Trial

"Haha, I fooled you, I fooled you!" Upon seeing this sentence, Xu Qing immediately snapped out of his state of Unity of Heaven and Man and laughed.

As expected, activating one's own genetic Origin Energy was effective; it truly interfered with the other party's perception.

"I knew that simply hiding one's Spiritual Force fluctuations wouldn't be enough. The methods of this Ancient Civilization Ruins are quite impressive, but only a little, not much," Xu Qing chuckled.

Buzz!

The hall shook, and a black passageway appeared. Xu Qing strode in with light steps.

Just as Xu Qing entered Channel A, deep within the Ancient Civilization Ruins, a Humanoid Intelligence, radiant with light, stood in a Crystal Palace.

"Hmm? A detection error? This is quite rare. Perhaps he is an excellent Warrior, but the most important thing is this little guy," the glowing Humanoid Intelligence looked at the many screens in front of it.

On the largest screen in the very center was Luo Feng's image, while the images of the others were on smaller screens.

On the screen, Xu Qing and the others had already arrived at the Trial Grounds deep within the ruins.

"Welcome, trial participant. This is the first stage of the trial. The challenge is to defeat two Fighter of the same level as you. Success will allow you to advance to the next stage; failure will result in death!" a voice announced.

Xu Qing looked ahead and saw two dark figures emerge from the ground. They were black liquid condensing and taking shape, eventually becoming two Black-Robed Person with green pupils and wearing silver-gray masks.

The two Black-Robed Person stared at Xu Qing, their green pupils filled with murderous intent.

"Fighter of my level? That's Peak War God. Come on," Xu Qing beckoned to the two humanoid creatures.

The next second, the two Black-Robed Person shot out at an extremely fast speed, reaching 600 meters per second.

This speed has already reached the limit of the War God Level; going any higher would mean Beyond War God of War.

In an instant, two Black-Robed Person rushed in front of Xu Qing, their fists aimed at his head, the fists clad in silver gloves.

Thump!

The silver fist stopped in front of Xu Qing, and a net woven from silk threads blocked their attack.

"So short-tempered, you two? Let me tell you something, I'm actually quite short-tempered too," Xu Qing laughed, revealing a set of white teeth.

As soon as he finished speaking, the net formed by the God-Splitting Silk enveloped the two Black-Robed Person like a sack.

Snap!

Before the Black-Robed Person could begin to struggle, the God-Splitting Silk suddenly contracted, tearing them apart into pieces scattered on the ground.

"You're still too young, lad. You dare to attack rashly without knowing the enemy's strength," Xu Qing commented, looking at the broken pieces on the ground.

"Congratulations, trial participant, you have successfully entered the second stage," the voice sounded again. "The trial of the second stage is to dodge attacks from two Fighter of the same level for one minute. Counterattacks are not allowed within one minute; any counterattack will result in failure. Only by defeating them after one minute can you pass the stage."

"Trial participants, please prepare yourselves, the second trial is about to begin!"

Upon hearing the details of the second trial, Xu Qing looked surprised. "Hide and seek? There's such a game? Interesting."

About a minute later, two more Black-Robed Person appeared, still brimming with murderous intent.

However, this time Xu Qing needs to dodge their attacks for one minute before he can make a move.

Brush!

Two Black-Robed Person rushed forward, their attacks fierce and swift, each strike deadly, like Killer trained for years.

Xu Qing nimbly dodged their attacks, handling them with ease and without the slightest pressure.

No matter how the two Black-Robed Person attacked, they could only brush past Xu Qing, treating him like a toy.

Time ticked by, and finally the one-minute dodge time ended. The voice kindly reminded everyone, "Dodge time is over. Trial participant, please defeat your opponent."

"Alright, let's send them on their way." Xu Qing turned around, God-Splitting Silk flew out, severing the two Black-Robed Person in half at the waist.

Xu Qing yawned. "Too easy, I'm sleepy."

"Congratulations, trial participant, you have passed the second stage. The next stage is the final and most difficult one. The trial for this stage is martial arts combat."

"Martial arts combat includes fist techniques, leg techniques, staff techniques, sword techniques, knife techniques, and so on. Trial participants, please state what you are best at," the voice announced.

"My specialty is archery, that is, bow and arrow," Xu Qing replied.

"Alright, trial participant, now we will generate opponents. The opponents will be of a higher level than the trial participant. The trial participant is currently at Apprentice Level 9, and the opponents are at... Planetary Level 1, with archery skills at the Conception Realm."

