Chapter 249: Earth-Type Deity Inheritance (Bonus 39)

Whoosh!

Li Yuan just stepped into the square range.

Before approaching the steps under the towering main hall, he felt an invisible fluctuation born out of thin air about thirty meters away from him.

"Mm? Not good." Li Yuan's spiritual sense was so powerful that he immediately sensed the abnormality.

Just as he was about to retreat, it was already too late.

Hum~ This invisible fluctuation instantly invaded Li Yuan's body, seeming to contain a destructive power, making Li Yuan's heart tremble, and he had no power to resist.

Instantly, Li Yuan was suppressed by this power, and his whole person was fixed in place.

Unable to move!

"This? What is the situation?" Li Yuan was shocked in his heart, which had never been mentioned in the Lieyan Family's intelligence.

Could it be that the intelligence is fake?

It's just that this destructive imprisonment power is too powerful, even if Li Yuan erupted with all his strength instantly... he still couldn't move at all.

Such a scene made Li Yuan think of Mohu's death, but the last time the imprisonment power was more terrifying, even space was directly imprisoned.

And this time, it only imprisoned Li Yuan.

Only a few seconds later, without waiting for Li Yuan to think more.

Swish~

Dozens of meters away, several purple light rays appeared out of thin air again.

As soon as these light rays condensed, they shot directly onto Li Yuan's body, and then strands of strange power directly permeated into Li Yuan's body.

Cold! This was Li Yuan's only feeling.

"Is this to test my body? Probe my background?" Li Yuan was slightly shocked in his heart, having some guesses.

With his skill level, he could only sense the existence of this strange power... this strange power swept through Li Yuan's whole body in the blink of an eye, and even tried to permeate into Li Yuan's heart and consciousness...

Just as it tried to permeate.

Hum~ Li Yuan sensed that the Heart Divine Palace instantly exuded strands of invisible fluctuations, as if it had concealed its own existence... this strange power instantly swept across the Heart Divine Palace.

Immediately, it dissipated completely.

The light rays that shone over also dissipated suddenly, and the destructive imprisonment power that invaded Li Yuan's body also dissipated suddenly.

Inside the square, everything returned to normal.

It was as if.

Nothing had happened to Li Yuan just now.

"What exactly is going on?" Li Yuan was hesitant in his heart instead. "What is this situation? Divine Ruin... no wonder the Lieyan Family said they only explored a little bit of secrets, and there are still many unknowns hidden... judging from the many clues before, the entire inner world indeed contains great secrets."

"However, it shouldn't be wanting to kill me," Li Yuan pondered, having seen Mohu's death method.

He understood that the power possessed by the person behind the inner world could kill him easily.

Only a few seconds later.

"Hum~" Another Five Elements fluctuation appeared, instantly transmitted into Li Yuan's mind. This fluctuation contained two messages.

"Congratulations, your talent meets the conditions of 'Earth-Type Deity Inheritance Candidate', you have the qualification to open the 'Deity Inheritance Assessment'. If you pass the triple test, you will have the qualification to obtain the 'Earth-Type Deity Inheritance'. You have one minute to decide whether to participate in the assessment. Participating in the assessment will have the danger of death."

"If you participate, then stand in place, and the assessment will start directly after one minute; if you retreat, then you will directly exit the 'Deity Palace Hall'."

These two messages were not text or images, but a kind of spiritual fluctuation that Li Yuan found difficult to understand.

Making Li Yuan clearly understand what it wanted to convey.

"Earth-Type Deity Inheritance? Inheritance Assessment?" Li Yuan was shocked in his heart, and many thoughts flashed through his mind: "This inner world, isn't it said in the intelligence that it was left by a fire-type deity?"

These messages were never mentioned in the Lieyan Family's intelligence.

However!

Regarding the fact that the inner world contains treasures, Li Yuan had long expected it in his heart, and many thoughts in his mind operated at high speed, analyzing the messages.

"According to the Lieyan Family's intelligence, which is the information given by 'Demigod Demigod Yan Cheng', this inner world is in all likelihood a ruin left by a 'fire-type deity', but it also has many other benefits... just now, it should have been the person behind the scenes testing my talent."

"But why would there be an extra Earth-Type Deity Inheritance?"

