Douluo Dalu Chapter 219

Nine Tests of the SeaG.o.d, Mark of the Trident

 

Prior to this Tang San had also seen golden Spirit Power before, most clearly from the Six Winged-Seraphim Spirit of Qian Ren Xue. However, the feeling this golden light gave was completely different. This light was filled with a grand and majestic benevolence. In the moment that it appeared, the whole SeaG.o.d Island, regardless of whether it was the Shrek Seven Devils, the forest, the hills or the seas, everything had been completely bathed in this golden light. Even the Oceanic Spirit Masters, the members of the Shrek Seven Devils and even Bai Chenxiang, all of them were covered by this special gold light.

 

However, this golden light had one spot it did not reach, which was the spot under the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, where the slightly dazed Tang San stood.

 

Such a magnificent sight, was nothing less than a marvel of nature, could it be, that in this world there truly were G.o.ds? This was the question Tang San was contemplating in his heart.

 

That golden light beam gave him a very strange feeling, as if something in this body had been moved, following closely after, nine golden light screens appeared in the air in-front of him. The first one had the brightest shine whereas the other eight were slightly darker. Without allowing Tang San much time to think, these screens of light flew like golden shooting stars into his forehead directly.  

 

Immediately, a huge amount of information poured directly into his head, these information were all blurred together of which only one portion could be clearly deciphered. Tang San understood, this had to be also why Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai had sat down to ponder earlier.

 

Instantly, in his mind which had been filled by that vast golden light, Tang San could feel a special kind of sobering energy fluctuations all throughout his body. It was as if he was immersed in some sort of cool liquid which gave him an immeasurable sense of comfort. Subconsciously, Tang San could feel that due to this golden light some subtle changes have occurred in his body. What exactly it was he could not tell, but that feeling was extremely mystical, as if his optimising his bodily functions, an unspeakable comfort.

 

Unconsciously he let out a mouthful of foul air. Appearing to be the foulness in his body after being purified by the golden light.

 

As the golden light slowly faded, starting from the skies and then the seas, it began to diminish from all directions. Where Tang San’s body was the final end point of the golden light. And the point where all the golden light converged was precisely his forehead. There, what remained was not a faint star mark, but rather the mark of a golden trident. The faint trident brought to Tang San a feeling of majesty and cla.s.s. Although he was just standing there, the trident made him give off the feeling of overseeing all.

 

Slowly opening his eyes, Tang San realised that his originally clear blue eyes had become even clearer, lifting his hand, he subconsciously touched his forehead. Towards the completely dazed and statue-like Seahorse Douluo, Tang San asked: “Senior, if the red coloured one is the highest level test, then what kind of test is this golden one? And I think it seems that I need to actually pa.s.s nine tests in order to complete it.”

 

The Seahorse Douluo forcefully shook his head. Carefully he looked at Tang San, what he saw was the still shimmering golden mark of the trident. That’s right, this was really not a dream.

 

“That too I don’t know.” These five words seemed to have been spoken by the Seahorse Douluo with great difficulty.

 

Tang San looked at Seahorse Douluo with bewilderment, saying: “Then what about her? Why would the situation occur where she actually has a top tier single test?” Taking over Xiao Wu, as the golden light around him vanished, the red light around Xiao Wu had also disappeared, leaving only that small round dot.

 

Seahorse Douluo stared deeply at Tang San. “Why a top tier single test appeared, I also do not know. But I can tell you what this test of hers is. And although it is only one test, it definitely has the difficulty befitting a top tier test. And that is because her test is to stay by your side, as you complete your nine tests.”

 

After listening to the words of the Seahorse Douluo, Tang San gaze didn't waver, he did not think that the SeaG.o.d’s test would actually have such a development, but the Seahorse Douluo’s words were unable to help him relax much either. As long as he was able to help Xiao Wu, he could be at ease. At least it was still better than having Xiao Wu to face her test alone.

 

“What a pretty trident. Third brother, you have become more handsome.” Ning Rongrong could not help but praise.

 

As Tang San could not see his own appearance. “Trident? Are you saying that the mark that appeared on my forehead is different from you all?”

