With Skills That Can Be Upgraded Infinitely, If I'm Invincible, Who is?
Chapter 120: Blood Gods Eye!
Ten seconds!
Twenty seconds!
As time ticked away second by second, Su Yu felt the pressure bearing down on him grow heavier and heavier.
He gritted his teeth, and even his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.
Although Su Yu did not know what the trial entailed, he had a gut feeling that he had to hold on.
He could not let himself be suppressed by this pressure.
Once suppressed, the great opportunity here would have nothing to do with him.
Thirty seconds!
Boom!
Suddenly, Su Yu felt his entire body's flesh and blood violently tremble, as if his body were tearing apart.
Waves of excruciating pain flooded his mind.
Pain!
Intense, agonizing pain!
Once he held out past thirty seconds, in addition to the terrifying pressure, there was also a sensation of his body being torn apart.
Su Yu gritted his teeth, his eyes turning bloodshot as he endured the waves of agonizing pain.
Buzz!
With a thought, Su Yu immediately activated the equipment skill of his badge of the brave legend: Power of the Brave.
In an instant, Su Yu's body seemed to erupt in endless golden flames, making him look like a god of war bathed in fire, exuding a terrifying aura.
The active effect of Power of the Brave could increase all of Su Yu's attributes by an additional 200%.
Instantly, Su Yu's attributes surged by a massive margin.
The powerful attributes instantly boosted Su Yu's endurance by a large margin as well.
Forty seconds!
Fifty seconds!
As time went on, the pressure and pain Su Yu endured became heavier and heavier, but he gritted his teeth and held on.
Fifty-five seconds!
Sixty seconds!
As the timer hit sixty seconds, the eight stone pillars around the palace suddenly pulled back all their red light.
"Is it over?" Su Yu suddenly felt his body lighten, and he panted heavily.
Before Su Yu could think further, the eight stone pillars around the palace erupted with a burst of dazzling golden light.
Bathed in the golden light, Su Yu felt his body grow warm and extremely comfortable.
After about three seconds, all the golden light receded, and a system notification rang in Su Yu's ears.
[Congratulations on completing the first phase of the Blood God Trial. All attributes increased by 10,000 points. Gained talent: Blood Gods Eye (God-tier Talent, first seal unlocked).]
"Huh?" Su Yu's eyes widened instantly, wondering if he had misheard.
He didn't expect the rewards for the Blood God Trial to be so generous.
Just by completing the first phase, he had obtained 10,000 points to all attributes, as well as a God-tier Talent.
Although literally speaking, this God-tier Talent was sealed, with only the first seal currently unlocked,
it was still a God-tier Talent after all—a starved camel is still bigger than a horse.
Besides, there would definitely be opportunities to unlock the subsequent seals later on and unleash its full power.
With a thought, Su Yu immediately checked the attributes of the Blood Gods Eye.
[Lv.1 Blood Gods Eye (God-tier Talent • First Seal Unlocked)]
[Effect 1: Your vision will be greatly enhanced in all aspects, including field of view, dynamic vision, static vision... etc.]
[Effect 2: Deals damage equal to Physical Attack * Critical Rate * 100 to one or more targets within your line of sight (damage is shared equally among multiple targets). This damage is guaranteed to critically strike and guaranteed to hit. Cooldown: 60 seconds.]
[Note: There are three seals in total. The talent level can only be increased after all seals are unlocked.]
"Huh? This talent is just too perfect for me." A flash of joy crossed Su Yu's eyes.
His critical rate was extremely high, constantly in a state of overflow.
Now that he had the Blood Gods Eye, his high critical rate could finally be put to good use.
Currently, Su Yu's critical rate was 540%, which meant the Blood Gods Eye could deal damage equal to 540 times his physical attack power.
Right now, his physical attack power was over 80,000, which meant the base damage alone was over 40 million.
After factoring in critical damage, the damage would directly soar to over 200 million.
Furthermore, this damage was guaranteed to critically strike and guaranteed to hit.
Combined with the guaranteed true damage from Su Yu's class talent, he could deal tons of damage even when challenging higher-level opponents.
"I doubt anyone in the Blood God Trial right now can withstand a single glance from me," Su Yu chuckled.
Of course, most top-tier geniuses had more than one life-saving trump card.
It wouldn't be that easy to completely kill them.
But at the very least, one look from Su Yu could easily force out one of their life-saving trump cards.
Swish!
While thoughts swirled in Su Yu's mind, a beam of bloody light descended from the sky.
A completely blood-red puppet appeared not far from Su Yu.
At the same time, a system notification rang in Su Yu's ears.
[Defeat the Blood Puppet to obtain the proof of entry into the second phase of the Blood God Trial.]
Chapter 121: Blood Puppet!
With a thought from Su Yu, the Blood Puppet's attributes appeared in his mind.
[LV60 Blood Puppet (epic grade Boss)]
[HP: 1 Billion / 1 Billion]
"It's actually an epic grade Boss! Isn't this just a guaranteed delivery of rewards?" Su Yu's eyes lit up.
In his view, a first kill on a radiant sun grade Boss yielded two Legendary-Grade rewards, so a first kill on an epic grade Boss would probably yield at least three Legendary-Grade rewards.
There might even be a god-grade reward!
At this thought, Su Yu couldn't help but lick his lips, filled with anticipation.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Blood Puppet was not yet fully activated, Su Yu decisively launched an attack on it.
Blood Gods Eye!
A flash of blood-red color flickered in the depths of Su Yu's eyes, and in the next instant, a massive damage number popped up above the Blood Puppet's head.
-234,920,000! (Critical Hit)
With just a single glance, nearly a quarter of the Blood Puppet's HP was wiped out.
"Such high damage!" Su Yu was somewhat shocked in his heart.
Although this damage figure was already within his calculations.
Seeing it actually manifest in real combat still left Su Yufeeling a bit shaken.
With a thought, the Thunder Wings on Su Yu's back instantly unfurled, and a Lightning Domain enveloped the entire palace.
-1,280,000! (Critical Hit)
-1,280,000! (Critical Hit)
In an instant, two more instances of lightning damage blasted onto the Blood Puppet.
This was the damage caused by the Lightning Domain, which could deal lightning damage twice every 1.7 seconds.
Without pausing at all, Su Yu instantly drew his longbow into a full moon.
Soul-Severing Arrow!
Six Soul-Severing Arrows, each consuming a thousand times the mana cost, instantly shot through the air.
Currently, Su Yu's maximum mana had already exceeded 3 million points.
A single Soul-Severing Arrow consuming a thousand times the mana cost only used up a little over 1.2 million mana, which was completely within his tolerance.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
-13,540,000! (Critical Hit)
-13,540,000! (Critical Hit)
...
The six Soul-Severing Arrows hit the Blood Puppetsimultaneously in an instant, dealing over eighty million damage to it.
From the moment Su Yu used the Blood Gods Eye to the six Soul-Severing Arrows hitting the Blood Puppet, the entire process took only a fraction of a second.
The Blood Puppet was not even fully activated yet, but its HP was already down to about two-thirds.
Su Yu quietly hovered in the void, observing the Blood Puppet's condition.
His basic attacks could only deal a little over four hundred thousand damage to the Blood Puppet. Even though his attack speed had reached over nine, he could still only deal a few million damage per second.
Compared to the Blood Puppet's massive 1 billion HP, this bit of damage was like trying to put out a burning cart of firewood with a cup of water. It would be better to save his stamina.
After all, the cooldown of Soul-Severing Arrow was only 0.8 seconds. Even if he used a Soul-Severing Arrow that consumed a hundred times the mana cost, it could still deal nearly fifty million damage each time, which was far higher than the damage per second of basic attacks.
"Next, I should focus on upgrading Power Shot and Assassins Intuition. Only then can I fully unleash the potential of the Blood Gods Eye," Su Yu pondered in his heart.
The attack of the Blood Gods Eye was guaranteed to hit, and it could be launched as long as the target was within his line of sight.
With Su Yu's current eyesight, as long as there were no obstructions, he could see clearly even if the target was dozens of kilometers away.
This was much further than his arrow's attack range.
It could be said that the Blood Gods Eye was currently his strongest burst capability.
Furthermore, the higher his critical rate and critical damage, the higher the damage of the Blood Gods Eye would be.
Next, as long as he focused on increasing his critical rate and critical damage, he might be able to deal over a billion damage with just a single glance.
