Chapter 258: The Shadow of Death

The statue shattered, and a creature with a snake head and four arms suddenly came to life!

Lin Xun's pupils shrank and became vigilant.

Airplanes!

With another strange hum, suddenly, an unpretentious war knife appeared in Lin Xun's hand.

At this time, the creature had already swept away, flying into the ring, and a pair of scarlet eyes as red as blood instantly locked on Lin Xun, and he was hideous.

His four stout rock-like arms grasped a long knife with a strange shape, which was a foot long, glowing with a terrifying blood light, and stood there at will, with a terrifying bloodthirsty aura.

"The first battle, against the strong man of the snake spirit clan!"

The hollow voice that was as cold as ice suddenly sounded in the arena.

Rumble!

Before the voice fell, I saw that the strong man of the snake spirit clan suddenly let out a loud roar, and the bloody knife in his palm slashed out.

In an instant, the color of the heavens and the earth changed, and an indescribable terrifying aura enveloped Lin Xun, making him in a trance, as if he saw a boundless night sky, and suddenly falling stars, like falling comets, to destroy the heavens and the earth, and the dust is in the dust!

This scene seems so terrifying, and so ...... Familiar!

Isn't this exactly the star-picking style!?

When this thought flashed in Lin Xun's mind, he felt a sharp pain like a tear all over his body, and that feeling was like his soul being torn apart and his body being split, so that Lin Xun didn't have time to react at all, his eyes went dark, and he immediately lost consciousness.

......

I don't know how long later, when Lin Xun woke up, he found that he was still standing in the ring, surrounded by strange-shaped statues, as if nothing had happened.

It's just that when Lin Xun's gaze fell on the statue of the snake spirit clan powerhouse with a snake head and four arms, his face turned pale in an instant.

In my mind, the scenes from the previous battle came up like a tide, so clear, like a nightmare, imprinted in my heart.

The ......

It's scary!

The more he thought about it, the colder Lin Xun's heart became, when that knife fell, he felt the breath of death for the first time, so strong, so terrifying, if he didn't experience it himself, it would be indescribable at all.

"Star-picking...... That guy actually picks stars...... And the power exerted is more than twice as powerful as himself!"

Lin Xun's heart was shaken, the first combat meeting was divided into victory and defeat in an instant, and what defeated him was the one he was most familiar with!

This made Lin Xun feel a double blow, especially the moment when he was "killed" just now, that feeling of horror, suddenness, and despair made Lin Xun realize for the first time what is the real moment of life and death!

It's horrible......

If it really happens in reality, then is it possible for oneself to be "resurrected"?

Resurrection?

Wait a minute!

In an instant, Lin Xun suddenly realized a problem, according to the rules, after every battle, he would leave himself a quarter of an hour to recuperate.

In other words, it won't be long before you start your second showdown!

"No, we must find out as soon as possible, what is the test of this breakthrough, if the strong people represented by the hundred statues in this ring are as strong as the strong men of the snake spirit clan, then there is almost no possibility of winning for themselves......

Lin Xun took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and began to think quickly, "A hundred battles in the secret realm, a hundred combat battles, the test should be related to the battle, aside from cultivation, combat skills, exercises, and experience may be the key to the assessment." ”

"So, what exactly is going to be tested?"

"According to the combat effectiveness shown by the strong man of the snake spirit clan, even if he has the power to fight back, he is destined to be an opponent, so the test must not be combat skills, the disparity in strength is too great, this is still the first battle, and there are still ninety-nine duels, no matter how superb the fighting skills are, in the face of absolute power, there is nothing to do. ”

"In that case, then the test is the combat technique?"

"Yes!"

"Star-picking!"

Suddenly, Lin Xun's heart moved, and he realized a key problem, as soon as the strong man of the snake spirit clan made a move, he happened to use the star picking style that he was most familiar with, which was obviously a bit abnormal.

Lin Xun pondered, time passed quickly, and not long after, with a humming sound, another sculpture suddenly shattered, and a strange creature woke up.

This is a tall man, with a sturdy and slender figure, with handsome and white facial features like a knife and an axe, but his eyes are mysteriously blue, and his body is filled with wisps of flame like black mist.

"The second battle, against the Demon Spirit Clan powerhouse!"

When he heard the voice, Lin Xun held a war knife in his hand again, only this time, he was ready, and his qi was running, boiling like molten slurry.

"Kill!"

In the cold and solemn voice, the strong man of the Demon Spirit Clan strode over, and his slender and white palm suddenly turned into a knife, gently slashing down in the void.

His movements are clean, neat, precise, and simple to the extreme, but there is a strong taste that reaches people's hearts!

At this moment, Lin Xun didn't have time to resist, only felt a flower in front of him, as if he saw countless stars falling from the starry sky of the eternal night, like a pouring Milky Way light rain, descending on the world.

