Chapter 260: Challenge the Seven Sacred Pillars

As Yang Xiong consecutively challenged seven Title Douluo, in just over two hours he consecutively defeated the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, and the Fifth Trial of Sea God Island was finally completed.

A voice echoed in Yang Xiong's mind: "Yang Xiong, Top-Level Eight Trials Fifth Trial, challenge the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island; assessment completed, reward: soul power increased by one level, all soul ring durations increased by one thousand years."

At this point, Yang Xiong's soul power finally reached Level 90, his soul rings remained two purple, three black, three red, but the two purple soul rings were already very close to the ten‑thousand‑year grade, especially the second soul ring, which had begun to faintly show black.

Having consecutively passed five trial stages, Yang Xiong now has all his soul ring durations increased by nine thousand years, and is very close to having all soul rings reach the ten‑thousand‑year grade.

At this point, among everyone, Qin Shuang and Yang Wei have both completed all assessment content; besides the reward of a one‑level soul power increase for the Fifth Trial, after completing all assessments they received an additional one‑level soul power reward.

Qin Shuang is now Level 79, Yang Wei has reached Level 86, and both were also rewarded a divine‑granted soul ring, which they can absorb the next time they hit a bottleneck.

Of course, the two have obtained Sea God Island's Black-Level Permission, meaning that in terms of status they are already comparable to the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, but neither Sea God nor Bo Saixi has any further plans for them.

Ning Rongrong reached Level 85, Oscar reached Level 84, Feng Xiaotian also reached Level 84, Shui Bing'er reached Level 76, and Huo Wu reached Level 77.

Among them, Ning Rongrong's soul rings became four purple and four black, while Shui Bing'er had four purple and three black; both increased their soul ring durations by two thousand five hundred years.

At this moment, the Sixth Trial's assessment appeared before Yang Xiong: "Yang Xiong, Top-Level Eight Trials Sixth Trial, lead Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er to confront the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, hold out for one hour. Time limit: one year."

Yang Xiong only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the assessment; as long as it isn't a showdown with Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi, he isn't particularly afraid of any other assessment.

Now Yang Xiong has reached Level 90; although he hasn't yet absorbed a soul ring, he is confident he can challenge a Level 97 Title Douluo, and even a Level 98 Title Douluo, but he has no confidence in battling a Level 99 Ultimate Douluo.

Yang Xiong has indeed witnessed Bo Saixi's tremendous power during Tidal Body Forging, and, as the rumors say, a non‑Hundred‑Level strongman cannot defeat Bo Saixi.

Speaking of strength, the original Tang San is only a Soul Douluo; the Clear Sky Hammer still lacks a soul ring, so how could he truly contend with a Level 99 Ultimate Douluo? It's purely Bo Saixi's nostalgia, sparing him.

Everyone rested for a week and organized what they had recently gained; this kind of combat experience against Title Douluo is extremely rare.

Of course, a very big problem now lies before them: they must start considering how to leave Sea God Island.

Yang Xiong and the others took the assessment to join Sea God Island, but the resources granted by the Sea God are not merely for your improvement; they are meant to keep you on Sea God Island permanently, contributing to it.

However, Yang Xiong has a strange feeling that his Sea God Eighth Trial won't be simple, especially since after his martial soul's evolution it now contains a hint of divinity, and only then can it be a true divine‑level martial soul.

In other words, Yang Xiong has already established a slight connection with the Asura God, and his departure from Sea God Island has likely already been arranged by the Sea God and the Asura God.

The same issue now troubles Tang San's party; Dai Mubai's four have completed the assessment, leaving only Tang San and Xiao Wu still needing to continue.

Thus, although Dai Mubai's four possess Sea God Island Black-Level Permission, they cannot leave Sea God Island.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Qing wander freely; since leaving the New Luo Empire, they have made the four seas their home, training everywhere, and have no intention of returning to the Star Luo Empire.

But Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan are different; Yu Tianheng bears a deep blood feud of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and he trains so diligently that one day he can return to the continent to seek revenge on the Spirit Hall, to revive the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and being trapped on Sea God Island with such power is his greatest sorrow.

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After a full week, Yang Xiong asked the steward to apply to Bo Saixi, preparing to begin the Sixth Trial assessment.

This assessment takes place outside the palace of the Sea God Island Great Offering, presided over personally by Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi.

When everyone arrived at the palace, the Seven Great Offerings were already assembled, and Bo Saixi himself stood at the central position to preside.

Bo Saixi looked a bit puzzled: "Yang Xiong, although the six of you are fairly strong, there's no need to rush into the Sixth Trial; you still have a full year. In that year you can improve your strength, and the future assessment may be relatively easier."

Bo Saixi's words were pointed; normally, if the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island were to join forces, there would be a full seven Title Douluo, able to coordinate with each other, and their strength would reach an unimaginable level.

