[Sea God Nine Trials — First Trial: Benevolence of the Sea God]
[Introduction: As an inheritor of the Sea God, one should harbor great love in their heart. Likewise, one should know good from evil and distinguish right from wrong. Therefore, the inheritor of the Sea God must lead by example, eliminating evil and promoting virtue!]
[Trial Objective: Slay the wicked.]
[Trial Reward: One God-Bestowed Soul Ring.]
[Trial Hint: The wicked individuals to be slain have been marked. Please eliminate them all.]
Tang San slowly opened his eyes. He was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't harbor too much suspicion.
Although the changes in the Divine Trial were a bit strange, perhaps the Divine Position had naturally adapted based on his current circumstances.
Just as the sea soul masters on Sea God Island used to receive trials, they were naturally generated based on a synthesis of each individual's aptitude, talent, and various other conditions.
It couldn't possibly be that someone had seized control of his Sea God Trident and was manually handing out trial tasks to him, right? How could that be possible?
That was a seal personally placed by him, God King Tang San! Who could break it?!
Thus, such a thought was pure nonsense.
Steadying his mind, Tang San used the Divine Trial to check the locations of the targets. When he discovered there were over a dozen of them, his expression shifted slightly, but he soon regained his composure.
Just over a dozen people. With his hidden weapons, himself, and his barely-initiated Tang Sect secret techniques, as long as the opportunity was right, he could even take down a Soul Elder!
Coupled with the new hidden weapons he had forged using that special alloy, assassinating the targets in secret wouldn't be difficult!
Besides, he still had poison! If he found the right chance, even a Soul King wouldn't be a match for him as he was now!
Tang San was supremely confident.
After a moment of hesitation, Tang San made his decision.
He would first scout the cultivation levels and general situations of those targets to determine which methods he should use to complete the trial.
Aside from that...
Tang San raised his hand, and a slender, short, azure-blue grass sprouted from his right palm.
"Blue Silver Grass..."
Tang San murmured softly, then lowered his right hand and raised his left. A pitch-black forging hammer slowly emerged.
This wasn't the Clear Sky Hammer, but a plain, ordinary forging hammer.
But even so, just like in his previous life, he possessed twin martial souls!
It was just that the quality of his martial souls wasn't as high as in his previous life!
He still had the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Tang Sect secret techniques. As long as he had enough time, rising to the top would be a simple matter!
With the Divine Trial already activated, he only needed to follow the path of cultivation and complete the trials. Attaining godhood would be as easy as turning over his hand!
With these thoughts, Tang San stood up and left his lodgings, heading toward the marked locations.
...
Meanwhile, in Shrek City.
"It's right here. Teacher said if you want to buy it, he can give it to you at a 30% discount. If you want to rent, it'll be 50% of the market price."
On the bustling street, a girl in a red dress stood like a gorgeous, blooming rose. One hand was on her hip while the other pointed at the shop in front of them, speaking with feigned nonchalance.
She was tall and slender, with a long neck like an elegant swan, her lines graceful and fluid. The slim-fit design of the red dress perfectly outlined her willow-like waist, which looked so thin it could be held in one's palms.
The hem of the dress swayed slightly with her steps, revealing her straight, long legs—toned and elastic.
This was clearly the result of careful grooming and dressing up.
As she spoke, she instinctively cast her gaze toward Huo Yuhao beside her, trying to read something from his face. However, there was nothing.
Huo Yuhao simply nodded, took out a card, and handed it to Ma Xiaotao, then spoke softly: "The money inside should be enough. Please tell Dean Yan 'thank you' for me."
These words were sincere.
During these two and a half months, once he had the correct train of thought, Huo Yuhao had used modification methods to turn the "energy binding device" he had previously built into a "soul ring generator."
To put it simply, he had created a machine that integrated observation, recording, and testing.
Of course, since Tang San hadn't completed the first trial yet, Huo Yuhao didn't have the specific permissions for the Divine Trial system, so he couldn't implement it fully.
Fortunately, the trial Huo Yuhao set for Tang San wasn't difficult. The so-called "wicked people" were merely those who had bullied Huo Yuhao and his mother in the past.
Most of these people were common thugs; the one with the highest soul power was only a Soul Grandmaster. With Tang San's methods, dealing with them shouldn't be a problem.
In Huo Yuhao's understanding, for someone who had been a God King, their control over their own power must be proficient. Control at the God King level is a form of knowledge; it doesn't disappear just because one loses their cultivation.
Applied to Tang San's current Soul Trainee level, it was an absolute "dimensional strike." Fighting someone of the same rank would be like an adult with a club fighting a newborn baby—unless intentional, there was no possibility of losing.
At least, that was how Huo Yuhao operated. Otherwise, how could he have perfectly controlled Skydream's power after forming the contract, condensing a soul core without even a single ring, and attempting the unprecedented method of using a soul ring to carry a soul core?
When dealing with opponents, Huo Yuhao generally overestimated them as much as possible, deducing every possible variable and making full preparations to avoid failing in a simple task.
Although he didn't know the exact details of Tang San's ascension to godhood, unless his Sea God and Asura God positions were handed to him while he was lying down, Tang San must have some real skill. To inherit two positions—one being the God King level Asura God—Huo Yuhao felt it was only reasonable to hold him in high regard.
Besides, during those ten thousand years after becoming a god, was it possible Tang San hadn't made a shred of progress? Impossible! Even a dog might become a god if given ten thousand years; could a God King like Tang San have no growth at all?
One must remember that in his previous life, in order to completely kill Tang San, Huo Yuhao had opened with his ultimate move and then, regardless of the consequences, charged forward to drag Tang San into a self-detonation within the space-time turbulence. Whether he lived or died didn't matter, as long as Tang San was 100% dead.
Therefore, when facing Tang San, Huo Yuhao would take it very seriously.
His train of thought paused.
Huo Yuhao looked at Ma Xiaotao with some confusion. He had been holding the card out for a long time, but Ma Xiaotao hadn't taken it; she just stood there with her arms crossed, watching him.
"What is it, Miss Xiaotao?"
"Can you let me see your real face?" Ma Xiaotao blinked her fiery red eyes, which matched the color of her hair. Her gaze was entirely serious.
As soon as the words left her mouth, Ma Xiaotao quickly added: "Don't worry! I'm not looking for free! I can let you have this shop at a 50% discount!"
A trace of embarrassment inexplicably crept into her tone. As if trying to cover something up, she added another line:
"This is thanks for helping me suppress my evil fire. You definitely shouldn't get the wrong idea!"