After they cleared the trial, over a dozen screens of light lit up simultaneously. Gold, red, and black shattered together, turning into motes of light that merged into their bodies, and a mechanical voice rang out.
"Cleverly exploited the rules, enhanced your companions' abilities, and single-handedly broke through the Demon Soul Great White Shark King's defenses. Sea God's Second Trial passed. Sea God Affinity increased by 10%. Total affinity: 20%."
Gentle golden light spread throughout his body. Unlike the first trial, although his Soul Power barely increased, his mental world underwent a significant change. Blue radiance rippled over his entire body, seeping inward from the surface into every limb and bone.
The others received much the same rewards. Apart from Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er, everyone's Soul Power increased by one rank, while those taking the red level assessment gained five hundred years of cultivation on all their Soul Rings.
"Congratulations on passing another trial. Come with me!"
A leisurely voice rang out, and Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi appeared before them. As always, she offered them her approval and looked at Lin Qian with a complicated gaze.
Beyond her unwillingness to sacrifice herself to this man in the future, there was something else, something she could neither describe nor explain and would have to slowly explore herself.
Two hours later.
After crossing mountains and ridges, they arrived before a stretch of rugged mountain terrain.
Rumbling crashes reached their ears, like rolling thunder, each louder than the last.
Tian Meng covered his ears in pain. "Who's making that noise? It's so piercing!"
Bo Saixi floated up and flew onto a mountain several hundred meters tall ahead of them. It was pitch-black all over, without a blade of grass growing on it.
After two years of hellish training, they all possessed