 

Ning Rongrong nodded, saying: “It’s different. On your forehead is a golden trident, and its very pretty. It looks rather high cla.s.s actually.”

 

Tang San was somewhat speechless, yet with some hope in his heart he once more asked the Seahorse Douluo, “Senior, can you please try once more to recall what that golden light from before represented? Am I going to have to face nine top tier tests?”

 

Just as the Seahorse Douluo was about to speak, an extremely carefree voice came from the distance, this voice seemed to come from the divine realms itself, beautiful and divine yet also filled with benevolence.

 

“You don’t have to trouble him anymore. From the start of SeaG.o.d Island until now, this is the first time this situation had appeared. What you have to go through is not nine top tier tests. Rather it is nine SeaG.o.d tests.”

 

The voice approached, and as the last word entered the Shrek Seven Devil’s ears, from a distance a red spot of light gradually expanded, the group felt as if the s.p.a.ce slightly distorted and in the next instant, by the Seahorse Sacred Pillar was an extra person.

 

Her height was about the same as Xiao Wu, her whole body covered by a bright red gown, her ocean blue hair loosely hanging behind her, although not as long as Xiao Wu’s, when let down was still nearing the surface of the ground. Her beautiful appearance looked no more than a thirty year old, her beauty mostly seemed to originate from her disposition, n.o.bility, elegance and her warm gentleness. In her right hand was a three meter long scepter, this scepter was golden like the gold which appeared from the sky previously. On it were numerous carvings, and by its base was a spear like protrusion. Five inches below the speartip a golden gem was embedded.

 

If purely based on appearance, she was definitely an exquisite beauty, and her disposition was not something anyone could compare to. Even the Supreme Pontiff BiBi Dong could not match her.

 

The most shocking thing about her was still her eyes. Her clear blue eyes seemed deeper that the oceans, and within them seemed to encompa.s.s the experiences of the ancient. These pair of eyes, was it something a thirty or so year girl should have?

 

“Junior pays his respects to the high priest.” Seahorse Douluo bowed slightly as he payed his respects towards the lady in red, “This subordinate was unable to properly complete Lord SeaG.o.d’s instructions, please mete out your punishment, high priest.

 

The red garbed lady slightly smiled, and the waters in the oceans seemed to move with her smile.

 

“This is not your fault. This is also my first time seeing such a sight.” Her gaze shifted and everyone present felt as if she was staring at them. And her gaze finally stopped on Tang San, or perhaps more precisely the mark of the golden trident on his forehead.

 

“Young one. I have waited over a hundred years, until finally during my dying years I meet you. Can you tell me your story?”

 

As the one closest to her voice, Tang San could feel his heartbeat suddenly accelerate, however that was not due to her beauty, rather it is due to her voice which which seemed to come from the depths of the soul. Although she looked like a normal human girl, Tang San clearly understood, the one that stood before him now was the one who as famous as his great-grandfather, and the one who once defeated his great-grandfather as well as Spirit Hall’s high priest Qian Daoliu, this person was the SeaG.o.d Douluo, Bo Saixi.

 

Just as he had not expected the five lords under Bo Saixi to have become Seven, Tang San had not expected that this powerful person who reached rank ninety-nine was actually a lady, and one that seemed to have eternal youth and looked barely thirty. Her true age, at the very least would have to be over a hundred and twenty years old.

 

“Junior Tang San pays his respects to senior. My grandfather’s taboo name is Chen.” Tang San bowed over ninety-degrees, respectfully bowing towards this person in-front of him who represented the highest authority in the SeaG.o.d Island, the SeaG.o.d Douluo.

 

However, he had not imagined that the SeaG.o.d Douluo Bo Saixi’s figure would actually lightly flash and appear in front of him and not accept his respects.

 

“There is no need for this courtesy. You are Tang Chen’s great-grandson?” Bo Saixi’s voice sounded slightly surprised

 

Tang San respectfully spoke: “Indeed.”

 

Bo Saixi’s eyes revealed a glow with a trace of sadness. “Time truly pa.s.ses quickly! Even his great-grandson is already so big. I never expected that the person I am waiting for is actually his great-grandson.”

