Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 186: Improving power?

Above the misty sea of ​​clouds, one hundred trial participants sat, stood or lay on top of the stone pillars, listening to the majestic and grand voice resounding throughout the world.

"The Son of God Trial is divided into two stages."

Only the majestic and indifferent voice echoed between heaven and earth: "The 'survival' stage and the 'chosen' stage. Only those who survive the survival stage are eligible to compete for the final position of the Son of God."

"The survival stage is divided into twelve rounds of trials. You need to defend against different races in the universe in the trial field. In each round, you can pass the test by destroying the enemy or surviving for a day."

"During the survival phase, you are only eligible to give up before each round begins. Once it starts, you have to kill all the enemies or survive. There is no such thing as giving up."

The majestic voice that resounded throughout the world said indifferently: "As for the supervisors of this trial, they are the six star gods from the six major factions."

Survival stage?

God's chosen stage?
Lin Qing was thoughtful. This was different from other original-level priest trials he knew.

Other priest trials often test various aspects of the priest's abilities, and ultimately select the best person out of a hundred. At most, they will fight in the final battle, and the mortality rate is very low.

As for the supervision of the 'Star God' of the six major factions, this is quite normal.

The original trials of rare priesthoods also have supervisors, who are also supervised by higher-level star priests. In addition to their supervisory role, they also seem to represent certain forces in the universe.

As for the Star God, as the star stage of the Cosmic God series of priesthood, his terrifying strength is probably enough to easily kill through first-level civilizations.

"Then, let's get started."

As the grand voice sounded, beams of light fell from the depths of the foggy sky. There were a total of one hundred beams of light with a diameter of tens of meters, shining straight on the one hundred trial-takers at the same time, enveloping each of them.

The next moment, all one hundred trial participants disappeared without a trace.

……

Between the rolling mountains and above the lush forests, a figure suddenly appeared here.

Lin Qing was suspended in mid-air, observing this so-called trial field.

With his eyesight and domain perception, he did not find the existence of the starry sky above him, and this did not seem to be a planetary environment.

And it's not just the gravity that is astonishing. The key is that the free energy in the void has an extremely exaggerated oppression, as if the entire space is oppressing him everywhere.

If it weren't for the extremely terrifying body he had transformed based on the world's divine body, he probably wouldn't be able to fly here.

"This trial field is located in a fragment of the Tiangu secret realm of the 2.4-level civilization."

A cold voice sounded in Lin Qing's mind: "In the first round of survival trial, you are about to face the native life form 'Natural God' of Tiangu Secret Realm."

Lin Qing casually found a smooth boulder on the top of a mountain and sat down, continuing to merge the world's divine body.

Suddenly, a thick fog came from the distance, spreading rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it covered the sky and the earth. In the rolling fog, sword-like rays of light were projected out, as if a real living being was sizing up Lin Qing.

“Is this a natural life form?”

Lin Qing looked at the thick fog thoughtfully, with no intention of taking action. He just continued to merge the world's divine body.

Anyway, this is a survival test. As long as you can survive and hold on for a day, you will pass it. It doesn’t matter whether you kill the enemy or not.

He just needed enough time to integrate the world's divine body. Twelve rounds of trials would take exactly twelve days.

Before this, he had waited for three days and had integrated a small part of the world's divine body. If he had another twelve days, even if he couldn't integrate it completely in time, it wouldn't be much different.

But if you kill all the enemies early, the survival stage may end quickly.

It would be better to delay it a little longer.

Even though he was quite confident in his current strength, he had to face geniuses from the second-level civilization after all.

Moreover, that bald man with silver eyebrows seemed to be known by quite a few geniuses from the second-level civilization. He was obviously very extraordinary. God knows what his strength was?
To be on the safe side, try to increase it a little more.

Just right.

Lin Qing is also following the gene optimization method studied by Cadoan to explore the genes of the cosmic giant as much as possible, which allows his gene optimization index to continue to improve.

Twelve days have passed since the beginning, and his gene optimization index has increased from just over 2000% to 3100%.

