newbobooks Chapter 418 Extreme Sword Light Instantly Kills the Gatekeeper!
Chapter 418 Extreme Sword Light Instantly Kills the Gatekeeper!
Chapter 418 Extreme Sword Light Instantly Kills the Gatekeeper!
The assessment for the inheritance of the Duan Donghe River is not complicated and consists of four steps.
These four tests will gradually eliminate unsuitable participants, leaving only the last one, who will inherit all the legacy of the Tomb Ship and the Broken East River lineage.
The first step is racial verification; those who are not of our race are prohibited from inheriting the inheritance.
This level isn't difficult; it's purely a selection process to eliminate unsuitable races.
The second step is the Corridor of Life and Death, where you will fight a guardian named "Quiro," whose strength will vary depending on the participant's level.
This level will be a life-or-death crisis for some people, because the gatekeeper will actually kill!
However, for those with sufficient combat strength, as long as they can persist for a period of time, they can automatically pass the level without actually needing to determine a winner or loser.
All of the above are very basic screening methods used to eliminate those from other races and those of mediocre level.
Starting from the third step, we officially enter the real assessment, which consists of the Rhinoceros Emperor's Challenge!
This is a game suitable for all ages on the Origin Continent, but it differs from the games in the Primal Universe in that it can roughly determine a person's talent, and the more puzzles a player solves, the more their comprehension will improve.
For life forms in the Cosmic Sea, the Rhinoceros Emperor's Bureau is no less than a precious opportunity for enlightenment.
As for the fourth step, which is also the last step of the assessment, that is the creation of secret techniques!
By using the extensive foundational inheritance of Duan Donghe as a reference, one can create their own powerful secret techniques. As long as the strength of the created secret techniques is up to par, one can become the ultimate victor and obtain all the inheritances of the Duan Donghe lineage!
Of course, no one knew the specific content of the assessment before it began, except for Chen Yuan.
When Duan Donghe had gathered enough participants, Chen Yuan had already recalled the original story and became the only one among them who knew the test questions.
Therefore, unlike the excited and apprehensive emotions of the other participants, Chen Yuan's expression was very calm and composed, as if he was absolutely confident that he would make it to the end.
And that was indeed the case, because he didn't find any of the four tests difficult.
Race verification? He is a pure human created and guided by the God-King of Jin, so it's only natural that he would pass the verification.
Even without mentioning that, Luo Feng cleared the game smoothly in the original story. As a human from Earth like Luo Feng, he had no reason to be ostracized.
As for the second test of strength—according to the original text, the guardians that the Lord of the Universe faces have a strength ceiling of about the level of a top true god, and he only needs to persist for a short period of time.
This kind of strength is really not a challenge for Chen Yuan. You should know that he is now a ninth-level True God even when he is empty-handed. If he wears equipment, he can easily cross ten levels!
Let alone holding out against the gatekeeper for a while, if the opponent's strength ceiling is only a top-tier True God, it should be Quiro who needs to consider continuing, not Chen Yuan!
The only challenge for Chen Yuan was the third level of the Rhinoceros Emperor's Trial.
This so-called "comprehension tester" from the origin continent can solve 10081 unsolved puzzles, and even has a sliver of hope of breaking through to the God King level.
Well, that's not an exaggeration. You have to understand that it only took eight hundred epochs (the time of the Origin Continent, one epoch is equal to 1 billion epochs in the primordial universe) for the ancestor to break through to the God-King level. Back then, it took 30,000 epochs to solve 6000 problems.
Although the original ancestor had not yet escaped his predicament and his comprehension had stagnated for a long time, it was still enough to prove the value of the Rhinoceros Emperor's Bureau.
Even if Chen Yuan relied solely on his own comprehension to solve the puzzles, his achievements would probably be similar to those of the original ancestor, and he would be far from solving all 10081 puzzles.
Of course, if other methods are added, he might be qualified to solve more endgame puzzles. After all, the two key elements for studying the Rhinoceros Emperor's puzzle are comprehension and calculation ability.
With the assistance of Ireil's powerful computing capabilities, coupled with the extremely fast time flow in the Black Pattern Stone Pillar region, Chen Yuan's speed in solving the puzzles will be astonishing, and the upper limit of his puzzle-solving abilities will also be higher.
However, because the original work did not describe the details of the Rhinoceros Emperor's Puzzle clearly enough, Chen Yuan was not sure how many puzzles he could solve before seeing the real Rhinoceros Emperor's Puzzle.
