"The examiner's decisive and ruthless actions have instilled fear in the common people and hatred in the officials. The assessment for fame has been exceeded. The affinity with the Asura God has increased by 5%, and the age of all spirit rings has increased by 2000 years."
The mechanical voice in his mind echoed continuously. Tang San felt that his years of hard work had not been in vain, especially the increase in the age of his spirit rings, which greatly excited him. Finally, he wouldn't have to show his face with a bunch of hundred-year spirit rings anymore
. Heaven knows how indignant he felt when he took out his spirit rings and saw the astonished yet gloating expressions on others' faces. Thinking of this, Tang San immediately accepted the assessment reward and released his Blue Silver Grass spirit rings.
Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, black, black, yellow—seven spirit rings rose in succession, and the smile on Tang Shenwang's lips slowly froze, his expression turning ferocious.
"Why!!!"
"Wasn't it said that all spirit ring ages would be increased by 2000 years? Why are there still five hundred-year spirit rings? Asura God, are you deceiving me?"
In his rage, Tang San stomped his foot hard on the floor of the room, causing the entire floor to crack like a spider web, extending to the surrounding walls.
This simple venting did little to alleviate Tang San's anger. After retracting his Blue Silver Grass, he summoned his Clear Sky Hammer spirit again. When the seven purple spirit rings rose on it, Tang San felt a rare sense of relief.
"So that's how it is. All spirit rings refer to all the spirit rings of the Clear Sky Hammer? It seems that the divine test only targets the Clear Sky Hammer spirit."
Understanding this, Tang San's mind began to work again. If he could find another god to inherit from his Blue Silver Grass spirit, would that mean that the Blue Silver Grass's spirit rings would also be improved?
Of course, he could only think about these things for now. Gods were not so easy to encounter, and even if he did, they would choose him. He didn't have the energy to take the tests of two gods at the same time. It was better to complete this Asura God test steadily first.
Shaking off the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Tang San immediately began to investigate the next divine trial. When he learned the content of the next divine trial, his gaze suddenly focused, and flashes of purple light appeared between his eyes.
"This divine trial is indeed not easy to complete. It seems that I will have to stay in the City of Slaughter for a while longer."
Since he knew the route back and forth by heart, Ning Bei only spent three days to arrive at Seagod Island and skillfully entered the Sea Maiden City. However, when he found the Sea Maiden Douluo, the guardian of the Sea Maiden Sacred Pillar, he was told that the little ones had successfully completed the trial of challenging the Seven Sacred Pillars and were now following the High Priest, Poseidon, to complete their sixth trial in the Raging Waves Abyss.
Hearing the name Raging Waves Abyss, Ning Bei understood very well. That was where everyone completed the third trial of the Seagod, the Tidal Body Tempering. Ning Bei also had some guesses about the little ones' next trial. It would most likely be to work together to withstand Poseidon for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
After politely greeting the Sea Maiden Douluo, Ning Bei flashed to the cliff face of the Raging Waves Abyss. The figures of the little ones immediately appeared before her, and in the center of them stood Poseidon, the High Priestess of Seagod Island, dressed in red robes.
Facing the encirclement of the little ones, Poseidon's face remained calm. The fifth black spirit ring on her Seagod Martial Soul slowly lit up, and she raised her left hand, summoning a huge water curtain that enveloped everyone.
Having fought Poseidon before, Ning Bei was quite familiar with this move. Once the water curtain was fully formed, countless phantoms of sea spirit beasts would condense within it and attack the enemy, making it a large-scale spirit skill that combined control and damage. If it weren't for the Eternal Freeze Domain, Ning Bei wouldn't have been able to easily deal with this move.
Although Poseidon's spirit skill was powerful, Ning Bei wasn't worried much. Instead, she was very much looking forward to seeing how everyone would respond.
"Fifth Soul Skill: Summoning of the Sea God!"
As Poseidon's majestic voice echoed through the valley, countless ferocious-looking sea spirit beasts appeared within the formed water curtain, roaring as they charged towards the smaller creatures.
Such a massive spectacle did not frighten them; they quickly began to employ their techniques in coordinated combat.
"Seventh Soul Skill: Nine Treasures True Body, Nine Treasures Named, Non-Stop Work!"
Ning Rongrong, positioned at the very center of the group, immediately began her work. Six beams of seven-colored light swiftly entered the bodies of the smaller creatures. Having activated her Martial Soul True Body, Ning Rongrong could double the efficiency of her all-attribute amplification, making her a qualified team engine.
Those who received her amplification instantly felt an all-around increase in their attributes, a feeling that intoxicated them.
Zhu Zhuqing, wielding Vajra Claws and with a bony tail emerging from her rear, was fast enough to walk on waves, quickly tearing countless sea spirit beasts apart with her claws.
The little rabbit's performance was equally impressive; her graceful figure constantly disappeared and reappeared beside the sea spirit beasts, her Nine Heavens Thunder Double Kick reaching a state of perfection, continuously turning sea spirit beasts into waves beneath her long legs.
Long Nianbing, Ye Yinzhu, Dugu Yan, and Nami also used their respective methods to continuously defeat the attacking sea spirit beasts.
These spirit beasts, after being attacked, would quickly disintegrate into seawater and re-merge into the water curtain to form sea spirit beasts, launching another attack.
"This won't work! If we can't break the water curtain or use a wide-range control technique to solidify the seawater, we'll be constantly attacked by sea spirit beasts. What's the difference between this and a perpetual motion machine?"
Xiao Wu's complaint was quickly agreed upon by everyone, and they began to think of countermeasures while passively defending against the sea spirit beast attacks.
Soon, Ning Rongrong, who was in the center of the group holding the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, heard her friends' words and her eyes lit up instantly.
"Everyone, come to me, quick!"
"Huh?"
Although they didn't understand what Ning Rongrong was going to do, after fighting side-by-side for so long, everyone decided to trust this little princess and quickly moved closer to her, surrounding her.
"Rongrong, what are you planning to do?"
"Hey, did you forget that my brother gave me a soul bone last time? Didn't you just say you were going to use a large-scale control technique to deal with the sea spirit beasts formed from seawater? My soul bone happens to have a similar skill."
"Ha, is there such a good thing? Then what are you waiting for?"
Upon hearing that there was such a good thing, the little rabbit immediately complained to her friend, after all, she had been kicking in the seawater for so long, and her white stockings were soaked.
"Hehe, didn't I just remember? Watch your Miss Rongrong show
off her divine power." Pushing aside Xiao Wu who was blocking her way, Ning Rongrong immediately stepped forward and stood in front of tens of thousands of surging sea spirit beasts. The little girl's entire body burst forth with an icy blue cold light, and the sudden drop in temperature around them made her friends shiver involuntarily.
"Soul Bone Skill - Glacier Storm."
The torso bone bestowed upon Ning Rongrong by the 300,000-year-old extreme cold ice phoenix granted her two soul skills, and Glacier Storm was one of them. As for whether this move could resolve everyone's predicament, Ning Rongrong was quite apprehensive, after all, this was her first time using this powerful control soul skill.
(End of Chapter)