Nine Revolutions Star Transformation

Chapter 260: Chapter 259: The Trial Begins

”Brother Tian, let’s skip the best restaurant. Why waste those Star Stones? We can just go to a regular place,” Wei Qun suggested while walking on the street.

”Whatever you want, but don’t call me Brother Tian anymore. My name is Zhao Long now. Call me Brother Long from now on, or it’ll cause unnecessary trouble,” Chu Linfeng said.

Wei Qun thought for a moment and then quietly asked, ”Brother Long, you wouldn’t really be that wanted Chu Linfeng, would you?”

”What do you think? Do I look like it?” Chu Linfeng didn’t expect this kid to ask him.

”Even if you are, I’ll still follow you! No regrets, no complaints, through life and death,” Wei Qun said seriously, genuinely admiring Chu Linfeng.

”Alright! With those words, I won’t let you suffer either; let’s go and have a good drink,” Chu Linfeng laughed.

Then they picked a nearby restaurant and had the waiter bring wine and food to their room, where the two started drinking directly.

”Are you confident you’ll make it in this time?” After a few rounds of drinks, Chu Linfeng asked.

”Honestly, I’m not sure yet. The rules this time are different from before, but I’ll try my best. Otherwise, if you get in and I’m left outside, what will I do?” Wei Qun replied firmly.

”Rest early, gather your energy for tomorrow’s first challenge,” Chu Linfeng said, then walked over to the window.

It was already late in the evening, and they had been drinking all afternoon. Chu Linfeng revealed his true identity to Wei Qun, considering him a friend worth keeping, despite occasionally being a bit timid, yet very upright in character.

He glanced up at the sky outside the window, the bright moonlight reminded Chu Linfeng of the scene when Lin Ruoxi was taken away.

Strength, it’s all about strength. If he was powerful, Ruoxi wouldn’t have been taken, his mother wouldn’t be suffering in the Divine Dragon Hall, and her life wouldn’t currently hang in the balance. With enough strength, Sima Jingyi and Yang Rui wouldn’t have to wait endlessly...

Thinking about these, his heart grew more eager for power, and he promptly moved to the bed to start practicing.

His power had already broken through to the Eighth Level of Earth Martial Realm, and to break through another layer felt as hard as reaching the sky, unless a battle between Profound Ice Toad and Fiery Fire Spider occurs again, allowing him to obtain Celestial Crystal, yet such events could never happen again.

That night, Chu Linfeng did not completely absorb the energy from Star Stone, instead, he repeatedly considered each form of the Demon-Breaking Fist in his mind, feeling its tremendous power as his strongest Martial Skill currently.

Given the current Chaos Qi level, he could barely perform the Fourth Form of the fist technique, while the Fifth Form seemed challenging; even if he could manage it, it would drain the Chaos Qi instantly, leaving him powerless to fight further.

The next morning, the two hurried to the field outside. By then, many people had arrived. After handing their Tokens to the Soldier Guards for checking, they followed these folks directly to the primary field of the Imperial City.

Chu Linfeng roughly observed the training field; it seemed several times larger than the entire Celestial Dragon Academy, stretching beyond sight — its immense size was truly astonishing.

Gradually, more people entered the field, and everyone sparsely scattered around, waiting.

After about half an hour, a powerful voice echoed from the sky: ”Outstanding citizens of Celestial Dragon Country! Today is the day of recruitment for the Imperial City Guard. Welcome to the Imperial City training field, I am your examiner this time, Luo Ping.

This recruitment is different from before, aiming for a fair and just treatment. We keep elites, discard the trash; who is elite, who is trash, we shall see soon.

The gateway for the first challenge is within the enormous chamber east of this field; I trust everyone has read the challenge rules, so I won’t elaborate.

Your Token shows your position’s gravity value once injected with Star Power; as you progress further, gravity increases, as does danger.

The highest gravity value determines the ultimate winner. These Tokens are crafted by top alchemists of our Imperial City, under our direction, we see your results clearly, and anyone caught cheating will be executed immediately.”

Each chamber can hold a thousand people at a time, hoping everyone achieves their desired results. Token numbers from one to a thousand should now enter; others wait outside.”

As Luo Ping the Grand General’s voice faded, everyone excitedly moved toward the eastern area.

After walking for nearly an hour, they discovered the so-called Gravity Chamber, constructed entirely with large stones and measuring around two thousand meters long and five hundred meters wide — it was a giant rectangular chamber.

There were ten doors to the chamber, meaning each door allowed entry for a hundred people, yet the inside remained a mystery.

At each door stood two guards dressed in yellow armor, and Wei Qun remarked, ”Brother Long, those in yellow armor are the Royal Guards. Look how impressive their appearance is.”

”If you work hard, you can wear it too; don’t envy,” Chu Linfeng said.

At this point, those with Token numbers ahead of one thousand had entered through various doors, and the Royal Guards closed the chamber doors immediately afterwards.

Everyone outside waited while many began chatting enthusiastically, the scene became quite lively.

Chu Linfeng glanced around, noticing most people were youths in their twenties, each with a confident smile on their face.

”Brother Long, do you have the confidence to claim first place? The rewards are remarkable, even the Grand General would view you differently,” Wei Qun commented.

”No chance, haven’t you seen these people? Many are experts in the Celestial Martial Realm; getting past this is already good enough, first place is unrealistic, but I’ll do my best,” Chu Linfeng replied.

He spoke frankly, knowing the recruitment for Imperial City Guards was open to those aged eighteen to thirty, requiring a reach of the Seventh Layer Earth Martial Realm to participate — despite his powerful Star Body, claiming victory over genuine Celestial Martial Realm masters wasn’t guaranteed.

Time ticked away, and everyone anxiously awaited the first batch’s return.

Suddenly, a voice from the sky announced by the Grand General: ”There are two minutes remaining before the gravity within the Gravity Chamber disappears; everyone, push for your final sprint.”

Two fast minutes elapsed, chamber doors opened, and those who went inside gradually staggered out.

Chu Linfeng observed each exit; the number of those exiting was significantly fewer, as low as under eighty, indicating that twenty were crushed to death by the enormous gravity inside.

Every exit’s persons appeared pale, evidently having exhausted a considerable amount of Star Power within, with some even covered in blood, a shocking sight for all.

”The best result for the first group is advancing seventy-nine meters into the chamber; now, the second group starts entering,” the voice resounded through the field.

Then, a thousand from the second group went inside to face this life-threatening challenge...