Lu Yu lay with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.
Inside the White Bone Hall, Fan Tian, seated on a bone throne, spoke with interest: “So quickly figured it out? Then I’ll see how long it takes you to pass this trial.”
A woman below, known as Huang Ying, said in surprise: “This trial isn’t hard, but it’s not so easy to see through either. You remember you once said the fastest human breakthrough record was two days. But judging by this, the day is almost over, and this person is about to emerge. Fan Tian, it seems you’ve encountered a sufficiently cold-blooded one.”
“Being cold-blooded alone isn’t enough. If he can’t break through, dying inside is just his own affair.”
An hour later, a new round of corpses awakened.
Boom!
Lu Yu opened his eyes and struck out, instantly felling several newly risen corpses with a single palm strike.
Both Fan Tian and Huang Ying were startled.
He clearly saw through it, so why hadn’t he broken through yet?
“Huh!” Huang Ying remarked, “This person is interesting.”
“What is he doing?” Fan Tian’s face turned cold, momentarily unable to discern the human’s intentions.
Another round ended.
Lu Yu’s palms were almost entirely covered in red spots, the pain like knives cutting through his nerves.
Lu Yu sneered slightly, glancing coldly at the ceiling: “Too slow. Speed up. At this rate, what do you expect to see?”
“Fearless of death!” Fan Tian roared, slamming his left hand on the bone throne.
Boom!
The corpses floating up from the blood pool instantly awakened.
“This person is truly ignorant. How about handing him over to me? I quite like men with this kind of personality,” Huang Ying giggled.
By the end of the third round, Lu Yu’s palms were completely red, his wrists thoroughly stained.
“Damn it, don’t stop! You’re just wasting time!”
Lu Yu roared in laughter, shouting toward the ceiling.
Boom!
The entire cave trembled.
The blood pool boiled like a pot, countless corpses awakening.
Lu Yu smashed one corpse with a palm strike, which immediately revived upon falling back into the blood pool, rejoining the battle.
These corpses had no offensive capability, nor were their movements fast.
But upon death, they left a red spot on Lu Yu’s body like a curse.
More and more black spots spread across Lu Yu’s body; now even the slightest movement felt like a thousand blades slicing his flesh.
Lu Yu’s expression grew colder, his attacks fiercer. His teeth clenched tightly as he endured the pain second by second.
“Human, I’ll see how long you can withstand the torment of ten thousand swords piercing your heart,” Fan Tian’s voice echoed in the chamber.
“Just a little pain. It’s lacking,” Lu Yu sneered.
On the first day, Lu Yu didn’t rest at all, his entire body already covered in red.
The pain that originally tore through his body now concentrated entirely on his heart.
Just as the voice had said, the pain felt like ten thousand swords piercing his heart, tearing through his nerves, making his body tremble repeatedly.
Yet Lu Yu gritted his teeth and stood firm, persisting relentlessly.
“Murder Star Soul activated. Progress remaining to level up to level four: seventy-five percent. Base life maximum increased by 3000 points, attack power increased by 1000 points, physical strength increased by 1000 points!”
Lu Yu’s eyes flickered, further igniting his fighting spirit!
Even Fan Tian, seated on the bone throne, began to breathe slightly heavier.
Huang Ying blinked thoughtfully, as if pondering something: “Fan Tian, something seems off.”
On the second day—
Lu Yu hadn’t even stopped fighting, battling against the pain while continuing to fight.
“Bravo, you’ve got guts,” Fan Tian suddenly laughed. “Looks like this time I’ve found a decent plaything. Actually using this first trial to enhance his strength.”
Huang Ying’s heart stirred, surprised: “He’s strengthening his Star Soul?”
“Exactly,” Fan Tian replied. “We all know there are several ways to strengthen and upgrade a Star Soul, one of which is through battle. But these corpses have no offensive capability, not even a trace of fighting spirit, so how could they benefit a Star Soul? Yet pain itself can be considered an enemy. He’s transformed pain into an enemy, using the struggle against pain as a form of battle to improve. Excellent. I’ll see how many more days he can endure.”
On the third day, Lu Yu continued fighting, his spirit somewhat fatigued, but his fighting spirit even stronger.
On the fourth day, the battle continued!
