# Chapter 7: Soul Trial
A distant ancient bell tolled, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and the sun behind the clouds cast a pale golden afterglow across the entire sky.
Having just undergone a long-distance teleportation, there should normally be a brief period of discomfort, but as the developer of the "Law-Destroying Teleportation Array" and a frequent user, Su Xiao was completely unaffected by this ultra-long-distance teleportation. He even managed to meditate for a while.
Looking around, Su Xiao found himself not inside the "Soul Hall" mentioned in the prompt, but in a heavily weathered architectural area. As far as the eye could see, the originally tall buildings had weathered down to their foundations. From the remaining traces, one could vaguely glimpse the former glory of this place.
A breeze blew, stirring up wisps of fine sand over the sandified building ruins. This scene was both desolate and epic.
Looking into the distance, the view was nothing but endless rolling sand dunes, with only a hundred-meter-tall magnificent hall standing in the distance. Su Xiao hadn't been directly teleported into this Soul Hall, likely because the Soul Master had interrupted the soul teleportation.
As he made his way toward the Soul Hall, Su Xiao realized that this place must have once been a civilization that mastered the inheritance of soul power, but for some reason, it had ultimately perished.
Arriving before the Soul Hall, two heavy silver-white metal giant doors were tightly shut. The patterns on the doors were uneven, making it difficult to discern their meaning at first glance. But when he took a step back and widened his field of vision, he could see that these patterns formed the shape of a brain, likely representing that this civilization, which possessed powerful soul strength, regarded the brain as the most important organ, not only for its organ function but also for its many symbolic meanings.
Su Xiao pushed both hands against the metal giant doors. The doors creaked open, and from the falling fine dust, it could be judged that these doors had likely not been opened for a long time.
Inside the empty hall, there seemed to be murmuring whispers in the air, and the radiance of soul energy fluttered about like fireflies.
In the hundred-meter-tall hall, dozens of ten-meter-long soul vines hung from the ceiling, their blue soul light illuminating the originally dim hall.
Ahead, three high thrones stood at the innermost part of the hall. There were no steps leading to these dozens-of-meters-high thrones, indicating that the owners of these three thrones had all possessed the ability to fly.
Of these three thrones, the right one was like a giant's seat. The middle throne was the tallest, with a crown-like upright decoration on its backrest—this must have been the king of this place. The left throne was a stunning crimson red, suggesting that the owner of this soul throne must have been breathtakingly beautiful and imposing in life.
At this moment, on the throne belonging to the Soul King, sat a figure with a bloated physique, draped in a dark gold cape, bald, but with a head full of holes. This was the Soul Master.
The Soul Master's height exceeded four meters. Judging by his build, this guy must have weighed several thousand jin. The strange and ferocious holes covering his scalp and the back of his head, along with his pale eyes, gave him no semblance of a master's demeanor no matter how you looked at him.
"You took my gem and trespassed into my holy hall. Is this the etiquette of a Law Destroyer?"
The Soul Master spoke with a full, resonant voice. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say his voice was like a booming bell, but no matter how you looked at it, there was a sense of incongruity.
The Soul Master sat on the Soul King's throne, giving the feeling that he had been forcibly stuffed into the seat. His cape also looked a bit short, making this originally majestic cape look somewhat comical on him.
As for the crown on the Soul Master's head, it wasn't worn at all but placed on top. With any slightly larger movement, it would slide off. The Soul Master knew this himself, so he had tied a thin string to both sides of the crown and looped the string under his chin. This way, the Soul King's crown wouldn't fall off.
"A Law Destroyer who hasn't even reached Supreme rank dares to challenge me? I am... the Soul Master. No, I am... the Soul King!"
The Soul Master stood up with some excitement. He floated up, and visible semi-transparent soul energy spread out from the holes in his head.
The Soul Master knew there was no room for negotiation. His bloated body suddenly plummeted from its floating posture toward the ground, so fast that it created a series of sonic booms.
