197: Chapter 197: The trial ends, everyone is kicked out! Old Shi? Little Shi!

Outside the Ancient Tower, atop the ruins of the Underground Base.

Five Dharma Form Grandmasters stood behind Qin Cang, their expressions respectful.

The news that Saint Qin had reached an agreement with those two terrifying Vicious Beasts had weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.

Everyone knew clearly that beneath this seemingly temporary peace, there lay the pressure of a desperate, do-or-die situation.

Whether they could seize this glimmer of survival depended entirely on whether they could progress faster than those Vicious Beasts after obtaining the Legacy!

And on this point, they were still relatively confident.

After all, this Legacy was left behind by a powerhouse of the Human Race; Vicious Beasts didn't even have the qualifications to participate in the trial.

Obviously, the Legacy within and the subsequent Cultivation Technique were bound to be more suitable for them, the humans!

Therefore, they still held a glimmer of hope in their hearts...

As long as they could obtain the subsequent Legacy... then the Human Race would still have hope!

And just at this moment— Hum! Hum! Hum!!

The massive bronze gate suddenly erupted with a blinding, glowing white light. Ancient runes lit up layer by layer, and a gentle yet irresistible force spread out from within the gate.

"What's going on?!" Master Ming's expression changed, and he looked up abruptly.

The next second! One figure after another was teleported out from the massive bronze gate like dumplings being dropped into a pot!

Thud! Thud! Figures crashed onto the ground one after another. There were young Prodigies and powerhouses of the Divine Intent Realm, each with a dazed expression, clearly not yet having reacted.

Luo Qing stumbled and steadied herself, her face still bearing lingering fear.

She had just encountered a Sky-Surpassing Level Puppet in the first stage and had been beaten to a pulp so many times she had lost count.

Yet, in a flash before her eyes, she was thrown out directly?

"What happened?"

"I just touched the threshold of the second stage, why am I out?"

"Me too! I just entered the second stage, I hadn't even seen what the enemy looked like yet, and I was teleported out!"

"What is going on here? Did the trial malfunction?"

The dozen or so people looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.

Were they... all kicked out collectively?

"Quiet!" Fang Xingzhou shouted in a deep voice. He stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, brows furrowed, "What exactly happened? Why were you all teleported out collectively?"

But before those people could answer, a mechanical voice resonated from within the Ancient Tower, spreading across the entire scene!

"Someone has already obtained the complete Legacy. All trials are terminated."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the entire scene fell into instant silence!

The five Dharma Form Grandmasters were stunned in unison, the expressions on their faces even more dramatic than those of the young people present.

They had anticipated that someone might be able to obtain the subsequent Legacy. But they never expected that someone could obtain the complete Legacy!

They were aware of the difficulty of this Ancient Tower. For the past thousand years, those who were able to emerge from the Ancient Tower had all cleared two stages and chosen to give up at the third stage.

All those who chose the third stage... not a single one came out alive.

So much so that they didn't even know how many stages were behind it, nor did they know what the trial content was.

But the only thing they did know was that the existence who left behind this Legacy was definitely an exceptionally powerful being! Far, far surpassing the Saint-Grade!

Therefore, under such difficulty, they had only hoped that these young powerhouses would obtain a Legacy equivalent to the Saint-Grade; they dared not ask for anything higher!

In fact, there was no need to. Because even Saint Qin, who was at the Saint-Grade, had only just stepped into it and had not aspired to a higher Realm.

But now, it had given them a huge surprise!

"Who is it..." Master Ming muttered to himself, his gaze sweeping rapidly through the crowd.

Luo Qing, the Divine Intent Realm powerhouses, and some young Prodigies... Everyone was present. Only two were missing.

His heart stirred, and he quickly turned to the side, reporting in a low voice to Qin Cang beside him: "Saint Qin, two people are still missing."

"One is Lu Qingyun, who previously slaughtered the Vicious Beast tide and has already joined the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the other... is the newly appointed Saintess of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Mu Susu."

Upon hearing this, Qin Cang lifted his lowered eyelids slightly. His cloudy yet profound gaze swept across the scene, finally landing on that ancient bronze gate. He did not speak, only nodded slightly.

Perhaps because he knew that both of them belonged to a heretical sect, his expression darkened.

...

"Where did this throw me?" The surrounding starscape shattered instantly, and Lu Qingyun only felt a flash before his eyes.

By the time he regained his senses, he was already standing in an ancient, empty stone chamber.

The stone chamber was not large, its four walls were carved with mysterious star patterns, and a ball of soft white light floated in the center.

And not far before him, a tiny old man, palm-sized, with a white beard and white eyebrows, was floating in mid-air.

The old man wore an ancient robe, his figure translucent, like a Soul, and his white beard was almost dragging on the ground; he looked very miniature and a bit comical.

The instant Lu Qingyun appeared, the tiny old man raised his head abruptly. His cloudy eyes instantly erupted with dazzling light; that joy and excitement were almost overflowing.

He hurriedly floated forward, bending his waist extremely low, his head almost buried in his chest, his voice trembling with irrepressible excitement: "Nice to meet you, Master!"

"Congratulations on passing all the trials left by the former master, and possessing the qualifications to obtain his complete Legacy!"

"This old servant is your intelligent steward; you can just call me... Old Stone!"

The old man tilted his small face up. He looked at Lu Qingyun expectantly, his face filled with an enthusiastic smile.

Lu Qingyun rubbed his chin and didn't speak. He stared at the tiny old man for quite a while.

After a long silence, Lu Qingyun spoke slowly, his tone mature and sophisticated, carrying a bit of the casual air of a superior: "Little Stone. Introduce this place, what is the situation here?"

Upon hearing this form of address, the smile on the tiny old man's face froze instantly, and a ripple flashed through his eyes. But soon, everything returned to normal.

(I'll add more chapters during the day, I'm sleepy...)

(I didn't even have time to write the other book, never mind, I'll update both during the day.)