When that time came, even a Level 60 epic grade Boss wouldn't be able to withstand the damage of a single glance from him.
Chapter 122: Slaying the Blood Puppet!
Hum!
Suddenly, a burst of blood-red light erupted from the Blood Puppet's body, and its previously tightly shut eyes instantly snapped open.
Bang!
-10.52 million! (Critical Hit)
In an instant, a massive damage number appeared above Su Yu's head.
"Hmm? Is this an attack method similar to the Blood Gods Eye?" Su Yu was somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected that the Blood Puppet could actually master such a technique.
Although the damage multiplier of this attack didn't seem high, the guaranteed hit and guaranteed critical hit properties were still present.
However, the Blood Puppet did not possess Su Yu's class talent, so its attacks were not true damage.
Therefore, even though the damage reached over ten million, it still couldn't cause any impact on Su Yu.
After all, the Soul-Severing Arrow he had just fired, which consumed a thousand times the mana, had applied six layers of shields to himself, capable of cumulatively blocking over eighty million damage.
This gaze from the Blood Puppet didn't even break his outermost shield.
Eternal Night Stealth!
With a thought from Su Yu, his figure instantly vanished into the void.
Soul-Severing Arrow!
Su Yu pulled his longbow into a full moon, and another six Soul-Severing Arrows, each consuming a thousand times the mana, tore through the air.
Bang, bang, bang!
-13.54 million! -20.31 million! (Critical Hit)
-13.54 million! -20.31 million! (Critical Hit)
...
"Hmm? Can every Soul-Severing Arrow trigger the bonus damage from Eternal Night Stealth?" A flash of brilliance crossed Su Yu's eyes.
This meant that Eternal Night Stealth, combined with the thousand-fold mana-consuming Soul-Severing Arrow, would also become one of his top-tier burst trump cards.
After entering Eternal Night Stealth, launching an attack would reveal his form while simultaneously dealing an additional 150% damage.
With all six Soul-Severing Arrows triggering the bonus damage from Eternal Night Stealth, he instantly dealt over 200 million damage to the Blood Puppet.
From the moment Su Yu launched his first attack until now, not even a second had passed, yet the Blood Puppet's HP was already less than half.
It could be said that Su Yu's burst capability had now reached a shocking level.
"I wonder if the Blood Gods Eye can be combined with Eternal Night Stealth for a burst."
"If it can, then my instant burst capability could be raised to another level," Su Yu mused to himself.
However, the Blood Gods Eye was a God-tier Talent, while Eternal Night Stealth was merely an Epic-grade skill; Su Yu guessed that the probability of them working together was likely not high.
After all, for an Epic-grade skill to affect a God-tier Talentwas indeed asking a bit too much of it.
Just then.
Rumble!
The palace floor trembled, and thick, blood-colored tentacles violently smashed through the ground and emerged.
The blood-colored tentacles were extremely fast, sweeping toward Su Yu.
"What the hell is this? An attack method of the Blood Puppet?" Su Yu was a bit confused.
His figure was like a ghost; the wings on his back vibrated continuously, and streaks of lightning flashed through the void.
Lightning Arrow!
Su Yu seized the opportunity and immediately fired a Lightning Arrow consuming a thousand times the mana, which tore through the air.
His target was that group of blood-colored tentacles.
Bang!
-8.09 million! (Critical Hit)
Crackle!
-8.09 million! (Critical Hit)
-8.09 million! (Critical Hit)
...
The Blood Tentacles only had ten million HP, and under the consumption of the Lightning Domain, their HP had long since dropped below eight million.
Streaks of lightning jumped frantically, and in no time, all the blood-colored tentacles were slain.
[Successfully killed Lv60 Blood Tentacle (Common Gradesummon), Skill Point +1.]
...
System notification sounds rang out frantically in Su Yu's ears, but he turned a deaf ear to them.
In his eyes, there was only one goal: to quickly slay the Blood Puppet and secure the first-kill reward for the Legendary-grade BOSS, as well as the credential to enter the second stage of the Blood God Trial.
Just passing the first stage of the Blood God Trial had already yielded such huge gains; Su Yu dared not imagine how terrifying the rewards ahead would be.
A few seconds later, the Blood Puppet's HP dropped below 20%, triggering its second phase and causing it to enter a brief period of invincibility.
At the same time, in the second phase, the Blood Puppetentered a berserk mode, with both its attack power and attack speed greatly increased.
Streams of blood-colored energy surged frantically toward Su Yu; this was the Blood Puppet's attack method, primarily focused on ranged attacks, much like a Mage among the professionals.
The palace area was not very large, which made it impossible for Su Yu to dodge all of the Blood Puppet's attacks.
Although his movement speed was extremely fast, like a ghost, nearly 20% of the damage still landed on him.
At this current stage, he could only passively take the hits.
Fortunately, he had accumulated quite a lot of shield value previously; otherwise, even with his current HP of over 1.8 million, he wouldn't have been able to withstand one or two attacks from the Blood Puppet.
After all, the Blood Puppet was a Level 60 Legendary-grade BOSS with high attack power, and when combined with its skills, it could easily deal tons of damage.
Of course, even without the shields, Su Yu had invincibility states and could completely survive it.
The Moons Protection ring could allow him to block five instances of damage.
The Wind Protection badge could allow him to transform into pure wind element, making him untargetable, which was equivalent to five seconds of invincibility.
It was just that he couldn't attack during these five seconds.
Then there was the badge of the brave legend, which could also make him invincible for three seconds, while additionally increasing all attributes by 200%.
More importantly, he could fully attack during these three seconds.
With the Blood Puppet's current HP at less than 20%, it couldn't withstand Su Yu for three seconds in this state.
Soon, the Blood Puppet's invincibility state vanished, and the cooldown for Eternal Night Stealth just happened to reset.
Su Yu decisively entered the state of Eternal Night Stealth, and a Soul-Severing Arrow consuming a hundred times the mana instantly tore through the air.
-8.12 million! -12.18 million! (Critical Hit)
-8.12 million! -12.18 million! (Critical Hit)
...
In an instant, the Blood Puppet's HP percentage was reduced to single digits.
Before long, the Blood Puppet's HP was completely emptied by Su Yu.
[Successfully killed Lv60 Blood Puppet (Legendary-grade BOSS), currently unable to gain EXP, Skill Point +1.]
Bang!
The Blood Puppet's body instantly exploded, and a blood-colored key floated silently in the void.
"Is this blood-colored key the credential to enter the second stage of the Blood God Trial?" Su Yu mused thoughtfully.
However, before he could think too much, a familiar system notification sound already rang in his ears.
[About to announce to the Blue Star world, do you need to hide your nickname?]
"Do not hide!" Su Yu said in a deep voice.
Immediately, three consecutive world announcements rang in the ears of all players on Blue Star.
[Blue Star World Announcement: Congratulations to the Holy Dragon Empire player Yu Huang for becoming the first player to solo a Legendary-grade BOSS. Special reward: Universal Special Equipment (God-tier) *1, Gold *1000, reputation *500.] X3
Chapter 121: Qiankun Ring!
"Hiss! Can Big Brother Yu Huang actually solo a legendary BOSS now?"
"Big Brother Yu Huang isn't sleeping in the middle of the night just to provoke us."
"So hardcore. It's one thing for Big Brother Yu Huang to be strong, but he's actually secretly grinding while we're sleeping."
"Damn, the first kill of a Legendary-Grade BOSS actually dropped a god-grade piece of equipment? This is too ridiculous, right?"
"The BOSS first kill rewards will probably all go to Big Brother Yu Huang; no one else is even qualified to compete with him."
"I don't even dare to imagine how strong Big Brother Yu Huang is now; it's possible that even if all of us combined, we wouldn't be his match."
"Indeed, I feel like we probably can't even break Big Brother Yu Huang's defense."
"I hope it gets bright soon; tomorrow I'm going to work hard and strive to enter the main city as soon as possible."
"..."
Countless players from the Holy Dragon Empire discussed this heatedly; spurred on by Su Yu, they even wished they could go out and grind monsters immediately to level up.
...
Inside the ancient, simple palace.
"Huh? It actually rewarded a god-grade piece of equipment?" Su Yu's eyes lit up.
He hadn't expected that the first kill of a Legendary-GradeBOSS would actually reward a god-grade piece of equipment; he had originally thought it would be good enough if it rewarded three Legendary-Grade items.