But compared to the other participants, he was confident that he would leave everyone far behind.
After passing the only uncertain challenge, the Rhinoceros Emperor's Challenge, the final test became even less challenging for Chen Yuan.
After all, he created two peak ninth-tier secret techniques based solely on the knowledge of secret runes he had learned.
If Chen Yuan is given more information on secret runes, it wouldn't be difficult for him to create another ninth-order secret technique. With a little effort, he might even be able to create a void-level secret technique.
Such talent, let alone among the Lords of the Universe, could probably only be achieved by the Primordial Ancestors at their peak, even across the entire cosmic ocean.
As the first round of assessments officially began, Chen Yuan and more than a dozen others entered the bloodline screening device one by one to verify their bloodlines!
Only those with the required bloodlines can pass this round of selection.
As the first person to enter the Tomb Ship, Chen Yuan naturally took the lead and was the first to enter the instrument.
An invisible force permeated his body, as if it wanted to see through him inside and out, not even letting go of a trace of divine power.
However, nothing unexpected happened in the end. A moment later, Chen Yuan walked out of the instrument and saw Duan Donghe nod slightly to him: "You meet the requirements."
Chen Yuan smiled slightly. Although he wasn't surprised, he still breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing that he had passed the review smoothly.
"What exactly is happening inside, Lord of the Primordial Beginning?"
When someone asked out of curiosity, Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It's just that I feel like all my secrets have been seen through, but nothing else."
All your secrets have been exposed? That's nothing!
Upon hearing Chen Yuan's explanation, some people felt a pang of anxiety, fearing that their secrets would be discovered by the instrument.
Of course, these people were overthinking it. As the remaining people completed the tests one by one, Duan Donghe only announced the results "You meet the requirements" and "You do not meet the requirements" without saying a word more.
In the end, a total of twelve people, including Chen Yuan, passed the first round of selection. Four lives were eliminated due to racial reasons, and the test was over before it even began.
"As expected, the Skeleton Clan's efforts were all in vain."
Chen Yuan saw the two Skeleton Race Universe Lords leave in a sorry state. These two were among the second batch of beings to enter the Tomb Ship. Unfortunately, just like in the original story, the Skeleton Race was directly excluded and could not participate in the subsequent assessments at all.
If he's right, after these two Skeleton Race Universe Lords leave, they should spread the news about the Tomb Ship widely. It probably won't be long before people from the two holy lands arrive.
Chen Yuan didn't care much about this. Anyway, no one posed any threat to him. In fact, it was better that these people didn't come. If they had come in, they might have all perished here.
After all, the inheritance of the Broken East River can only be obtained by one person; all other participants must die!
After the remaining twelve people passed the first round of selection, Duan Donghe looked at everyone and said, "The first round of assessment was just the simplest selection, and also the only complete selection."
"Starting from the second round, you may encounter crises, even life-threatening ones! If you are afraid, you can still leave safely now."
Chen Yuan and the other twelve people stared at Duan Donghe's figure, and none of them showed any sign of backing down.
"very good."
Duan Donghe said calmly, "Then the second round of assessment will begin. Follow me."
So the group followed Duan Donghe's figure and entered through a side door of the hall, walking along the wide corridor until they stopped at the gate at the end.
"This is the location for the second round of assessments."
Duan Donghe explained the content of this assessment: simply pass through the corridor behind the gate and walk to the end. Of course, he also made it clear that there would be dangers in the corridor, and everyone was allowed to use any means to deal with them, as long as they did not hide inside the flying palace.
After speaking, Duan Donghe prepared to enter in batches according to the strength of each person.
Chen Yuan discovered that all true god-level powerhouses entered the corridor alone, but the Lord of the Universe needed to enter in a team.
This confirms his conjecture that the guardian's strength limit is probably no higher than that of a true god; otherwise, a true god would not be assessed alone, but rather in a team like the Lord of the Universe.
Since that's the case—thinking of this, Chen Yuan said to Duan Donghe, "Senior, please let me participate in this assessment alone."
"Oh, are you sure?"
Duan Donghe gave Chen Yuan a deep look and said, "Friendly reminder: in this assessment, the strength of the targets you encounter is determined by the participants' cultivation levels, not by the number of participants!"
"As long as they are the masters of the universe, no matter how many people participate, they will face opponents of equal strength."
"Even so, you still want to be assessed separately?"
"Yes."
Chen Yuan nodded, glancing at the other universe lords, "I'm afraid I'll be held back if I'm with these people."