Dong!!
A violent impact came rushing head-on. Su Xiao raised his left arm, protected by the Black King Bracer, in front of him. The powerful impact nearly blasted him out of the hall. The magnificent hall doors behind him slammed shut and locked due to the soul impact.
Through the gaps between his fingers, Su Xiao looked at the Soul Master. This enemy gave him a very strange feeling. This attack of his could be described as using the clumsiest move to deal extremely high damage.
Slap! Slap!
The Soul Master pulled his arms out of the thick stone slabs on the ground, sending gravel flying in all directions. After standing up, the soul energy surging from the holes in his head turned crimson, and this crimson soul energy clung to his body surface, increasing his floating speed by more than ten times.
With a buzz, deep blue soul energy surged in the Soul Master's hands and formed a long-handled warhammer. With the enhancement of the crimson soul energy, the Soul Master's speed increased again. Holding the soul warhammer, he left a trail of blue afterimages of the hammer as he launched a surprise attack to Su Xiao's front.
"Roar!!"
A soul-shaking roar spread. Su Xiao's ears buzzed, but his 890 points of soul strength prevented him from entering a stunned state. He held his long blade and prepared to block.
'Perfect Block.'
Clang!!
After a loud noise, the space inside the Soul Hall instantly shattered into cube sugar-sized space fragments. Layers of impact spread outward. The Soul Master, who was gripping the handle of the soul warhammer tightly, had a pained expression on his face from the recoil, his eyes wide open.
After taking this blow, even though Su Xiao had parried it with a perfect block, he was still blasted away on the spot, crashing into the hall doors behind him, creating large dents and cracks in the metal doors.
Su Xiao's gaze was exceptionally calm. This blow was definitely not the Soul Master's own ability. This was just a fake strongman. What had truly repelled his perfect block was the owner of that soul warhammer—the soul strongman who owned the giant throne.
"This is... power!"
The Soul Master laughed with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. The soul warhammer in his hand dissipated, and then golden soul energy gathered in his hands, forming a golden soul greatsword.
With a bang, the Soul Master, again accelerated by the crimson soul energy, charged toward Su Xiao in a diving flight posture. As he charged, the radiance of this golden greatsword became increasingly astonishing.
Almost simultaneously, a crimson blood battle armor appeared around Su Xiao. This armor wasn't tightly fitted to his body but was more like the characteristic of a defense-type ability.
「Blood Soul Grip·Necklace·Equipment Effect: Protective Soul Blood (Core·Passive). After activating this ability, 95% of soul energy will be immediately consumed to form a blood battle armor with a health value equal to 100% of your maximum health, protecting yourself.
Tip: Due to your 1,510,000 health points, after the blood battle armor is formed, it will have 1,510,000 health points.
Tip: Due to your 890 points of soul strength, after the blood battle armor is formed, it will have 712 points of heavy armor-level defense (your soul strength × 0.8).
Tip: The blood battle armor has a "Complete Defense" effect. Before the blood battle armor is broken, no type of attack can harm your body.
Tip: After the blood battle armor is formed, it can maintain a good state for 5 seconds. After 5 seconds, even if not attacked, the health and defense of the blood battle armor will rapidly decay until it completely shatters after 10 seconds.」
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The golden soul greatsword, carrying vast power, struck. Moreover, this attack directly locked onto the soul, leaving no possibility of evasion. When this strike hit the blood battle armor, everything around fell silent for an instant.
Dong!!!
The walls of the Soul Hall cracked. This building, which had been reinforced with numerous spells, began to struggle to withstand attacks of this magnitude.
When everything calmed down, the fragments of the blood battle armor gradually dissipated around Su Xiao. With just one blow, that golden soul greatsword had shattered the blood battle armor, and it was when the blood battle armor was in its best state.