 

Tang San did not speak, he only silently listened to Bo Saixi’s words, his strength could not even come close to matching this ranked ninety-nine SeaG.o.d Douluo in front of him, but he could feel that, the SeaG.o.d Douluo Bo Saixi had no ill intentions towards him.

 

Bo Saixi quickly gathered herself, with both her eyes looking at Tang San, “Tang San, look at me.”

 

Tang San looked towards Bo Saixi’s eyes. His eyes clear, with not a hint of retreating, Bo Saixi solemnly said: “From now on, you must remember. On this SeaG.o.d Island, no one is qualified to receive your courtesy, that includes myself.”

 

“Ah?” Tang San looked at the SeaG.o.d Douluo with great surprise, he did not understand why this indisputably powerful person would say something like that to him.

 

Bo Saixi turned towards the Seahorse Douluo, “Ou Ya[1], pa.s.s on my orders. All the way until they have completed Lord SeaG.o.d’s tests these eight people are all VIPs of the island, no one is to cause trouble or neglect them, other than not being able to help them with their tests, help fulfil all their requests to the best of your ability. Let them reside in your Seahorse city. Also, help me tell the other six to gather at the SeaG.o.d Temple for a meeting.”

 

“Understood.” The Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya respectfully replied. Although he had not seen the high priest for ten years, on this SeaG.o.d Island, Bo Saixi was a supreme existence. Only if the SeaG.o.d himself personally appeared could she be second.

 

Bo Saixi’s gaze once more landed on Tang San, smilingly she nodded towards him, “Very good, very good, I believe that you will be able to pa.s.s Lord SeaG.o.d’s test. If there is anything you need you can request it from Ou Ya. Remember, for your SeaG.o.d’s Nine Tests, you must complete at least one a year, otherwise it is considered to have been failed.”

 

Tang San asked: “If i were to fail, and am unable to pa.s.s the test, will I end up the same as the other Black Tier tests partic.i.p.ants and die?”

 

Bo Saixi’s expression changed and Tang San felt his vision blur as Bo Saixi suddenly appeared only a few centimeters away from him. Her originally warm eyes suddenly became cold, and an incomparable amount of pressure suddenly oppressed Tang San making it hard for him to even breathe.

 

“Tang San, remember this, never let the thought of failure even surface in your mind. I can tell you this, for your test, it involves the survival of SeaG.o.d Island, if you were to fail, the consequences is not something as simple as death, it would be much much worse than death.”

 

After these works were spoken, all they felt was a flash of red light and in the next moment, the SeaG.o.d Douluo who was originally standing in-front of Tang San had disappeared.

 

Dai Mubai, Ma Hong Jun, Oscar and the rest seemed to let out a breath at the same time, their faces were all pale and beads of sweat were on their faces.

 

“She is just too strong, even though that was just that one instant, it felt like my body was being squashed.” Oscar fearfully spoke.

 

Tang San did not speak, rather he engraved the words Bo Saixi spoke before she left deeply in his mind, carefully trying to understand the meaning behind her words. Realising that the reason that this SeaG.o.d Douluo appeared was because of his SeaG.o.d’s Nine Tests, which was enough to shock even her and even say that his test involved the whole SeaG.o.d Island, but just why was this so? In terms of strength, he was indeed slightly stronger than the rest of his companions, but this SeaG.o.d’s Test was obviously going to be significantly harder than the rest of theirs. Just why was this so? At this point in time, Tang San’s heart was filled with doubt.

 

At this moment, the Seahorse Douluo’s voice resounded, “Dear distinguished guests, please come with me.”

 

A rich blue light emanated from the Seahorse Douluo’s hand, with a light wave a strange scene appeared. The seawater in the sea suddenly rose and solidified in the air, in just a little while it had transformed into a bridge which led not back where they came but rather deeper into the forests of SeaG.o.d Island.

 

Seahorse Douluo’s att.i.tude was extremely respectful due to the words SeaG.o.d Douluo had spoken earlier. For a person with a t.i.tle douluo’s strength to treat them with such respect made the Shrek Seven Devils feel unaccustomed and as such their gazed all landed on Tang San.

