Silently, the holographic scene shattered into pieces. Chen Yue still maintained the posture of throwing himself in, but he had already returned to the room of the Element Measuring Instrument.

  Taking a deep breath, Chen Yue closed his eyes to cover up the remaining look of shock in his eyes.

  When he opened his eyes again, Chen Yue had regained his calmness, and there was no longer any strangeness in his eyes. At this time, he realized that he had broken free from the holographic scene.

  Although he knew very well that no matter how long he stayed in the holographic scene, it was just a short moment in reality, Chen Yue still had the illusion of being separated by thousands of years and a sense of vicissitudes.

  With a sigh, Chen Yue was about to step out of the house. However, just as he lifted his left foot, more than a dozen landing spots instantly flashed through his mind. Which spot was the most suitable for launching an attack or escaping, how much force should be used, and how to land as quickly as possible, etc. All these made the best choices in an instant.

  At the same time, his left foot also made corresponding movements. Almost as soon as the judgment was made in his mind, it was already implemented on his foot, stepping precisely on the selected spot without the slightest deviation.

  Immediately after that, as he made this movement, a fierce aura burst out from his body at the same time, as if he was about to launch an earth-shattering attack in the next moment.

  Uh...

  Chen Yue suddenly woke up. His left hand suddenly pressed on his right hand that was about to draw the sword, stopping this reflexive action, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

  He realized that a huge problem was placed in front of him.

  The experiences in the holographic scene had refined every movement of his to the bone. However, now he was in the peaceful reality, not on that battlefield full of crises. If he still behaved like this in every move, perhaps others would regard him as a madman, or the other person would be scared unconscious by him.

  The trouble was that in Chen Yue's feeling, he had stayed on that tragic battlefield for several years. He had to stay on guard all the time. As a result, this habit had been engraved into his bones and almost became an instinct. It was impossible to correct it in a short time.

  What a headache!

  Who said there were no after-effects? Chen Yue was angry.

  ...

  Thus, although the Element Measuring Instrument had already stopped operating, and the people waiting outside knew from the occasional sounds coming from the house that Chen Yue had already woken up, they waited and waited, but still didn't see Chen Yue come out of the house.

  The collision sounds they heard had changed from the intense ones like a violent storm before to the ones that could only be heard once in a long while. Even if there were sounds, they were just gentle impacts. Obviously, something had changed inside.

  However, as long as Chen Yue didn't come out, no one knew what had happened inside.

  After waiting for a while and still not seeing anyone, Vinia, who had been extremely worried before, immediately became furious and even a bit desperate. She had already determined that Chen Yue must have suffered permanent damage in the holographic scene. Otherwise, why couldn't he come out after such a long time? The sounds coming from the house were obviously the manifestations that Chen Yue hadn't realized that he had broken free from the holographic scene yet.

  "Kles Nor, just wait for my declaration of war. Now, open the door for me immediately."

  With a cold shout, facing Vinia's blatant provocation, he didn't want to show weakness either. Moreover, in order to irritate her, he put on a hypocritical look on the surface and said with great pity, "No one expected that something like this would happen to Chen Yue. What a pity for such a talented person."

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  But in fact, he was already overjoyed in his heart. Being able to make Vinia so angry showed how excellent Chen Yue's aptitude was and how important he was in Vinia's heart. Since they had clearly fallen out, he was naturally happy to hit her more.

  "Let's wait for him to come out by himself. If we forcibly open the door, maybe it will make his injuries worse instead." Kles Nor shed a crocodile tear. In fact, he just wanted to enjoy Vinia's despair a bit more.

  Vinia closed her eyes painfully, while Kles Nor, if he hadn't forced himself to suppress it, would have almost laughed out loud with joy.

  Although the reactions of the two were completely different, they basically both believed in one fact, that is, Chen Yue had really suffered permanent damage.

