NOVEL NEXT Chapter 367: The Final Trial
When Lin Guang opened his eyes again, he found himself back in the Inheritance Hall.
"Has my Spiritual Power recovered?"
He calmed his turbulent emotions, sensing his Spiritual Power fully restored, and asked his three partners in the Sea of Spirit, "How do you guys feel?"
[*Kazdail swears*, I'm exhausted.]
[Lisa's Ether is still at half...]
[I have about two-thirds remaining.]
"Thank you for your hard work."
At this moment, there were already others in the spacious and rugged Inheritance Hall.
Jiang Nalan and Zuo Qingtian.
Seeing Lin Guang's arrival, they were not surprised and nodded slightly.
Undoubtedly, those who could come out early were the best of the best.
Although he didn't know if each person experienced different challenges, overall, the difficulty seemed similar.
Soon, another person suddenly appeared in the Inheritance Hall.
It was Zhao Yue, with slightly red eyes.
It was unclear what trials she had gone through, but her expression showed that her emotions were anything but calm.
As time passed, the holders of the Supreme Difficulty Compass completed the ninth trial and returned to the Inheritance Hall.
Although their personalities and family backgrounds were very different,
almost everyone had a hint of sadness and coldness in their eyes.
The Demon Race is the cancer of the myriad worlds.
Everyone on Blue Star, even the nomads wandering the Wilderness, harbors a natural hatred and desire to kill the Demon Race.
This hatred and killing intent increased even more after this Illusion Realm.
Because...
Everyone could feel that these were all real events that had happened.
As fellow intelligent creatures, no matter how precocious or extraordinarily gifted, the youths felt a sense of sorrow to some extent for Beishan City's... for the fall of the Refining Heaven Realm.
However, this emotion was somewhat set aside when they looked at the ranking list.
[First Place: Jiang Nalan, forty-four thousand three hundred feet]
[Second Place: Zuo Qingtian, forty-four thousand one hundred feet]
[Third Place: Lin Guang, forty-three thousand nine hundred feet]
[...]
[Twenty-eighth Place: Shi Jialiang, 17,000 feet]
Yes, the twenty-eighth place was currently the last place.
It also represented the number of survivors still in the Celestial Ladder Mountain trial.
After the trial taker from the Yelv family died, three more people died due to the harsh punishment of the second trial.
And although the six people present had already cleared the trial and had recovered their Spiritual Power, none could be said to be in full status.
For Lin Guang, although his three partners weren't injured, the depletion of Ether was very real; on average, it was only about fifty percent of peak condition.
And Zuo Qingtian and Jiang Nalan's depletion would likely not be less than his, while others were even worse.
These two reasons combined to cause the situation in the hall, where although six people had gathered, there was still an eerie silence, with no one in the mood or state of mind to interact.
However, in the next moment,
a transmission suddenly echoed in their minds.
[The results of the second trial are being calculated]
"...?!"
Everyone was taken aback.
Just six people for the calculation?
Weren't the others still in their trials?!
This was followed by a familiar sense of transcendence,
but this time it wasn't the imbuing of True Intent. Everyone snapped back to reality in just seconds, noticeably feeling a mysterious connection had been established with something.
Lin Guang and Jiang Nalan were the first to react, taking out the Inheritance Compass.
The Spirit Pattern they had traced in the first trial actually combined through numerous seemingly constantly evolving lines into one exceedingly intricate and vast Spirit Pattern.
The connection that the Inheritors felt was precisely with this Spirit Pattern.
Evidently, this was what the inheritance had just forcibly crammed into them, as if infusing True Intent, using methods Lin Guang could not comprehend, and he had no ability to resist.
Vishdair couldn't help but say, [What is this?]
Lin Guang reflexively opened the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence.
Then... his pupils contracted.
—This function, could it mean!
And just then, the notification arrived tardily.
[Spirit Body has been retrieved.]
[Extra reward for the Supreme Difficulty Compass has been issued.]
[Note: The effects of the Spirit Pattern are the same for each trial taker.]
Du Qing was a bit puzzled, murmuring, "What is this Spirit Pattern?"
Almost everyone present wore the same expression.
They could slightly sense the effect of this Spirit Pattern—it seemed related to Spirit—yet it was like viewing a flower through a mist, not clearly perceiving it.
Only Lin Guang slightly opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to remind them of something.
Just then, a transmission again echoed in their minds.
[The third trial is beginning]
"What?!"
Almost simultaneously,
the scenery around everyone changed.
In that moment, they returned to the steep, cold-wind-whistling Celestial Ladder Mountain.
Mist and dry air once again entered their nostrils.
This time, however, the scene wasn't solitary; the trial takers could see each other not far away.
Only each person was separated by a light screen, seemingly to prevent mutual interference.
Surprisingly, those who had not passed the second trial were also transported here.
Many bore obvious injuries, evidently from the trial's punishment.
They seemed to have been "skipped" over the recovery stage and directly entered the third trial.
Everyone was still amazed, but soon, their attention was diverted by another matter.
At the end of their gaze, under the blazing sun, they could vaguely see the summit of the Celestial Ladder Mountain, now emitting an extraordinarily dazzling golden light.
And from a straight-line distance, it was no more than a few kilometers away!
[Third Trial Content: Ascend to the top of the Ascension Platform]
[Hint 1: In this trial, only walking and climbing can be used to gain elevation.]
[Hint 2: You may use the Inheritance Compass to let your Lifebound Spirit Beast bear the prohibition.]
[Hint 3: Injuries here will affect both spirit and body simultaneously.]
The third trial.
The conclusion of this unsettling inheritance trial was finally close at hand.
"How could it be?!"
Suddenly, someone's face changed dramatically, looking in a certain direction.
Though the light screens blocked sound, more and more people took notice of him, following his gaze.
Everyone's face changed.
In the not-so-distant sky, the clear blue was now filled with web-like cracks, with infinite darkness starting to spread from afar, engulfing this already small Secret Realm.
And if you turned around, looking back, you could also see the lower part of the Celestial Ladder Mountain that everyone had been climbing was also being engulfed by the same cracks and darkness.
Rocks and clouds, two substances without any difference, were both destined to be shattered and swallowed.
This world was breaking apart!
And at this moment, the majority of trial takers suddenly remembered...
The previously mentioned seven-day time limit, five days had already passed!
Whether this was a restriction of the Secret Realm itself, or the handiwork of "Liu Cheyi," only one thing was certain.
At this pace, it wouldn't take two more days; at most, half a day, and the destruction would extend beneath their feet!
Almost everyone realized one thing...
The third trial would afford them far less time than the first two trials.
If they didn't quickly complete the inheritance trial and break the Secret Realm's seal, everyone would die here.
In the next moment, virtually everyone's gaze locked once more onto the radiant mountain summit.
That place...
If only they could reach that place!