The change came too quickly.
Even Lu Yu didn’t have time to react before the white light surged into his body.
“Who exactly are you?” Lu Yu looked at the skill that had entered his body, feeling a cold essence quietly settle within his bloodline.
That was a knife, a physical object, small enough to be only half an inch in size, but the blade was translucent and green, with snake-like patterns winding around it, and the handle was made of animal bone.
It just happened to be a knife, but Lu Yu somehow didn’t perceive it as a blade at all—rather, he sensed it was a kind of ability. In his mind were still fragments of information related to “demon-slaying.”
“My name is Haoye.”
The old man watched as Lu Yu absorbed the Zhan Mo. On his already terrifying face, a sinister smile appeared as he said, “We will meet again.”
Lu Yu’s consciousness returned once more, and he could hear the voice from the top of the stone chamber saying, “You don’t need to pass the third trial!”
It seemed like more than ten seconds had passed in that void, though in reality it was merely an instant.
The stone wall in front of Lu Yu slowly rose, revealing a passage.
Lu Yu didn’t hesitate. As he walked further down the passage, the stone wall fell into place behind him, and torches lit up the path ahead.
Lu Yu stepped up the stone steps one by one, moving upward along the passage.
He walked into a hall. This hall was about fifteen meters wide and ten meters long.
The hall was surrounded by walls made entirely of piled-up bones; even the decorations and the chairs were crafted from white bones.
Lu Yu saw three people in this hall.
One of them was the woman Lu Yu had met outside.
The woman was casually sitting on a bone chair, reading a book.
The other two are men.
A man around thirty years old, standing about six feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, stood upright like a spear planted firmly on one side.
Another man was probably in his forties, with a slightly hunched back and blind in one eye.
However, in this man’s single eye, a chilling gleam like that of a wild beast shone fiercely.
“The four of us are finally here,” the one-eyed man said with a sinister grin as he saw Lu Yu emerge from the passage. “We’re all gathered now.”
“Very good!”
Boom! Boom!
Above the Bone Hall, two faint words appeared, yet they exuded supreme majesty, causing the entire hall to tremble.
A force that suppressed everything was contained within the voice, pressing down upon the four individuals. This force was far beyond their comprehension; whether in terms of killing intent, fighting spirit, or sheer power, it was thousands upon thousands of times stronger than theirs.
Lu Yu stood rooted to the spot, momentarily caught off guard by the sudden surge of force. His figure wavered, and he nearly collapsed to his knees.
Bang!
The bone chair beneath the woman shattered. Yet, she quickly stood up, her face growing even paler.
Both the thirty-year-old man and the one-eyed man had looks of shock in their eyes.
In an instant, all four of them sensed the terrifying presence behind that voice.
These two words seemed more like a warning shot, meant to instill fear of the sound in the four people!
At this moment, the voice from the stone chamber above the Bone Hall resounded once again, arrogantly declaring, “My name is Fan Tian. I am the master of this city, and also your master. You must obey me, or I will crush you all with just a single finger! Now that the four of you are finally gathered, I shall state my demands.”
The voice paused for a moment, then continued, “In two months, there will be a battle among the demonic tribes, and this battle will determine who gains the right to enter the Domain of Dominion. And you—shall be my representatives! Here, I will bestow upon each of you a special ability and provide all the resources you require. When the time comes, you will fight on my behalf. Whoever secures a spot for me will receive from me a city—a city that will remain undisturbed by anyone, including myself, when I later bring punishment upon this land.”
“Hehe, I don’t care who you are; I just want to become stronger!” The one-eyed man sneered coldly, “Now that everyone’s here, what’s this ability you mentioned?”
“You seek the power to split mountains with your might, very well,” the voice said. “I bestow upon you—the Devil Dao’s Thousand Mountains!”
Vroom!
It felt as if a thousand mountains were pressing down.
A beam of black light shot down from the Bone Palace and illuminated the One-Eyed figure.
“You seek an unyielding will of steel; where the will remains unbroken, the body shall not perish. I bestow upon you rebirth through fiery flames!”
Boom! A beam of red light shot down from the Bone Palace and struck the man in his thirties.
“If you wish to preserve your beauty forever, I shall grant you the immortal path of a thousand springs.”
A soft beam of greenish light shone upon the woman, bringing a slight flush of color to her pale face.
The sound rang out three times in succession, like an emperor bestowing honors upon his ministers, grand and magnificent in scale.
“You’re the last one. What do you want?” The voice sounded again, addressing Lu Yu.
Lu Yu gazed coldly at the top of the bone palace, slowly uttering several words from his mouth: “I want your strongest power!”
The one-eyed man, the middle-aged man, and the woman all turned to look at Lu Yu simultaneously, not expecting him to make such a request.
The sound suddenly fell into a moment of silence.
Lu Yu scoffed coldly, “What’s wrong? You say you’re giving us an ability and providing all the resources we need, and you’re already making bold claims so soon?”
A voice, filled with arrogant pride, declared, “You don’t need to provoke me. What if I were to give you my power? Since you desire it, I shall grant it to you—Tremble, Hell itself!”
“Au!”
Innumerable shrill voices emerged from the countless withered bones within this palace of bones, resembling the wails of thousands of vengeful ghosts from hell.
At the same time, a golden beam of light shone down from the top of the bone palace onto Lu Yu’s body.
Du Yan looked at Lu Yu with a mix of envy, jealousy, and greed in his eye.
“In this Bone Palace,魔兵 will guide you to your respective accommodations. For these two months, you may enter any area except the main hall and the Blood Prison. Whatever you need, whether it be women or food, you may always instruct the魔兵 to fetch it for you.”
