Douluo Continent: The Five Elements Lock Martial Soul, Five Elements Divine Might Transformation

Ling Yun's face showed a hint of surprise. Passing through double the light of the Sea God was part of the first of the Sea God's Nine Trials.

Shui Yue'er's assessment was only at the Red Level, yet the content was the same as the Sea God's Nine Trials, indicating that the Sea God recognized Shui Yue'er's talent and believed that she was qualified to be compared with Shui Bing'er.

Although the difficulty of the assessment has increased, the rewards are indeed generous. The two-level increase in soul power means that Shui Yue'er can save at least a year of hard training.

"Okay, it's my turn next."

Before he finished speaking, Ling Yun appeared on the platform like a gentle breeze, his speed surprising even the titled Douluo, Hailong Douluo.

Poseidon once again poured soul power into the sacred pillar, which then emitted a red light, surprising Sea Dragon Douluo once more.

In the past, the color of the sacred pillar would gradually change from white, but when Ling Yun stepped onto the platform, it immediately emitted a red light, demonstrating his exceptional talent.

Even Poseidon raised an eyebrow upon seeing this scene. Although she had long known that Ling Yun was the strongest among them, she had not expected his talent to be so astonishing, even the Sea God was amazed.

Immediately afterwards, the light of the sacred pillar flashed eight times, which meant that his test was the eighth level of the Red Rank, which was already the highest level test. The next step would be the ninth test of the Sea God.

At the same time, several lines of bright red text appeared in front of Ling Yun.

[Red-level Eighth Trial, First Trial: Traversing Three Times the Light of the Sea God]

[Content: Climb the 500th step of Mount Haishen within one year.]

[Reward: Soul Power increased by one level, and the age of all Soul Rings increased by five hundred years.]

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Like Shui Yue'er, Ling Yun's first test also involved traversing the light of the Sea God. The only difference was that the Sea God required him to traverse three times the light of the Sea God, making it even more difficult than for Shui Yue'er.

This is understandable, given his level 86 Soul Douluo cultivation and the three 100,000-year soul bones he possesses; he can easily handle double the Sea God's Light.

"Although the difficulty has increased considerably, the reward is indeed quite good."

Ling Yun smiled and said that he was currently at level 86, and after leveling up, he would be at level 87. In addition, the increase in the age of his soul rings would greatly enhance the power of his soul skills, further boosting his combat strength!

Thinking of this, a crazy fighting spirit surged in his eyes, and he wished he could climb Mount Haishen right now.

The third to take the stage was Shui Bing'er. When she stood on the platform, Poseidon's face also became solemn, and he immediately poured his soul power into the sacred pillar.

Then the sacred pillar flashed again, its color changing several times before turning red. Just when everyone thought it was over, there was a loud boom, and the sacred pillar suddenly burst into blue-gold light!

And it wasn't just the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar in front of them; the other six sacred pillars also emitted a blue-gold light, dazzling and eye-catching.

Seeing this, Shuiyue asked curiously, "Didn't they say the assessment difficulty was only at the red level? Then what does this blue-gold light represent?"

"The Nine Trials of the Sea God! This is the highest level of the Nine Trials of the Sea God!" Sea Dragon Douluo exclaimed in surprise, as if explaining it to Shui Yue'er.

"This is a divine-level trial that only the successor of the Sea God can trigger!"

While Hailong Douluo was surprised, several lines of text appeared in front of Shui Bing'er. Unlike the previous two times, the text in front of Shui Bing'er was a bright blue-gold color.

As Shui Bing'er finished reading the assessment content, the blue and gold text disappeared completely.

Ling Yun leaned closer and asked, "Sister Bing'er, what was your first test?"

"Like Yue'er, I also traversed the double Sea God's Light, but my reward was not an increase in soul power level, but an increase in Sea God's affinity by 5%. I don't know what it's for."

Shui Bing'er tilted her head and asked. Hearing her question, Poseidon patiently answered.

"Child, the affinity with the Sea God can help you better condense the divine ring, making it easier for you to inherit the power of the Sea God. In addition, having the affinity with the Sea God will also allow you to use the Sea God's artifacts and divine skills. You will know this later."

"I see."

