Yun Xinghe's wounds began to heal at a visible speed. His limbs began to twitch, and then with a exertion, he tried to roll over.
Jiang Hao was very worried that the resurrected Yun Xinghe would still be the same Yun Xinghe as before. So he stared at him intently.
Yun Xinghe paused abruptly as he rolled over, then leaped up and stood upright. He exclaimed, "Holy crap, that hurts! Why didn't you save me? You made me get bitten by the lion again! Do you know how much that hurts? I'm practically traumatized by this bite!"
Well, he's still got the knack for roasting people; looks like it's still him!
Several teammates had already crawled out of the little poop's mouth and were rubbing and kneading Yun Xinghe, as if to verify whether he was really unharmed.
Jiang Hao thought to himself, "If I had known, I should have let him get bitten a few more times!"
Yun Xinghe slapped Sun Zhi and Luo Zai's hands away and said, "Hey, kid, you've leveled up? Want to improve your rank?"
Upgrade his rank? Jiang Hao dreamed about it!
He had been so busy with various things that he hadn't had time to participate in the Hero Trials. And then, after the world merged, the Hero Trials were shut down.
Could this function be available here as well?
Jiang Hao nodded without hesitation.
Yunxing turned and left, climbing into the little poop's mouth first, waving his hand and saying, "Get in the car!"
After Xiao Shi led everyone to the lakeside, the group stood on the shore.
One by one, wild beasts, strong and weak alike, crawled out of the lake, shook off the water, and scattered in all directions. They clearly dared not provoke the little poop behind Jiang Hao.
Yun Xinghe pointed to the large lake and said, "Those who want to improve their rank can jump in now?"
Jiang Hao was stunned. He thought to himself, "Are you serious?"
He had seen clearly through Yun Xinghe's Heavenly Eye that monsters had crawled out of the lake, but he had never seen a monster actively jump into the lake.
Looking at the dense swarms of monsters crawling out from the shore, Jiang Hao couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. Was this lake some kind of breeding ground for monsters?
How did he learn that jumping into the lake could increase one's rank?
Seeing that no one was moving and their faces were pale as they stared at the lake, Yun Xinghe grabbed Jiang Hao's arm and said, "Brother, set an example for them."
Then he kicked Jiang Hao in the butt. Jiang Hao didn't budge, but Yun Xinghe's foot twisted with a crack.
Yun Xinghe plopped down on the grass, massaging his ankles as he said, "Damn, why is your butt so hard?"
Jiang Hao said, "My attribute values are in the tens of millions. How could a mere ordinary player like you possibly shake them?"
Yun Xinghe showed no awareness of being a weakling, saying, "You already have tens of millions of attribute points, why would you be afraid of the monsters here? Hurry up, the others still need to go in after you come up!"
Glancing at the expectant looks of his teammates, Jiang Hao took a deep breath. It seemed he had no choice but to jump into this lake today. With a swift movement, he plunged into the water, splashing up a large spray.
After jumping into the lake, the scenery blurred before his eyes, and Jiang Hao, soaking wet, found himself on an ancient arena. Looking around, he saw a circular membrane seemingly surrounding the arena, keeping the lake water out of reach of him.
There was no system notification to confirm whether to challenge the three-star trial. A flash of white light appeared on the opposite side of the arena, and a summoner appeared.
Without saying a word, the summoner raised his hand, and five gold-level summons appeared in the arena.
One was a polar bear-like magical beast that resembled a little glutton; another was a leopard with two pairs of wings on its back; and standing in the very center was a giant skeleton monster five meters tall, whose appearance was unlike any magical beast Jiang Hao had ever seen. The fourth was an ordinary-looking elephant that seemed perfectly normal; and the fifth was a small, colorful butterfly, no bigger than a palm, constantly flapping its wings.
Jiang Hao knew that a summoner's strength depended primarily on their summoned creatures. These five gold-level monsters, though terrifying in appearance, were completely beneath Jiang Hao's notice. The moment the battle began, Jiang Hao swung his staff five times, instantly annihilating all five summoned creatures.
The ancient arena suddenly disappeared, and Jiang Hao found himself standing on the shore. In front of him, the corpses of the five summoned creatures he had killed floated on the lake surface and sank in a short while.
Is that all?
Jiang Hao opened his attribute panel and found that his rank had changed from two stars to gold (before world fusion, participating in the Hero Trials could increase star rating. After world fusion, participating in the Hero Trials would increase rank. One star is equivalent to bronze, two stars to silver, and three stars to gold). As for his basic attributes, each level increased his intelligence by 2000, and his strength and agility by 750, matching the attribute increases from three-star Killing Heart.
So Jiang Hao jumped into the lake again.
A moment later, Jiang Hao stood on the shore again.
The Intelligence attribute has increased to 10,000 per level, and Strength and Agility have also increased to 3,750.
Jiang Hao lost his temper and jumped down again without thinking...
After defeating 60 epic-level summons for the last time, Jiang Hao's rank reached epic level.
Each level increases the main attribute Intelligence by 200,000, and Strength and Agility by 75,000!
Just as Jiang Hao was about to jump into the lake again, Yun Xinghe's cold voice reached his ears: "Alright, alright, there's no need to jump anymore. If you jump again, you'll be facing a legendary monster. You don't want hundreds of legendary monsters to appear here, do you?"
Jiang Hao suddenly woke up. Yes, if he were to challenge the Seven Star Trial, it would definitely involve legendary-level summoned creatures. If he succeeded, all would be well, but if he failed, the lake would suddenly have hundreds more legendary-level summoned creatures belonging to other people. Who knows what this place would become then?
Jiang Hao asked, "How do you know that you can revive and upgrade your rank here?"
Yun Xinghe chuckled and said, "Because I found a great treasure at the bottom of the lake. Listen, kid, as long as you guard this treasure, you'll be unable to help but become stronger!"
Jiang Hao immediately asked, "What treasure? Can I take it with me?"
Yun Xinghe rolled his eyes at Jiang Hao and said, "I don't know what this thing is called, but it's definitely related to the ancient gods. You definitely can't take it or move it! If you don't believe me, I can give you my vision, and you can try."
Yun Xinghe exchanged a glance with Zuo Ming, and Yun Xinghe's Heavenly Eye vision was immediately shifted to Jiang Hao.
"Look down at the bottom of the lake, do you see that irregular glowing fragment? That's it."
In the very center of the dark lakebed, Jiang Hao indeed saw a fragment emitting a soft glow. He then spread his fingers and suddenly clenched them, expecting the fragment to automatically come into his hand, but it remained completely still.
Jiang Hao's 4S-level talent has failed again!
Could it be that those soft lights, like the light spheres of the ice silkworm, have the effect of obscuring vision and thoughts?
Jiang Hao was unwilling to give up and wanted Xiao Shi to take him to that fragment.
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