100: Chapter 100: The Nine Trials of the Sea God

Arriving here, the atmosphere became solemn and respectful once again.

Sea Horse Douluo walked up to the Sacred Pillar, turned to Wang Donger, and said, "Young lady, please step forward and stand within the circle of light beneath the Sacred Pillar."

Wang Donger took a deep breath, suppressing the nervousness caused by the impending trial as well as the slight jealousy from just moments ago, and walked to the center of the faintly glowing circle as instructed, standing still.

Lu Jing and Snow Empress, along with the other Sacred Pillar Douluos, stood at the edge of the platform, watching quietly.

Sea Horse Douluo's expression was solemn; he pressed his palms together, then slowly pushed them forward, injecting a stream of pure blue Soul Power like flowing water into the massive Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.

"Hum—!"

As the Soul Power was injected, the entire Sea Horse Sacred Pillar jolted, the patterns on its surface instantly lighting up and emitting a dazzling blue radiance!

Immediately following, a thick beam of blue light erupted from the mouth of the Sea Horse statue atop the Sacred Pillar, shooting straight into the sky and dyeing the clouds above entirely blue!

The blue beam of light paused slightly in the air, as if guided by some force, and suddenly changed direction, cascading down like a celestial river to precisely envelop Wang Donger below!

As the light entered her body, Wang Donger's delicate frame trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but close her eyes.

She could feel a warm, vast energy carrying a divine aura surging into every part of her body, finally converging at her forehead.

At the same time, the color of the light beam enveloping her began to undergo astonishing changes!

The initial blue quickly faded, turning into the white representing a ten-year spirit ring, but this white flashed and vanished, immediately transforming into the yellow representing a hundred-year spirit ring! The yellow light stabilized for a moment before beginning to shift toward a deeper color—purple!

The purple light did not linger for long before, as if stained by ink, it rapidly turned into a deep black!

By this stage, the surrounding Sacred Pillar Douluos watching the ceremony already wore expressions of surprise and satisfaction; being able to receive a Black-level trial already marked one as a rare genius on Sea God Island.

For instance, Sacred Pillar Douluos like themselves were all Black-level trials.

However, the changes had not yet ceased!

Within that deep black, a breathtaking crimson suddenly emerged! The red spread rapidly, finally dyeing the entire beam of light a deep, blood-like red!

"Red... Red! Top-level Seven Trials!" Sea Ghost Douluo couldn't help but exclaim!

The Top-level Seven Trials meant that the girl before them possessed the potential to inherit the position of High Priest of Sea God Island!

This was already a grand event rarely seen on Sea God Island in a thousand years!

But then, something happened that left everyone, including the knowledgeable Seven Sacred Pillar Douluos and Xiao Bai nearby, dumbfounded and almost suffocated!

That crimson red, which symbolized the Top-level trial, after reaching its zenith, actually began to shift toward a color that was even more noble, more brilliant, as if condensed from pure sunlight and Divine Power—gold!

An incomparably brilliant, incomparably sacred golden beam of light completely enveloped Wang Donger, and at her forehead, a perfectly clear golden trident mark slowly emerged, radiating supreme majesty!

The entire Sea Horse Sacred Pillar platform fell into a deathly silence.

Only Sea Dragon Douluo, with a trembling voice filled with endless excitement and awe, broke the silence:

"Sea... Seagod Nine Trials! It's the Seagod Nine Trials! Lord Sea God... has finally waited for his successor!"

A ten-thousand-year wait, the legendary supreme trial had finally reappeared!

This meant that Sea God Island would welcome a new master, and the glory of the Sea God would once again shine upon the world!

This moment was worthy of being recorded in the annals of Sea God Island.

However, at this moment of intense public attention and emotional agitation, Snow Empress, who had been standing quietly on the sidelines with a cold temperament, suddenly narrowed her ice-blue eyes!

She turned her head abruptly, her gaze seemingly piercing through space, looking far toward the highest point of Sea God Island, in the direction of the towering Sea God Hall!

She sensed an extremely subtle, yet vast as the sea and deep as an abyss, powerful aura rapidly approaching from that direction at a speed that transcended ordinary cognition!

This aura was so strong that even she felt a trace of pressure.

"What is it?" Lu Jing, standing beside her, noticed Snow Empress's anomaly immediately and asked in a low voice.

Although his strength was far inferior to Snow Empress, his perception of auras was also extremely keen, he just couldn't capture the source and details as clearly as she could.

