"This …"
Realizing that the three of them had snuck in, the young man from the Flamestripe Celestial Race hesitated. If they were held accountable, it would affect them as well. However, they had no other choice. They could only brace themselves and say, "The second trial is to accumulate ten divine cards. These divine cards can be obtained from the divine beasts of the trial ground, or from other participants."
"Accumulate God Cards?"
Joanna raised her eyebrows slightly. She immediately knew that the God Cards were just an item for the assessment. She looked at the four people and said, "So, you have God Cards too? Let me see. "
The young man's heart skipped a beat, but he had already expected this. When he mentioned the divine card, he knew that the other party would target them. He had no choice but to open his palm and say, "This is the divine card."
A golden card appeared in his palm, glowing faintly.
Joanna took it and looked at it. She took it naturally and said, "Only one?"
The young man smiled bitterly. "We just came to participate in the trial, so we didn't have time to hunt divine beasts and other people. We thought this human was alone and wanted to sneak up on him, but …"
Joanna said indifferently, "Is that so? I don't believe you."
"…"
"It's true!"
The young man from the Flamestripe Celestial Race said sincerely.
"I guarantee it with a God Oath," Joanna said.
"…"
The young man's mouth twitched slightly. He didn't expect the other party to be so black-bellied that they had to make a God Oath. Did they think that God Oaths were free?
"I can make a God Oath that I won't cause you any trouble in the future, including indirectly. I hope that you can be magnanimous and let us go," the young man said through gritted teeth.
Joanna said indifferently, "Of course, you have to make a God Oath, but don't change the subject. Make a God Oath that you only have one God Card."
"… There's no need for that, right?"
"There is."
The young man was defeated. He flipped his palm and took out two God Cards. He smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't do it on purpose. It wasn't easy for us to hunt two divine beasts. We spent a lot of effort to give them to you. We'll definitely be eliminated."
Joanna wasn't surprised. She took it and looked at it. She accepted it naturally and said, "Make a Divine Oath."
"…"
"Swear a holy oath," Joanna repeated.
The young man from the Flamestripe Celestial Race had an ugly look on his face. He exchanged a glance with the other three people beside him, knowing that they were doomed today.
Fight to the death?
What could they use to fight against the three strange stowaways?
How was it possible for him to sneak into the Heavenly Dao Academy's training grounds without the help of an expert?
With a gloomy face, he took out another sixteen Divine Cards and said in a low voice, "This is all we have."
"Swear a divine oath."
"…"
The young man's face twitched slightly as he took out three more pieces of paper. Then, without waiting for Joanna to repeat herself, he took the initiative to make a divine oath.
This Divine Oath was made in the name of the highest Ancestor God of the God Realm. It was observed by the laws of the God Realm, and could not be violated unless one wanted to die.
After he made the Divine Oath, Joanna nodded her head. Then, she looted the other three as well. She obtained a total of twenty-seven Divine Cards. It could be seen that the combat power of this team was quite strong. She would be able to advance to the next level after collecting another ten Divine Cards.
"Now, swear a divine oath that you will never tell anyone about us or cause us any trouble in the future," said Joanna.
Like frosted eggplants, the four of them slowly swore a divine oath in a daze.
A streak of golden Divine Power flashed across the sky and the oath was made. Joanna didn't say anything else. She asked the four of them about some other things and then let them go.
Su Ping and Tang Ruyan were speechless as they watched Joanna's familiar robbing methods. They had never seen such a cunning side of Joanna.
"That's nothing. When I was fighting in the past, I plundered countless races. It's much easier in the Archean Divinity. I don't even need to reverse time and space to check. I just need to make a Divine Oath and I can verify it." Joanna said calmly when she saw the strange look in their eyes.
Su Ping was curious. "Since the divine oath is so firm, does it mean that it's impossible to lie in the Divinity?"
Lying was bad, but it was not hard to imagine how terrifying a world without lies would be.
"Making a divine oath comes with a price. You'll have to sacrifice part of your soul. Therefore, unless it's an extremely important matter, friends won't make each other make a divine oath. After all, doing so isn't what a friend should be. Luckily, the people we met just now weren't our friends," said Joanna as if she were telling a tongue twister.
