CHAPTER 1781: CHAPTER 1781: PERIL UPON PERIL

After stepping onto solid ground, Wyatt Barnes turned around and gazed at the vast force descending from the sky like a waterfall.

This force was milky white and carried a chilling aura that made people’s skin crawl.

"This force was triggered when I exited the passage... Fortunately, the solar True Origin within me is comparable to the True Origin of an ordinary early Great Saint Realm presence, otherwise, not even a Middle Saint Realm peak True Origin defense might withstand its impact!"

Wyatt felt a bit relieved in his heart. "A Middle Saint Realm peak being trying to get from the other side of the passage to here... Even if they survive, they’d get injured!"

As someone who’s been through it, Wyatt was very certain of this.

"I wonder what the third checkpoint is..."

Mumbling to himself, Wyatt was just about to turn around when, at that moment, his gaze once again touched the vast, waterfall-like milky white force, and a thought involuntarily popped into his mind, "This endlessly cascading force like a waterfall... could it be the third checkpoint in this ’Abyssal Marsh’?"

At first, due to lingering fear, Wyatt hadn’t thought of this force as the third checkpoint, but now, slightly calmed, he couldn’t help but secretly speculate.

However, as he speculated further, he grew a bit hesitant, "If it really is the third checkpoint... that would be too random, wouldn’t it?"

For a moment, Wyatt’s confidence faltered, and he couldn’t confirm whether it was the third checkpoint.

"Forget it, whether it’s the third checkpoint or not! Regardless of whether it is, I must also overcome the subsequent checkpoints... Only by surpassing the first eight checkpoints can I meet the owner of that voice. The final checkpoint’s trial should be related to him because he said he would wait for me there."

Recalling the voice that reminded him during the first checkpoint, Wyatt’s emotions surged.

If he passes through these nine checkpoints of the Abyssal Marsh, it would mean he could obtain the Divine Ability relics within. Considering the difficulty of the Abyssal Marsh checkpoints, the Divine Ability relics recorded inside must be extraordinary!

Taking a deep breath to slightly calm his excited emotions, Wyatt turned around, with his back to the waterfall-like force.

At this moment, Wyatt finally had the mind and time to inspect the ’world’ behind the passage. The place he currently stood was at the head of an arched bridge.

On the other side of the arched bridge was a mist of mixed white and red, blocking Wyatt’s vision so that he couldn’t clearly see what lay beyond.

The arched bridge was very wide and long, situated over a dry riverbed, in which not a drop of water could be seen.

"Let’s have a look over there."

Since he had already arrived here, Wyatt naturally would not consider going back. Resolutely, he stepped onto the arched bridge, preparing to reach the other side.

The moment he set foot on the arched bridge, Wyatt felt a mysterious pressure enveloping him.

"Could this be the fourth checkpoint?"

His heart stirred as he contemplated.

At the moment this thought fell, Wyatt sensed a violent trembling beneath his feet, akin to an earthquake.

His first reaction at this point was to leap into the air to avoid this ’earthquake’.

However, he quickly discovered that the pressure enveloping him was actually a highly advanced ’forbidden space array’, sealing his ability to levitate and making it impossible to escape from the bridge beneath his feet.

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

...

Accompanied by a series of crisp sounds, Wyatt observed menacing and terrifying cracks spreading across the bridge. At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before the bridge would break.

But, after looking at the dry riverbed, Wyatt wasn’t in a hurry to leave because he felt that even if the bridge broke, it wouldn’t have much impact.

Boom!!

Another earth-shattering noise emerged as the bridge under Wyatt’s feet suddenly fractured at incredible speed.

"It broke so quickly?"

Upon witnessing this, Wyatt was amazed, finding the speed with which the bridge collapsed to be beyond his expectations.

Even if he had tried to escape earlier, he likely would have struggled to do so before the bridge broke.

With the bridge fracturing, Wyatt released his solar True Origin externally to form a ’Taiyan Sword Bell’, as the debris from the shattered bridge fell to the ground.

Many debris pieces flew toward Wyatt but were blocked by the Taiyan Sword Bell.

"This bridge... seems to have broken strangely!"

Simultaneously, Wyatt’s expression became serious, because he knew that everything before him was an ’illusion’, not reality. The way the bridge collapsed certainly had its reasons.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

Just as Wyatt was about to reach the dry riverbed, a series of deafening noises erupted behind him, sounding just like a flood sweeping in.

No!

The roaring behind him was even more terrifying than a flood crashing down!

