Chapter 37

"Seeing me pass the first level, you think I have the ability to pass all three levels, and you’re afraid! Did you only realize this now? What were you doing earlier?"

"If I weren’t strong enough, I would have died under the beating of the twenty-odd people you incited to attack me!"

"If I weren’t strong enough, I would have died under the attacks of the countless monsters in the Demon Blood Cave!"

"If I weren’t strong enough, I would have died under the dense blade auras in the Blade Aura Level!"

"Are you afraid now? Advising me not to challenge the next two levels, what is this? Do you really think I’m that stupid? Can you bully me at will?"

"Should I stop here just because you say so? Will you not come to bother me in the future, as if my right to live is a favor you grant me?"

"When did my fate, Zheng Shi Yi’s, ever need to be controlled by a despicable person like you!"

"Since I came to challenge the ‘Three Levels’, I will thoroughly pass these three levels! Wash your neck clean and wait for death!"

These resounding words, like thousands of needles, pierced Lu Ming’s heart, making his face increasingly cold. In the end, he didn’t even have the courage to speak.

Elder Wei’s pupils constricted, and he sneered, "Arrogant fool! You keep talking about being framed and your dignity being trampled. I want to ask you, if you hadn’t initiated the trouble, would others treat you like this?"

"Initiated the trouble?" Zheng Shi Yi replied with a mix of anger and laughter, "You’re still the elder in charge of the Three Levels Hall! Without any evidence, you accuse me of initiating trouble! I want to ask, how did you become this elder? Which of your eyes saw me initiate trouble?"

"Is it just based on a fierce look and words without thought?"

"I, Zheng Shi Yi, came to challenge the ‘Three Levels’ due to a miscarriage of justice. Did I provoke you? Why do you obstruct me in every way?"

"Your duty is to manage the Three Levels Hall, to provide a way for those who have been wronged to clear their names! Now, not only do you not let me challenge, but you also accuse me!"

Elder Wei’s face twitched, becoming increasingly ugly. No one who came to challenge had ever dared to speak to him like this. He suddenly swung his arm and threatened, "Zheng Shi Yi, is it? I’ll say this clearly! As long as I’m here, you won’t pass the Three Levels!"

"Today, I’ll tell you the truth! Do you really think the ‘Three Levels’ are set up to clear disciples’ names?"

"The sect set it up to find those who are extremely arrogant and lawless, to punish them severely!"

"Imprisonment, deduction of firewood, resource collection for the sect, no entry to the Martial Arts Pavilion to select techniques, no support from the sect in any aspect, etc."

"With your current arrogance and lawlessness, I just need to report your name, and you will receive all these punishments!"

"If you leave now, I can consider not reporting this matter!"

Wei Zhixing glared at Zheng Shi Yi with intense hatred. If he could drive this kid away, it would be like doing a favor for the Law Enforcement Hall! When the Law Enforcement Hall hates this guy so much, would this matter just end? Zheng Shi Yi might as well wait for death!

Zheng Shi Yi laughed in anger. He came to challenge the Three Levels, but encountered such an elder! Interesting... really interesting!

"Whether to report or not is your business, whether to punish or not is the sect’s business! I only know that passing the ‘Three Levels’ can clear my name. Do you want to obstruct me from challenging?" Zheng Shi Yi stared at Wei Zhixing firmly, "The sect has rules: if the elder in charge of the Three Levels Hall obstructs a disciple from challenging the ‘Three Levels’, they will receive severe punishment!"

Wei Zhixing naturally didn’t dare, but he glared at Zheng Shi Yi fiercely and waved his hand at his subordinates, "Since you want to die, I can’t be blamed! Second Level, Gravity Level!"

The tightly closed stone door burst open, revealing the long passage once again. Zheng Shi Yi slowly moved forward, and behind him, Elder Wei’s voice echoed, "Little brat, you want to challenge, right? If you don’t come out in half an incense stick’s time, you won’t come out at all!"

The Gravity Level, once the gravity array is activated, the gravity in the entire space will suddenly increase.

The challenger will feel as if their feet are filled with lead, making it extremely difficult to walk, let alone lift their feet. This greatly consumes the challenger’s spirit energy and physical strength.

Especially, the sudden increase in gravity makes the body feel uncomfortable. If the increase in gravity far exceeds the challenger’s cultivation level, the challenger’s body will suffer severe damage.

The internal organs will be deformed, blood vessels will burst, bones will break, and the body will eventually twist and deform to death.

To avoid more challengers dying in the Gravity Level, the sect has a rule that the elder in charge of this level must not set the gravity higher than the challenger’s cultivation level.

If the challenger is at the Fifth Wheel of Qi, the gravity can be set to the Fifth Wheel of Qi at most. If the challenger is at the Sixth Wheel of Qi, the gravity can be set to the Sixth Wheel of Qi at most, and it must not exceed.

