Chapter 190: Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber
The White Bone Flesh Regeneration Pill, worthy of being a fourth-grade healing pill, contained powerful blood essence and plant essence.
As Zhang Ruochen refined the medicinal energy, the wound on his left shoulder healed at a visible speed.
In less than an hour, the injury was completely healed.
After his injuries healed, Zhang Ruochen parted ways with Chen Xi'er and headed to Tong Sheng Mountain.
"With my current strength, without revealing Sword Heart Illumination and the Space Domain, I can at most contend with martial artists at the Earth Extreme Small Extreme Position, and I might even have a chance to defeat them."
"But if I encounter a powerhouse like Zuo Lengxuan, even if I use all my trump cards, I have no chance of victory. The gap in cultivation realm is too great."
Zhang Ruochen felt an urgent need to break through to the Earth Extreme Realm, yet he had to suppress his cultivation to strive for the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Mysterious Extreme Realm.
Moreover, it wasn't just about striving for the Supreme Extreme Realm; more importantly, Zhang Ruochen wanted to let his cultivation settle for a while longer, making his foundation even more solid.
"Zuo Lengxuan definitely won't let this go. If he targets me again, how should I respond?" Zhang Ruochen frowned deeply, feeling immense pressure.
Arriving once more at Tong Sheng Mountain, the gatekeepers Huo Sheng and Zhao Minggong didn't dare to stop Zhang Ruochen and let him pass directly.
Even Yue Qianfan had been defeated by Zhang Ruochen; both of them were only at the Earth Extreme Middle Stage, so they were even less of a match for Zhang Ruochen. Furthermore, with Chen Xi'er backing Zhang Ruochen, they didn't dare to offend him.
After Zhang Ruochen walked far away, Zhao Minggong and Huo Sheng began to whisper among themselves.
"Did that Zhang Ruochen really defeat Yue Qianfan?" Huo Sheng hadn't witnessed that battle firsthand, so he still found it hard to believe.
Zhao Minggong said in a low voice, "I saw it with my own eyes. How could it be false? That Zhang Ruochen is not to be trifled with. He's already this formidable without breaking through to the Earth Extreme Realm. Once he does, he'll be even more terrifying."
Huo Sheng sneered, "So what if he's formidable? If not for Senior Sister Chen backing him, Senior Brother Zuo would have already crippled his cultivation. He can escape once, but can he escape a second time?"
"Speaking of which, Zhang Ruochen is really lucky—not only is he engaged to Princess Yanchen, but he's also gained Senior Sister Chen's favor." Zhao Minggong said with some envy, "For inner palace students like us, Princess Yanchen and Senior Sister Chen wouldn't even spare a glance."
Huo Sheng snorted coldly, "Do you think this is a good thing for Zhang Ruochen? How many talented prodigies in the Demon Ridge are pursuing Princess Yanchen and Senior Sister Chen? How many can Zhang Ruochen withstand? Just wait and see! Zhang Ruochen won't be proud for long."
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Within Tong Sheng Mountain, there were a total of six hurricane training chambers, three of which were Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chambers, specifically for martial artists at the Earth Extreme Realm.
The other three were Heaven-Level Hurricane Training Chambers, specifically for martial artists at the Heaven Extreme Realm.
When Zhang Ruochen arrived outside the training chambers, one Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber happened to be vacant.
The person guarding the six hurricane training chambers was an old man in a silver robe. He was sitting cross-legged, seemingly cultivating, until Zhang Ruochen called him awake, and he slowly opened his aged eyes.
"You're not an inner palace student?" The old man stared deeply at Zhang Ruochen, his gaze like sharp needles.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Student is an outer palace student from the Western Courtyard."
The old man gently shook his head, "Without reaching the Earth Extreme Realm, entering an Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber is very dangerous. You'd better think it over carefully."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Since the student dares to come to Tong Sheng Mountain, he has already considered it thoroughly."
Zhang Ruochen had to master the Wind-Riding Flying Dragon Shadow as quickly as possible. Even if it was dangerous, he had to enter the Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber to train.
The old man had seen too many arrogant outer palace students who were all full of fighting spirit before entering the training chamber. But soon after entering, they would flee, covered in injuries.
This was truly a case of not shedding tears until seeing the coffin.
The old man no longer advised Zhang Ruochen. He took out a transparent sensing bead and handed it to Zhang Ruochen, saying, "Remember two things. First, if you can't hold on inside the training chamber, crush the sensing bead immediately. Don't force it—there's a risk to your life."
"Second, opening the training chamber once requires one hundred merit points, and you can train inside for up to half a month. Of course, if you can't hold on and flee after just one minute, the merit points won't be refunded. Have you thought it through?"
"I have."
Zhang Ruochen took the sensing bead from the old man, walked to the entrance of the Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber, and waited for the door to open.
"Rumble!"
The massive stone door of the training chamber slowly opened.
Behind the stone door appeared a light door connecting the floor and the ceiling.
On the light door, various array inscriptions flowed like ripples on water.
"Swoosh!"