Without any hesitation, Su Yu immediately opened his backpack.
He couldn't wait to find out what this god-grade, all-class universal special equipment actually was.
Soon, Su Yu discovered a silver-white ring in his backpack.
[Qiankun Ring (God-grade)]
[Level: 1]
[Attributes: All Attributes + 10,000]
[Trait 1: Additional 10,000 backpack slots; at the same time, it can automatically loot your spoils within a 10-kilometer radius.]
[Trait 2: Does not occupy a ring equipment slot.]
[Trait 3: Can devour other equipment (no limit) to increase its own equipment level; the higher the level and grade of the devoured equipment, the higher the growth value provided.]
[Trait 4: Unsealed at Level 10.]
[Trait 5: Unsealed at Level 20.]
[...]
"No wonder it's a special piece of equipment; it doesn't even occupy an equipment slot, and it can level up by devouring other equipment." A flash of joy crossed Su Yu's eyes.
Normally, each player can only equip two ring items.
Although the Qiankun Ring is a ring, it doesn't occupy an equipment slot, which means Su Yu can equip three rings at the same time.
Just this point alone would allow him to permanently pull ahead of others.
"And with the Qiankun Ring, I almost don't have to worry about my backpack slots not being enough."
"More importantly, I won't have to personally pick up loot anymore; my hands are directly freed. This is simply too comfortable." Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
Previously, in order to pick up the blood crystals dropped by the Berserk Blood Ox, he had to bend over two hundred times.
It was not only troublesome but also a waste of time.
Now with the Qiankun Ring, he could completely save a large amount of time to use for traveling and grinding monsters, collecting more blood crystals.
He had never forgotten the most important thing for coming to the Tianlong Continent, which was to take first place on the hidden dragon ranking and complete his class second advancement quest.
If he wanted to take first place on the hidden dragon ranking, he had to make a name for himself.
And collecting blood crystals to get on the leaderboard for the Blood Trial was the fastest way for him to make a name for himself.
Thinking of this, Su Yu didn't hesitate at all and directly put on this Qiankun Ring.
The next instant, that blood-colored key that the Blood Puppet had just dropped disappeared and entered his backpack.
[Congratulations, you have obtained Blood-Colored Key II * 1.]
"What a pity, the Blood Puppet didn't drop blood crystals; otherwise, a Level 60 legendary blood crystal would definitely have added hundreds of thousands of points." Su Yu shook his head helplessly.
Perhaps the Blood Puppet was not a native monster of the Blood Trial, but just a special BOSS used for the Blood God Trial.
Apart from this Blood-Colored Key II, it didn't drop anything else.
Chapter 122: Blood God Trial II!
With a thought, Su Yu took the Blood Key II directly out of his backpack.
As his mental energy surged into the Blood Key II, a system prompt sounded.
[Do you wish to accept the quest 'Blood God Trial II'?]
[Prompt ①: This is a God-tier unique quest with extreme difficulty. Once accepted, you must accept all subsequent quests. If the quest fails, you will receive an unknown quest penalty.]
[Prompt ②: The final quest of the Blood God Trial will involve the Eternal Continent. Please choose carefully.]
[Prompt ③: The Blood God Trial series of quests is strongly linked to the Blood Gods Eye talent. If you refuse this quest, you will lose the opportunity to unlock subsequent seals of the Blood Gods Eye.]
[Prompt ④: Once this quest is refused, the Blood Key II will disappear directly.]
[Prompt ⑤: Please make a choice within three days. Once the time limit is exceeded, the Blood Key II will automatically disappear.]
"So many quest prompts; it seems the Blood God Trialseries of quests is indeed not simple." Su Yu pondered silently in his heart.
There is an unknown penalty if the Blood God Trial series of quests fails.
At the same time, its final quest involves the Eternal Continent, which means the situation here is very deep.
A quest that can involve the Eternal Continent is definitely not simple.
The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish. If he can complete the final quest of the Blood God Trial, it means that Su Yu's rewards will definitely be immense.
However, the penalty after failure is definitely not to be underestimated either.
"I have a God-tier Talent; why would I be afraid of failing to complete a God-tier unique quest?" Su Yu laughed.
No matter how difficult the Blood God Trial series of quests is, it is still just a God-tier unique quest.
With his potential, there is simply no need to worry.
His strength is still in a period of rapid growth. Once he grows up, perhaps even the Blood God in their prime would not be his match.
Not to mention, this is just a small trial quest left behind by the Blood God.
Thinking of this, Su Yu's gaze became firm, and he said in a deep voice: "Accept!"
[You have accepted 'Blood God Trial II'. You can view the details in the quest panel.]
Su Yu did not hesitate and directly opened the quest panel.
[Blood God Trial II (God-tier unique quest)]
[Quest Requirements: Collect 100 million Blood Trialpoints, unlock the Blood Trial hidden shop, and exchange for a drop of Blood God Essence Blood.]
[Quest Duration: 7 days.]
[Quest Rewards: Unlock the second seal of the Blood Gods Eye and unlock the special physique 'Blood God Body (God-tier)'.]
[Quest Penalty: Unknown.]
"Collect 100 million Blood Trial points?" A flash of brilliance crossed Su Yu's eyes.
There is only one channel to obtain Blood Trial points, and that is to take Blood Crystals to the Blood Altar for exchange.
Blood Crystals can only be obtained by killing monsters. It is almost impossible to collect 100 million Blood Trialpoints.
A level 50 Berserk Blood Ox is only worth 100 points. To collect 100 million Blood Trial points, one would need to kill a full one million of them.
I am afraid that there are not even one million level 50 Berserk Blood Oxen in the entire Blood Trial.
To collect 100 million Blood Trial points, there are probably only two paths.
One path is to have everyone who enters the Blood Trialhelp collect Blood Crystals, and finally hand them all over to one person to exchange for Blood Trial points.
The other path is to enter the inner layer of the Blood Trialand kill a large number of high-grade BOSSes.
It is highly probable that only these two paths give one a chance to collect 100 million Blood Trial points.
However, for Su Yu, only the second path is viable; as for the first path, he can only think about it.
After all, even the local forces of the Tianlong Continenthave their own interests and demands; it is impossible to concentrate all the Blood Trial points into the hands of one person.
More importantly, they do not know that obtaining 100 million Blood Trial points can unlock the Blood Trial hidden shop.
Since they do not know about this, they have no motivation to rack their brains to collect 100 million Blood Trial points.
What they want is ranking; as long as they can ensure a high ranking, that is enough.
"It seems I must hurry to the inner layer and collect 100 million points as soon as possible." Su Yu clenched his fists.
Su Yu looked around the palace and, finding no other changes, walked out of the palace.
Just as he stepped out of the palace, with a loud rumble, the entire palace turned into powder, leaving behind only an empty cave.
"It seems that even if someone comes here in the future, they won't find anything of value." Su Yu sighed with emotion and then headed back the way he came.
Soon, Su Yu arrived before the stone door.
Seemingly detecting Su Yu's arrival, the stone door slowly opened, and the two, Old Wang and his companion, appeared in Su Yu's line of sight.
Just as Su Yu stepped out of the stone door, a rumbling sound came from behind him.
In just an instant, the stone door turned into powder, as if it had never appeared.
Rumbling sounds also continuously came from the original passage, which seemed to be collapsing.
"Is the entire cave about to collapse?" A thought suddenly surfaced in Su Yu's heart.
"Not good, the cave is about to collapse."
Su Yu shouted violently, and the Thunder Wings behind him instantly unfurled.
Swish!
In an instant, Su Yu appeared beside Old Wang and his companion, grabbed both of them like chicks, and sped toward the exit.
With Su Yu's current strength, let alone combat power, his total attributes alone crushed Old Wang and his companion by who knows how many times.
From the time he entered the cave until now, his base total attributes alone had increased by 25,000 points.
After calculating various percentage bonuses, even the attribute with the least percentage bonus had increased by 40,000 points.
This made Su Yu's total attributes reach a shocking level.
For normal second-turn professionals like Old Wang and his companion, having total attributes that were even a fraction of Su Yu's would be considered very good.
With Su Yu's strength, carrying them was absolutely effortless.
Before long, Su Yu carried Old Wang and his companion out of the crevice.
Just three seconds after Su Yu rushed out, the entire underground passage collapsed, and the crevice was completely blocked.
