Monarch Of Time

Chapter 936 Third trial: Test of Will!

As Bai Yuhan's figure disappeared from the white hall, Yang Hui and the rest of the Bai family members followed suit soon after, stepping into the silver door as well.

After throwing one last look at the Elders of the Holy sect and making sure that no one was in a life-threatening condition, Shun Long eventually did the same, as he walked towards the illusionary silver door shortly afterwards.

Even though it had only been a couple of minutes since he'd arrived in the resting area of the second floor, the conflict between Bai Yuhan, Yang Hui, and the Elders of the Holy sect had made things feel a lot longer.

Of course, the second trial had barely posed a challenge to him, so there was no reason for Shun Long to waste any time resting on the second floor either. His qi reserves were still full while his spiritual sea was still brimming with power. His body was also fully rested at this point, making any further stay in this place pointless.

Regardless of what type of trial the third floor may contain, Shun Long knew that he was in top condition right now.

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Moments later, the feeling of spatial fluctuations enveloped his body for the third time, before Shun Long found himself at the edge of a small island.

By now, he had already gotten used to the nausea and blurry sights that these small-scale teleportation formations tended to cause, allowing him to recover much faster than before.

However, after spreading out his soul sense to check his surroundings, Shun Long quickly realized the peculiarity of his new dwelling.

Surprisingly, this island he was standing on was extremely small, even smaller than the ruined city of the second trial. In fact, calling it an island was a stretch by itself. It was more like a small piece of land floating on an endless expanse of water. And yet, its size wasn't even the most peculiar thing. The air on this island felt unnaturally thick, so much so, that even taking a single breath felt laborious. It was almost as if the air itself was heavy, seemingly devoid of any spiritual qi, let alone of the pure immortal qi that filled the 'Heavenly Tower'. In reality, it wasn't completely devoid of it, though. It was just that the qi in this place was so sparse, that it felt nearly nonexistent. This was the first time that Shun Long had found himself in such a situation.

Meanwhile, the whole island was completely barren, without any trees or even rocks lying around. There was nothing apart from a small mountain at the island's center.

No, there was also something else. At the foot of the mountain, a small obsidian obelisk was erected once more, its dim luster ever present on its onyx-like surface. Eight simple words were inscribed on the obelisk's front, looking like they were carved using the sword of a true immortal; 'Use your qi to engrave your name here'

''Is this place really this empty?'' Shun Long couldn't help but mumble to himself as he walked towards the foot of the mountain. He had already expanded his soul sense to search the sea below him, but even with his spiritual strength of an early-stage Sovereign, he had yet to reach the seabed. He highly doubted that the third trial's focus would contain something that even a Sovereign couldn't find with their soul sense, which made Shun Long focus his attention completely on the small island he was on.

And yet, the closer he got towards the mountain, the more he felt that something around him was wrong. A few minutes later, he finally realized what the problem was.

The air around him seemed to be getting heavier and heavier the closer he got to the center of the island!

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Standing at the foot of the mountain, Shun Long used his qi to engrave his name on the obsidian obelisk's surface. Just like the first two times, a glowing silver light enveloped the obelisk's surface after absorbing his qi, before suddenly vanishing from the foot of the mountain.

In the next moment, the entire mountain began to tremble, before a stunning scene unfolded itself in front of his eyes; The mountain's ragged, uneven surface began to change, and the sharp rocks parted to the side, revealing a long earthen stairway. The intrinsic stairway started from the foot of the mountain and reached all the way to the peak, forming a straight beeline to the mountain top.

At this moment, the objective of the third trial was clear. It was almost as if the pathway was beckoning Shun Long to ascend it!

After a brief moment of contemplation, Shun Long eventually took a step forward and stepped on the stairway.

Although he guessed that he could have just used his qi to fly directly to the peak of the mountain, Shun Long still knew that the objective of the trial lay almost certainly in this earthen staircase.

Besides, there was no way that the 'Imperial Mandate sect' would have ignored such a basic flaw of the trial and made such a fatal mistake!

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As his foot touched the first step, Shun Long finally began the third trial;

From the peak of the mountain, a rain of fireballs started to rain down, all of them aiming for the azure-robed young man at the foot of the mountain!

Each of those fireballs was as big as an adult human in size, and from their condensed power, Shun Long could tell that they were more than enough to obliterate an average late-stage Dao King!

And yet, Shun Long didn't even wait for the fireballs to reach them before he eventually took a second step, followed by a third!

The peak of the mountain rumbled as dozens of ice spears began to rain down on the arrogant challenger, followed by powerful gusts of wind that were looking to cut him down!

This was the third trial of the 'Heavenly Tower', the Trial of Will!