Chapter 2

"Who’s there!" Lin Chen suddenly shouted in a low voice!

"Hmm~~ I’ve slept so well, it must have been for ten thousand years, truly comfortable!" The woman seemed to stretch, her voice intermittent.

Lin Chen was filled with shock and doubt.

What is this?

Am I hallucinating?

Or is there a ghost here!

"Enough guessing, I’m not a ghost, come and see me," the woman’s voice sounded again.

Then, Lin Chen saw a staircase appear in the darkness, leading upwards, with no end in sight.

Lin Chen was stunned, unsure of what was happening.

He gritted his teeth and started climbing the stairs.

The staircase was covered in scars, with broken swords and shattered armor everywhere, and broken wings. Just looking at these, one could imagine the fierce battles that had taken place along the way!

What kind of staircase is this?

Where does it lead?

Lin Chen had countless doubts.

To get the answers, he had to reach the end.

After climbing nine hundred and ninety-nine stone steps, Lin Chen finally stood at the top of the staircase, and what he saw was a vast world of furnaces!

All around were volcanoes, with lava flowing like waterfalls.

And between these volcanoes, enormous black chains crisscrossed, as if locking the entire world!

"Come to me," the woman’s voice sounded again.

Then, a sound of "clanking" echoed, and a chain moved like a dragon, finally landing in front of Lin Chen.

At this point, Lin Chen didn’t hesitate and stepped onto it.

The chain retracted, pulling him deeper into the volcanic world.

Finally, Lin Chen saw the woman at the base of a massive volcano in the center.

A woman so beautiful that words could not describe her.

She was dressed in red, her long skirt trailing on the ground, and she was half-lying on a stone platform, looking at Lin Chen with interest.

Around the stone platform where she lay, nine swords were embedded.

It seemed she was trapped by these nine swords.

"Little one, tell me, what’s your name?" the woman laughed, her beauty incomparable, such beauty unseen in the world!

However, Lin Chen’s resolve was firm, and he wasn’t tempted by her beauty.

He said, "Lin Chen."

"Then I’ll call you Little Chen from now on," the woman giggled.

"..."

"Whatever you like, Senior," Lin Chen said.

"Don’t call me Senior, it makes me sound old. From now on, call me Goddess!" the Goddess laughed.

Lin Chen’s lips twitched slightly.

But with her beauty, calling her Goddess wasn’t too hard.

"Where is this place, and why am I here?" Lin Chen asked.

"This place? It’s just a broken place, not worth mentioning," the Goddess pouted, clearly unwilling to talk more, finding it ominous.

"As for why you’re here, it’s because you have a medium to enter, probably something like a jade pendant. Think about it, do you have one?"

Lin Chen remembered that he indeed had a jade pendant around his neck, left by his deceased mother.

Could it be because of that jade pendant?

But now wasn’t the time to think about that. Since he was already here, Lin Chen wanted to know what this Goddess could do for him.

"Goddess, can you help me?" Lin Chen asked eagerly.

"Of course, I have the most powerful force in the world. Do you want it?" the Goddess chuckled, her eyes gleaming slightly.

"I want it," Lin Chen said directly.

The Goddess was taken aback and laughed, "Don’t you want to know the price?"

"Whatever the price!" Lin Chen was straightforward.

He had nothing left to lose!

He must obtain power, and he was willing to pay any price for it.

"Haha, good, I like your spirit. Some people are so cautious and timid, I just kill them. They want power, I spit on them!" the Goddess huffed.

Even with such rough actions, the Goddess was still incredibly charming.

The Goddess can kill people who come in?

Lin Chen’s heart was chilled.

But, it didn’t matter!

"How can I get the power?" Lin Chen asked, focusing only on this.

"Such an impatient one, isn’t chatting with your sister more fun than getting power?" the Goddess pouted, her slender fingers pointing to the swords around the stone platform.

"Little Chen, choose one for yourself. As long as you pull it out, the power is yours," the Goddess chuckled.

Her eyes, like peach blossoms, looked at Lin Chen, deep and mysterious.

Nine swords were embedded in the stone platform, each different.

Even without touching them, one could feel the terrifying power within the swords!

Lin Chen looked at each sword, then without hesitation, he reached for the one directly in front of him.

It was a black sword.

The blade was somewhat irregular, not straight in every part, and even had a few notches.

The hilt was adorned with patterns resembling dragon scales, and at the end was a dragon’s head!

Lin Chen gripped it, and suddenly, an extremely fierce black dragon lunged at him, trying to tear him apart, its power so overwhelming that even the heavens would tremble!

Lin Chen’s body felt like it was about to shatter, blood marks appearing like broken porcelain!

"One sword wants to subdue me? Submit to me and become my power!" Lin Chen roared, enduring the impact.

He even tried to subdue the black dragon in return!

He exerted all his strength and pulled the sword out!

"Oh?" The Goddess’s red lips parted, her eyes flashing with excitement.

To pull out the Tianwu, this boy is no ordinary person!

Pulling out the Tianwu, a black dragon surged into Lin Chen’s mind, transforming into a set of scriptures.

"Nine Heavens God-Slaying Technique?!" Lin Chen whispered.

It was a cultivation technique!

"Is this the power the Goddess spoke of?" Lin Chen couldn’t help but feel excited. He instinctively knew this technique would be world-shaking!

He looked at the Goddess.

Suddenly, he saw a shadow on her, a skeleton with hollow eye sockets, tears of blood streaming down!

What!

Lin Chen’s heart was chilled, but when he focused, the shadow was gone.

The Goddess was still the Goddess, dazzlingly beautiful.

"Haha, Little Chen, you’re quite good. I’ll make an exception and repair your dantian for you, but only once. I hope we meet again," the Goddess giggled, her finger swiping, blurring the scene before Lin Chen’s eyes.

In a moment, Lin Chen’s consciousness returned to his body, his eyes opening to see a dark dungeon.

But now, there was no despair!

The Nine Heavens God-Slaying Technique.

It was hope!

His dantian was restored.

Lin Chen could cultivate again.

He was about to practice the Nine Heavens God-Slaying Technique when someone came in.

A person in a cloak walked in, and even the wide robe couldn’t hide her slender and charming figure.

"Princess, why do you deign to visit the dungeon? Could it be that I, a man about to die, still have some use?" Lin Chen said coldly.

The person was none other than Lin Chen’s betrothed, the young princess of the Da Wei Imperial Family, Qin Yue’er!