Chapter 318: 160, the ultimate trick at the bottom of the box_2

“So, this is the test?” Lin Qing was stunned.

Although he sensed the energy in the environment corroding and injuring his body, the damage was minimal, and he didn’t pay it any mind.

“Master, not only do you have the foundation of a divine position, but you are also an original creature and have inscribed Holy Texts. The Star Abyss energy corrosion of the first layer naturally has little effect,” Chen Guang said. “But for a typical Inspector, in this environment, not only would their life be quickly depleted, but their soul wouldn’t withstand the corrosion of Star Abyss energy. Unless they are very fortunate, they wouldn’t have time to find the entrance to the next layer.”

Lin Qing pondered and asked, “Am I the only one in the entire Star Abyss world?”

“Yes.” Chen Guang nodded, “Earth has not yet connected to the Second Cosmic Network, and the Star Abyss trials are independent.”

Lin Qing understood.

It was like playing a single-player version of a network game that wasn’t online.

“Let’s head to the second layer and see how far I can go in one breath.”

Lin Qing immediately started flying at an astonishing speed across the terrain of the first layer of the Star Abyss world.

Even though the gravity was several thousand times stronger, with the Fifth Energy Level inscribing the Holy Text “Endless Divine Power,” his physical strength had increased significantly, making this gravity negligible.

After inscribing the Fifth Energy Level’s “Endless Divine Power,” the increase in strength was immense, elevating his physical power by almost an entire level.

Although this improvement would be average once he became a High-Level Original Creature, as long as he could inscribe “Endless Divine Power” again with Sixth Energy Level energy, there would still be a significant enhancement in strength.

While Holy Texts are not as powerful as Divine Skills, their advantage is that they are passive. Once successfully inscribed, they do not consume any energy.

Additionally, inscribing Holy Texts is much less challenging than mastering Divine Skills.

Under normal circumstances.

As long as there is Holy Text heritage and persistence… inscribing Holy Texts with one’s own energy of the same level is almost always successful.

Even though Holy Texts and Divine Skills cannot be compared by multiplication, Holy Texts can compensate for many weaknesses, so the more, the better.

Divine Position as the main focus, supplemented by Holy Texts, is the most common path in the universe.

As for Divine Skills…

They are merely a distant shortcut with extremely high difficulty.

…

“Found it.”

Before long, Lin Qing found a dark whirlpool passage within the first layer of the Star Abyss world, sensing a more intense Star Abyss energy presence from its depths.

He did not hesitate and immediately flew into it.

After passing through the dim, lightless passage seemingly condensed with endless darkness, Lin Qing emerged into the second layer of the Star Abyss world.

This was a dark red land, with thicker dark currents in the void, and everywhere on the ground were oval-shaped black cocoon-like objects absorbing large amounts of dark currents.

The gravity in this world was even more astonishing, making it difficult for a typical original creature to even walk here.

Simultaneously, Lin Qing could clearly sense the surrounding Star Abyss energy was denser and its corrosive harm to him significantly more severe.

Even the domain could not affect the Star Abyss energy. If not for the Holy Text “Life Source,” his massive life force and extremely rapid regeneration rate were just fast enough to overcome the corrosion, he wouldn’t have lasted long.

For someone at the level of the Upper Minister, they probably wouldn’t survive long before dying on the spot.

“Master,” Chen Guang said, “these cocoon-like objects nurture Star Sky Demons. They can be understood as Star Sky Demon eggs, but they also have a certain self-awareness and can influence Star Abyss energy.”

“Oh?”

Lin Qing immediately expanded his domain, starting to sense the location of the passage to the third layer of the Star Abyss.

This second layer of the Star Abyss world was clearly much larger. Within his domain’s coverage of dozens of kilometers, he did not sense any passage.

However, he could faintly sense the direction of higher energy levels of Star Abyss energy.

“It should be that way.”

Lin Qing immediately flew in that direction.

At this moment–

He had just taken a few steps when he approached one of the cocoon-like objects nurturing Star Sky Demons and felt a sudden surge in the surrounding Star Abyss energy.

The next moment, the cocoon-like object suddenly lit up, and a massive amount of Star Abyss energy gathered, transforming into an intense black beam of light shooting straight at Lin Qing!

“Hmm?”

Lin Qing focused his mind and immediately used his domain to try and block the black beam formed by the massive energy.

However, the black beam only dissipated partially, becoming thinner, but still rushed towards Lin Qing.

“Forget it, let’s see what happens. At worst, I’ll die once.”

Lin Qing didn’t bother to use Instantaneous Light to dodge, allowing the black beam to hit his chest.

The next moment–

“Hiss…”

Lin Qing felt a sudden pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw that a piece of skin and flesh on his chest had completely disappeared, as if it had been wiped away.

Under the power of the Holy Text, the flesh began to wriggle and grow at an astonishing speed.

“It’s quite strong?” Lin Qing was secretly surprised.

Even he couldn’t block it. The Fifth Energy Level domain at its limit could only partially resist it, showing just how powerful the energy beam from that cocoon-like object was.

For someone at the level of the Upper Minister, failing to dodge it would mean certain death.

“Break.”

Lin Qing pointed with his fingertip, and at once, points of dark golden light in the void within his domain condensed into Divine Weapons, immediately transforming into streams of light, tearing through the air, and accelerating towards the massive black cocoon-like object.