Su Ping nodded. "Do you want to go to the Heavenly Path Academy?"
Since Joanna wanted to loot the Divine Cards, she must have a plan.
"Yes."
Joanna nodded and said to Su Ping, "The Heavenly Path Academy was the best cultivation ground in the Archean Divinity. It was like the best academy. Not only was the Dean an Ancestor God, but the teachers were also Ancestor Gods. Unfortunately, I heard that the entire academy took part in the war. They fought against all the other worlds in the Divinity.
"In the end, the entire academy perished in that war. All the other worlds that were wreaking havoc in the Divinity were suppressed!
"Because of the Heavenly Path Academy's great achievements, countless people were saved. Unfortunately … they couldn't escape the calamity!"
Joanna's eyes were a little dim. She was reminiscing about the past and the heroes of the Protoss during that time.
Su Ping was also shocked. He couldn't believe that a cultivation academy could be so courageous. He even felt respect for the Heavenly Path Academy.
"Now that the orthodoxy hasn't been broken, I don't know if the Heavenly Path Academy still has its former glory." Joanna sighed faintly. "But no matter what, being a student of the Heavenly Path Academy is the glory of a lifetime. Moreover, the Heavenly Path Academy has the Ancestral God Stele. If you have the opportunity, you can directly ascend to the Paramount God Realm."
Su Ping said, "The Ancestral God Stele requires your true body to come, right?"
"That's right. That's why I plan to use the benefits to bring my true body here next time." Joanna looked at Su Ping and said, "You've given me two outstanding employee awards. Will you bring me here again next time?"
"Of course." Su Ping smiled.
"Actually …"
Joanna was relieved to see Su Ping agree. She looked into the distance and said dejectedly, "When I first heard that you had a way to enter the Archean Divinity, I wanted to find the Archean Divinity and return our world to it. After all, this is our homeland."
She suddenly looked at Su Ping and said, "Can you recruit a few more employees? I plan to recommend the four Paramount Gods to you. If they know that you can really bring them to the Archean Divinity, they will definitely be willing to become your employees. That way, the four Paramount Gods and the other gods can use the World Union to send our world back to our homeland. "
Su Ping froze and immediately smiled. "Okay, I have no problem with that. However, even if they are Paramount Gods, they must perform well to get the opportunity to become outstanding employees. Besides, you know that there's only one spot in each selection. This means that the more employees there are, the more competition there will be. Are you willing to share this opportunity with others?"
Joanna had a strange look on her face, but she was already used to the rules in Su Ping's shop. Now, it seemed that the Paramount Gods were no exception. She said, "As long as our world can return to our homeland and countless gods can return to the Archean Divinity, everything will be fine."
When she spoke up to this point, she paused for a moment and said, "Moreover, you're only doing it once a year. Even if we take turns every year, a hundred years is enough for us to come many times, let alone a thousand or ten thousand years."
"Okay then." Su Ping nodded.
Although his shop didn't have much demand for Paramount Gods as employees, he would be happy to accept them if they were willing.
Unfortunately, the employees could only work in the shop, and nobody could hurt him with the protection of the system. He didn't count on the employees' protection at all.
"System, can the employees really not leave the shop?"
"Not for now," replied the system.
"For now? How can I do that? "
"You'll find out when the time comes."
"…"
Su Ping was lost for words. Why was the system talking in riddles?
Su Ping stopped thinking and said to Joanna, "Let's talk about that later. Since the Heavenly Path Academy is so awesome, I'd like to check it out too. There are only three Divine Cards left, and there's not much time left for the trial. Let's hurry up and look for it."
Joanna nodded.
The three of them quickly took action. They rushed through the forest without hiding their auras or their whereabouts; they simply flew high in the sky.
They had learned from the four of them that the strongest divine beast in the trial was only a Star Lord. After all, if an Ascendant State divine beast appeared, countless participants would be killed if they were alarmed.
"Is it so easy to make a breakthrough as a reincarnation?"
Su Ping was quite curious about Joanna's breakthrough.