Snow Empress's gaze remained locked on the distance, her red lips parted slightly, and her cold voice carried a hint of solemnity: "A powerful expert is coming, moving extremely fast... very strong. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the one you mentioned before, the strongest on Sea God Island, that level ninety-nine peak Douluo, the Sea God Douluo."

Her words had barely fallen, not even giving Lu Jing more time to think, when the space in front of the crowd rippled slightly like water.

The next moment, a stunningly beautiful figure appeared without warning in the center of the platform, right next to Wang Donger, at the edge of the golden beam of light.

The person was dressed in a luxurious and solemn bright red long dress that trailed on the ground, outlining her tall, graceful, and near-perfect body curves.

Her skin was as white as snow, forming a sharp contrast with the red dress, further accentuating her noble temperament.

A head of sea-blue long hair cascaded behind her like a waterfall, adorned with simple pearl accessories that only added to her elegance.

Her face was stunningly beautiful, as if she had gathered all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; her features were as exquisite as if carved by a Divine Craftsman, and between her brows lingered a faint touch of melancholy and an otherworldly sense of holiness, making one afraid to look directly at her, yet unable to help but yearn for her.

She wore a pair of silver high heels, making her already tall figure appear even more upright.

In her hand, she held a scepter that was slightly taller than herself; the scepter was blue throughout, with a massive golden gemstone embedded at the top, emitting a soft yet impossible-to-ignore ripple of Divine Power.

She was the High Priest of Sea God Island, the invincible peak expert of the ocean, the Sea God Douluo—Poseidon!

Her appearance seemed to carry an invisible force field, instantly making her the absolute center of the entire scene.

Even the golden light of the Seagod Nine Trials, which connected heaven and earth, seemed to pale in comparison before her.

"Greetings, High Priest!"

Upon seeing this red figure, the seven Sacred Pillar guardians, including Sea Dragon Douluo, did not hesitate in the slightest; they immediately knelt on one knee, placed their right hands on their chests, and shouted in unison, their voices filled with heartfelt awe and devotion.

Even Xiao Bai subconsciously buried her head lower, signaling submission.

Poseidon merely waved her hand casually at their salutes; from the moment she appeared, her deep and beautiful eyes, like the ocean, had never left Wang Donger, who was enveloped by the golden beam of light.

Her gaze was complex, containing gratification, expectation, scrutiny, and a trace of indescribable relief, as if a mission were about to be accomplished.

She gazed quietly at the young girl in the light beam who was closing her eyes and feeling the Divine Power. After a moment, she slowly spoke in her ethereal and magnetic voice. Her voice was not loud, yet it clearly entered everyone's ears, as if carrying some strange magic: "Ten thousand years of waiting, time flowing by... the successor that Sea God Island has waited over ten thousand years for has finally appeared."

Her tone was calm, yet contained a sense of vicissitudes spanning time and space, as if she were stating a long-destined fate.

At this time, the golden beam of the Seagod Nine Trials began to slowly retract, finally sinking completely into Wang Donger's forehead, transforming into a perfectly clear golden trident mark radiating a faint golden light.

Wang Donger's long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Her eyes were a bit dazed at first, then quickly became clear, feeling the surging power within her body and an inexplicable sense of closeness and awe toward the surrounding environment, especially toward the woman in the red dress before her.

The moment she saw Poseidon, she was stunned by the other party's peerless beauty, noble and sacred temperament, and the Sea God scepter in her hand that symbolized supreme authority.

She subconsciously wanted to bow to pay respects, after all, the other party looked like the person with the highest status on Sea God Island.

However, just as she made a move, Poseidon gently waved her hand, and a soft yet irresistible force supported her, preventing her from bowing.

"There is no need for that." Poseidon looked at Wang Donger, a gentle, shallow smile appearing on her stunningly beautiful face, like melting ice and snow, captivating one's heart.

"Since you have obtained the Seagod Nine Trials, from this moment on, you are the successor chosen by Lord Sea God. On this Sea God Island, no one can accept your courtesies, including myself."

Her words were clear and solemn, establishing Wang Donger's supreme status.

She paused, then continued: "All resources of Sea God Island will be open to you. Everyone on the island, including myself, will do our best to assist you in completing the trials. Of course, the trials themselves must be completed by you independently; this is the rule, and we cannot intervene. Apart from this, if you have any needs, just ask, and Sea God Island will surely do its utmost."

