The cheers for Tang San's completion still echoed through the Tidal Trial Ground. Over the next three days, the atmosphere grew increasingly tense—Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing had all reached the final stage of their trials. Each incoming tide carried the sense of a final sprint.
On the morning of the fourth day, just as the first ray of sunlight pierced the morning mist, Dai Mubai was the first to enter the trial ground. By then, his White Tiger True Body could fully merge with Tidal Power. When his pale golden defensive barrier collided with the waves, ripples spread across it instead of cracks. At noon, when the Peak Tide arrived, he no longer clenched his fists and endured it head-on. Instead, he spun with the tide's momentum and threw a punch—one that fused the power of the White Tiger with the tide's impact, blasting a several-meter-long trail across the sea's surface! The trial prompt sounded at once: "Black Tier Six Trials, Third Trial, Dai Mubai, complete! Soul Power has broken through to rank 78!"
Dai Mubai withdrew his power and came ashore. He had barely wiped the seawater from his face when Ma Hongjun's laughter rang out nearby—facing a surging wave, Ma Hongjun unleashed his Phoenix Domain. The crimson Core Fire burned ever more fiercely amid the waves. He deliberately let the tide engulf his entire body, yet when the spray receded, the flames around him remained completely unharmed. Instead, they condensed into a flaming feather arrow and shot toward a reef in the trial ground! With a boom, the reef cracked open, and the prompt followed immediately: "Black Tier Six Trials, Third Trial, Ma Hongjun, complete! Soul Power stabilized at rank 76. Phoenix Domain Evolution!"
Oscar's completion carried a touch of everyday bustle—he stood amid