Chapter 499: Top-tier Trial, Sea God Nine Trials

It was Ye Lingling's turn to step forward. The Seahorse Sacred Pillar sensed her aura and once again emitted light, but this time the light's transformation did not stop even when it reached black, subsequently shifting into red.

On the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, the magic patterns rendered in black instantly changed color, turning completely into a beautiful, crystalline red. A beam of red light shot up into the sky, piercing straight into the air.

That light, resembling fresh blood, thrust straight into the high heavens, causing a flash of blood-red light to streak across the clear blue sky.

On Sea God Island, thousands of gazes were cast toward the sky almost simultaneously. Among them, six Title Douluo, who were also standing before stone pillars of different styles, saw this red light. Their eyes revealed an irrepressible, intense radiance. Almost at the same moment, they exclaimed the same words in surprise.

"Top-tier Trial!"

In the center of Sea God Island, inside a special temple, a pair of eyes that had been closed for ten years opened due to the appearance of this red light. A hint of faint surprise and even more joy suffused her face. Her body, which had not moved for ten years, slowly stood up.

The red light gradually receded, and seven red light curtains submerged one by one into Ye Lingling's forehead, transforming into a strange red seven-pointed star, adding a faint red luster to her originally extremely fair and tender skin.

Sea Horse Douluo was completely stunned. It was one thing that most of what had appeared just now were top-tier trials, but now a Top-tier Trial had actually appeared as well.

In fact, this was normal. Among auxiliary martial souls, the Nine Heart Begonia was an existence sufficient to be on par with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, only one focused on healing while the other focused on amplification.

Ye Lingling's potential was not inferior to Ning Rongrong's in the slightest, and now, just like the Ning Rongrong of the original work, she had consumed the supreme Immortal Herb Qiluo Tulip. With the potential of the Nine Heart Begonia thoroughly stimulated, obtaining a Top-tier Trial was not abrupt.

"This young lady, may I ask for your honorable name?" Sea Horse Douluo regained his composure, bowed slightly, and saluted Ye Lingling.

"Senior, my name is Ye Lingling. You don't need to be so polite!" Although Ye Lingling already knew the significance of the Top-tier Trial to Sea God Island from Nan Feihuang's words, having a Title Douluo be so polite to her still made her feel somewhat unaccustomed.

Sea Horse Douluo said respectfully, "Miss Ye, it is an honor to be your examiner. Although I do not understand why a Top-tier Trial would appear on you, for a long time to come, if you have any needs on the island, you can come to me. I will do my best to help you resolve them."

"You also don't need to be so polite to me anymore. Unlike the Black Level Examination, since the first time the Top-tier Trial appeared until now, there has never been a record of failure. And the last time a Top-tier Trial appeared, it was the trial for the island's Great Elder. As long as Miss Ye Lingling passes the Top-tier Trial, she will be the successor to the Great Elder and will also be the future leader of Sea God Island."

"So that's how it is. Then, Senior, it should be my turn now, right?" Lv Lingqi stepped forward. Although she had already received the recognition of the Vast Sea Universe Cover, she still felt uneasy without having officially obtained the qualifications for a God Trial.

If Ye Lingling could become the Sea God Great Elder, she, who had consumed the supreme Immortal Herb Acacia Heartbroken Red and had also withstood the Vast Sea Power of the Sea God Heart, should surely be a cut above, right?

"Very well, this young lady, please!" Due to the change in his attitude toward Ye Lingling, Sea Horse Douluo's attitude toward the others had also become much gentler.

Lv Lingqi walked forward without hesitation and came to stand beside Sea Horse Douluo.

At this moment, Sea Horse Douluo's mood had fluctuated several times, yet it fully demonstrated his composure as a Title Douluo. He thought to himself, even if another Black Level Six Trials appeared, I would never be surprised again.

