When the stone gate finished the mural demonstration, the group fell into a long silence.
It was indeed an interesting story, but the point was obviously not that story. Among the more than one thousand murals, Golden King used ninety-nine percent of them to describe how he turned the tide and established his extraordinary feats, which fully showed his love of luxury and show off. However, among those murals, only a few of them were really related to the road to the champion's trial. Moreover, most of them were used to show the wisdom and bravery of the king. As for how Golden King broke through the sea of clouds and climbed to the peak, there was no mention of it. The available information was almost zero.
"It seems like we can only rely on ourselves." After thinking for a while, Wang Lu came to this conclusion. "These murals are really interesting. Rather than saying that Golden King is taking the opportunity to show off, I think it's more like he is deliberately concealing his adventure. It seems that there's something unbearable in the sea of clouds. But then again, climbing the Beautiful Unique Pool Peak and picking the Sun God Stone … Is it the real Beautiful Unique Pool Peak? Or is it just a replica of Golden King, similar to the rockery and potted plants in the back garden? Moreover, why would he deliberately design such a trial? It's really thought-provoking. "
Aya worriedly said, "Compared to the intention of Golden King, I'm more worried about the challenger mentioned by the stone gate. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the administrator of Holy Light Religion, right? In this trial, he will personally compete with us, but this kind of competition is very disadvantageous to us, because the information between the two sides is completely asymmetric. He has completed this trial a long time ago, so now he's very familiar with it. However, we have to start from scratch, and we have no idea what kind of difficulties we will encounter. "
Wang Lu said, "That's normal. The other side is the defending champion, so it's inevitable that there will be preferential treatment. But isn't this a common thing? Whether it's you or me, we all have the experience of leapfrog challenge. The opponent we met has a longer cultivation time than us, a higher stage than us, and even more complete equipment. No matter from which aspect, it's an unfair fight, but we still won all the way until now. So what does it matter if it's fair or not? "
"That's right, it's just …" Aya laughed in spite of herself. "I can't believe it's you who encourages me."
Wang Lu laughed. "I'm your gigolo!"
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At the same time, in front of another stone door, several people in holy robes had just finished looking at the murals.
"Really, we have already seen it once, but he still forced us to see it again. Golden King's habit of showing off has not changed even after his death."
Standing at the head of the team, Paul sighed. The corner of his mouth slightly curled up, showing a somewhat relaxed look. And behind him, in addition to Faceless One and Supreme Inquisitor Ferdinand, there were five other archbishop-level priests. They were the Pope's personal guards. Under the Pope's instruction, they joined as assistants in this operation to ensure that the operation would be foolproof. The addition of these people greatly boosted Paul's confidence. After all, no matter what, the opponents were just a few young people whose real strength was barely comparable to a high order Intermediate profession. As for the Knight King's Heroic Spirit, if she still had her peak strength, she might be very difficult to deal with, but now she was no longer a threat. In terms of strength, Holy Light Religion occupied an absolute advantage. The reason why those blasphemers were able to smoothly pass the first three levels was not because of their strength, but because in the face of the rigid checkpoints, they were able to devise tricks. However, in the fourth level, the opponent became a living person, so everything became a pure competition of strength. There was no possibility of using tricks.
Moreover, the strength advantage was only one of them. In fact, in the fourth level, strength was not the key to victory. What really made Paul feel that the victory was in his grasp was the advantage in experience.
"After going in, everyone pay attention to my footsteps. Before arriving at Beautiful Unique Pool Peak, there is a chaotic sea of clouds, which is a space with chaotic laws. You will often encounter a unique law suppression. For example, some places prohibit the existence of fire elements, so no one can light a fire. Some places prohibit the trial participants from speaking, and violators will die without a doubt. And these laws cannot be broken by brute force, so you can only seriously abide by them. In the past, even with the power of Golden King, he had to follow the rules step by step. During this period, he lost his way several times and was in a sorry state. Therefore, that experience was not recorded on the murals. And the last time, we were able to smoothly pass it, which was somewhat due to luck. "
Paul did not mention the role of Faceless One and instead encouraged the team's morale.
"But this time, we are already familiar with the road. Even after more than eighty years, I still remember every step of this level. From stepping into the sea of clouds to arriving at Beautiful Unique Pool Peak, I am confident that I will not make the slightest mistake. Therefore, you can rest assured to follow me and listen to my orders. Although it is not the real Sun God Stone, it is an imitation made by Golden King to commemorate his great achievements, and its value is not below that of a sacred tool. Therefore, perhaps we should thank those blasphemers. Without them, I have no way to restart this level. "
Paul said, laughed, and then took the lead to walk through the stone door.
However, at this time, they heard Faceless One, who stood at the end of the team, sarcastically said, "It sounds like you already have the victory in your hands? Ridiculous, the characteristic of idiots is that they are habitually brainless optimistic. I'm really looking forward to seeing you hysterically shout 'this is impossible'. "
Paul turned his head and angrily said, "Faceless, if you're afraid, you can shut up and stay outside the door!"
