Void Trial: Abyss!

Su Ye directly opened his Territory Attribute Panel.

Name: Unnamed

Level: Level 1

Area: 1,000-meter diameter

Building: Dilapidated Lord Cabin

Barracks: Fallen Heaven Sanctuary (God)

Warehouse (100 square meters): None

Upgrade: Wood x100, Stone x100, Origin Crystal x10

...

"It really is utterly barren." Su Ye looked over his territory panel.

After some thought, he named it according to his talent: Supreme Heaven.

Su Ye then opened his own attribute panel.

Name: Su Ye

Level: Black Iron One-Star

Talent: Supreme Sovereign (Unique) (Talent Grades: Common, Excellent, Elite, Overlord, King, Mythic, Unique!)

Territory: Supreme Heaven

Personal Space (ten slots): 90 Gold Coin.

Lord Authority: Domination, Decomposition

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Su Ye looked at his attribute panel without the slightest surprise. His Personal Space was the lord's Private Storage Space, while the Territory Warehouse belonged to the territory. They were not the same thing.

Lord Authority was an ability every lord possessed, granting absolute control over their own territory. Simply put, his territory could become whatever he wanted it to become.

Decomposition was a special authority used to break down the corpses of invading monsters. Of course, a lord could also grant this authority to the Hero Units and Common Units under his command.

Whether to grant it or not was up to the lord.

Su Ye looked toward Lilith. As the first Hero Unit under his command, his early development would depend entirely on her.

A lord's first recruitment was guaranteed to produce a Hero Unit. This was considered a benefit and support granted to Novice Lords by the Will of the Eternal World. Just like how recruitment during the Novice Period only cost 1 Gold Coin, these were hidden Novice Buffs that were never explicitly displayed.

[Ding: It has been detected that the lord has recruited troops. Would you like to begin the Void Trial?]

The prompt sounded.

Su Ye looked at Lilith and the others. The Void Trial was the primary means for Novice Lords to obtain resources, but it was also the greatest source of danger they would face.

It could be started once each day, whenever the lord chose. However, it could only be attempted once per day, and there was no penalty for choosing not to start the Void Trial.

But that meant losing a day's opportunity to obtain resources. The choice rested entirely with the lord; there was no compulsion.

"Lilith, are you ready for battle?" Su Ye asked, looking at Lilith and the others.

"God Emperor, I have long been prepared." Lilith smiled at Su Ye.

"Good. System, begin the Void Trial," Su Ye said solemnly.

[Ding: Please select a difficulty. The higher the difficulty, the greater the resources. Lord, please choose carefully: Common, Difficult, Nightmare, Purgatory, Abyss!]

Su Ye looked at the five difficulty options before him. The higher the difficulty, the richer the rewards. Was there even a choice? He was not a second-generation lord with the support of high-level lords. All he could do was rapidly complete his most basic accumulation within the thirty days allotted to Novice Lords.

At the very least, he had to lay a better foundation for himself.

Many things could be easily acquired during the Novice Period, but would become difficult to obtain after it ended. The key was whether a Novice Lord had the courage and strength.

"Abyss!" Su Ye chose the Abyss difficulty as he looked at Lilith and the others. It was not as though no one had cleared the Abyss difficulty before. Lilith and the others were all God-tier Troops, so there was no reason to choose anything else.

[Ding: Void Trial initiated. Difficulty: Abyss. The battle will begin in thirty seconds. Lord, please prepare for battle.]

The sky above Su Ye's territory turned blood-red, and the atmosphere became oppressive.

"Lilith, I'll leave it to you." Su Ye looked at Lilith with a serious expression.

"Please rest assured, Lord. Leave it to us." A trace of crimson appeared in Lilith's eyes, and a Giant War Scythe materialized in her hand.

The other Original Sin Fallen Angels also summoned their own Divine Artifacts.

The thirty seconds of preparation quietly passed.

Space-Time around Su Ye's territory began to churn, and ferocious Lesser Demons emerged one after another.

These Lesser Demons surrounded the territory from every direction.

Su Ye checked their attributes.

Name: Abyssal Imp

Rank: Third Rank

Level: Black Iron Five-Star to Black Iron Eight-Star

Su Ye watched the Lesser Demons swarm in from all directions. "So this is the Abyss difficulty? They range from Black Iron Five-Star to Black Iron Eight-Star, and they're Third Rank troops. That's ridiculous."

The troops of Novice Lords varied in rank, but they all started at Black Iron One-Star. There were nine minor levels between each rank.

"This is finally getting serious." Su Ye looked at the Lesser Demons, anticipation in his heart as he turned to Lilith and the others. According to the available data, the greatest difference between troops was not their level, but their rank.

Rank was an innate advantage. Levels could be made up for later.

A hint of madness appeared in Lilith's beautiful eyes. Black flames rose from the giant scythe in her hand as she swung it.

A massive crescent-shaped slash burst forth.

Every Lesser Demon in its path was shattered, transforming into the purest Origin and being absorbed by Lilith.

This was how troops increased their levels.

The other Original Sin Fallen Angels also began to move.

The countless Lesser Demons that had appeared so imposing were harvested like weeds before Lilith and the others.

"So this is what God-tier Troops are like? I love it." Su Ye watched Lilith and the others perform.

They did not even use any skills. They were simply slaughtering their enemies with their weapons and physical prowess. The gap between them was obvious.

"It seems I underestimated God-tier Troops. Or rather, perhaps no Novice Lord in this world has ever obtained God-tier Troops before." Su Ye could not help but smile.

The duration of the Void Trial increased according to its difficulty. The Common difficulty had only one wave, Difficult had five waves, and Nightmare brought ten waves of enemies. Starting from Purgatory, it was no longer just a few waves of enemies, but a continuous assault lasting half an hour.

The Abyss difficulty, meanwhile, involved an uninterrupted assault lasting an entire hour.

The difficulty of that was obvious.

All this data had been made public. Some people had cleared the Abyss difficulty, but they only attempted it during the final ten days of the Novice Period, or even the last five days.

After all, they had accumulated resources for more than twenty days before daring to attempt the Abyss difficulty, using it to complete their final round of accumulation during the Novice Period.

But on the very first day, no one besides Su Ye had chosen the Abyss difficulty. Everyone preferred to play it safe, developing first before considering it later.

Su Ye sat cross-legged on the ground and opened the system interface. There were five modules on it: the Chat Module, Live Streaming Module, Trading Module, Private Chat Module, and System Log.

A bizarre scene appeared within Su Ye's territory.

On one side, ten goddess-like beings continuously slaughtered and butchered their enemies, severed limbs scattered everywhere in a bloody spectacle. On the other side, everything was peaceful, relaxed, and tranquil.