The challengers stared at Nameless one by one, but none wanted to be the first bird to stick its head out.
Then a burly man with a lion's head stepped forward. He swept the other challengers with a disdainful glance and strode toward Nameless.
He crouched in front of Nameless and said, "Sorry to disturb you. I'm willing to trade this trial's reward for your cultivation method. What do you say?"
"..."
Nameless remained asleep, showing no sign of waking.
"..."
The lion-headed man's gaze gradually turned cold. "You don't want to make an enemy of everyone here, do you? If we all come after you in the next trial, do you think you'll survive?"
"..."
Nameless kept sleeping. He did not even move.
The lion-headed man flew into a rage. His fingers began to turn into claws, but he remembered that challengers could not attack one another on the Divine Treasury Road and calmed down. "Fine. Very well. Then just wait to die. You'd better hope you don't run into us in the next trial!"
With that, he rose and left.
Everyone could see that Nameless had no intention of revealing the cultivation method that let him break the rules. Since they could not fight on the Divine Treasury Road, they waited for the next trial to begin, each harboring their own thoughts.
A few minutes later, the people around him vanished with a whoosh.
Nameless opened his eyes and found himself at sea. Even his clothes had changed.
"So this is the seventh trial?"
Nameless quickly surveyed his surroundings. He stood on the deck of a sailing ship. Visibility beyond it was extremely poor, and the seawater was pitch-black. Countless skeletons bobbed in its depths.
He walked to the side of the ship, about to examine the water,