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Chapter 1384 Rebirth Challenge
The [Coming of Age Ceremony] is a ceremony second only to sacrifice in the human civilization of the first layer of the ground world. Now that the sacrifice system is gone, the Coming of Age Ceremony is the most important ceremony.

This ritual is very simple to explain. It involves capturing a wild beast alive and then leading the beast on the road to rebirth.

The road is extremely difficult and dangerous, which tests the challenger's courage, fighting spirit, etc., and at the end of the road is the great Skinner.

He would skin the beast and make a coat as a reward for the challenger. The moment of putting on the beast's skin meant rebirth, and the power of the beast would surge through the challenger's body.

The returning challenger will be granted the status of a noble warrior as an adult.

This process is simple, but there are two problems.

The process of hunting wild beasts is equivalent to testing the challenger's level as a warrior, whether he can capture the prey alive without hurting it.

But if the gap between the strength of the captured prey and the challenger is too big, does it still count as a test of the fighter's level?

"This, this means that the target of capture must be at the same level as yourself, or even higher, right?" Blaze's mouth twitched. This is a very harsh condition.

Of course, the second question is more demanding. After completing the hunt, the road to rebirth will begin automatically, and all emergencies that arise subsequently may be part of the test.

How do you know when the road to rebirth is over? After completing a certain amount of trials, you only need one step to reach the temple where the Skinner is, and the Skinner will be waiting for you in the temple.

After completing the challenge conditions, the challenge will start immediately without any explanation. The content of the challenge is completely random and full of uncertainty. There is no visual progress bar for the challenge, and you don’t know when it will end.

This is a poisonous ritual, but...

Blaze couldn't help but lick his lips. The harder the challenge, the greater the reward.

The stronger the person is, the more difficult it is to complete the challenge of the road to rebirth, but conversely, once completed, he will definitely get an extremely powerful beast fur suit.

The biggest problem for strong people is that it becomes very difficult to become stronger. Internal factors such as occupation and skills can be overcome with hard work, but external factors such as equipment and armor are natural barriers, and each step forward is difficult.

The most difficult part of equipping armor is to gather a complete set of armor with linked effects.

For example, when using the Giant Snowfield, it is a very lucky situation that the materials on the Overlords happen to make up the [Nature's King Set]. In the vast majority of cases, they are scattered pieces.

It took a large group of strangers from the exploration team to put together such a set of protective gear, not to mention the strangers acting alone. You can imagine how rare a complete set of protective gear would be.

And the challenge of the road to rebirth will definitely give you a complete set of powerful beast fur suits.

Blaze planned to give it a try first. According to Weimark's introduction, the challenge time of the Road to Rebirth was not very long, at most one day, which was quite humane.

One of the many weaknesses of strangers is that they cannot stay in this world for long.

However, Blaze encountered a difficulty at the beginning. He had to find a beast stronger than himself.

Blaze stood in the wild, and the sun-eating monsters immediately rushed over, opened their bloody mouths greedily, and tried to swallow him in one gulp.

Blaze punched forward, and the leading sun-eating monster's head turned several times, and finally its neck became a knot.

Normally, such a tragic death would be enough to scare away other attackers, but the sun-eating monsters are different. Their minds are filled with devouring the sun.

And their ending, of course, is that their heads start spinning like windmills and they become sober.

"Ah~ It can't even withstand a punch, it definitely doesn't meet the requirement of [stronger than me]." Blaze stepped on the sun-eating monster under his feet. He didn't expect that one day he would have to worry about finding a beast stronger than himself. His requirements were not too high, at least one that was stronger than him on the surface would be fine. The sun-eating monster also raised its level by swallowing and inheriting the power of the sun scales through blood, so it would definitely not be possible to break through the limit.

"Where exactly is it...ah."

There is only one Blaze in this world, an absolutely powerful beast, the incarnation of smoke mirror, the leopard of the night.

"That's definitely not possible. You'll get skinned."

"It doesn't matter if it's just an incarnation."

"Really?" Blaze turned his head, and the Night Leopard-looking Smoke Mirror appeared at some point and continued his words as if it was the same from the beginning.

"Sure enough, you are using this thing..." Blaze was about to take out the obsidian mirror, but he touched nothing. Then he remembered that he had given the obsidian mirror to Amaterasu.

Once something is in Amaterasu's hands, it has nothing to do with her. Amaterasu would sometimes wear the Golden Crown of the Sun on her forehead, but no one knew where to put such a huge bow as the Great Sun God Bow. It was as if Amaterasu also had her own little space.

"Spying on you? Haven't I reported my title, nor have I accepted myself like you? I won't be sincere to anyone, nor will I believe in anything. Isn't it normal to keep a safety measure? And~"

Smoke Mirror shook its tail, circled around Blaze, and said meaningfully.

"You didn't betray my trust by betraying me without hesitation, didn't you?"

"I called it a little prank to optimize the plan, and it worked, didn't it?" Blaze shrugged. He didn't intend to deny his behavior.

At that time, he felt that moral kidnapping might not work. He was just teasing Smoke Mirror. Unexpectedly, Smoke Mirror believed it and looked very relieved.

"So you showed up to avenge me? You have no conscience. Logically, shouldn't you generously offer your body to me as a reward? Even if you are the Lord of Impermanence, the current king would not repay kindness with enmity."

Smoke Mirror's face darkened. She did come to repay Blaze, but she was such an awkward person that she would definitely not express it directly.

It is her inherent process to be sarcastic, to have conflicts break out, and then to end the battle and accomplish the goal.

Blaze just needs to accept it silently. She will be very satisfied if she can suddenly realize it afterwards.

Unexpectedly, Blaze not only saw through it, but also said it out loud and asked for compensation directly.

She was so awkward that there was no way she could let Blaze get what he wanted.

"You bastard, take my kick!"

Afterwards, the smoke mirror that turned into a night leopard was tied to Gungnir by Blaze using the same method as tying a wild boar.

While tying him up, Blaze kept complaining.

"Isn't your acting a bit too fake? Will the road to rebirth really open up?"

"What are you afraid of? Do you think the Skinner is a smart guy?"

(End of this chapter)