strokinit #368 - Chapter 367 collapsed again?
#368 - Chapter 367 collapsed again?
"Whatever, come what may."
Boom!
The golden-armored man didn't dwell on it, though he realized the final trial might be much harder than he'd imagined.
He knew the priority was dealing with the enemy before him.
Golden sword light erupted as the golden-armored man charged the second copy, their immense power colliding in the air, and the battle resumed.
This fight was just as intense.
"Clang!"
After countless clashes, the golden-armored man prevailed, slaying his opponent with a single strike.
It could only be said that a Sequence was worthy of the name, able to win against an enemy with the same stats.
But...
Before he could catch his breath, footsteps approached.
The golden-armored man looked up, his pupils shrinking.
Yes, the third copy had appeared.
"I knew it..."
Though expected, he couldn't help but feel a chill seeing it.
These final trial copies were endless.
"This intensity is worthy of the Holy Judgment's test..."
Despite his grave expression, the golden-armored man showed no despair.
In fact, those words didn't exist in his vocabulary.
He'd seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and countless times endured pressure and fought his way out of desperate situations to reach this day.
Perhaps this trial was impossible.
Perhaps he would be stuck here forever.
So what?
"A swordsman must advance unswervingly."
He pushed off the ground, transforming into a streak of light as he charged the new copy.
Having fought two intense battles, even the mighty golden-armored man's power had waned.
His aura was weaker than when he faced the first copy.
But his fighting spirit and momentum were overwhelming.
The outcome was uncertain.
...
"Tsk, another one? This is getting interesting..."
"This final trial lives up to the name Holy Judgment."
"Then let's have a good fight..."
Meanwhile, in other trial spaces...
The participants in the final trial, like Man Que, faced their own endless copies.
But like the golden-armored man, they didn't lose their fighting spirit or despair, even in this brutal trial.
They maintained their unwavering momentum, giving their all.
As for whether they could pass...
Who cares?
...
"The restrictions of the stone tablets are almost gone."
Jiang Han carefully observed the stone tablets before him, their aura now extremely weak.
Even with his mental strength, he could barely detect them without close inspection.
"Then... it's time to try and fix this error."
He took a breath, flipping his hand and retrieving five oddly shaped altars from his inventory.
Four were from the Boundary Battlefield, corresponding to levels 50 to 80.
The last was the white altar he'd taken from the 90th floor of the Mystic Cave when he left.
Yes.
Jiang Han was entrusting the repair of the error to these altars.
After observing for some time, he was almost certain the figures couldn't be created because the price wasn't high enough!
So, he needed to complete the price.
And these altars were undoubtedly the best tools for sacrifice.
Moreover...
On the 90th floor of the Mystic Cave, he'd seen the Pseudo-Gods use these altars to tear the sky, colliding with the Seal of Reincarnation.
That's how Jiang Han escaped and became a special existence.
So, these altars should work.
As for what to sacrifice...
Jiang Han grinned, a hint of madness in his eyes, "I wonder if these altars can handle me."
He stretched out his hand, throwing out the altars.
The altars rapidly expanded in the air, eventually towering like buildings, standing on the ground.
Jiang Han lightly touched the ground, drifting like a leaf to the white altar in the center.
Yes, his sacrifice...
Was himself.
"I'm really looking forward to this."
Jiang Han smiled, magic surging in his hand, and activated the altar.
Anyone who saw this would be stunned, calling him a madman.
Who would sacrifice themselves?
Were they tired of living?
But Jiang Han wasn't crazy, nor tired of living.
He'd thought this through.
The reason was simple.
The Seal of Reincarnation couldn't copy things; if the price was simply insufficient, there'd be no chance of simulation.
But the figures kept flickering.
This meant other reasons prevented the copies.
What could the Seal of Reincarnation not copy?
The answer was obvious: something that had lost all possibilities, the only one of its kind, making it impossible for the Seal of Reincarnation to copy.
Here, only Jiang Han met the condition.
So, after thinking, Jiang Han decided to take a risk, sacrificing himself to see how the Seal of Reincarnation reacted.
Using an uncopyable individual as the price to copy uncopyable individuals.
It sounded contradictory, and it was.
Okay, Jiang Han was exploiting a bug.
He was sure that even if his reasoning was wrong, the sacrifice wouldn't succeed.
Unless...
His theories on the 90th floor of the Mystic Cave were wrong.
Boom!
The white altar activated, and the other altars resonated.
Colored beams of light shot into the sky.
"I knew it, these altars are connected."
Jiang Han watched with interest.
Simultaneously, milky white light completely enveloped him.
For a moment, Jiang Han felt a strange power appear, tearing at the space around him.
But...
It had no effect on him.
"I knew it."
Jiang Han grinned, a glint in his eye, "As I predicted, I..."
"Can't be sacrificed."