These words undoubtedly gave Wang Donger peace of mind and also demonstrated Sea God Island's absolute support for the successor of the God Position.

Wang Donger was moved; although still a bit reserved, she respectfully responded: "Thank you, Senior..."

Poseidon nodded slightly, her gaze then moving away from Wang Donger, turning to fall upon the woman in the white dress at the edge of the platform who had a unique temperament, a beauty not the least bit inferior to her own, and even carried a completely different, cold charm.

Their eyes met, and it was as if invisible sparks flashed in the air.

The two female powerhouses standing at the peak of the current world—one the ruler of the ocean, the other the Ice Snow Empress of the Far North—their meeting was inherently full of drama.

A trace of inquiry flashed in Poseidon's beautiful eyes; she could clearly feel the vast and pure power within Snow Empress, like ten-thousand-year black ice.

This power was so strong that even she felt a bit startled.

She spoke slowly, her voice still ethereal and elegant, yet carrying a trace of solemnity: "This lady, your aura is deep as an abyss, chilling to the bone, and completely different from the inclusiveness of the ocean. May I ask... where do you come from?"

Facing Poseidon's inquiry, Snow Empress maintained that same coldness and indifference, as if the person standing before her were not a level ninety-nine peak Douluo, but just an ordinary peer.

Her red lips parted slightly, and she simply spat out four words: "Far North."

No extra explanation, no polite pleasantries; this was Snow Empress's style.

A trace of understanding flashed in Poseidon's eyes, and she nodded slightly, not feeling surprised.

To be able to cultivate ice to such a realm, apart from that legendary forbidden zone of life on the continent, she couldn't think of anywhere else.

She did not press Snow Empress on why she had followed two humans to Sea God Island, because at their level, many things didn't need to be spoken; they understood each other implicitly.

As long as the other party did not harm Sea God Island and Wang Donger, she naturally wouldn't interfere too much.

Finally, Poseidon's ocean-deep gaze landed on the youth who had been standing beside Snow Empress the whole time, with a faint, elusive smile on his face.

The moment her gaze touched Lu Jing, a flash of extreme shock swept through the depths of her tranquil eyes!

With her cultivation as a level ninety-nine peak Douluo, and her perception of Divine Power far exceeding that of ordinary people, she clearly captured the hidden source of power within Lu Jing—a power completely different from the Sea God's Divine Power, yet equally high in level, perhaps even more overbearing and filled with a more destructive meaning!

Although this power was still very weak, as if it were just a newly ignited spark, its essential purity and nobility could not be faked!

That was the power belonging to a Divinity!

Moreover, it was definitely not an ordinary Divinity; its status was so high that it faintly caused the Sea God's Divine Power within her to produce an imperceptible tremor!

For the first time, obvious emotional fluctuations appeared on Poseidon's stunningly beautiful face; her large eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through all things in the world, narrowed slightly, and she scrutinized Lu Jing carefully and earnestly, as if wanting to see through him from the inside out.

After a while, she used a tone filled with a trace of disbelief and deep inquiry, tentatively asking in a low voice: "Youth... you... why do you have such a pure source of Divinity on you? Could it be... that you have also received the inheritance of some Divinity?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluos and Xiao Bai, who had just recovered from the shock of the Seagod Nine Trials, fell into tremendous shock once again!

They all cast their gazes in unison toward the youth who looked young, had always appeared quite composed, and was even somewhat "unremarkable"!

The appearance of the Seagod Nine Trials was already enough to shock them.

And now, the High Priest actually said that this youth... might also be the successor of a Divinity?!

What kind of day is it today?

Legendary successors of Divinities, two of them appeared at once?

And at the same time, in the same place?!

Everyone's gaze was focused on Lu Jing, waiting for his answer.

Even Wang Donger and Snow Empress looked at Lu Jing; although they already knew, it had a different significance now that the Sea God Douluo Poseidon had personally pointed it out.

Facing Poseidon's gaze that seemed capable of piercing through the soul and this earth-shattering question, Lu Jing grinned. Interested now, he asked in return: "The High Priest truly has eyes like torches. I wonder if the High Priest can tell which Divinity's favor I have received?"

"I cannot."

After Poseidon recovered from her thoughts, she shook her head slightly. Regarding this matter, she didn't hide anything and replied: "I don't know much about the Divinities of the Divine Realm. Apart from my own Sea God Position, I only know of the Angel God of Spirit Hall."