Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 403, Section 422: The Trial of Seventy-Two Wills

The gate opened, and something inside the temple seemed to be calling to Tang San.

Tang San was fully aware of what this meant. He used the Killing God Domain to open the gate of the Asura Temple and entered. What awaited him was the start of the Asura God Trial.

I, Tang San, possess the Killing God Domain and am a youth chosen by the God of Asura. In my previous life, I didn't even have to undergo the God of Asura's test before the God of Asura cheated and granted me dual godhood.

With the examiner giving me special treatment and my understanding of the Asura God's power from my previous life, the Asura God's assessment in this life is a piece of cake for me, Tang San!
At this moment, Tang San entered the Shura Temple as if he were returning home. As he walked, he admired the surrounding scenery. His expression practically screamed on his dark face: "See this? This is my future empire."

He walked down the long staircase and arrived at the central main hall.

The palace doors opened, and Tang San entered.

In the spacious hall, there was a throne of Asura God in the center, and next to the throne, a sword without a scabbard was stuck in a pool of blood.

Seated on the throne was a blurry, blood-red figure.

Tang San looked at the figure. Although he couldn't see the figure clearly, he naturally deduced that the figure was the Asura God.

Thinking of this, Tang San felt much more relaxed and straightened his back.

At that moment, a magnificent voice descended from the sky:

Once you arrive at the Temple of Asura and complete the trials within, you will be qualified for the Asura God's Trial!

Immediately afterwards, the blurry figure on the Asura God Throne stood up and slowly walked down the steps toward Tang San.

"What is the trial?" Tang San asked subconsciously.

The next moment, the figure appeared in front of Tang San and raised his palm to slap Tang San.

In an instant, Tang San's dark body exploded, turning into pieces of flesh scattered all over the ground, becoming a blood-red mosaic.

Smash that scoundrel! Mission accomplished!

After a while, the flesh and blood on the ground came together and transformed into a dark-skinned figure with long arms and short legs.

Tang San survived a near-death experience.

The resurrected Tang San stared in disbelief at the blurry figure before him. Just moments ago, he had been killed without warning. He clearly felt the pain of every inch of his flesh being torn apart. Although the pain was only momentary, it was enough for him to remember it for a lifetime.

That magnificent voice once again descended from the heavens within the temple:

Trial of Will: In order to temper your will and test whether you have the determination and will to inherit the position of the Asura God, the God King has sent down seventy-two death trials. As long as you can persevere through the seventy-two death trials, the Asura God Examination will begin. If you fail to complete the examination, you will permanently lose your qualification for the Asura God Examination and be stripped of your God of Slaughter domain.

Current number of Willpower Trials completed: 1
"Seventy-two, the Trial of Death. Only by completing it can you unlock the Asura God Trial. If you fail to complete it, you will lose the trial and be stripped of your God of Slaughter Domain." Tang San stared blankly at the blurry figure in front of him.

The next moment, the Asura Sword flew out from the blood pool and landed in the hand of the blurry figure.

Tang San only felt a flash of sword light, then he felt his upper body shift horizontally and then fall down.

As he fell, Tang San saw his two short legs remain standing, then suddenly blood spurted from the gash on his buttocks, and his knees buckled. Once the adrenaline rush subsided, intense pain shot through him; Tang San felt a suffocating agony—he had been cut in half at the waist.

The blurry figure flung the Asura Divine Sword aside, spilling Tang San's dog blood, which had been stained the blade, onto the ground.

Cut the little scoundrel in half, done!

The punishment of being cut in half at the waist is painful because you don't die immediately after being cut in half.

Tang San, gritting his teeth and covered in sweat, crawled on the ground, leaving a long trail of blood along the way, with his internal organs scattered along the path.

Until finally, his breathing stopped.

Test of Willpower Completed: 2
When Tang San awoke again, the shadow of death still loomed over him. He looked at the God of Asura with fear, his heart filled with incomprehension as he questioned: "No, this shouldn't be, God of Asura. Shouldn't you love me the most? In my previous life, I was your precious darling. You brought me from another world and gave me the memories of my past life. Even though I was taking the Sea God's test, you cheated on me so I could directly inherit the position of God of Asura without the test, becoming one with the two gods. You shouldn't have treated me like this."

Tang San breathed heavily, staring at the blurry figure with surprise and uncertainty. Suddenly, he felt a mark forming on his forehead.

So Tang San reached up and touched his forehead.
In the main hall, a magnificent voice answered Tang San's question:
This is the mark of the Asura God. Each time a trial of will is completed, a little bit will be engraved until the final trial is completed and the Asura God's legacy mark is inscribed.

In other words, after completing the seventy-two death trials, the Asura God Mark would be completely imprinted, Tang San thought to himself.

"If you fear death, you can choose to withdraw from this trial of will, or choose to continue. Will you continue?" A voice, devoid of emotion, came from the blurry figure.

"Continue," Tang San said firmly.

The next moment, a wooden cross appeared behind Tang San, and his body flew up uncontrollably, followed by the cross.

"Huh?" A surprised voice rang out.

Originally, a normal cross has a long vertical bar and a short horizontal bar, but our Tang San has long arms and short legs. The length of his outstretched arms is greater than his height from head to toe. As a result, Tang San's height from head to toe is less than two-thirds of the height of the cross, yet his outstretched arms easily cross the edge of the cross.

So, the blurry shadow was slightly altered; the cross became a short vertical bar and a long horizontal bar, tightly fitting Tang San's body structure.

Immediately afterwards, four rusty nails appeared around the blurry figure.

What... what are they trying to do? A sense of unease flashed through Tang San's mind!
The next moment, four nails flew over and pierced Tang San's palms and feet, nailing his dark body tightly to the cross.

"Rumble, ahh ...

The next moment, the divine power that had been supporting his weight dissipated, but his body remained firmly nailed to the cross. Under the influence of gravity, Tang San suffered pain and torment a second time.

"Hmph, ahh ...

The figure returned to the Asura Throne, planted the Asura Sword in the blood pool, and looked on with appreciation at the little scoundrel on the cross.

The scoundrel was nailed to the cross for three days before dying painfully from excessive blood loss.

The little scoundrel on the cross, accomplished!
Test of Willpower Completed: 3
(End of this chapter)