Chapter 81: Breaking the Limit
Everyone continued the assessment, and next up was Huo Wu. Her challenge was far more difficult than the others, requiring her to reach 136 steps.
Huo Wu began to walk up the steps with a serious expression. At first, the few dozen steps seemed like no pressure to her. When she reached level 50, her speed began to slow.
Huo Wu summoned her martial spirit and continued to climb. When she reached level 100, beads of sweat began to form on her face, and the pressure suddenly increased.
Suddenly, eight spider legs extended from Huo Wu's back, standing on the ground like eight pillars, supporting Huo Wu to continue climbing. Up to this point, Huo Wu had not yet used her spirit skills.
Ning Rongrong, standing at the bottom of the stairs, exclaimed, "This is the same external spirit bone as Third Brother's, both are spider-like, but it seems a little different."
Tang San nodded, "My external spirit bone comes from a 2,000-year-old human-faced demon spider. Huo Wu's external spirit bone looks like it belongs to a fire spider, and it's probably close to 50,000 years old. This kind of external spirit bone is truly priceless, unmatched in both attack and defense."
At level 120, Huo Wu found it difficult to climb any higher. She gritted her teeth, and the three spirit bones in her body shone, supporting her as she continued to advance. At level 135, the pressure on Huo Wu was like a mountain.
Xiao Fei had previously told everyone that, beyond achieving the assessment goals, they needed to climb as high as possible. The higher they exceeded, the higher the rewards would be.
Huo Wu knew it was time to use her trump card.
Huo Wu's six spirit rings shone, then all merged into her third spirit ring. A massive ring of resistance appeared before her. As the rings pushed forward, Huo Wu quickly passed level 136 and continued to climb. Eventually, she reached level 148, then could no longer climb.
As the pressure lifted, Huo Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
A voice entered her mind: "Huo Wu, tenacious, persistent, and pushing your limits, you have passed the first of the seven Red Level tests. Your spirit power will increase by one level, and the age of all your spirit rings will increase by 1,000 years."
At this point, Huo Wu's spirit power level was 78, and her spirit rings were: purple, purple, purple, purple, black, black.
Xiao Fei was the last to take the test. He glanced back at the others, and under their gaze, he began to climb with a determined look.
The first 100 levels were easy for Xiao Fei, almost stress-free. At level 200, the pressure suddenly intensified, and he summoned his Fire Phoenix spirit, instantly transforming into a phoenix. Xiao Fei's entire body, save for his head, had transformed into a fiery phoenix, sprinting up the stairs at breakneck speed.
Among the Shrek group, Ma Hongjun asked Tang San, "Third Brother, Wang Xiaofei's move doesn't seem like a spirit skill. How did he pull it off? It's a bit like a spirit avatar, but was there any spirit ring fluctuation just now? It seems to consume much less energy than a spirit avatar?"
Tang San's face was a bit serious. "The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family was once known as the world's greatest beast spirit. Their strength stemmed from their family's secret technique: Dragon Transformation. It's said that some masters can achieve this transformation entirely. Yu Tianheng, whom we fought, was able to transform his right hand into a dragon. Wang Xiaofei probably figured it out on his own."
"I heard from the teacher that after dragon transformation, physical fitness is greatly improved, and it's the foundation of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family."
Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, all of whom were also beast spirits, all wore serious expressions.
As Xiao Fei reached level 280, the pressure intensified again. Xiao Fei estimated that the pressure was now approaching the peak of the Soul Douluo realm.
Xiao Fei gritted his teeth, and the twelve wings on his back appeared. Supported by them, he continued forward.
At level 330, he once again found himself struggling. The final three levels felt like an insurmountable chasm.
At this point, Xiao Fei reflected on his past life, on his arrival on Douluo Continent. The sky seemed to constantly block his progress, and no matter how hard he tried, nothing seemed to be enough.
Xiao Fei gritted his teeth. Since the sky stood in my way, I would destroy it, break through this chasm.
Since arriving on Douluo Continent, Xiao Fei seemed to have never used his full strength, enduring no matter what, hiding his strength. Seeing this chasm, Xiao Fei decided to give it a go, no longer holding back.
The bottleneck within Xiao Fei's body loosened, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through to level 80—Quasi-Soul Douluo.
Xiao Fei's soul bones instantly shone, his eyes glowed red, and he uttered a single word: Kill.
Xiao Fei's Killing God Domain instantly activated. A white light seemed to flash across the sky, breaking through the Sea God's light in front of him. Everyone at the foot of the stairs felt a startling shudder.
Tang San, observing Xiao Fei's condition, gritted his teeth and uttered four words: Killing God Domain!
As Xiao Fei's Killing God Domain unfolded, the pressure on him suddenly eased, and Xiao Fei continued to climb rapidly. 333, 340, 350, 360, 380...
Finally, Xiao Fei stopped at step 420, his limit. The pressure on Xiao Fei suddenly eased. Glancing up at the sky, Xiao Fei shook his head and sighed, "Does this count as overreaching? My strength is far from enough. I need to work harder! Time is running out."
Whether it was Poseidon at the top of the mountain or the crowd below, everyone seemed to swallow their words. Was this Wang Xiao Fei's true strength?
A voice came from Xiao Fei's mind: "Wang Xiao Fei, outstanding, unyielding, breaking through your own limits, the first of the nine red-level tests, passing through the double light of the sea god, exceeded the target, soul power increased by one level, and the age of all soul rings increased by 3000 years."
Xiao Fei felt that his soul power had increased, but because he had reached the bottleneck of level 80, it could not be displayed.
At this point, Xiao Fei's soul power level was level 80 (81), and his soul rings were purple, black, black, black, and red, with the sixth soul ring having a hint of red.
When Xiao Fei returned to the bottom of the stairs in front of everyone. In the sky, Poseidon appeared again.
Poseidon said to Xiaofei with a hint of admiration: "Congratulations to the seven of you for passing the first test of the Sea God Assessment. However, your subsequent assessments will be more difficult. I hope you will do your best to complete the assessments. Wang Xiaofei, in my life, I have never seen a young person as outstanding as you. I hope you will continue to work hard and reach the pinnacle of soul masters."
"Xiaofei, you have now reached level 80. This is your God-given soul ring. After you absorb this God-given soul ring, the second assessment of the six of you will begin, and the time will still be one year."
Xiaofei took the God-given soul ring from Poseidon's hand and did not absorb it immediately. Instead, he sat on the ground and began to cultivate.
Xiaofei wanted to adjust his condition to the best possible level because he felt that this God-given soul ring might bring him unexpected benefits.
He was afraid that there would be no stronger fire-attributed soul beast on the Douluo Continent.
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