"Then since I survived, how will the copying process proceed?"
He turned to the flickering figures, curious.
Buzz!
The light pillars vanished, leaving a white halo over the altar.
"The sacrifice succeeded?"
Jiang Han was surprised; he'd sacrificed the heart of the Evil Spirit Liu Ruyan, so he knew this meant the sacrifice was complete.
"But I wasn't affected, why was it deemed successful?"
"What's the logic behind this?"
Jiang Han was confused; he hadn't expected this.
Rumble!
Before he could think, a loud noise, like angry thunder, deafened him.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
The five altars shattered simultaneously.
With a crisp cracking sound, the ancient and mysterious stone tablets began to crack.
The cracks spread like spiderwebs.
The cracks grew, even affecting the ground, with deep ravines appearing in the flat earth.
Finally...
Even the void cracked.
The entire space seemed to face the apocalypse, darkness covering the sky, thunder roaring, lightning snaking.
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
In other final trial spaces...
Man Que and the others were stunned.
The copies that had been fighting them suddenly stopped, like puppets with cut strings, completely frozen.
Then something even more astonishing happened.
The calm sky suddenly became cloudy, dark clouds rolling, as if the end was near.
Lightning flashed, deafeningly, causing fear.
As the thunder grew louder, the world seemed to tremble, as if to be torn apart.
Then, countless spatial cracks appeared in the sky, like gaping mouths, devouring everything.
The cracks expanded, releasing intense energy, distorting the air.
"What's happening?"
"Why is the Tower of Reincarnation making such a commotion? Is it collapsing?"
"I heard when entering the trial that it might be impossible to leave, so is this the worst-case scenario?"
Not only Man Que and the others in the Tower of Reincarnation were surprised.
Those who had failed and been teleported out now stood under the Tower of Reincarnation, looking up, filled with unease.
They clearly saw the sky covered in dark clouds, the entire space black.
The top of the Tower of Reincarnation, which originally radiated colorful light, was affected, covered in black mist, the colorful light completely obscured, and the entire tower began to shake violently.
The tower emitted a low hum, resisting some force.
As time passed, the shaking grew more violent, with cracks appearing, as if it would collapse.
"Chila! Chila!"
The Tower of Reincarnation began to flicker, its intermittent appearance stunning everyone.
They had seen the world, being at least level 100 experts who had experienced much.
But they had never seen this before!
Such a large tower flickering, about to disappear, what great power could create this miracle?
"I... have a bad feeling?"
Someone swallowed hard, their eyes frightened.
As soon as they spoke, the towering Tower of Reincarnation exploded with a "boom."
Yes.
It exploded.
Everyone could see the complete tower body turning into fragments.
Strangely, the explosion released no powerful energy, and no one was affected.
What appeared before them was like a picture on paper, unable to affect reality.
"Is that... Ye Han?"
Someone exclaimed, pointing in fear.
Following their direction, everyone saw the young figure.
"Damn! Is it really him?"
"Huh? How is that possible! Am I hallucinating? How can we see Ye Han, isn't he in the final trial?"
"Something's wrong, why can we see him, can someone explain what just happened?"
"It seems the Tower of Reincarnation exploded, and then we could see Ye Han..."
"Not just Ye Han, I see the Lord of the Supreme Hall! And the Archbishop..."
Soon, everyone realized something was wrong, standing frozen.
Besides Ye Han, those participating in the final trial appeared before them.
"What's going on?"
But they weren't the only ones confused.
The golden-armored man and the others were equally clueless.
They clearly remembered fighting hard, then the trial space collapsing.
Then, everyone was together.
Was this still in the trial?
And...
Ye Han!
Gazes locked onto the tall figure standing quietly in the center.
"It's so strange, why can we see him in the trial?"
"And our trial suddenly ended."
"What did you encounter?"
"Here's what happened on my end..."
Several Sequences quickly exchanged information, understanding what had happened.
The situation was complex but understandable.
In short, the trial suddenly ended, and everyone was pulled into this space.
As for where this was...
If they were not mistaken, it was Ye Han's trial space.
Not far from him, figures were slowly forming.
Man Que and the others were familiar with this.
This was the sign of copies appearing.
They stopped talking, holding their breath, watching the figures.
They wanted to know what the copies of someone who could easily crush them in the nine trials would be like.
Although no one said it, Man Que and the others had a feeling.
The sudden end of the trial was definitely related to the youth before them.
"It's outrageous, he even broke this level of trial."
"I'm curious, what happened?"
"Who knows?"
"What's on him is beyond my comprehension, watch closely, maybe we'll get an answer."
The group exchanged hushed words, their gazes never wavering, fixed intently on Jiang Han.
For they understood that perhaps in the next moment, as those figures solidified,
the truth would finally surface.
Could it be that…
Ye Han could actually pass this terrifying, off-the-charts ultimate trial?