The reason Su Xiao had withstood the warhammer and greatsword head-on wasn't that he didn't want to evade, but that this type of soul ultimate skill locked onto the enemy's soul when it was unleashed. This was the strength of the soul system at a high level, and it was also why most people were unwilling to fight against soul system powerhouses.
Dozens of meters away, the Soul Master, who had unleashed two killing moves in a row, looked exceptionally disheveled. He fell to the ground, his bloated belly heaving violently with his gasps, and his arms were covered in cracks.
The Soul Master bounced up from the ground. He stared intently at Su Xiao, who still hadn't been defeated. A crimson war scythe gathered in his hands.
In an instant, the Soul Master streaked across like a crimson afterimage. The speed was so fast that if Su Xiao hadn't been a Triple Grandmaster, he might really have had his head taken off by this extremely fast war scythe strike.
'Perfect Block.'
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!...
The moment the blade and scythe edge clashed, the scythe edge unleashed an extremely high number of attack frequencies. As a Blade Grandmaster, Su Xiao smoothly guided his long blade, causing the scythe edge to scrape along the blade with a crisp sound and pass by. This also caused the Soul Master, who had rushed in with this strike, to slam with a bang into the metal giant door behind Su Xiao.
Just as the Soul Master bounced up from the ground and before he could recover his breath, Su Xiao had already slashed down with a single powerful strike.
With a crash, this strike, which had a "Blade Weapon Slashing Power Judgment Rank +71," immediately forced the Soul Master to his knees. His bloated body was like a ball being forcefully pressed down flat, causing the Soul Master's eyes to widen. His only thought was: 'Is this really a strike that an Absolute Strength-level Blade Grandmaster can deliver?'
But compared to this, there was another issue that drove the Soul Master crazy: why had this Absolute Strength-level Law Destroyer, after taking the General's Hammer, the Soul King's Sword, and the Blood Scythe, still not died? Not only had he not died, but he was also maintaining his full combat power.
Su Xiao wouldn't answer these questions for the Soul Master. After suppressing the enemy with one slash, he immediately followed up with a straight kick.
Dong!!
Su Xiao's kick hit the Soul Master's abdomen. With this kick, the Soul Master, who was bloated like a ball, had his body gradually squeezed into a flat cake shape by the terrifying force of the kick. As for the Soul Master's feelings at this moment, he didn't feel pain or anything like that. Instead, he saw light, heard a buzzing in his ears, and saw a blank white before his eyes.
The Soul Master was kicked flying. After breaking through layers of airwaves, he crashed into the metal giant door behind him. But because his body was too bouncy and the kinetic energy was too great, he actually bounced off.
After a series of rapid bounces, the bloodstains left by the Soul Master in the surrounding air formed streaks of blood. Then these blood droplets fell to the ground. The Soul Master, whose body was now tattered, also slammed to the ground with a bang.
Covered in blood, with a dent in his head, the Soul Master covered his mouth, but in the end, because of his severe injuries, he couldn't hold it in. A large amount of soul energy gushed out. After his body became less bloated, he tremblingly stood up from the ground.
"Being overwhelmed by soul power made me lose my mind. You must find this amusing, Law Destroyer. However, if you want the Soul Gem, this contest must continue. This is... my oath to the king. Forgive me, Shadow of Law Destruction."
The Soul Master floated up again, but this time, his aura was different.
Sensing the change in the Soul Master's aura, Su Xiao pointed his long blade diagonally at the ground, his gaze becoming sharper.
Boom!
The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet shattered, sending gravel flying. He had already disappeared from his spot, charging toward the Soul Master.
During his charge, he suddenly lowered his body slightly. Three barely perceptible, completely transparent soul spikes flew over his head.
"Ha!"
The Soul Master roared, and a soul tide spread out with him as the center.
Just as the soul tide was about to hit Su Xiao, he used Dragon Shadow Flash to penetrate space. His body flickered, perfectly evading the attack without slowing down his advance at all.
