King Time

The terrible pressure

Shun Long tried to raise his head, but it was the only move he could make.

A few hundred meters in front of him, he could see a jade-white palace, with dark golden marks covering its walls, while a gigantic palace gate was thousands of meters high.

In front of the palace gate there are 2 large statues that are almost as high as the palace gate itself.

The statues looked like 2 strong warriors, covered in armor that seemed to be made of some sort of silver.

The facial features of the statues are similar to those of humans, but the difference is, each statue also has a pair of giant silver wings on its back.

Each of them also held a spear, and even though it was only a statue, Shun Long felt that he was staring at the 2 huge monsters.

Crack

crack

Crack down!

Cracking sounds rang out from Shun Long's body in quick succession.

The pain from his shattered bones under the terrifying pressure around him, had left him in a miserable position.

Even though his body had already reached mid rank 3 in body refinement, it still could not withstand the immense pressure grinding his bones into dust.

'The 'Eternal Body of the King' then began to circulate on its own, as a gentle force began to quickly heal Shun Long's broken bones.

However, the thorough pressure around him continued to shatter his bones at a speed that was even faster than before.

Even the healing from the 'Eternal Body King' who had reached the middle of the third stage, could not compensate for the speed of Shun Long's bone destruction.

Gritting his teeth, Shun Long activated the 'Sand King's Hour, as 81 balls of bright qi appeared above his head.

Circulating the qi within his qi balls, he then covered his body from head to toe, as he tried to reduce the terrifying pressure around him.

Once he covered himself with his qi, Shun Long could feel the pressure around him drastically reduced.

The healing of the 'Eternal Body King' was now far beyond the destructive power of the surrounding pressure.

However, the qi inside the 81 ball qi in the 'King's Sand Clock', was drained at an alarming rate.

However, the 'Eternal Body King', automatically circulated by itself, using the pressure around Shun Long to dampen his body even further.

Although Shun Long felt tremendous pain as his bones were broken repeatedly, he still gritted his teeth as he held back the process.

He knew that his body automatically circulated, to dampen his strength and adapt to the surroundings.

Without any hesitation, Shun Long took out some 5th rank medium Qi 'recharging pills' he had obtained from Xue Zhilan's spatial ring, and ate them one by one.

This was the only way he could continue to charge qi within his qi balls.

Half a day soon passed, while Shun Long's body had been forged many times during this time.

Suddenly, from the depths of his body, a terrifying force exploded, which even made the pressure in the surrounding air stop for a moment.

''The peak of the third stage in the 'Eternal Body King'!''

Under the surrounding pressure that had destroyed his body countless times, Shun Long had finally broken through to the peak of the third stage in body refinement.

He could now clearly feel that his body was no longer tensed by the pressure around him.

Even without the help of the qi covering his body, Shun Long could now stand up.

He could finally see his surroundings.

Shun Long noticed, that he was standing on a piece of golden land, while in the distance in front of him, was a gigantic palace that seemed to have stood there for countless years.

Above the palace, there was a series of words he had never seen before. Even with the knowledge he absorbed from the golden book, Shun Long seemed to be unable to decipher these symbols.

After memorizing it in his mind, he then turned his head to look at this unfamiliar place of his.

However, behind him, there was only a patch of red earth, while around him and around the palace, there was nothing but pitch-black darkness.

Shun Long could sense the strong spatial fluctuations of the darkness around him.

With his understanding of the Dao of Space, Shun Long was able to clearly say, that the power of this spatial fluctuation could instantly kill even the Dao King.

He did not know when, but a golden stairway appeared in front of him, leading directly to the majestic white palace in front of him.

The path had more than a thousand steps, which shone brightly with a bright golden color.

Shun Long noticed that he was now standing firmly on the first rung of the stairs.

After deliberating for a while, Shun Long steeled his heart and once again circulated the qi within his qi ball, before he took a step forward.

However, the moment his foot touched the 2nd golden step, Shun Long could feel an unstoppable force flowing within his body.

This power was much stronger than the pressure he felt before, and even with the help of his peak Heaven rank 9 cultivation, Shun Long was unable to withstand this power for a long time.

He quickly tried to pull back his legs, but the reflection from the pressure sent him flying towards a patch of red ground behind him.

At that moment, the 'Time Stone' within Shun Long's spiritual space once again began to spin, and before Shun Long could touch a patch of red earth, a familiar sensation enveloped his body.

The membrane of time covering his body began to expand while a familiar feeling of spatial distortion once again appeared around him.

Under Little Black's shocked eyes, Shun Long's body once again appeared inside the misty spot in the 'Time Stone'.