 

Tang San gathered his thoughts, he knew that this was not the time to think too much about these things, as such he returned a bow to the Seahorse Douluo as he said: “Sorry to trouble senior.”

 

When he stepped onto the sea water bridge, he was surprised to find that the bridge under his feet felt solid even though it was clear sea water. This sensation made all of their hearts fill with novelty and curiosity.

 

Upon reaching the sh.o.r.e, there were ten yellow-robed oceanic Spirit Masters respectfully standing in two rows,  following the group's advance.

 

The Seahorse Douluo did not take the lead, rather, under his constant request, Tang San walked in front instead.

 

As the Seahorse Douluo walked, he smiled as he said: “Dear distinguished guests, I welcome you all to stay at SeaG.o.d Island, most likely you all will be staying here in the time to come. There are not many rules here in SeaG.o.d Island, after you all enter the Seahorse City, you all can decide when you want to begin your tests. Other than this young lady who has already completed her test, the rest of the distinguished guests will have to complete at least one test a year. As you all can feel when you accepted the tests, they have to be carried out in order. When one is complete, you will naturally know what the next one is. Until all of them are complete, if any of you have any needs just let us know, we will try our best to help fulfil them. There is one more thing you have to take note of, other than the forbidden central area in the SeaG.o.d Island, you are all free to roam the island as you please, also please do not try and hide the marks of your forehead, it is a symbol of your ident.i.ties here.”

 

Tang San nodded his head, saying: “Thank you senior for your instructions, we will be under your care in the future.”

 

The Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya smilingly said: “Mister Tang is being too courteous. You are the distinguished guest of the High Priest, if there is anything you need just speak and it will be arranged.”

 

After advancing for an hour, as they left the forest what greeted their sights was actually a city.

 

This was a small city, with city walls of only five meters high. As they left the forests, due to being on higher ground, they were able to easily see the whole appearance of this small city. This city was by comparison much smaller to those in the Heaven Dou Empire. The most notable thing in this city was the large column in the city center. This column looked fairly similar to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, only much larger and on the top of the building was a huge statue of a Seahorse.

 

The Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya said: “The SeaG.o.d island has in total seven Sacred Pillar cities. This is the Seahorse City I am in charge of. That building you all can see is the City Lord’s mansion. There are in total about one thousand people in Seahorse City, all of whom are the most loyal followers of Lord SeaG.o.d.”

 

Dai Mubai asked: “We have heard that there are about three thousand Oceanic Spirit Masters on the SeaG.o.d Island. If your Seahorse City already has one thousand people, then does it mean that the other cities have much less Oceanic Spirit Masters?”

 

The Seahorse Douluo smilingly replied: “That is not necessarily so. This so-called three thousand Oceanic Spirit Masters refer to the three thousand five hundred SeaG.o.d Fighters who protect Lord SeaG.o.d. Every city has five hundred of these Spirit Masters to protect them. But after these SeaG.o.d Fighters reach the age of seventy, they can retire. Also there are those who are younger than eighteen years old who have not undergone the SeaG.o.d’s tests and as such are also not part of the SeaG.o.d Fighters. Hence, every single city has about a thousand or so people. In fact the amount of people in this city of mine is considered to be few. The largest Sea Dragon City already has over two thousand people. Dear distinguished guests, let us enter the city together.”

 

This was indeed a small city, the city gates had only the basic four. Although it was the city gates, it seemed more like the manor doors. As the group approached the city gates, there were two white and two yellow robed forming a total of four Oceanic Spirit Masters standing guard. Once the saw the black robed Seahorse Douluo appear, they immediately bowed respectfully and welcomed the group into the city.

 

However, although Seahorse City was indeed small, it could be considered to be very well equipped. The roads were although not very wide, they were extremely clean. The two rows of houses by the side were although not very big, they were made out of mostly wood and stone. And although there amounts of shops were not extremely numerous, they were still present.

 

Seeing the shops in this city, it was hard to imagine that this was actually on an island, it felt as if it was a normal inland city.

