Poseidon: Where Did This Tryhard Come From?

"Asura God Trial, First Trial: Challenge a Limit Douluo. Completed. Reward: 10% Asura Divine Power Affinity."

Qian Xunji relaxed upon hearing that.

His gaze passed through the enormous Sea God Phantom and fell upon Bo Saixi, who was sitting sprawled on the ground.

Although he had not achieved his goal of killing Bo Saixi, the important thing was that the Asura God's First Trial had been completed, and he had obtained the affinity with Asura Divine Power.

Unlike Tang San, who needed Xiao Wu as a sword sheath and had to use a fusion skill to wield the power of the Asura God Position,

Qian Xunji would be able to wield the complete power of Asura all by himself in the future.

Although he preferred creating his own Godhood over inheriting someone else's,

Douluo Continent clearly did not possess the conditions for that.

Even if he gathered enough Faith Power, he could only condense a First-Level Godhood.

To become a God King, he would need an enormous stroke of fortune.

The Sea God Phantom dissipated.

Countless believers on Sea God Island cried out.

"Farewell, Lord Sea God!"

After Sea God High Priestess Bo Saixi saw off the Sea God, she raised her head and glared furiously at Qian Xunji.

It was all this bastard's fault. He had made Lord Sea God Poseidon dissatisfied with her.

Why couldn't he stay properly on the continent? What was he doing on Sea God Island?

"Asura God Trial, Second Trial: Within one month, kill nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts."

Upon hearing the contents of the Second Trial, Qian Xunji recalled that Tang San had also received a similar God Trial in the original story.

But Tang San's God Trial had seemingly only required him to hunt three Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts, right?

Why did he have to kill nine?

Could it be that the Asura God Trial assigned different trial contents based on the strength of the examinee?

Qian Xunji did not dwell on it.

Trying to guess the thoughts of a superior being who had lived for who knew how long was a foolish thing.

Their levels of life were different, so their ways of thinking were different.

Asking an ant to guess what a human was thinking was impossible for the ant.

Fortunately, he was not a native of Douluo.

If a Douluo native had received this God Trial, they probably would not even be able to find the traces of nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.

Near the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Forest alone, there lived more than nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.

Xiao Wu's family of four were all Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.

If Xiao Wu's father were still alive, that would make five Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.

Adding the Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor and Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor made seven.

Suddenly thinking of something, Qian Xunji shifted his gaze toward the Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiaobai, who had transformed into human form.

He thought, Isn't there a ready-made Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast right here?

Sea soul beasts were Spirit Beasts too.

There were certainly quite a few Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean.

But the sea was too vast, and once he entered the seawater, his strength would decrease sharply.

The known Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts were all herd creatures.

But a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark that had left the sea, transformed into human form, and run onto land was too good a target to pass up.

Having settled on his first target, Qian Xunji immediately took action.

He unleashed a kick that descended from the heavens, his entire body wreathed in golden flames.

"There's a ball of fire in the sky." Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiaobai looked up at the strange sight and casually remarked.

Then, the more she watched, the more something felt wrong.

The ball of fire was getting bigger and closer.

At last, she realized.

"It's coming for me."

The moment she spoke, Qian Xunji's iron boot, blazing with golden flames, kicked her in the neck.

With a crunch, bone shattered.

Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiaobai died. Before the red light of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring she dropped could illuminate all of Sea God Island, Qian Xunji had already recovered her body.

A single fatal blow followed by the recovery of the corpse—done in one smooth motion.

Then Qian Xunji slipped away.

He flew incredibly fast, giving Bo Saixi no time to react or summon the Sea God again.

"Asura Successor, you killed the sacred beast guarding Sea God Island! We are not done with this!"

Bo Saixi's eyes were bloodshot as she panted heavily, staring fixedly at Qian Xunji as he flew farther and farther away.

If she had not been unable to catch up to Qian Xunji, she would have chased after him long ago and used her Ninth Soul Skill to summon Lord Sea God Poseidon from the God Realm to fight in her place.

God Realm, Asura God Temple.

Sea God Poseidon had yet to leave when he saw, through the water screen, Qian Xunji's live broadcast of killing his female shark.

He said angrily, "My female shark! My mount!"

"Asura, don't tell me that the death of my female shark has something to do with the Second God Trial you issued?"

"The Second God Trial I issued merely required the successor to kill nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts within one month."

The six-handed Asura God spread his hands, indicating that he was innocent.

What did the successor's actions have to do with him?

The successor merely needed to complete the God Trial, while he had many things to consider.

Upon hearing Asura's excuse of passing the buck, Poseidon felt helpless. He could only swallow his anger and leave the Asura God Temple.

Back in the Sea God Temple, Poseidon rested his chin on one hand and fell into thought.

That old fellow Asura had struck gold and found a very good successor.

There was a high chance Qian Xunji would inherit his Godhood.

It was impossible to target Qian Xunji just because his former mount had been killed.

But doing nothing and silently accepting the loss was not his style either.

Then he suddenly remembered that there was another owner of Divine Slaughter's Domain on Douluo Continent.

This owner of Divine Slaughter's Domain was likewise a rank 99 Limit Douluo, yet he had not officially begun the Asura God Trial.

"Asura, you already have an official successor. You probably won't mind if I snatch away that other candidate, will you?" Poseidon said with a smile.

Asura wanted to leave him behind, happily pass on his Godhood alone, then leave the God Realm and roam freely through the universe.

That would be downright irresponsible of him as a god.

Suddenly, Sea God Poseidon sensed that the contents of one of his God Trials had disappeared.

He immediately cast down his gaze to inspect the situation.

It would have been better not to look. Once he did, he did not know what to say.

The contents of the Third Sea God Divine Trial—the Evil Orca King—had been hunted by Qian Xunji.

Along with the Evil Orca King's subordinates, several dozen Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas had all been killed, their bodies recovered.

Poseidon frowned, his mouth twitching.

"Where did this tryhard come from?" he grumbled.

In a single day, Qian Xunji had first fought his Sea God High Priestess and completed the First Trial of the Asura God Trial.

After accepting the Second Trial and reading its contents, Qian Xunji had immediately killed his mount, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, before swiftly leaving Sea God Island.

Then, on his way back to Douluo Continent, he had encountered the Evil Orca King leading his subordinates to feed and directly hunted the entire Evil Spirit Orca clan.

He had not rested at all throughout the whole process. If he was not fighting, he was on his way to fight.

Most importantly, he had accomplished all three things in a single day.

Even after hunting the Evil Spirit Orcas, he did not rest. He continued on his journey, flying toward Douluo Continent.

"If only my believers worked this hard when cultivating," Poseidon sighed to himself.

He was dissatisfied with his believers.

His believers did not work hard, so his Godhood could not be passed down.

He could only come to the continent to seek someone fated.

That was roughly how Sea God Island's sacred relic, the Heart of the Sea God Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, came to be lost and end up on Douluo Continent.

Of course, he also harbored the selfish thought of gathering the continent's faith and raising the level of the Sea God Position.