The Sea God's Changing Divine Test
"Lightning?"
Seahorse Douluo's expression changed drastically. He looked up at the sky. Nine Soul Ring lit up around him, and a phantom of a Sea Horse appeared behind him.
He summoned his Martial Soul, and lightning struck. It didn't cause him much harm, but it did shake his blood and qi to their core.
boom
Immediately afterward, another silver streak crashed down from the sky. It struck Seahorse Douluo squarely.
Seahorse Douluo moved. However, two more bolts of lightning then fell from the sky, attacking Seahorse Douluo.
One or two bolts of lightning would be one thing, but three or four bolts of lightning struck Seahorse Douluo, which was definitely not a coincidence.
"No, this is divine punishment!"
Seahorse Douluo looked utterly shocked.
boom
While Seahorse Douluo was still in shock, another bolt of lightning struck him.
The purple-robed Sea Soul Master who had brought Ye Feng others to this place knelt on the ground, clasped his hands together, and murmured with his head bowed, "Sea God, please calm your anger!"
Sea God!
For the purple-clad Sea Soul Master, only the legendary Sea God has the ability to unleash divine punishment.
In the heart of Sea God Island stood a temple. Inside, a woman sensed the commotion outside, her expression froze, and she murmured in disbelief, "Divine punishment! How could divine punishment suddenly descend?"
The Sea God High Priest was deeply puzzled by the sudden divine punishment. She couldn't understand why her Lord Sea God would personally punish the Sea Soul Master of Sea God Island.
Divine Realm
Sea God was also dumbfounded. He stared in astonishment at everything that was happening on Sea God Island.
The lightning that is currently bombarding Seahorse Douluo was not emitted by him at all.
The Sea God tried to stop it, mobilizing the power of the sea on Sea God Island to prevent divine punishment. However, he was surprised to find that he could not dispel the lightning on the Seahorse Holy Pillar.
boom
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky and landed on the Sea God.
Sea God's eyes glazed over, and he froze on the spot.
He is God.
However, the divine punishment he just experienced was actually punishing him.
"What exactly is going on?"
The Sea God was filled with doubt. Why was he being punished by the gods? He felt it was because he had tried to dispel the lightning high above the Seahorse Holy Pillar, and that was why he had been struck by divine punishment.
puff
Sea God wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. A single divine punishment had caused his blood to surge and blood to trickle from his lips.
But he is a god! And the place he stands in is the Divine Realm! Who could be a god who can instantly unleash divine punishment in the Divine Realm? The Sea God asked himself, even the five Supreme God do not have this ability!
The more he thought about it, the more a sense of fear arose in the Sea God's heart!
Sea God Island
Seahorse Douluo realized this was divine punishment and immediately knelt down, his face full of piety, head bowed. "Sea God, I know I was wrong. Please forgive my ignorance and foolishness. They are guests from afar. Regardless of whether they are Soul Master from the Spirit Hall or not, they may become your followers! I should not have been disrespectful to these esteemed guests!"
As Seahorse Douluo finished speaking, it all became quite amazing.
The thunderclouds in the sky disappeared.
Seahorse Douluo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his resolve hardening. It was because of his rudeness towards Ye Feng and his companions, his attempt to Ye Feng them away, that he had suffered the punishment from the "Sea God."
Otherwise, how could the lightning have suddenly disappeared as soon as he spoke?
On the other side, Ye Feng was also stunned for a moment.
Although Ye Feng was mentally prepared, he still didn't expect the system to use divine punishment this time.
The system is capable of using divine punishment!
Whew~
Ye Feng became even more curious about the system's origins and capabilities.
Seahorse Douluo, having suffered divine punishment, dared not continue to slight Ye Feng and his companions. Ye Feng approached them and, for the first time ever, bowed Ye Feng at a ninety-degree angle, apologizing. "Respected guests, please forgive my rudeness and offense. So you are all guests of the Lord Sea God!"
"Guest?"
"A guest of the Sea God?"
Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and the others were stunned. Forgive their shock; the Seahorse Douluo's expression changed far too quickly.
"Let's begin the test for Lord Sea God!"
Seahorse Douluo slowly walked to the Seahorse Holy Pillar. Facing the Sacred Pillar, his eyes shone with piety. "One person, step forward."
"Who should go first?" Ye Feng asked.
"I'll do it." Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward and walked behind Seahorse Douluo. "Senior, please begin the Lord Sea God's test for me."
"Yes." Seahorse Douluo nodded.
Seahorse Douluo slowly raised his hands, his face filled with piety. He brought his hands to his chest, palms facing each other with a half-foot gap between them. A faint blue light slowly appeared in the center of his palms.
At the same time, a blue light emanated from the base of the Seahorse Holy Pillar. A beam of blue light spread upwards along the patterns on the Sacred Pillar, reaching the top in the blink of an eye.
Seahorse Douluo turned around and pointed his right hand at Zhu Zhuqing's body.
A beam of blue light descended from the sky, enveloping Zhu Zhuqing's body. Bathed in the light, Zhu Zhuqing looked dazed, but felt no discomfort whatsoever.
As time passed, the color of the beam of light began to change. Blue turned white, then quickly turned purple, and finally settled on black.
The black veins gradually climbed upwards on the Seahorse Holy Pillar. They paused only after reaching about a third of its length. In the blink of an eye, the entire Seahorse Holy Pillar had turned black.
Finally, six beams of black light shot out, transforming into six square light screens in front of Zhu Zhuqing. Each screen was shimmering with unique golden characters.
"Black Level Six Test!"
Seahorse Douluo looked surprised and said with a wry smile, "It actually took two more tests than I did back then."
The six beams of light converged, transforming into six points of black light that simultaneously entered Zhu Zhuqing's forehead. A black hexagon appeared on his forehead.
"Black Level Six Test!"
Ye Feng was taken aback.
In the original storyline, Zhu Zhuqing received the Black Level Five Test. Perhaps because Zhu Zhuqing went to the City of Slaughter City training, she has already obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain, so the divine trial she received was the Black Level Six Test instead of the Black Level Five Test.
"Senior, what is the Black Level Six Test?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.
"Lord Sea God will bestow different levels of assessments based on the examinee's strength and potential. From lowest to highest, there are White Level One Test, Yellow Level One Test, Purple Level One to Three Test, Black Level Four to Six Test, and the Top Level Red Test. Passing the White, Yellow, and Purple Level assessments will allow one to become Soul Master of the corresponding level on Sea God Island. The Black Level corresponds to the strength of the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians of Sea God Island. The Red Level corresponds to the strength of the Sea God High Priest," Seahorse Douluo explained in detail.
"Congratulations, Zhu Qing," Xiao Wu said.
"However, with your current strength, there's no way you can pass. You're doomed." Seahorse Douluo sighed again.
"Senior, what makes you say that?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously.
"In the past hundred years, the Black Level Assessment have been held thirty-one times. But only seven people have passed. These seven people became the Holy Pillar Guardian of Sea God Island. I am one of them. For Land Soul Master, the Black Level trials are completed in one year. For Sea God Island's Sea Soul Master, however, it is completed in ten years. My Black Level Four Test took nearly forty years to complete. Do you understand the difficulty now that I've explained it to you?" Seahorse Douluo asked.
"So difficult?" Ning Rongrong clicked her tongue in surprise, looking at Zhu Zhuqing with worried eyes.
"Senior, you just said that the Black Level Trial requires Land Soul Master to complete one test per year?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.
"Yes." Seahorse Douluo nodded.
"However, the time limit for my First Trial is a lifetime."