 

The Seahorse Douluo said: “Distinguished guests can reside at the City Lord’s Manor for now. I cannot be away from the Seahorse Sacred Pillar for too long so normally I would be cultivating by the pillar. The people here are able to be self sufficient, with some simple farming and with the resources of the ocean it is enough for us to survive. As such there is no need for money on SeaG.o.d Island, normally goods are exchanged through barter. Of course, we of the SeaG.o.d Island also have people who specifically work on our exports and would leave to trade with the nearby cities every now and then and also purchase whatever essential goods.”

 

Tang San said: “I heard that the SeaG.o.d Island Spirit Masters are not allowed to leave the SeaG.o.d Island.”

 

The Seahorse Douluo lightly smiled as he replied: “The SeaG.o.d Island fleet is not necessarily made up of Oceanic Spirit Masters from SeaG.o.d Island, but rather Oceanic Spirit Masters not part of SeaG.o.d Island, or even voluntary land Spirit Masters who failed the test. Every specified period of time, they will come and deliver some commodities and trade for some resources of this island.”

 

Ma Hong Jun questioned: “This does not seem quite good. It’s too unstable, if those people decide to not deliver goods to SeaG.o.d Island, and since SeaG.o.d Island’s Spirit Masters cannot leave, wouldn’t things become troublesome?”

 

Seahorse Douluo looked at him briefly. “All the Oceanic Douluos are children of Lord SeaG.o.d, none of them would forsake us. The SeaG.o.d Island is the sacred ground of the Oceanic Douluos.”

 

Tang San lightly nodded his head, the situation regarding these Oceanic Spirit Masters was indeed different from the mainland. From the Purple Pearl Pirate Group it could already be seen, this SeaG.o.d Island had the absolute faith of the Oceanic Spirit Masters, unlike Spirit Hall which relied of power to rule. These Oceanic Spirit Masters were much more united which was also why Spirit Hall had been unable to stretch its influence to these Oceanic Spirit Masters. Of course, this was also related to why the Oceanic Spirit Masters did not bother with the matters of Spirit Hall, just as the land Spirit Masters were restricted at sea, these oceanic Spirit Masters were restricted on the land, and their strengths greatly reduced. As such these two sides had been at peace.

 

Upon walking into Seahorse City, Tang San’s group drew a lot of attention, but in the presence of the Seahorse Douluo, the Spirit Masters in the city did not dare approach them. Especially due to the disturbance in the skies over SeaG.o.d Island, and the visions they all saw in this Seahorse City, it was practically impossible for Tang San’s group to not raise attention, especially since the marks on their foreheads were so obvious. If you paid a little attention, you would be able to hear the voices of surprise from the residents of Seahorse Island.

 

The City Lord’s Manor was smaller than imagined, inside, other than the Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya, there were ten other Oceanic Spirit Masters who had pa.s.sed the Purple Tier test and could be considered the core force in the Seahorse City. The City Lord’s Manor was divided into three levels. Under his insistence, the room originally belonging to the Seahorse Douluo was given to Tang San. The third floor was although not small, but there was not many rooms, a single living room was already over two hundred square meters but there was only one bedroom. As such, the rest of the Shrek Seven Devils were arranged to stay in the Second level.

 

After the Seahorse Douluo settled down the group, he immediately left, obviously to go and pa.s.s on the High Priest SeaG.o.d Douluo Bo Saixi’s orders.

 

Ma Hong Jun sat on a sofa in the living room of the third floor, letting out a long breath he said, “It’s really not bad, I never thought that after coming here things would go so smoothly. Third brother, this is all thanks to your blessings!”

 

The group all sat down, before Tang San mused: “We have successfully entered SeaG.o.d Island, but this is only the start. The most important thing to us now is still whether we are able to complete these tests. At the moment only Xiangxiang has pa.s.sed, and amongst the seven of us left the lowest level is the Black five tests. From the Seahorse Douluo reaction, the tests we are going to face are not going to be simple. We still have to think about the long term, but for now we need to deal with this first test. What are your first tests?”