"More or less. After all, all of the great Daos are in my mind. To you people, cultivation levels are like barriers. To me, they're like shackles that restrict me. They allow this reincarnation of mine to gain experience and gain enlightenment of the most primitive Dao."
Joanna said, "The purpose of cultivating reincarnation is to find another Great Way that can be used to become a god. Then, the two Great Ways can be combined to form the Eternal Great Way and achieve the highest level."
Su Ping understood and didn't ask further.
Tang Ruyan had been listening and learning with the two of them. She knew that she was too weak to be compared to Su Ping and Joanna, so she had to work harder.
"All the participants of the trial are Star Lords. Won't she stand out if she passes the trial?" Joanna suddenly thought of something and looked at Tang Ruyan.
Tang Ruyan's heart skipped a beat. She was eager to join the Heavenly Path Academy after hearing Joanna talk about it.
"That's true." Su Ping was also stunned.
They had snuck in after all, and Tang Ruyan was only an Ocean State warrior; she was indeed outstanding.
"Let's give it a try. We'll say that we're working together. We'll see if the Heavenly Path Academy doesn't count her results. Besides, this is only the second trial; there are more to come. Even if she can't pass it, we can teach her what we've learned when we join," said Su Ping.
Joanna nodded. "That's true. She'll be in your shop after we leave this place anyway. The Heavenly Path Academy won't notice even if we teach her in private."
Neither of them was too worried about whether they could join the Heavenly Path Academy. After all, they were confident in their strength. If they couldn't pass the trial, the Heavenly Path Academy's standards would be too intimidating.
The fact that the team of four had obtained so many Divine Cards suggested that they were above average in the trial. After all, not all of the Divine Cards were obtained from killing mythical beasts, which could be seen from the fact that they had ambushed Su Ping. It wasn't the first time they had ambushed other participants.
Tang Ruyan followed them in silence. Su Ping's words made her purse her lips and tears welled up in her eyes, but she quickly lowered her head so that they didn't notice.
She knew that she was a burden to them, but Su Ping and Tang Ruyan didn't despise her at all.
Not long after the three of them took action, they encountered a Divine Beast that was hiding in the forest. It ambushed the three of them in mid-air, but soon, the Divine Beast became prey in the hands of the three of them and was easily killed.
Half an hour later, the three of them flew out of the forest. There was a swamp at the end of the forest, where many mythical beasts were hiding. It was quite dangerous, but it was also a good place to hunt for Divine Cards.
Su Ping and the other two, however, didn't enter the swamp; they simply wandered outside. They had enough Divine Cards; there was no need for them to do anything else.
They could only wait for the trial to end.
Su Ping didn't stay idle while they waited. He summoned the Little Skeleton, the Dark Dragon Hound, the white-scaled Vast Sky Thunderous Dragon and the Purple Python and asked them to accompany Tang Ruyan to find a lone mythical beast in the swamp so that they could practice hunting.
Su Ping gave her some guidance. Tang Ruyan's combat experience had been quickly increasing after her deaths, and Su Ping's guidance had helped her make progress every time.
They soon ran into a group of eight people while they were practicing. The one in the middle was a red-haired girl, and the seven people next to her were all extraordinary.
"She's so weak, yet she's participating in the trial?"
They were surprised to see Tang Ruyan and her pets in the swamp, and even more so when they sensed her level. However, they soon noticed Su Ping and Joanna not far away; they immediately realized that the human girl was probably the god girl's servant.
The eight of them despised her for using her servants and pets to fight without risking herself.
The red-haired girl in the middle glanced at them and lost interest. She glanced at them indifferently and left with her seven companions, not bothering to fight for the mythical beast.
Su Ping noticed them too. He was relieved to see them leave, so that he wouldn't have to waste his energy.
He wouldn't be able to improve much if he fought them.
While he was teaching Tang Ruyan, he was also trying to figure out how to use his full strength. That method could be used as a trump card. Together with the Sword of Heaven's Meteorite that he had created, he could unleash a strength dozens of times greater than his own!
Time flew by.
The trial was soon over.
The mythical beast had been tortured too. It tried to run away several times, but was stopped by the Little Skeleton and the Dark Dragon Hound; it could only grit its teeth and fight.
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