He and a few people nearby stood there, watching the people not far away being tortured.
He caught a glimpse of the woman in white surnamed Lu, still standing there with a calm expression. In this dark and terrifying place, it seemed that any sin had nothing to do with her and could not be tainted with her in the slightest.
However, what other people are like has nothing to do with him.
Listening to the screams one after another in the steamer, Qi Mingchen felt a little regretful. Pain was nothing to him, but he didn't expect that he had so few sins. He basically didn't experience punishment, and the growth of Chuguang was very little. So little that it can be ignored.
The next six, seven, eight, and nine floors are respectively: Copper Pillar Purgatory, Knife Mountain Purgatory, Iceberg Purgatory, and Oil Pot Purgatory.
One after another, hundreds of people chose to give up and leave, unable to bear the harsh punishment.
Among these, only the seventh level was violated by him.
"Knife Mountain Purgatory. Those who blaspheme gods and kill animals must climb the mountain barefoot according to the degree of their sins."
Because he had killed strange beasts before, he inevitably violated this rule.
In fact, no one could escape this punishment, including the woman named Lu.
When Qi Mingchen found that he was driven down the mountain and had to climb to a certain height according to his sins, he felt joy in his heart.
Finally, a punishment fell upon him.
He lost his shoes and stepped on them with his bare feet. The sharp blade instantly pierced his skin, drawing blood.
At the same time, the first light between his eyebrows flickered, and sure enough, the energy in it began to increase.
The distance he had to climb was not high, so he stopped where he was, preparing to continue climbing when his energy stopped growing.
The monster waved his whip and urged him to go up. Unfortunately, the injury caused by the whip could not increase his energy.
There was also a wound on the back, and the pain was no less than the pain in the feet.
He ignored the whips that kept coming from behind, and when he felt that the first light was no longer active, he lifted his feet and continued walking up.
The lava river twists and turns, and the flames billow in the river, emitting scorching gas and baking the air until it becomes unbearable.
Sharp knives covered the ground, causing extremely severe pain with every step.
"No, I can't stand it anymore!"
Some people committed suicide on the spot and chose to give up, while others were already in a state of mental breakdown. It seemed that they were unable to leave due to orders or restrictions, and they could no longer hold on.
In the chaotic state, Qi Mingchen still remained awake and walked up step by step, but he stopped to feel every step he took, and waited for the first light to stop growing before continuing to go up.
After a while, he saw the woman in white, her feet were dripping with blood, her head was covered with cold sweat, her face was pale and she insisted on walking up.
In this level, without exception, everyone accepted the punishment.
After this level, he did not receive any punishment until he reached the ninth level, and Chuguang grew slowly.
At this time, a monster came over and said: "You have accepted half of the punishment and are qualified to leave. You can leave as long as you silently recite "Thanks to the Lord" in your heart."
After everyone had survived all the punishments, they didn't think much about it after hearing these words. They all muttered silently in their hearts and disappeared.
Mu Qingdu, who was beside him, was bruised and unrecognizable. In the end, he showed a mocking expression, closed his eyes and disappeared into thin air the next second.
Soon, everyone left except Qi Mingchen.
He walked towards the monster and asked, "Can I accept the remaining trial of purgatory?"
The monster looked at him like a monster and said, "Are you okay?"
"is it not OK?"
He doesn't care what the other party thinks. If there is a way to improve Chuguang, he will naturally not let it go, even if he has to endure some pain.
"Yes, yes...are you sure?"
"Um."
The monster took him to the tenth level, "The purgatory of the cattle pit, torturing the livestock, building happiness on it...you didn't."
The monster scratched his head and continued: "The eleventh floor, stone-pressed purgatory, those who abandon babies...well, you still don't have it."
"The twelfth floor is the mortar purgatory. Those who waste food and speak dirty words while eating, well, you have wasted food."
In this way, under the leadership of the monster, he accepted the exclusive punishment.
He went through it from the tenth to the eighteenth floor. Unfortunately, he only violated the twelfth floor and never did the rest.
After all eighteen levels were passed, the first light in the center of his eyebrows suddenly shone with light, and a pure energy surged from all around and gathered in the center of his eyebrows.
Chu Guang's energy, which was originally the size of a bean, has now become the size of a copper coin. His whole body is clear and comfortable, as if he has been purified.
"Okay, you have accepted all the punishment, go now!"
He didn't even need to recite anything silently in his heart, the surrounding scene changed and turned into the original space. After he arrived, everyone's eyes turned to him.
"Why is this person coming back so slowly?"
"No wonder it took so long."
"You can't stay and experience the rest of the punishment!"
"How can it be?"
In the surrounding discussions, Qi Mingchen discovered that his choice just now delayed everyone's progress, but he had no guilt. Even knowing this did not affect his improvement in strength.
The energy of the first light has increased and has now exceeded the acquired stage. He does not know exactly what strength it is. Through the identity card test, he knows that it was at the peak of the acquired state before, so now the energy of the first light is at least in the early stage of the innate stage!
If he uses this energy to repair the elixir, he can repair an orange-level primary elixir in just one day.
Mu Qingdu also recovered and walked over and said: "I remember when you pulled out your tongue before, you asked the monster to continue. You are not really there to continue to accept the punishment!"
He did not answer, and everyone's discussion only lasted for a while before their attention was diverted by another more important matter.
[There are 1,257 people who participated in the second-level trial, 851 people were eliminated, and 406 people passed the level. 】
The elimination of so many people in this round did not cause any shock, but some people discussed:
"The painful trial... wasn't part of last year's final trial? Why was it advanced to the second level this time?"
After everyone has experienced the horror of purgatory, no one thinks it is impossible to eliminate so many people.
"The first level was scarier than usual, too."
[The second-level trial is over. Starting from the third level, those who were injured and died will be brought to reality and irreversibly repaired. The trialist can choose whether to continue. 】
"I won't continue. The second level is so outrageous. I'm afraid my life will be lost."
"Even if you can choose to escape during the process, you will still die if you don't respond in time."
"It's a pity that no soul power has been awakened."
"I've never seen anyone awaken to this thing before..."
At this time, a cold snort interrupted the discussion of the people around him.