"Could it be that this inner world has multiple deities?"

"Originally thought that I was not a strong person of the fire lineage, so I shouldn't be able to touch the deity treasures or inheritance, didn't expect there was still hope of obtaining a deity inheritance," Li Yuan had a vague judgment in his heart: "Should I break in?"

Breaking in has advantages and disadvantages.

It is possible to obtain a great harvest, but it is also accompanied by the risk of death... the key is that the Lieyan Family's intelligence never mentioned the 'Earth-Type Deity Inheritance'.

This means there is no experience to borrow, and Li Yuan has no way to judge the degree of danger.

"Break in." Li Yuan made a decision in just a few seconds.

Since he is already here.

"Deity inheritance, how rare is it? The entire Seven-Star civilization has not yet given birth to a single deity," Li Yuan had a hint of longing in his eyes. "Although obtaining a deity inheritance doesn't necessarily mean one can achieve deity status, at least the hope will be much greater."

Even if he goes to Flying Star in the future and accepts the so-called 'Martial God Inheritance', that is just an inheritance formed by the demigods of the Seven-Star civilization, which may not catch up to a true 'Deity Inheritance'.

Such an opportunity is too rare.

Naturally, he has to fight!

It is not easy to take risks, and life-and-death tempering is easy to grind oneself to death... but when encountering a great opportunity, one must also fight.

Moreover, Li Yuan asked himself, even if a deity chooses a successor, with his talent, he should have hope of obtaining it.

Time passed.

One minute later.

Hum~ Another invisible fluctuation was transmitted to Li Yuan's mind, and the content of the message was very simple—"The assessment is about to begin. Pass the first two tests, and you can live; if the first two tests are not met, you die!"

Immediately making Li Yuan understand that the next triple test requires at least passing the first two.

Only two seconds later.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, a strong wind blew in the square with a diameter of over 200 meters, and countless yellow sands swept over, followed by Li Yuan watching with his own eyes as countless yellow sands began to condense... finally forming an earthy yellow figure holding a long spear. He was wearing earthy yellow battle armor, quite dazzling, like a god of war.

He, only the eyes were blood-red, staring at Li Yuan.

"【Target life layer is Level 25, no life characteristics, killing cannot obtain spiritual nourishment】" Li Yuan directly performed Divine Palace probing.

The probing result instantly made Li Yuan think of the large number of black alien beasts he encountered at the bottom of the canyon.

Same lineage!

"What kind of means is this?" Li Yuan was secretly shocked, the means of the inner world exceeded his imagination.

What is the assessment? Is it to kill the opponent?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! More strong winds flew up, bringing even more yellow sand from the ground, followed by more earthy yellow figures being born, densely packed, appearing all around Li Yuan.

"Gathering sand into people?" Li Yuan was even more shocked in his heart, and he immediately performed Divine Palace probing.

All of them were Level 25.

"Thirty-six?" Li Yuan swept his gaze and confirmed all the earthy yellow battle general figures.

"Kill!" The first earthy yellow battle general to appear erupted with a low roar.

He didn't roar in 'Seven-Star language', but Li Yuan could sense what he wanted to convey.

"Kill!"

"Kill!" Thirty-six earthy yellow battle generals roared in unison, followed by erupting simultaneously, killing Li Yuan from all directions who was standing in the very center.

Boom!

The Black Star Spear instantly appeared in Li Yuan's palm, followed by the Source Force battle suit completely covering his whole body, and strands of earthy yellow light emerged from the battle suit, making his whole person like a god of war.

At this moment, how could Li Yuan not understand? This first test is likely to defeat, or even kill, all the guards in front of him.

Thirty-six Level 25 experts?

"I want to see, how difficult this Earth-Type Deity Inheritance assessment can be." Li Yuan's figure darted, and his whole person had already passed through the obstruction of several guards like a gust of wind.

Rushed out of the encirclement.

"Swish!" The moment he flashed out of the encirclement, the long spear in Li Yuan's hand roared and stabbed straight, and terrifying power instantly stabbed out, hitting the head of one of the guards.

Pow~

It was as if hitting a huge sandbag, and the guard's head was directly blasted apart by Li Yuan's spear strike.

But he didn't fall down.

