136: Chapter 136 Tidal Body Refinement

"Sea God Second Trial passed. Sea God affinity increased by five percent, total affinity is now fifteen percent."

A prompt sounded in Ji Xuan's mind.

The others also received rewards, same as the first trial: all had their Soul Power increased by one Rank. Among them, Shui Binger's spirit ring gained an additional five hundred years of age.

"Wow, sister. Your spirit ring has changed again, your first spirit ring has even turned purple!"

Shui Yueer leaned in close to Shui Binger, her eyes full of envy.

Shui Binger lowered her gaze to look at her first two spirit rings, a faint smile tugging at the corners of her mouth, but she didn't say anything more.

Following the distribution of the second trial rewards, the content of the third trial clearly appeared in everyone's minds.

Just as everyone was digesting the assessment information, High Priestess Bo Saixi's figure suddenly appeared before them.

High Priestess Bo Saixi spoke indifferently: "Follow me."

As her voice fell, High Priestess Bo Saixi turned and walked in the opposite direction of Seagod Mountain, with Ji Xuan and the others following closely behind.

After two hours of trekking, the group arrived at another inner sea on Sea God Island, known as the Raging Wave Abyss.

The sky here was dim all year round, thunder constantly rumbled within the clouds, and wind and waves howled above the sea surface.

High Priestess Bo Saixi announced the assessment requirements: "Those with Black-grade Five Trials must persist on the sunken silver pillars for three hours every day.

Those with Six Trials, four hours. Those with Seven Trials must persist for five hours."

She paused, looking at Ji Xuan: "Ji Xuan, your Seagod Nine Trials have the strictest requirements; you must persist for twelve hours every day."

As she finished speaking, a flash of blue light flickered in High Priestess Bo Saixi's eyes.

The next second, the sea surface shook violently, and eight dark gray deep-sea sunken silver pillars broke through the water.

At the top of each sunken silver pillar, a short pillar extended horizontally, making the whole thing look like a giant cross.

Ji Xuan and the others were quickly bound to the sunken silver pillars by High Priestess Bo Saixi.

Giant waves several zhang high smashed fiercely against them, one after another, ceaselessly.

The Sea God Third Trial, Tidal Body Refining, officially began.

High Priestess Bo Saixi did not leave, but stood quietly on a reef not far away.

For the third trial, she needed to accompany them throughout, ready to intervene and rescue at any time.

Time slowly passed...

The giant waves washed over them again and again, bringing biting cold and numbness.

Among the eight, the first one unable to hold on was Shui Yueer; not long after, her face turned pale.

High Priestess Bo Saixi raised her hand, and a strand of Soul Power brought her back to the shore.

Hu Liena followed shortly after.

Soon, everyone except Ji Xuan reached their limits one after another and were brought back to the shore by High Priestess Bo Saixi.

A long time passed again.

At this point, Ji Xuan had been washed by the waves for nearly eight hours, and he was also approaching his limit.

High Priestess Bo Saixi waved her hand to remove the restraints on Ji Xuan and brought him back to the shore.

The first day ended, and not a single person reached the average time.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month passed.

After day after day of tempering, Ji Xuan was already able to complete the daily twelve-hour assessment, and even actively extended the time, constantly breaking through his own limits.

The others also steadily improved through progressive tempering, gradually increasing their daily persistence duration.

...

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

The physical fitness of Ji Xuan's group continued to improve, and their Soul Power also grew steadily under high pressure...

Today, they finished the final Tidal Body Refining.

By this time, everyone no longer looked as fresh and polished as before; the girls, who originally had delicate and fair skin, all had skin that turned a healthy wheat color.

The boys were bearded and scruffy, with messy hair.

A few days ago, Ji Xuan successfully broke through to the Rank 80 quasi-Spirit Douluo Realm.

But this time, he did not ask High Priestess Bo Saixi for a god-bestowed spirit ring.

After all, the content of the next trial was to hunt a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, which would perfectly serve as his eighth spirit ring.

After the third trial officially ended, the assessment rewards were immediately distributed, consistent with the previous times.

Because Ji Xuan exceeded the assessment, his Sea God affinity increased significantly again, reaching a total of thirty percent.

After the others received their Soul Power rewards, Feng Xiaotian broke through to Rank 79.

As for Shui Binger, the Huo siblings, and the Hu siblings, they had already broken through to the Rank 70 Bottleneck, but they hadn't obtained their seventh spirit ring, so their specific Ranks would only be known after absorbing their spirit rings.

As for Shui Yueer, she broke through to Rank 69, just one step away from Rank 70.

After finishing the third trial, the group did not rush to challenge the fourth trial.

After resting for two days, Ji Xuan's group headed to the sea to hunt Spirit Beasts.

Although the Spirit attributes of Huo Wu and the others were not compatible with sea Spirit Beasts, the seventh spirit ring corresponded to the Martial Soul Avatar, so the influence of attribute compatibility was not significant.

...

Today, Ji Xuan's comprehensive strength had reached the Titled Douluo level, allowing him to easily crush ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts.

In just a few days, he helped them all obtain their spirit rings one after another.

Having been tempered by the pressure of the first and third trials, their physical fitness was no longer what it used to be, making it easy for them to absorb spirit rings above their Rank.

In the end, Shui Binger successfully absorbed a 75,000-year spirit ring, and combined with the Soul Power from the god-trial rewards, she finally reached Rank 76.

Huo Wu absorbed a spirit ring of about 70,000 years, also reaching Rank 76.

Huo Wushuang absorbed a spirit ring of over 70,000 years, and his Soul Power broke through to the Peak of Rank 75.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena obtained spirit rings of over 60,000 years, and with the god-trial rewards, they both finally reached Rank 72.

After absorbing the spirit rings, Ji Xuan and the others returned to Seahorse City.

They needed to rest for a few days to consolidate their surging Soul Power before setting off to challenge the fourth trial.

...

Slaughter City.

This was a paradise for the fallen. Precisely because of the existence of Slaughter City, which absorbed the vast majority of the fallen on the continent, the outside world rarely saw fallen Spirit Masters causing trouble.

At this moment, inside the Hell Slaughter Arena.

The air was filled with a nauseating smell of blood, mixed with the scent of rust.

The surrounding stands were packed with excited fallen ones, waving their arms, with crazy shouts and roars rising one after another.

In the center of the Slaughter Arena.

Tang San, holding the Clear Sky Hammer, killed the last opponent.

Nearly three years had passed, and Tang San had achieved a hundred-match winning streak in Slaughter City.

Without Tang Hao, everything had to be figured out on his own, so the time it took to set the hundred-match winning streak was much longer than originally expected.

Although he didn't have Tang Hao's special training, Tang San had made full preparations long before entering Slaughter City.

To prevent any mishaps, he had specially spent three months carefully crafting a large batch of Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, all of which were stored in his spirit tool for emergencies.

When he first entered Slaughter City and learned that spirit rings could not be used here, Tang San was not panicked; on the contrary, he was very happy.

If he couldn't use Spirit Abilities, wouldn't his Tang Sect Hidden Weapons be able to slaughter everyone?

At that moment, he was extremely glad that he had crafted a large batch of Hidden Weapons beforehand.

As the hundred matches concluded, the figure of the Slaughter King appeared in the arena, giving Tang San a choice.

Tang San did not hesitate at all and ultimately chose to enter Hell Road...