Zhang Ruochen stepped inside, his body swallowed by the light door, and arrived in a dark training chamber.
This was a huge spherical chamber, about fifty meters in diameter.
All around were stone walls as hard as iron, with spirit crystals embedded in them like stars in the night sky, emitting faint points of light.
Other than that, there was nothing else in the training chamber.
Suddenly, bright inscriptions appeared on the stone walls, connecting the spirit crystals together to form a fully enclosed array.
"Whoosh!"
A hurricane surged out from the stone walls like a tidal wave, producing a deafening roar.
In an instant, the once calm training chamber was filled with the hurricane, becoming turbulent and violent, as if it could tear a person's body apart.
Although Zhang Ruochen was prepared, he was still blown away by the hurricane, crashing heavily into the opposite stone wall with a loud bang.
Zhang Ruochen's internal organs shook violently, and his body ached as if it were splitting apart. Fortunately, his body was strong enough; otherwise, that single impact would have seriously injured him.
"As expected of an Earth-Level training chamber. If it were any other Mysterious Extreme Great Perfection martial artist, they would definitely be severely injured by now."
Before Zhang Ruochen could catch his breath, another blast of wind surged from the stone wall behind him, sending him flying again.
At the same time, wind blew from other directions. Zhang Ruochen was like a leaf, unable to control his body, and crashed into the stone wall once more.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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Amid the continuous gusts of wind, within just one minute, Zhang Ruochen had crashed into the stone wall forty-three times.
Sometimes his back hit the wall, sometimes his face, sometimes his head... Under the relentless impacts, Zhang Ruochen finally got injured and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Should I just flee from the training chamber? No, absolutely not."
Zhang Ruochen clenched his teeth, struggling to stay conscious.
As the next wave of wind came, Zhang Ruochen immediately analyzed the direction of the wind and executed the Wind-Riding Flying Dragon Shadow, stepping through nine different footwork patterns in the wind, trying to resist the force.
"Bang!"
He only lasted two seconds before being blown away again, his right shoulder slamming into the stone wall. His right arm went numb instantly, and a sharp pain shot from his shoulder, as if the bone had broken.
Persevere!
Blown away once more, Zhang Ruochen still tried to control his center of gravity, using the Wind-Riding Flying Dragon Shadow to ride the hurricane and resist the wind from all directions.
Outside the hurricane training chamber, the silver-robed elder stared at the door of Zhang Ruochen's chamber, a hint of a smile in his eyes. "What an impressive kid. He managed to hold on for a full minute in an Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber—better than many inner palace students. I wonder how long he can last inside?"
Most other outer palace students fled the training chamber within a minute, already severely injured.
Even some inner palace students at the Earth Extreme Initial Stage rarely lasted more than a minute on their first entry into an Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber.
The silver-robed elder had initially thought Zhang Ruochen was arrogant, but now he was full of anticipation for him.
In the second minute, Zhang Ruochen crashed into the stone wall thirty-seven times, a significant improvement from the first minute.
Zhang Ruochen gradually adapted to the environment of the hurricane training chamber. Although he was still blown away, the number of impacts decreased.
Soon, an hour passed. The wind in the hurricane training chamber disappeared, and with a thud, Zhang Ruochen fell from midair, hitting the ground hard.
At this moment, there wasn't a single patch of unbroken skin on his body, and three of his bones were fractured. He was covered in injuries.
"I finally made it through an hour."
Enduring the pain, Zhang Ruochen used his bloody hands to push himself up and sat cross-legged on the ground.
He took a healing pill from his Space Bracelet.
After swallowing the pill, Zhang Ruochen began to race against time, refining the medicinal energy to recover from his injuries.
The array in the hurricane training chamber didn't run continuously. After running for an hour, it would stop for an hour.
This one-hour break was extremely precious, allowing him to heal and digest the results of his training.
"Although it was only an hour, I made great progress. At the start, I crashed into the wall forty-three times in a minute. In the last minute, I only crashed twenty-seven times."
According to Zhang Ruochen's estimation, if he could perfectly control the wind in the Earth-Level Hurricane Training Chamber, then the Wind-Riding Flying Dragon Shadow would be considered mastered.
Perfectly controlling the wind wasn't just about avoiding its attacks; it meant being able to move freely within the hurricane training chamber and even harness the wind as his own power.
"He actually stayed inside for an hour." The silver-robed elder was very surprised and worried that Zhang Ruochen might have died in the training chamber.
After all, no outer palace student could last that long.
Even among inner palace students, only those at the Earth Extreme Late Stage or above could last more than an hour in the training chamber.
Although he had given Zhang Ruochen a sensing bead to crush if he couldn't hold on, stopping the array, sometimes martial artists would faint before they could crush it.
If that happened, the martial artist inside the training chamber would be doomed.
Worried, the silver-robed elder immediately opened the massive stone door and looked at the light door inside.
The image on the light door showed the scene inside the training chamber.
There, Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged in the center of the chamber, his body wrapped in white true qi, cultivating and healing.
Seeing this, the silver-robed elder rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked again, saying, "Is he really an outer palace student?"