"Afraid?" Faceless One frivolously said with a smile, "I'm indeed afraid. I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will cry endlessly, kneel down and beg me for help, and conveniently rub your snot on my shoes."
Paul was ashamed and angry at the same time. "Enough! Don't think that just because you had some performance in the Champion's Trial that you can look down on everyone. It was thanks to your help that I cleared the trial last time, but I've already memorized all the steps to clear the trial. It doesn't matter whether I have you or not! In this level, you don't have any qualification to tell me what to do! "
"Oh, what an unyielding and messy speech, it's simply touching." Faceless One sarcastically smiled and then reached out his hand. "Then let's wait and see."
"Yes, let's wait and see. You will definitely pay for your arrogance and rudeness!"
In resentment, Paul led the team into the stone door. Everyone felt that the scenery in front of them changed. A vast sea of clouds appeared in front of them, and on the other side of the sea of clouds was a towering mountain that pierced the sky.
Beautiful Unique Pool Peak, the symbol of the authority of the Golden King, was everywhere.
They stood on a floating island, surrounded by the vast sea of clouds. Once they stepped out of the island, it meant that they had officially set foot on the road to the mountain, and they had to face the murderous intent of the chaotic sea of clouds. According to Paul's memory, the best way to start should be to take the first step in a rock crevice, and a rock crevice … huh!?
With a hint of surprise, Paul began to carefully observe the surrounding scenery. However, a moment later, his heart was frightened and he subconsciously took a few steps back. "Here, here …"
"Here, what is this place?"
Compared with the narrow but familiar island in his memory, the land under his feet, although also narrow and depressing, had almost no other characteristics. Even the color of the land was completely different. And when he looked again, the angle of the distant Beautiful Unique Pool Peak was also completely different from his memory. In other words...
"The starting point is different from the last time."
"This, this …" Paul stared with wide eyes, sweating profusely. His dry lips opened and closed, but he couldn't spit out a word.
"What is this? Is this impossible? An idiot is an idiot! " Faceless One's voice seemed so harsh at this time. "I've always wondered, where did you get the confidence to think that everything will be exactly the same as the last time? Even if you are as stupid as a pig or a dog, you should know that the two trials can't have the same process. Even if we don't consider the unpredictable nature of the chaotic sea of clouds, last time there was only one group of challengers, but this time there are two groups! The focus of the entire trial has changed. And you actually think that everything will be exactly the same as the last time! "
Listening to Faceless One's ridicule, Paul felt blood rushing to his face, but he couldn't say a word.
"Faceless One, continuing to laugh at Paul will not help our action." The Supreme Inquisitor Ferdinand interrupted Faceless One with a sinking voice. "You will lead the team to do what you want to do."
Paul was startled. "Ferdinand, you …"
"Enough, idiot! Don't you think your appearance is ugly enough? I didn't come here to see how you make a fool of yourself! Hurry up and end this trial and purify the blasphemer! "
Faceless One laughed. "Hahaha, no wonder those Easterners often say that fresh flowers need green leaves to set them off. Compared with that idiot Paul, you, this idiot, actually look a bit more pleasing to the eye."
With that, Faceless One took the lead and his figure directly submerged into the clouds. However, before he could take two steps, a cry of alarm suddenly came from the clouds, "Come here, quickly!"
Upon hearing Faceless One's cry, the others were startled — what kind of situation could make this arrogant and lawless guy cry out in alarm? Did he encounter Wang Lu and the others? Without thinking too much, they flew into the sea of clouds. However, just as their bodies were wrapped in the clouds, they felt their whole body sink. The intense holy light that filled their bodies instantly dimmed, as if they were being suppressed by an unknown force. Their strength was reduced to less than a tenth!
"This, this is …" Paul and Ferdinand were not the only ones who were shocked. The five archbishops who had been nurtured by the Pope as death warriors were also horrified. It was because a large part of the power they relied on the most had been destroyed for no apparent reason.
"Faceless One, what's going on here?" Ferdinand's voice seemed a bit weak. This legendary level Holy One, at this time, was actually weakened to the intermediate high order. Moreover, even after exhausting all means, he still couldn't recover it. He had experienced great winds and waves in his life, but this was the first time he encountered such a strange situation!
Faceless One laughed, spread out his hands and said, "Paul should have explained to you before that in the sea of clouds, the suppression of the law is everywhere. And now, the suppression that we have to bear is that once we enter, our strength will at most be retained at the intermediate high order profession level."
"F * cking ghost place!" Ferdinand cursed, and then his sharp eyes pierced Faceless One. "You already knew it would be like this?"
Faceless One said, "I knew it the first time I stepped into the sea of clouds. Otherwise, why would I tell you to come quickly? If I hadn't lured you here by surprise, after knowing the situation here, you would definitely hesitate outside, and we don't have that much time to waste. "
"What did you say?"
"I mean, if we don't hurry up, we won't have a chance … This sea of clouds with unpredictable law seems to be tailor-made for him." Although Faceless One was stating an urgent fact, his tone was calm. Halfway through, he suddenly turned his head. "Oh, by the way, the nail I buried in that girl's body should have been discovered, right?"
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