Fan Tian’s breathing became somewhat rapid, feeling he’d had good luck this time.
Huang Ying remarked: “Probably the first person to pass using this method.”
“Isn’t that what makes it interesting?”
Fan Tian laughed. Originally, this endless battle mode only started on the third day, but this person had already set a record by triggering it on the first day.
And someone who passed using such an unconventional method was probably one of a kind.
Most people lost their sanity from the pain by the fifth day.
The best one had only lasted seven days.
Lu Yu’s strength grew daily, treating this as a training session.
On the tenth day—
All corpses automatically dissolved into blood mist.
“What? Is it over?” Lu Yu looked disappointed, watching the red fade from his body, clearly reluctant.
His base life maximum had reached fifty thousand, attack power had reached twenty-one thousand, and physical strength, excluding the two thousand points from the Phantom Star Soul orb, had reached twenty-five thousand!
“You’ve passed the first trial,” a voice rang out, then the blood pool rapidly dried up, revealing a bottomless abyss below.
Below the pitch-black abyss, it seemed countless beasts waited hungrily for life to fall into their mouths.
Lu Yu could even sense several powerful forces here that made him feel suffocated.
“Second trial, dare you jump?” Fan Tian watched from the bone throne, his mouth still open as if intending to say more.
“Are you trying to scare me?” Lu Yu took a step onto the pitch-black abyss. His foot stepped on empty air, yet his body did not fall.
“You could have killed me already with your strength. Using such a small trick when you can set up illusions, aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”
Fan Tian’s words were still caught in his throat, not expecting his intentions to be seen through in an instant.
Huang Ying was also surprised.
This human’s observation and analytical abilities were incredibly strong, instantly seeing through everything—something that had never happened before.
The longer one hesitated, the deeper one fell.
Falling for more than five seconds meant certain death.
In contrast, stepping forward instantly was the fastest way to pass.
The abyss beneath Lu Yu’s feet transformed into blood-red rock.
Before him, another cave appeared, though the surrounding rocks were red, crimson as blood.
“Third trial, surrounded by walls with no exit, how will you get out?”
Above, the voice rang out again.
Lu Yu glanced around and asked: “Any choices?”
“One,” the voice replied. “One is to commit suicide, and I’ll bring your corpse out. The other is to figure it out yourself, breaking through these supposedly unbreakable walls.”
“Then let me think,” Lu Yu sat down, closed his eyes, and said: “I’m a bit hungry. Bring me something to eat.”
The voice snorted coldly: “Survive and come out, woman, food is yours for the taking. Fail, and you’ll become my food.”
Lu Yu smiled faintly, trying to calm himself.
That woman had given him a note, directing him here. It definitely wasn’t just to pass three trials.
That demon soldier had also prevented him from entering this third gate, implying something was hidden here.
The woman couldn’t say, the demon soldier dared not say, so it must be something concealed.
And it was definitely something this voice didn’t want to see.
In this city, domain possessors could monitor everything.
So his actions were surely not escaping notice.
Action was impossible.
Then how could he search this chamber without being detected?
Lu Yu hesitated, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.
Suddenly, Lu Yu opened his eyes and thought: Star Soul!
What these monsters didn’t want to see, and what the woman wanted him to find, must be related to a person. Then the only thing that might resonate without moving was his Star Soul.
Lu Yu closed his eyes again. When he tried to focus his consciousness on his heart, a door suddenly opened before his eyes.
It was still a blood-red door, but this one was ethereal.
“Finally, a human can come in?” an old voice came from behind the door.
“You’re also in the blood prison?” Lu Yu was startled. He saw the source of the old voice behind the blood-red door—a thin figure, skin and bones, like a skeleton. An old man, completely bald, with no hair left.
“Since you’re here, I have no choice,” the old voice said. “Carry something of mine out. You’ll find it useful.”
“Who are you?” Lu Yu’s thoughts raced but couldn’t make sense of it all.
“You wouldn’t know who I am. I’ll copy one of my abilities onto you. Remember, don’t reveal it in this city, or you’ll die here. Once you leave this city, it’s up to you.”
The old man spoke, and a beam of white light shot from his body, directly entering Lu Yu.
The old man coldly said: “Demon Slayer! No demon shall escape it, divided into nine levels, capable of suppressing demon lords!”
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