 

Dai Mubai said deeply: “My first test is very strange, it is called Traversal. The light of SeaG.o.d. What about the rest of you?”

 

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned for a moment before saying: “Mine is the same as well, our first test is the same!”

 

Ma Hong Jun, Oscar and Ning Rongrong have not inspected what their first tests were and so immediately gathered their minds and used their mental energies to interact with the mark on their forehead before the contents of their first test slowly appeared in their minds.

 

“The same, mine is traversal of the SeaG.o.d’s light as well.”

 

What surprised all of them was that their first test was actually all the same, including the Ning Rongrong who had the Top Tier Seven Tests. It was the same test of traversal of the SeaG.o.d’s light.

 

“Little San, what is your first test?”

 

Tang San’s eyes were slightly strange as he looked at Xiao Wu, slowly realising why Xiao Wu only had one test but yet the difficulty was just as high, “My test is traversal, twofold, of the SeaG.o.d’s light.”

 

The group exchanged glances at each other before looking at Tang San again, all of them at a loss of words.

 

Zhu Zhuqing said: “The first test, Traversal, of the SeaG.o.d’s light, the instructions are to head to the Forbidden core of the SeaG.o.d Island and climb to the hundred and eighth step. Then you will be deemed to have pa.s.sed the test. You can quit midway and the time limit is one year.”

 

Tang San scratched his head, as calmly as usual, seeing the rest of the group look at him with envy, “The first test, Traversal, twice of the SeaG.o.d’s light, the instructions are to head to the Forbidden core of the SeaG.o.d Island and climb to the three hundred and thirty third steps. Then you will be deemed to have pa.s.sed the test. You can quit midway and the time limit is one year.”

 

Ma Hong Jun asked stunned: “Isn't it supposed to be double? Why is yours actually triple the number of steps?”

 

Tang San bitterly smiled as he replied: “How would I know. However, this is not the time to discuss this. Since all our tests are about the same, we can make some simple guesses. From the name and contents, we can guess that the first test should be having us pa.s.s through some special defensive formation of the SeaG.o.d Island’s forbidden core. It should probably be something similar to the light we saw the Seahorse Douluo used to block the skies today. And this SeaG.o.d’s light from the SeaG.o.d Island’s Forbidden Core should be something surpa.s.sing even that. If we want to pa.s.s it, we probably would have to endure some great pressure.”

 

The group all nodded their heads, while Ning Rongrong bitterly said, “I actually thought that my test was the same as yours, but it is actually different as well, what I need to traverse of the SeaG.o.d’s Light is actually up till the hundred and thirty sixth step. This should be the difference between the top tier and black tier test.:

 

Oscar held Ning Rongrong’s arms and said: “No problem, it’s only until the hundred and thirty sixth step anyway, I will accompany you all the way.”

 

Just as they were speaking, Tang San’s eyes suddenly flashed, “I suddenly thought of a problem. If the SeaG.o.d’s Light is used to prevent invaders from entering, and would give us pressure when we step onto the steps. Then would this pressure help stimulate our potentials? If it does, then this first test of ours would be a good thing for all of us.”

 

The Shrek Seven Devils are all smart people, as they exchanged glances, they instantly understood Tang San’s meaning, Oscar said: “After we’ve rested, we can go take a look. As it seems, one year might be too short. But from the Seahorse Douluo’s expression, it might not be simple as it seems to pa.s.s this test. So it is better that we make use of all the time we have to clear it.”

 

Tang San nodded his head, his gaze turned towards the Bai Chenxiang whose face was still red sitting in the corner, saying: “Xiangxiang, you have to come and advance together with us.”

 

Bai Chenxiang was thinking about her problems as she suddenly heard Tang San call her name, slightly startled she quickly replied with “Okay.”

 

Just as the group was talking, a purple robed Oceanic Spirit Master came to the third floor and told the group that lunch was ready and invited them to have their meals.

 

The place where they ate was the first floor, while the Seahorse Douluo had already left leaving the instructions to Tang San’s group that if there was anything they needed they could just directly request it from these purple robed Oceanic Spirit Masters.

