Tidal Body Refinement

Eight ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, and one hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring?

Su Xuan frowned. Even Qian Renxue's grandfather, Great High Priest Qian Daoliu, did not seem to have such an excellent Soul Ring configuration.

Su Xuan thought to himself.

Both were Rank 1 Deities, and your organization, Spirit Hall, spanned the entire continent. Yet you were actually weaker than the Sea God. What a useless piece of trash.

Su Xuan sighed. His ally truly was as unreliable as ever.

A massive phantom emerged behind Bo Saixi.

Even Su Xuan could not make out the phantom clearly, but its imposing aura, along with the legends surrounding Bo Saixi, made him understand.

The martial soul of this Sea God Douluo was the Sea God. Given her devotion to the Sea God and her status as his mortal spokesperson, how could she possibly have a second martial soul?

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Then again, maybe she does. That old geezer Qian Daoliu only has a four-winged angel."

Su Xuan secretly mocked Qian Daoliu once more, then stepped aside.

Blue light shone everywhere, yet it brought Su Xuan not the slightest pressure. The seemingly gentle blue light, which carried no fluctuations of Soul Power whatsoever, was not any of Bo Saixi's soul skills. It seemed that at her level, whether one used soul skills was no longer the key to battle.

The blue light drifted down into the valley. Before long, it had spread into every corner below, and at that moment, a strange sight appeared.

The valley, which had moments ago been filled with raging waves, suddenly became calm. The stillness came with extreme abruptness.

It was as though the hundred-meter waves had been forcibly pressed back into the sea by the blue light Bo Saixi released, despite its seemingly nonexistent Soul Power fluctuations.

"The Sea God's authority? Resisting nature with her own strength, and even holding an absolute advantage. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Being a god really is great. You can grasp the rules."

Su Xuan smacked his lips, genuinely feeling miserable. He was the bona fide son of destiny and had even grasped the rules, yet he still could not crush those old monsters who had long rooted themselves in the domain of rules.

Su Xuan lightly glanced at Bo Saixi.

A level ninety-nine Peak Douluo had already surpassed mortal capability. They possessed the potential to become gods, and the power they wielded ought to be part of the Power of Heaven and Earth.

The blue light suddenly intensified. Standing beside Bo Saixi, Su Xuan clearly saw a powerful layer of blue light flash through her eyes.

Immediately after, seven gray pillars slowly rose from the calm sea surface. They rose quickly, so Su Xuan noticed them at once.

At the top of each pillar was a small horizontal crossbar fused with the thick pillar itself, making its top resemble a cross. There were five gray rings upon each cross.

Anyone else who saw them would certainly think they were stone pillars, because they resembled gray rock. But who was Su Xuan? A truly learned and knowledgeable man, and one with a cheat-like ability—the Daoist True Eye.

"Deep Sea Silver? It's actually Deep Sea Silver?"

It was an exceptionally precious material. Even after Su Xuan's subordinates had scoured the entire continent, they had only obtained a few pieces.

Even with Su Xuan's steadfast temperament, he could not help muttering, "Holy shit."

After all, this was truly absurd wealth.

Su Xuan looked at the seven pillars, each with a cross-sectional diameter of roughly one meter and already raised fifty meters high. His shock was easy to imagine.

How much Deep Sea Silver would it take to forge them? Deep Sea Silver of the same volume was several times heavier than gold. Each of these seven enormous pillars probably weighed more than several hundred thousand jin, an amount beyond calculation. Yet under the influence of the mysterious energy released by Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi, they rose from the seawater.

"This is where you will undergo your third trial. I will remain here and accompany you through it. If you cannot endure it, you may ask for help. A Sea God Nine Trials participant must remain here for twelve shichen every day. You may spend less time here during the early stages of the trial, but starting now, for the next three hundred and sixty-five days, your average time on the Sinking Silver Pillar must meet what I just stated. Otherwise, the trial will be considered a failure."

Su Xuan finally understood the meaning of the third trial. He had to endure the waves of the Wrathful Waves Desolation atop the Sinking Silver Pillar—this was the so-called Tidal Body Refinement.

"Isn't this just a complete waste of time, folks?"

Su Xuan muttered. He did not think highly of the experience this kind of body refinement could offer.

"Then let's begin now. Sorry to trouble you, Senior."

Bo Saixi nodded. What she liked and admired most was Su Xuan's decisiveness.

The blue light transformed into a streak of radiance and wrapped around Su Xuan's body. The next instant, amid flashing light, Su Xuan felt his body grow light. He drifted downward toward a Sinking Silver Pillar.

The seven Sinking Silver Pillars were arranged in a triangular formation. There was one at the front, then two behind it, followed by four more, making seven in total.

Su Xuan naturally landed before the foremost Sinking Silver Pillar. A silver glow lit up on the gray pillar, and he felt his body tighten. He was forced into a half-crouch, his knees pressed against the cross-shaped portion of the Sinking Silver Pillar. The five Silver-Sinking Rings above simultaneously locked onto his body, fastening around his neck, waist, feet, and both wrists. They firmly secured his entire body to the Sinking Silver Pillar.

As Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi withdrew her hands, the blue light gradually faded, and an inexplicable pressure followed. By then, their Soul Power had been more than half depleted from breaking through the second trial and traveling afterward. Recalling the earlier scene of crashing waves, Su Xuan could not help feeling somewhat tense.

Without the restraint of Bo Saixi's energy, the seawater beneath Su Xuan's feet began to boil. Fifty meters looked like a great height, but as the waves surged, the seawater below drew ever closer to Su Xuan.

The sound of waves crashing against the shore rocks rang out as well.

"Heh. You think this little trick can stop me?"

Before long, a massive wave surged straight at him, rising to the same height as he was.

With a thunderous crash, Su Xuan remained unmoved.

The wave struck Su Xuan with overwhelming force, yet it gave him a strange feeling. There was none of the intense impact he had imagined.

Su Xuan was somewhat surprised. What was going on? Was that all?

Though the wave was powerful and left Su Xuan briefly suffocating when it struck him, it was entirely bearable. With the Silver-Sinking Rings holding him in place, he did not need to worry about being swept away by the seawater. The Sinking Silver Pillar itself did not budge under the impact of the waves.

However, Su Xuan soon stopped smiling because he discovered something.

"Damn it, these raging waves never stop. My god, what am I supposed to do when the time comes?"

Su Xuan felt somewhat irritated. What the hell was this?