  Suddenly, a crystal-clear arm stretched out from the house. Then, the other arm slapped the previous one in a very strange way. Maintaining this odd posture, Chen Yue walked out slowly. His steps were rather slow, and each step seemed as heavy as a thousand catties, extremely steady.

  "Mentor Vinia, how was the test result?"

  Anyway, the purpose of entering the Element Measuring Instrument was to know whether his foundation was shallow or not. So as soon as Chen Yue came out, this was the question he cared about.

  However, Vinia just stared at him blankly, and the look in her eyes was extremely complicated, with shock, disbelief, and wild joy, but she didn't answer him.

  Kles Nor beside her also had a similar look. He seemed to have an egg stuffed in his throat, his eyes were almost popping out, his mouth opened and closed but couldn't make a sound. On the contrary, Lili Dan, who didn't know much, looked much calmer.

  Looking at the two of them a bit strangely, Chen Yue eagerly looked at the crystal screen. When he saw it clearly, his tightly clenched heart immediately relaxed.

  He saw that the pipe representing the first rank was densely filled with mercury-like substances, shining dazzlingly.

  Chen Yue was extremely delighted.

  Unexpectedly, not only did he not have the hidden danger of a shallow foundation, but his foundation was extremely solid. He had indeed reached the bottleneck naturally, without any falsehood in it.

  How could this be? Besides being delighted, Chen Yue was also very puzzled. This mystery was like a thorn in his heart. After all, such a leap was a once-in-a-lifetime good thing. If it could be unraveled or even continuously replicated, that would be the best.

  As his speculation gradually deepened, Chen Yue's forehead gradually relaxed.

  It turned out that both he and Vinia had made the same mistake unconsciously.

  When he first perceived the Source of Life, they both forgot to verify its intensity.

  Thus, the doubt was formed.

  For apostles who had just advanced to the first rank, because their Source of Life had experienced the first impact, it was weakened to the extreme. It took a long time to recover to the scale before summoning the familiar spirit before they could consider continuing to grow until reaching the bottleneck. That is to say, the reason why it was so difficult for first-rank apostles to reach the bottleneck was all because they spent a lot of time on recovery.

  However, Chen Yue was different. His Source of Life hadn't been weakened at all. So, from the beginning, he was ahead of others. Without the recovery stage, he grew directly, so he could reach the bottleneck so quickly.

  What a pity.

  After figuring it out, Chen Yue couldn't help but feel extremely sorry because this process couldn't be replicated.

  "Chen Yue, are you okay?" Seeing that Chen Yue looked normal and even his eyes were occasionally as sharp as knives, making people dare not look directly at him, Vinia didn't believe it at first. When she saw that Chen Yue didn't have any unusual reactions, she suddenly became ecstatic.

  "What could be wrong with me?" Chen Yue said casually. Only a flash of murderous intent could be seen in his eyes when he looked at Kles Nor.

  Chen Yue wasn't stupid. He realized that Kles Nor had tampered with it not long after entering the holographic scene. It wasn't his style to not take revenge when there was a grudge. But now that his strength was insufficient, he could only pretend to be stupid and didn't dare to show his true intentions.

  As for the changes in Vinia's expression, he also saw them one by one. After careful thought, he knew that Vinia must have been extremely worried after he entered the holographic scene.

  He was truly grateful to Vinia, but he wouldn't just express his gratitude verbally. He could only find an opportunity to repay her in the future.

  "Hehe, it's good that you're okay. It's good that you're okay." Kles Nor said a few dry words after reacting. But the tone was so false that even he himself felt uncomfortable. Besides being shocked that Chen Yue could come out safely and even gain something from the Purgatory difficulty, for the first time, there was a bit of wariness in his eyes when he looked at Chen Yue.

  Yes, it was wariness.

  Logically speaking, with his fifth-rank strength, Chen Yue was just an ant. He could kill him whenever he wanted and didn't need to take it to heart at all. However, he remembered a legend.

  A legend about the Purgatory difficulty.