Chapter 2175 - 2172: Gate of Life and Death
Chapter 2175: Chapter 2172: Gate of Life and Death
"The Gate of Life and Death?" Ling Feng was taken aback for a moment, then slightly frowned. Does it mean that one gate leads to life and the other to death?
Ling Feng wasn’t sure which gate to choose. Because it’s very likely that choosing a different gate would lead to different encounters afterward.
After thinking for a while, Ling Feng walked over to the Life Gate. Although he didn’t know how to choose, he was very clear that he didn’t want to die. He had a homeland to save and a beloved to meet outside. How could he possibly die here?
"I don’t care if you’re the Life Gate or Death Gate, I just want to follow my heart!"
But to Ling Feng’s surprise, he couldn’t push open the Life Gate. A look of confusion appeared on his face: "Is it possible that I’m not opening the door the right way?"
Ling Feng then exerted more force, increasing his strength, but the Life Gate remained unmoved.
Ling Feng gasped. He had just used his maximum strength, yet he couldn’t move it an inch. This is definitely not normal!
"Could it be that this door can’t be opened with brute force?" Ling Feng thought to himself. Then he tried calling out: "Open sesame?"
But the Life Gate still didn’t respond, which made Ling Feng a little angry: "At least give me some reaction. Without any response, how am I supposed to figure out how to open you?"
At this moment, the Death Gate suddenly opened, and a strong suction force came from it, pulling Ling Feng directly inside. Ling Feng didn’t even have time to react.
"Oh great, so the door can open by itself!" Ling Feng couldn’t help but complain in his heart, but then a powerful force struck his Sea of Consciousness, causing him to instantly lose consciousness.
He didn’t know how long had passed by the time he gradually woke up from the coma. He hurriedly checked his surroundings and found himself on a vast wasteland. In the distance, there was a colossal Sky-reaching Tower reaching up to the clouds, its top layers invisible from below.
Ling Feng couldn’t help but take a deep breath: "Is this the Sky-reaching Tower? But why is the Sky-reaching Tower inside the Death Gate? Shouldn’t it be within the Life Gate? What exactly does this Death Gate signify?"
"The Death Gate signifies certain death, no survival!" At this time, a familiar voice came from behind Ling Feng.
Ling Feng was shocked: "Yu Rujiao? You’re actually here?"
He turned around to see the owner of the voice was indeed Yu Rujiao, who had helped him a lot on the Phantom Demon Continent!
"The Gate of Life and Death is actually just a test!" Yu Rujiao said calmly: "If you haven’t reached the capability to inherit the War God’s Divine Status, then the Life Gate will open, and you will leave the Path to Godhood to become a strong one in the Immortal Realm!"
"But if you have met the requirements of the Path to Godhood, then the Death Gate will open, and you will enter the Sky-reaching Tower of certain death and no survival!"
Ling Feng’s mouth twitched. So, it’s entirely because he’s too excellent that he couldn’t open the Life Gate? In fact, Ling Feng genuinely wasn’t too interested in deification. If the Life Gate had opened a moment ago, that would have been great because, at the very least, Ling Feng could return to his homeland sooner!
It had already been ten years since he left Earth, and by now, the seal on Earth should have been lifted. But he didn’t know if the power on Earth could protect itself and whether it could hold on until the day he returned!
"Ling Feng, do you think having the power of the Immortal Realm is enough?" Yu Rujiao saw through what Ling Feng was thinking in an instant.
"The Great Thousand Universe is full of dangers. Your homeland is just an insignificant Small World that can’t withstand any storm in the Chaos Universe!" Yu Rujiao said in a deep voice: "What you solved is but temporary and cannot truly protect your homeland!"
Ling Feng nodded: "I know, but I also know that everything has its laws! Even strong ones like the Main God would be obliterated in the vast history. Nothing in this world is eternal!"
"My idea is simple — I just want to help my homeland get through this crisis!" Ling Feng shrugged: "As for how it will develop in the future, that depends on the successors. I can’t protect them forever!"
"I didn’t expect you to understand it so clearly!" Yu Rujiao said, looking at Ling Feng with some surprise.
Ling Feng chuckled: "After all, I’ve never had the thought of being a Savior. It’s just a pity... but since I’ve been chosen by the Sky-reaching Tower, I can only give it my all. After all, I don’t want to die here."
"But..." Ling Feng looked at Yu Rujiao: "I really didn’t expect to see you here. You must have something to tell me, right? Is it to reveal your identity and background?"
Yu Rujiao rolled her eyes and said: "You’re overthinking it. Once you become a War God, you’ll know my identity. Talking about these things now won’t do you any good! However, you’re right about one thing. I do have something to tell you!"
"Please go ahead!" Ling Feng nodded.
"Ling Feng, you must know that there are very few descendants of the War God that can make it this far!" Yu Rujiao said with a serious expression: "Most people fall in the first two rounds, and many more are eliminated by the Gate of Life and Death. Those who make it here are all outstanding individuals!"
"But among these outstanding individuals entering here, not a single one has truly gained the recognition of the War God’s Divine Status!" Yu Rujiao said solemnly: "This alone is enough to illustrate the dangers of the Sky-reaching Tower. Moreover, losing the recognition of the War God’s Divine Status will mean certain death!"
"I can’t help you much now!" Yu Rujiao said calmly: "I can only give you one piece of advice: the Sky-reaching Tower is the final test for the War God’s Divine Status!"
"You must keep your true heart to possibly pass the test of the War God’s Divine Status. If you can’t pass the test... you will only keep sinking in the Sky-reaching Tower, eventually leading to your death!"
"The Sky-reaching Tower is very dangerous, often just one step between paradise and hell!" Yu Rujiao stared at Ling Feng: "I can see that you have the potential for deification, but I don’t know if you have the chance. If not, everything ends. If you do, you must seize that one in ten thousand chance; otherwise, you won’t make it out!"
Ling Feng nodded: "I understand!"
"Are you nervous now?"
"If I say I’m not nervous, would you believe it?" Ling Feng smiled and said: "But I’m really not nervous now. It’s like... I’ve always known I’d have this day!"
"My life hasn’t been long, but I’ve weathered many storms!" Ling Feng said calmly: "On the Path to Godhood, no matter what, I’ll give it my all! But... even if I die in the end, I won’t have any regrets in my heart."