"You!" Upon hearing this, someone instantly flew into a rage, but was immediately pulled back by their companion, who whispered a warning: "Are you crazy? That's the Primordial Lord!"
Due to the different timing, the Lord of the Deer and Insects of the Purple Moon Holy Land has not yet arrived. As for the remaining Lords of the Universe, their strength is not that great, with only a few at the fifth rank, so Chen Yuan naturally did not take them seriously.
Upon hearing his companion's warning, the cosmic lord finally recalled Chen Yuan's formidable record. Reason regained its grip, and a strange smile appeared on his face as he continued, "You—you're right. The gap between us is too large, and it's easy for us to hold each other back."
"Eh—" Seeing this person's strange behavior, Duan Donghe let out a soft exclamation. From this person's words and actions, it could be seen that this young inheritor was probably not ordinary in strength.
"Alright." Duan Donghe nodded gently. "Since you insist, then you can conduct the assessment as a team."
"Thank you, senior." Chen Yuan smiled slightly, thinking that mastering the control core in advance was indeed different. Duan Donghe's patience with him was much greater than that of other inheritors.
If it were someone else, even if they wanted to ask a question, they would probably only get the answer, "Just do it, don't ask why, and you can leave if you're not satisfied."
Moreover, at Chen Yuan's request, he was once again the first to enter the gate.
boom!
With the gate opening and closing, Chen Yuan had no way to retreat and could only move forward.
However, he showed no fear. After the gate closed, his figure transformed into a streak of light and flew forward. A moment later, he finally encountered a humanoid creature.
This person was enormous, over a hundred kilometers tall, with a thick neck covered in hair, and his divine body was covered in a half-body armor, exactly like the guardian described in the original work.
Hearing Chen Yuan's movement, the figure stood up, his red-glowing eyes fixed on Chen Yuan: "What you need to do is survive in 'Quello's' hands."
"Quello?"
Chen Yuan smiled at the gatekeeper, "I hope your strength is enough to make me use my full power."
God knows how long it's been since he broke through to become a master of the universe!
At his level of strength, even the virtual universe couldn't fully simulate an opponent who met his requirements, so Chen Yuan could only silently study secret techniques or practice fighting with his clones.
According to the original description, this gatekeeper is a being who is suspected to be at the "peak of true god", so perhaps he can stretch his muscles and bones.
"die!"
Upon hearing Chen Yuan's words, the gatekeeper "Quillo" seemed to feel insulted. He let out a low roar and transformed into a streak of light, charging straight towards Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan laughed loudly and went forward with anticipation, but after a short while, he regretfully stepped over the fallen body of Quiro.
"I thought that someone who could guard the Broken East River would be quite strong, but it turns out this is all they are?"
In fact, just as Chen Yuan had guessed, this Quiro's strongest strength was indeed at the peak of the True God level. However, even though they were both at the peak of the True God level, there were still differences between them.
Chen Yuan used only one move, "Extreme Sword Light," and the sword light, condensed to its extreme, pierced straight through Quiro's body, even his strongest armor could not withstand it.
There was no other way; his secret technique actually contained a trace of the power of the "Ultimate Dao." According to Chen Yuan's guess, it might belong to the "Ultimate Penetration Branch" under the Ultimate Dao.
This extreme penetrating power means that even among ninth-tier peak secret techniques, the Extreme Point Sword Aura can crush the defense of any secret technique that is not related to the Great Dao.
Therefore, even though Quiro was not weak, he was still seriously injured in one move by Chen Yuan's secret technique—this was only because he deliberately shifted the opponent's core.
Otherwise, Quiro wouldn't have just fallen; he would have had his heart of the true god shattered and perished on the spot!
"There's nothing I can do, I'm just too strong."
Chen Yuan shook his head and sighed, "However, this time I tested the attack limit of the Extreme Point Sword Light. If it can penetrate the Supreme Treasure Armor, I estimate that even the Supreme Palace cannot withstand my attack."
"In other words, if I wanted to, I could easily pierce the 'heart of a true god' of any strongest being in the universe, causing their downfall."
The premise is that it takes place in the cosmic ocean!
If it were the primordial universe, the power of the Extreme Point Sword Light would still be limited to the peak of the sixth rank, and it would be unrealistic to kill a true god with such power.
After sighing, Chen Yuan stepped over Quilo's body and continued forward. Before long, he finally reached the end of the corridor, becoming the first person to complete the second test.