“Good, very good.” The one-eyed man cackled with a sinister laugh: “I want a woman. It’s been a long time since I’ve tasted a woman’s charm.”
At this moment, eight demon soldiers walked in.
Leading the four people outward.
“Zhang Ling, 31 years old, a soldier!” The middle-aged man, in his early thirties, extended his hand toward Lu Yu on the road.
“Willow Qing, twenty-two years old, office worker!”
“Lu Yu, twenty-one years old, unemployed!”
The three exchanged brief introductions, which served as their initial acquaintance.
Meanwhile, the One-Eyed Demon had already ordered his demonic soldiers to search for women.
“Within the city, besides these demons, there are also humans,” Zhang Ling said coldly. “However, here, humans are nothing more than slaves.”
“These have nothing to do with me,” Lu Yu said coldly. “I have no obligation to save them. If I have this much energy, I’d rather use it for serious cultivation.”
Two demon soldiers led Lu Yu into the leftmost room of the Bone Hall.
This room is enormous, at least around a thousand square meters, more like a grand hall.
Bone cloth hung on the walls of the room, covering up the gruesome and frightening skeletal surface. Clearly, someone did not want them to be distracted from their cultivation due to such an unusual decoration.
This room contains only a bed, a table, and a simple wardrobe.
“What orders do you have? I’ll be right outside!” the demon soldier replied respectfully.
They are not showing respect to humanity, but rather fear towards the leader.
Since these four individuals are fighting to become the leader, whether they live or die, they have been chosen by the leader as loyal warriors. They deserve respect.
“I need someone to help me clean the room and bring meals and water. I said someone, not a monster.”
“I understand,” the demon soldier said with a lewd and sinister smile, then retreated.
Lu Yu didn’t notice the demonic soldier’s expression, but instead looked at another demonic soldier and asked, “What exactly does your leader mean by ‘all resources’?”
“Everything in this city,” the demon soldier said, “including us warriors. You may deploy us at your discretion.”
“Very well!” Lu Yu said coldly. “I need one level-three monster.”
The demon soldier’s expression turned cold as he said, “In our eyes, you are the monsters. We are the Demon Clan, the rulers of this land!”
“When did you ever take control of the earth?” a slight tremor stirred in Lu Yu’s heart.
“Wait a moment. I’ll go find a companion for you.”
Lu Yu watched the two demon soldiers leave, inhaled deeply, and then exhaled slowly.
He appeared calm on the surface, but the excitement in his heart was barely containable.
He was just trying hard not to think about it.
He obtained the Zhan Mo, and never even considered that the power given to him by Fan Tian could be stronger.
Therefore, he was merely trying his luck to see how the Brahma Association would respond.
But he never expected that Fan Tian would give him the strongest power.
“The Yellow Spring trembles!” Lu Yu murmured to himself, “Why the Yellow Spring? Does hell really exist?”
Lu Yu recalled the scene of the city splitting open in the center. Weren’t these monsters emerging from underground?
Lu Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, closing his eyes to calm himself down.
He knew that Brahma could see him.
However, he did not want Brahma to perceive too much of his emotions.
…
Demon Slayer:
Rank: One!
Attribute: None!
Effect: Demon Slayer, also known as Soul-Control Demon Severing, is a star soul ability specifically designed to combat demons. The Demon Slayer integrates the power of the star soul into their skills, ignoring armor to inflict a laceration effect on demons upon impact. The damage is calculated based on the attacker’s attack power.
Lu Yu’s ability: The Soul-Sealing Demon-Slaying Slash has a total of nine levels. At level one, it can only release a single slash. Each time it levels up, the maximum number of slashes that can be released is ten times that of the previous level.
Limitation: The number of Demon-Slaying Sword techniques that can be cultivated at each level depends on the abilities possessed!
…
After Lu Yu finished reading, he temporarily forgot about this ability.
Because at the altar, even a demonic person could sense the anomaly of the slaughter star soul, as if they had a deep grudge.
Therefore, he must be cautious here and does not want Brahma to discover his abilities.
…
The Yellow Spring trembled:
Rank: One!
Attribute: None!
Effect: Transform the earth into a land of hell. Your body can freely enter and exit this hellish realm, unbound by the constraints of time and space.
Ability: Once the Yellow Spring Quake is activated, the attack ignores armor and penetrates directly into the enemy’s bones and soul. Once the Yellow Spring Quake kills an enemy, the enemy’s flesh and blood will transform into water from the Yellow Spring, flowing within the Yellow Spring realm. When the Yellow Spring realm becomes submerged in this water, all enemies within it will fall under the control of the Yellow Spring Quake’s wielder, granting them terrifying area-of-effect attack capabilities.
Limitation: The corruption range of the first-level Yellow Spring trembles within a radius of ten meters! For every level increased, the maximum corruption radius expands fivefold.
…
“This power!” Lu Yu glanced at it slightly and couldn’t help but be greatly astonished!
This power is by no means inferior to Zhan Mo’s, and it’s even a ranged attack!
The attack of the Yellow Spring water wasn’t mentioned. However, Lu Yu speculated that since this was Brahma’s strongest ability, it definitely wouldn’t be weak.
Moreover, if he can successfully master the “Yellow Spring Quiver” technique within these two months, that would be quite an achievement.
In his mind, the cultivation method of Huangquan trembling was very clear.
It takes time to defeat demons, requiring a large amount of star spirits’ stones and pearls for absorption, and even fighting alongside star souls to reach a state of resonance.
Meanwhile, the trembling of Huangquan is a complete act of devouring, continuously absorbing and defeating enemies to enhance its power.
“Isn’t this perfectly matching my fighting style?”
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