As the light of the Seven-Colored Divine Pillar faded, the radiance around Ye Yu also disappeared, but a crescent-shaped seven-colored mark appeared on his forehead.
Poseisy looked at Ye Yu with respect in her eyes; in her view, Ye Yu's future achievements were unimaginable.
Poseisy sighed softly, "I didn't expect your assessment to be the Ten Trial of the Gods. This ultimate trial brings enormous benefits, but its difficulty must be terrifying, so terrifying that even I cannot imagine it. However, since you can undertake such a challenge, it shows you're extraordinary."
Ye Yu was thrilled at heart, as the benefits brought by the Ten Trial of the Gods must be immensely powerful.
After the amazement, Seahorse Douluo and Poseisy felt somewhat embarrassed. Poseisy had previously said she wouldn't be startled, but her heart almost stopped beating just now.
Ma Hongjun said earlier it might be best to stay, and Poseisy assumed that no other assessments would appear, yet they did.
At this moment, seven azure beams of light fell, forming a new Seven Sacred Pillars.
Poseisy immediately announced that everyone on Sea God Island must treat Ye Yu and the others politely. Aside from the assessments, whatever Ye Yu and the others needed should be helped with, treating them as honored guests.
After Poseisy left, Seahorse Douluo smiled and said, "Dear guests, you will now stay in the best place on Sea God Island. There are no rules here; you can decide the assessment timing yourselves. You should all know the first assessment: once you complete one, the next will appear. There's one thing, aside from the central forbidden area, you can go anywhere. If you need anything in the future, just say the word."
Ye Yu and the others nodded, "Alright."
Passing through the woods, a small city came into view, with a seahorse statue atop each building.
Seahorse Douluo introduced, "Sea God Island has a total of seven cities, each representing one of the Seven Sacred Pillars. This is Seahorse City, which I safeguard; about a thousand people live here, all followers of Lord Sea God."
Ye Yu and the others stayed at the City Lord's Mansion, which was very luxurious.
Ma Hongjun lay on the couch, sighing gently, "So comfortable, so soft."
Tang San said, "My first trial is crossing, doubling, the Light of the Sea God."
Ma Hongjun said, "Mine isn't doubling; it's crossing, the Light of the Sea God."
Dai Mubai said, "Mine is the same as Fatty's."
Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu's first trial was also crossing, the Light of the Sea God.
The assessment involves going to the core forbidden area of Sea God Island, ascending the first 108 steps, with a time limit of one year, and you can exit midway.
Tang San said, "Mine is to ascend the first 333 steps, with a time limit of one year."
Ma Hongjun was curious: "Isn't it supposed to be double? But the number of steps is nearly triple ours."
Tang San shook his head, "I don't understand this either."
Ning Rongrong said, "I need to ascend the first 136 steps."
Xiao Wu said, "Me too."
Since both of them are top-level seven trials, their numbers are more than Dai Mubai's group.
Seahorse Douluo said, "This first trial is extremely difficult but beneficial for you all, as it will allow you to feel immense pressure and can stimulate your potential."
Upon hearing this, Tang San and the others were naturally very happy.
Then, Tang San and the others curiously looked toward Ye Yu.
"Brother Yu, what's your first assessment?"
"Even though mine is the Ten Trial of the Gods, it is also about ascending those steps, but it's to ascend 3,330."
The content of the Ten Trial of the Gods varies based on the most recent assessments, so Ye Yu's assessment content was the same as Tang San's group, but the difficulty was not.
Tang San was astonished; the number of steps is ten times his, and it's not just ten times; perhaps it becomes harder and harder, multiplying exponentially.
Seahorse Douluo had already left, and Ye Yu and the others were led by a Sea Soul Master in purple robes to the forbidden assessment place afterward.
Reaching the forbidden area, the terrain was high, like a small mountain.
The Soul Master in purple introduced, "This is the forbidden area, Sea God Mountain. The building on the mountain is the Sea God Temple. The steps leading straight ahead to the highest point, the Sea God Temple, is where your assessment takes place, totaling 1,001 steps."
At this moment, the Seven-Colored light burst forth from the Sea God Temple, and stairs extended from the temple, reaching up to the sky, beyond sight.
The Soul Master in purple was astonished, but he already knew it was because of an unimaginably difficult test, as the Great Tributor had mentioned.
The steps were white jade, extending up to the Sea God Temple like a white jade ribbon.
Dai Mubai was the first to try, charging toward the steps, but the next second, a rebounding force hit him. Dai Mubai activated his Soul Techniques to attack, but the Soul Techniques rebounded directly, along with the rebounding force.
Dai Mubai was blasted away and exclaimed in shock, "What's going on?"
Tang San said, "It seems that when climbing the staircase, you can't use attack Soul Techniques, otherwise there will be a backlash."
Ma Hongjun was surprised, "We can only rely on our bodies to withstand the pressure?"
Tang San said, "I think defensive and enhancing Soul Techniques should be usable, as long as they're not attacks."
Tang San stepped forward and lifted his leg to step onto the first stair, feeling a strong resistance appear in front of him, resisting his progress, while a powerful pressure descended from above, with the air from all directions pressing against him.
