57: Chapter 57 The Second Difficulty of God's Chosen One!
"Oh? I want that very much!" Zhou Shuichuan's eyes were filled with longing when he heard this.
Upon hearing this, the man in black took off his mask, revealing a scarred face. He spoke with a smile:
"Then we can discuss a deal."
After seeing the other party's face clearly, a hint of doubt appeared on Zhou Shuichuan's face: "You're from Sakura Sun?"
It was easy to distinguish the faces of Sakura Sun people from those of Dragon Country.
Black clothes plus a Sakura Sun face...
These were the standard characteristics of a Blood Cult member wanted by the Dragon Country!
Zhou Shuichuan immediately became vigilant.
He indeed hated Chu Ran to the bone, but he hadn't reached the point of being completely unscrupulous...
Although the Zhou Family had some negative news surrounding them, they also had zero tolerance for the Blood Cult!
"No need for cooperation. You can leave. I'll pay you back the money," Zhou Shuichuan said coldly, his face darkening.
"Pay me back?" Nether Prison sneered, his eyes full of disdain. "Your Zhou Family no longer has any status in the Imperial Capital, yet you're still so loyal to the Dragon Country?"
He paced back and forth in the room. "It's not convenient for me to show my face right now. As long as you are willing to help me open a small gap in the Imperial Capital's city protection barrier, I can make this Chu Ran die a very humiliating death right before your eyes!"
Zhou Shuichuan sneered and retorted, "Are all you Sakura Sun people like this? Like dogs, wagging your tails at whoever gives you a bone?"
Zhou Shuichuan struggled out of bed. "No wonder they say you have no backbone at all, you filthy rats..."
Opening a small gap in the Imperial Capital's protection barrier? As the core essential city of the Dragon Country, if the Imperial Capital fell, the entire Dragon Country would plunge into panic.
The Zhou Family might be gone, but the people of the Zhou Family were still here...
If they actually did something like this, then the Zhou Family would truly be finished...
He rolled his eyes at the man in black. "Get lost. I'm not going to be a traitor."
After being insulted by Zhou Shuichuan, Nether Prison's smile froze on his face. Only the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, making his expression very unsightly.
But he still took a deep breath and forced out a smile. "I didn't expect a stray dog from a fallen noble family to dare mock me..."
"Since you have such a backbone, why are you letting me leave?" Nether Prison asked back.
"Could it be that you think you can't beat me?"
Zhou Shuichuan's steps to leave stopped instantly.
His injuries hadn't fully healed yet, and his combat ability was even inferior to some ordinary Seventh Turn Professionals. Naturally, he couldn't engage in combat...
His face, which had originally intended to flee this place, instantly darkened, and flame spiritual energy began to surge around him...
At that moment, a withered palm pressed down on his shoulder. He immediately felt the spiritual energy all over his body being absorbed by a frigid, dark force!
"You have quite the backbone, but... your strength is a bit lacking," Nether Prison whispered coldly into Zhou Shuichuan's ear.
Nether Prison withdrew the hand he had placed on the other person. In the next moment, Zhou Shuichuan turned into a pool of black water...
"After all that, I still have to do it myself." Nether Prison shook his head and vanished into the darkness...
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"Holy crap! Chu Ran has already surpassed the record of the Ancient King!"
"He's still steadily climbing! There's no sign of him stopping at all!"
"Is he even human..."
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Inside the Inheritance Pagoda.
"Current Floor: 321."
After seeing the last max-level Monarch Grade beast turn into experience and enter the Sacred Turtle's body, an uncontrollable smile finally appeared on his face.
Finally... max level!
[Current Summoned Beast: Profound Heaven Sacred Turtle]
[Grade: Saint Spirit Level!]
[Level: Lv.180]
[Agility: 16,634]
[Defense: 178,689]
[Spirit: 337,548]
[Combat Power: 857,648]
[Skills: Violent Rupture Counter, Profound Turtle Secret Art, Spiritual Breath Sharing, Invincible Taunt.]
[Spiritual Breath Sharing (Combo Skill): The summoned beast actively releases its own spiritual breath to establish a connection with other beasts contracted by its Beast Tamer. It can distribute its own spiritual power/stamina to other beasts and also receive spiritual power buffs from them. This two-way complementarity significantly improves the endurance of coordinated operations.]
[Violent Rupture Counter: Damage effects from attacks are halved, while the attacker will receive doubled damage (This is a locked skill, ignoring any evasion effects).]
[Profound Turtle Secret Art: When the Profound Meaning is activated, attributes are doubled for a short time, and all skill effects are increased by fifty percent (Profound Meaning cooldown time is 144 hours).]
[Invincible Taunt (Rule-based Skill): Can attract enemy attacks by using the taunt skill.]
[Evolution Points needed for next advancement: Three million.]
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Chu Ran felt it was about enough. Since the Sacred Turtle was already at max level, there was no need to waste time here. But just as he was about to use a teleportation talisman, a sudden panel prompt instantly made him stay...
[Ding! The Second Trial of the God-Chosen has begun.]
[Mission Content: Reach the 500th floor of the Inheritance Pagoda.]
[During the mission, excess experience will be stored.]
[Class: Fourth Turn · Beast Tamer Divine Envoy]
[Level: Lv.80]
[Strength: 573]
[Agility: 678]
[Spirit: 2,872]
[Combat Power: 3,198]
[Free Attribute Points: 200 points]
[Skills: Contract Spell, Summon Spirit Diagram, Symbiosis.]
[Summoned Beasts: Lv.180 Canglan Thunder Dragon, Lv.180 Blazing Dragon Sparrow, Lv.180 Shadow Devouring Sacred Mosquito Queen, Lv.180 Profound Heaven Sacred Turtle]
[Equipment: molten lava demon heaven armor (Monarch Grade), lava saint boots (Saint Spirit Level!)]
[Evolution Points: 794,653... 794,657... 794,661...]
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Chu Ran could now obtain over 400,000 Evolution Points in a single day, but his efficiency was simply too high; today was only his second day in the Imperial Capital...
He felt as if the First Trial of the God-Chosen was a long time ago, but in reality, it was only a day ago...
It was just that he had killed too many monsters in these two days, yet his experience bar hadn't moved, giving him this illusion...
However, it was indeed the case. All his summoned beasts were at max level, while he was still only a Fourth Turn Professional...
Now that the long-awaited Second Trial of the God-Chosen had arrived, he had to do it right!
To improve efficiency, Chu Ran decided to summon all his beasts and practice their coordination along the way...
"Let's do this!"
He pushed open the door to the next floor...
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