Chapter 445: A Crowd of Prodigies Are Stunned

"Where is this? This passage is way too unreliable, spinning so much I want to throw up." At that moment, Lin Fan's stomach churned violently, as if he might spew a torrent of yellow bile at any moment.

"Sniff sniff..."

"This is the smell of air, still fresh. Looks like we've arrived at the so-called upper realm. Eh... there are sounds in my ears, and I'm not alone?" In the pitch-black passage, Lin Fan's eyes had gone temporarily blind. Now, under the glaring light, he struggled to adapt and restore his vision.

Several figures moved before Lin Fan, blurry, but judging by their silhouettes, they resembled humans, though their auras seemed off.

Gradually, before long, Lin Fan's eyesight slowly recovered.

"Who are you?" When Lin Fan saw the people before him, his heart was filled with astonishment. They were similar to humans, yet somehow different.

Humans with a single horn on their heads.

Humans with three eyes.

Humans with wings on their backs.

And some identical to humans, but with a demonic aura...

What the hell are these people?

Lin Fan was startled and confused. He then looked around: he was in a green jungle, with a wilderness plain ahead, two cliffs converging on either side, leaving only one path.

In the sky hung three blazing suns, yet he felt no scorching heat.

"Brother, have you just ascended too?" Just then, a bare-chested man with a single horn approached Lin Fan, patting his shoulder with a thick palm.

"Yes, and you are?" Lin Fan tried to calm himself. At this moment, he absolutely could not show the embarrassing look of a country bumpkin entering a city; he had to stay composed.

This bare-chested, horned man had a dense aura and surging blood energy, a formidable expert. Although the cultivation system might differ, by the standards of the Xuanhuang Realm, this guy was a master at the Great Heavenly Position Great Perfection stage.

"I am Jiao Niu from the Horn Realm, at the Great Heavenly Position Great Perfection stage." Jiao Niu cupped his fists, speaking with great boldness.

"Lin Fan from the Xuanhuang Realm." Lin Fan remained vigilant, never relaxing his guard in this unknown upper realm.

Lin Fan made small talk while trying to learn about this world from Jiao Niu.

But to his great disappointment, Jiao Niu, like himself, knew nothing about this place.

What puzzled Lin Fan was that the upper realm Jiao Niu described was vastly different from what he had heard.

A paradise on earth? A sacred cultivation ground?

That was the legend passed down in Jiao Niu's world—a sacred land everyone yearned for.

But the upper realm described by Emperor Yuan and the four Supremes was extremely dangerous, a place of survival of the fittest.

What was going on?

Lin Fan roughly counted the people here—about a hundred. Each was at the Great Heavenly Position Great Perfection stage, and they were all young, the youngest seventeen or eighteen, the oldest over thirty.

In Lin Fan's eyes, these were all prodigies from various worlds.

Just then, a commotion arose in the crowd as someone suggested leaving this place.

There was only one exit: the canyon passage ahead.

Lin Fan wanted to stay and wait, to figure out what this world was really like, but an invisible force compelled them to leave.

As if staying even a second longer would bring greater pain.

"Why is it so hard to breathe here? I have to get out," said a young man with wings.

"I feel it too." Another woman with a tail, stunningly beautiful and enchanting, her face gradually turning pale.

In an instant, everyone left the place.

Lin Fan followed behind. At this moment, he had to lie low; he absolutely could not stand out, or he would be the first to die.

As he stepped out of the green jungle, that feeling disappeared.

Treading on the ground, a sense of solidity surged within him, as if he had fully integrated into this world.

Lin Fan had no time to ponder or comprehend what kind of existence this world was; he simply followed the crowd.

"The upper realm is truly wonderful. The power of this world is even denser than in my own world," a young man exclaimed excitedly as he sensed it.

"Haha, this world was made for us. Even my bottleneck is showing signs of loosening," another young man rejoiced, feeling his own condition.

These people were all at the Great Heavenly Position Great Perfection stage, so they were very sensitive to the power of this world. Lin Fan, now at the Ultimate Heavenly Position Great Perfection stage, was not as sensitive, but he could still feel that the power permeating this world was denser than in the Xuanhuang Realm.

As everyone walked through the canyon passage, a bad premonition suddenly filled Lin Fan's heart.

"Haha... Not bad, quite a few people have ascended this time." Just then, wild laughter echoed through the void.

Before anyone could react, a massive cage descended from the sky, blotting out the sun, trapping everyone inside.

"What's going on?"

"Who's there?"

At that moment, the people who had just ascended to the upper realm in excitement were thrown into panic by this sudden turn of events.

But having cultivated to this level, they quickly regained their composure after the initial shock.

Lin Fan's heart pounded. Could it be that what Emperor Yuan and the others said was true—that this so-called upper realm was actually a hell, a place of suffering?

"Haha..." Just then, a group of figures appeared atop the canyon.

Lin Fan stared intently, frowning slightly. These creatures were hideously ugly, and their狂暴 auras were fully exposed, filling this world.

"Who are you all? We have just ascended here. If we have offended you in any way, please forgive us." At that moment, Jiao Niu stepped forward, cupping his fists.

"Boom..."

The group atop the canyon leaped down heavily, landing on the ground. Their brutal eyes swept over the people imprisoned in the cage, a cold sneer curling on their lips.

Lin Fan observed these ugly creatures. They were uniformly dressed, suggesting they were led by someone.

Just then, a figure emerged from behind the ugly group. It was a tall, pitch-black creature, resembling "Gengu," but not as massive.

"You ugly bastards, let me out! Do you know who I am?" A man beside Lin Fan roared angrily.

"That's right! I am Yanhuo Dadi, a prodigy of the Fire Realm. You ugly wretches, release us at once, or I'll make you suffer the torment of flames!" A red-haired man bellowed.

In the Fire Realm, he was the renowned Yanhuo Dadi, worshipped and respected by countless people. But here in this so-called upper realm, he was trapped by these ugly things—how could he tolerate that?

At that moment, the others also began to roar, clearly dissatisfied with this treatment.

Lin Fan, however, stood aside, utterly shocked.

Because these seemingly ugly underlings were all at the Ultimate Heavenly Position stage, and their apparent leader was even stronger than that.

Weren't these guys just asking for death?

Lin Fan sighed helplessly. What kind of world was this?

Why did he run into something like this right after coming out?

Emperor Yuan, why didn't you explain clearly?

At that moment, Lin Fan was at a loss...