"Brother Yu Huang, what... what happened? Why did the entire passage suddenly collapse?" Old Wang said, stuttering slightly.
It was clear that he had not yet recovered from the crisis just now.
Su Yu chuckled and said: "It is nothing. I suppose that since I took the reward inside, there was no longer any need for this place to exist."
Old Wang was immediately excited and said: "That is good; this trip was not in vain."
Old Li also nodded vigorously, expressing agreement with Old Wang's words.
With a thought, Su Yu took out all the level 50 Blood Crystals from his backpack. There were 232 in total, forming a small pile on the ground.
"These 232 level 50 Blood Crystals can be exchanged for 23,200 Blood Trial points. You take them first; consider it a small token of my appreciation."
"With these Blood Trial points, you can enter the middle layer with me. I will find a way to compensate you then." Su Yu smiled.
Chapter 123: Sky Eagle Territory!
Su Yu thought about it clearly; given the strength of Old Wang and his companion, giving them over ten thousand Blood Trial points was already enough.
Otherwise, with their strength, once they climbed the Blood Trial leaderboard, they would absolutely become targets for everyone.
For them, that would be no different than a death warrant.
If he wanted to compensate Old Wang and his companion, the best way would be to use some resources commonly used by professionals.
But right now, he himself was penniless and had nothing worth presenting.
He would only be able to slowly collect some resources after he entered the middle layer or even the inner layer, to serve as compensation for Old Wang and his companion.
After all, the Blood God Trial intelligence they provided was indeed a huge gain for him.
What Su Yu disliked most was owing favors; favors were karma.
There was a rule in the Blood Trial: once one entered the middle layer, there was no way to return to the outer layer.
Once Su Yu entered the middle layer, if Old Wang and his companion remained in the outer layer, he would have no way to give them the resources he collected.
Therefore, he had to have Old Wang and his companion enter the middle layer with him so that he could compensate them.
"This... this is too valuable, we don't deserve it," Old Wang said, stuttering slightly.
Su Yu smiled and said, "Don't be in such a rush to refuse; the intelligence you provided gave me a huge harvest, so this is what you deserve."
"We only provided a little bit of information; if it weren't for you, Brother Yu Huang, being strong enough, you wouldn't have gained so much in the end," Old Wang said, scratching his head.
"Take it. These points don't mean much to me; it's mainly so you can enter the middle layer with me."
"After we enter the middle layer, I will find a way to collect some resources to compensate you," Su Yu said with a smile.
Old Wang opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say.
After a moment of silence, Old Wang finally spoke, "Alright, since you've put it that way, Brother Yu Huang, if we were to refuse again, it would only seem pretentious."
Old Wang and his companion quickly divided the pile of level 50 Blood Crystals on the ground into two, exactly half for each.
"Let's go. You two take me to the nearest Blood Altar; let's exchange the Blood Crystals for points first," Su Yu said in a deep voice.
"Understood!" Old Wang and his companion said in unison.
...
The nearest Blood Altar to the three of them was on a plain hundreds of kilometers away.
Finding Old Wang and his companion's speed too slow, Su Yu simply grabbed them and sped toward the Blood Altar.
With Su Yu's current strength, when bursting at full power, his speed reached hundreds of meters per second.
In less than twenty minutes, Su Yu could see the location of the Blood Altar from afar.
With the blessing of the Blood God's Eye, his vision had become exceptionally good.
If it weren't for the mountain ranges blocking the view, he would be able to see things hundreds of kilometers away clearly.
"As expected, this Blood Altar has already been occupied by people from the Sky Eagle Territory," Su Yu thought thoughtfully.
On the way, Old Wang and his companion had already given Su Yu a rough overview of the intelligence related to the Blood Altar.
The Blood Altar they were currently heading toward had been occupied by the Sky Eagle Territory.
The Sky Eagle Territory was one of the ten major powers on the Tianlong Continent, ranked roughly between fifth and seventh.
Anyone who wanted to use the Blood Altar needed to pay a 50% usage fee as a tribute to the Sky Eagle Territory.
Of course, this situation was very common in the Blood Trial; basically, all the Blood Altars had been occupied by major powers.
Small factions or lone wolves all needed to pay them usage fees.
And this was considered a civil way of doing things; if they weren't civil, they would even resort to direct robbery.
After all, might made right here; there was no such thing as so-called fairness.
"We're almost there. You two should change into gear you don't usually wear and put on masks, so you don't end up being targeted by the Sky Eagle Territory," Su Yu said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Old Wang and his companion immediately understood Su Yu's meaning.
If the people from the Sky Eagle Territory were unreasonable, the consequences would likely be very serious.
Su Yu was doing this to protect them; after all, they were natives of the Tianlong Continent, and if they were targeted by the Sky Eagle Territory, they would be 100% finished.
Old Wang and his companion did not hesitate at all; they immediately changed into gear they didn't usually wear and put on golden masks.
If they didn't draw their weapons, it would be impossible for others to even determine their classes.
In the game of Immortality, methods to inspect the identity of a professional were very rare.
One had to know that even with all the high-tier skills Su Yu possessed, he had no means of inspecting professional identities.
The innate Inspection skill only worked on monsters, and the higher the monster's level, the less information could be viewed.
Basically, it could only barely be used in the early stages.
Before long, the three of them landed steadily not far from the perimeter of the Blood Altar camp, and then walked toward the Blood Altar.
The reason it was called the Blood Altar camp was that many tents were pitched around the Blood Altar, and this place was also a base for many small factions and lone wolves.
After all, there were many people here, and with people from major factions guarding the place, the safety was certainly much higher than in other places.
Moreover, it was very convenient here, whether trading with other professionals or wanting to exchange Blood Crystals for Blood Trial points.
In any case, no matter where they went, they had to pay tribute to the major powers, so it didn't matter who they paid; they had already resigned themselves to their fate.
The three of them walked straight toward the Blood Altar.
At this moment, quite a few lone wolves had already gathered around the altar, queuing up to exchange for Blood Trial points.
A middle-aged man wearing a black cloth armor set sat on a chair next to the Blood Altar.
Behind him stood two lackeys, lazily watching the people in line.
On their chests hung a badge engraved with an eagle, which was the faction badge of the Sky Eagle Territory.
Faction badges did not occupy a badge equipment slot; depending on the level of the territory and their position, they could increase corresponding attributes.
This was also the reason why professionals would break their heads trying to join major factions.
Around the Blood Altar, a dozen or so professionals, also wearing the Sky Eagle Territory faction badge on their chests, were scattered about, maintaining order in the surroundings to prevent anyone from causing trouble.
In front of the Blood Altar, there were two people specifically responsible for collecting Blood Crystals.
Only after collecting half of the Blood Crystals would they allow the people in line to deposit the Blood Crystals into the Blood Altar.
Old Wang lowered his voice to explain to Su Yu, "That person sitting on the chair is the person in charge left here by the Sky Eagle Territory; he's called Qing Sun."
"It's said that he is a level 60 Emperor-tier professional, and his innate talent is also Emperor-tier; his strength is extremely formidable."
Su Yu nodded slightly.
Emperor-tier professionals referred to hidden classes with an Emperor-tier class rank.
As for innate talents, they referred to the talents awakened when one first became a professional.
Generally speaking, those who could change classes to an Emperor-tier class would not have weak innate talents; they might even be higher than Emperor-tier.
Of course, if one's own innate talent was above Emperor-tier, many people would not be willing to change to an Emperor-tier hidden class.
They would rather change to a normal class, giving themselves a chance to change to a hidden class above Emperor-tier in the future.
After all, once one changed to a hidden class, there was almost no way to change to another hidden class.
But if one changed to a normal class, then one could change to a hidden class at any time.
Chapter 124: Qing Falcon!
Su Yu did not stop his pace, directly ignoring the queue of people, and walked straight toward the Blood Altar.
"Are you blind, kid? Can't you see everyone is queuing here? Get in line and scram!" a guard wearing the Sky Eagle Territory emblem reached out to block Su Yu, his tone unfriendly.
Su Yu glanced at the guard with an indifferent gaze, as if he hadn't heard him, and continued walking forward.
The guard's face darkened, he chased after him in a few steps, and blocked Su Yu again: "Are you deaf, you son of a bitch? Didn't you hear me tell you to get in line?"
