Chapter 179: The Third Test Arrives.
Gu Han arrived today, and Old Gu was delighted. He slaughtered his fattest chicken, as they had a large crucian carp left at home.
He prepared some vegetables and had a simple meal.
All the while, Old Gu did the talking, while Gu Han and Bibi Dong listened and provided the atmosphere.
Old Gu thoroughly enjoyed his meal.
Just then, there was a knock at the door, and a man's powerful voice called out.
"Old Gu, are you home? I'm Xiao Gao. I'm here to see you."
"Xiao Gao?"
Gu Han's eyes flickered, a thought coming to his mind.
"Hey, that kid's here again!"
Old Gu shook his head slightly, motioning for the two to sit down. He stood up and went to open the door.
Gu Han reached out and held the other man down, saying, "Grandpa, I'll go."
He stood up, pushed open the door, and walked into the courtyard. He opened the gate to see a portly man in his forties, dressed elegantly, clearly no ordinary villager.
Behind him were several tall men dressed as guards.
"City Lord Gao."
Gu Han took a look at the man and recognized him. He wasn't the old City Lord, but the fat man's father. The old City Lord had abdicated.
"Oh, Lord Shengzi, you're actually home!"
City Lord Gao was immediately surprised and then smiled flatteringly, "I'm here to visit Elder Gu. I hope your Highness will forgive me for interrupting your grandparents' reunion."
Gu Han glanced at the man, then at the fruit, meat, and eggs held by the guards behind him, and then a polite smile appeared on his face.
"City Lord Gao, we're not open to receiving guests today. You can come another day."
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry to bother you, but I bought some things. They're not expensive. Consider it a gift to Elder Gu."
"Thank you very much."
Gu Han nodded slightly. He didn't want to offend a smiling person. After all, this man was the City Lord. He couldn't stay here every day. Since he was willing to honor his grandfather, he wouldn't give him a cold shoulder.
"Yes, yes, yes."
City Lord Gao waved his hand, and several guards immediately placed the items under the eaves of the courtyard.
"Haha, Your Highness, if you're free, you can come to my City Lord's Mansion as a guest."
"Yes, I guess you're free." Gu Han nodded slightly.
"Then I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye."
City Lord Gao also knew that too much is as bad as too little. If he didn't leave now, it might backfire and make the other party unhappy. After the guards returned after dropping off the items, he smiled flatteringly and said goodbye.
Gu Han saw the guest off, closed the door, and returned to his room.
Bibi Dong asked, "Junior brother, is this the new City Lord of Shuofeng City?"
"Yes."
Gu Han nodded slightly.
The two did not stay overnight. In the afternoon, they returned to the hotel in Shuofeng City.
Afterwards, Gu Han and the others stayed here for a few more days until Bibi Dong's third test appeared, and then they set off to return to Spirit City.
In the carriage, Gu Han asked, "Senior Sister, what is your third test?"
Bibi Dong took out the Divine Test card.
"The Balance of Good and Evil."
"For the next five years, the forces of good and evil will continuously emerge within your body. My task is to balance the good and evil energies. I must maintain this balance for five years, preventing any imbalance. The maximum deviation is 5%."
"Reward: A Benevolent Incarnation. Two avatars can be generated, each possessing 100% of my combat power. Your spirit power level will evolve to 5% of divine power, and your affinity for good and evil will increase by 10%."
"Penalty for failure: Spirit power will be reduced by 20 levels."
Upon hearing this, Gu Han nodded slightly and said, "It seems the Divine Test is getting more difficult, but the reward is also good. With 5% of divine power and two avatars with the same combat power as my original body, the combat power you can unleash in the future will be far more than just 1+1+1."
Avatars are connected in mind, and their coordination is self-evident. Three together are far more powerful than simply three beings of the same combat power.
Furthermore, there's the 5% conversion of divine power.
Remember, that's divine power. Even just 5% is far greater than spirit power.
There's an insurmountable gap between the two.
"Yes, and I can already feel the forces of good and evil emerging within me."
Bibi Dong nodded slightly. After the divine test began, two different forces, good and evil, began to emerge from her dantian, assimilating her spirit power.
Fortunately, with Gu Han's Tai Chi instruction and Bibi Dong's profound mastery of it, balancing these two completely opposing energies was a professional feat, and it wasn't difficult.
"By the way, Junior Brother, what is your eighth spirit skill?"
After discussing Bibi Dong's divine test, Bibi Dong finally remembered that she hadn't yet known her junior brother's eighth spirit skill.
Upon hearing this, Gu Han didn't hide it.
"The Ice Emperor has gifted me with four spirit skills and two spirit bone skills."
"They are: Frost Judgment Sword, which consumes 30% of spirit power, sublimating the blade to an absolute zero form, and can slash out a large area of sword energy carrying the temperature of extreme ice. It deals 300% attack power and 200% ice damage to linear targets, reducing the healing effect of all targets by 50%."
"The second is Ice Emperor's Wrath, which slashes out the phantom of the Ice Azure Emperor Scorpion, attacking the opponent with the power of extreme ice. It is an instant skill."
"The third is Ice Emperor's Spear, which is a spear transformed from the Ice Azure Scorpion's tail. It ignores 90% of the enemy's defense and has a 100% lock-on effect. It is an extremely powerful single-target attack skill."
"The fourth is a domain skill, the Permafrost Domain, which can instantly transform the domain into an environment similar to the core area of the Far North, or even a lower temperature. Enemies within the domain will experience a sharp depletion of spirit power. Within this domain, the power of all my spirit skills is amplified by 50%."
"As for the spirit bone skills, they are: Ice Emperor Bodyguard and Ice Emperor Mastiff. One attack, one defense, both incredibly powerful spirit skills."
Bibi Dong listened attentively to the entire presentation and exclaimed, "As expected of a ferocious beast-level being, the spirit skills it provides are truly formidable."
Gu Han nodded slightly, saying, "Indeed, but the downside to these spirit skills is their high energy consumption. They should only be used as decisive skills in critical moments. In normal combat, our first seven spirit skills are sufficient."
"Indeed,"
Bibi Dong agreed. Furthermore, with their combined strength, even without using spirit skills, they were unbeatable among their peers. Few could match them.
After returning to the Spirit Hall, Gu Han and Bibi Dong handed most of the spirit bones to the Priest Hall, requesting that they be distributed among the priests and elders.
The two of them retained a significant amount of whale glue, especially the 100,000-year-old whale glue within the Demonic Killer Whale King, which Bibi Dong would manage.
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