A soul wall was pushed out by the Soul Master with one hand, but Su Xiao had already charged forward. With a crack, his Dragon-Slaying Flash, which had the Three Soul Slash effect, pierced through the thick soul wall and stabbed into the Soul Master's right hand. The electric arcs from the soul electrocution spread, about to paralyze the Soul Master.
Almost as if predicting this, the Soul Master's left hand moved like a blade. With soul energy enhanced with sharpness characteristics, he chopped off most of his right arm with a single hand strike. He flew backward as fast as possible.
'Extreme Blade·World!'
Zheng!
The Soul Master's entire body spurted blood, but he barely managed to fly out of the range covered by "Extreme Blade·World." He pressed down with one hand, and after a terrifying wave of fluctuations spread, a soul pressure descended from the sky.
'Blood Smoke Cannon.'
Su Xiao pointed at the Soul Master. With a bang, a Blood Smoke Cannon hit the Soul Master. That wasn't all. Then, a bolt of World Thunder descended from the sky, first dispersing the "Soul Pressure," then hitting the Soul Master, who was flying in midair, blasting him to the ground.
Just as the Soul Master was blasted to the ground, he felt wind pressure coming from above. He immediately formed a suit of soul armor.
Crack!
Under the Three Soul Slash, the soul armor was as fragile as paper. However, at the critical moment, the Soul Master tilted his head slightly, preventing this strike, which was aimed at piercing his neck, from hitting the center of his neck.
Without any hesitation, Su Xiao pulled out his long blade and then stabbed toward the Soul Master's heart. The soul system had a characteristic: the brain was the source of power, and the heart was the source of life. That is, a heart core would form inside the heart.
As the long blade pierced into the Soul Master's chest, it was grabbed by his remaining left hand. But this couldn't stop the blade from stabbing deeper. It pierced through his heart core in one go.
This caused the soul power that the Soul Master had just gathered to suddenly disperse. His large hand weakly released the long blade. But his gaze was clearer than when they first met.
"I spent my life following the king, pursuing the power of the soul. In the end, I got lost in the power of the soul. How... ridiculous."
The Soul Master tremblingly raised his hand, grabbed the pendant hanging around his neck, pulled it off, and handed it to Su Xiao. The Soul Master, whose eyes were rapidly dimming, said, "My arrogance after losing my mind just now must have amused you, Law Destroyer. You... you are worthy of... the Soul Trial."
After saying this, the Soul Master completely lost his breath.
[You have killed the Soul Master (Soul Guardian).]
[You have obtained the Soul Chest.]
[You have obtained the Trial Token (Immortal Rank).]
[Trial Token]
Origin: Soul Kingdom.
Quality: Immortal Rank.
Category: Accessory·Necklace.
Durability: 320/320 points.
Equipment Requirement: Soul Strength 600 points or above.
Equipment Effect 1: King's Soul Power (Passive). This ability is divided into three effects.
Soul Strength above 700 points: Can activate Blood Scythe (the soul weapon used by the Crimson Queen).
Soul Strength above 800 points: Can activate General's Warhammer (the soul weapon used by the Giant General).
Soul Strength above 1000 points: Can activate Soul King's Greatsword (the soul weapon used by the Soul King).
Tip: Ability system users from the Soul Kingdom can ignore the soul strength requirement and activate the above three characteristics.
Equipment Effect 2: Soul Trial (Active). Can use this item to conduct a Soul Trial (the Soul Trial consists of a total of three tests).
Tip: For each test of the Soul Trial passed, one strong soul within this equipment will be consumed.
Tip: This equipment contains the souls of three strong individuals: the Soul King, the Giant General, and the Crimson Queen.
Tip: After consuming the corresponding strong soul, Equipment Effect 1 of this equipment will also lose the corresponding ability. After all strong souls within this equipment are consumed, this equipment will shatter while providing you with a substantial soul nourishment.