"Scram!" Su Yu said in a calm tone.
"Are you looking to die, kid?" The guard's voice instantly rose an octave.
As soon as these words were spoken, the people queuing around them turned their heads, their eyes filled with both surprise and a sense of watching a good show.
"The Blood Altar is so large that it can easily support hundreds of people using it at the same time. There are only a few dozen people here in total; why is there a need to queue?" Su Yu said indifferently.
Qing Falcon, who was sitting on a chair, slowly stood up with a playful smile on his lips: "Interesting, looks like I've run into a greenhorn."
"However, his outfit looks like high-grade fashion; he probably has decent strength and some background. I'll go probe him first," Qing Falcon calculated inwardly.
He moved and arrived in front of Su Yu, looking him up and down: "Newbie? First time at the Blood Trial?"
"Does that have anything to do with you?" Su Yu replied.
Qing Falcon wasn't angry; he reached out and pointed at the dozen or so professionals wearing the Sky Eagle Territory emblem around them, saying: "Little brother, you might not be very clear about the situation here."
"This Blood Altar is under the protection of my Sky Eagle Territory."
"You should know that we maintain the safety around the altar, we handle the perimeter security, and we are also responsible for the order here."
"If you want to use the Blood Altar, handing over half of your Blood Crystals as a usage fee should be quite reasonable, right?"
Qing Falcon paused, then chuckled: "However, seeing that you're here for the first time, little brother, I can give you a 'newbie discount'—you only need to hand over 45% of your Blood Crystals as a usage fee."
"What if I say I don't want to pay the usage fee?" Su Yuchuckled.
Qing Falcon's eyes turned cold, and a sky-blue staff instantly appeared in his hand: "Charging you 45% of your Blood Crystals is already giving you face."
"If you don't want this face, I can just not give it."
"Of course, if you don't want to pay the usage fee, you'll have to ask the staff in my hand if it agrees."
As his voice fell, the dozen or so Sky Eagle Territoryprofessionals around them stopped what they were doing almost simultaneously, their gazes locking onto the three of them—Su Yu and his companions.
A tense atmosphere immediately filled the air.
"Move aside! Don't block the way!" Su Yu's gaze was indifferent; he didn't take Qing Falcon's threat seriously at all.
Qing Falcon narrowed his eyes; he could feel the confidence radiating from Su Yu, who truly didn't take his threat seriously.
This left him unable to gauge Su Yu's depth for a moment.
Logically speaking, the Blood Trial had been open for ten days now, and those who were still in the outer layer were basically weak professionals.
Once everyone enters the middle layer, they cannot return to the outer layer.
With his strength as a level 60 Emperor-tier professional, he could be considered the ceiling of the outer layer at the moment.
If it weren't for the duty of guarding this Blood Altar, he would have already entered the middle layer.
One must know that the resources in the middle layer are far more abundant than in the outer layer; anyone with even slightly stronger strength wouldn't have dragged it out until now without entering the middle layer.
Thinking of this, Qing Falcon immediately felt confident, and the hesitation in his eyes receded like the tide.
One step slow, every step slow!
A professional who could drag it out until now without entering the middle layer—no matter how strong they are, how strong could they really be?
His strength was already the ceiling of the outer layer, not to mention the entire Sky Eagle Territory stood behind him.
The confidence of the kid in front of him was most likely the fearlessness of the ignorant.
The smile on Qing Falcon's face completely faded, replaced by a cold sharpness.
"Kid, I don't care where your confidence comes from. I'll ask you one last time: 45% of your Blood Crystals—are you paying, or not?"
Qing Falcon held his staff horizontally in front of him, ice-blue magic power condensing upon it and emitting a faint glow, as if he were about to attack Su Yu the next moment.
Su Yu watched this scene, his eyes turning cold.
Since Qing Falcon wanted to make a move on him, there was nothing left to say.
Looking at Su Yu's eyes, for some reason, Qing Falcon suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
It was as if he had been targeted by some terrifying existence.
A flash of blood-red color crossed the depths of Su Yu's eyes, and the Blood Gods Eye activated instantly.
"You..."
Qing Falcon only had time to utter a single word before he felt as if something had violently pierced deep into his brain, and his consciousness instantly dissipated.
His body transformed directly into a beam of white light and disappeared from the spot.
Death in the Blood Trial results in the deduction of ten years of lifespan.
If the professional has sufficient lifespan, then after being killed, the body will transform into white light and disappear, respawning in the outside world.
Conversely, the body will not disappear, representing the true death of the professional with no chance of resurrection.
"Hmm? Does this Qing Falcon not have any trump cards to save his life?" Su Yu was somewhat surprised.
He didn't expect that he would kill Qing Falcon instantly with a single move; he had assumed Qing Falcon would have at least one or two life-saving trump cards on him.
Logically speaking, a Second-Turn professional from a large faction like Qing Falcon, with his own decent class and talent, having one or two life-saving trump cards would be normal.
At the very least, it should have allowed him to withstand one or two fatal injuries.
But now, he had killed Qing Falcon instantly with a single Blood Gods Eye, without any sign of a life-saving trump card being triggered.
"There are only two possibilities now. One is that Qing Falcon didn't have any life-saving trump cards, and the other is that the Blood Gods Eye can ignore the life-saving trump cards on Qing Falcon," Su Yu thought thoughtfully.
He was more inclined towards the latter.
After all, the Blood Gods Eye is a God-tier Talent; it's quite normal for ordinary life-saving trump cards to fail to take effect.
Furthermore, it would be easy to verify this. Once he enters the middle or inner layer and fights against those peerless geniuses ranked high on the Blood Trial leaderboard, he will know.
After all, those peerless geniuses who can rank high on the Blood Trial leaderboard certainly won't lack life-saving trump cards.
"Bo... Boss, died?"
The Sky Eagle Territory guard closest to Qing Falcon stared at the spot where Qing Falcon had disappeared, his eyes wide in disbelief.
What just happened?
How did their boss suddenly die?
He didn't see any signs of Su Yu making a move at all, and yet, their boss died just like that.
He even died without triggering the life-saving trump card on his body; this was simply too incredible.
At this moment, the look he gave Su Yu was filled with fear, as if he had seen a ghost.
Chapter 125: Blood Trial Leaderboard!
Su Yu looked around, his gaze sweeping over all the guards from the Sky Eagle Territory.
"Now it is your turn." Su Yu's tone was flat, as if he were speaking of something utterly trivial.
The dozen or so guards from the Sky Eagle Territory who had been scattered around the Blood Altar maintaining order were all deathly pale.
The scene of Manager Qing Sun being instantly killed just moments ago had been an immense shock to them.
They knew that Manager Qing Sun was a level 60 Emperor-tier professional and the ceiling of combat power in the Outer Zone.
Yet they were merely normal members; even combined, they were far from being a match for Manager Qing Sun.
And yet, such a powerful level 60 Emperor-tier professional had been inexplicably killed instantly, without even a chance to react.
This caused their worldviews to begin to shatter—how could there be such a powerful second-transfer professional?
"Run! Run quickly!"
Someone shouted, and the remaining people scrambled away in every direction, not even daring to look back.
Su Yu watched this scene with cold eyes. Since he had already offended the Sky Eagle Territory, he absolutely could not let a single fish slip through the net.
He directly marked the Sky Eagle Territory as a hostile faction.
Then, a longbow appeared in his hand, and a Lightning Arrow, consuming a thousand times the mana, instantly tore through the air.
Bang! Crackle!
In less than a second, all the Sky Eagle Territory guards present dissipated into white light.
The entire scene fell into instant silence.
Those who had been queuing were all holding their breath, not daring to make a sound.
They were terrified that they might accidentally provoke Su Yu and end up with the same fate as the Sky Eagle Territory group.
"Let's go, let's exchange the blood crystal for Blood Trialpoints." Su Yu said to Old Wang and the other man behind him.
Old Wang and Old Li were still frozen in place, clearly not having recovered from the battle that had just taken place.
From the moment Su Yu made his move to the total annihilation of the Sky Eagle Territory group, the entire process had been far too short.
Especially the death of Manager Qing Sun; it had caused a great shock to their hearts.
They knew that Manager Qing Sun was the strongest in this area, and while they knew he certainly wasn't Su Yu's match...
...they hadn't expected Manager Qing Sun to die so cleanly and efficiently.
