On Long Chen's chest, a pattern appeared. Looking closely, it was a palm print, and on the slap print, there were many more palm prints, as if a human palm had been placed on it.
That palm print was very clear at first, but as time went on, it slowly faded and eventually faded away.
"Why is this palm line so strange? Why does it feel like a maze? My old college student and I have read girls' palms before, but I've never seen palm lines like this..." Guo Ran said curiously.
"Brother Long Chen can read palms?" Why only show it to the girls? Dongmingyu chuckled.
Guo Ran immediately realized he'd gotten into trouble, and before he knew it, he'd dragged the boss down again. Seeing Long Chen's almost murderous gaze, Guo Ran quickly shut his mouth and retreated.
"Long Chen, we're facing five intersections and aren't sure which one to take. You decide." Meng Qi pointed to the fork ahead to avoid Long Chen feeling awkward.
Long Chen followed Meng Qi's finger and saw the continent ahead divided into five directions, leading in five directions.
One after another, living beings move forward, hesitate at intersections, and finally choose the path they want to take. No one knows where these roads lead, because once chosen, there is no turning back.
Long Chen stood up and asked Mengqi and the others what had happened these past few days. Mengqi explained that as they traveled along the way, they always encountered two forks in the road.
Each time, everyone chose one path. Sometimes the path was easy to walk, other times it was a hardship. In the void, fire, ice arrows, thunderstorms, and various attacks would rain down.
These attacks were soul-like assaults, aimed directly at the person's primordial spirit. Weapons simply couldn't withstand them, causing great pain.
Fortunately, although these attacks were painful, they were not fatal. Moreover, after the attacks, it was clear that his primordial spirit was tempered by a mysterious power, becoming stronger and more solid—likely a kind of trial in the underworld.
However, as they ventured deeper, the attacks here became increasingly terrifying. Even Guo Ran was nearly pierced by a flaming arrow once. If pierced by the flames, his primordial spirit would be burned to ashes—extremely dangerous.
Later, they finally understood that there are two forks: one is auspicious, the other is inauspicious. Stepping onto a lucky path brings great fortune; stepping onto a dangerous path means surviving death nine times over.
But no one knew which of these roads was auspicious or bad; it all depended on blind thinking. Along the way, they saw countless lives dying on this road, and the road ahead grew increasingly perilous.
Now, seeing a single road, it was no longer two intersections, but five different entrances. They began to hesitate and were discussing which one to take, when Long Chen descended from the sky.
Long Chen's heart stirred, and a flash of thought appeared in his mind: the handprint left on his chest earlier—was this map Leng Yueyan deliberately left for me?
Waving his hand to signal everyone not to move, Long Chen closed his eyes and looked back carefully. The palm print gradually surfaced in his mind.
"Sure enough, it was the route map Leng Yueyan left me. The road ahead was all one and a half parts, but only here started at one and a half parts.
The color changes from light to dark, probably symbolizing the difficulty of the route. Eventually, the left and right paths converge, and that place should be the exit. But what does this black-and-white exit mean? Long
Chen quietly pondered, memorizing all the maps in his mind, then stood up.
"The middle one,"
Long Chen said, then led everyone straight toward the middle path. That path was also the one most frequently entered by beings from all realms.
Inside the Nether God Hall, looking at the image on the Gate of Trapped Evil, Ming Cangyue frowned and said, "Long Chen, don't you understand what you mean?" "
Leng Yueyan smiled and said, "You don't know Long Chen." "
Oh?"
"You only slept with him once, while I have slept many times, so that's why we truly understood each other." Leng Yueyan looked at Ming Cangyue and giggled.
Ming Cangyue's expression instantly became unnatural. Even facing another version of herself, she still couldn't accept such blatant words, her face turning red.
"Hahaha, great Lord of the Underworld, why blush? What's there to be shy about doing intimate things with the one you love? "Leng Yueyan saw Ming Cangyue's face flushed with embarrassment and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Let's not discuss this topic anymore. Since Long Chen understands what you mean, why would he choose this way?" Ming Cangyue couldn't hold back and hurriedly said.
Only then did Leng Yueyan say seriously, "Long Chen is not someone who can be controlled. It's like a puzzle—once he knows the answer, he'll try it out and see if there's another way to overturn the original one."
He always believed that in this world, no matter what happens, there will never be only one outcome.
I'm certain he basically understands the layout of the Tongming Path, but he has his own ideas and won't follow exactly the route I suggested.
The difficulty of those five paths increases in progress. He chose the middle one, probably to test its difficulty. This guy is very stubborn; we just watch and watch. At
that moment, Long Chen had already led the Dragonblood warriors onto the middle path. Just as Meng Qi had said, every time they advanced a certain distance, the space behind them would be sealed off, making it impossible to turn back.
