Chapter 996: Reward Rankings! Inheritance Slots!

"Leo's really strong—I'm no match for him."

"But even if he gets here later, he won't be able to act—so you don't need to worry about that."

Xue Jian smiled.

Among all the ninth-rank psychics from Daxia this time, he's the strongest—the S-rank upper ninth-rank.

And he only just broke through to upper ninth-rank a few months ago; his power certainly can't compare to Leo's peak ninth-rank.

"Oh? Why?"

Xu Jingming frowned in confusion, while Su Qingli and the Bing Yuexi sisters glanced over curiously.

"Try using your psychic ability—you'll see," Xue Jian teased.

Xu Jingming immediately tried to activate his SSS-rank Chaos Doushen Shenlei.

Yet his Chaos Doushen Shenlei was sealed, utterly unusable!

"What's going on?" Xu Jingming was stunned.

After awakening, a psychic ability is an inherent power of the psychic.

Such an ability is as natural as eating—it shouldn't be impossible to use.

"Remember the hint from the announcement earlier?"

"This is a no-combat zone—literally, you can't use your psychic ability at all, so fighting is out of the question."

Xue Jian's tone carried deep awe: "Not just elemental psychics—even enhancement-type psychics can't be activated."

"No psychic use allowed? That's insane?!"

Xu Jingming's eyes widened.

He'd assumed the no-combat zone meant the Poxu Tower had deployed fierce beasts to intimidate.

He never expected they'd outright ban psychic abilities!

"Isn't that the truth."

Xue Jian gazed thoughtfully at the distant palace: "Just this one trick alone? No civilization on Blue Star could accomplish it."

"Indeed." Xu Jingming nodded in agreement, growing even more curious about the true origins of the Noah civilization.

Time passed quickly, and many psychics arrived one after another.

The two great families' peak ninth-ranks arrived separately, standing in different zones.

Leo, aware of the terror of the no-combat zone, merely shot Xu Jingming a furious glare upon arrival and didn't approach.

What surprised Xu Jingming was Allen.

This guy had been so arrogant when he first entered the Poxu Tower two months ago.

Yet now he didn't even glance over here—as if he'd completely changed.

With no one bothering him, Xu Jingming was perfectly content.

Another four hours passed, and over a thousand people had gathered in the square!

Most were seventh-rank Masters; only a few were sixth-rank.

In essence, most psychics from the 13th level had now assembled here.

As the crowd in the square grew restless with waiting, suddenly, black feathers drifted down from the sky.

A crow with crimson eyes instantly coalesced into form.

Lord Hei Yu!

The Poxu Tower's central AI!

Though merely a holographic projection, when its gaze swept downward,

it carried an aura of sovereign dominion—immediately silencing everyone in the square.

"After 56 days, my Noah civilization's 1031st trial is now drawing to a close."

"First, congratulations to all 1,381 of you present!"

"Having reached the endpoint of this trial, you are unquestionably the finest among all participants!"

Lord Hei Yu's majestic voice echoed; though the language was foreign, the psychic resonance allowed everyone present to understand its meaning.

"Over three hundred thousand entered the Poxu Tower this time—yet only a thousand or so reached the endpoint," Xu Jingming muttered in awe.

The attrition rate was simply terrifying.

Of course, that didn't mean the rest were dead.

More likely, they remained trapped in other levels of the Poxu Tower, never reaching the summit.

"Civilization trials reward based on ranking."

"Each of you 1,381 will receive an additional 300,000 Void Stones as a reward!"

Lord Hei Yu flapped its wings, and instantly, the rankings in the sky added 300,000 Void Stones to each person's total.

"300,000 Void Stones! Amazing!"

"Hah! Good thing I made it to the top—otherwise I'd have missed this opportunity!"

The crowd in the square erupted in excitement.

Aside from the top-tier resources, which sold out, all others were available without limit.

300,000 Void Stones were enough to exchange for plenty of S-rank resources.

At that moment, Lord Hei Yu added:

"Additionally, the exchange list has been updated."

Shhh—

A vast resource exchange list appeared in midair.

Items previously sold out—Supreme Divine Blood (Dragon), Essence of Lightning Element, Holy Yuan Pills—reappeared on the list.

At the same time, several new items were added, including the Essence of the Spatial Element.

"Essence of the Spatial Element!" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

But when he saw the price, he was stunned—it required five million Void Stones!

The later levels of the Void-Piercing Tower required even more Void Stones, but even after scraping together everything he had, he'd only managed four million and some—far too little to buy it!

The vast majority of psychics on the square reacted just like Xu Jingming.

They were envious, but it was simply too expensive!

"The trial rankings are determined by the number of Void Stones. Now, I announce the rewards for the rankings."

"The top one hundred gain one chance to exchange resources at a thirty percent discount!"

"The top ten gain two chances to exchange resources at a fifty percent discount!"

"The top three gain three chances to exchange resources at a seventy percent discount!"

"And the first-place finisher gains three chances to exchange resources at a ninety percent discount!"

Lord Hei Yu's majestic voice rang out again.

"Three chances at ninety percent off! How many incredible items could you get with that?!"

"We're rich! We're truly rich!"

Everyone on the square turned to look at Xu Jingming.

Each one breathed heavily, their eyes gleaming with green light.

The trial ranking is determined by the total number of Void Stones, and this number does not decrease even if some have been spent.

Xu Jingming's number, 344, had already consumed over sixteen million Void Stones, and now stood at a total of twenty million—firmly in first place!

Behind him, Leo and Mick, both ninth-rank peak cultivators, held only second and third places.

That meant Xu Jingming would gain three chances at ninety percent off!

"This guy really got lucky," Leo said, his face dark and terrifying.

If not for Xu Jingming, first place would have been his!

"Besides the Void Stone ranking, there was originally to be a Trial Battle among the top one hundred."

"The Trial Battle does not determine victory by strength, but by talent."

"The ultimate winner would receive a legacy slot from the Noah Civilization."

"But after my observation, no Trial Battle is needed—the heir to the legacy is already unmistakable."

As Lord Hei Yu finished speaking, several top-tier experts, including Leo, instantly glowed with intense light!

Civilization Legacy!

The depth of the Noah Civilization was terrifying!

Especially this Forbidden Zone—it seemed like divine power.

Resources were secondary.

Whoever obtained this civilization's legacy might glimpse these mysterious techniques!

Meanwhile, outside, Emers and the others observing the interior of the Void-Piercing Tower through the Fate Vision also grew solemn.