The power of the Proton Magnetic Golden Mountain exceeded Jiang Chen's expectations.
The golden mountain range crashed down with a thunderous roar, and the rolling yellow sands were immediately suppressed. The poisonous dragon-like sandstorms dissolved into nothingness, powerless as they fell into the dust.
Suddenly, the scene before Jiang Chen's eyes shifted.
The rolling yellow sands vanished entirely, replaced by a sea of fire.
Thick plumes of smoke surged toward the heavens, and all around Jiang Chen, bubbling magma seethed, occasionally erupting into terrifying fire dragons.
The occasional bird that swept across the sky would be coiled by a fire dragon and instantly reduced to a charred lump, plunging miserably into the churning magma below.
Jiang Chen realized he had been surrounded by a vast expanse of magma.
Boom! Boom!
The crimson magma all around continuously spewed streams of magma arrows, closing in on Jiang Chen step by step.
Jiang Chen dared not be negligent. In a flurry of movements, he activated countless Ice Lotuses to shield himself. At the same time, the outer Fire Lotuses surged outward ceaselessly—countless Fire Lotus vines stretched over a dozen zhang long, their enormous petals unfurling like the gaping maws of ancient ferocious beasts, devouring the encroaching magma fire streams in great gulps.
The Ice Fire Demon Lotus possessed extraordinarily high potential, one of the rarest even among the Myriad Heavens Planes. Although Jiang Chen was only at the eighth level of the Yuan Realm, the potential of the Ice Fire Demon Lotus was not one bit inferior.
As soon as those magma fire streams drew near, they were devoured by the enormous petals of countless Fire Lotus vines.
The occasional stream that slipped through the net was frozen solid by the defensive walls formed by the Ice Lotuses.
Amidst this stalemate, the scenery before Jiang Chen's eyes shifted once more.
The boundless magma region suddenly underwent a drastic transformation, turning directly into a silver-clad world of white snow.
A thousand miles of frozen ice, ten thousand miles of drifting snow.
Snowflakes larger than goose feathers fell continuously, quickly accumulating beneath Jiang Chen's feet.
Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised.
The speed at which this Ancient Seven Kill Formation shifted its patterns was truly astonishing!
Fortunately, the Ice Fire Demon Lotus had not been retracted. The countless Fire Lotuses, having just absorbed the magma fire streams, opened their great mouths and sprayed streams of fire in every direction, transformed into fire dragons.
Boom!
Within several thousand meters of Jiang Chen, dozens of fire dragons swept across the frozen ground, splitting countless spiderweb-like cracks across its surface.
The world of ice and snow posed even less of a deterrent to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen lifted both feet, and the ice beneath him shattered inch by inch.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred.
The solid ice within several thousand meters all around suddenly levitated into the air. Under brilliant light, it transformed into streaks of cold gleam, shifting in midair to become terrifying ice spikes.
In an instant—
Countless ice spikes shot toward Jiang Chen all at once, like a thousand soldiers and ten thousand horses firing in unison—no fewer than a hundred thousand ice spikes screamed toward him.
Jiang Chen let out a cold laugh, and suddenly a boundless surge of heroic boldness arose in his heart.
Both hands spread wide, and wave after wave of Proton Magnetic Storms swept outward, while his body radiated golden light that expanded a zhang in every direction.
Jiang Chen had cultivated the body-refining divine ability of the Nine Transformations of Gods and Demons, long since forging his entire body into steel and iron. This Divine Demon Golden Body, once activated, formed a zhang-tall golden form brimming with explosive power—its very being like an unshakeable small mountain.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Countless ice spikes struck home. Some were swallowed by the Proton Magnetic Storms Jiang Chen had conjured, while the rest hammered into his Divine Demon Golden Body.
At that moment, a bizarre sight appeared.
None of the ice spikes could penetrate the golden light extending roughly a zhang around Jiang Chen's body.
Even the strongest ice spikes could only sink in about three feet before being unable to advance any further.
Jiang Chen shifted his hand seals, and the golden light around the Divine Demon Golden Body twisted violently. All the embedded ice spikes were instantly ground into nothingness, transforming into wisps of mist that evaporated without a trace.
Jiang Chen was overjoyed, his heart swelling with delight: "I never expected that after cultivating the Nine Transformations of Gods and Demons to the fifth transformation, my Divine Demon Golden Body would reach such completion. With this level of defense, let alone these ice spikes—even a full-force strike from a Human Saint level powerhouse, I'd have a sixty to seventy percent chance of withstanding it!"
One had to remember that Jiang Chen was currently only at the eighth level of the Yuan Realm.
Once he entered the Saint Realm, even a strike from a Heavenly Saint level powerhouse—he would have a real chance of withstanding it with his physical body alone, perhaps one or two blows.
Don't underestimate those one or two blows. In a battle between experts, if you're willing to let your body take a hit from your opponent, then your chances of landing a hit on them increase dramatically as well.
After all, such a risky fighting style was practically tantamount to gambling with your life.
If you're willing to let the opponent strike you, your chances of hitting them naturally become much greater.
Having endured the sand attacks, the magma fire dragon attacks, and the ice and snow world attacks in succession, Jiang Chen felt far more confident about this Ancient Seven Kill Formation.
"The Ancient Seven Kill Formation—seven kills in one formation—there should be seven waves of attacks." Jiang Chen had already developed a general understanding of the Ancient Seven Kill Formation.
With this general understanding, his confidence naturally grew much stronger.
Sure enough, after Jiang Chen's thought, the world of ice and snow shifted once more, this time transforming into a boundless forest. Jiang Chen found himself amid a thicket, with all manner of vine-like creatures writhing around him like ten thousand venomous serpents, continuously coiling toward him.
Vines?
Jiang Chen scoffed. What vine could possibly be stronger than the Ice Fire Demon Lotus?
However, Jiang Chen had no intention of using the Ice Fire Demon Lotus.
With a single grab, the Proton Magnetic Golden Mountain reappeared. Countless streams of Gold Source Power overflowed from Jiang Chen's hands, transforming into shimmering golden light.