Heart Demon Trial for Breaking Through to Dou Ling

Without any hesitation, Steward Xu immediately took out the Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill.

The Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill is actually a substandard version of the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill.

The original Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill was a top-tier fourth-grade pill that Xiao Yan, the protagonist of the original novel, refined after winning the Alchemist Convention in Gama Holy City.

Its effect is extremely powerful.

On one hand, it can help Dou Master break through to the Da Dou Shi level, and it can also increase the level by one or two stars.

After Da Dou Shi consumes it, there is a high chance that they can directly increase their level by three stars in a short period of time! Even if they fail and suffer a backlash, there will be no residual effects.

The second-best quality, the Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, has the following effect in the game:

There is a 65% chance to gain 30,000 experience points.

There is a 35% chance of falling into a weakened state, which lasts for 5 days.

Furthermore, if a Nine Star Dou Shi takes it and it does not produce any negative effects, then the difficulty for that player to break through the Heart Demon Trial of Da Dou Shi will be reduced to a certain extent.

As a top-tier fourth-order pill, the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill is slightly inferior to the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, but it is absolutely on par with the Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill.

The Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill can only be taken by Da Dou Shi, but it can reliably provide 15,000 experience points.

Furthermore, at the Da Dou Shi stage, it can be taken twice! It will only become ineffective the third time.

Yang Shan is now Nine-Star Great Fighter.

Breaking through from Nine-Star Great Fighter to Dou Ling takes five times longer than the average Da Dou Shi's star-level advancement.

That's 75,000 experience points! Yang Shan's experience bar has now accumulated to 46,200 points.

The difference is less than 30,000 experience points, which is enough to trigger the Heart Demon Trial.

The formula for the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill will have to wait until Ya Fei's celebration.

Yang Shan wouldn't possibly wait until after the Ya Fei celebration to attempt the Dou Ling.

Therefore, Yang Shan decided to use the Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and try his luck.

If successful, it would undoubtedly greatly accelerate the speed of breaking through to the Dou Ling.

If you fail and fall into a weakened state, then bury yourself in making medicine.

Five days of gaming time won't be wasted either! The key takeaway is just one word:

"Sounds good!" After the transaction, Steward Xu immediately stood up. "Now that you've joined the Bloodshed Hall, I'll explain the rules to you first, and then take you for a tour of the inner building!"

Steward Xu said a lot, but the content can actually be summarized in a very simple way.

Joining the Bloodshed Hall involves only three things: receiving a mission, assassinating, and turning in the mission.

The Bloodshed Hall contains a large number of martial arts techniques, Dou Technique, and equipment.

All of these can be redeemed using points earned from completing tasks.

Apart from that, the only restriction that members of the Bloodshed Hall have is that they cannot reveal the Bloodshed Hall.

If exposed, the Bloodshed Hall will naturally hunt them down to the ends of the earth.

After Steward Xu finished speaking, Yang Shan was already in the so-called "inner building".

Steward Xu: "Many cities in the Black-Corner Region have inner towers. Inside the inner towers, there are a large number of missions for you to choose from. At the same time, you can also give valuable items or points to exchange for the information possessed by the Bloodshed Hall!"

Yang Shan began to peruse a stack of papers on the table.

Each sheet of paper contained a portrait of the assassination target, along with basic information about him.

"You are currently only Bronze Killer. To become Silver Killer, you need to accumulate one thousand points."

Yang Shan quickly closed the paper and asked, "Steward Xu, do you have any assassination targets for Silver Killer?"

Bronze Killer typically target Da Dou Shi, and their highest reward is only 100 points.

You need to carry out at least ten assassinations to become a silver medalist.

Gold, silver, and bronze are the three tiers, and the maximum number of items that can be redeemed with points naturally differs.

A silver medal is not Yang Shan's goal.

Yang Shan wanted to become Gold Killer as soon as possible, so he naturally had to choose high-difficulty missions! "Young man, you really have a high spirit! Although I am the steward in charge here, I am also a Silver Killer. But back then, I also rose step by step from bronze rank."

Yang Shan: "Is there?"

Yang Shan knew very well that apart from a few hard rules, the other rules of the Bloodshed Hall were just for show.

As long as they're not afraid of death, even Bronze Killer can take on gold-level targets!

Of course, Yang Shan was afraid of death.

The goal of winning a gold medal is usually at the level of Dou Wang.

In the Black-Corner Region, you lose three stars for each death, and there's a very high chance of getting items.

Yang Shan has quite a few good things on him. Even if he drops a Barrier Breaking Pill, is that Barrier Breaking Pill?

That's Golden Splendor VIP gold card!

"Since you've put it that way, how can I say no?"

Steward Xu took a card from a cabinet against the wall.

Yang Shan took the post and opened it. The post featured a scrawny, skinny man: Fan Jian, Three-Star Dou Ling, Blood Attribute (Water Attribute mutation), the cousin of Fan Ling, the young sect leader of the Blood Sect, and currently located in Dusk City.

Note: Dusk City is a city actually controlled by the Blood Sect. The Blood Sect Master, Fan Lao (Four Star Dou Huang), is currently ranked fifth on the Black Ranking.

Good heavens! Just now, Yang Shan was recalling how the protagonist Xiao Yan had double-crossed someone in this Black Seal City in the original novel.

Unexpectedly, he then received an assassination mission regarding members of the Blood Sect.

This Fan Jian? Yang Shan has never heard of him.

However, Fan Lao, the leader of the Blood Sect, and his son Fan Ling, the young leader, are both "good people" in the original work.

I won't say much about the young sect leader, Fan Ling.