Su Yu hadn't even moved his hands, there hadn't even been any mana fluctuations, yet Manager Qing Sun had died.
Such methods had completely exceeded their imagination.
Su Yu walked straight to the Blood Altar and took the level 60 Radiant Sun blood crystal out of his backpack.
The blood crystal, the size of a human head, had a blood-colored light on it that flickered like breathing.
Su Yu's consciousness began to attempt to communicate with the Blood Altar.
The next instant, the level 60 Radiant Sun blood crystal in his hand turned into a beam of blood-colored light and submerged into the Blood Altar.
[Blood Trial points + 256,000]
[Congratulations on making it onto the Blood TrialLeaderboard. Current ranking: 1896.]
[You have unlocked the Blood Trial Leaderboard. You can view the information of trial-takers ranked 1696 and below.]
"Can a single level 60 Radiant Sun blood crystal get me on the leaderboard directly?" Su Yu pondered thoughtfully.
Then, with a thought, he opened the Blood TrialLeaderboard.
[1697th place: Shen Ningdai (Hundred Flower Valley), current points: 589,860.]
[1896th place: Yu Huang (No Faction), current points: 256,000.]
[2000th place: Ren Pingsheng (Starfall Pavilion), current points: 215,650]
Su Yu took a look; among the three hundred or so people currently displayed on the Blood Trial Leaderboard, he was the only one without a faction, which seemed quite abrupt.
The Blood Trial Leaderboard only records a maximum of two thousand people, and his points were not that far ahead of 2000th place.
If he kept his current points as they were, it might not be long before he was pushed off the Blood TrialLeaderboard.
"I wonder how many points the current first place has."
"But regardless, I am determined to take first place on the Blood Trial Leaderboard." A sharp glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
He had to complete the quest Blood God Trial II; this could be said to be the greatest opportunity he had encountered since entering the Blood Trial.
He was determined to collect one hundred million points!
Just after Su Yu finished exchanging his Blood Trial points, Old Wang and the other man finally came to their senses.
The two hurriedly stepped forward and exchanged all the blood crystals they had for Blood Trial points.
Both of their points simultaneously broke the ten-thousand mark, satisfying the conditions to enter the Middle Layer.
"Let's leave here first."
Su Yu didn't wait for Old Wang and the other man to respond; he directly unfurled the Thunder Wings on his back, grabbed the two, and soared into the sky.
In a short while, they had completely disappeared from everyone's line of sight.
After confirming that Su Yu's figure had completely disappeared, the crowd present finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Manager... Manager Qing Sun actually died?" someone in the crowd whispered.
"What kind of method did that person just use to silently kill Manager Qing Sun instantly?"
"I don't know. Looking at how he used a bow and arrow at the end, he should be an Archer-class professional."
"Since when do Archer-class professionals have such methods? I don't get it, he was just too strong."
"The Sky Eagle Territory has really kicked an iron plate this time."
"Hahaha, you can't walk by the river without getting your shoes wet; I've long found this bunch of bastards an eyesore."
"Shh, you can't say that! The Sky Eagle Territory will send others eventually; if that gets spread around, you're dead meat."
"Whatever, let's just exchange the blood crystals for Blood Trial points first. While no one is collecting usage fees, exchange them and run away to another faction's Blood Altar camp."
Once these words were spoken, the crowd finally reacted and rushed toward the Blood Altar. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Some people were so anxious they stamped their feet; they had just finished exchanging their Blood Trial points a short while ago, which was a huge loss.
If they had known the Sky Eagle Territory would run into such a ruthless person, they would have come to exchange them later.
Tianlong Continent, Sky Eagle Territory, inside a small palace.
Elder Ying Chou, who was responsible for the Blood Trialintelligence, stared at the casualty list, his brows furrowed tightly.
[Manager Qing Sun, level 60 Emperor-tier professional, A8 Zone Blood Altar manager.]
[Cang Ling, level 60 Heaven-tier professional, A8 Zone Blood Altar squad leader.]
[Iron Claw, level 60 Earth-tier professional, A8 Zone...]
In just a few seconds, more than a dozen members of the Sky Eagle Territory had died in the Blood Trial, and they were all members responsible for guarding the A8 Zone Blood Altar.
This meant that the A8 Zone Blood Altar had already been captured by another faction.
"Which faction could it be?" "They actually dare to ignore the agreement and forcibly occupy the Blood Altar that belongs to my Sky Eagle Territory?"
Elder Ying Chou's eyes were filled with confusion.
The Sky Eagle Territory was one of the top ten factions in the Tianlong Continent; who would dare to offend them so blatantly?
"Bai Yu, go to the Resurrection Plaza and find Manager Qing Sun and the others. Find out in detail exactly what happened at the A8 Zone Blood Altar." Elder Ying Chousaid to a woman in white beside him.
"Yes." Bai Yu said in a deep voice.
Then she turned and left the intelligence room, speeding straight toward the Sky Eagle Territory's Resurrection Plaza.
Chapter 126: A Member of the Blood Fiend Alliance?
In a remote cave in the Outer Zone of the Blood Trial.
Su Yu set Old Wang and his companion down. The Thunder Wings on his back slowly retracted, dissipating into specks of lightning in the air.
"Brother Yu Huang, what are our arrangements from here?" Old Wang asked.
Su Yu was silent for a moment before saying, "I will go to the Middle Layer to collect resources first, while you two remain in the Outer Zone."
"Wait until the Blood Trial is nearing its end, then you can enter the Middle Layer."
This was an arrangement Su Yu had carefully considered.
One had to realize that the professionals who could enter the Middle Layer were basically elite members of major factions.
If they belonged to smaller factions, they at least had to be core members.
Given the strength of Old Wang and his companion, it would be far too dangerous for them to enter the Middle Layer with him.
If they encountered too many enemies, even he couldn't guarantee Old Wang and the other man's safety one hundred percent.
After all, if someone unleashed a large-area skill, Su Yumight be fine, but it would be hard to say for Old Wang and his companion.
It was better to let them stay in the Outer Zone and wait until the Blood Trial was nearing its end before entering the Middle Layer.
By then, they could grab some resources and quickly leave the Blood Trial.
In this way, their safety would be better guaranteed.
Old Wang and his companion nodded upon hearing this and said in unison, "No problem."
They also knew their strength was insufficient; entering the Middle Layer with Su Yu would only hold him back.
Take just now, for example; if Su Yu hadn't carried them while flying, they likely wouldn't have made it here for another few hours.
Compared to Su Yu, not to mention combat power, their movement speed alone was leagues behind.
"Alright then, I'll send a message to Old Wang when the time comes, and you can teleport into the Middle Layerwhenever you receive it," Su Yu smiled.
He had already added Old Wang and Old Li as friends on the way here.
In the Blood Trial, the friend system had certain restrictions, but it wasn't completely unusable.
At the very least, it was fully functional within the Blood Trial, though it couldn't be used to contact people outside.
Without special means, information from the outside world was basically impossible to transmit inside.
After arranging everything, Su Yu communicated directly with the rules of the Blood Trial and chose to teleport into the Middle Layer.
Swish!
A beam of white light descended, and Su Yu's figure instantly vanished from the spot.
Watching the spot where Su Yu had disappeared, Old Wang exclaimed, "Old Li, do you think we are dreaming? Why does it feel so unreal?"
Old Li grinned and said, "Why don't you pinch yourself and see if you wake up from the pain?"
Old Wang actually pinched his thigh hard, instantly grimacing in pain.
"Hiss! That really hurts! It seems it's not a dream."
Old Li glanced at him, a trace of a smile on his lips. "There you go. I could tell early on that Brother Yu Huang is definitely a righteous person."
"Telling him that secret was definitely the most correct thing we've ever done in our lives."
Old Wang nodded and said, "Let's just wait here peacefully for Brother Yu Huang's message."
"I have a premonition that Brother Yu Huang will definitely take first place in this Blood Trial."
Old Li laughed loudly, "Hahaha, I have that same premonition."
"Brother Yu Huang's strength is too terrifying. That scene where he instantly killed Manager Qing Sun—I'm still completely baffled even now; I don't know what happened."
Old Wang sat down with a thud and laughed, "With your level of strength, I estimate you're still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from understanding Brother Yu Huang's methods."
Old Li sat directly beside Old Wang and teased, "As if you understand it any better. We're both about the same, so neither of us should mock the other."
