r18novel Chapter 172, Trial
Chapter 172, Trial
Strands of starlight, like silk threads, permeated the endless void, and a colossal golden throne emerged from the void, shimmering with starlight.
In front of the throne floats a sphere that shimmers with nine-colored light, as if formed from starlight. Upon closer inspection, one can see that this sphere has a total of 10081 smooth and flat facets.
On each of the armrests on either side of the throne was a weapon. On the left was a battle sword with a straight, long, and jet-black blade; on the right was a long spear with a thick, silvery-white blade and three blood-red dents on the edge.
It seemed to be not far ahead, but the sensory abilities of the clone told him that it was at least hundreds of millions of kilometers away.
Back when he was a Realm Lord, he could sense the aura of great treasures from a distance of 100,000 kilometers. After entering the Immortal Realm, this distance increased to 100 million kilometers, a thousandfold increase. And after becoming a Venerable a thousand years ago, he himself didn't know exactly how far it was. Anyway, as long as he entered a new primordial star, primordial stars with a diameter of 100 billion kilometers were all within his perception.
Therefore, his gains over the past millennium have been astonishing, even surpassing those of some universe lords. Simply setting foot on the primordial star allows him to sense all the treasures that have already been created or are being created on that star—the efficiency is unparalleled. Even the speed at which his Nine Netherworld avatar searched for treasures upon entering the primordial star has been greatly increased; what used to take over a hundred years to find one treasure now only takes a dozen years.
With the current treasure configuration of the avatar, as long as it seizes the initiative in the birth of the treasure, even some weaker universe lords would not be confident of defeating it in a short time.
Of course, the clone of the Jade Dragon wouldn't be so arrogant as to provoke a Lord of the Universe. He should still retreat when encountering a Lord of the Universe, as that Lord controls space and time and is about to suffer a great misfortune. After all, he has only just entered the Venerable realm and hasn't even created his own ultimate secret technique for a Venerable of the Universe. He is no match for those Lords of the Universe.
As the clone sensed the distance to the treasure, various colored lights appeared not far away, revealing the remaining eight powerful figures.
The moment the eight powerful figures appeared, it was clear that they had seen the golden throne floating in the void, as well as the three supreme treasures on the throne.
That nine-colored crystal sphere must be the Starry Sky Realm, a top-tier domain-level treasure. The two weapon treasures are most likely just accessories to the Starry Sky Realm. Realizing this, the other powerful figures rushed towards the golden throne, only to crash into the wall.
Strands of starlight intertwined to form secret patterns, which appeared before the throne and ultimately conveyed a message.
"The Trial of the Starry Realm has begun. Anyone who possesses one of the nine colors can participate in the trial. The winner receives one point, and the draw results in no points. The final reward is determined by the ranking of points."
"Ten trials constitute one cycle. If the cycle is successful, you can choose to exit the trial and receive basic rewards. If you choose to continue, the basic rewards will be stacked. If the cycle fails, you will die."
"Exit the trial."
"Continue the trials."
Looking at the secret patterns outlined by the streaks of starlight in front of him, the avatar of the Jadeite did not hesitate to use its divine power to point to "Continue the Trial". It was then teleported to a circular arena with a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers, and the divine body of the Jadeite avatar was directly restored to its original height of seven hundred thousand kilometers.
Regardless of what other powerful figures choose, the clone of the Thousand Stars will not back down; he must at least try this level of trial.
On the arena, which spans millions of kilometers in diameter, a barrier formed by swirling purple starlight sits in the center. The clone of the Divine Beast stands at one end, wielding the Cracked Mace, clad in Rock-Covered Armor, his expression wary.
After all, there are ten trials in one cycle, some of which involve a chance of death.
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On the other side of the barrier, amidst the swirling starlight, a majestic divine body, 100,000 kilometers high, was formed. It had three eyes, two arms, two feet, and a blood-red tip on its tail, which stretched over 200,000 kilometers behind it. In its hand, it held a gray stone staff that was 300,000 kilometers long.
The secret patterns outlined by starlight appeared above the arena. The clone could understand what they meant. Killing an opponent and winning would earn one point. If the opponent survived until the time was up and entered the next match, it would be a draw and no points would be awarded.
The next moment, the secret runes shattered, scattering into points of light, and the barrier disappeared.
The clone of the Thousand-Headed Demon took a step forward, and the Cracked Mace in its hand smashed out instantly!
Bang!
The stone staff blocked the attack, and then... it shattered the opponent's divine body with a single blow, instantly annihilating it.
That's...that's it?
A great deal of doubt flashed in the single, enormous eye of the clone of the Jade Dragon. He had prepared himself to enter the Wind and Rain Tower to save his life if he was defeated, even if it was a draw and there were no points, but now...
Just as the clone of the Jadeite was puzzled, starlight converged into two majestic divine bodies, each 100,000 kilometers tall, which appeared on the left and right opposite the clone of the Jadeite.
Previously, the clone of the character was on the left side of the ring, but after defeating the opponent, it stood on the right. Now, the opponent is on the left, and the clone is on the right.
However, in his estimation, the strength of that divine body was only at the level of an ordinary high-level Venerable, and it only possessed one ordinary supreme treasure weapon.
Just as the clone of the Thousand-Beast was examining the two identical and towering divine bodies opposite it, the opponent wielding the stone club attacked from the left and right simultaneously.
The clone of the cloning cleaver simultaneously parried, instantly confirming that this opponent was of similar strength to the previous one, also possessing the power of an ordinary high-level Venerable.
After parrying, the clone of the Thousand Jade slammed down with its double maces, instantly killing its opponent.
In the third match, four opponents, all towering deities reaching heights of 100,000 kilometers, each wielded the same stone staff.
The fourth match, with eight opponents.
In the fifth match, he faced only one opponent, but the opponent possessed the strength of an ordinary cosmic overlord, and his weapon was changed to the ordinary treasure hammer.
The sixth match features two opponents with the strength of ordinary cosmic overlords.
The seventh game, four games.
The eighth game, eight games.
The ninth match features an opponent with the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord.
The tenth match...
The clone used its double maces to block the opponent's heavy hammer blow, but was hit hard in the back.
Fortunately, the top-tier treasure armor, Rock Armor, protects them, reducing all damage to one-thousandth. Combined with the "Permanent" arcane technique, the damage is reduced to one-millionth.
Fortunately, I've had the Rock-Covering Armor for over two hundred thousand years, and now I can activate the second layer of its secret runes, which can reduce material attacks to as little as one ten-thousandth. If I were still using the high-grade treasure armor I used before, I might have lost, since the attacks of these top cosmic overlords are already extremely close to those of cosmic lords.
In this battle, the clone of the Thousand Moons was completely under attack from one of the top universe overlords, while keeping a close eye on the other, and finally it took more than a month to wear him down.
The remaining top-tier cosmic overlord was alright; it took him more than ten days to finally pass the tenth round.
The arena disappeared, and more than three months later, the Chanyu clone saw the golden throne in the distance again. This time, he was alone; the other powerful figures had not appeared. The Chanyu clone suddenly realized that he seemed to be much closer to the golden throne.
Hundreds of thousands of years have passed since he discovered his sensory abilities, and he has obtained numerous treasures and precious artifacts on the original star because of them, so his distance estimations are unlikely to be far off.
At this moment, the secret runes formed by swirling starlight appeared in front of the throne. There was only one line, which showed a miniature version of the character "墴砄" on it, and the secret runes behind it showed the character "十".
墴砄, ten points.