Moreover, the excavation speed has not slowed down, and it obviously has not reached its limit.

According to Cadogan's research, even the sixth level of energy can be explored at a deeper level.

"In another twelve days, I will definitely be able to improve a lot..."

Lin Qing was not in a hurry. He sat quietly on the boulder, patiently integrating the world's divine body while developing and optimizing deeper genes.

This trial of the Son of God must not fail.

"Whoosh-"

At this time, a thick fog covering an area of ​​tens of kilometers enveloped Lin Qing. The thick fog rolled wildly, and the friction of the huge fog formed a dull roar like thunder.

Lin Qing turned a deaf ear to it.

"Crack-"

I saw powerful golden electric lights blooming in the surging mist, and then turned into sharp lightning, instantly piercing through the air and striking Lin Qing at the same time!

Lin Qing's domain sensed the energy of these lightnings. With a flick of his fingertips, streams of light danced around and quickly formed a spinning star skill.

"boom!"

I saw a large number of electric snakes disintegrating, and the remaining golden electric light was flowing everywhere, but it was completely unable to shake the rotating star magic skill.

Lin Qing raised his head slightly to take a look, then continued to practice with peace of mind.

In fact, there was no need for him to defend against this level of attack.

With his body containing the characteristics of the four major magical skills of the World God, his physical defense is now even stronger than the Rotating Star Magic Skill!

However, he still needs to concentrate on his training, and the range defense of the Spinning Star Divine Skill is more suitable for him.

For this simplest first round of trials, the purely defensive Star Spinning Skill is enough.

Just maintaining the rotating star skill in a small range, the replenishment can completely keep up with the consumption.

"boom!"

The fog seemed to be angry. It surged more wildly, colliding and rubbing to produce more lightning, which then condensed together to form an even larger golden lightning that blasted towards Lin Qing.

But it still cannot shake the magical skill of Rotating Star.

"Well... I can practice with peace of mind..." Lin Qing sensed it, and immediately closed his eyes to merge the world's divine body.

For him, the twelve rounds of trials in this survival stage were not difficult at all.

……

Above the misty world, a huge temple is floating deep in the sky.

As the place where the Son of God is tested, this is also an extremely mysterious place.

At this time, there were six figures in the temple, who, with the authority granted by this space, were observing and supervising the one hundred trial-takers at will.

As star gods, although their strength far exceeds these little guys who are not even sons of God by many times, they are only star clergy after all. Only with the help of this space can they monitor the trial-takers who are sent to various spaces at any time.

"Everyone, this time in the Son of God Trial, the majority of participants are from the Destruction Department?"

"The quality of this batch of gods walking under heaven is just average."

"The only good one is the little fellow from the Starfall Clan with Silver Eyebrows. He is only in his fifties, right? It's pretty good that he has such strength at such a young age."

"A high-level primitive creature, with a genetic optimization index of over 12000%? It's a great thing to be born."

"Indeed, although his magical skills are only pretty good, with such a high foundation, if he learns two powerful magical skills, he can pass the sixth level of Xingyuan."

"He is currently performing the destruction-type combined divine skill 'Divine Punishment', right? Although it does not combine with divine punishment, the power is still quite good. This kind of divine skill... is only slightly inferior to the perfect divine skills such as 'World God' and 'Genesis', right?"

“Haha… Even if one can learn this kind of perfect divine skill, one has to be a powerful person or someone who is extremely favored by the universe to have the opportunity to inherit it.”

"There's an even younger guy over there, a 22-year-old beginner? He's so young and he's here to take part in the Son of God Trial?"

"In the God's Chosen Stage, the younger you are, the greater the advantage. Unfortunately, his gene optimization index is a bit low. It seems that he was born in a poor family and is inherently weak. However, his magical skill of controlling the weapons looks a bit familiar."

"This defensive skill seems to be the unique skill of the military lord in Linyuan Realm, right?"

"Oh? It seems that this little fellow has a great background. That master rarely leaves behind any legacy..."

The six star gods chatted casually while observing the various trial participants.

With the help of this space, they can certainly observe the trial-takers in various places, but they can only observe, and there is no way to see at a deeper level.

