Soul of Long Slumber

After making thorough preparations, the three of them did nothing extra and headed straight for the next trial.

The journey likewise required them to watch the stars and tread through the void.

At first, Li Miao had been somewhat worried that Yuanfang might run into trouble, but he soon realized he had overthought it. After hearing the requirements, Yuanfang had effortlessly kept up with them.

No more monsters appeared along the way. Perhaps even the Long Night Trial believed such harassment would have little effect on trial takers capable of reaching this place.

The three of them smoothly stepped into this final star.

But almost the instant they entered—

The three felt a terrifying presence and gaze bearing down on them, like a monstrous wave that had gathered deep within the sea for ages, sending chills down their spines.

Landfall's hairs stood on end.

Li Miao frowned and endured it through sheer physical resilience, while Yuanfang directly turned his gaze toward the source of that oppressive aura.

Shattered pillars crisscrossed before them. Enormous, heavy chains crashed and dragged against one another with deafening clangs. Black miasma billowed forth, concealing its body, while several eyes stared fixedly at them, gleaming crimson.

"Ah..."

"Hehahahahahaha..."

"I truly never expected that, after this damned world shattered, there would still be so-called 'trial takers' who would come here, foolishly trying to seize my great bloodline..."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath of the black miasma covering his body, briefly revealing the outline of his form.

Li Miao did not know how to describe such a lifeform.

It was a patchwork monstrosity among patchwork monstrosities!

Horns, crests, soft tentacles, scales, skin, carapaces... nearly every conceivable racial trait had been fused into its body.

And it was not some haphazard assembly, either. The features had