Chapter 1087

The artifact spirit's voice sounded again: "You have passed three trials; you may choose the guardian ferocious beast of the Tianzun Realm, or continue the challenge."

"Do you have to pass three trials to choose a ferocious beast?" Ye Liuyun only now realized that to pass the three trials' test, one must have the qualification to choose a ferocious beast.

Ye Liuyun muttered softly: "Why wasn't this said earlier? Good thing I didn't pick the strongest when I first came up, otherwise there wouldn't be any chance to pass three trials!"

"No! Only if you choose a ferocious beast of the Tianzun Realm must you pass the three trials' test."

"Then why didn't you say so earlier!" Ye Liuyun complained.

But after he finished complaining, the artifact spirit fell silent again.

It seems this artifact spirit will selectively answer questions.

Ye Liuyun, helpless, could only continue asking: "What is the trial of the next level?"

"Attribute trial! You can choose one from various elemental attributes such as water, fire, lightning, ice, etc., then you and the ferocious beast each enter that chosen element to see who can endure longer. The environment you are in is the same." The artifact spirit explained.

"No need to fight the ferocious beast? Is there a time limit?" Ye Liuyun continued asking.

The artifact spirit answered him: "No need to fight. The time limit is three days. If after three days there is still no winner, you are considered the winner."

"Is the trial dangerous?" Ye Liuyun pursued.

This time he is going to challenge the ferocious beast of the Tianzun Realm; even though his lightning and flame powers are strong, if they test him with the power of the Tianzun Realm, he worries he cannot withstand it.

"Every trial carries danger; you can withdraw at any time!" the artifact spirit reminded.

"If I withdraw midway, can I still choose a ferocious beast based on my previous scores?" Ye Liuyun worried that if he withdrew midway, passing the first three trials would be for nothing.

Sure enough, the artifact spirit replied: "Once you withdraw midway, you lose the qualification to choose a ferocious beast."

"If I choose lightning or fire, can I absorb their energy for my own use?"

If it allowed him to absorb, he would be willing to take the risk and try; at least if he failed, he would still gain something.

"No, you cannot take anything from here." The artifact spirit stated clearly.

Ye Liuyun weighed it; his strongest attributes are fire and lightning.

But if he cannot absorb it and has to rely on his physical body to endure, he could not withstand a ferocious beast of the Tianzun First Layer.

Suddenly, he thought of an attribute that would not harm him: Buddha Light Power.

No matter how strong the Buddha Light Power, even if he cannot absorb it, it does little harm to the human body, and likewise to the ferocious beast—unless that ferocious beast is a demon beast.

However, as long as they end in a tie, even if Ye Liuyun wins, why wouldn't he do it?

"Alright, I choose Buddha Light Power as my attribute and Divine Rank as my realm." Ye Liuyun wore a expression of his scheme succeeding.

The artifact spirit was genuinely stunned for a moment, then reluctantly replied: "There are no ferocious beasts of Divine Rank here; the highest rank is Tianzun Fourth Layer."

"Then I'll choose a ferocious beast of Tianzun Fourth Layer." Ye Liuyun said happily.

This also counts as him finding a loophole, getting a free advantage.

The artifact spirit paused for a long time without speaking. After a while, it suddenly said:

"Alright, you've won, no need for further trials. The highest rank here is Tianzun Fourth Layer. You may choose a ferocious beast! Of course, you can also freely choose a lower rank."

After saying that, he also listed three Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beasts: a Blaze-Flame Golden Lion, a blue ice snake, and a unicorn flying heavenly horse.

Seeing there was no Xuanwu, Ye Liuyun couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

He asked: "Do you have a Xuanwu here? What is the highest cultivation level?"

"There is a Xuanwu, and its highest rank is Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer." The artifact spirit replied.

Logically, Ye Liuyun could accept a Xuanwu of Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer, but he still wanted to strive for more.

He deliberately found fault and asked the artifact spirit: "I defeated a Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beast. According to your rules here, shouldn't you give me a Tianzun Seventh Layer ferocious beast?"

"I already told you before, the highest-rank ferocious beast we have here is of Tianzun Fourth Layer."

Ye Liuyun pretended to nod: "You said that correctly, but you also let me challenge a Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beast! Since you let me challenge it and I even won, according to the rules, shouldn't you give me a Tianzun Seventh Layer ferocious beast?"

The artifact spirit was also led around by him, but still continued to argue: "But we don't have any Tianzun Seventh Layer ferocious beasts here!"

"Then can you give me two ferocious beasts!" Ye Liuyun suggested.

"You want two Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beasts? That's not allowed!" The artifact spirit directly refused.

"If I want one Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beast, and another Tianzun Third Layer or lower, would that work?" Ye Liuyun probed.

The artifact spirit thought it over and finally said: "That also won't do. At most I can give one Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beast and one Tianzun First Layer ferocious beast."

But Ye Liuyun immediately followed up: "What if I want one Tianzun Fourth Layer ferocious beast, and one Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer ferocious beast instead?"

"Of course!" The artifact spirit hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to lower his own demands.

"Good, deal!" Ye Liuyun happily reached an agreement with the artifact spirit.

In the end he chose a blue ice snake and a black Xuanwu. Fire-attribute ferocious beasts are too common, and Ye Liuyun also disliked the unicorn flying heavenly horse for its lack of strong attack.

After being selected, the ice snake and the Xuanwu actively signed a master-servant Divine Soul Contract with Ye Liuyun.

They were also excited. The Divine Sense message they sent to Ye Liuyun was: "Finally we can leave this place!"

It seems these ferocious beasts have also stayed long enough in this Secret Realm!

Ye Liuyun stored them in his Space World, introducing his clone and other ferocious beasts to them.

The clone gave the blue ice snake a treasure that conceals its realm, allowing it to hide its cultivation, shrink its body, coil around Ye Liuyun's arm, and protect him at all times.

Then he also gave the Xuanwu a Demon-Transforming Pill, taking it into the Xuan Kong Stone to cultivate demonic transformation.

He also gave it many ferocious beast elemental pellets, enabling its realm and demonic transformation to breakthrough together.

"So many ferocious beast elemental pellets?" Upon seeing so many cultivation resources, the Xuanwu's eyes lit up.

After learning about the temporal characteristics inside the Xuan Kong Stone, he became overjoyed and eagerly went in to cultivate.

Lei Ming and Long Nv, seeing Ye Liuyun surrounded by so many monster beasts and ferocious beasts whose ranks were higher than theirs, felt greater pressure and both actively ran into the Xuan Kong Stone to cultivate.

Ye Tiandao and the other ferocious beasts were the same; feeling they couldn't help Ye Liuyun, they all actively entered the Xuan Kong Stone to cultivate, striving to raise their realms.