Tip: This soul nourishment will permanently increase your soul strength by 100 points.
Rating: 6000 points (Immortal Rank equipment rating is 3000~6000 points).
Introduction: A container sealing the souls of the Soul King, the Giant General, and the Crimson Queen. It is also the token for conducting the Soul Trial.
Price: Cannot be sold after use.
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Seeing the attributes of the [Trial Token], Su Xiao understood the whole story. First of all, this place was definitely not simply a hiding place for the Soul Master. There had once been a powerful and brilliant civilization of soul inheritance here, but it had later declined until it was completely destroyed.
In this soul civilization, the power system was divided into three types. The first was the most traditional soul secret arts. The outstanding representative of this was the Soul King. The golden soul energy of the Soul King also showed that although this orthodox secret art was weak in the early stages and had a slow cultivation speed, it was the strongest soul system in the later stages.
The second faction was the Brain Hole faction. That is, by opening holes in the skull, they released the growth of soul power and strengthened the output frequency of soul power to the outside.
This type of method was strong in the early, middle, and late stages, and its upper limit was also extremely high. However, the risk was particularly great. The Brain Hole faction was definitely one of the main reasons for the complete destruction of the Soul Kingdom. The Crimson Queen, one of the three strong individuals of the Soul Kingdom, was the leader of the Brain Hole faction.
The last faction was the Soul Nourishers. They believed that the power of the soul originated from the brain. Therefore, by making the brain larger, the soul power would also become stronger. The representative of this faction was the Giant General, one of the three strong individuals of the Soul Kingdom.
When the Soul King was on the verge of death, he sealed the souls of the already deceased Crimson Queen and the Giant General, along with his own soul, into a pendant-shaped container. He had also given instructions in advance for the Soul Master to guard and protect the container.
The Soul Master obeyed the king's command. But years later, he gradually got lost in the pursuit of soul power. He was dissatisfied with the cultivation speed of the traditional soul system and began to open holes in his own head. But even after opening many holes in his head, his cultivation speed skyrocketed, but he still felt it was too slow. Therefore, he chose to nourish his brain. His cultivation system became: Traditional System + Brain Hole Faction + Soul Nourisher Faction.
After the triple combination, the Soul Master's cultivation speed increased, but he became mentally unstable. He even began to use the souls of the three strong individuals within the [Trial Token].
This was why, when Su Xiao first fought the Soul Master, the opponent's attacks were so powerful. They were attacks from the Soul King, the Crimson Queen, and the Giant General. Of course, they were strong. Among these three, the Soul King was a long-renowned Supreme Strong. The other two were also between Supreme Strong and Absolute Strength. Especially the Giant General. It wouldn't be wrong to say he was a Supreme Strong. He was really just one step away.
It was unknown how such a powerful faction had perished. Putting that aside for now, Su Xiao tried to activate the [Trial Token] in his hand.
Space fluctuations came from the innermost part of the Soul Hall. Su Xiao stepped forward and arrived before a space door. He tentatively reached out to touch it.
Wave~
The surrounding world froze. Mist surged. When the mist dissipated, Su Xiao found himself in front of a crimson metal door. On this door was a skull covered in finger-thick circular holes.
[Yes/No to proceed with the first Soul Trial.]
[To proceed with this round of the trial, you need to pass through the Crimson Queen's soul to open this door, and your own soul strength must reach 700 points or above.]
[Tip: It has been detected that the "Hunt List·Blood Pact" Bounty 3·Soul Trial is this trial. You need to pass at least two Soul Trials to meet the requirements of this bounty.]
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Su Xiao looked at the [Trial Token] in his hand. While holding this item, as long as he wasn't in combat or a special area, he could teleport to this place at any time to conduct this Soul Trial. That is, even if he couldn't pass all three trials at once, it didn't matter. He could easily come back here later.
