Urban Super Medical Sage
Chapter 886 - 881: Deceptively Simple (6 Updates)

Chapter 886: Chapter 881: Deceptively Simple (6 Updates)

Within the Forest of Thousands Swords.

Su Chen stood in front of a bridgehead.

The bridge was built from countless strands of Sword Light.

Su Chen had yet to step onto the bridge, because it gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.

His face was solemn and serious; he had an intuition that if he stepped onto the bridge, he would die.

He was silent, seemingly in thought, and after a long while, he had a Weapon in his hand, a Dao Artifact, a sword.

Whoosh!

He raised his hand, and the Dao Artifact Sword was thrown by him onto the bridge.

In an instant, the bridge that had been quiet and still suddenly softened, turning into a writhing maw of Devouring, completely enveloping the Dao Artifact Sword.

Without any interval of time, the surface of the bridge returned to calm.

But upon closer inspection, the Dao Artifact Sword had completely lost its luster, turning into a metallic shattered void, and the energy originally contained within the Dao Artifact Sword had disappeared completely.

"Terrifying, this bridge can corrode and devour," Su Chen gasped, muttering to himself.

"Young boy Su, now, are you ready to end this journey into the Forest of Thousands Swords, or will you continue?" Jiuyou asked.

"Continue."

"Really continue?" Jiuyou was slightly surprised.

Su Chen nodded emphatically: "Unyielding!!! Unyielding Sword Intent! You and I both know what ’unyielding’ refers to, don’t we? If I cower and fear and turn back now, then the Unyielding Sword Intent I’ve gained will turn into nothingness. The nourishment I’ve consumed, I will not spit out."

Having said that.

Su Chen hardened his face, clenched his teeth tightly, and took a step forward.

Thud!

With that step, he was standing on the Sword Light Bridge, and in an instant, he felt a cotton-like softness, and at the same time, his Mind, Physical Body, Mysterious Qi, and Meridians were all locked in place, as if he was restrained.

"Damn it!"

Su Chen’s face changed drastically, his body trembling, almost convulsing, he tried with all his might to lift his foot, wanting to break free from such shackles.

But he couldn’t, not at all.

Not only that, even his loud shout did not carry through the air, as if it was being muffled.

A sense of utter powerlessness filled his heart, arrogantly magnifying.

And then, in the next moment, his entire body began to sink even further, or it could be said that he was starting to be devoured by the bridge.

During the process of being devoured, Su Chen felt his flesh and bones being corroded, torn, sliced, crushed, and ground, excruciatingly painful!!! A fate worse than death!

"Ah ah ah..." Su Chen screamed miserably.

But he still had a sliver of rationality, not entirely panicked, he exerted all his strength to operate the Divine Mansion, desperately using the Temporal Heavenly Dao.

This was self-salvation.

Yet this act of self-salvation could only barely keep up with the rate at which his body was dissolving.

Time ticked away, second by second, Su Chen grew increasingly exhausted and tormented, yet he dared not relax one bit.

A stalemate.

It just went on like this.

But there was no glimmer of hope in sight.

He didn’t know how long it had been, Su Chen was almost numb, almost ready to give up completely, but just as he couldn’t hold on any longer, suddenly, all the oppressive force, devouring force, and corroding force around him disappeared, inexplicably gone.

Too strange, it’s like an illusion, a dream.

"How could this be possible?" Su Chen’s eyes widened, his gaze trembling. He even fiercely bit his own tongue, unable to believe it.

Soon, he felt as though he was enveloped by a cloud. The cloud carried him, slowly lifting him off the Sword Light Bridge, like a mother’s large hand saving him, and gently placed him on the ground near the end of the bridge.

Su Chen lay on the ground, taking deep breaths.

Visible to the naked eye, the horrific injuries on his body rapidly vanished.

Before long.

His wounds were healed.

"Who saved me?" Su Chen muttered to himself.

Through his previous confrontation with the bridge, Su Chen was certain he was no match for the Sword Light Bridge, not even remotely close.

During the time his body was completely devoured, absorbed, corroded by the bridge, that feeling of cold, pain, despair was indescribable!!!

Even with his state of mind, when thinking back on it now, he still felt a chill that made his scalp explode.

"Should I give up?" Su Chen asked himself again.

Reason told him he should give up. To have come this far was already very good, he had already tried his best. This Sixth Layer’s Sword Light Bridge was obviously not something he could cross.

He had already attempted once, and if not for some lucky, strange fluke that saved him, he would be dead.

But deep in his heart, there was another voice telling him he can’t leave. Even if hope was slim, it was worth every effort. Even if it cost him his life, he must move forward. Life goes on, as do steps. On the Path of Martial Cultivation, one cannot have fear.

About half an incense stick of time passed, "Continue on!" Su Chen abruptly raised his head, his teeth chattering. That powerful, dense, refined, pure Unyielding Sword Intent suddenly rippled through his body.

Su Chen was filled with a determination to face death!!! At this point, the best choice might have been to leave, but it wasn’t his choice!

"If I’m going to die, so be it! At least I’ll have no regrets!" Su Chen roared fiercely, his eyes suddenly ablaze. He was utterly risking it all, completely desperate. He lifted his foot and stepped forward without hesitation.

A step taken.

Su Chen gritted his teeth and grimaced, ready for everything! Ready for the arrival of life or death! Ready for a fate worse than death! Ready for it all!

However, to his shock, the pain he imagined, the death he imagined, none of it happened.

In fact, there was no bridge made of Sword Light in front of him at all. The place was empty, devoid of anything or anyone, as if everything before had been nothing but an illusion.

"This..." Su Chen was taken aback, stunned: "How is this possible?"

"Interesting." In the same second, Jiuyou suddenly had an epiphany, she too had been fooled.

Originally, the key, the core to overcoming the Sixth Layer’s Sword Forest wasn’t about how terrifying, perverse, or brutal the bridge was?

It was about whether the challenger, after experiencing the bridge’s despair, solitude, death, and pain once, could overcome the psychological barrier and resolutely take the deadly step for a second time within a short period?

Participants only needed to take that one step to pass.

In other words, this was a test of courage!!! A test of the courage to move forward despite knowing certain death awaits!

It seemed simple.

But in reality, it was exceedingly difficult.

Just think, if there was something that nearly killed you the first time you tried it, would you try it a second time?

Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of people would not try again.

Including Heyue Nishang.

Back then, Heyue Nishang was halted at the Sword Eternal Forest.

She, just like Su Chen moments ago, took a step onto the bridge and vividly felt the sensation of nearly dying once, only to be strangely saved...

But unlike Su Chen, she didn’t think twice, nor did she dare to. All she thought about was returning home. She didn’t have the courage to experience or try it again.

If she had the courage to try once more, she would have clearly succeeded in passing the Sixth Layer. Success and failure were just a thought apart.