Swish~ Swish~ Countless splashed sand quickly flowed back and re-condensed into the guard's head!

"Ha!"

"Boom!" Other guards had already roared and killed over, their long spears roaring, fierce and incomparable.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" Li Yuan waved the long spear, resisting one after another, easily resisting with his strength.

But Li Yuan felt somewhat anxious in his heart.

"Why can't they be killed? Before, those black alien beasts in the canyon, although they also had no life characteristics, were similar to real lifeforms. Hitting the vital points would kill them. Here, why aren't the guards?" Li Yuan tried to make himself calm.

Swish Swish Swish!

Spear light was dazzling, Li Yuan easily pierced through the bodies of the guards one by one, making them either have their heads blasted apart, or chests torn, or arms broken... but no matter what he did, even if their bodies were completely blasted apart, they would quickly recover.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!" These guards were astonishing in number, as many as 36. Even if a few were blasted by Li Yuan and lost their combat power for a short time, others would quickly fill in.

Even if the space was narrow, at least ten guards could attack Li Yuan at the same time.

"Avoid?" Li Yuan gritted his teeth.

The entire square was only so big, with a diameter of two hundred meters. With the explosive speed of a Level 25 Source Martial, one flash could rush from this end to the other end.

"Fight." Li Yuan's eyes were cold, he had no way out.

According to the message transmitted just now, if the assessment fails, then death is inevitable.

"Puff!"

"Puff~" The Black Star Spear erupted with terrifying power in Li Yuan's hand, spear light like starlight, dazzling and flowing, gathering like a river, easily blocking the attacks of the guards one by one.

True Meaning Ultimate Move—Star River Swirl!

In terms of skill and strength, Li Yuan was far higher than these guards.

Especially with his perfect star meridians circulating within his body, aligning with the mysterious Earth lineage, it caused the power of Li Yuan's spear technique to skyrocket.

"Bang~" Spear light collided with the weapon of one of the guards, and that terrifying power transmitted, instantly causing cracks to appear on the guard's two arms.

The strength gap between each other was astonishing.

The skill of these guards, what was revealed, was only Fourth-Stage Mid-Tier... it was just that their numbers were astonishing, and they were all immortal bodies, forcing Li Yuan to only defend and protect himself.

Time passed.

Guards fell and stood up one by one, Li Yuan went all out, and the Source Force in his body was also consuming crazily... the Sea of Source Force had just opened, and the direct increase of Source Force to the power of a Source Martial was not great.

But Source Force can constantly eliminate the fatigue of the body's tendons and bones, and can combine with flesh to make the body's defense soar... if a Source Martial's Source Force is exhausted, combat power will drop by at least half.

"What should I do?"

"Killing them again and again, strength didn't decline." Li Yuan tried many methods, feeling more and more anxious in his heart.

Originally, Li Yuan thought that along with attacks again and again, the strength of these guards would constantly decline until they were completely killed.

But there wasn't.

Weakness? They were all condensed from sand, having no weakness.

"Kill!"

Thirty-six guards were besieging Li Yuan overwhelmingly. They were just like puppets... only having the instinct to fight and kill.

And Li Yuan? He could only carry it!

Carry it to death!

"There must be an opportunity."

"There must be! The inheritance assessment cannot be set as an assessment that cannot be passed."

"Maybe it's a time-limited assessment. As long as I persist for a period of time, I should be able to pass it." Li Yuan's mind flashed another possibility, giving him greater motivation to persist.

But!!

One minute, two minutes... ten minutes... thirty minutes... This was an incomparably long battle.

So long that Li Yuan's heart trembled.

He could easily block the attacks of these guards, but he couldn't completely ignore them... his physical strength and Source Force were constantly consuming, and the continuous fighting and killing was also a kind of torture to Li Yuan's spirit.

In the blink of an eye, forty minutes passed.

"Kill!" Thirty-six guards were still roaring, constantly besieging Li Yuan.

"Haven't reached the requirement yet?" Li Yuan was almost going crazy.

This was absolutely the longest battle he had ever experienced in his life, longer than the Flying Snake Valley... in that battle, he could at least see hope.

"Persist."

"Hold on to the end." The Source Force in Li Yuan's body had long been consumed by more than half, but he was still persisting.

