Devouring the Starry Sky begins with the battle of geniuses

Chapter 119: Two options, knight assessment, the sim takes over the Silver Ghost King for the first time

While the several winners were still looking at each other, Hunzhen was already striding ahead, crossing the main entrance and stepping into the temple.

The remaining five people were all horrified.

Four levels of deep diving pressure are superimposed and last for five years. The best person is only [-]% of his peak strength.

Looking at Hunzhen again, judging from the breath, it is the same as when he first came here, without any weakening.

It seems that the erosion that makes them like tigers and snakes seems to be nothing to Qingzhen.

Stepping into the hall, the pressure of deep diving suddenly disappeared, as if being expelled and suppressed by an invisible field.

Looking from the main entrance to the interior of the magnificent hall, two sides are built up by huge steps ten meters high, forming a long and narrow corridor that leads directly to the inner rooms of the temple, like a pilgrimage road.

From the high platforms on both sides, behind the huge elephant-leg-like stone pillars, pairs of indifferent eyes glanced over.

The densely packed figures wearing armor and holding silver guns stood silently like sculptures, staring at the six people who came in from the main entrance without saying a word, which looked very penetrating.

Royal guard.

These four words popped into the minds of six people.

At a glance, the number of guards exceeds [-].

There are only eleven winners of the Great Martial Arts Festival in an era, and nearly half of them are eliminated in the second test. Logically speaking, hundreds of people at the same time is considered too many.

There is only one possible exception. After becoming a royal guard, the lifespan is different from that of ordinary lower races.

Hunzhen observed that four of the other five people showed excitement after seeing so many imperial guards, but only one person remained calm.

It can be inferred from the changes in their expressions that this is obviously not a closely guarded secret.However, Hun Zhen had no intention of becoming a royal guard from the beginning, and had no direct interest in him.

Whoosh—.

A silver stream of light flashed past, and a man with wings on his back and a silver robe, who looked like an angel, suddenly appeared.

No one has caught a trace of it except Hunzhen.

Hunzhen saw that the person was clearly formed out of thin air by condensing energy.

"Pilgrims."

This is what the angel calls the six.

In the blink of an eye, the space seemed to be contracted and squeezed, and the corridor retreated at high speed relative to them. Like a great movement, the angel brought them to the door of the next room.

It was a door of light that exuded radiance like glass. As the angel waved his hand, the door of light suddenly split into two, turning into two doors of the same size with different reliefs carved on the top of the door frame.

The door on the left is carved with a pair of silver wings of light, and the door on the right is carved with a curled-up silver human figure.

"Now, you have two options."

He waved his left hand, and a halo enveloped the light wing relief on the left door: "Become one of us. Or -"

Waving his right hand, a halo enveloped the humanoid relief on the right door: "Try to pass the knight's test."

"Now...make your choice!"

Faced with the angel's words, a man who had been extremely excited when he saw the imperial guard took a step forward, bowed, and asked: "Lord Angel, if you want to become an imperial guard, are there any additional tests?"

Although he had received a definite conclusion from their supporters, the long-coveted "evolution" was right in front of him, and he still couldn't help but ask.

Throughout history, as the most senior royal guard, angels are responsible for guarding. As long as they do not break the rules, they will not take the initiative to attack. Naturally, he will ask questions when he has questions.

Otherwise, if they don't know that there is some secret information in the Silver Temple that cannot be leaked, and they miss the opportunity, wouldn't it be too late to regret it?
The angel replied calmly: "There is no additional test. But... the imperial guard cannot leave the Silver City, and the further away from the Silver Temple, the weaker the power will be. After leaving the Silver Temple, the blessings of the temple will continue to weaken over time until the blessings completely disappear. At the moment, it also announced the dispersion of the guards. And once they leave Silver City, this ending will happen in advance. But you still have questions?"

This means that once you become a royal guard, you will always be limited to one-third of an acre of land in Silver City. Even if you have a long life, you will not be free for the rest of your life.

It’s no wonder that many nobles no longer participate in the Great Fighting Festival.

For the Abyss Royal Family who are not afraid of death, even if they have awe of the gods, perhaps freedom is more important to them in comparison.

"There is no doubt about it, thank you sir!"

Just as that person stepped back, another person asked again.

"Lord Angel!"

He was also eager to become a member of the imperial guard and asked: "I want to know, does becoming an imperial guard mean endless life!?"