Su Xiao inserted the [Trial Token] into the card slot of the crimson giant door. On the [Trial Token], three gems—gold, blue, and red—were inlaid, arranged from top to bottom, representing the souls of the three strong individuals. The red gem at the bottom began to dim, and after a while, it withered and shattered.
Ding~
The [Trial Token] bounced out of the door and was caught by Su Xiao with one hand. The door in front opened with a rumbling sound. Su Xiao walked inside.
This was a palace of over a thousand square meters. The soul body of the Crimson Queen was floating in the very center. She seemed to have been sleeping for a long time. Now, she would be awakened for the last time. After presiding over this trial, she would completely dissipate.
"Challenger, you only have one chance..."
The Crimson Queen stopped mid-sentence. There was a hint of confusion in her eyes. She was wondering why the Soul Master hadn't given the inheritance token to a soul system ability user but to a Blade Grandmaster. Moreover, it was a Blade Grandmaster with the Three Soul Slash ability. Additionally, this Blade Grandmaster had extremely high soul strength, which gave him powerful soul defense.
This also meant that when Su Xiao faced the soul system, not only was his attack power unreasonably high, but his defense also made 99% of soul system damage feel like a scratch. He was simply the ultimate nemesis of the soul system.
"Not bad luck. You're a Law Destroyer. I and the king are at ease entrusting the soul secret arts to you. Find someone with soul talent and a strong heart, and give them the soul secret arts. They don't need to be kind-hearted, but they must never be evil. Farewell, ally of my Soul Kingdom."
After leaving these words, the Crimson Queen's soul body gradually dissipated. As for continuing to exist in a residual soul state like the Ancestral Law Destroyers, that wasn't something that could be achieved just by having a strong soul.
Hearing the Crimson Queen's words, Su Xiao understood why the Soul Kingdom had perished. It was both because of the chaos at the end of the Law Destruction Era and because of its various internal problems. The relationship between the Law Destruction Faction and the Soul Kingdom was that of a rather serious ally. Usually, both sides were taciturn and serious, but when help was needed, they were exceptionally reliable.
Mawen Hua'erzi had never mentioned this aspect before. This was very much in line with his style. In Mawen Hua'erzi's view, how to make decisions was Su Xiao's own business and shouldn't be influenced by the Ancestral Law Destroyers. The Law Destruction Faction had never had such a habit. To put it bluntly, the Law Destruction Faction only needed to remember to go and beat up those guys who devoured the power of natural elements. The rest of the time, they could do whatever they wanted.
Su Xiao came to a stone platform at the innermost part of the hall and picked up a thick ancient book on it.
[You have obtained the Soul Secret Arts (Inheritance/Profession-type Knowledge).]
Su Xiao opened the soul ancient book and looked through it. He found that this ancient book was divided into three main parts: the Traditional Soul System, the Brain Hole System, and the Soul Nourisher System.
Su Xiao wasn't a soul system user, but he had very high soul strength. He wasn't interested in the active abilities on this ancient book, but he was very interested in some soul system passive abilities, such as those that could increase health and mana points through soul strength.
Putting away the [Soul Secret Arts], there weren't many passives on it that Su Xiao could master. After he mastered them, he would find a soul system ability user who met the Crimson Queen's requirements and pass this ancient book on to them, so that the ability system of the Soul Kingdom wouldn't be cut off.
Su Xiao came to the innermost part of the hall. A deep blue giant door blocked the way.
[Yes/No to proceed with the second Soul Trial.]
[To proceed with this round of the trial, you need to pass through the Giant General's soul to open this door, and your own soul strength must reach 800 points or above.]
Su Xiao again inserted the [Trial Token] into the card slot of the giant door. The blue gem on it burst with a pop, showing that the Giant General had a bad temper.
The door in front opened. The terrifying sound of lightning surging came from inside. Deep blue soul thunder surged within the hall ahead. The way to pass this test was simple: cross through this soul thunder.