Fortunately, the four star pulses operated, especially the perfect star pulse... making Li Yuan's Source Force recovery speed very astonishing.

According to the Divine Palace panel, cultivation efficiency is 13, which is something many six-star pulse experts at the same level cannot reach.

In the blink of an eye.

Another ten minutes passed... The Source Force in Li Yuan's body was finally exhausted.

Even if star pulse operation could still recover, it was far from enough for battle consumption... he could only rely purely on physical eruption.

"Puff!"

"Puff~" Li Yuan's spear technique was fierce and extraordinary, still hitting the guards one by one.

This was a protracted war.

A full forty minutes passed again... Li Yuan went all out to fight, his body was already exhausted to the extreme, his spear technique speed was already much slower than at the beginning, purely relying on super high skill to hold on until now.

Suddenly.

"Swish~" One guard's long spear roared, stabbing straight at Li Yuan's head!

If it were before, Li Yuan could easily dodge it.

But now? Li Yuan was too exhausted, and could only watch that long spear stab over.

Without Source Force bonus, under this spear, it was enough to make Li Yuan seriously injured or even die.

"Is it ending?"

"This Earth-Type Deity Inheritance is actually difficult to this extent, I will actually die in the first test of the inheritance assessment." Li Yuan was full of unwillingness in his heart, but had no way.

Human power has its limits.

However, at the moment when the guard roared and the spear tip touched Li Yuan.

Swish~

A breeze blew, and instantly, the bodies of the thirty-six guards dissipated into yellow sand inch by inch.

The entire square suddenly became quiet.

"I? Passed?" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment.

Hum~

An invisible fluctuation instantly transmitted to Li Yuan's mind: "Congratulations, you passed the first test of the Earth-Type Deity Inheritance, evaluated as 'Perfect Level'. Please enter the main hall to accept the second test."

"Perfect Level?" Li Yuan already vaguely understood that he had probably reached the assessment standard long ago.

However, this so-called assessment was to force out his limits.

In reality, under the pressure of life and death, this crazy fighting for nearly two hours also indeed greatly tempered Li Yuan's spear technique, and unknowingly, it had already improved to Fifth-Stage 45%.

"Whoosh!"

The breath in Li Yuan's heart suddenly relaxed, and his whole person collapsed to the ground and closed his eyes.

He was too tired.

Holding on for so long before was entirely supported by the obsession to survive. Now that the assessment was passed, he was completely relaxed.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan closed his eyes, and his spiritual consciousness instantly descended to the 'Heart Divine Palace'.

Lying on the ground, he cultivated "Contemplation of the Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra" on the spot.

……

This cultivation lasted for two hours, and Li Yuan had been lying in the square.

He slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes had returned to clarity.

Standing up, the fatigue of his whole body had been eliminated.

"Contemplation technique is truly magical," Li Yuan thought to himself, and looked at the main hall in the distance: "The second test is in the main hall? Although my body has eliminated fatigue, the Source Force was exhausted before, and now it has only recovered by one-third."

Sat down cross-legged.

Whoosh! Li Yuan operated the four star pulses and began to crazily absorb the Source Force from the outside world... After the first test, Li Yuan did not dare to be the slightest bit careless.

He must be in the most peak state to accept the second test.

……

Three hours later, Li Yuan, who had completely recovered his state, carefully stepped onto the steps leading to the main hall.

Fifty-five steps.

From the outside, the interior scene of the main hall could not be seen, but when Li Yuan stepped into it with one foot.

Hum~ His eyes swayed, and he instantly saw the scene inside the hall.

This is an ancient hall, far less towering than it looked from the outside. At the end of the hall stood a golden divine pillar, about ten meters high and at least over three meters in diameter... the surface of the divine pillar seemed to be engraved with countless mysterious patterns, exuding an invisible spiritual fluctuation.

"Spiritual Pillar?" Li Yuan's pupils shrank, and he instantly thought of Kunlun Martial University, the copper pillar located at the bottom of the Vermilion Bird Building.

The appearance of the two was so similar.

The Spiritual Pillar is the treasure of Kunlun Martial University... it's just that Li Yuan has a contemplation technique, so it seems unimportant.

