162: Chapter 162 Crossing the Light of the Sea God, A Goddess's First Experience

The arrival of Poseixi instantly captured everyone's attention. Although she did not deliberately project pressure upon them, she invisibly brought a tremendous sense of pressure to all of them.

Hu Liena thought to herself, "Is this the Grand Priest of Sea God Island? Why do I feel like she is even more formidable than Teacher?"

All the goddesses beside Su Ling sensed that this woman was not simple.

Upon her arrival, Poseixi hovered in the air before slowly descending.

She was seen wearing a red robe and possessed sea-blue hair.

She appeared to be around thirty years old; her beauty was just right, possessing both the liveliness of a young girl and the mature charm of a thirty-year-old—everything was perfectly balanced.

What was most rare was her temperament; noble and elegant, perhaps even slightly overshadowing Bibi Dong.

She touched down slowly, fully revealing herself before Su Ling and the others.

She was estimated to be 1.8 meters tall, holding a scepter about three meters long. Looking directly into her eyes, one could see they were entirely blue and deep, as if she had experienced endless years.

Everything about Poseixi seemed perfectly flawless.

"Greetings, Grand Priest!" Sea Spear Douluo saluted respectfully.

"Sea Spear, this is the Seagod Nine Trials, which I am also encountering for the first time," Poseixi said with a calm expression.

Then, she turned to look at Shui Binger. A hint of a smile finally appeared on her composed face as she said, "Congratulations on obtaining the Seagod Nine Trials. Remember, on Sea God Island, you do not need to salute anyone, including me. My name is Poseixi, the Grand Priest of Sea God Island."

"I look forward to you completing the Seagod Nine Trials!"

Shui Binger also replied with a calm expression, "Thank you, I understand."

Afterward, Poseixi looked at Sea Spear Douluo and said, "Sea Spear, arrange for them to stay in your Sea Spear City. Aside from the trials, you must accommodate them as much as possible."

Sea Spear Douluo replied, "Yes, Grand Priest."

Upon hearing of the Seagod Nine Trials, Sea Spear Douluo understood that this was the trial for the true heir of the Sea God, whereas the Top-level Eight Trials belonged to the level of the Grand Priest.

Each person here had a Black-level trial and was not lacking in strength, so he naturally had to treat them seriously.

Finally, Poseixi looked at Shui Binger again and said, "Good luck. Do not underestimate this trial; you must give two hundred percent of your effort!"

"Mhm!" Shui Binger nodded again.

Seeing how serious she was, Shui Binger felt the pressure. Although Su Ling had already told her about this when she made the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud recognize her as its master, this time, Poseixi truly made her feel the pressure.

After speaking, Poseixi left without lingering.

"Everyone, please follow me," Sea Spear Douluo said.

The group followed Sea Spear Douluo and, after about half an hour, arrived at a small city, or rather, a small town.

As they entered, Sea Spear Douluo explained that his Sea Spear City was the third largest among the seven cities on Sea God Island, with a population of about five thousand.

Following Sea Spear Douluo, Su Ling and his group were undoubtedly the most beautiful scenery on the street.

Sea Spear Douluo led everyone all the way to the City Lord's Mansion of Sea Spear City.

"Everyone, you may stay in my City Lord's Mansion for the time being. The West Courtyard has been vacant and is just enough for you all to move in," Sea Spear Douluo said.

"Great! Thank you!" Su Ling said.

Following Sea Spear Douluo along the way, they soon arrived at the West Courtyard he had mentioned.

This was basically an independent courtyard with over twenty rooms, just enough for Su Ling's group of fourteen.

Furthermore, Sea Spear Douluo sent a female steward named Haila, who looked to be in her thirties, along with six servants to follow the instructions of Su Ling's group and take care of their daily needs.

After Sea Spear Douluo finished the arrangements, he left, likely summoned by Poseixi.

In the main hall of the West Courtyard, Su Ling sat in the main seat, while Shui Binger and the other goddesses sat down separately.

Su Ling said, "For the first trial, mine is to cross the Seagod's Light. Do you have anything different?"

Just as Su Ling had thought, everyone's trial was actually the same: climbing the stairs.

Su Ling's own trial was to cross double the Seagod's Light, climbing three hundred and thirty-three steps, with the prerequisite that he must accompany Shui Binger.

"Since that is the case, tell me how many steps each of you needs to climb."

"Binger, you go first!" Although Su Ling had known all along, he still let Shui Binger state her step count first.

"Mine is to cross double the Seagod's Light, to climb three hundred and thirty-three steps," Shui Binger said calmly, completely unaware of the difficulty involved.

Upon hearing Shui Binger's step count, the others couldn't help but look surprised.

After all, three hundred and thirty-three steps—it seemed none of their step counts were even half of Shui Binger's.

"You go in order," Su Ling said.

