Chapter 1542 - 741: 2

Chapter 1542: Chapter 741: 2

In just a second, he crossed nearly two hundred meters in height and reached the center of the dome.

The moment his head touched the blue light shield, his body did not encounter any substantial obstacle.

A soft "pop" sounded.

Fang Cheng lightly penetrated the barrier and plunged directly into the eternally unchanging Netherworld Waters.

Extreme cold and extinction completed their encirclement instantly.

The surroundings plunged into pure darkness, with even a single wandering photon devoured completely.

Hearing was almost entirely stripped away, leaving only the friction sound from the heavy water displaced by his body.

Following closely was the terrifying pressure, heavy as a mountain.

At a depth of ten thousand meters, each square centimeter of skin had to endure a whole ton of physical pressure.

If we delve into the principles, in this Super Abyssal Zone defined as a life-forbidden area by the scientific community, pressure itself is not the most lethal threat.

What can instantly destroy everything is the "pressure difference," an irresistible natural law.

Deep-sea submersibles require a heavy pressure-resistant hull because the interior must maintain normal air pressure for human breathing.

Once a crack appears in the hull, the enormous difference between the external pressures of nearly a thousand atmospheres and internal normal pressure can crush the entire hull into a heap of scrap metal in one-hundredth of a second.

If it’s a solid rock, as long as the force is balanced, it naturally remains unharmed.

Those deep-sea soft-bodied creatures, relying on their unique structures, fill their bodies with fluids equal to the external pressure, allowing them to swim safely in this desperate place.

But humans cannot.

There are ineliminable cavities in the lungs, stomach, cranial cavity, and even blood vessels.

Fang Cheng floated in the cold and heavy undercurrent, his Pure Yang True Qi flowing spontaneously like rivers and streams.

A very thin golden halo penetrated from his pores, tightly adhering to the surface of his skin.

He had to rely on precisely controlled domain to construct a buffer zone on his body surface, forcibly flattening the enormous pressure difference between internal organs and the deep sea outside.

But this is the most troublesome contradiction of this challenge.

Visualization requires consciousness to thoroughly immerse in emptiness, abandoning all distractions and subjective control.

While maintaining the pressure difference resistance domain requires Fang Cheng to divert part of his consciousness to finely control the output frequency of True Qi.

One yin, one yang; one move, one stillness.

These are two completely oppositely extreme physiological states.

Fang Cheng steadied his stance, slowly crossed his legs in the water, assuming a sitting posture with five hearts facing the sky.

He started trying to solve this problem by multitasking.

With a Spirit Attribute as high as 74 points, Fang Cheng forcibly cut his consciousness apart.

One part, relying on the instinct of "Water Breathing," controlled the rhythm of True Qi flow.

The other part slowly immersed in the Consciousness World, attempting to open the door toward the emptiness realm.

Initially, the progress was smooth.

The raging undercurrent seemed to recede, and Fang Cheng successfully passed the first stage, entering the "Meditation" level.

However, just as he was about to continue diving deeper, stepping into the deeper "Meditation" moment, the most dangerous backlash arrived with a roar.

His spiritual defense line showed rare flaws under the state of consciousness splitting.

The deep sea’s long-dormant mysterious wave infiltrated, directly acting on the depths of his mind.

An enormous ghostly blue shadow tractionlessly crossed the dimensional boundary and projected into his subconscious.

In a daze, Fang Cheng felt like he was no longer enveloped by cold seawater, but back to the warmth of the mother’s womb.

Surrounded entirely by endless blue, an indescribable comfort spread throughout his body.

Every cell cheered, urging him to surrender resistance and fall into slumber.

The sound of surging tides echoed in his ears, rising and falling.

A spiritual, mysterious murmur, floating and ethereal, called Fang Cheng’s name.

Among them were numerous low chanting, prayers of worship to God.

This choir gathered like waves, resembling a solemn and grand hymn, shaking the mind.

It seemed...

As long as he joined in, followed the chant and worship, he could immediately gain inexhaustible power and strange abilities.

At this moment, an ancient and desolate mooing sounded in his mind with a roar.

Like a proverbial sound from the Primordial, traversing endless time and space, finally arrives here.

The lingering sound akin to rolling thunder made the blue ocean shudder abruptly.

The summons seemed like hymn-singing faced immediate impact and became chaotic.

Fang Cheng felt a violent shock in his heart and his eyes suddenly snapped open.

The golden halo on his skin flickered violently once, nearly disbanding.

The external terrifying water pressure instantly found a ventilation outlet, squeezing inward fiercely.

Fang Cheng only felt his chest tighten, a hint of iron taste surged from his throat, he immediately mobilized True Qi to regain stability on the defense shield.

He floated cross-legged in the darkness, brows tightly furrowed, swiftly reviewing the perilous situation just now.

Failed.

Enduring the ten-thousand-foot water pressure, resisting pressure differences inside and outside while dividing attention to resist the soul-penetrating summon temptation.

The superposition of multiple extreme conditions has already exceeded the limits the human mind can handle.

"I need to find a method to break through."

Fang Cheng calmly examined his Skill Panel, his gaze finally locked onto a long-neglected icon.

[Concentration].

Ever since his Spirit Attribute made significant leaps, Fang Cheng could easily enter a concentrated state while doing anything.

This initial skill requiring sustained consumption of Spiritual Energy to maintain the state has been nothing more than a burden for a long time, almost entirely set aside.