Chapter 589

As soon as the teleportation ended, before Jie Ming had time to see the surrounding environment clearly, he felt his body sink.

It was a feeling of being oppressed from the depths of his soul, as if the entire world was collapsing toward him.

Jie Ming's knees bent involuntarily, and his whole person fell downward uncontrollably.

"Stand steady."

Lei Si's voice rang in his ears.

A hand rested on his shoulder, and at the same time another force supported his arm from the other side—Wei Aola also took action.

With the assistance of the two, Jie Ming stabilized his figure and gasped for breath.

Just now, he didn't even have time to react, and his spirit and body were crushed by some invisible force at the same time.

Jie Ming stood up straight, carefully sensing the surrounding environment, and only then did he finally understand what had happened.

That was... coercion.

The spiritual coercion naturally dissipated by countless high-tier wizards gathered together to form an invisible ocean.

That coercion was everywhere, heavy as substance, making every breath he took require all his strength.

Jie Ming looked up.

They were standing on a huge metal platform. The surroundings were densely packed with wizards.

Those Tier 6 wizards who were rarely seen at ordinary times were bustling together like ordinary people at this moment.

Tier 7 wizards were also not rare, and he could see groups after groups with a glance.

Some of them were chatting in low voices, some were closing their eyes to rest, and others were sizing up their peers around them.

And in the sky...

Jie Ming looked up, his pupils shrinking slightly.

There were also many people floating casually in the sky.

On the premise that Tier 6 wizards and Tier 7 wizards could only land on the ground, those people were qualified to fly, which meant their level was... Tier 8.

And the number was abnormally exaggerated.

Jie Ming looked at the crowd in the sky that didn't decrease until the skyline, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Those Tier 8 wizards were scattered in the sky, some floating alone, some chatting in twos and threes.

They all tacitly restrained their power as much as possible, but just the spiritual coercion that dissipated unconsciously gathered together, forming this terrifying pressure that almost killed him on the spot.

Jie Ming took a deep breath and scanned the surroundings.

As he expected, it wasn't just him struggling.

Among those Tier 6 wizards, many had ugly faces.

Some had sweat on their foreheads, some bit their lips tightly, and some needed to hold onto their companions to stand steady.

Even among the Tier 7 wizards, some appeared uncomfortable, their brows slightly frowned, seemingly resisting something.

Jie Ming suddenly had some realization in his heart.

The reason why this operation only allowed high-tier wizards to participate, besides the reason that low-tier wizards likely didn't have counterparts, the more important reason was probably this.

Too many high-tier wizards gathered together, just the coercion they naturally dissipated was enough to kill any low-tier wizard without sufficient protection. "Are you okay?" Lei Si's voice came.

Jie Ming turned to look at his mentor.

Lei Si stood beside him, one hand still on his shoulder, and that layer of invisible protection still covered him.

"Thank you, Mentor." Jie Ming nodded, "I'm fine."

Wei Aola stood on the other side, her face a bit pale, but her state was clearly much better than most Tier 6 wizards around.

She gritted her teeth, her gaze sweeping over the figures of those Tier 8 wizards in the sky, a flash of unwillingness crossing her eyes.

"Senior Sister?" Jie Ming glanced at her.

"Won't die." Wei Aola gritted her teeth, her voice carrying a hint of bravado.

Lei Si didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

He looked up into the distance and introduced in a flat tone: "Everyone on this ship plane now is a wizard from the Star Ring Alliance. Later, the four major forces will gather first, and then go to that parallel wizard civilization."

While speaking, Lei Si led the two to follow the crowd and walk toward the outside of the metal platform.

Jie Ming followed his gaze and looked over.

Beyond the edge of the metal platform was an endless plain.

The plain was also full of people, Tier 6 wizards were as dense as gravel, and Tier 7 wizard figures could be seen everywhere.

And in the distance, there were massive existences whose auras were so deep that he couldn't perceive them at all.

This is the power of the Star Ring Alliance, and it's not even full power...

Jie Ming was sighing when he suddenly felt a few gazes fall on him.

He turned his head and saw a few Tier 7 wizards walking this way. They were clearly familiar with Lei Si and waved from afar. "Lei Si, you came too." The leading white-haired wizard smiled, "Rare to see you go out."

Lei Si nodded lightly: "Come to see."

The white-haired wizard's gaze fell on Jie Ming and sized him up.

"Is this your student?" A flash of approval crossed his eyes, "Not bad. Tier 5 can stand here, promising future."

Jie Ming hurriedly saluted: "Senior, you praise me too much."

The white-haired wizard waved his hand, chatted with Lei Si for a few more words, and then left.

Similar scenes were repeated several times during the process of the few moving forward.

People kept coming to greet Lei Si, and after seeing Jie Ming and Wei Aola, they all praised them casually.

Jie Ming returned the salute one by one, his expression respectful, but he was silently observing in his heart.

He noticed that besides himself, there were some wizards below Tier 6 following their elders.

Most of those people were only Tier 4 or Tier 5, they didn't look very old, and at this moment they were standing obediently behind their respective elders, barely acting here with the protection of their elders.

"Those should be forces from planes closer to the starting plane." Wei Aola leaned over and explained in a low voice, "Or human bloodlines that can confirm their ancestors moved directly from the starting plane. Brought here to see if they can try their luck."

Jie Ming understood.

The starting plane is the birthplace of the wizard civilization, and those families that moved from the starting plane are most likely to find their counterparts in parallel worlds. And himself... or rather this body of his, came from Plane Nuolun 13.

The Nuolun Workshop is considered a relatively "newly" established organization, and since the serial number is not 1, the ancestors of this body of Jie Ming were native residents who were directly transformed into humans of the wizard civilization.

The possibility of finding a counterpart is minimal.

Jie Ming had long since figured this out, and there was no regret in his heart.

Jie Ming withdrew his gaze, felt the pressure around him, and took a deep breath.

His line of sight crossed Lei Si's shoulder and fell on that invisible ocean of coercion.

Those spiritual coercions naturally dissipated by countless high-tier wizards are fatal to ordinary low-tier wizards.

But for him who practices the Body Tempering technique... it is an excellent cultivation opportunity.

Jie Ming closed his eyes, his spiritual power turned into a thin thread, and carefully probed out of Lei Si's protection range.

The coercion surged like a tide, almost crushing that thin thread.

Jie Ming gritted his teeth, and the Body Tempering technique operated frantically.

Those spiritual power threads crushed by the coercion, under the blessing of the Body Tempering technique, regenerated at a faster speed, and the regenerated threads were tougher than before, better able to resist this kind of oppression.

Bear, adapt, evolve...

Jie Ming felt that he was like an iron embryo being repeatedly forged, and every forging would remove impurities and make the structure tighter.

The coercion dissipated by those high-tier wizards was that forging hammer.

And the coercion transmitted through spiritual power also acted on the body synchronously. Under the full operation of the Body Tempering technique, both the adaptability of spiritual power and the body to this kind of coercion were improving at an exaggerated speed.

As his soul strength became higher and higher, the spiritual power he could probe out became more and more.

This also led to him being able to perceive the surrounding coercion more and more clearly, and the pressure he bore was constantly increasing.

The Body Tempering technique was operating frantically, and bursts of stinging pain came from the depths of his soul, but the corners of Jie Ming's mouth rose slightly.

Not to mention what kind of rewards or gains he could get after this "gathering" trip, just the point of being able to train with these coercions, he had already earned it.

After all, under normal circumstances, you can't find so many high-tier wizards gathered together.