However, Yang Xiong's party still has shortcomings; Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu are only ordinary Soul Saints, and if they train for a year, the gap between the sides might shrink, especially since everyone can make use of Sea God Island's resources.

It should be noted that Ning Rongrong played an extremely crucial role in passing the Fifth Trial, and when the seven‑person team battle occurs, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er and Ning Rongrong will be targeted immediately, leaving only Yang Xiong, Oscar and Feng Xiaotian to actually fight.

Moreover, Ning Rongrong has already revealed the Eight Spider Soul Bone and the Spiral Sphere, yet cannot display power at the crucial moment to damage the enemy.

Yang Xiong had no hesitation: "Senior Bo Saixi, since we have decided to take the assessment, we are confident we will pass; please grant us your approval."

Soon the two sides arranged their formations.

Among Yang Xiong's six, they deployed a 1‑2‑3 formation. Ning Rongrong stayed at the rear providing support to everyone on site, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er occupied the center of the line, handling control, and at the front were Yang Xiong, Feng Xiaotian and Oscar, with Yang Xiong in the exact middle of the three, and Oscar and Feng Xiaotian on his sides.

To truly face seven Title Douluo, Oscar must act as a Battle Soul Master; otherwise, with only Yang Xiong and Feng Xiaotian as Battle Soul Masters, they could not contend with seven opponents.

As for Ning Rongrong, because she possesses the Eight Spider Soul Bone and the Nine Treasure Body Protection Divine Light, no one needs to be assigned for protection.

As for Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, the two Soul Saints can only be placed in the center to control the field; otherwise, being outnumbered, they would likely be crushed immediately.

The seven from Sea God Island formed a 1‑2‑3‑1 formation: at the rear stood the Sea Woman Douluo, followed by the Sea Madness Douluo and Sea Star Douluo; the middle three were, in order, the Sea Spear Douluo, Sea Seahorse Douluo and Sea Ghost Douluo; and at the front was the Sea Dragon Douluo.

It's clear this formation is well arranged, and their positions must have been thought through extensively; the Spirit System Sea Woman Douluo at the rear can launch remote spirit attacks.

The Sea Madness Douluo and Sea Star Douluo handle control; their martial souls are respectively Illusory Sea Snake and Sea Star, and their control abilities are extremely powerful.

The front four focus on heavy offense, especially the central Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo, who line up together and form the offensive core of the whole team.

Moreover, judging by their appearance, they should be highly targeted against Yang Xiong's six, and with the coordination ability of Title Douluo level, their strength is unimaginable.

Sea Dragon Douluo sounded confident: "Yang Xiong, although your strength surpasses mine, this time our Seven Sacred Pillars unite; your strength definitely cannot cope, so I hope you can hold out for an hour."

Yang Xiong snorted coldly: "Senior, win or lose can only be known after the fight."

With Bo Saixi's command, everyone displayed their martial souls and soul rings, and the assessment officially began.

Shui Bing'er struck first, immediately activating the first soul skill Ice Seal; in an instant the surrounding water surface froze completely, even the seven opposing Title Douluo were frozen.

However, due to the huge soul power gap, in just a heartbeat the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island broke the ice seal and surged toward Yang Xiong's party.

Sea Dragon Douluo transformed into a massive sea dragon, and Sea Spear Douluo wielded a gigantic sea spear; the two rushed at Yang Xiong.

Sea Seahorse Douluo attacked Oscar, and Sea Ghost Douluo attacked Feng Xiaotian.

Yang Xiong was prepared; as soon as Shui Bing'er used the Ice Seal soul skill, he charged straight at Sea Dragon Douluo.

In an instant, Yang Xiong's hands became claw‑like, fighting alongside Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo.

Sea Dragon Douluo's hands also turned into dragon claws, desperately latching at Yang Xiong, while the sea spear in Sea Spear Douluo's hand exuded great momentum and looked extremely powerful.

In a heartbeat, Yang Xiong's six found themselves at a disadvantage.

Ning Rongrong supported the massive Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, chanting: "The Nine Treasures are named: one, Strength; two, Speed; three, Soul; four, Defense."

In an instant four beams of light swiftly merged into Oscar and the others, and to enable the four of them to contend with Title Douluo, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's assistance was pushed to its limit.

Oscar also immediately consumed a Copy Mirror Sausage, instantly transforming into a massive swift wind demon wolf; with Ning Rongrong's amplification, he quickly fought alongside Sea Ghost Douluo.

And Feng Xiaotian fought together with Sea Seahorse Douluo.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er each employed fire shadow and ice attributes, the massive fire shadow and ice phoenix controlling the entire field.

The Seven Sacred Pillars also felt unusually strange; perhaps after coordinating with Ning Rongrong against them, Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu seemed to have absorbed the earlier combat experience, their fighting power rose again, and a certain synergy developed between them.

Especially the coordination of the ice and fire elements between Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu is extremely harmonious, and even in the sea it wields great power.

(End of chapter)