Upon hearing this voice, Xu Qing was surprised, "Apprentice Level nine? Planetary Level? Is this a classification of strength?"

This was the first time he had heard of such a classification. Was it really the most correct one?

After all, these are Ancient Civilization Ruins, so it couldn't have been just something said offhand. That means the hierarchy on Earth is inaccurate.

It's not that it's inaccurate, it's just that the names are different. Fighter, War General, and War God are actually at the same level, the Apprentice Level.

"Planetary Level, that should be Beyond War God," Xu Qing remembered the title of this level.

"Opponent generated. Trial participant, please prepare for archery duel. Defeat your opponent with archery skills; failure results in death."

Another Black-Robed Person appeared, but this time his strength had increased, surpassing the peak of the War God and reaching a level Beyond War God, namely the Planetary Level.

In its hand was a dark brown bow, but it did not carry a quiver of arrows on its back.

The next second, the Black-Robed Person floated up, raised his dark brown bow, and drew back the bowstring.

In an instant, a chilling killing intent emanated, causing the air to vibrate. An invisible wind flowed around the Black-Robed Person, then converged and transformed into a pale blue arrow, exceptionally sharp.

Pfft!

You can hear the sound of air being cut; it's the invisible wind that's been condensed and turned into a physical form.

Around the arrow formed from the power of wind, there were small whirlpools, like vortexes, exuding a powerful sense of oppression.

Then, from within these small vortexes, arrows formed from condensed wind energy emerged, spreading a chilling aura.

A hissing sound came from the middle arrow, and a blue snake shadow appeared, coiling around the arrow shaft as if it were eyeing Xu Qing menacingly.

A strange and unsettling atmosphere permeates the air.

"Interesting. Combining ability with archery, Snake, is this your archery? Unfortunately, I just shot and killed a snake king and a Azure Dragon a few days ago!" Xu Qing smiled slightly.

As he spoke, he drew his bow and released the arrow. The black arrow gleamed with a cold light, its sharp aura pure and powerful, and the air seemed to freeze.

Roar!

A faint dragon roar resounded, and a murderous aura surged from the jet-black metal arrow. A phantom dragon shadow appeared, roaring to the sky and exuding a powerful pressure.

The next second, both of them released their arrows simultaneously.

The distance of over a hundred meters was instantly pierced by the arrow. The pale blue arrow, carrying nine other arrows, struck and collided with the black metal arrow in mid-air.

A clash of titans!

The pale blue arrow was torn apart by the black metal arrow, and the snake shadow was also torn apart by the dragon shadow.

It wasn't over yet; the remaining wind arrows continued to be fired at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing dodged the wind arrows with a few quick movements, while the Black-Robed Person also dodged Xu Qing's arrows.

"Again!" Xu Qing became interested and shot out arrows, which were like Black Dragon traversing the void, accompanied by bursts of dragon roars.

The Black-Robed Person was no weakling either, Planetary Level strength and masterful archery skills at the Conception Realm. His arrows rained down like a storm, yet were also cunning and unpredictable, hissing like venomous snakes, sending chills down one's spine.

A contest of archery skills between archers thus began.

On the less than 1,000-meter-long training field, Xu Qing and the Black-Robed Person sprinted around the edge of the field, exchanging fire continuously.

Xu Qing gradually increased his arrow count from one to six.

Meanwhile, the Black-Robed Person kept increasing the number of arrows, from one to six, channeling all his abilities into archery, and confronting Xu Qing head-on.

"Then add more!" Xu Qing became excited when he saw that the other side was relentlessly pursuing him, and increased the number of arrows to seven.

The Black-Robed Person also added seven arrows.

Seeing that the Black-Robed Person was still able to catch up, Xu Qing remained calm and continued to increase the number of arrows: eight, nine, ten!

Creak!

With the number of bows increased to ten, Xu Qing Qing's large bow was beginning to reach its limit.

The brown bow and pale yellow bowstring were stretched to their limit. With ten times the power of Peak War God, multiplied by Xu Qing's exertion level, even the SS Level great bow made from materials from King Level monster began to struggle.

On the other side, the Black-Robed Person also increased the number of arrows to ten.

However, the bow in its hand showed no signs of being overburdened and was still well within its capacity.