Next to Shui Binger was Shui Yueer, who said, "Mine is one hundred and eight steps."

After she finished, Ning Rongrong said, "Mine is one hundred and eight steps!"

"Mine too!"

"I am also one hundred and eight steps!"

The final result was soon clear: everyone was at one hundred and eight steps.

In fact, among the Shrek Seven Devils, apart from Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, everyone else was at one hundred and eight steps; regardless of whether it was the Black-level five or six trials, the first obstacle was the same.

However, for those like Ah Yin and Hu Liena who had already reached the Spirit Saint level, as well as the others who had reached the Spirit Emperor level, the situation was somewhat better.

But for Shui Yueer and Bai Chenxiang, who had just become Spirit Kings, as well as Yang Qingyu, who was also a Spirit King, this was the hardest.

Hearing this step count, Su Ling had a plan in mind.

"Good, you all have your respective step counts, but this trial is not just about the number of steps; it is also a rare test."

"Nana, Ah Yin, your Soul Power is the highest, so you should have higher requirements. Nana, you must climb above one hundred and fifty steps; Ah Yin, you must climb one hundred and thirty-six steps."

"As for the rest of you, each of you must work hard and strive to climb ten more steps," Su Ling said.

At this moment, everyone had not yet realized the difficulty of climbing these stairs, but with Shui Binger's three hundred and thirty-three steps ahead, they probably did not feel it was too difficult.

After speaking, Su Ling stood up and continued, "Let's go. We will go over now to see and test exactly what this crossing the Seagod's Light is like."

The women followed Su Ling out. Haila, who was sent by Sea Spear Douluo, was also a holder of a Purple-level trial, so Su Ling asked Haila to lead everyone together.

Following Haila, Su Ling and the women soon arrived at the foot of Sea God Mountain.

Looking at the endless stairs before them, they seemed quite ordinary; to the naked eye, they appeared no different from ordinary stairs.

"These stairs don't look that difficult, do they?" Shui Yueer said.

Su Ling smiled and said, "Why don't you go up and take a few steps, Yueer, and see how many steps you can reach at most."

"Okay!" Shui Yueer was willing to give it a try.

"Go, Yueer!"

"Come on! We're counting on you."

"Mhm, watch me."

Shui Yueer walked a few steps to the bottom of the stairs and then lifted her foot to step on it.

As soon as she stood on it, Shui Yueer felt a huge pressure.

Fortunately, it was a girl like Shui Yueer; Dai Mubai had once rushed up directly and even used a blasting Spirit Ability, only to be rebounded.

"This..."

"Yueer, go up!" Bai Chenxiang shouted loudly.

Bearing the pressure, Shui Yueer stepped onto the second stair, and here the pressure increased again.

Climbing step by step, by the thirteenth step, Shui Yueer could no longer bear it and had no choice but to use her Martial Soul Avatar to continue climbing.

But using her Martial Soul Avatar only allowed her to take three more steps.

By the seventeenth step, it was very difficult to take another step.

Helpless, Shui Yueer could only use her fifth Spirit Ability. Her first four Spirit Abilities were offensive and defensive, while her fifth Spirit Ability was a comprehensive enhancement of her body.

With the blessing of her fifth Spirit Ability, she climbed the seventeenth step, and several subsequent steps were also very smooth.

Until she got stuck at the twenty-ninth step, unable to climb to the thirtieth step.

Shui Yueer tried very hard, gritting her teeth to cross over, but just as she crossed over, her body could no longer bear it and she was rebounded back.

Not far below the stairs was a ring-shaped sea area, and Su Ling leaped up and caught Shui Yueer.

Shui Yueer ultimately only reached the twenty-ninth step.

"Yueer already used her full strength, and only reached the twenty-ninth step?" At this moment, the women finally witnessed the difficulty of crossing the Seagod's Light.

"Sisters, the pressure on these stairs is truly too great; I could only reach the twenty-ninth step," Shui Yueer said with a helpless expression.

Their trial task was to climb one hundred and eight steps; now they hadn't even reached one-third of the way, and they needed to complete it within a year.

Su Ling said, "Yueer, it's already quite good that you could climb to the twenty-ninth step."

"You can all give it a try! Feel it for yourselves," Su Ling said again.

"Okay!"

The women all walked up together.

On these stairs, even Dai Mubai had only reached the thirty-eighth step after using his White Tiger Shield and his fifth Spirit Ability, White Tiger Demon God Transformation, while Tang San had only reached the fiftieth step.

Moreover, they were both Spirit Emperors; it was quite good for Shui Yueer to reach the twenty-ninth step.

After all, she had only just entered the Spirit King stage; if she reached the Spirit Emperor stage, reaching around the thirty-fifth step would not be a problem.

The other twelve women went up together, and each of them felt the difficulty.