 

Lunch was extremely sumptuous, and was much better than the food back at the Purple Pearl Pirate Group. With lobsters spanning two feet long, and king crabs with a diameter a foot long, in addition to various sh.e.l.lfish, fish and some vegetables forming their staple.

 

The food at the Purple Pearl Pirate Group was very normal, today they only had a simple breakfast before they painstakingly traveled to SeaG.o.d Island. Without holding back they all ate in big mouthfuls, only Tang San could still be considered fairly civilised, as he still had to take care of Xiao Wu.

 

Xiao Wu ate some of the greens before Tang San brought some of the lobster and crab meat to her mouth which she slowly ate. These seafood were all extremely fresh and delicious yet nutritious at the same time.

 

Tang San was the last to finish eating, seeing everyone’s satisfied expressions, he smilingly said: “It would seem that the treatment here is not bad! Should we go and check out the SeaG.o.d’s Light tomorrow or should we just go this afternoon?”

 

Dai Mubai said: “Let's go in the afternoon, what Oscar said earlier was right. We came here to train ourselves, we should not waste time. Since we just ate, after a two hour rest our body conditions should be more or less optimised, then we can go and have a look.”

 

The group all nodded their agreement, and went back to their individual rooms. Since they were leaving in just two hours time, Tang San did not hand Xiao Wu to Ning Rongrong and just brought her back to his room.

 

Supporting Xiao Wu to sit on the sofa, Tang San’s brows furrowed, in front of his companions he had not said this, but he was actually extremely worried for Xiao Wu’s condition. Xiao Wu’s Top Tier Single Test was to accompany him as he completed all his tests. This also meant that her test was linked to his own. If he had to face an enemy, he could still fight but he could still protect Xiao Wu while doing so. However, for this test of traversing the SeaG.o.d’s Light, how would he help her? Xiao Wu’s body was being unable to withstand the pressure and running into trouble was something he did not wish to have to face.

 

Holding Xiao Wu and letting her comfortably lean in his embrace, he kissed her smooth forehead as his gaze gradually turned determined. He would definitely not allow Xiao Wu to run into any danger, ‘let me bear everything this time’.

 

Two hours later.

 

The Shrek Seven Devils once more entered the Third Level, and at the same time brought over one of the purple robed Oceanic Spirit Masters.

 

“These distinguished guests wish to enter the Forbidden Grounds?” Hearing the group’s intention to head to the SeaG.o.d Island’s Forbidden Core, this over fifty year old purple robed Oceanic Spirit Master was extremely shocked.

 

Tang San said: “It is actually like this, we have accepted the SeaG.o.d’s tests and the first one is to traverse the SeaG.o.d’s Light. As such we have no choice but to trouble you and bring us to the SeaG.o.d Island’s Forbidden Core.”

 

Only now did the purple robed Oceanic Spirit Master understand, hurriedly he said: “All right then, then let me bring these distinguished guests ahead. May I ask if you all have any other needs?”

 

Tang San shook his head signifying that there were none.

 

Under this purple robed Oceanic Spirit Master’s lead, the group headed out of Seahorse City, directly out of the city area.

 

As they walked, Dai Mubai asked Tang San with some bewilderment: “Little San, is this not too easy? The place we want to go to is the forbidden grounds, why would this purple robed Oceanic Spirit Master simply bring us there without asking any more questions?”

 

Tang San replied: “Easy? The simplicity now would just show how difficult our test is going to be. If I am not wrong, this purple robed Oceanic Spirit Master being so willing to bring us to the forbidden grounds could be due to several things. Firstly, it is perhaps due to the marks on our foreheads. If I am not wrong the SeaG.o.d’s tests all take into account the strength and potential of the one taking it, for us outsiders it should also be the same. Whatsmore the high level tests we have been given even surprised the SeaG.o.d Douluo. As such, they perhaps not have much doubts about us. In reality we are also not intending to bring harm to the SeaG.o.d Island anyway. Secondly, since we are heading to the forbidden grounds to perform the first test, this should imply that the SeaG.o.d Island’s Forbidden Core’s defences should be extremely shocking which should include this SeaG.o.d’s Light we have to withstand.