silence.
A deathly silence.
"cough……"
In the end, it was Seahorse Douluo who reacted first.
His old face turned pale and then red, so embarrassed he could have dug a temple out of the sand with his toes.
He had just confidently declared that his intimidation would be "controlled with exquisite precision," but what happened?
They didn't need him to "go easy on them" at all.
The icy blue eyes of Little White, the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark, were also filled with confusion.
She stared at Xiao Wu, trying to see through the little girl.
She felt it most clearly in the sea, that supreme aura that originated from the depths of her blood, making her want to submit.
That's... the aura of the Sea God!
In this eerie atmosphere, a strange change suddenly occurred.
"Buzz—"
Without warning, the entire area above the ring of sea lit up.
A dazzling golden beam of light shot into the sky, condensing into a line of large characters in mid-air:
[Second test, breaking through the ring-shaped blockade, passed. Reward halved due to cheating. For those who pass the Nine Trials of the Sea God, Sea God affinity increases by 5%, total affinity by 45%. Reward: Level 1 Soul Power.]
With a flash of light, a golden ray entered Xiao Wu's body.
Immediately afterwards, the light of Yang Bubai's Black-level Sixth Trial and Shui Bing'er's Top-level Seventh Trial also lit up one after another, descending with light and rewarding them with one level of soul power each.
Rewards halved?
The crowd's expressions grew even stranger as they looked at the words.
The judgment was quite intelligent; it knew they had "tricked" the system. Even a halved reward was enough to drive any Soul Master on the continent crazy.
Xiao Wu closed her eyes and carefully felt the changes within her body.
A warm current surged through his limbs and bones, and the bottleneck in his soul power shattered instantly.
Level 69... Level 70!
A powerful surge of soul energy suddenly erupted from her center, causing the air to churn and the clothes of everyone present to flutter.
Although there is only one level difference between a Soul Emperor and a Soul Saint, they are worlds apart.
However, this is not the end.
The moment Xiao Wu's soul power steadily stepped into the threshold of level seventy, her aura surged once again.
Behind him, rings of spirit rings automatically appeared, yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, and red, the six spirit rings shining brightly.
Immediately afterwards, a new halo began to condense beside the sixth, blood-red, 100,000-year soul ring.
The light, which was initially just a faint red glow, quickly became deeper and more intense, eventually transforming into a blood-red color that was identical to the sixth soul ring, a color that made one's heart tremble!
The seventh spirit ring, 100,000 years!
Moreover, this was not obtained by hunting soul beasts, but rather it was formed by her own foundation after she, a 100,000-year-old soul beast, broke through the level 70 mark in soul power and began to cultivate again!
At this moment, the entire Poseidon Island seemed to tremble.
Endless life force converged from all directions, flowing into Xiao Wu's body and nourishing her newly formed soul ring and breakthrough cultivation.
"It...it condensed a 100,000-year-old soul ring on its own?"
Seahorse Douluo's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and his voice trembled.
Xiaobai was also shocked, muttering to herself, "So that's how it is..."
After a long while, the light faded.
Xiao Wu opened her eyes, and two beams of divine light flashed and disappeared.
At this moment, the light on the sacred pillar shifted once more, revealing new inscriptions.
[The Ninth Trial of the Sea God, Third Trial: Tidal Body Tempering. One must endure the raging waves for twelve hours daily atop the sunken silver pillar. Time limit: one year.]
Tidal Body Refinement?
While everyone was still reeling from Xiao Wu's breakthrough, they were all somewhat bewildered when they saw the new challenges.
"hehe……"
A meaningful laugh followed.
Everyone turned around and saw that Seahorse Douluo had regained his composure, with a strange smile on his face that seemed to say, "Let's see what you do this time."
He cleared his throat, stepped forward, and regained some of the majesty of a guardian of the sacred pillar.
"Congratulations everyone on passing the second test."
He made a polite remark at first, then changed the subject and pointed to the depths of the island.
"The venue for the third test is over there. Would you like me to show you the way now?"
His tone sounded very "enthusiastic," but the playful glint in his eyes was impossible to hide.
Ning Liu raised an eyebrow, seeing through the other party's little scheme, but didn't expose it, simply smiling:
"Then I'll have to trouble you, sir."
"No problem, no problem."
Seahorse Douluo seemed to have been waiting for these words. He immediately turned around and led the way with great interest, saying, "Everyone, please follow me."
The group followed him through a dense forest, where the terrain gradually rose.
Before even reaching our destination, a powerful wave of water vapor rushed towards us, accompanied by deafening roars, as if a thousand horses were galloping and roaring ahead.
The ground beneath their feet trembled slightly in rhythm with the roar.
The relaxed expressions on everyone's faces gradually faded, replaced by a solemn look.
When they followed Seahorse Douluo around the last reef and the view ahead suddenly opened up, everyone was completely stunned.
It was a canyon surrounded by giant reefs, and at the end of the canyon, it connected to the boundless blue sea.
At this moment, the sea is "angry".
Hundreds of meters high, like towering walls of water, crashed relentlessly into the canyon wave after wave.
Each wave crashing against the cliffs on either side of the canyon creates a deafening roar, as if the entire world has fallen silent at that moment.
Amidst the raging waves, silver pillars, forged from an unknown metal, stood stubbornly upright.
They swayed slightly under the pounding of the giant waves, yet remained upright, gleaming with a cold metallic luster.
This is... Tidal Body Refinement?
Faced with the devastating power of nature, human beings appear so insignificant.
Let alone holding out for twelve hours, a single wave could probably turn a person into mincemeat.
Zhu Zhuqing and the others immediately turned pale.
"hey-hey."
Looking at the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Seahorse Douluo felt a strange sense of satisfaction.
He walked slowly to Ning Liu's side, his hands behind his back, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, with a hint of slyness in it:
"Sect Leader Ning, did you see that?"
He raised his chin and pointed to the raging, furious waves.
"Now, you can't bribe the examiner anymore."
"After all, this time the examiner is... the sea!"
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