Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 86 Raging Waves and Desperate Situation

This is a desperate situation, the place where you train your bodies using the tides.

After speaking, Poseidon's martial soul was revealed. It was a huge phantom, like a god, the legendary Sea God Martial Soul. Then, nine spirit rings appeared on Poseidon's body, eight black and one red, stunning everyone.

Poseidon unleashed a soul skill towards the sea, and seven enormous pillars gradually emerged from the water. Each pillar was about one meter in diameter and over 50 meters high, with a cross as tall as a person atop each pillar, bearing five rings. The entire pillar was crafted from the deep-sea sunken silver that Xiao Fei was familiar with.

Xiao Fei swallowed hard. Poseidon had actually supported the seven heavy silver pillars with ease. Was this the strength of a Limit Douluo?

"This is where you will take your third test. I will stay here with you throughout the test. If anyone can't hold on, you can ask for help. Black-level fourth test takers need to stay on the Silver Pillar for three hours every day, sixth test takers for four hours, red-level seventh test takers for five hours, and red-level ninth test takers for ten hours."

"All examinees, you can shorten the time in the early stages of the assessment, but from now on, for the next 365 days, the average time spent at the Silver Pillar must be as I just mentioned, otherwise, the assessment will be considered a failure."

Everyone swallowed hard as they looked at Shen Yinzhu.

Poseidon simply waved his hand, and suddenly, a blue light enveloped the seven people, carrying them to the Silver Pillar. The five rings on the pillar then severed each person's limbs and neck. They were all immobilized, as if nailed to a cross.

Immediately afterwards, the sea seemed to boil, and countless waves began to crash against Xiao Fei and his companions. The intensity and force of the waves seemed to increase with each wave, pounding against their bodies as if a powerful expert were relentlessly striking them with his soul power.

Xiao Fei and his seven companions felt immense pressure on their flesh, skin, and bones. As the waves continued to crash, they seemed to strike every cell and even their souls, causing them endless pain.

Eventually, Xiaofei and his six companions gradually became numb and lost consciousness.

When they were rescued by Poseidon, they were all paralyzed and unable to move.

When the numbness disappeared, the excruciating pain, like a thousand needles piercing their hearts, tormented them to the point of wanting to die. This pain lasted for several hours before disappearing as they recovered and began to cultivate.

During the first Tidal Body Tempering, Xiao Fei lasted the longest, but only for six hours. Surprisingly, Huo Wu lasted the second longest, a full three hours. This was likely due to the effects of the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red within Huo Wu's body.

The third longest time was surprisingly Niu Meng and Huo Wushuang. This guy lasted for a full two and a half hours. Niu Meng is indeed a defensive fighter, having trained his body since childhood.

Feng Xiaotian and Yang Pojun, however, took less than two hours.

Xiao Fei and the others then realized that the third stage of the assessment was the most painful. It was the most physically and mentally taxing.

However, thanks to the effect of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone, coupled with the Fire Phoenix's unique and powerful regenerative ability, Xiao Fei fully recovered in just three hours.

Poseidon was somewhat surprised to see Xiaofei recover so quickly. How exactly was this child's body made?

After Xiao Fei recovered, he ate some food that Poseidon had arranged for someone to bring him, and then continued to train his body through the tides. After all, his assessment was for ten hours a day, which meant he could only rest for two hours each day. If he rested for even a little longer, it would be difficult for him to catch up with the progress later on.

For the next month, everyone endured the pain brought on by the tidal body tempering. And the time they could withstand it gradually increased. Their bodies seemed to have become stronger.

By the time they had been together for three months, Xiao Fei was able to train on the Silver Pillar for ten hours a day, while Huo Wu had reached the assessment standard of five hours.

Surprisingly, Niu Meng was able to hold out for five hours, which made Poseidon quite frustrated. There was actually someone whose defense was so much higher than his physical soul power level, and this person seemed to be particularly proficient in defense, adapting very quickly.

Huo Wushuang has already exceeded four and a half hours. Feng Xiaotian has already exceeded four hours. Yang Pojun has the lowest soul power level, but he can still exceed three hours.

Since everyone is a Soul Master, the seven seem to adapt to the Tidal Body Refinement very quickly. It's estimated that everyone will eventually complete the Tidal Body Refinement, but the most difficult will likely be for Wang Xiaofei. Xiaofei's requirements are extremely high, averaging ten hours a day. Any missed hours from the earlier days will probably take four to five days to catch up, since there are only twelve hours a day.

It wasn't until the tenth month that Xiao Fei caught up with those who had fallen behind. Xiao Fei had been practicing his body-training for 11 hours every day for almost five months.

Over the past ten months, everyone's physical body and soul power have greatly improved. After all, the body and martial soul are one. The body has been pounded countless times, which is like countless stimulations of soul power, allowing everyone's soul power to gradually integrate into everyone's skin, blood, bones, cells, and bone marrow, just like countless times of tempering.

Xiao Fei is now level 90, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu are still level 80, Feng Xiaotian is also level 80, and Yang Pojun and Niu Meng are already level 70.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang have managed to endure seven hours on the Silver Pillar, seemingly reaching their final limit. Niu Meng is even more astonishing, managing to endure eight hours, leaving everyone stunned. Feng Xiaotian, on the other hand, can endure six hours.

In the blink of an eye, it's already the last month, and this is Xiaofei's final plan. Success or failure hinges on this.

Because of Xiao Fei's plan, after ascending the Silver Pillar, he plans to persist for a full month. The Tidal Body Tempering technique clearly contains the power of the Sea God, allowing for body tempering with almost no side effects, and Xiao Fei's goal is to break through his own limits. Title Douluos possess incredibly strong bodies; they can endure a month or two without food.

And so, Xiao Fei stood atop the Silver Pillar, facing the endless waves.

On the first day, Xiaofei didn't seem to be affected at all.

On the third day, Xiaofei was still not affected.

On the tenth day, Xiaofei's mental and physical strength seemed to have reached its limit. But Xiaofei continued to persevere.

On the twentieth day, Xiaofei felt his consciousness beginning to blur, and his body seemed to be on the verge of collapse under the immense pressure.

On the twenty-fifth day, Xiaofei had reached his limit, and both his body and mind were beginning to collapse.

The people around them started to panic, and Huo Wu even couldn't help but cry.

On the thirtieth day, after being battered by wave after wave, Xiao Fei felt that he could die at any moment, like a lone boat adrift at sea.

At this moment, Xiao Fei thought of his past and present lives, of everyone around him, of Huo Wu, of Shui Bing'er, and even of his grandfather, Old Jack. These people were Xiao Fei's belief in living, his bonds on the Douluo Continent, and his belief in breaking through everything.

As the saying goes, there is great terror between life and death; one must live in the face of death.

In the final moments of this assessment, Xiaofei understood the meaning of his existence: the meaning of his existence stemmed from hope. Xiaofei felt his spiritual power transforming, and his body was also undergoing a transformation, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

At this moment, Xiao Fei's spiritual power broke through and reached the realm of Limit Douluo. He broke through the limit of Xiao Fei's spiritual intelligence head soul bone. The spiritual intelligence head soul bone seemed to be shattered, but endless power of the vast ocean entered his head soul bone with the waves. Divine power is at a level far higher than soul power. The influx of divine power caused the head soul bone to grow and evolve, eventually evolving into the 100,000-year level.

The most noticeable change was in his right hand. At this moment, his right hand shone like silver. In the face of life and death, stimulated by divine power, he completed a second awakening—a silver-level second awakening. His Qilin Arm had become a martial soul comparable to the Clear Sky Hammer.

(End of this chapter)