Chapter 320 - Chapter 320: Chapter 22: Entering the Trial Grounds (2/2)

By the time he reached the end, Lin Jing had finally understood.

This Overlord Divine Physique was in fact equivalent to another cultivation method, but this method only refined the physique and not the spell techniques.

However, cultivating this method still consumed cultivation.

If one were to cultivate this method and then another, it meant that a cultivator had to put in twice the effort to reach the progress of a regular cultivator.

But the benefits were also obvious.

A person who cultivated two methods would definitely be much stronger than one who cultivated just one.

If two cultivators of the same realm practiced two methods, one could easily defeat the other without much effort.

In the end, after much contemplation.

Lin Jing decided to set aside the Overlord Divine Physique for now, as he currently had the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique to cultivate first.

If it really didn’t work out, then he would try cultivating the Overlord Divine Physique.

……

Since resolving the remnant soul issue, Lin Jing had settled down by this pond.

Most of the time, he was cultivating the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

This Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique, as the name suggests.

Required seven refinements, each one pushing the body’s resilience to a new level.

By the time he reached the final refinement, Lin Jing’s body would be as durable as tempered steel, indestructible.

If he reached the seventh refinement, even the flying swords of Foundation Establishment Cultivators could be resisted with his body.

However, although the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique could fend off physical attacks, it was powerless against cultivators’ spell attacks.

Fortunately, this technique was not hard to cultivate. In just over two months, Lin Jing had already reached the third level.

……

Time passed quickly, and several more days had gone by.

It was another night of a full moon.

Lin Jing was already prepared early on.

This time, he planned to enter the Trial Grounds to seek adventures.

When night fell and the moon climbed the tree branches, Lin Jing, who had rested fully, came out from the System Space.

At this moment, after a day’s rest, Lin Jing was in prime condition.

Arriving at the pond, Lin Jing immediately saw the entrance to the Trial Grounds reflected on the surface of the water.

The Trial Grounds were the same as what he had seen before, filled with pervasive yellow sand, obscuring visibility.

Then, Lin Jing soared up and flew towards the entrance of the Trial Grounds.

As Lin Jing flew above the pond’s entrance to the Trial Grounds, ripples spread out just like breaking the surface of the water…

And Lin Jing, as if sinking through the water, slowly entered the Trial Grounds.

Upon entering the Trial Grounds, Lin Jing was immediately battered by the fierce winds, making it difficult for him to stand stable.

The wind inside was much more severe than the desert outside.

This wind carried countless sand particles and small rocks.

Even with the third level of the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique, when those particles and rocks struck Lin Jing, he still felt some pain.

Lin Jing couldn’t help furrowing his brows.

If this was just the beginning of the Trial Grounds, how much more intense would it be further inside?

However, after frowning, Lin Jing then stepped forward and continued onward.

He definitely wouldn’t retreat just because of this little difficulty.

The Trial Grounds, just like the desert outside, appeared vast.

But since entering, Lin Jing had felt an obscure guidance directing him forward.

Lin Jing followed this guidance, taking steps forward.

In this manner, he walked for half an hour.

Lin Jing was now advancing against the sandstorm.

Moreover, each step forward was incredibly difficult.

The sand and rocks lifted by the fierce wind, as they scourged Lin Jing’s body, left scratch marks.

Keep in mind, Lin Jing was at the third level of the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique, and his body was comparable to ordinary metal.

Yet, even then…

It could still be scratched by sand and rocks, showing just how fierce the winds inside the Trial Grounds were.

And he hadn’t even truly reached the trial area yet, only by crossing this desert region could one arrive at the actual Trial Grounds to begin the trial.

Afterwards, Lin Jing continued forward.

Another half an hour later, Lin Jing finally walked out of the sandstorm area.

At this point, Lin Jing’s clothes were tattered, hanging on his body, and his body was covered with wounds, with blood seeping from them.

Within the Trial Grounds, there was no Spiritual Power, nor could any spells be used.

Originally, after covering most of the distance, Lin Jing had planned to use a Spiritual Shield to fend off the sandstorm.

However, as soon as the Spiritual Shield formed, it immediately dissipated.

It couldn’t provide any protection at all.

This was why Lin Jing arrived here covered in scars.

After leaving the sandstorm area, a stele appeared in front of Lin Jing, and behind it was a towering platform constructed from countless yellow-brown boulders.

This platform was rectangular, wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, with a wide, large staircase leading from the base directly to the top of the platform.

At the top of the platform, it was shrouded in mist, and Lin Jing, standing below, couldn’t see anything.