When Wyatt instinctively turned his head, he saw at once that a vast force was sweeping from that enormous waterfall-like milky white force.

That waterfall-like force, after filling the ditch between the passage and the arched bridge, had nowhere to go and was rushing toward the dry riverbed.

At this point, restricted by the forbidden space array, Wyatt landed firmly on the dry riverbed.

Instantly, he felt the tremor beneath his feet, which was even more terrifying than the previous ’earthquake’.

Moreover, that vast, surging milky white force came at him in waves, each stronger than the last.

The leading wave of that milky white force was much stronger than the waterfall-like force Wyatt had previously experienced.

Even Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but change his expression when he sensed the aura emanating from this power.

Just because the strength of this power was such that even his Supreme Sun Sword Bell, condensed from solar essence, might not withstand it.

If his true body were here, he could rely on the mighty physical strength of his main body.

However, what he’s relying on now is a clone. The clone doesn’t have the powerful physical strength of the main body, and at this moment, he can only rely on his own solar essence.

"I must not be overwhelmed by this power... Otherwise, I am doomed!"

With this thought, Wyatt dared not linger and hurriedly rushed to the other side of the riverbank.

BOOM!!

Just as Wyatt shot out, the majestic milky white force at the forefront fell like a flood, crashing hard onto the dried riverbed.

The ’vanguard’ arrived, followed closely by subsequent waves of power.

In an instant, half of the riverbed was filled with the milky white power, which continued to sweep toward the other side of the riverbed as if it wouldn’t rest until it filled the entire riverbed.

The milky white force at the forefront, pressurized and layered by the waves behind, moved increasingly faster.

In no time, its speed surpassed Wyatt’s, and the distance between it and him rapidly closed.

"Not good!"

Even without looking back, Wyatt could sense the power closing in from behind, and his face changed dramatically.

The riverbank ahead would usually be nothing to him; he’d consider it very close.

But now, he felt it was incredibly far away.

He was anxious, which perfectly described his current state of mind.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

...

The vast power at the forefront moved faster and faster, drawing nearer to Wyatt.

Eventually, it was mere inches from Wyatt!

But Wyatt still had a distance to the riverbank ahead; if things continued this way, he’d be overwhelmed before reaching it.

The surging power was merely inches away, effortlessly shattering the Supreme Sun Sword Bell shielding Wyatt’s body.

"I have to give it my all!"

With the Supreme Sun Sword Bell broken, Wyatt realized the danger. His handsome face turned serious, his solar essence surged, and he channeled it out through ninety-nine Saint Veins at top speed.

Ten Thousand Sword Domain!

At the critical moment, Wyatt condensed his domain.

Once the Ten Thousand Sword Domain appeared, it enveloped a hundred meters around Wyatt with the milky white power inside.

Simultaneously, under Wyatt’s control, thousands of condensed sword formations within the Ten Thousand Sword Domain rapidly gathered, forming a massive golden sword like a blazing sun.

Raising his hand, Wyatt grasped the giant sword, and at the same time, his remaining solar essence madly surged into the sword.

As the vast milky white power in the forefront was about to engulf Wyatt, he finally made his move at the last moment.

BZZZ!!

The giant sword swept across the void, containing all the power Wyatt could muster and the mysteries of the Supreme Heart Sword.

BZZZ! BZZZ! BZZZ! BZZZ! BZZZ!

...

As the giant sword swept through the air, the void trembled. Although it wasn’t the sword edge cutting through, the sword body also encountered tremendous resistance from the air.

Nonetheless, despite the air resistance, the swing of the giant sword was swift.

Finally, the giant sword met the force ahead that almost engulfed Wyatt and smashed down fiercely.

In a flash of lightning and thunder, as the giant sword struck the power, Wyatt felt a violent shock transmitted through his hand.

His wrist burned with pain, and meanwhile, a force, like a headless fly, rushed chaotically through his body, causing his blood to surge.

"Wow!!"

Instinctively, Wyatt opened his mouth, and a mouthful of dark red blood spat out.

At the same time, the giant sword was finally shattered by the force at the forefront.

BOOM!!

As soon as the giant sword shattered, a powerful force hit Wyatt, flinging him backward.

Wyatt was sent flying like an arrow leaving the bow, narrowly landing on the riverbank ahead.

BOOM!!

As Wyatt landed on the riverbank, the power at the forefront also crashed into the riverbank, resulting in a thunderous roar like a dragon’s roar.