Chapter 123 – Blazing Plains (2/2)

The Star Brilliance was present.

Yet, what should he do next?

He didn’t ponder this for too long, this wasn’t something he had a choice on.

Upon his divine sense’s confirmation of the Star Brilliance, the microscopic Heaven and Earth also perceived it.

Observe, and then decide: contact.

From the skies above to the ground below, it was a distance in the number of tens of thousands of miles, or perhaps only the distance of a single finger; his divine sense travelled that distance in an instant.

His divine sense touched down upon the south-eastern part of the snow plain, on a small fragment that was slowly drifting away.

That wisp of his divine sense was like a torch, alighting upon a mountain of dry leaves.

The crystallised Star Brilliance immediately let out a brilliant light and then started to burn fiercely.

There was no sound nor smoke, only a violently raging blaze.

The small fragment of snow plain was at least one qing (area: ~61,440m^2) in size, upon the landing of his divine sense, within a moment, the entirety of the small fragment had lit up in a blaze.

A clean and clear flame, that was of an exceedingly high temperature, scorched the skies.

The crystals melted while burning, turning into something akin to magma, slowly flowing away in all directions, it didn’t take long to reach the area outside of the snow plain and arrive at the wild plains.

The magma flowed into the fractured cliffs and set them ablaze.

It flowed in the fragmented ley lines and set the ground alight.

The entire microscopic Heaven and Earth started to burn.

Within the cold frigid underground space, a warm presence suddenly appeared.

The Black Dragon looked at Chen Chang Sheng and saw that the snow landing upon his body immediately melted; the look of indifference in its eyes was replaced with surprise.

Soon, it was replaced with a tightened gaze.

Chen Chang Sheng’s face reddened, the breath coming from his mouth and nose, upon coming into contact with the underground space’s frigid air, immediately turned to white mist.

Snow that fell upon his body immediately melted, then instantly turned to steam, his entire body was covered by a veil of white mist.

Just how high was his body’s current temperature?

The Black Dragon’s eyes revealed an expression of worry, and it lightly blew some air across him.

The frosty Dragon Breath fell upon Chen Chang Sheng’s body.

In an instant, the surface of Chen Chang Sheng’s body was covered by a clear ice shroud.

Yet in the next moment, this ice shroud fractured, melted and dissipated into steam.

Chen Chang Sheng’s face turned increasingly red and his body, increasingly hot. The blood vessels in his neck thickened, before bulging out; it didn’t take long before other blood vessels in his body also started thickening and bulging outwards on his skin. His veins snaked across his body and created a horrifying scene; you could even faintly make out the rapid flow of his blood within its vessels.

The quiet underground space was suddenly punctuated by rapid thudding sounds; this was… his heartbeat.

His heart was rapidly beating, while his blood was rapidly flowing within his blood vessels; his clothing was rapidly soaked through with sweat, before once again drying out in steam.

His body was automatically reacting to his situation, attempting to solve the problem he currently faced.

Yet at this time, the True Essence that was being created from Star Brilliance was raging wildly within his body; without having experienced Purification, how could his body withstand this?

Not to mention that his meridians were naturally broken; his capacity for True Essence was far smaller than that of a regular person’s; his situation, far more dangerous.

Chen Chang Sheng tightly clenched his eyes shut; the vessels on the edge of his eyes rapidly jumped; his brows crossed tightly; evidence of the current pain he was in.

He had skipped Purification and directly performed meditative introspection, this was to confirm whether the Star Brilliance existed or not and settle his mind, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to accept giving up on the Grand Examination.

Now he had seen that plain of snow, the Star Brilliance was ablaze and turning into True Essence, yet he was also about to die, was this something he could accept?

Looking at the painful expression of the youth, the Black Dragon’s eyes revealed pity, yet it continued to not interfere.