After walking for half an incense stick's time, Mengqi suddenly called out, "Long Chen, be careful! The Heavenly Dao divine punishment will soon descend." Long
Chen nodded, signaling everyone to slow down. He walked at the front. After only a dozen steps, a thunderous longsword tore through the void, slashing straight at Long Chen's forehead.
"Boom!"
Long Chen threw a punch, shattering the thunder sword. The thunder sword shattered, dissolving into countless runes that dissipated into the sky.
Long Chen waved his hand, grabbing some of the thunder runes into his hand, but quickly tossed those runes out again.
Long Chen grabbed those runes, intending to feed them to the Thunder Dragon, but the Thunder Dragon said these were yin thunder and yang lightning, and the two conflicted and couldn't be absorbed, so Long Chen had to discard them.
Here, thunder tends to be gentle and feminine, does not harm the human body, does not destroy gods or men, but it can shake people's will and cause illusions.
But with everyone's willpower, this kind of thunderous power is nothing at all. Let's go. Long Chen walked forward, letting the thunder swords fall upon him, completely ignoring them.
Although the Dragonblood warriors were strong-willed and fearless, they still dared not be careless and firmly guarded the spiritual platform.
Although they had primordial spirit bodies, the pain was no different from that on the Tianwu Continent. Being struck by lightning felt like their bodies were being torn apart, extremely painful.
But after Long Chen's explanation, they realized that this pain was not true suffering, but an illusion. If one was deceived by pain and lost control of the spiritual platform, hallucinations would easily occur.
Fortunately, Long Chen was there at this moment. He was the core of the entire Dragon Blood Legion. Watching Long Chen's back, they felt that no difficulty was a problem. Even the weakest, Guo Ran, was full of confidence. Though he was in pain and wailing along the way, he was fearless.
"Pfft!"
As they were walking, a living being ahead exploded, turning into a mist of blood that startled everyone.
"Puff puff puff..."
As that creature died, several nearby beings also exploded to pieces. The scene was extremely bizarre and frighteningPeople.
"There's nothing to be afraid of. Some people lack strong willpower, develop hallucinations, encounter an invincible enemy, or endure endless pain, ultimately choosing to self-destruct." Long Chen said to everyone.
Not all living beings, like the Dragonblood Warriors, possess such firm will. Even amid the torrent of myriad worlds, the Dragonblood Legion remains so outstanding.
Many living beings, upon seeing the deaths of powerful beings around them, develop cracks in their minds, easily triggering a chain reaction and mutual influence—this is the worst outcome.
"Squeak ..."
As Long Chen was walking, he passed by a humanoid purple spirit who made strange noises and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Bang!"
Long Chen kicked Long Chen the butt, sending him flying far away. He rolled and crawled on the ground, and when he finally got up, he actually knelt down and worshipped Long Chen three times before continuing forward.
It turned out that this person had just been invaded by the phenomenon and was on the verge of collapse. Long Chen's kick pulled him back to reality and saved his life.
"Bang!"
Guo Ran kicked a person standing motionless on the road, but the man started gesturing at Guo Ran, whispering and shouting wildly, seemingly cursing.
"Are you kidding me? I saved your life, and you really don't know what's good for you." Guo Ran refused to back down and shouted loudly.
"Forget it. He was standing there doing some kind of insight. If you interrupted his insight with one kick, let me tell you, he didn't hit you because we had more people." Long Chen said irritably.
Long Chen saw it clearly. That being had just closed his eyes to rest, holding a thunder symbol, clearly comprehending the symbol's energy, which might be related to his origin power. But Guo Ran stepped forward and pulled the person out of the comprehension, shattering the runes. That person probably had murderous intent.
"Alright, sorry, buddy. You keep comprehending, we're about to get on our way." Guo Ran quickly put on a smile.
Although the man didn't understand what Guo Ran was saying, from his expression, he could roughly guess what he meant, so he didn't say anything more.
"Boss, most of these beings are still human. Does that mean we humans are the strongest?" Guo Ran asked.
"Not all are human, but most have taken human form, because the human body is closest to the Heavenly Dao and easier to comprehend.
Therefore, they always maintain human form, preferring to perform in human form whether insight or fighting.
In reality, what their true nature is is like without manifestation, we simply do not know. Long Chen shook his head.
"Doesn't that also indirectly show that we humans are the strongest? Why do so many humans on the Tianwu Continent wish they could lick the toes of the Ancient and Mysterious Beast clans? Guo Ran asked in confusion.
"Submissiveness"
Long Chen simply uttered two words without saying more, because ahead, they had already reached the end of the road. At the end of the road, six intersections had appeared.
"The far right,"
Long Chen said, pointing to the far end of the road. He knew that this rightmost intersection was the hardest and most dangerous road to travel.