Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 303 The King's Trial
After passing through the deep and quiet front hall corridor, Elijah stopped in front of the inner sanctuary and blocked Lu Linglong and the others' path.

"I'm sorry, everyone. The King has some extremely important matters to discuss with Mr. Mo Yu privately. Please wait here for a moment; it won't be long."

Mo Yu glanced back casually, but didn't pay any attention.

His confidence comes from himself.

Whether he walks alone or is surrounded by a hundred people, it makes no difference to him.

Step into the inner hall.

The throne, a symbol of power, was empty, and no one was in sight when the king looked around.

The layout of the inner hall also has a somewhat strange feel to it.

The main hall, which was supposed to be the place where the king summoned his ministers, had its left wall largely breached, creating a courtyard.

Mo Yu walked over slowly, his hands tucked into his sleeves.

The side courtyard was empty except for a tree that was three people tall, with bare branches and no leaves.

Under the tree, a simple young girl dressed in white cloth looked up at the tree canopy, as if she was thinking about something.

'Is this the king of Nathan?'

Mo Yu looked at the girl who looked to be under twenty years old, and a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

If we exclude the incredibly dense, invisible aura surrounding her...

This King Nasen was clearly an ordinary person with no cultivation whatsoever.

This is strange.

According to the information he received, King Nathan was born on Nathan Island and was chosen by the Divine Tree to become king when he was very young.

Whether they are people of God born on this island.

Or, as the king of this island of strange beings.

Even if she wasn't born with extraordinary abilities, she should still have many inheritances to choose from.

But the truth is, she really is just an ordinary person.

In other words, even though she holds the highest authority in this region, she can't exert much power.

This is like giving a complex fighting game controller and the same game character to a master player, who can easily execute smooth and flashy combos, but to a novice, it will only result in a clumsy and uncoordinated performance.

Extraordinary power is never easy to control!

Even if an ordinary person were to acquire power that is not of their own rank through various opportunities, how much of its due power could they possibly unleash?

Seemingly sensing Mo Yu's approach, the girl who had been gazing up at the divine tree spoke softly:
"Thank you very much for accepting our invitation, Mr. Mo Yu."

Mo Yu stopped beside the girl, standing shoulder to shoulder with her, both looking up at the divine tree before them, the core of this aura.

Standing here, he can 'observe' more.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to analyze it, but instead turned his head to look at the young queen beside him:

"If I want to become the new king, according to your rules, all I need to do is break a tree branch, and then... kill you, is that right?"

"Ah."

The girl nodded calmly, her tone remaining indifferent:
"Anyone can do it, as long as they successfully break the golden branch, start the trial, and then kill their opponent in the trial to win."

Mo Yu glanced around at the misty surroundings, the burning Qi flames in his eyes allowing him to see through the entirety of many things in the world.

Aside from the girl beside him who had no cultivation at all, there was only an old woman watching over them, who was probably also a Nasen Guard.

"So, that's your backup plan?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the girl's eyes at Mo Yu's ability to see through the fog and pinpoint Erica's location, but she simply shook her head.

"My mother-in-law won't help."

Mo Yu narrowed his eyes, his gaze returning to the girl's face:

"So, you want to die?"

"Of course I don't want to die,"

The girl lowered her head and let out a barely audible sigh:

"I want to win the King's Trial; I want to continue living as king. But..."

She paused, then looked up and stared directly into Mo Yu's eyes: "The premise is that the civilization and heritage of the 'Forest Kingdom' can continue. Compared to that, whether I live or not is completely unimportant."

Mo Yu nodded, roughly understanding her thoughts and determination:

"You have the qualities to be an excellent king, but you are not an excellent king, or even a qualified king."

The girl pursed her lips tightly, wanting to say something, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

But the stubbornness and loneliness in those eyes were imprinted on Mo Yu's eyes:
"You think I'm referring to power?"

The girl paused slightly, a hint of doubt and confusion flashing in her eyes:

“Isn’t that so? It is said that the kings of the past all possessed great power. Unfortunately, I am not. Apart from the privileges granted by the ‘tree,’ I can say that I have no power at all.”

I'll talk to you about this later.

Mo Yu shook his head noncommittally, then flicked his finger. A golden branch from the divine tree snapped off out of thin air and fell into his hand.

