Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Dragon Abyss Sword, has become its scabbard.

Chapter 243 Divine Test

Poseidon Island was much smaller than Ding Quan had imagined; it really was just an island.

Ding Quan looked at the island shrouded in a faint blue light, which contained an imperceptible aura.

The light of the sea god? This is the divine power of the sea god.

However, when I went to the Spirit Hall before, there was no such obvious divine power aura there. Perhaps it is because the Angel God has already fallen.

"Gentlemen, please follow me." Just as Ding Quan was wondering whether to go in directly, a tall man walked out of Poseidon Island.

At level 95, Ding Quan immediately recognized the person's soul power level. This person should be the Sea Dragon Douluo, the leader of the seven holy pillars of Seagod Island, and also one of the seven holy pillars of Seagod Island with a 100,000-year soul ring. Moreover, his domain is effective against those with domains, and his Demon-Breaking Domain can break through the opponent's domain power.

"Please lead the way, senior." It seemed that Poseidon Island knew that his group was coming. Ding Quan did not ask any questions and followed Sea Dragon Douluo directly into Poseidon Island.

"I dare not accept the title of senior, just call me Hailong!" Hailong Douluo glanced at the group in front of him. Just as the high priest had said, the strength of each of them was unfathomable. He was unable to see through the soul power level of any of them.

Compared to the person who will now inherit the Sea God's position, these people are even more talented, after all, Tang San's current soul power is still perceptible to him.

A moment later, Ding Quan watched as Hailong led the group to a tall, jade-like stone pillar, upon which a flying dragon coiled.

"Senior, what is this?" This is one of the seven sacred pillars of Poseidon Island. The Sea Dragon brought him here. Could it be...?

"Everyone, the High Priest said that you possess a relic left behind by the Sea God. It is not of much use to you, but it is related to the Sea God's legacy. If you return it to its rightful owner, the Sea God will not be stingy and can initiate the divine trial for you." The Sea Dragon Douluo's expression became serious. The relic left behind by the Sea God was of great significance to Sea God Island.

If the High Priest hadn't received a divine decree at the Temple of the Sea God, he wouldn't have come out to greet these people himself.

"An heirloom?" Is it the Vast Ocean Universe Cover in his own hand? It seems the Sea God already knows the purpose of their visit to Sea God Island.

Ding Quan glanced at Ling Wei and the others beside him. Activating the Divine Trial would allow them to rapidly improve their strength, and with their talent, the level of the trial would definitely be very high.

The Vast Ocean Universe Cover is indeed not very useful in my hands. Moreover, this is Sea God Island. The Sea God is indeed generous to use the Vast Ocean Universe Cover as a condition for starting the divine test. This is Sea God Island. If the Sea God is willing, the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, as a divine artifact, is not something I can keep.

"Does that mean we've joined Seagod Island?" Ling asked, hearing what Sea Dragon Douluo said. The significance of the Divine Trial was self-evident; once it was conducted, it could rapidly increase one's strength.

Furthermore, once a Soul Master absorbs a Soul Ring, its age is almost impossible to change. Although Ding Quan's Soul Ring age has reached that level, it is due to the effect of a million-year-old spiritual essence. A million-year-old spiritual essence is a god-level power.

Participating in the Divine Trial offers the possibility of increasing the age of one's Soul Rings. Currently, among the peerless Douluo on the continent, the two High Priests and Tang Chen, who is undergoing the Eighth Trial of Asura, all have Soul Ring configurations of eight black and one red.

"There is no such requirement!" Sea Dragon Douluo shook his head. He hadn't quite understood before, as the condition for starting the Sea God Trial was to join Sea God Island, a rule that had never been broken before. But Poseidon's words put his doubts at ease.

These people in front of us are like Tang San; they may become gods in the future. Now that the Sea God has a successor, it is impossible to keep these people bound to Sea God Island.

"In that case, please begin, senior!" Ding Quan took out a box from his storage soul tool. On this Seagod Island, the box emitted bursts of blue light.

Under the somewhat unsurprised gazes of Ding Quan and the others, the box opened gently, and then a fist-sized, glowing triangular cone flew into the distance.

This is the direction of the Sea God's Temple. In the distance, there is a not-too-high mountain with many steps on it. The source of the Sea God's light emanating from Sea God Island is on that mountaintop, which must be the Sea God's Steps. Ding Quan looked at the distant Vast Ocean Universe Cover and realized that the Sea God could indeed control it.

