Chapter 280: Sea God's Light (Part II)

Listening to the introduction by the Purple-robed Sea Soul Master, everyone's gaze quickly fell upon the front of the Sea God Temple, where stone steps extended downward; the white stone steps reflected a brilliant luster, draped lightly over Sea God Mountain like a jade ribbon.

The Purple-robed Sea Soul Master's gaze fell upon Shi Quan and Gu Yuena. "Two guests, if you do not have a trial from Lord Sea God, crossing the Ring Sea without permission will result in attacks from Sea Soul Beasts."

"As long as we enter the forbidden area, it doesn't count as offending the Sea God, right?" Shi Quan smiled as he looked at the Purple-robed Sea Soul Master.

The Purple-robed Sea Soul Master was stunned for a moment, as it seemed that was indeed the case.

"I am someone with a script, after all," Shi Quan thought to himself. "Rest assured, I am just going over to take a look. If there are Sea Soul Beasts that attack, I will not harm them."

The Purple-robed Sea Soul Master did not know what to say, so he could only nod slightly and urge them not to disturb Lord Sea God.

"Shall we swim across?" Everyone looked at each other.

"Hahaha, I can fly!" Yu Feng gave a cheeky laugh, his wings spread behind him, and his figure immediately soared into the air.

"As if anyone else can't." Flames rose around Ma Hongjun.

Seeing Ye Lingling climb four or five steps, Shi Quan then called out softly: "Lingling, come back."

Shi Quan was naturally clear about the characteristics of the Sea God's Light, but after nodding in a show of pretense, he raised his hand: "Lingling, step back a bit."

"Rongrong, I have flight sausages here." Oscar presented them as if offering a treasure, handing over the flight sausages he had just made.

"Give me three." Shi Quan nodded and gave one each to Shi Jian, Li Meili, and Dugu Yan. As for Zhu Zhuqing, she had long been able to easily achieve the state of treading on water; her speed was even faster than Oscar's flight sausages, so there was no need for her to eat one.

She lifted her foot and stepped on; an invisible resistance surged from top to bottom, like a surging wave, and her body subconsciously pressed down to steady her stance. Frowning slightly, she continued to lift her foot to climb, and the incoming resistance grew stronger and stronger.

"Here brothers, you have some too." Seeing Ning Rongrong accept the flight sausage, Oscar also enthusiastically handed two to the two Shi brothers.

"Lingling, you go try it first." Shi Quan nodded slightly toward Ye Lingling.

Shi Quan raised a finger, and the Internal Energy within his body gathered at his fingertip in a peculiar ratio. An ink-colored pellet appeared at his fingertip, then shot toward the steps.

In just a moment, everyone landed steadily at the foot of Sea God Mountain one after another.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling turned and walked down the steps, following the momentum downward, and felt it was very easy.

"Brother Shi Quan, uncle and aunt, do Lingling and the others need them?" Oscar leaned over to Shi Quan's side.

Tailed Beast Bomb.

Ye Lingling nodded and walked forward with large strides.

Regarding Ye Lingling, Shi Quan planned to take her over with him. She was on the Sea God Nine Trials, and if he was with her, the Sea Soul Beasts would not attack him; the same went for Gu Yuena.

"After stepping on it, I can feel a resistance." Arriving before Shi Quan, Ye Lingling described her sensation: "That feeling is just like facing a torrent at the bottom of the sea; there is pressure from all directions. When you want to walk upward, it's like a person walking upward against a torrent at the bottom of the sea. The higher you go, the greater the resistance you receive."

It was, however, a Tailed Beast Bomb that had been reduced countless times by Shi Quan.

A strange scene appeared; everyone only saw a faint golden light flash. The pellet fired by Shi Quan only paused slightly before it rebounded like lightning, its speed even faster than when Shi Quan had fired it, and its target was none other than Shi Quan.

Shi Quan's figure turned slightly, and the ink-colored pellet was rebounded directly back into the Ring Sea, exploding with a boom to create a one-meter-high splash.

Everyone was shocked at the sight; a seemingly simple strike, yet its power was actually this strong?

"It seems this Sea God's Light is a protective barrier. It should be able to rebound any physical and energy attacks. Moreover, it doesn't just rebound them randomly, but only rebounds them back to the person who launched the attack," Shi Quan said. "In other words, after stepping onto the steps, you cannot use any skills, otherwise you will immediately suffer a backlash. And the more ferocious the attack, the more intense the backlash."

Dugu Yan frowned and said: "You mean we can only withstand the pressure and force our way up?"

"Yes." Shi Quan nodded and looked at everyone: "This trial is a good training opportunity for you. In the coming year, you don't need to be obsessed with clearing the trial, but rather should make full use of the Sea God's Light to temper your physical bodies and constantly challenge your own limits."

"The trials sent down by the Sea God all have their own deep meanings. Do not try to cut corners or be lazy just to finish the trial quickly; even if you pass this time, the subsequent trials will inevitably fail."

Hearing this, everyone nodded one after another and fell into deep thought.

Ye Lingling said: "Xiao Quan, you mean the purpose of this first trial is actually to temper our physical bodies and train our will?"

"Yes. Besides that, the immense pressure of the Sea God's Light can squeeze your soul power to consume it significantly. Under the effect of this pressure, the speed of cultivation will produce twice the result with half the effort."

"This is a trial sent down by a god; only when you truly participate in the trial can you understand its benefits to you. You should all come and try it."

At Shi Quan's signal, everyone also began to try climbing.

This Sea God's Light was clearly meant to lay a foundation for everyone.

Only with a sufficiently strong physical constitution could one withstand the power of a god.

It could be easily seen from the Sea God's trials, especially the third trial, Tidal Body Refining, whose purpose was even more obvious.

He was quite interested in the Sea God's Light, but in order not to attract the Sea God's attention, he thought about it and let it go, just quietly watching at the foot of the mountain as everyone finished their attempts one by one and returned to the foot of the mountain.

After everyone tried it one by one, they all returned to the foot of the mountain to recover.

The person who walked the farthest the first time was Zhu Zhuqing, followed by Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.

Zhu Zhuqing had the most soul bones in her body, and her physical constitution was also somewhat stronger than that of Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.

Ma Hongjun, who had just recovered, suddenly walked to Ye Lingling's side and called out softly: "Sister Lingling."

Ye Lingling raised her eyes in confusion to look at Ma Hongjun: "What is it?"

Ma Hongjun said with a slightly awkward expression: "I want to stay here and cultivate all the time. Could I trouble you to let the people of Sea God Island provide me with some food and water?"

"You want to stay here and cultivate all the time?" Shi Quan looked at Ma Hongjun with some surprise.

He truly had not expected that Ma Hongjun, the laziest person in the original story, would actually make such a request.

Ma Hongjun nodded: "I have already fallen too far behind; all I can do is work hard."

"Not bad, you have the right awareness." Shi Quan nodded. It had to be said that there are truly times when people only grow after experiencing certain things, and Ma Hongjun was a very vivid example.

"Rest assured, even if you didn't say it, I was prepared to have you all live here to cultivate for this year. The benefits of the Sea God's Light to you are not small, so naturally, we cannot waste time traveling back and forth every day."

With one sentence, Shi Quan made the decision for everyone.