Gan Fall continued: "The Four Priests symbolize 'Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Delight' respectively, and they oversee the Four Ordeals. Among them, the symbol of Joy is Shadley, who oversees the Trial of the Ball. The symbol of Anger is Shura, who oversees the Ordeal of Strings. Sorrow and Delight are Ohm and Gedatsu, who oversee the Ordeal of Iron and the Trial of the Swamp respectively."
"Shadley fights with gloves containing impact shells and sets up numerous spherical cloud traps that trigger explosions in her jurisdiction. Leave Shura to me; he and I are old rivals."
Ohm uses an iron sword and is a swordsman. Gedatsu, on the other hand, possesses 'gale shells' and 'Cloud Shells' capable of producing Swamp Clouds, allowing him to move through the air. The Swamp Clouds are laid out in the area he governs; anyone who wanders in will be like someone stepping into a jungle swamp, unable to escape by their own strength and eventually suffocating to death."
Kuina's eyes lit up when she heard there was also a swordsman on Sky Island: "Leave Ohm to me. I want to test my skills against different swordsmen."
Hera nodded and looked at Ain: "What about you, Ain? Who do you want to fight?"
Ain hesitated for a moment, but Wapol spoke up first: "Can't we just push through as a group of five against one?"
Hera shook her head and said: "Don't worry, just leave Eneru to me. For my partners, every challenge is an opportunity to grow stronger. I believe in them; they can definitely win facing a Priest alone."
Wapol also made up his mind and said: "Then I'll take on the Trial of the Swamp."
Ain nodded and said: "I'll go to the Trial of the Ball." She secretly resolved in her heart that she must awaken her Armament Haki during this battle.
Hera saw Ain's urgency for strength. She wanted to comfort her but didn't know where to start, so she could only pat Ain's shoulder: "Don't worry, Ain. I've seen all your hard work. A body forged through training won't lie to you. You're just missing a catalyst. Go for it."
After they finished discussing, they continued towards the Holy Land.
Soon, they reached the edge of the Holy Land, and the next part of the journey required going ashore. While they were wondering what to do with the argo, a large pile of furniture and miscellaneous items were spat out from Hera's City of Devouring Time. The City of Devouring Time instantly expanded, enveloping the argo and swallowing it with some difficulty.
"Alright, that's that." Hera breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. The idea of using the City of Devouring Time to store the argo had only just popped into her head. It seemed she needed to find a way to expand the range of the City of Devouring Time; she wondered if Moriah's Shadow-Shadow Fruit could be devoured to help with that.
"Let's go. Nami, you follow Kuina. You've just joined the ship, and I'm not comfortable with you being alone. Oh, and each of you take one of these." As she spoke, Hera suddenly remembered the flash shells and handed each of them a pair of sunglasses.
The seven of them continued forward. Soon, they arrived at the site of the Trial of the Ball. Gan Fall gave an uneasy reminder: "If possible, please don't kill them. They aren't bad by nature; they're just carrying out God's orders."
Hera nodded: "Don't worry, we aren't bloodthirsty people." Nami, Kuina, and Ain, hearing this from a person literally radiating black aura, all glanced at her.
Suddenly, among the spheres filling the area, a man who also looked like a sphere appeared on top of the largest one. Shadley sat on the sphere and said to the group: "This is the Trial of the Ball, where the survival rate is only 10%. You people can stay here forever."
With that, she controlled the sphere to crash into the group. Ain used the power of the Rewind-Rewind Fruit to rewind the sphere's time by a few seconds, causing it to move back. She said: "If you think you can stop all of us, you simply don't have the ability."
While Shadley was wondering how Ain had done it, Hera and the others had already left the area during her moment of distraction.
Soon, Hera stopped. The invisible ropes laid out ahead clearly identified the master of this trial ground. Shura, seeing Hera and the others stop, realized his traps had likely been exposed. He charged out riding a Fire-Breathing Bird. Seeing this, Gan Fall also rode his Pegasus to meet him, and the two clashed in the air.
Shura laughed loudly: "A defeated opponent dares to come and block me? And even if you block me, you still won't get past the ropes below without dealing with them!"
Hera touched the transparent ropes, and the White Queen · saikū appeared in her hand: "How troublesome. Let me clear a path then. Cancer Sword!" A white slash flew out, and all the ropes along the way were severed.
Ignoring Shura's provocation, the group continued forward until they reached Ohm's territory. A bald man carrying an iron sword stood there. Ohm said: "I have already heard from God. Which of you will come to brave my 'Ordeal of Iron,' where the survival rate is a mere 0%?"
Seeing that Ohm was also a swordsman, Kuina, whose fighting spirit was already overflowing, could not wait to meet him. Unexpectedly, Ohm's sword suddenly extended, trying to catch Kuina off guard. But how could the experienced Kuina be caught by such a sneak attack? The wado ichimonji suddenly unsheathed to meet the blow.
At the final Trial of the Swamp, the Divine Soldiers beside Gedatsu were already prepared. They said to Hera: "God is waiting for you ahead. As for Wapol, you stay here."
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