Chapter 830: Divine Beast—The Heavenly Horse! (First update, requesting everything)

Spiritual plants can also have their ranks elevated, but the higher the rank of the spiritual plant, the more difficult it is to elevate its rank.

Logically speaking, the Tree of Life can also have its rank elevated, but the Tree of Life is already a mid-grade top-tier spirit plant; the difficulty of taking it to the next level is far from ordinary.

If one wants to elevate the rank of the Tree of Life, the best method is naturally the origin of the World Tree.

The Tree of Life is a branch cultivated from the World Tree, and it is the existence most similar to the World Tree among the ten branches, so it can naturally use the origin of the World Tree to elevate its rank.

Besides the World Tree, it can also evolve by absorbing the origins of the other nine major branches, but absorbing only one or two would certainly not meet the standard for rank elevation; after all, the other nine branches are already a tier inferior to the Tree of Life, not to mention that their attributes are different, and there would inevitably be significant loss during the conversion process.

It is for this reason that even though Li Zhangsheng still possesses a Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree, he has no intention of letting the Tree of Life absorb it for the time being.

Furthermore, the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree produces the exceptionally precious Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit; if he were to let the Tree of Life absorb the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree, he would feel an extraordinary amount of heartache.

"These liquids can likely accelerate the growth of the Tree of Life, and might even be able to elevate the origin of the Tree of Life!"

Li Zhangsheng analyzed the properties of the green liquid; if this mass of liquid could truly elevate the origin of the Tree of Life, its value would likely be immeasurable.

Due to limited time, Li Zhangsheng naturally would not enter the Dangkang Necklace Space while in the hall, and he could only wait until after the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm ended.

Not long after, Ning Bizhen and her demon pets all disappeared simultaneously, having been teleported out of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.

In this way, only Li Zhangsheng remained here.

Crack— crack— crack— crack—

It was also at this moment that the four large doors, which had previously been in a closed state, slowly swung open; even though Li Zhangsheng utilized the Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing secret technique, he saw nothing but a display of flowing light and color.

At this time, it was Li Zhangsheng's turn to make a choice; among these four portals, he could only choose one.

No matter which portal, it could lead to the core area of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, but the core area was divided into four sections, and the treasures stored and trials within were not entirely the same.

The twelve Yuan Chen Treasure Pearls here alone stored top-tier Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade items, not to mention the core area, where it was rumored that World Wonders and top-tier spiritual plants existed.

However, rewards and trials are often directly proportional; the difficulty of the trials in the core area is so great that historically, very few people have been able to pass the trials and take the treasures inside.

This includes quite a few Kings.

Before making his choice, Li Zhangsheng lit a Luck Incense Candle, and as the smoke swirled, he cast a wisp of his intent into it.

Unfortunately, the Luck Incense Candle, which had previously been infallible, forcibly dissipated and vanished the moment it turned into an arrow due to certain factors.

Under these circumstances, Li Zhangsheng could only abandon the idea of taking a shortcut and chose the northern portal based on intuition.

The moment he stepped through the portal, Li Zhangsheng felt a sense of spinning heavens and earth, and he was teleported to the core area.

When the scene before his eyes stabilized, Li Zhangsheng discovered that he had appeared in a magnificent, golden hall.

Compared to the previous hall, the area here was somewhat smaller, more like a closed side hall.

In the central area of this hall, a treasure pillar protected by a restriction was placed, naturally storing precious treasures inside.

Beside the treasure pillar lay a white horse as clean as jade; a pair of snow-white wings grew from its back, and not only was there not a single stray hair on its entire body, but it also emitted a luster like jade.

"A Divine Beast!"

After taking a look, Li Zhangsheng's heart sank, as this was his first time seeing a Divine Beast.

The Divine Beast, legend says, guards the Heavenly Realm and is a symbol of holiness; judging from the aura faintly emitted by this Divine Beast, it was an adult one.

The greatest characteristic of a Divine Beast is that it will naturally reach the Saint Grade Spirit Pet realm upon reaching adulthood.

Besides this, a Divine Beast must possess a race that transcends Sovereigns, as well as some mysterious and unfathomable special abilities.

Since this adult Divine Beast appeared here, it meant that it was highly likely the so-called trial.

To seize the treasure in the treasure pillar, he would likely have to defeat this adult Divine Beast.

However, the Tengshe of the Silent Forest could contend with the Demon Emperor Level demon pet of the Dark Night King Dou Cangqiong, so this Divine Beast must be no less capable.

No matter how he looked at it, Li Zhangsheng seemed to have no chance of winning.

It was not until this moment that the Divine Beast stood up from the ground; it stretched vigorously, giving the impression that it had not exercised in a long time.

"Another human has come in; it seems another year has passed!"

The Divine Beast looked at Li Zhangsheng and spoke in the Common Tongue.

Clearly, this adult Divine Beast had stayed here for at least a year; it was unknown how it solved the problem of food, or perhaps it did not need to eat at all to maintain its bodily functions.

"It seems the quality of this generation of human Heavenly Pride is not very good; the first place is actually only a Pseudo-King."

After glancing at Li Zhangsheng, a hint of human-like disappointment appeared in the Divine Beast's eyes.

Before Li Zhangsheng could reply, the Divine Beast muttered again: "Your trial is very simple; you only need to defeat me to complete the trial and take the treasures here. According to the rules, I will suppress my realm to the Demon King level."

Upon hearing that he had to defeat the Divine Beast to pass the trial, Li Zhangsheng was filled with pessimism, but upon hearing the last sentence, his heart was filled with hope again.

If the Divine Beast's realm was suppressed to the Demon King level, then Li Zhangsheng would have the confidence to defeat it.

From a logical perspective, even if a Divine Beast suppressed to the Demon King level were stronger than an ordinary Saint Grade Spirit Pet, the extent of its strength would likely be limited, seemingly similar to Yan Wanling's Saint Grade Golden Dragon.

However, thinking this way would be a huge mistake, because although the Divine Beast's realm was suppressed, its Mystery and Essence Origin Protection could still be utilized; only its three dimensions were suppressed to the Demon King level.

In terms of strength, a Divine Beast suppressed to the Demon King level must be above a Saint Grade Golden Dragon, which is no wonder why many Kings have failed in the core area.

As for how much stronger the Divine Beast is than the Saint Grade Golden Dragon, he would only know after fighting it.

"Human, I will give you one minute to prepare!"

The Divine Beast's voice sounded again; its gaze was full of confidence, as in its view, even if suppressed to the Demon King level, it could easily defeat a Pseudo-King.

"This is what you said; I hope you won't regret it!"

A smile hung on Li Zhangsheng's face; he was truly afraid that the Divine Beast would not give him time to prepare, otherwise, given the Divine Beast's combat power, he would likely suffer significant losses by the time he summoned all his demon pets.

(End of chapter)