Tianlong Continent, Sky Eagle Territory, inside Elder Ying Chou's palace.
A woman in white walked in quickly.
"Elder, I have finished investigating the matter of the Blood Altar in zone A8 being occupied," Bai Yu said respectfully.
Elder Ying Chou nodded and said softly, "Tell me what happened."
Bai Yu began, "According to the accounts of Manager Qing Sun, Cang Ling, and others, they were killed by a solo player named 'Yu Huang'."
"The reason Yu Huang killed them is also very simple: it was merely because of a conflict over the usage fee for the Blood Altar."
"According to Manager Qing Sun, Yu Huang's strength is extremely high. He died just from a single glance from him, without even triggering his protective trump card."
"This indicates that Yu Huang's method of killing him was extremely sophisticated; it is highly likely to be a God-tier skill or a God-tier Talent."
"As for the others, they were instantly killed by Yu Huangwith a single arrow. The method is suspected to be Lightning Arrow, but the effect was far stronger than a standard Lightning Arrow."
"It is highly likely a high-level Lightning-type Archer skill, at least Epic-grade, and the skill level is extremely high."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, she lowered her head slightly, waiting for Elder Ying Chou's response.
The hall was quiet for a moment.
Elder Ying Chou sat upright on his high seat, his fingers tapping gently on the armrest, producing a dull sound.
His face showed no emotion. His gaze landed on Bai Yu as he spoke unhurriedly, "Manager Qing Sun died from a glance? And his protective trump card wasn't even triggered?"
"Yes." Bai Yu lowered her head even further. "Manager Qing Sun said so himself, and the others have confirmed this."
"Interesting." Elder Ying Chou leaned back slowly, a cryptic smile appearing on the corners of his mouth.
"A solo player who possesses a God-tier Talent or God-tier skill—Bai Yu, do you believe that?"
Bai Yu's body stiffened slightly. "Does the Elder mean... that Manager Qing Sun and the others are lying to avoid responsibility?"
"Not necessarily lying." Elder Ying Chou shook his head.
"However," Elder Ying Chou changed the subject, "suspected to possess a God-tier Talent or God-tier skill, as well as high-level Epic Lightning-type skills—do you think the probability of him being a solo player is high?"
Beads of cold sweat seeped out on Bai Yu's forehead. "Does the Elder mean... this person might be a 'God Child' secretly cultivated by some major faction?"
"That possibility cannot be ruled out." Elder Ying Chounodded.
"Pass this news on to God Child Ying Yang, and have him pay special attention to this person named Yu Huang."
"Since Yu Huang dared to make a move against our Sky Eagle Territory, he must bear the corresponding consequences."
Bai Yu quickly cupped her hands. "This subordinate understands."
"Also, has the Blood Altar in zone A8 been recaptured yet?" Elder Ying Chou asked in a deep voice.
Bai Yu answered immediately, "Reporting to the Elder, according to news received not long ago, the Blood Altar in zone A8 has been recaptured."
"The manager of the zone B5 Blood Altar, 'Lie Feng', is currently presiding over things there."
"Yu Huang left as soon as he finished exchanging his Blood Trial points; Lie Feng recaptured the A8 zone Blood Altarwith almost no effort."
Elder Ying Chou nodded. "It seems they don't dare to openly tear up the previous agreement. The Blood Altars in the Outer Zone were divided by region to begin with; I suppose they wouldn't dare to act recklessly."
"Go, pass on all the information to God Child Ying Yang."
"This subordinate obeys." Bai Yu replied in a low voice, then bowed and exited the hall.
The hall doors closed.
Elder Ying Chou rubbed the armrest with his fingers, muttering to himself, "Yu Huang... who exactly are you?"
"Daring to make a move against our Sky Eagle Territory—aside from those two old rivals, I can't think of anyone else."
"Could he be a member of the Blood Fiend Alliance?"
Chapter 127: Additional Rules!
Blood Trial Middle Layer.
Hum!
As space twisted, Su Yu's figure instantly appeared.
"Is this the Middle Layer?" Su Yu looked around at the environment.
He was currently in a dense forest, and a sun as well as a blood moon still hung in the sky.
Suddenly, a system prompt sounded in his ears.
[Congratulations on entering the Middle Layer. After entering the Middle Layer, you cannot return to the Outer Zone. At the same time, the Middle Layer has the following additional rules; please take note.]
[1. Killing other trial-takers in the Middle Layer can increase your own Trial Level, and the Trial Level will affect the Blood Trial point coefficient. Your current Trial Level is 1, and the Blood Trial point coefficient is 1.0.]
[2. You can consume 1 million Blood Trial points to purchase Trial Protection for yourself. Once you receive fatal damage, you will be teleported to the nearest Blood Altar. Killing a trial-taker who possesses Trial Protection (triggering their Trial Protection is considered a kill) will earn you 500,000 Blood Trial points (unaffected by the Blood Trial point coefficient).]
[3. The map module will be unlocked during the final three days of the Blood Trial, and the locations of all trial-takers on the leaderboard will be displayed on the map.]
"The Middle Layer actually has three additional rules." A sharp glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
Previously, Old Wang and his companion did not mention that the Middle Layer had additional rules.
He didn't know if this was only for this Blood Trial, or if their status was too low to have access to this information.
"It seems the Middle Layer is much crueler than the Outer Zone." Su Yu was thoughtful.
The purpose of these three rules was very obvious: to encourage trial-takers to kill each other.
The more trial-takers you kill, the higher your own Trial Level will be.
The higher the Trial Level, the more Blood Trial points you can exchange for with blood crystals.
Those with many Blood Trial points can also purchase Trial Protection, which allows them to kill without any scruples.
At least they don't need to worry about being eliminated for the time being.
At the same time, killing someone with Trial Protection also grants an additional 500,000 Blood Trial points.
The value of this reward is almost equivalent to two Level 60 Radiant Sun blood crystals; it can be said to be quite generous.
As for the third rule, it was even more obvious.
Marking the locations of all trial-takers on the leaderboard is clearly just to make everyone kill each other.
It can be said that in the Middle Layer, there is almost no room for solo players to survive; it is mainly dominated by the group fighting of major factions.
"Since those are the rules, then let's kill!" A cold glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
He was not a bloodthirsty person.
However.
Even if he didn't want to kill others, others would want to kill him; this is the cruel competition rule of the Blood TrialMiddle Layer.
For his own sake, and for the Blue Star Civilization, he must quickly increase his strength.
Only in this way could he survive in the future civilization war.
"However, it will probably be easier for me to complete the Blood God Trial II mission now." The corners of Su Yu's mouth curled up.
Originally, he was thinking about rushing into the top 100, then going to the Inner Layer to hunt high-level BOSSes to farm Blood Trial points.
But now it seems he has to change his strategy; the Trial Level is also very important.
Hunting high-level BOSSes and increasing his Trial Level—neither can be neglected.
Whoosh!
Thunder Wings instantly unfolded behind Su Yu, and he flew forward.
His flying altitude was not high, about twenty meters; this height was perfectly capable of triggering the Lightning Domain.
The current Level 40 Lightning Domain has a radius of thirty meters. As long as Su Yu is no more than thirty meters from the ground, the monsters below will all suffer damage from the Lightning Domain.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Su Yu turned into a stream of light, not hiding his aura at all, and wherever he went, there was wailing.
One Blood Beast after another turned into blood crystals under the attack of the Lightning Domain.
The Qiankun Ring had an automatic pickup function; the moment the blood crystals appeared, they entered Su Yu's backpack.
"Not a single Blood Beast can be spared!" A sharp glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
He followed the mountain range and directly conducted a large-scale sweep, with almost no fish slipping through the net.
Although Blood Beasts can respawn, the time interval is as long as one or two days, so Su Yu naturally would not let any Blood Beast go.
In other words, the Blood Trial points produced in the Blood Trial actually have an upper limit.
If Su Yu wants to collect 100 million Blood Trial points, he must not miss any opportunity to obtain them.
"Huh? Someone up ahead?"
Suddenly, Su Yu discovered a squad hunting Blood Beasts more than ten kilometers away.
The squad had about ten people, and they all wore badges engraved with a lion's head on their chests.
...
Meanwhile, deep in the mountain range.
The Golden Lion Mansion squad had just finished a battle.
"Captain, look! What is that? Is it a Lightning-type BOSS?" A red-robed female mage in the team pointed at a flash of lightning in the distant sky and asked.