"Could it be that this second test is to test willpower and spiritual sense?" This thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

The next moment.

Boom! The golden divine pillar at the end of the hall instantly bloomed with dazzling light. This light shrouded the entire hall and also directly shrouded Li Yuan's body.

A powerful spiritual pressure shrouded over.

"Is it really testing spiritual sense and willpower?" Li Yuan thought to himself.

This light contained invisible impact, and the power was very astonishing. If it were an ordinary Source Martial, they would probably be dizzy instantly... but with Li Yuan's spiritual willpower, he naturally endured it easily.

Hum~

Silently, as if sensing that Li Yuan endured it easily, the light released by the golden divine pillar became more and more dazzling, and the spiritual pressure contained became more and more terrifying.

"Hold on!" Li Yuan knew he had no choice.

Retreat?

Exiting the hall would probably mean assessment failure and death... but to what extent must one endure spiritual pressure to pass the assessment? There was no reminder.

Therefore, Li Yuan still only had one path—carry it to death!!

The longer he carried it, the better.

Hum~

In just one minute, the light released by the golden divine pillar had become almost substantial, and the terrifying spiritual pressure made Li Yuan's face change, and he could only grit his teeth and support it desperately.

It was too terrifying.

"I'm afraid that if an ordinary Source Martial came, they would collapse mentally in a very short time, right?" Li Yuan had no expression.

Level 32.8 spiritual sense, Level 33 willpower... just in terms of spiritual willpower, Li Yuan was considered excellent among Flying Heaven levels.

Time passed!

Pressure!

Increasingly terrifying pressure, at this moment the spiritual pressure had reached the Flying Heaven level peak, and was still constantly strengthening and improving, making Li Yuan feel a kind of astonishing pressure.

Under such terrifying pressure, ordinary Source Martial would instantly be dizzy and lose consciousness.

If it were an ordinary First Rank martial artist? They would directly collapse mentally, becoming crazy or even dying.

"Hold on!" Li Yuan gritted his teeth, still fighting with all his might, and he only felt his thinking speed slowing down.

Time passed, and Li Yuan's face was faintly turning pale.

Hum~ That golden divine pillar didn't know what kind of treasure it was, and the spiritual pressure was still constantly improving, quickly surpassing the Flying Heaven level category and climbing towards the demigod level.

Finally, when it reached a certain limit.

"Boom!"

Li Yuan only felt his heart tremble, his eyes went black, and his whole person had collapsed into dizziness.

Completely lost consciousness.

……I don't know how long passed, Li Yuan finally woke up faintly, only feeling his brain was about to explode.

Pain!

This kind of hard carrying spiritual pressure to the limit is essentially a kind of torture to spiritual willpower.

And at the end of the hall, the golden divine pillar that had bloomed with dazzling light before had returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

"I'm not dead yet, I should have passed the assessment." Li Yuan's consciousness remained clear.

Suddenly.

Hum~ Two invisible fluctuations were transmitted: "Congratulations, you passed the second test of the Earth-Type Deity Inheritance, evaluated as 'Perfect Level'. You are about to go to the final assessment place to accept the third test."

"If you don't pass, you will be gifted a gift and can leave the inheritance place."

"Of course, if you pass the triple test, and finally don't want to accept the inheritance, you will still be gifted a gift and can leave."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment.

He could understand that his second test was Perfect Level. After all, those who enter the inner world can only be First Rank lifeforms. Even if they break through to Second Rank in a short time, how strong can their spiritual consciousness be?

However.

"Pass the triple test, and still don't want to accept the inheritance? Can leave on your own?" Li Yuan had many thoughts in his heart.

"Could it be that this Earth-Type Deity Inheritance contains dangers I don't know about in some aspects?"

……

In the deep depths of the inner world, a mysterious place.

There are vast and boundless palace halls.

On a futon, a young girl wearing fire-red robes was sitting cross-legged on the futon, cultivating silently.

Around her, strands of flames were faintly blooming.

Suddenly.

"Lanyue, the inheritor of the Earth-Type Deity has appeared, extremely excellent," a gentle voice rang out. "He... even if he doesn't obtain the inheritance, I'm afraid he has the potential to become a deity, far surpassing you."

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