Shui Bing'er nodded gently and then stepped off the stage. The next person to take the stage was Huo Wu, and Poseidon once again infused his soul power into her.

The remaining people took their places one by one, and the sacred pillars emitted different colored lights.

Finally, Huo Wu triggered the Black Level Six Trials, Huo Wushuang and Xue Wu triggered the Black Level Five Trials, while Feng Xiaotian, who had innate full soul power, triggered the Red Level Five Trials.

With everyone beginning their assessments, Poseidon immediately led them to Mount Poseidon, the location of the first assessment.

After a short while, the group found themselves at the foot of a towering mountain, gazing at the hundreds-of-meters-high Poseidon Mountain.

At the foot of Poseidon Mountain, a path made of bluestone steps leads directly to the summit. The path has 1,001 steps, each half a meter high.

Meanwhile, a soft, azure light enveloped the entire Poseidon Mountain in the sky!

Chapter 169 Shui Yue'er Breakthrough, Traversing the Light of the Sea God

"This is Mount Poseidon, and that soft light is the light of Poseidon that you must cross!"

Poseidon raised his hand and pointed to the sky, continuing, "Under the light of the sea god, the pressure on the steps will gradually increase, and your task is to withstand this pressure and climb to the corresponding step, understand?"

"Climbing a mountain under pressure? That doesn't sound too difficult," Huo Wushuang said, pursing his lips.

"I can use amplification skills to increase my physical strength. With my level 69 soul power, climbing the 150-step staircase will be a piece of cake, won't it?"

Upon hearing this, Poseidon looked at Huo Wushuang with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, seemingly amused by such a stupid statement, and a rare smile appeared on her face.

"I forgot to tell you, you can't use amplification or defensive soul skills here. You can only use your physical bodies to withstand this pressure."

However, attack-type soul skills can be used normally. After using them, you will be teleported directly to the foot of the mountain to prevent you from being crushed into mincemeat by the light of the sea god.

As for the pressure on these steps… well, you'll see how terrifying it is once you climb up. Alright, who wants to try first?

As soon as she finished speaking, Shuiyue stepped forward impatiently, but instead of going up the steps, she spoke to Poseidon.

"High Priest, I heard that if one's cultivation reaches a bottleneck during the assessment, one can receive a divine soul ring bestowed by the Sea God. Is this true?"

"Yes, that's true."

Poseidon nodded, then noticed Shuiyue'er, whose soul power had reached the bottleneck of level seventy, and frowned.

"Although this is not in accordance with the rules, you are currently in the assessment period, so I will make an exception and send you the reward in advance."

After saying that, Poseidon poured her soul power into the scepter in her hand. Then, the gem at the top of the scepter emitted a blue light, transforming her soul power into pure sea god power, which was then injected into Shuiyue'er's body.

Feeling the divine power flowing through her body, Shui Yue'er quickly sat down cross-legged, thoroughly refined it, and condensed it into her seventh soul ring.

Seeing this, Ling Yun spoke up calmly, "Sister Bing'er, you two stay here and protect Sister Yue'er. I'll go see what's so special about this Sea God's Light."

"Okay, I'm counting on you, Lingyun!"

As he spoke, Ling Yun arrived at the foot of Poseidon Mountain and tentatively took a step. He then stood steadily on the steps, and a slight pressure slowly came over him.

But he didn't feel anything; it was as if he had a small pebble on his head, and he felt very relaxed.

Ling Yun then took another step onto the second step, and again felt nothing. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Hehe, I was too nervous. I'm an eight-ring Soul Douluo who has consumed six immortal herbs. How could such a trivial matter have any effect on me?"

"Let's go all out and see where my limits really are!"

Having said that, Ling Yun stopped probing and immediately set off with light steps towards the mountaintop.

The first hundred steps are child's play; the second hundred steps are not too difficult; but when you reach the third hundred steps, the power of the sea god's light begins to increase.

But for Ling Yun, it was like carrying a few large stones on his back. Although they were heavy, they weren't so heavy that he couldn't move. He could just treat it as exercise.

He continued forward, climbing all the way to the four hundredth step. By then, he was drenched in sweat, his body felt like it was made of lead, and every step required tremendous effort.

Even so, he was not completely immobilized. He immediately released his soul power to withstand the soul pressure coming from all directions.