However, these stairs were relatively simpler for Hu Liena.

She was in the lead as soon as she went up; after all, she had been to Slaughter City, and her Soul Power was the highest among these goddesses. Next was Ah Yin, who, also being a Spirit Saint, had some advantages.

Then there was Shui Binger, followed by Zhu Zhuqing, and then Ning Rongrong, who had added all her Support skills to herself before going up, so she walked very easily at the beginning.

But as they went further, the difficulty became greater and greater.

First, Bai Chenxiang was rebounded, having reached the twenty-sixth step; just this step count was already much better than her in the novel.

Immediately after was Yang Qingyu, who was rebounded at the thirtieth step.

Then Ye Lingling and Jiang Zhu, both being Spirit Emperors, also stopped at the thirtieth step.

Feng Yuer reached the thirty-third step, Ning Rongrong ran out of steam and only reached the thirty-sixth step, Zhu Zhuxin reached the thirty-seventh step, and Xiao Wu reached an astonishing forty-first step.

Zhu Zhuqing, having undergone Ice and Fire Body Refining, indeed had a different physical constitution and reached the forty-fifth step before being rebounded.

Finally, only Shui Binger, Ah Yin, and Hu Liena remained.

Everyone was watching the last three women challenge step by step.

Finally, at the forty-eighth step, Ah Yin's challenge ended.

Shui Binger was still climbing upward, having reached the fifty-first step.

At this moment, Su Ling finally understood why the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had chosen Shui Binger among the many goddesses.

Although she had not accepted the final Legacy in the Ice Phoenix Valley, the year and more had truly improved her a lot.

Shui Binger and Hu Liena's speed were evenly matched.

Finally, when Shui Binger persisted to the sixty-first step, she fell down.

As for Hu Liena, she walked a few more steps and fell at the sixty-fifth step.

After all, having experienced Slaughter City, Hu Liena was much stronger than the other goddesses. Shui Binger was at a disadvantage in Soul Power; Hu Liena was at level seventy-six, while she was only at level sixty-seven.

Su Ling looked at the women and smiled, saying, "Everyone has experienced the difficulty of crossing the Seagod's Light, right?"

The women basically all wore bitter smiles, clearly having underestimated this trial before.

"We have one year. Since the trials have been issued, it means the Sea God believes you can do it, but the premise is that you must truly put in all your effort."

"And I think you should also challenge yourselves and climb to higher steps; do not set your goals at the number of steps in the trial."

Hu Liena said, "Brother Su is right. I am at the sixty-fifth step now, so I will set my goal at the one hundred and fifty steps that Brother Su set."

Everyone looked at Hu Liena, and one by one they set their own goals, basically as Su Ling had told them: each person ten steps more, with Ah Yin reaching one hundred and thirty-six steps.

"Good, since you have set your goals, I will tell you about the next stage of cultivation methods," Su Ling said, looking at the women.

"Brother Su, please tell us; we will all listen to you," Shui Binger said.

Su Ling said, "From now on, we will Cultivate here, abandoning the comfortable environment of the City Lord's Mansion, with the goal of improving every day."

"Why stay here? Because it is related to our cultivation."

"From now on, everyone will Cultivate on the stairs. When you stabilize your cultivation on the stairs at your limit, step by step upward—do you all understand what I mean?"

Facing Su Ling, the women basically all nodded.

"Then choose a few places and set up tents," Su Ling said, then walked towards Haila not far away and said, "Steward Haila, please have our three meals delivered here from now on."

Haila smiled and said, "No problem. If you have any other needs, feel free to ask."

Su Ling said, "Nothing else. Just managing our food and drink is enough; I won't trouble you with anything else."

"Mhm, I will arrange it immediately," Haila said.

The women all took out their tents and set them up at the foot of Sea God Mountain, while Su Ling took out the snow dragon chamber.

Then he used a High-Level Protection Array to hide the snow dragon chamber, while the other goddesses' tents were outside.

During this period, Su Ling did not intend to let the goddesses live in the snow dragon chamber. The reason was simple: he needed a quiet environment, undisturbed by anyone, to obtain treasure chests from the goddesses.

With his existing resources and items, providing growth materials for thirteen women was truly a bit too difficult.

Therefore, during the trial, Su Ling still needed to interact with the goddesses to obtain more treasure chests.

Just after Su Ling finished, several goddesses suddenly found him.

"Brother Su, you haven't gone up to the stairs to walk around yet. We want to know how many steps you can reach now." The person who came was Ning Rongrong, who brought Yang Qingyu, Shui Yueer, and Xiao Wu with her.

Including the other goddesses, it seemed they all wanted to see how many steps Su Ling could reach and also wanted to know how big the gap was between themselves and Su Ling.

Seeing so many goddesses making the request, Su Ling smiled and responded, "Alright then, I will go up and walk around to try."