Inside the temple of Poseidon, Poseidon, who was cultivating, suddenly noticed a blue triangular cone in her hand.

Poseidon turned to look at a step next to the statue of Poseidon, where a piece was missing from the core of a trident. The size of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover was exactly the same as the missing piece.

Has the Sea God already descended to test us?

Poseidon felt an unprecedented surge of Poseidon's divine power within her body, and the content of Poseidon's current test surprised her.

However, as a deity, the sea god would never misjudge them; they did indeed possess the strength to defeat them.

In that case, will Tang San really be able to pass the next test?

At this moment, Ning Rongrong was cultivating on the Sea God's Steps when suddenly a red light rose in the distance, followed by several more.

This is it! Seeing this scene, Ning Rongrong thought of the situation when she first came to Poseidon Island.

"Ding Quan and the others arrived so quickly!" Several people below Ning Rongrong's steps saw the red figures and realized what was going on.

"As expected, they were all Red-level assessments!"

"Brother Dai, isn't that obvious? Their current strength is naturally at the top level of the Red Trial, or even all of them at the top level of the Eighth Trial. If it weren't for Third Brother, the Ninth Trial wouldn't be a problem." Ma Hongjun glanced at Tang San, who was cultivating on a higher step. If Tang San hadn't undergone the Sea God's Nine Trials before, the Sea God's inheritance might have fallen on those people.

They possessed strength no less than Tang San's. Although Tang San had twin martial souls, even the current Tang San might not be able to deal with those people. Now, even with twice the number of spirit rings, the spirit rings didn't seem to offer any advantage.

"The top-tier Eight Trials, with their strength, are not difficult at all!" Oscar flashed a hint of envy. He had only obtained the Black-level Fifth Trial, and his strength had reached the Soul Saint stage in a very short time. The rewards for completing the Eight Trials were definitely not bad. After all, Poseidon had completed the Sea God's Eight Trials and reached the level of 99, the peerless realm. Her Soul Ring configuration was also incredibly high, starting with a Black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

"The eight tests are indeed not difficult for us." Ning Rongrong stood up; her test was the eight tests.

Ning Rongrong had heard Ding Quan mention that the top nine trials that lead to the inheritance of a godhood consisted mainly of completing one's soul rings and soul bones, as well as tests of strength or character.

Just like when Tang Chen encountered the Nine-Headed Blood-Red Bat King during the Eight Trials of Asura, it tested his strength and mentality.

If the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had not been hunted down, Tang San, the successor to the Sea God's position, might have faced the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

Now that even a being as powerful as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King has been hunted down by their group, how could the opponent in the eighth trial be stronger than the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?

"But why are there only four?" Oscar looked surprised. There were only four red lights, while Ding Quan and his group were not four people.

"Only four people? Did something happen to Ding Quan?" Ning Rongrong muttered to herself. If there was one person who had suffered the most misfortune among them, it would be Ding Quan.

Ning Rongrong got up and flew away into the distance. At this moment, Ning Rongrong, whose soul power level had reached the level of a Super Douluo at level ninety-five, was extremely fast.

Ding Quan looked at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar in front of him with some surprise, only he had not passed the test.

After sensing Shui Bing'er's aura and comparing it with his own soul power, Ding Quan already had his answer.

Now, in his three-soul-core state, his soul power is no weaker than the divine power contained within this Seagod Island.

In addition, now that he possesses god-level mental power, this divine power no longer has any effect on him.

That makes sense; if one were willing, one could condense the soul power within their body again and barely achieve the effect of divine power.

"spring?"

"It's nothing. It's probably because I absorbed a soul ring that lasted for a million years. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King eventually reached the god level." Ding Quan shook his head at the others. Being able to participate in the assessment was no longer that important to him, since his soul ring had no room for improvement.

Judging from the fact that one's spiritual origin over millions of years can increase the age of one's soul rings, it should be possible to increase the age of one's soul rings with a spiritual power of god-level, and now one's spiritual power has already reached the god-level.

"Is that so?" Ling and Wei'er didn't say much. Indeed, Ding Quan already had a god-level soul ring, so it was unrealistic to expect him to improve it further.

Considering Ding Quan's current soul ring configuration, this doesn't seem so important.

"By the way, what are the assessment criteria?"

"Something's unexpected, only one?" The group looked at the equally surprised Sea Dragon Douluo.

"This might be related to the content of your assessment." Sea Dragon Douluo thought for a moment. He was already surprised that the Sea God hadn't sent down any assessments, and now that there was only one assessment, he wasn't quite sure what was going on.