Under the guidance of Sea Horse Douluo, the Sea God's Light descended once more. Bathed in the blue pillar of light, this time only a single beam shot out, illuminating Lv Lingqi. The change in this light was extremely rapid; it did not stop at the Black Level and quickly transformed into red.

Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Sea Horse Douluo still couldn't help but be startled, "Red again? Could it be another Top-tier Trial!"

However, the red light did not cease; it continued to transform until it returned to the initial blue, but within this blue light, it seemed to contain specks of golden light. It continued until it turned entirely golden, covering the entire world.

Finally, the light split into nine, imprinting a Trident mark on Lv Lingqi's forehead.

"This? I thought it was just a Top-tier Trial, but what is this golden color? In the millions of years of Sea God Island, such a trial has never appeared before, right?" Sea Horse Douluo did not know about the Sea God Nine Trials and was left in a daze.

Lv Lingqi took out a mirror and touched the mark on her forehead, "The same situation as my husband. Is this the mark of the Sea God Nine Trials?"

"That's right, it is indeed the Sea God Nine Trials!" A leisurely voice came from afar. This voice seemed to come from the heavens; it was beautiful and pleasant, yet filled with a sense of kindness.

The voice traveled from far to near. The crowd only felt the space distort slightly, and the next moment, there was one more person in front of the Seahorse Sacred Pillar. No one saw when or how she appeared.

It was a beautiful woman, her entire body shrouded in a layer of bright red robes, with sea-blue long hair draped behind her. Her soft and beautiful face looked to be at most around thirty years old, and her temperament was elegant. In her right hand, she held a three-meter-long Scepter.

"Greetings, Great Elder!" Seeing this woman, Sea Horse Douluo immediately bowed slightly and said with deep apology, "This subordinate failed to carry out the guidance of Lord Sea God well. Please, Great Elder, punish me."

"This is not your fault. The Sea God Nine Trials has appeared for the first time in millions of years; even I have never seen it before," the woman said with a gentle smile, showing no intention of blaming Sea Horse Douluo.

"Little girl, I didn't expect you to know about the Sea God Nine Trials, and the Sea God Heart is in your hands as well. It seems you came here specifically for the Sea God Nine Trials, didn't you?" The woman floated slowly in front of Lv Lingqi and said.

"Yes, my purpose in coming here is to become the next Sea God. This Senior, could you be one of the legendary Three Greats, the Sea God Douluo, Senior Bo Saixi? The Limit Douluo who once suppressed the two peaks of the Douluo Continent's Spirit Master world?" Lv Lingqi felt an incomparably vast power from this woman, far exceeding that of her mother-in-law Lan Xue, and roughly equivalent to Qian Daoliu.

With such soul power, it was feared that only the Sea God Douluo could exist on Sea God Island.

"It seems you have indeed done your homework. You have talent and ambition. I didn't expect the person I was waiting for to be a little girl like you," Bo Saixi sighed with emotion. With the appearance of a Sea God successor, she should have been happy, but thinking of her own unfulfilled wishes, she appeared very melancholy.

Seeing her expression, Lv Lingqi knew what she was thinking.

Before she set off, Nan Feihuang had instructed her that among the Sea God trials, he was not worried about the others, but there was one danger that had to be guarded against, and that danger came from Bo Saixi herself.

Feihuang knew very well that when the Sea God Nine Trials were completed, at the final moment, in order to pass on the God Position, the High Priest needed to Sacrifice herself to make the God Position compatible with the successor. However, Bo Saixi did not want to die; she still had to wait for Tang Chen.

For this, in the original work, she even had murderous intent toward Tang San, the great-grandson of Tang Chen. Once Lingqi reached the sixth trial, it was feared she would be even more ruthless.

Moreover, during this kind of Divine Trial, even other Limit Douluo could not intervene. Such a dangerous matter could not be ignored by Feihuang.

Fortunately, Lingqi's combat ability was astonishing. As for her, as long as she anticipated this danger in advance, she would definitely be able to find a way to overcome it.

(End of chapter)