According to the information provided by the Six Royal Mansions, the Great Luo Realm has appeared seventy-one times in the Wu Shan Star Domain, an average of once every ten thousand years. However, there are only records of sixty-seven appearances in the Great Luo Hall, indicating that human cultivators failed to enter the Great Luo Hall four times.
The reason for this is simple: during the early stages of the Great Luo Realm's opening, human cultivators were unclear about the rules within. In the first few entries, they could only cautiously explore step by step, and were expelled before reaching the Great Luo Hall.
The Great Luo Hall is divided into three layers, each over three thousand zhang high, at least from the outside. Internally, the Great Luo Realm is vast and boundless, as expansive as a small world.
The environment encountered each time entering the Great Luo Hall differs. As soon as Zhang Fan and the others stepped into the Great Luo Hall, they felt the rules of heaven and earth change, as if they had entered another world.
Looking around, they were surrounded by dense black mist, and nothing could be seen ahead. Turning back, the great door had long since vanished. Zhang Fan attempted to release his divine sense to probe, but found it suppressed by an invisible force. His divine sense could only extend a hundred meters before being unable to spread further, demonstrating a significant restriction on his spiritual perception.
Considering Zhang Fan's current soul strength, which could easily encompass a planet, it was evident how powerful the force suppressing his soul was, given that he couldn't probe beyond a hundred meters here.
"The trials faced each time entering the Great Luo Hall are different. This time, even divine sense is so heavily suppressed. It seems the trial on the first level won't be easy," Xiao Yi said softly, walking beside Zhang Fan and looking at the dense black mist.
Shen Feichen nodded and added, "Generally, the more restrictive the environment for cultivators, the higher the danger."
"Of course, if one can overcome it safely, the rewards will be greater."
The group stood in the black mist, waiting quietly. The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive, as they had no idea what would happen next. This unknown, over which they had no control, made the cultivators, accustomed to absolute control, feel uneasy.
"Here they come!" Luo Xiaoxiao suddenly exclaimed. Many cultivators looked bewildered, as they sensed nothing.
Zhang Fan's expression shifted. He also felt the approach of immense magical power fluctuations. Within mere breaths, figures emitting different lights appeared in their vision.
They were varied in form, some resembling demonic beasts, some like tree spirits, and others like weapons. They transformed into streaks of rainbow light and charged towards the human cultivators, brilliant like a rainbow in the black mist, like a dynamic painting.
However, at this moment, no one was appreciating the spectacle. Instead, they were all on high alert, as if facing a formidable enemy.
This was because they sensed a fatal threat from those streaks of light.
To their surprise, however, the rainbow lights did not attack them. Instead, they circled the crowd, flying at high speed.
"What is this thing trying to do? Is it trying to make us dizzy?" Xue Mojiao, having transformed into human form, still had his short, stout, red-faced appearance and looked somewhat disheveled. He grumbled.
Zhang Fan watched the streaks of rainbow light, sensing different levels of magical power fluctuations within them, and pondered.
After a while, he stepped forward with his blood-colored iron sword and unleashed a sharp sword qi, striking a light illusion resembling a savage bull. A crisp metallic collision echoed, and the bull-like illusion paused slightly. Then, it stomped on the void, charging directly at Zhang Fan with an aura that could break through any obstacle.
"Interesting. Let's see how savage you are." Zhang Fan gripped the blood-colored iron sword with one hand, a terrifying power gathering in his fist before he violently punched out.
"Boom!"
Before the bull phantom could reach Zhang Fan, it exploded under the ferocious fist energy, its light scattering and dissipating. A black artifact, about the size of a palm, landed in Zhang Fan's hand. The moment he touched it, he felt an incredibly familiar sensation and suddenly remembered something, realizing it all.
The palm-sized artifact in his hand, resembling a savage bull, was from the same origin as the pile of black artifacts he had purchased on Illusion Whale Island. Later, in the Great Luo Realm, after killing Teng Chongyun, Zhang Fan had also obtained several artifacts of the same material.
With Zhang Fan's achievements in artifact refining, he had long suspected something. Now, obtaining another bull artifact, he finally understood that these artifacts were likely components of the same magical treasure.
Although Zhang Fan could not determine the grade of the magical treasure based on these components alone, judging by its material and refining techniques, it was likely at least an Immortal Treasure.
The crowd looked at the palm-sized artifact in Zhang Fan's hand, and a realization dawned upon them.
According to recorded information, regardless of how the trials on the first level of the Great Luo Realm changed, the final reward was always a magical treasure. Many high-grade spiritual treasures and even heavenly treasures on the Boundary Heart Continent were obtained from the first level of the Great Luo Realm.
Thinking that there might be Immortal Treasures among these numerous light illusions, their hearts burned with anticipation. If they could obtain an Immortal Treasure here, it would be worth being expelled from the Great Luo Realm immediately.
"Each light illusion contains a magical treasure. You can attack the corresponding light illusion based on your own strength. The stronger the magical power fluctuation, the higher the grade of the magical treasure. But remember not to aim too high, or you will die."
Seeing their expressions, Zhang Fan couldn't help but issue a reminder.
Zhang Fan's words were like a sudden enlightenment, extinguishing the unrealistic thoughts in everyone's minds. However, several cultivators, blinded by the prospect of Immortal Treasures, seemed determined to challenge their limits.
A cultivator in the Seven Tribulations Realm, wielding a long spear, looked at a giant light illusion resembling a towering ancient tree. He pointed his spear, striking the ancient tree illusion. However, what happened the next second stunned everyone.
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