The scorching sun hung high in the sky, and a towering mountain lay before them.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, Lin Huang couldn't help but squint his eyes and look up at the mountain.
In the previous Competitive Trial Space, he had not seen the sun for ten days. Suddenly being sent to a new trial space made him feel slightly uncomfortable.
The mountain in front of him was huge, and the part above the mountainside was almost completely shrouded in clouds. Even with Lin Huang's eyesight, he couldn't see how high above the clouds were. He could only faintly see a huge black shadow.
"A mountain … Could it be that the last trial is climbing a mountain?" Lin Huang also noticed that the entire mountain was covered in lush greenery. If the assessment was really to climb a mountain, then there must be some obstacles in the dense forest.
Just as his thoughts were wandering and he was secretly speculating about the contents of the test, another pop-up window popped up in front of him.
"Final Trial – Ten Temples!"
"Golden Crow Mountain is the front yard of the Great Heaven Palace. This is the area guarded by the swordmaster's bodyguards. It's also where the swordmaster's subordinates, Sword1 to 10, usually reside. They're called the Ten Temples."
"Among the Ten Palaces, the First Palace is the highest and the Tenth Palace is the lowest. They are guarded by Sword1 to 10 respectively. The ten guards and a large number of God's Servants (not necessarily sword cultivators) are scattered all over Golden Crow Mountain. "
"Since the participant's combat strength is comparable to Virtual God rank-9, the upper limit of all the swordmaster's guards and God's Servants in this Trial is Virtual God rank-9."
"It has been detected that the participant's Sword Dao has been upgraded to True Martial Level (level-1 Sword Dao true meaning). In this Trial, the swordmaster's bodyguards and God's Servants are also limited to True Martial Level."
"It has been detected that the participant has begun to master God Rule Power. In this round of the Trial, the swordmaster's bodyguards and the God's Servants under his command can utilize the same amount of God Rule Power as the participant."
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"None of the participants' techniques are prohibited in this round of the assessment (heavenly god-level techniques aside). You're allowed to use god rule relics and other types of treasures of the same level. The swordmaster's bodyguards and the God's Servants under him will receive the same treatment as the trial takers.]
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After reading the assessment rules, Lin Huang could not help but frown even tighter.
According to Sword12, even Sword10, who was the weakest among the ten, could only use peak level-6 Sword Dao strength to unleash an attack that was equivalent to Lin Huang's Sword Dao true meaning.
Now, in this round of the Trial, all Sword Servants' Sword Dao authorization had been opened to the same level as Lin Huang's — True Martial Level. This meant that their overall strength had taken another leap forward.
Sword Servants whose Sword Dao was at peak level-6 were already terrifyingly powerful, not to mention the ten strongest bodyguards of the swordmaster. Even if Lin Huang were to face the swordmaster's bodyguard with peak level-6 Saber Dao, he felt that he might not be able to win, let alone the swordmaster's bodyguard whose Saber Dao authority had been upgraded to the True Martial Realm.
Just the increase in Saber Intent alone was enough to increase the pressure on Lin Huang.
In addition to Sword Dao, the release of God Rule Powers further strengthened the Sword Servants' abilities.
In the previous round of the Competitive Trial, Sword12 and the others were BOSSes. Apart from having their Sword Dao suppressed, their God Rule Power, which was a true god-level ability, was also banned. Unrivaled God and the rest were able to defeat the Sword Servants mainly because of God Rule Power. If BOSSes could also use God Rule Power, Unrivaled God and the rest would probably not even be able to defeat a single Sword Servant.
However, in this round of the Trial, all ten of the swordmaster's bodyguards could use God Rule Power. This was undoubtedly bad news for Lin Huang.
To a certain extent, mastering God Rule Power was almost equivalent to being a True God. The difference was only in terms of physical strength and soul strength. Also, there was no Divine Fire in their bodies, so the quality of their Divine Power would be slightly weaker, and their endurance would be slightly worse. However, in terms of attack techniques alone, they were essentially no different from a first-rank True God.
However, in the previous round of battle with the Sword Servants, Lin Huang had not used God Rule Power at all. At most, he had only used Sword Dao true meaning.
Another thing that concerned Lin Huang was that apart from the ten swordmaster's bodyguards, they also had God's Servants who were not weak.
Even if these God's Servants were not as strong as the Sword Servants who ranked 200-300, their Martial Dao true meaning and God Rule Power were unsealed in this round of the Trial after all. Even if their combat strength was also suppressed to Virtual God rank-9, their overall abilities should still be above most of the Sword Servants in the previous round.
"I just don't know how many God's Servants there are, and if they'll form a battle formation to besiege me …" Lin Huang could not help frowning slightly at the thought of this. Previously, he had already used most of his Sword Dao techniques to deal with Unrivaled God and the other three's sword formations. Once these God's Servants formed a battle formation, their power would only be more powerful than the previous sword formations.
Lin Huang was not worried that he would lose. What he was worried about was using up too much Divine Power when fighting the God's Servants, which would affect his battle with the swordmaster's bodyguards later on.
However, the rules of this round of the Trial were not completely disadvantageous to Lin Huang. At the very least, being able to use god rule relics was advantageous to him.
God rule relic defensive equipment was enough to defend against attacks that contained God Rule Power and Sword Dao true meaning. At most, being hit by it would consume a large amount of Divine Power, but one would not be directly injured.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang had Divine Fire in his body and ten Life Wheels. The amount of Divine Power in his body far exceeded that of most Protoss. Even if he was hit by the swordmaster's bodyguards a hundred and eighty times, the Divine Power in his body might not be depleted.
However, on the other hand, the swordmaster's bodyguards were also wearing god rule relic defensive equipment. The Divine Power in their bodies would probably be completely depleted after being hit twenty to thirty times at most.
From this point of view, Lin Huang was at an advantage.
There was also the last rule, which stated that any means were not prohibited.
This greatly increased the overall abilities of the ten swordmaster's bodyguards and God's Servants. This was because apart from Sword Dao, they could use other techniques. The ten swordmaster's bodyguards, who were originally Heavenly Gods, had probably mastered countless techniques other than Sword Dao over the long years.
If Unrivaled God and the others were to face such a rule, they would definitely be at a disadvantage.
However, to Lin Huang, this was an excellent advantage.
One must know that he was a man with a cheating device. With such a rule, it meant that he could use all the Function Cards as long as their power was below heavenly god-level.
To be honest, without this last rule, Lin Huang really did not have much confidence in this Trial. However, this rule was equivalent to handing him a loaded gun.
It was not that he could not use the Function Cards without this rule. The reason Lin Huang was unwilling to use them was that he was afraid that the Trial System would deem him as cheating after he used them. That would mean that all his previous efforts would go to waste.
However, he did not have to worry about that now. As long as he wanted to, he could use the cheating device openly in the final round of the trial.
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