"Your bow looks better than mine. If I kill you, will you give me your bow?" To prevent the bow in his hand from breaking, Xu Qing could only control his strength, keeping it at level four.

In other words, his bow is currently bearing forty times the power of Peak War God.

Although Xu Qing controlled his power level to level four, this force was already terrifying.

The two faced each other across the training ground, all ten arrows aimed at each other. A terrifying killing intent swept across the field, causing the entire area to tremble slightly.

Faintly visible behind the two were the shadows of a giant snake and a giant dragon, roaring at each other.

The next instant, both of them released their arrows simultaneously.

Whoosh! Swoosh!

Ten metal arrows roared out, like the long cry of Black Dragon, traversing the void. On the opposite side, ten pale blue arrows came at them, like green snakes winding and riding the wind and waves.

All the arrows collided instantly, like dragons and snakes dancing and clashing, the explosions shaking the entire training ground.

Finally, the Black Dragon overpowered the green snake, tore its body apart, and burst forth, all rushing towards the Black-Robed Person.

The Black-Robed Person dodged quickly, but no matter how fast he was, how could he outrun the arrows? He only managed to dodge the first arrow before being pierced through by the remaining nine.

In mid-air, the Black-Robed Person's body was torn apart by arrows, falling to the ground like scattered flowers.

Click!

At the same time, a crack appeared on Xu Qing's bow.

Although it was SS Level bow, it still couldn't withstand forty times the power of Peak War God.

"It's supposed to be an SS Level bow, how could it break so quickly? I haven't even really put any effort into it yet. Sigh, a weapon that doesn't work is such a hassle," Xu Qing sighed, looking at the cracks on the bow.

He didn't even dare to imagine how quickly his bow would break down once he broke through to a level Beyond War God of War, that is, the Planetary Level.

Xu Qing looked across and saw that the bow in the Black-Robed Person's hand was gone, meaning there were no spoils of war to be gained.

"Congratulations, trial participant, you have successfully passed the third level and completed the entire Martial Artist Trial. Please proceed to the next location to collect your reward for this trial," the voice announced.

A black passage emerged, its depths gleaming with light.

"Hey, could you send me a better bow? My bow is broken, you'll have to take responsibility," Xu Qing shouted into the sky.

Unfortunately, nobody paid any attention.

Left with no other choice, Xu Qing had to walk deeper into the dark passage.

Finally, he arrived at a very bright room with crystal walls all around, which looked very luxurious.

"Wow, the owner of this ruin must have been a handsome guy like me, with very high aesthetic standards," Xu Qing said, tapping the crystal-clear wall with his hand, making a tinkling sound.

He also quite liked this sparkly style.

In the center of the room, there was a pillar, also made of crystal, with a black bracelet on it.

Upon seeing the black bracelet, Xu Qing knew it was part of the Black God Set.

Xu Qing picked up the black bracelet and put it on her wrist.

Soon, the black bracelet liquefied, absorbed Xu Qing's blood, and then, according to Xu Qing's wishes, transformed back into a bracelet that he could wear on his wrist.

"Hey, hello, how are you? Moshi Moshi... My bow broke during the trial. Shouldn't you take responsibility and get me a good bow? Otherwise, you're being too stingy, giving me just a Black God Set."

"At the very least, you have to replace my bow. It broke because of the trial. I'm not being unreasonable, am I? I'm not extorting you," Xu Qing shouted.

Deep within the ruins, inside that hall, a glowing, Humanoid Intelligence noticed Xu Qing.

"Someone has already passed the Warrior's trial so quickly... Hmm? Heh, interesting. This is the first time in all these years that a human has dared to bargain here," the Humanoid Intelligence laughed.

It glanced at the other screens, then looked away and walked out of the hall.

Inside the room, Xu Qing sat there, holding a metal arrow in his hand, tapping it incessantly on the crystal floor.

"Strange, the voice has disappeared, and there's no exit either. Oh no! Could it be that I've angered the owner of this ruin, and now it's trying to trap me here to die?" Xu Qing suddenly realized.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing immediately stood up and bowed ninety degrees to the air, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong. You are very magnanimous. The bow being broken is my own problem, I will take responsibility for it, it has nothing to do with you."

"I'll leave right now and I'll never dare to say another word. Please tell me where the exit is, and I'll make sure I get out of there as fast as I can."

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Xu Qing didn't care about saving face anymore and decided to go outside first.

A true man can bend and stretch, but his life is more important.