Tang San withstood the pressure and stepped onto the second step; the pressure was even stronger, about ten percent more difficult than the first step.
When Tang San reached the fifth step, pressure rushed at him like seawater, at which point Dai Mubai reached the fifth step without using attacks, climbing along with Tang San.
The two of them reached the twentieth step in one go, their faces covered in sweat, and their Soul Power quickly depleting.
Dai Mubai used his first Soul Technique, the White Tiger Protective Shield, to resist the pressure, while also using his enhancing Soul Technique, the White Tiger Vajra Transformation. This time, he wasn't forced back by the backlash, and the pressure eased a bit.
However, above the twentieth step, each step was extremely difficult. When they reached the thirtieth step, Dai Mubai and Tang San stopped, the thirtieth step was covered with water stains, from their continually dripping sweat.
Their faces flushed red, having used up all their Soul Power. Under immense pressure, Dai Mubai let out a roar, his entire body growing golden fur, with his fifth Soul Ring shining, his body swelling, and his aura rising; he had used his fifth enhancing Soul Skill, the White Tiger Demon God Transformation.
At this time, Tang San's constitution was evident because Tang San hadn't used any Soul Techniques yet.
The two continued upward, but each step was extremely difficult, sweat pouring like fountains.
With every step forward, Dai Mubai stopped at the thirty-seventh step; just as he prepared to proceed to the thirty-eighth, his remaining Soul Power could no longer support him, his body stalled, incapable of resistance, and under the immense pressure, he was bounced off.
Dai Mubai was flung seventy meters away, and Oscar gave him a Recovery Mushroom Sausage to eat, as Dai Mubai lay on the ground gasping for air, his legs trembling.
"Is this the first trial? It's so hard."
Apart from Ye Yu, everyone's expression was extremely serious. With Dai Mubai in such a state, it would be even more challenging for them.
At this point, Tang San had already reached the fortieth step; after all, his body had been tempered by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, and he had three Soul Bones.
At the fortieth step, Tang San released the Eight-Spider Spear to support himself on the ground and continued upward. At the forty-fifth step, Tang San felt his legs as heavy as mountains; it was extremely difficult to lift them, his teeth clenched tightly, veins bulging from his forehead, facing immense pressure, his bones creaked.
When he reached the fiftieth step, Tang San used the Blue Silver Domain and the Slaying God Domain, feeling his body lighten, he continued upward.
At fifty-five, Tang San found his limit, taking steps back, feeling his body becoming lighter and lighter.
When Tang San retreated completely, Seahorse Douluo arrived, witnessing the scene just now, exclaimed, "Truly incredible, it's unimaginable, to reach fifty-five. When I first started, I only reached fifteen."
Seahorse Douluo looked at the seriously concentrated Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and others, with a light smile, "Now you know how difficult it is, right? Even for you who are monsters and demons, it's extremely difficult."
Seahorse Douluo looked at Ye Yu, curiously asking, "I still don't know what your Martial Soul is?"
Seahorse Douluo was very curious about what kind of Martial Soul Ye Yu had, to accept the Ten Trial of the Gods.
Ye Yu said, "My Martial Soul is Nine Spirits Black Begonia, a mutation of the Nine-Hearted Begonia."
Seahorse Douluo was surprised; he knew of the Nine-Hearted Begonia, but even a mutation couldn't possibly accept such a trial.
"Do you have other Martial Souls?"
"Yes, you guessed right, I have Twin Martial Souls, and also the Body Martial Soul Apocalypse Black Dragon, but it hasn't fully awakened yet, so currently I'm just a Support Soul Master."
Seahorse Douluo said, "Support, huh, that might be too bad. Even for a God, it's a legendary trial, perhaps appearing only this once, and impossible to complete because it's too hard; for you, it's simply impossible. You saw how difficult it was just now; Tang San, with three Soul Bones, only reached fifty-five steps. Leave alone reaching three thousand three hundred thirty-three within a year."
Tang San said, "I feel there's nothing impossible for Brother Yu."
Seahorse Douluo said, "That's because the difficulty you faced before was not like despair; I think it's very hard for you to finish, which is why it's a pity. Even if such a trial appears, it's impossible to complete."
Ma Hongjun said, "If Third Brother can reach fifty-five, then perhaps Boss Yu can get to two hundred."
Seahorse Douluo laughed, "You're thinking too simply, not understanding the difficulty of this staircase. The higher you go, each step's difficulty accumulates terrifyingly. Don't even mention the two hundred steps, even a hundred isn't possible; it gets harder the further up."
Swoosh!
At this moment, Ye Yu rushed toward the stairs, not stepping up one by one but leaping, each leap crossing more than ten steps!
When Seahorse Douluo looked toward the steps, he didn't see Ye Yu, shocked, looking up as he saw Ye Yu reaching the hundredth step in the blink of an eye.
Seahorse Douluo was dumbfounded because Ye Yu was still ascending swiftly.
When Ye Yu stopped at the two-hundredth step, it wasn't because he couldn't move forward.
Ye Yu stopped at the two-hundredth step, lightly jumping twice, looking at Seahorse Douluo, saying, "Not that difficult."
Seahorse Douluo: "..."