Xiao Bai, Receive This Blade

Before Yuan Yu even stepped down the stone steps, Xiao Bai spat out a mouthful of seawater.

He sidestepped to let it pass, and Ma Hongjun behind him failed to dodge in time, getting soaked from head to toe. The fat man wiped his face and was about to speak when the great white shark already transformed into a woman with grey-blue hair, standing barefoot on the shore rocks.

"Your reaction is too slow." She looked Yuan Yu over. "I heard you escaped from that demon whale's mouth?"

"You ran quite fast. Pity your clothes were completely ruined."

Xiao Bai glanced at his still-bloodstained cuffs and did not attack again.

Bo Saixi allowed everyone to rest for a night. The second trial required crossing the Ring Sea by water route and prohibited flying over the blockade; spatial spirit skills could be used, but every landing point still had to fall within the trial waters. Yuan Yu would separately accept Xiao Bai's full-strength interception, while Shrek would pass according to the joint trial, leaving enough recovery time for the gatekeeper between the two matches.

Dai Mubai obtained his God-given Spirit Ring that very night.

After the golden bead shattered in his palm, the White Tiger Martial Soul pounced out from behind him, its spirit ring color deepening all the way. He did not stop when the black light first appeared, grinding his teeth so hard they clicked, while his tiger claws gouged four deep gouges into the flagstones beneath him.

Zhu Zhuqing stood by the tree the entire time, only relaxing her tightly clenched fists when the word "King" on the white tiger's forehead lit up once more.

At daybreak, the seventh black spirit ring settled into place.

Dai Mubai opened his eyes, the spirit power that had previously choked his