Translator: CinderTL
"Too weak. Not even an invincible dao bone," Jiang Ye muttered, shaking his head.
He hadn't intended to fight, but since the alien had charged at him, he showed no mercy.
Just then...
"Hmm?"
"Territorial Expansion... it's activated?" Jiang Ye's expression shifted as he glanced at his system panel.
Territorial Expansion: When battling alien races, all your attributes and those of your teammates within a 100-meter radius increase by 30% (+1%).
"I never expected this," Jiang Ye murmured, his gaze filled with astonishment. "Territorial Expansion actually works in this trial space?"
This realization struck him: the trial space wasn't a mere simulation, but a genuine foreign realm!
"Did the Hundred Cosmic Refinements transport me to some alien realm?" Jiang Ye wondered inwardly. "Such a feat is truly divine."
In the past, Jiang Ye had to use cosmic void passages to reach alien civilizations. But this time? The situation was entirely different.
"Charge!" Jiang Ye's figure flashed like lightning as he continued his ascent toward the ancient celestial body above.
But soon...
"Aliens?"
"Die!" Another wave of alien attackers descended upon Jiang Ye, their killing moves raining down like a storm.
This time, it wasn't just one enemy, but multiple alien powerhouses, all targeting Jiang Ye simultaneously.
Jiang Ye's brow furrowed slightly as he parried each attack with his spear.
"These aliens..."
"What's going on?" Jiang Ye wondered, his suspicion growing. "Why are they all targeting me specifically?"
The aliens attacking him didn't even belong to the same race.
Instead of fighting each other, they moved with uncanny coordination to attack Jiang Ye simultaneously.
Jiang Ye had never encountered such a situation before.
"They might be from the same faction," Bai Gui's voice echoed in Jiang Ye's mind.
"The same faction?" Jiang Ye was taken aback.
How could that be?
They were clearly different races.
"You must understand that in the cosmos, some powerful cosmic civilizations can assimilate weaker ones," Bai Gui explained. "As long as the Sovereign Civilization is strong enough, the various subordinate civilizations under its rule can coexist harmoniously."
"Like the White Dragon Civilization."
"In its heyday, my master commanded numerous powerhouses from different races, all living in harmony," Bai Gui elaborated.
"I see," Jiang Ye murmured, understanding dawning in his eyes.
Then, his gaze hardened.
"In that case..."
"I'll slaughter every last one of these alien races." A cold glint flashed in Jiang Ye's eyes.
"Kill!" Jiang Ye gripped his long spear, his figure streaking forward like lightning.
Stellar energy circulated through Jiang Ye's body.
Boom! A powerful aura erupted from him.
He unleashed his full power, his long spear slashing through the air like a dazzling star, instantly killing one of the alien powerhouses.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The remaining alien powerhouses converged on Jiang Ye, launching a coordinated assault.
"Surround him!"
"Form the formation!"
"Activate the Sun-Veiling Cloud Mist Formation!" The alien powerhouses, their eyes burning with killing intent, swarmed toward Jiang Ye.
They combined their energies, forming a massive formation that radiated overwhelming power.
Seeing this, Jiang Ye's conviction in Bai Gui's words deepened.
These alien powerhouses belonged to the same faction!
"Very well."
"Then let's have a proper battle." Jiang Ye's gaze turned icy, showing no urgency to complete the trial.
As Chen Zilu had said, there was no time limit here.
Simply reaching the massive celestial body would count as passing the trial.
But now it seemed...
To pass the trial, he would have to eliminate these alien powerhouses first.
"Kill!" Jiang Ye gripped his long spear tightly and charged into the swarm of alien powerhouses.
But in the very next moment...
Buzz!
Intense light erupted from the bodies of the alien powerhouses. These beams seemed to connect, forming a massive formation.
As the formation solidified...
Boom! An overwhelming pressure descended, like Mount Tai crashing down on Jiang Ye.
This pressure? Jiang Ye's eyes narrowed. The terrifying pressure emanating from the formation even made his heart tremble slightly.
"Kill!"
"Kill!" The alien powerhouses roared in unison, and countless beams of light coalesced within the formation.