The terrifying and desperate breath of death surged into his heart again, making Lin Xun shiver all over his body, and his mind suffered an unprecedented impact.

Immediately, boundless pain struck, and his eyes went black, and he "died" again.

......

When he woke up, Lin Xun's expression had become extremely gloomy.

Although he has been "resurrected" again, his body is intact, and his soul is as uninjured as before, but in his state of mind, there is still fear, despair, and helplessness from death!

As long as he was distracted, he would remember the scene when he was killed by the strong man of the snake spirit clan and the demon spirit clan, it was like a shadow, shrouded in his state of mind, and could not be expelled!

Lin Xun knew that if he couldn't get rid of this shadow of death, he would become his own demon, and the more he accumulated, the more dangerous it would be to himself, and when it was serious, he would even let himself completely collapse, go mad, and all his cultivation would be in vain!

Through the examples of these two failed deaths, Lin Xun vaguely understood why the rules would indicate that even if he failed in a hundred battles, as long as he could persist to the end, he would still be considered a success.

The reason is that if you fail again and again, the impact of that kind of death will continue to accumulate, and you will only collapse in advance, and you will not be able to bear it at all, and you will be eliminated from the competition.

Therefore, if you continue to fight like this, it will be almost impossible to make it to the end!

Just imagine, even the fighting spirit and mood have collapsed, and they have gone crazy, what else to fight?

And if you don't want to go crazy, you can only take the initiative to admit defeat!

This is the most terrifying part of the third level of Qingyun Avenue "Hundred Battles", and the first two levels of Qingyun Avenue are not worth it when compared with it.

"How can it be so cruel and perverted, which bastard made this kind of level back then, it's just crazy......"

Lin Xun realized all this, and his face became more and more ugly, even if he had made full preparations before, but when facing this "Hundred Battles Secret Realm", he found that no matter how much preparation he had, it seemed so pale and powerless.

Lin Xun even doubted that the third level of this Qingyun Avenue was so difficult, so wouldn't the next level be more perverted than the other?

Airplanes~

A fluctuation sounded, reminding Lin Xun that the third battle was about to begin.

This time, the opponent was a giant with a turtle on his feet, a spirit snake in his ears, and a giant covered with pitch-black scales, known as the "Canglin Clan" powerhouse.

When all this happened, Lin Xun learned the lessons of the first two times, and did not hesitate to slash and kill, and directly used his strongest killer weapon - Star Picking Style!

However, in just one confrontation, Lin Xun was killed on the spot again, and there was no room for struggle at all, and he was defeated by the same trick "Star Picking"!

......

"Damn, there's no way to clear this at all!"

When Lin Xun was resurrected, he couldn't help but scold, he was really angry, he originally thought that he had cultivated to the point of perfection in the Rengang realm, and then with the mastery of the star picking style, he could have most of the hope of breaking through the third level of this Qingyun Avenue.

Who would have thought that the reality is so cruel!

What makes Lin Xun the most troublesome is that every time he fails, it is like being killed alive once, and the fear of death, like a ghost, continues to accumulate in his heart, more and more, constantly encroaching and impacting his reason and consciousness.

This is the demon of the heart!

If you can get rid of it, even if you fail every time, you can naturally persevere to the end and clear the customs smoothly, but how can this demon be so easy to be expelled?

There are too many cultivators in this world, and once they encounter a major setback on the path of cultivation, they will collapse and lose their state of mind completely, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the cultivation realm, the loss of cultivation, the reduction of waste, or the death of a person.

Why?

It's because you can't defeat your demons!

And now, Lin Xun is also facing this kind of danger, and the most terrifying thing is that the frustration he endured is to directly face death and experience death!

Although it can be resurrected, the impact of the shadow of death is real!

The demons brought about by this kind of death have accumulated again and again, and you can imagine what a terrifying blow it will cause to Lin Xun.

However, Lin Xun has never been a person who is willing to admit defeat easily, and after realizing the seriousness of the problem, he forcibly abandoned all the distracting thoughts in his mind and began to think of a solution.

Instead of sitting back and waiting, it's better to go all out and fight!

Rather than not being angry that this level is too cruel, it is better to accept it all and change it!

The most feared thing is that when you don't go all out, you will be crushed by setbacks and failures, and take the initiative to admit defeat.

"Star-picking...... Death...... The mood is left with demons ......"

Lin Xun's dark eyes were deep, standing alone in the ring, as if he had also turned into a statue, not moving at all, and in his heart, he was frantically thinking about how to crack it.

"The demons of the heart arise from death, and death is caused by the star-picking style, if you want to defeat and exorcise the demons of the heart...... You can only start with the star picking!"

Lin Xun vaguely grasped the crux of the problem, "But, how to solve it?"

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