"It is indeed related to our assessment content." After Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ling Wei communicated telepathically, they exchanged glances and nodded to Hailong Douluo.

Is this really the kind of assessment?

Ding Quan also learned about the test content of the group, but on this Seagod Island, it seemed that only in this way could he put pressure on the group of people whose strength had all reached the peak of the Douluo realm.

Someone is coming.

Ding Quan watched the figure flying from the direction of the Sea God Temple that he had seen earlier. It seemed that Ning Rongrong was being treated well here. From his conversation with Sea Dragon Douluo just now, Ding Quan also knew that Ning Rongrong was also an eighth-level examinee.

The eighth test corresponds to the position of High Priest, so being able to move freely on this Seagod Island is understandable.

"Now that you friends have arrived, let her take you to the High Priest." Sea Dragon Douluo looked at Ning Rongrong flying over. These people truly deserved to be the ones who made the Sea God not only ask them to join Sea God Island but also subject them to divine trials.

"Rongrong, how are you?"

"It's nothing, Senior Hailong, leave the rest to me." Ning Rongrong hurriedly greeted the others, said goodbye to Hailong Douluo, and then told Ding Quan and the others to follow.

Looking at the departing group, Hailong Douluo wondered if the geniuses of this era were too terrifying. At just over twenty years old, they had already cultivated to a level that even the current inheritors of the Sea God had not reached. They might have gone even further than the Sea God of ten thousand years ago.

Ning Rongrong's soul power emerged as she flew through the sky, and then the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda appeared in her hand.

Nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red—appeared on her body, but they were concealed by the skill on her right leg bone. Releasing her spirit and spirit rings in the sky would definitely attract attention, so it was better to keep them hidden.

"Nine treasures transform into crystal, which is the first power!"

A beam of light fell upon Ding Quan from the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, but vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Quan, your strength!" Ning Rongrong's eyes widened when she saw this and realized that her amplification skills had actually lost their effect on Ding Quan.

"It seems the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can no longer assist me." Ding Quan saw this and wondered if his strength had reached the god level. After all, in the original story, when Tang San was fighting the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, his spirit rings exploded, and Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's auxiliary effect was no longer effective for Tang San.

Ding Quan was certain that his strength was still some distance from that of a true god, but he was definitely no less than a demigod.

Could it be that in the original work, attacks reaching the level of a god were only at the level of demigods or above?

However, this makes sense.

After all, it's strange that a truly god-level attack could only severely injure the level 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Could the power of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill performed by an ordinary Title Douluo and a level 95 Super Douluo really surpass that of a level 99 top-tier peerless being?

There's also the Ring Explosion skill; even with it, Tang Chen's skill is only slightly better than Qian Daoliu's.

"Your assessment content should be the same." Ning Rongrong put away her martial soul. She had just used her soul skill on Ding Quan to verify a conjecture. Now it seems that Ding Quan did not pass the assessment because his strength had reached a point where the Eight Trials of the Sea God could not improve his strength. If the assessment really had to be lowered, only the inheritance of the divine position would have that ability.

Clearly, the legacy of the Sea God has now been inherited.

"That's right." Ling and Wei'er nodded.

"Then my assessment will be to assist you."

"In that case, we might be able to finish in a short time!" As they spoke, they flew towards the Stairway to the Sea God.

At the Sea God's Staircase, Tang San looked at the approaching figures with a heavy expression.

As a support-type Soul Master, Ning Rongrong's ninth Soul Ring reached an age of over 200,000 years, approaching 300,000 years, through absorbing a God-given Soul Ring.

The age of the ninth soul ring of the others is even more outrageously high.

Ling's ninth spirit ring has five golden patterns, and Shui Bing'er absorbed another divinely bestowed spirit ring, which is also over 500,000 years old.

The age of Wei'er and Zhu Zhuqing's ninth soul rings is unknown, but it is definitely not low.

"Little San, your aura is disordered, this is a major taboo in cultivation!" Tang Chen was also present at this moment.

"Great-grandfather, he obtained a spirit ring of that age."

"The age of a spirit ring is important, but when your strength reaches my level, it's not that important." Tang Chen said, looking at the Sea God Temple, where he felt a heavy spirit power.

Once you reach a certain level of strength, soul skills are no longer that important; otherwise, you wouldn't have created the Haotian Ultimate Technique.

At his level, he focuses more on utilizing his own power. Soul skills are important, but they are merely icing on the cake, unless the opponent uses a divine skill.