Suddenly--

"Ok?"

At this moment, the six star gods couldn't help but let out sounds of surprise and looked towards a trial field at the same time.

"Did I see that correctly? The combined magical skills of the Power-type Starry Sky Demons?"

"Yes, it is 'Star Abyss Walker'. This kind of divine skill is no worse than 'Divine Punishment'."

"Although the gene optimization index is average, this little guy is definitely stronger with the combination of various magical skills in the Star Abyss Walker."

"This group of gods have such bad luck. Not only did they encounter someone with such excellent genes, but they also encountered such a genius? It's really..." Every star god couldn't help but sigh.

Even in a second-level civilization, only the top geniuses could truly learn the combination of magical skills, which is one in a million.

Even after hundreds of trials of the Son of God, one may not be able to see such a genius.

Moreover, the truly top powers would inform each other in advance and try their best to let their talented people avoid it.

……

As time goes by, more and more people enter a new round of trials, and the difficulty of each round of trials continues to increase, becoming more and more difficult.

Starting from the eighth round, some participants chose to give up.

After all, most of the trial participants actually participate with the intention of giving up, just to see the world. It would be a great loss if they really died in the survival stage.

Even if they give up the path of the Cosmic God series, with their talents, they can still move smoothly on the path of rare priesthoods.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The difficulty of the Son of God’s trial is simply too high.

Among the one hundred trial takers, almost all of them have mastered magical skills, some of which are even very powerful. And you have to select one out of a hundred. You can imagine how difficult it is.

If you cannot succeed in cultivating magical skills within a short period of time, it means that you do not have enough comprehension and talent, and the universe does not favor you enough. There is no hope if you continue to wait.

So, there is no point in enduring it.

……

On the first day alone, two test takers successfully passed all twelve rounds of the test.

In the majestic and huge temple, six star gods quietly supervised the trial.

A bald man with silver eyebrows suddenly appeared in the hall. He looked around the temple and then bowed slightly to the six star gods above.

Suddenly, he turned his head and looked towards the other end of the hall, looking at the blue-haired girl standing there in surprise, somewhat unable to believe it.

He had already cleared the survival test as quickly as possible, and there was actually someone faster than him?

"Who are you?" the bald man with silver eyebrows frowned and asked.

The blue-haired girl looked at him expressionlessly, then looked away without saying anything.

Among the six Star Gods above, one of them turned around and glanced at the two of them with a smile, and said, "She arrived half a day earlier than you, but don't worry, as long as you pass the survival trial, it will not affect the subsequent trials."

The bald young man with silver eyebrows frowned.

He originally thought that this trial of the Son of God was a sure thing, and his family had also informed other forces in this universe in advance. Logically, he should not encounter geniuses who posed a threat to other forces.

Moreover, for this trial, he also specially visited several geniuses who might pose a threat.

But...someone who is faster than him suddenly appears?

"Is it really as my father said? If we use this method to check and balance, if we go too far, there is a possibility that the universe will rebound and deliberately increase the difficulty?"

He couldn't help but frown.

……

As time went by, more and more trial-takers came to the temple.

But starting from the seventh day, the number of trial-takers in the temple remained at forty-one and no longer increased.

because……

Except for the only person who is still in the survival trial, the other trial-takers have either given up or have passed the trial.

Generally speaking, as long as the trial-taker masters one or two powerful skills, he or she can basically pass the survival trial.

It would be hard to say if the magical skills were weaker. For example, the magical skills formed by the essence of seven or eight powers would naturally be weaker. Unless the genes were strong enough, it would be difficult to pass the survival trial.

Currently, most of those who have passed the survival trial have mastered powerful skills.

At this time, the trial participants in the temple could only wait obediently.

"This guy is only in the seventh round... Is he going to keep resisting like this?"

"Maybe it's just this one move. This defense is really strong, and the energy reserve is probably amazing."

"Indeed, although the two ultimate star creatures in the seventh round do not have divine positions, they are both at the top level of the fifth level of the Star Abyss by virtue of their talents, but they cannot hurt him at all."