Seeing this soul thunder, Su Xiao recalled an ability on the Awakening Stele. Its name was:
「Law Destruction·Thunder Soul (Passive): Every 3 points of Element Affinity increases 1 point of Soul Thunder Resistance.」
Su Xiao had been puzzled before. In the system of the Shadow of Law Destruction, there was no branch of soul thunder in the early stages. But in the later stages, such an ability suddenly appeared. Now it seemed that soul thunder was an ability of the Soul Kingdom. As allies, it was normal for them to share several powerful techniques with each other.
However, when it came to the origin of soul thunder, it might not necessarily be the Soul Kingdom. In terms of energy simulation of lightning, Law Destroyers had no rivals. This could be seen from the ultimate form of the Law Destroyer's ultimate move, Azure Shadow King.
It was very likely that the Ancestral Law Destroyers had taught the principle of the Azure Shadow King to the Soul Kingdom. After studying it for a while, the Soul Kingdom had an inspiration. Since Law Destroyers could use Cyan Steel Shadow Energy to simulate lightning and form lightning chains with astonishing lethality, they could also use soul energy to simulate lightning. Thus, the Soul Thunder system was born.
Then, the Soul Kingdom taught this Soul Thunder technique to the Law Destroyers. When the Law Destroyers saw it, they thought, "Oh~, energy simulation of lightning can actually paralyze the soul. So what would happen if Cyan Steel Shadow energy simulation of lightning was further developed?" Subsequently, the Soul Electrocution ability was developed.
As for why it wasn't the Azure Shadow King that referenced the Soul Thunder system, this was determined by the rank of the abilities. The Azure Shadow King was a top-tier ability, while Soul Thunder was a first-tier ability. No matter how brilliant the talent, it was impossible to develop a top-tier ultimate move based on the principle of a first-tier ability. It was like not being able to build the second step without the first step. This wasn't a matter of talent strength but a matter of logic.
As for the Ancestral Law Destroyers teaching the powerful Azure Shadow King to reliable allies, this wasn't surprising. When it came to the even closer Moon Wolves, they even let the Moon Wolves use the Awakening Stele.
Su Xiao took a deep breath and suddenly charged forward. After a while, Su Xiao, covered in electric arcs, rushed out from the other end of the lightning area and fell to the ground with a thud.
After resting for a moment, Su Xiao got up from the ground. On the stone platform ahead was a wooden box. Opening it, inside was an ethereal shell with crystalline soul power flowing inside.
Just as Su Xiao touched this ethereal shell, it shattered with a pop. The soul power inside surged out and merged into the [Soul Gem] at the end of the Dragon-Slaying Flash's hilt.
[Tip: The Soul Gem is being upgraded. After this upgrade is completed, the Soul Gem will be restored to 80% of its strongest state.]
[Tip: Since you have obtained 80% of the Soul Gem, you have become the official owner of the Soul Gem.]
[Tip: The Soul Gem is one of the eight top-tier gems.]
[Tip: According to the certification of the Void Tree, as the owner of the Soul Gem, you have the right to know the location of the remaining part of the Soul Gem.]
[Tip: The remaining 20% of the Soul Gem's source energy is located in: Apocalypse Paradise.]
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Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao gained more confidence in restoring the Soul Gem to its complete state and making it one of the strongest gems again. After all, he now knew the general location. And judging by the content of the prompts, the remaining source energy of the Soul Gem shouldn't be in the hands of an Apocalypse Paradise contractor but in the inventory of Apocalypse Paradise.
Putting that aside for now, he would deal with this matter after returning to Reincarnation Paradise this time. Su Xiao came to the innermost part of this second hall. There was also a metal door here, but it was entirely golden and taller than the previous two doors. This was the final test of the Soul Trial.
[Yes/No to proceed with the third Soul Trial.]
[To proceed with this round of the trial, you need to pass through the Soul King's soul to open this door, and your own soul strength must reach 1000 points or above.]