Otherwise, they will face severe punishment from the sect!

Watching Zheng Shi Yi’s back as he entered, Elder Wei clenched his fists and ordered his subordinates, "Set the gravity to the Ninth Wheel of Qi!"

"Ninth Wheel?" The subordinate was stunned. The Ninth Wheel of Qi had never been activated since the Gravity Level was established. Even if the challenger reached the peak of the Ninth Wheel of Qi, they would at most set the gravity to the Eighth Wheel of Qi.

They absolutely wouldn’t dare set it to the Ninth Wheel, as that would result in death.

Moreover, even when they set it to the Eighth Wheel, no one who came to challenge succeeded.

The challenger was a new disciple, at most at the Sixth Wheel of Qi.

According to the rules, the gravity could be set to the Fifth Wheel of Qi at most.

Elder Wei said he wanted to set the gravity to the Ninth Wheel of Qi, which was four levels higher than what the challenger could bear.

These four levels would cause damage to the body that was not as simple as adding one level at a time!

The further it went, the more severe the damage to the body, and at a certain point, it could cause the body to burst into pieces and die.

Although the Three Levels Hall was quiet, if someone died during the challenge, the sect would send people to investigate.

If it was discovered that the challenger died because the gravity exceeded their capacity by several times, he, as the one who activated the gravity array, would face severe punishment.

Thinking of this, the subordinate’s face turned black, and he trembled as he tried to dissuade Elder Wei, "Elder, the sect has rules, doing this..."

Elder Wei waved his sleeve impatiently and shouted, "Rules? I say what counts here, I am the rule! Why don’t you do as I say?"

The subordinate had a thousand unwillingness in his heart but didn’t dare to offend Elder Wei. He could only follow Elder Wei’s orders, set the gravity to the Ninth Wheel of Qi, and light the half incense stick in the incense burner.

Lu Ming, standing at the door, felt uneasy. He had a vague feeling that Zheng Shi Yi would succeed in the challenge, even though this premonition seemed absurd to him, he still had this feeling.

He quickly waved his hand at the law enforcement team members who were still standing far away, "Come over here."

The few people came to their senses and quickly ran to Lu Ming, asking, "Brother Lu, is there something?"

Lu Ming glanced at the stone door and whispered to the few people, "This kid has given me too many surprises. He even passed the Blade Aura Level, I’m afraid he will succeed this time."

"When that happens, we’ll be the ones in trouble. We can’t bear this on our own."

"Go and call Xu Sa over now. I want him to know what we’ve done for him, to remember our favor."

"Yes, Brother Lu!" The few people nodded heavily and ran to the door.

"Whoosh!"

A suction force, like a magnet, attracted Zheng Shi Yi, pulling him to the other side of the passage.

The gravity array was activated, and a giant gear appeared in the sky, rotating rhythmically.

The gravitational force on Zheng Shi Yi’s legs gradually increased, making his entire body feel as if it were filled with lead, heavily pressing against the ground.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound came from the giant gear, and the gear, which had been rotating rhythmically, suddenly sped up.

The gravitational force on Zheng Shi Yi instantly increased several times.

His entire body felt as if it were sinking into a swamp, with his legs and other parts of his body sinking at a terrifying speed.

His hands, no longer under his control, hung extremely low, his straight back was bent, and his legs, which refused to yield, gradually bent to a ninety-degree angle.

The skin pressed against the fat and muscles, contracting into the internal organs, and most of the blood flowing through his body gathered in his legs.

His face was pale, with no trace of blood, and the dizziness made him feel as if he were in an endless sea, riding a small boat that was spinning without stopping.

Nausea, exhaustion, his eyelids closed weakly, and his vision gradually turned dark.

The sound of bones and tendons breaking came from inside his body.

"Thump, thump!"

The soul seed, impacted by the gravitational force, began to beat rapidly.

Under its influence, the spirit energy in his dantian surged like a dragon rising to the sky, breaking out of the dantian and rushing to drive away the gravitational force compressing his body.

The broken tendons, tissues, and organs were rapidly repairing under the beating of the soul seed.

"What terrifying gravity!" Zheng Shi Yi, regaining consciousness, sighed at the severity of the gravitational force.

In just an instant, his body was reduced to that state. If it weren’t for the soul seed’s ability to repair the damage, he felt he would have died here.

"No wonder almost no one can pass the ‘Three Levels’. Even without considering the other levels, the Gravity Level alone is enough to kill them!"

Gradually regaining his composure, Zheng Shi Yi clenched his fists.

What he didn’t know was that the gravity the previous challengers endured in the Gravity Level was never as terrifying as what he was experiencing now.

"Eight Directions Step!"

With the soul seed repairing his wounds, the damage he suffered was no