These beams rained down like a storm of arrows, blanketing the sky and engulfing Jiang Ye.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Jiang Ye swung his long spear to defend himself. Under the formation's oppressive force, he found himself under considerable strain.
This is just the first trial.
How can it be this difficult? Jiang Ye thought in astonishment. If this is the difficulty level, won't the later trials be as hard as ascending to the heavens?
It wasn't that he feared the challenge. If he wanted, Jiang Ye could slaughter these aliens at any moment.
The real issue was...
The Hundred Cosmic Refinements consisted of a hundred trials in total!
If the first trial was already this difficult, what would the later ones be like?
If they were truly this challenging, how had Chen Zilu managed to clear sixty trials?
Or was it possible that the situation Jiang Ye was facing was different from what Chen Zilu had encountered?
"Regardless, I should focus on adapting to the current difficulty first," Jiang Ye thought, his mind racing.
He sensed that while the formation formed by these alien powerhouses exerted immense pressure on him, it also provided the perfect opportunity to refine his spear technique.
"Since the first trial is supposed to be the simplest," Jiang Ye mused, "I'll start with this simplest trial and gradually hone my spear technique step by step. I'll clear each trial one at a time!"
With this resolve, Jiang Ye's heart calmed.
He no longer sought to clear the trials quickly but instead used the pressure from the formation to continuously improve his spear technique.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Jiang Ye clashed fiercely with the alien powerhouses. Amidst the intense battle, his spear technique slowly began to improve.
Outside the trial space, under the starlight's embrace, hundreds of Chen Clan members sat cross-legged, absorbing the celestial energy.
The starlight could help them elevate their life levels, even benefiting powerhouses at the seventh breakthrough and beyond.
"Look, Chen Zilu has already started the fourth trial!"
"As expected of the Chen Clan's strongest Heavenly Pride."
"Chen Haoyue, Chen Feng, and Chen Qian are still struggling with the second trial." The numerous powerhouses meditated and cultivated while keeping an eye on the massive projection screen ahead.
This projection screen was conjured by the ancestor through some mystical means.
Though it couldn't display the scenes within the trial space, it did show the specific trial level each trial-taker had reached.
"Where's Jiang Ye?"
"He's still on the first level?"
"Ten minutes have passed, and Jiang Ye hasn't even cleared the first level yet?" Many Chen Clan members frowned inwardly.
The ancestor had placed such high expectations on Jiang Ye, but his performance so far seemed unworthy of such attention.
Nearby, Chen Jue seethed with resentment. "This Jiang Ye... Is this all he's got? Why did the ancestor give him my spot?"
If Jiang Ye's performance had truly been remarkable, Chen Jue would have had no grounds for complaint.
But what was this?
Chen Zilu had already begun her fourth trial, while Chen Haoyue and the other two had reached their second.
Only Jiang Ye remained stuck in the first trial, struggling to advance.
"This spot should have been mine," Chen Jue thought, his resentment growing.
Time continued to pass.
In the blink of an eye, another several minutes had elapsed.
Chen Zilu had now cleared her tenth trial.
Chen Haoyue, Chen Feng, and Chen Qian had all completed their fifth trials.
Yet Jiang Ye remained trapped in the first, still struggling.
"How could Jiang Ye be so...?" Chen Fang stared at the projection screen, utterly bewildered.
Jiang Ye's performance was utterly abysmal!
He clearly didn't deserve the ancestor's high praise.
Chen Fang wasn't the only one with this reaction. The other Chen Clan elders wore equally strange expressions.
The Jiang Ye whom the ancestor had so highly valued was performing so miserably.
He was bringing shame upon the ancestor.
Just then, the red dot representing Jiang Ye on the projection screen finally began to move.
(End of the Chapter)
---------------------------
📖 You are reading [606] Chapters behind.
🔥 Read up to Chapter [1008] now, only on 𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝕞.
💸 Read up to Chapter [528] for 100% FREE!
📚 Read upto [13,000+] Chapters on Site with [10,400+] Free Chapters!
🚫 Also get FREE lifetime ad-free and join the giveaway by joining our Discord!
---------------------------