After these black figures were fanned back into the sea by Pidgeot, Bo Saixi apologized to Mo Hui with a hint of regret: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect such an accident."
Originally, she thought that since Mo Hui had the Sea God's mark on him, how could anything go wrong? But unexpectedly, something did go wrong. The aura of the Wind God's inheritance was too strong, directly overwhelming the Sea God's inheritance aura that Mo Hui had transmitted, triggering the attack mechanism of these arrow-shaped fish guarding the Sea God's Temple.
"It's fine. I imagine these fish won't dare to attack again."
Mo Hui replied, looking at the slightly trembling black arrow-shaped fish in the water.
While attacking, Pidgeot also revealed its powerful aura, its pressure no less than that of an eighty or ninety-thousand-year Spirit Beast. These black arrow-shaped fish were mostly only at the mere thousand-year level, so they naturally dared not make a move against Pidgeot again.
However, this also showed that Sea God Island's defense mechanism was not entirely perfect. Of course, it could also be due to the incompleteness of the Sea God's inheritance mark on him; otherwise, even if Pidgeot had the Wind God's inheritance mark, it should still be able to distinguish between friend and foe.
"Thank you for your understanding."
Bo Saixi let out a sigh of relief, then said to Mo Hui: "Your first Sea God trial is to ascend the 360 steps in front of the Sea God's Temple under the illumination of the Seagod's Light, with a time limit of one year."
"360 steps?"
Upon hearing this, Mo Hui frowned slightly; Bo Saixi's words were somewhat unexpected.
Due to the incomplete Sea God's inheritance mark, the information he received was merely 'Traverse · Double Seagod's Light'. He had originally thought it would be 333 steps, like Tang San in the original work, but he didn't expect it to increase to 360 steps.
But Mo Hui quickly guessed the reason. In the original work, when Tang San ascended the steps, he wasn't alone; he also brought Xiao Wu. Although Xiao Wu ultimately threw Tang San up, the difficulty of two people ascending the steps was definitely harder than one person, so increasing the number of steps made sense.
"I understand!"
With that, Mo Hui and Pidgeot slowly walked to the steps directly in front of the Sea God's Temple.
As Mo Hui stepped forward, a thin golden mist appeared around him, and then Mo Hui felt a powerful resistance in front of him, preventing him from moving forward.
However, with Mo Hui's current strength, this slight resistance naturally couldn't stop him. After slightly adapting to the repulsive state within the Seagod's Light, Mo Hui quickly walked towards the Sea God's Temple.
Five steps... ten steps... twenty steps... thirty steps...
Upon reaching the thirty-eighth step, Mo Hui frowned, as he found that his pure physical body was already nearing its limit. The Bi Diao Meditation Method had begun to operate autonomously and rapidly under the pressure of the surrounding Seagod's Light, continuously alleviating the pressure on Mo Hui.
Below, Bo Saixi nodded slightly upon seeing this scene.
For a Spirit Emperor to attempt to ascend thirty-eight steps purely with his physical body for the first time was already a very good achievement. In fact, in terms of physical strength alone, many Spirit Douluo couldn't compare to Mo Hui.
As expected of the one chosen by the Sea God, he is indeed excellent in every aspect.
Another step, and Mo Hui felt extreme pressure; it was difficult for his body to even move a finger. Clearly, with his current physical state, the thirty-ninth step was truly his limit, and it would be hard to advance further in a short time.
So Mo Hui didn't hesitate and directly activated his head Spirit Bone skill, Self-Motivation!
The next instant, Mo Hui's muscles suddenly swelled, making him appear a full size larger.
With the boost from Self-Motivation, Mo Hui immediately felt the original immobility disappear, replaced by a comfortable sensation of moderate pressure.
The Bi Diao Meditation Method operated much faster than he had imagined. At this moment, Mo Hui even felt that his cultivation speed here was higher than in some top-tier simulated cultivation grounds.
After experiencing this feeling, Mo Hui stepped forward again.
Forty steps... forty-five steps... fifty steps... fifty-five steps... sixty steps...
The pressure from the Seagod's Light grew stronger and stronger on Mo Hui, but fortunately, the effect of Self-Motivation was also gradually increasing. Although Mo Hui walked slowly, he was still steadily moving forward.
When Mo Hui reached the sixty-fourth step, the effect of Self-Motivation also reached its maximum 300% increase. Under this enormous boost, Mo Hui's steps did not falter in the slightest, and he quickly ascended to the seventieth step.
It wasn't until the seventy-fifth step that Mo Hui finally slowed his pace again, but his body still continued to move forward.
Seeing this scene, Bo Saixi exclaimed in surprise: "What a powerful Spirit Bone skill!"
As the High Priestess of Sea God Island, Bo Saixi had seen many Spirit Bones, including many ultimate skills that could enhance a Spirit Master's own abilities. However, the ultimate skill Mo Hui displayed clearly exceeded the scope of ordinary Spirit Bone skills; its effect would not be an exaggeration even if it were a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
In fact, given the increasing pressure of the Seagod's Light, a mere 300% physical increase from Self-Motivation would not have allowed Mo Hui to reach this point; at most, it would have allowed him to reach around the fifty-fourth or fifty-fifth step.
However, Self-Motivation not only increased Mo Hui's physical body but also his spirit power!
After his recent attempt, Mo Hui had discovered that the essence of the Seagod's Light was somewhat similar to a Spirit Master's spirit power externalization. Therefore, the purer a Spirit Master's spirit power, and the greater the quantity of spirit power, the stronger their resistance to the Seagod's Light would be.
Even with the same physical quality, due to different spirit power levels, the number of steps one could ascend would be vastly different.
If a Titled Douluo came, even if their physical quality was inferior to Mo Hui's, they could easily ascend over a hundred or even two hundred steps.
Self-Motivation increased both Mo Hui's physical strength and spirit power purity by 300%, which greatly enhanced Mo Hui's resistance to the Seagod's Light.
Eighty steps... eighty-five steps...
After reaching the eighty-eighth step, Mo Hui sighed: "Is this the limit? It seems I'll have to use Delta Airflow."
Originally, Mo Hui didn't want to use Delta Airflow so early, because once Delta Airflow was used, it would no longer be a test of physical body, but a test of his total spirit power.
But unfortunately, the gap between him and the 360 steps was too large. Self-Motivation being able to allow him to ascend forty-seven steps was already very strong; he couldn't ask for more.
Immediately, a circle of rich green light began to emanate from around Mo Hui. In an instant, these green lights rapidly contracted, forming a man-height elliptical Domain that enveloped Mo Hui.