That year, I put my hands in my pockets and killed the emperor in seconds...

Modu University.

Back Mountain Base.

Watching Ye Fan enter the trial room, Su Bai was deep in thought.

He felt that, barring any surprises, Ye Fan… was about to be instantly defeated!

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Just then, he felt someone tug his sleeve.

Su Bai turned around and saw that it was Xia Qingyan!

At this moment, her eyes also held a hint of eagerness.

Fighting a great emperor phantom was a rare opportunity!

Seeing this, Su Bai’s lips curved into a slight smile:

“Haha, let’s go in too, Yan Yan!”

With that, he walked towards Trial Room One first.

Xia Qingyan followed closely behind him, entering the adjacent Room Two.

As soon as he stepped into the room, a powerful pressure washed over him.

In the center of the room stood a red great emperor phantom, its hands resting on a sword, exuding a chilling aura.

Su Bai took a deep breath and quickly circulated the Spiritual Power within his body.

He was ready to face the challenge!

Just then, a series of System notifications sounded:

“~Ding, Room One, a challenger has been detected entering!”

“~Ding, Trial Mode has been automatically activated!”

“~Ding, Scanning Awakened One’s Rank…”

“~Ding, Scan complete!”

“~Ding, Your current Rank: Level 477!”

“~Ding, Trial intensity allocating…”

“~Ding, Trial Difficulty: SSS-Rank!”

“~Ding, Opponent’s initial Rank: Level 300!”

Hearing the System notifications, Su Bai’s lips curved slightly upward.

Oh?

Level 300?

Who are they looking down on?

Isn’t this easy with just a hand?

He was definitely getting the first clear reward!

Just as Su Bai got into position, ready to attack once the challenge began, the System notification in the room seemed to malfunction, making a “zzzt~ zzzt~” sound several times before sounding again:

“~Ding, Your trial difficulty has been refreshed!”

“~Ding, Trial Difficulty: SSS+-Rank!”

“~Ding, Opponent’s initial Rank: Level 400!”

Hearing this, Su Bai was slightly stunned.

He didn’t expect the difficulty to directly increase by a tier!

It went straight from SSS-Rank to SSS+-Rank!

Moreover, the initial Rank increased from 300 to 400!

He knew very well.

From Level 300 to Level 400… the phantom before him would also possess Spiritual Power Projection abilities!

A Level 400 strength was definitely more than double that of Level 300!

More importantly—the initial Rank!

The initial Rank of this phantom was as high as Level 400, and Great Emperor Long Chen had personally said that this trial consisted of 10 rounds… and each round of the trial would have a certain increase in difficulty!

Tsk!

Calculating this, the great emperor phantom in the tenth battle… its Rank could very likely reach Eighth-Order, or even… Ninth-Order!

It must be said, Great Emperor Long Chen certainly thought highly of him!

This trial still had a certain degree of difficulty!

However, it wasn’t a big problem!

He was definitely taking this championship!

At this moment, another series of System notifications sounded:

“~Ding, Please note, the trial is about to begin!”

“~Ding, Buffs for this battle are being randomized…”

“~Ding, Congratulations, you have obtained the buff [Attack Amplification]: Your maximum attack power will fluctuate between 95% and 120%!”

“~Ding, Opponent has obtained the buff [Life Shield]: After entering combat, gains a shield equal to 5% of maximum health every 10 seconds, stacking up to five layers for a total of 25% health shield!”

“~Ding, Reminder: Buffs obtained in each trial will persist through subsequent stages and will automatically disappear after exiting the room. Additionally, an Advanced buff will be gained each time an opponent is defeated!”

...Outside the trial room.

Seeing that all five people had entered the trial rooms, Great Emperor Long Chen expressionlessly waved his sleeve, and then five blue battle screens, roughly the size of television screens, appeared out of thin air.

Inside, from right to left, were Su Bai, Xia Qingyan, and the other three.

Among these five screens, the most eye-catching was the third screen, where Ye Fan was located. At this moment, on the screen, Ye Fan was fiercely battling the great emperor phantom in his room.

Contrary to Su Bai’s earlier prediction, Ye Fan was not instantly killed; instead, he looked graceful and at ease.

His figure was as agile as a ghost, constantly moving through the room.

He was seen waving his hands, unleashing streaks of blue Spiritual Power light, like flying spiritual snakes, coiling towards the great emperor phantom!

Seeing this scene, Great Emperor Long Chen nodded in satisfaction.

He knew very well that Ye Fan should only be Third-Order!

He didn’t expect him to be able to use Spiritual Qi Projection so easily!

He truly lived up to being an SSS-rank Talent Awakener!

He truly was… a future Great Emperor seed!

Seeing Great Emperor Long Chen nod.

Principal Long Zhenyu suddenly felt a surge of pride!

He knew very well that Ye Fan’s ability to use Spiritual Power Projection was inseparable from the book he had given Ye Fan not long ago—《Starfall Shattered Shadow Divine Sword》!

Aside from Ye Fan, the trials of the other few had not yet begun.

Great Emperor Long Chen shifted his gaze to the first screen.

He was the one who had temporarily increased Su Bai’s challenge difficulty!

He felt that since Ye Fan was so outstanding, then… he believed Student Su Bai would surely give him an even bigger surprise!

...Trial Room One.

“~Ding, Please note, in five seconds, the trial will officially begin!”

Su Bai’s lips curved slightly upward, not taking it to heart at all.

It was just the first trial!

He… didn’t even need to use his hands!

He knew that the Great Emperor was definitely watching outside, so… hehe!

He was going to show off!

As the five-second countdown ended, the battle officially began!

In an instant, the great emperor phantom’s eyes turned red!

It raised the longsword in its hand and unleashed a Sword Qi!

However… Su Bai remained completely still!

He even closed his eyes.

At the same time, he put his hands in his pockets.

Soon, the Sword Qi struck Su Bai.

A large white number floated up:

critical hit! nullified! -0!

Then he suddenly opened his eyes, and a golden sword glow flashed… critical hit! fatal! lethal! instant kill! -59670428

It took less than 1 second for the great emperor phantom to be instantly killed!

After Su Bai instantly killed the phantom, the System notification arrived as expected:

“~Ding, Congratulations on successfully passing the first trial! You have gained the Advanced buff [Speed Boost]: Movement speed increased by 30%!”

Su Bai smiled proudly, looking up at the ceiling.

His expression was as if to say: Great Emperor, how was that? !

...Outside the trial room.

Seeing Su Bai instantly kill the great emperor phantom with just one move, a hint of surprise flashed in Great Emperor Long Chen’s eyes. He felt that perhaps… the difficulty could be increased further!

He wanted to see what level Su Bai’s strength truly was!

So, with a thought, he began to communicate with the trial room’s System…