Zhang Fan, with the beauties Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Lu Qiya, walked through the Sea Within the Sea.
The Sea Horse Douluo was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowing.
The yellow-robed middle-aged man was dumbfounded, his mouth agape, feeling it was too unbelievable. "This… this can actually work?"
They soon arrived at the other side of the Sea Within the Sea.
The Sea Horse Douluo then woke up.
"Uh… what's going on? My forehead hurts a bit?"
The Sea Horse Douluo looked bewildered, holding his head. Seeing he was bleeding, he turned to the yellow-robed middle-aged man. "What was I just doing? How did my forehead start bleeding? How did they get through?"
"Lord Sea Horse… just now… just now…" The yellow-robed middle-aged man swallowed hard. If he told him that the Sea Horse Douluo had been kneeling and kowtowing to those people, would he be killed? After all, that sort of thing was too bizarre, too crazy, and he was a little scared and stammering.
"What happened just now?" Sea Horse Douluo was furious, glaring fiercely at the middle-aged man in the yellow robe.
"Just now, you knelt before that young man named Zhang Fan, and you… you addressed him as… grandfather… and you invited him to cross the Sea of Seas!"
The middle-aged man in the yellow robe looked regretful as he spoke, feeling that Sea Horse Douluo might kill him to silence him.
"This…" Sea Horse Douluo was also stunned, completely surprised by his own bizarre actions.
His mind was a blank.
After a moment, he recovered.
His expression was extremely unsightly. As one of the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, he certainly couldn't let the rules be broken.
He couldn't let them pass his test so easily; otherwise, the other Sacred Pillars would laugh at him if word got out.
"Whoosh!"
Sea Horse Douluo shot into the air, directly in front of Zhang Fan and the others, blocking their path.
"I'm sorry, but you haven't passed my test. What I promised you earlier doesn't count! After all, my head was a little… off!"
"Heh… So you know your head was 'off.' But is this how people on Sea God Island operate? Do you just go back on your word?" Zhu Zhuqing, when she spoke, could really make people choke.
Sea Horse Douluo was stunned for a few seconds.
"So what if I don't keep my word? What can you do about it?"
Sea Horse Douluo was getting angry.
"Buzz…" Suddenly, a holy energy enveloped Sea Horse Douluo.
The enraged Sea Horse Douluo immediately calmed down. He heard the Sea God's decree, "Let them pass!"
"Yes!" Sea Horse Douluo had never seen the Sea God appear personally to give instructions before.
He was astonished; he had just been about to take action.
The Sea God hadn't expected this little guy to be so powerful, even able to sense the power of rules. He was very fond of such a successor and felt immense joy.
"Buzz..." The next moment, black light shone from Xiao Wu and the others.
Except for Qian Renxue and Lu Qiya.
The beautiful women's foreheads flickered with demonic patterns, shooting black light toward the sky.
The black demonic patterns crossed the center of the Sea Horse Holy Pillar and continued forward, instantly changing color, completely turning into a beautiful crimson. Six rays of red light pierced straight into the high sky, causing a flash of blood to pass through the clear blue sky.
A blood-colored vortex formed.
Thousands of eyes on Sea God Island turned towards the sky almost simultaneously.
Six old men in black robes, each standing on different styled stone pillars, saw the red light and their eyes glowed with intense excitement. They all exclaimed, "Top-Level Seven Trials, for six people? Unprecedented!"
Even in a special temple at the center of Sea God Island, a pair of eyes that had been closed for ten years opened because of the red light.
Surprise and joy spread across the face, and the body that hadn't moved in a decade slowly stood up.
The red light gradually faded away, and seven red light screens entered the foreheads of the six beauties. A faint red glow appeared on their originally fair skin.
Sea Horse Douluo was completely dumbfounded. Red! That actually represented the top-level, red color!
Unlike the high mortality rate of black, the top-level red appeared so rarely...
And this time, there were actually six of them. It simply shocked him.
"What... are your names?" Sea Horse Douluo asked in surprise.
"Ning Rongrong!"
"Xiao Wu!"
"Zhu Zhuqing!"
"Shui Yue'er!"
"Shui Bing'er!"
"Huo Wu!"
They all informed Sea Horse Douluo.
"You…" Sea Horse Douluo was so excited he almost fainted. "He's also seeing a Top-Level Trial for the first time. There's never been a record of anyone failing. The last time a Top-Level Trial appeared was for the island's Great Offering. The six of you will be the future leaders of Sea God Island."
"..." Xiao Wu and the others were stunned. This was just too weird. "Is the Top-Level Seven Trials really that simple?"
"The Top-Level Seven Trials are more difficult than the Black-Level Six Trials by a whole level. However, every time the top-level trials appear, it signifies the emergence of a powerful soul master capable of completing them and inheriting the position of the Great Offering. Even if it's difficult, they will succeed. But, this time, there are six of you!"
Sea Horse Douluo was also stunned; an unprecedented sense of unease enveloped his heart.
Suddenly, golden divine light burst forth from Zhang Fan, and the beam shot up into the sky, piercing through the clouds and scattering them.
The golden light was different from the other colors; it was filled with the majesty and grandeur of divine light. The moment it appeared, the entire Sea God Island, whether it was the Seven Sacred Pillars, the forests, the hills, the sea within the sea, or even all the sea soul masters, and Xiao Wu and the others, were all enveloped in a layer of special golden light.
The end point of that golden light was Zhang Fan.
And after the clouds in the sky dispersed, a giant golden phantom several thousand meters tall appeared above Sea God Island, holding the Trident of the Sea God. It was majestic, grand, and vast.
The giant Trident of the Sea God flew down directly, shrinking continuously, and imprinted itself on Zhang Fan's forehead. Powerful, holy golden light enveloped Zhang Fan, dispelling the turbid air from his body.
"The Trident of the Sea God!" Sea Horse Douluo was stunned by the image.
At that moment, a calm voice drifted from nearby.
It was beautiful and melodious, like a goddess from the heavens.
"This situation is unprecedented. It's not the Top-Level Nine Trials, but rather the Sea God Ten Trials."
"Sea God Ten Trials?" Zhang Fan was taken aback for a few seconds upon hearing Bo Saixi's words. How had one trial been added?
Could it be that his talent was superior to Tang San's, and the Sea God had added a trial, intending to give him everything?
Otherwise, why would it be the Sea God Ten Trials instead of the Nine Trials?
"Er..." Sea Horse Douluo was surprised to hear the voice, as he hadn't heard it in ten years.
The sound came closer, and a red dot appeared, growing larger.
She looked to be about the same height as Xiao Wu.
She wore a red robe, and long, sea-blue hair cascaded down her back.
Her gentle features suggested she was around thirty years old, and her beauty stemmed from her inherent grace.
Noble, elegant, warm, and moist, she held a scepter in her hand.
The golden scepter, just like the Sea God's holy light, was covered in divine patterns.