Then Ling Yun injected his soul power into the right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor. As the right leg shimmered with light, his strength slowly recovered.

Although amplification and defense-type soul skills cannot be used on Poseidon Mountain, soul bone skills do not seem to be among them.

After recovering his strength, Ling Yun continued climbing, eventually reaching 460 steps before he had to use his attack soul skill to leave Mount Poseidon and return to the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Shui Yue'er had already absorbed the divinely bestowed soul ring and reached level seventy-six in cultivation. Clearly, it was the residual medicinal power of the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red that had taken effect.

Upon seeing Ling Yun return, everyone immediately gathered around him. Shui Bing'er hugged him tightly and asked with concern, "Ling Yun, are you alright? Why did you push yourself so hard? What if you got hurt?"

"I'm sorry, Sister Bing'er, for making you worry, but I just wanted to challenge my limits."

And don't forget, I have a healing-type soul bone skill. Even if my internal organs are crushed, I can recover completely in an instant. Don't worry."

Ling Yun smiled and rubbed Shui Bing'er's little head, then looked at Shui Yue'er and said, "Sister Yue'er, congratulations on becoming a seventh-ring Soul Saint."

"Hehe, Ling Yun, you know what, this divinely bestowed soul ring is really amazing. Not only does it not cause any soul vibration, but it can also adjust its age according to my physical strength. My seventh soul ring is as high as 65,000 years!"

Shuiyue said with a smile, after taking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, she now had the ability to absorb a soul ring that was above her level.

"Hehe, now you know the benefits of a divinely bestowed soul ring, right? When have I ever lied to you?"

As he spoke, Ling Yun looked at Seagod Mountain again and explained, "Just as the High Priest said, the higher the steps of Seagod Mountain, the greater the pressure from the Seagod's Light. However, given everyone's cultivation level, I think the first two hundred steps shouldn't be a problem for you."

The real trouble is the steps above two hundred, where the pressure suddenly increases; for me, it's the steps above four hundred and fifty…”

"Hehe, since that's the case, I'll go and challenge my limits first."

After chuckling, Huo Wushuang stepped onto the first step of Sea God Mountain and then ran wildly.

Seeing this, Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian exchanged a glance and nodded secretly. The couple then climbed up the Sea God Mountain together.

As Ling Yun said, the first two hundred steps of Poseidon Mountain were very easy for them.

Huo Wushuang quickly climbed to the 150th step, completing his first test, and Poseidon immediately gave him the reward he deserved.

After this period of cultivation, Huo Wushuang's cultivation level had already reached the peak of level 69. Now, having absorbed the sea god's power released by Poseidon, his cultivation level has reached the bottleneck of level 70 in one fell swoop.

Poseidon then unleashed her divine power once more, condensing it into a divinely bestowed soul ring, which helped Huo Wushuang break through his limits once again.

Finally, after absorbing the divinely bestowed soul ring, Huo Wushuang's cultivation level reached level seventy-two, officially becoming a seven-ring Soul Saint.

Chapter 170 Breakthrough in Cultivation, The Second Assessment

"Haha, I did it! My soul power has reached level seventy-two, and now I am a Soul Saint!"

At the foot of the mountain, Huo Wushuang shouted triumphantly, while Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian were filled with envy as they watched him laugh like a fool.

Huo Wushuang's martial soul is the One-Horned Fire Typhoon. After the martial soul is attached to his body, his physical strength will instantly increase by more than ten times. In addition, the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone given by Ling Yun will further enhance his physical strength.

In addition, he only needed to climb 150 steps, so he easily passed his first test.

In contrast, although both are Black-level assessments, Huo Wu's talent is stronger, so she needs to climb two hundred steps to pass.

Furthermore, her martial soul is the Fire Shadow, which, although also a beast martial soul, does not significantly enhance a soul master's physical attributes like the One-Horned Fire Tyrannosaurus.

Therefore, under the light of the sea god, every step she took was extremely difficult.

As for Feng Xiaotian, needless to say, he was a red-level examiner with innate full soul power, so he, like Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, had to climb to the 333rd step.

Despite possessing the top-tier Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul and extremely strong physical attributes, it would still take him quite a while to climb the 333rd step.