Captain Meng Zhuo did not speak. A purple light flashed in his eyes, and his vision was immediately greatly enhanced.
Soon, he finally saw the figure within the lightning clearly; it was a person, a trial-taker.
"It's a person!" Meng Zhuo said softly, "I don't have any impression of his appearance; he's probably someone from a small faction who just entered the Middle Layer."
"It's been a long time since we've encountered someone alone. Let's send him on his way," the red-robed female mage laughed.
The purple light in Meng Zhuo's eyes receded, and he smiled, "The posture is quite intimidating. Although Lightning-type flight methods are rare, who among those who can enter the Middle Layer doesn't have some special means?"
"I reckon this guy is a greenhorn, actually making such a big commotion in the Middle Layer; he really has a death wish."
"I see he is coming in our direction. Everyone hide your figures a little; whoever can take this head later will depend on their own means and luck."
After Meng Zhuo finished speaking, the team members immediately moved.
Everyone showed their skills; some used the environment to hide their figures, and some directly used stealth skills.
Those who can enter the Middle Layer are all quite strong. Although they were confident they could easily handle Su Yu, they dared not take it lightly.
Generally speaking, people who dare to travel alone in the Middle Layer are at least experts in the top 200 of the Blood Trial leaderboard.
Of course, experts in the top 100 of the Blood Trialleaderboard rarely return to the Middle Layer; they basically stay in the Inner Layer for long periods.
Although Meng Zhuo had confirmed that Su Yu's appearance was not any expert they knew, they still understood the principle that it is better to be safe than sorry.
Chapter 128: Trial Level Up!
"Hmm? Interesting, are they planning to ambush me?" Su Yu curled his lips into a sneer.
With the blessing of the Blood Gods Eye, his vision was excellent, allowing him to see things clearly even from tens of kilometers away.
Every move of the Golden Lion Mansion squad was laid bare before him.
Even those using stealth skills had nowhere to hide under his level 14 anti-stealth rating.
"Then I'll give them a surprise, too."
Without hesitation, Su Yu immediately retracted his Lightning Domain and then activated Eternal Night Stealth, his figure instantly vanishing into the air.
On the other side, the members of the Golden Lion Mansion squad also noticed Su Yu's change.
"Captain, that person seems to have disappeared. Could he have discovered us?" the red-robed female mage whispered.
Meng Zhuo shook his head and said, "It's probably a coincidence. We are over ten kilometers away from him, and we are on the ground, so we aren't obvious targets."
"Without special talents, it's very difficult for a second-turn professional to spot us with their vision."
"I also had to use a radiant sun grade skill to temporarily boost my vision just to see his appearance clearly; it's absolutely impossible for him to have discovered us."
"He's disappeared now. Should we still ambush him?" the red-robed female mage asked.
"Wait a bit longer. Perhaps he will reappear later. It's possible there's a BOSS in that area, and he's trying to avoid it," Meng Zhuo said softly.
In the sky, lightning flowed around Su Yu, and his movement speed soared to its limit.
In the state of Eternal Night Stealth, his body was ethereal. Although he could still take damage, there was almost no air resistance when flying.
This allowed Su Yu's movement speed to be significantly faster than under normal circumstances.
If the goal was simply to travel, using Eternal Night Stealthand Wings of the Thunder Emperor simultaneously was the fastest method.
After all, one cannot attack after using Eternal Night Stealth; once an attack is made, one immediately reveals their form and exits the state of Eternal Night Stealth.
Soon, Su Yu arrived at a position approximately one kilometer away from the Golden Lion Mansion squad.
Blood Gods Eye!
Without any hesitation, his very first move was his current strongest offensive method.
All ten members of the Golden Lion Mansion squad were within Su Yu's line of sight, and he directly selected all ten of them as targets simultaneously.
If the Blood Gods Eye selects multiple targets, the damage is split evenly among them.
In an instant, the health bars of nine of the ten Golden Lion Mansion squad members were completely depleted.
Only Meng Zhuo was special; the moment he took damage, a pillar of blood-colored light descended from the sky, shrouding him within it.
Then, his figure instantly vanished from the spot.
[Congratulations, your Trial Level has increased. Current Trial Level is 2, Blood Trial point multiplier is 1.1.]
[Congratulations, your Trial Level has increased. Current Trial Level is 3, Blood Trial point multiplier is 1.2.]
[Congratulations, your Trial Level has increased. Current Trial Level is 5, Blood Trial point multiplier is 1.6.]
[Congratulations, you have killed a trial-taker with Trial Protection and gained 500,000 Blood Trial points.]
In an instant, a series of system notification sounds rang in Su Yu's ears.
"I didn't expect that my first battle with a trial-taker would raise my Trial Level to 5, and I also gained an extra 500,000 Blood Trial points." Su Yu nodded in satisfaction.
A Trial Level of 5 corresponds to a 1.6 Blood Trial point multiplier, plus the 500,000 Blood Trial points obtained just now.
The Blood Trial points he currently possessed soared to 909,600.
Of course, this didn't count the blood crystals he had on him; blood crystals can only be converted into Blood Trialpoints after finding a Blood Altar.
Su Yu opened the Blood Trial leaderboard and discovered that his ranking had soared to 1,221st place.
"As expected, fighting against trial-takers is the fastest way to obtain Blood Trial points," Su Yu thought to himself.
You have to know, the blood crystals he collected while sweeping through this area would only exchange for a little over 30,000 Blood Trial points if the Blood Trial point multiplier wasn't calculated.
However, he had only fought a trial-taker once, and his Blood Trial points had skyrocketed by hundreds of thousands; this efficiency was simply top-notch.
Of course, this was likely related to the fact that the Golden Lion Mansion squad members had decent strength; presumably, their Trial Levels were not low.
Especially Meng Zhuo, who even bought Trial Protection; he could likely be ranked within the top 500 on the Blood Trial leaderboard.
"Blood Beast resources in the Middle Layer are still too scarce. I don't know if it's because they've already been cleared out by someone, or if there were just this few to begin with," Su Yu shook his head helplessly.
Judging by the current situation, wanting to collect 100 million points by killing Blood Beasts is simply wishful thinking.
Only by killing a large number of trial-takers, especially those who have purchased Trial Protection, can he obtain a large number of points.
On one hand, trial-takers who can afford to purchase Trial Protection are powerful and have high Trial Levels; killing them can quickly increase his own Trial Level.
On the other hand, every time he kills a trial-taker who has purchased Trial Protection, he can also gain 500,000 Blood Trial points.
If he could kill 100 trial-takers who have purchased Trial Protection, he could easily harvest 50 million Blood Trialpoints.
Once his Trial Level reaches a certain point, he could then kill some high-level BOSSes, and it wouldn't be so difficult to gather 100 million Blood Trial points.
"Continue, continue! Let's get into the top 100 rankings first!" Su Yu clenched his fists, feeling full of motivation.
Meanwhile, at a Blood Altar camp approximately several thousand kilometers away from Su Yu.
A beam of blood-colored light descended from the sky, and Meng Zhuo's figure instantly appeared at the Blood Altar.
"I... I was killed instantly?"
"Yu Huang? Who exactly is he? To be able to kill me instantly without a sound."
"Also, my life-saving trump card didn't even trigger; it went straight to triggering Trial Protection. This shows that his attack level is extremely high, and it can't be ruled out that it reached the god-level!"
"Who... who exactly is he? How could he possess such terrifying strength!"
Meng Zhuo stood in the Blood Altar, his mind filled with thousands of thoughts.
Suddenly, a voice rang in Meng Zhuo's ear.
"Meng Zhuo, who was it? Who killed you?"
"What about the others who went out to hunt Blood Beasts with you? What is their current situation?"
A sturdy man wearing black armor walked towards Meng Zhuo, his voice deep and resonant.
"Jin... Brother Jin, it was someone named Yu Huang."
"His strength is too terrifying; I was killed instantly without knowing anything."
"The others are likely in grave danger; they don't have Trial Protection, so they've most likely respawned in the outside world."
The sturdy man in black armor paused upon hearing this, as if thinking of something, and hurriedly opened the Blood Trial leaderboard to check.
[1221st place: Yu Huang (No Faction), Current Points: 909,600.]
"It really is him!" A sharp glint flashed in the sturdy man's eyes as he wore the black armor.