenge and were teleported out of the Nine Heavens.

"call!"

With a flash of light, Sun Lian's figure instantly appeared on the grass.

"Oh, Brother Sun is out too?"

Fang Wen, the envoy from the Feather Clan, who were cultivators of demons, stepped forward to greet them.

Sun Lian glanced around and discovered that not only him, but also the other envoys from the Immortal Realm had all appeared here.

"Brother Sun, how's the harvest? You've been the one who persevered the longest among us!"

Fang Wen asked with some curiosity.

Upon hearing his words, Si Kongkong and Chu Liang from the immortal cultivators' side, Chi Yan and Liu Wushen from the demon cultivators' side, and Ao Bing, another envoy from the demon cultivators' side, all looked over curiously, clearly paying close attention to his battle record.

"Alas, my strength is limited. I barely made it past the third level, and I couldn't even withstand a single attack from the guardian of the fourth level before being forced out."

Sun Lian shook his head and sighed.

"triple."

Upon hearing this result, the group of celestial envoys were reasonably accepting of it.

After all, they were all messengers who came down to the mortal realm together. If they all performed only so-so, that would be fine. But if one of them suddenly stood out, it would inevitably make them seem somewhat incompetent.

They had all passed the second level, while Sun Lian passed the third level. Although he was stronger than them, it was still within their acceptable range.

"Brother Sun has passed through three levels, which is the best among us. It seems that Brother Sun has gained the most from this descent to the mortal realm."

"Once Brother Sun returns to the Immortal Realm with the three divine artifacts, he will surely receive a reward from His Majesty the Great Ape King. We must congratulate Brother Sun in advance."

Si Kongkong, Chu Liang, Chi Yan, and other celestial envoys all smiled and offered their compliments.

"Haha, just luck, nothing more than luck," Sun Lian, clad in golden armor, said with a faint smile.

His gaze swept across the crowd, but he couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"By the way, where is that Sword Immortal Luo Feng? Why haven't we seen him?"

(End of this chapter)