148: Endless Trial Space

Watching Zhou Dafu’s retreating figure, a strange glint flashed in Ye Xiao’s eyes.

“Why would this fatty help me? Is it a trap?”

Ye Xiao murmured to himself, then shook his head.

It seemed Zhou Dafu had no reason to deceive him, because a normal person, after witnessing Zhi Mingyue’s earlier performance, would find it very difficult to be wary of her.

If it was a trap, Zhou Dafu’s words were clearly unnecessary.

Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes. Although he didn’t know Zhou Dafu’s purpose, he felt that Zhou Dafu had no need to lie to him.

It’s always right to be a little more cautious, anyway.

However, what surprised him was how good Zhi Mingyue’s reputation was. At least, from her series of actions earlier, Ye Xiao hadn’t seen any problems.

Of course, even if there were no problems, Ye Xiao would not choose to have any dealings with her. After all, her surname was Zhi, and she was a member of the Eight Great Families.

This alone was enough to make Ye Xiao wary.

But what he hadn’t expected was that Zhou Dafu didn’t praise Zhi Mingyue as much as others did.

Did he know something?

Ye Xiao’s interest was piqued.

However, he had other things to attend to right now. He would inquire about Zhou Dafu and Zhi Mingyue’s matters when he had time.

Recalling his thoughts, Ye Xiao arrived at the black market exit.

With a flash of light, he reappeared in Liyue City the next moment.

However, as soon as Ye Xiao emerged, he keenly noticed that someone was secretly observing him.

This confirmed Zhou Dafu’s words.

Thanks to Zhou Dafu’s reminder, Ye Xiao was attentive, otherwise, it would have been quite difficult to notice these people’s actions.

However, Ye Xiao didn’t care about these people.

Void Phantom activated.

The next instant, Ye Xiao vanished from his original spot.

Not long after, several dark figures ran out from a distance.

“Why is he gone?”

“Is it an invisibility movement technique? But why would he use an invisibility skill for no reason?”

“Could he have discovered us?”

“Impossible. We were so far away, and we are all skilled in stealth. With us being prepared and him not, how could he have discovered us?”

“He’s gone. What do we do now?”

“Let’s go back and tell Young Master first.”

...The group left in a hurry, and not far behind them, in an unseen spot.

Ye Xiao hadn’t gone far. Instead, using the void’s concealment, he immediately appeared beside the group.

Their conversation naturally reached Ye Xiao’s ears, every word of it.

“It really is Zhi Xuan. What do they want to do?”

Ye Xiao murmured, then glanced at the direction and walked towards the city.

Before long, he arrived at an uninhabited corner, then changed into an ordinary black half-face mask, and then emerged from the corner.

After walking for a while, he came to a stone monument.

The stone monument bore the four large characters “Endless Trial.”

This was Ye Xiao’s other purpose for coming to Liyue City, besides selling godforged stone.

The Endless Trial is a special space in the Eternal Continent.

In fact, every main city in the beginner zone has an Endless Trial.

Even if NPCs completely withdraw from the historical stage, it does not affect the operation of this space.

Inside the Endless Trial, there is a tower-like structure. Each floor of the tower has a boss, and Professionals will receive corresponding points by defeating the boss.

As for the boss’s strength, it is determined by the level of the Professional who enters, and Professionals can only enter alone, not in teams.

Professionals are only eligible to challenge the boss on the next floor after defeating the boss on the first floor.

And if, in a single trial, the number of bosses defeated consecutively is higher, the points obtained will continuously multiply.

However, for every floor increased in the Endless Trial, the boss’s overall strength will increase by 10%.

By the tenth floor, the boss’s combat power is already twice that of the first floor.

Furthermore, due to the special rules of the Endless Trial, the boss on each floor will correspondently have a very powerful BUFF enhancement.

These BUFFs often bring great trouble to Professionals.

Therefore, it is very difficult to achieve high scores by continuously challenging.

However, in the space of the Endless Trial, death does not incur any penalties; it only restricts re-entry for 100 hours.

If it weren’t for this, probably few people would dare to easily attempt the Endless Trial.

Of course, such rules alone are extremely unfair to support Professionals, as support Professionals cannot deal with bosses alone.

Especially professions like healers, who have almost no damage-dealing methods.

At this point, the Endless Trial is very humane; different professions correspond to different types of bosses.

Even healers can use healing spells inside to deal 1-to-1 damage conversion to specific bosses.

In short, the Endless Trial can be considered a special space provided by the Eternal Continent for Human Job Holders to friendly enhance their combat power.

At the same time, the Endless Trial is also a turning point in a Professional’s career.

The reason why Professionals’ combat styles evolve into being stream-based after their third advancement is all thanks to the Endless Trial.

The reason for this is that successful challenges inside allow points to be exchanged for various special ability enhancements that cannot be obtained outside, and these abilities greatly influence a Professional’s combat style.

This is also why Ye Xiao ignored Zhi Xuan and the others and rushed here.

Only by exchanging for special skills through the Endless Trial.

He would then have the confidence to face high-level Professionals.

At this time, there weren’t many people around the stone monument. After Ye Xiao arrived, he didn’t hesitate and placed his hand on the stone monument.

Then, his vision shifted, and he appeared in a vast open space.

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【Ding! Detecting your level as 90, profession Fusion Mage, generating corresponding monster leader attributes...】

【Ding! Monster leader generation successful. The monster leader you will challenge on the first floor of the Endless Trial is: Giant Porcupine.】

【Under the rule’s blessing, the Giant Porcupine possesses a special BUFF — Hardened Skin. Non-critical damage will be reduced to 20%.】

【Combat will begin in 10 seconds. Please prepare.】

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