"It's meaningless. It's impossible to become the Son of God with this kind of strength. Why don't you give up early?"

"Maybe they are from a weaker second-level civilization, hoping to survive until the God-chosen stage and collect intelligence for the civilization?"

Each trial participant casually looked at the monitoring screen in the temple, but they could only see the ball of light that was always rotating steadily like a star.

……

"The twelfth round of trials is about to begin. Do you want to continue?"

On the extremely hot dark red earth, the terrifying gravity almost crushed everything, while Lin Qing was sitting on a dark red rock, surrounded by the star-like spinning star skills.

There were horrifying sounds of beating coming from outside, each time causing the Xuanxing Divine Skill to tremble and it seemed that if it was any stronger it would cause the Xuanxing Divine Skill to collapse.

The difficulty of this eleventh round of survival trial is much higher than the first one, and the danger faced is almost reaching the defense limit of the Rotating Star Divine Skill.

But Lin Qing turned a deaf ear to him and just said, "Continue."

The next moment, with the arrival of boundless power, the time and space before his eyes changed, and he was swept away from this world by this force.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a pure underwater world, and terrible water pressure instantly acted on him.

But Lin Qing's body was so strong that it contained the characteristics of the world god, so he could not feel the water pressure at all.

"Spin Star!"

"World skin!"

This time, Lin Qing not only used the Spinning Star Skill, he also used a layer of World Skin Skill to support the Spinning Star from the inside to reinforce it.

No matter what dangers there are in this underwater world that seems like an endless deep sea, he doesn't bother to care. He just needs to hold on and buy enough time.

"It has already been integrated more than 90%..."

Lin Qing silently sensed the changes in himself. "The gene optimization index has reached 4200%, but the optimization speed has also slowed down a lot. It seems that this is the limit..."

He was already satisfied.

He did not expect his genetic optimization index to exceed the genius level of the second-level civilization, but just get as close as possible.

Although today is the last day of the survival trial, he is not in a hurry to pass the trial.

The fusion progress of the world god has exceeded 90%. Even if it cannot be completed today, one or two days will be enough. Naturally, he will delay it as much as possible.

……

A day passes in the blink of an eye.

In a trance, time and space had changed, and Lin Qing appeared inside the slightly dim temple.

Dozens of trial takers could be seen in the hall, and each of them couldn't help but glance at him.

It is rare to find someone who can pass the survival test by simply enduring for twelve days.

Even those who are good at defense often have other means to make up for their attacks. Even if they can't learn powerful skills, what if they learn a skill formed by seven or eight kinds of power essence? Otherwise, if they have obvious weaknesses, they won't come to participate in the trial.

And this man didn't fight at all from beginning to end, and he managed to hold out for twelve days, which is also very strange.

The star gods standing above had almost no reaction, except for the star god belonging to the life system who couldn't help but look at Lin Qing a few more times.

"The survival phase is over."

That cold and majestic voice suddenly rang out in the temple: "Forty-two people have passed the trial and are about to begin the God's selection stage."

At this moment, an invisible will descended, and the six star gods stepped forward at the same time, looking at the trial-takers below.

One of the Star Gods said, "The God Selection Stage is divided into 'three levels and five tests'. The first level is to measure power. Those whose power is less than the eighth level will be eliminated."

The two trial participants came out immediately.

"Both of you have the seventh level of power."

One of the Star Gods said, "It will be very difficult to become a Star God with this kind of talent. You will need to pay a greater price to improve your power. So for the next 'Will Test' or 'Comprehension Test', you need to exceed the standard by one level in one of them, and meet the standard in the other. Otherwise, you will be eliminated directly. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

The two men were obviously prepared and responded immediately.

Lin Qing couldn't help but feel moved.

The level of power can actually be improved through acquired abilities?
He thought that once power was awakened, it would never be able to be improved.

However... this should not be something that a second-level civilization can do, otherwise they would not deliberately increase the difficulty for these two geniuses.

Could it be that the trial of the Son of God, or the position of "Son of God" can make up for the power?

(End of this chapter)