"Choose the wisdom trial. Follow him in and take him down!"
That was Wu Qingyun speaking.
"Choose the strength trial. Little Bai has Strength Specialization."
That was Wu Mingyue speaking.
"Choose the endurance trial! Master's toughness is unmatched. He'll definitely pass with ease."
That was Kong Ming speaking.
Bai Pu smiled, and first rejected Wu Qingyun's suggestion.
"The wisdom trial might require spiritual perception and intellectual deduction to crack mechanisms and hidden passages. Normally, I wouldn't be worried, but in the Immortal Throne Secret Realm, I keep having this feeling that Rosen is very familiar with everything here...
"So if we choose the wisdom trial, Rosen could easily use his foreknowledge to scheme against us."
Bai Pu paused, then continued, "If the will of this secret realm—that is, the lingering consciousness of the Immortal King—doesn't want a premature 'king meets king,' then it'll make us line up and wait for Rosen's group to clear the wisdom trial first. That would also put us behind schedule."
In the end, Bai Pu chose the strength trial.
The endurance trial was good too, but Bai Pu was not interested in taking a beating.
Back when he had chosen tank as his first profession, it was because he had suffered enough from having too weak a constitution and wanted stronger life-preservation ability. That was all. It was not because he had some special interest in getting hit.
Turning left, the group of four walked down the corridor and soon arrived before the grand, ancient doors of a palace.
Above the palace doors, written in the common human language of the Holy Demon World, were four large words: "Strength Trial."
In front of the palace doors stood a stone tablet, with the contents of the strength trial written on it:
"Step One: Push open the