Hearing this, the two of Mu Yang couldn't help feeling delighted in their hearts.
Since it was the law of the jungle, there was no such thing as a target that couldn't be hunted.
Whether or not they could obtain a God-bestowed spirit ring later was another matter, but at least for now, they could guarantee harvesting a 100,000-year soul ring compatible with the Ice Phoenix Soul, as well as a 100,000-year soul bone.
"Your Highness, Trial-takers, as the person in charge of overseeing the trials, I am well aware of your trial contents.
The first trial: master the domain, you only need to release your Killing God Domain in front of the Asura God's statue.
If your control over the domain meets the standard and it's still within the time limit stipulated for the trial, then the first trial will be deemed complete."
'Shang' said to the two of Mu Yang.
"Senior, what happens if we fail the trial?"
Shui Bing'er asked.
"For those under Six Trials, failure means death! For those Six Trials and above, there's no time limit, and therefore no such thing as failure.
However, if another god-level trial-taker appears during the lifetime of a current trial-taker, then the unfinished trial-taker will become one of the trial targets for the next god-level trial-taker."
'Shang' said calmly.
Failure under Six Trials meant death; those Six Trials and above who hadn't completed would become targets for the next god-level trial-taker?
Though he said so, 'Shang' did have great confidence in Mu Yang, at least he wouldn't fail under the Six Trials.
Because the difficulty of the trial didn't depend on the strength of the trial-taker, but rather on their soul power level — the more talented one was, the higher the probability of passing.
For example, if the trial task was to defeat an opponent one major rank above oneself, this would be extremely difficult, basically impossible for ordinary soul masters, but for those few prodigies, crossing ranks in battle was as easy as eating and drinking.
As 'Shang's words fell, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but furrow her eyebrows.
Failure under Six Trials meant death, though she was confident in her own and Mu Yang's strength, this was after all a trial issued by a legendary god; the difficulty and rules were unknown; she did not dare guarantee that she and Mu Yang would absolutely pass.
"Don't worry, since Lord Asura God set up the inheritance land with the purpose of selecting an inheritor, then the difficulty for each trial-taker of different ranks must naturally be different.
With our strength, could it be that we can't pass a trial whose difficulty corresponds to our soul power?"
Mu Yang said with a smile.
"That's true~"
Shui Bing'er nodded.
With their Martial Fusion Skill and battle armor in hand, why worry about not passing the trial?
If even the two of them couldn't pass, then Shui Bing'er really couldn't imagine who in this world could.
One must know, though their levels were only at the 70th and 80th levels respectively, yet after teaming up, they could at least erupt with combat strength at the peak of level 97, even reaching the limit of level 98 Titled Douluo.
"Let's go, we'll complete the first trial first."
As he spoke, Mu Yang pulled Shui Bing'er over to the Asura God statue in the center of the plaza.
Vast white radiance blossomed from the two of them, then turned into formless airflow spreading out, their Killing God Domains enveloping the statue.
Although the domain was filled with icy and overwhelming killing intent, the Mu Yang and Shu Bing'er remained clear-headed, minds conscious, without the slightest sign of being swallowed by slaughter.
Very soon, blood-red light flashed across the Asura God statue's eyes, seemingly probing something, before returning to calm.
In the next moment, a gold-red stream of light surged out from the sword seal at Mu Yang's brow, forming into a gold-red light screen before him; then the light screen shattered, turning into specks of gold-red light which once more entered his brow.
Immediately after, a majestic voice echoed in Mu Yang's mind.
"Asura Nine Trials, First Trial: Domain Mastery, complete! Reward: Asura God Affinity increased by 5%, all soul rings age increase by one thousand years!"
As the majestic voice fell, Mu Yang's first martial soul, Icefire Immortal Ginseng, emerged, its seven soul rings of yellow, purple, black, black, black, black, red shining brightly.
Then the seven great soul rings emitted a faint gold-red luster; the changes in the second to the seventh rings weren't obvious, but the first ring underwent a tremendous transformation.
The originally light-yellow century first ring began rapidly deepening in color, from light yellow to deep yellow, then turning into yellow tinged with purple, and ultimately completely transforming into a pale purple.
In that moment, the ring configuration of the Icefire Immortal Ginseng had already upgraded from yellow, purple, black, black, black, black, red to purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.
However, the changes on Mu Yang's body hadn't completely ended. Under 'Shang's astonished gaze, the Icefire Immortal Ginseng martial soul and seven glowing soul rings floating in front of Mu Yang sank back into his body, and then ice-blue radiance appeared as an entirely ice-blue humanoid martial soul manifested behind him.
Of course, this wasn't what surprised 'Shang' the most.
What surprised him the most was that after Mu Yang released his second martial soul, although only two soul rings appeared on his body, they were both bright red 100,000-year soul rings!
Adding the 100,000-year seventh soul ring of the first martial soul, Mu Yang, whose current level was only an 80th rank quasi-Soul Douluo, actually possessed three 100,000-year soul rings?
Although 'Shang' didn't cultivate the soul master system, he still understood what kind of powerful physique a soul master needed to bear three 100,000-year soul rings.
'Indeed worthy of being the inheritor personally decreed by Lord Asura God, far stronger than that Tang Chen back then!'
Very soon, under the divine might of the deity, after the first and second soul rings of the Iceflame Holy Shadow martial soul were also raised by one thousand years each, the soul rings and martial soul were finally retracted into Mu Yang's body.
Turning to look at Shui Bing'er, Mu Yang saw that her spirit ring configuration had also changed.
From the original yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, black, it had changed into purple, purple, purple, black, black, black.
"Bing'er, how many years did your spirit rings increase by?"
Mu Yang asked.
The Asura big shot doesn't seem as generous as Sea God Poseidon! His soul power level was an 80th rank quasi-Soul Douluo—after completing the first trial, shouldn't a God-bestoed soul ring reward be given?
"All my soul rings increased by one thousand years!"
Shui Bing'er said somewhat excitedly.
Although the increase wasn't too much, only one thousand years, and the improvement in strength wasn't too great, this was merely the completion of the first trial—surely there would be more opportunities later.
Moreover, the more difficult the later trials became, the more abundant the rewards were likely to be. With a full eight trials, if all were completed, perhaps even the lowest first soul ring could be raised to the ten-thousand-year level?
With a ten-thousand-year-starting soul ring configuration, how many soul masters in the continent's soul master world could compare?
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