In that instant, Mo Yu could clearly feel the invisible currents of energy surging toward him from all around, as if trying to detect something.

He was convinced.

As the last remnant of an ancient civilization, this mechanism for selecting a 'king' naturally has no superfluous steps.

Breaking the golden branch is a prerequisite for starting the trial.

The test is not only how to break through the blockade set up by the current "King", but the "Golden Branch" itself is a qualification test procedure.

If you cannot pass this test.

So even if you break off a branch of this divine tree and it falls into your hands, it will turn into an ordinary wooden branch.

Mo Yu had absolute confidence in herself and was certain that she could pass the test of the divine tree.

But he didn't want to be tested by this thing.

The Heavenly Record!
Faced with this "interview", he simply snatched the "test report", wrote "passed" by hand with a flourish of his pen, and then quietly put it back into the "judgment program" of the divine tree!
In terms of mechanics alone, each of the Eight Extraordinary Skills is indeed a bug-level existence!
The girl breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that the golden branch had not deteriorated in Mo Yu's hands.

'Sure enough, he possesses that quality too.'

But then, a wave of sadness and desolation involuntarily welled up in her heart.

Although she could choose to sacrifice her own life without hesitation for the continuation of her civilization.

But as an intellectual being, how can one not feel sadness and nostalgia when knowing that one's life is about to come to an end?
"Next, all I have to do is cut off your head, right?"

Mo Yu fiddled with the golden branch in his hand, then asked the same question again, rephrased, as if to confirm something.

The girl was somewhat puzzled, but she nodded nonetheless:

"Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Yu pointed his sword and slashed horizontally.

A sharp glint of sword light suddenly appeared!
The surrounding fog paused.

Erica never expected him to act so suddenly, so decisively, and so swiftly!
By the time she wanted to intervene, it was already too late.

The young queen felt a chill on her neck, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, but it quickly turned into composure and relief.

She slowly closed her eyes, quietly awaiting death.

However, the expected excruciating pain and darkness did not arrive as anticipated.

The next moment, a large hand gently stroked her neck, the line of blood reflecting the red flames in its palm.

A warm current flowed into the girl's body, smoothing out the wound on her neck; the sensation was slightly itchy.

She blinked blankly, but death did not come.

He subconsciously reached out and touched his neck, wanting to confirm something.

The surface was smooth and delicate, with no cracks or even a faint scar, except for a few traces of still-warm blood on my fingertips.

If she weren't absolutely certain that she had just been beheaded, all of this would seem as if it had never happened.

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The girl slowly lowered her head, remaining silent for a moment, her eyes filled with complex and unfathomable emotions. Finally, it turned into a helpless sigh:

“Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Mo Yu. However, the ceremony for the transfer of the throne must end with the death of one person. What you are doing is invalid, and the Divine Tree will not recognize it…”

"No, the ritual is effective."

Mo Yu shook his head, letting the invisible currents of energy slide through his fingertips.
"'Just cut off your head,' that's what you, as King Nathan, admitted yourself; and the fact that 'you're already dead' is what the tree 'acknowledged' and recorded. It's just that I brought you back to life."

"The most direct way to verify this is for you to try now: see if the privileges that the 'tree' bestowed upon the 'king' still apply to you."

The girl was stunned for a moment.

She reached out her hand, but the invisible power she once could control at will was no longer there.

Those clear, azure eyes trembled.

She wasn't grateful for her lucky survival; quite the opposite!

An unprecedented, earth-shattering sense of bewilderment instantly overwhelmed her.

At this moment, his entire worldview was completely shattered by Mo Yu's mockery of the divine tree!
"The Divine Tree, in the end, is merely a creation of humankind. No matter how perfect it is, its essence is still just an 'inanimate object'; no matter how powerful it is, it ultimately exists only by virtue of 'humankind'..."

Mo Yu's words drifted into the girl's ears, widening the rift in her heart.

"You, as a 'king,' are dead. As a human being, can you tell me your name?"

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The girl lowered her head again and sighed, "I don't have a name, but my maternal grandfather's surname is Li."

Mo Yu reached out and ruffled her hair, saying with a smile:

"Oh, from today onwards, your name will be Linussen."

“Linason… Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing upon me this name.”

(End of this chapter)