He very straightforwardly packed up everything he bought from the Auction House and various good things he robbed from other forces, along with his own head, and gave them to the protagonist Xiao Yan! And his father Fan Lao, was no less impressive! A Dou Huang expert, he became the perfect background figure for the protagonist Xiao Yan when he followed the Medicine Emperor Han Feng into the Jia Nan Academy to seize the Heavenly Flames.

He delivered the iconic scene of a dignified Four Star Dou Huang being utterly thrashed and running away in terror by a mere Dou Ling! (At that time, Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao's Soul Strength, causing his combat strength to soar.) This allowed Xiao Yan to show off in front of countless students and elders in the Inner Courtyard! Steward Xu noticed a slight change in Yang Shan's expression and asked, "What? Scared? Young man, don't be too ambitious. Come, let me give you a different target, a bronze medal."

Steward Xu reached out his hand, Yang Shan put the invitation into his Storage Ring: "I'll go."

Steward Xu's outstretched hand remained frozen in place:

Are you sure?

Yang Shan turned and left.

He had no need to cultivate a good relationship with Steward Xu.

Anyway, once the points are reached, according to the rules, Steward Xu must report to the higher-ups of the Bloodshed Hall.

The next time they met, both he and Steward Xu would be silver medalists.

In a while, Steward Xu will have to call him "Sir"! "Hey! Wait a minute! Young man, you haven't said your name yet! I still need to write it into the brochure!"

Yang Shan said without turning his head:

"Cheng E!"

Steward Xu: "Cheng E, tsk, what a weird name!"

Entering the Bloodshed Hall or even the Soul Hall requires a secret identity.

Their identities in secret naturally need to be distinguished.

Punish Evil Promote Good and promoting good is the right thing to do!

From now on Yang Shan can proudly say, "XXX was killed? Cheng E did it? What does that have to do with me, Yang Shan?"

However, Yang Shan still needs to find a better way to disguise himself or get Human Skin Mask.

Otherwise, if you encounter a true master, you'll easily be seen through.

Yang Shan followed Steward Xu back into the courtyard.

Steward Xu asked, "Are you leaving now?"

Yang Shan: "Take the pills first."

Steward Xu nodded. "It's indeed safer to go after breaking through to the Dou Ling. I still need to watch the shop, so I won't protect you!"

While ostensibly minding the shop, Steward Xu was actually avoiding any appearance of impropriety.

After all, in this Black-Corner Region, even if you stay in an inn, there's always the possibility of a master thief stealing from you in the middle of the night! On the other hand, this Bloodshed Hall is a different story.

Because the owner of Tower Master Bloodshed Hall is so ruthless, internal strife is not allowed among its members unless there are personal grudges.

If there is a personal grudge, then the higher-ups will preside over the matter and decide whether to kill or kill.

Although it lacks human touch, the rules are still quite good.

Whenever Yang Shan encountered something that required "luck," he would wash his hands, take out the scroll of AI Nüwa, light three incense sticks, and pray.

The pill was ingested, and a system notification immediately appeared: [Ding! The Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill has taken effect. Congratulations, player, you have gained 30,000 experience points.]

Success!

Nüwa!

[Ding! Congratulations! You have met the experience requirements to break through to the Dou Ling level. The "Heart Demon Trial"Dou Ling is now unlocked. You can enter the secret realm at any time to challenge it. If you succeed, you will successfully break through to the Dou Ling level. If you fail, you will lose 30,000 experience points.]

Failing to advance to the Da Dou Shi level only deducts one star of experience points, while advancing to the Dou Ling requires two stars.

Therefore, players face significant pressure when undergoing the Heart Demon Trial.

Yang Shan felt no pressure. If he couldn't get over this hurdle, who else could? Yang Shan's vision was like a pebble falling into a lake, creating ripples.

Before long, Yang Shan appeared in a desert.

Five zhang ahead of Yang Shan, there was a woman with an exceptionally alluring figure, whose long snake tail drew wavy arcs on the sand.

Looking at the familiar figure, Yang Shan was completely baffled:

"Damn, the difficulty has been increased this much?"

In the last update, Tian Yao Company also mentioned in the update details that the difficulty of the Heart Demon Trial would be adjusted for each version.

This also made Yang Shan understand why the trials he encountered when he advanced to the Da Dou Shi level had changed.

Yang Shan was also prepared for the trial to become more difficult.

After all, for him now, even if the difficulty of the trial doubled, it would be a piece of cake.

However, it would be a bit much to have Yue Mei, the leader of the Profound Moon Tribe Serpent-People tribe, personally be their opponent!

Yue Mei smiled alluringly, but her eyes revealed murderous intent. "Although I don't know why my cultivation has dropped so much, killing you is as easy as turning my hand!"

Yang Shan chuckled awkwardly, "Oh ho, you actually still remember me."

Back in Desert City, Yang Shan and Zhu Tianpeng attacked the Serpent-People tribe's group, which attracted Yue Mei.

If Hai Bodong hadn't intervened, Yang Shan and Zhu Tianpeng would both have died at Yue Mei's hands.

Dou Wang is not so easy to stop!

However, Yang Shan noticed that Yue Mei's current cultivation level was one- Dou Ling.

This made Yang Shan breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Yue Mei's panel still has Golden Word Seal, she only has one- Dou Ling. How strong can she be?

Yang Shan slowly drew out the Thunder Guiding Blade.

It seems we'll have to relive the scene of "slashing at the Snake-People woman" again today!

Yue Mei's lips revealed sharp, snake-like fangs:

"You dare draw your sword! Today, I, the commander, will ensure you die a gruesome death!"