The angel nodded slowly: "If the temple is not destroyed, the guardian will be eternal."

After receiving the affirmative answer, the people who targeted the imperial guards were overjoyed.

Only Hun Zhen felt a chill in his heart.

"Why does it look so much like the previous 'Yanyu'?"

Thinking of the machine-like indifference of the guards, Hunzhen said secretly: "Being a front guard is the way to become a temple weapon spirit?"

While he was thinking about it, apart from Hunzhen, the only man with a difference stepped forward and asked: "Lord Angel, can you reveal the content of the knight's test?"

Unexpectedly, the angel did not answer, but said: "You will know when you step through that door."

After confirming that the six people had no doubts, the angel turned into a statue and said nothing, as if he was just waiting for their choice in silence.

Without too much hesitation, the six people formed two groups, four stepped into the light door on the left, and two stepped into the light door on the right, completing the diversion.

……

"After a year of survival, the doors will be open."

The sound as loud as morning bells and evening drums echoed endlessly, and then there was no more fluctuation.

Behind the light door on the right, Hunzhen and another person stepped into the arena shaped like a huge crown of thorns.

The back road disappeared directly, and at the end of their sight was a huge closed metal iron door, which was the door that the loud voice said.

The vast area of ​​the arena is comparable to the surface area of ​​a star, far exceeding the arena of the previous Great Fighting Festival.

The land is not flat, rather it is full of jagged rocks, caves and caves, forming various natural hiding places.

But there is no vegetation, it is sour and barren.

Only the wildly agitated abyss energy flows freely in this space.

With such violent energy, not to mention the ordinary lower races, even the weaker Abyss Royal Clan would not dare to absorb and refine it at will.

Along with this, there is also deep dive pressure several times that outside the temple, which adheres to the abyss energy, following it like a shadow.

With this kind of energy, there are many strange, twisted creatures that can only be vaguely human-like sleeping on this land, breathing in and out.

And the next second after Hun Zhen entered the arena, countless sleeping twisted creatures opened their eyes.

Weird and terrifying screams and roars came and went.The man standing next to Hunzhen felt his scalp numb just by hearing such a voice, as if a huge crisis was about to come. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hunzhen and said: "I'm Huckel. Master Hunzhen, even if you are strong You are strong, but you also need rest and care. To survive in this prison of thorns for a year, it is definitely more difficult than us supporting each other. Can you allow me to follow you?"

As the same winner, Huckel's positioning is clear. In the face of being able to crush ordinary nobles, he is at most a helper.

Upon hearing this, Hun Zhen glanced at Huckel.

What he said is true.

Even if they are strong, they are not the knights and the royal family of the abyss after all. In such an environment, one of the reasons is that their strength is greatly weakened, and the other is that the abyss energy that cannot be refined normally leads to the inability to supply and recover normally.

Even if you have ninth-level combat power, if you don't pay attention to survival strategies, waste energy randomly, or continue to have head-on conflicts with those twisted creatures, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive for a year.

But... that's just an ordinary ninth-level combat power.

Qingzhen maintained the level of strength he had shown before, relying only on the Yuanshen soldiers, and it would not be a problem to survive alone in this thorn prison for a year.

What's more, he can choose to restore health and mana once a day, so the biggest theoretical problem is not worth mentioning to him.

You can reach out and not hit the smiling person.

There was no conflict of interest between them, so Hunzhen didn't mind taking Hueckel along for the ride.

"OK, but before that-"

Hunzhen raised a finger to make a "shush" gesture and glanced ahead: "They are coming."

Roar~——!
A strange, silent roar followed.

Three dark twisted figures swayed past several huge earthworks.

Relying on instinct to use cover to move at high speed, the rapid approach makes it difficult to aim long-distance attacks.

A primordial weapon appeared in the sky at an unknown moment. The beam burst out and split into three thousand beams in an instant. It blocked the path of the twisted creature and dismembered it at high speed.

However, the scattered limbs still had the characteristics of life, and the arms and soles of the feet continued to run forward, and were completely annihilated only after the beam of the soul weapon was activated for the second time.

Hunzhen took a deep look at the completely inactive fly ash, and said to Huckel: "We should find a secret place to avoid the attacks of these brainless guys."

Huckel naturally agreed.

In the process of constantly moving and cleaning up the twisted creatures, he couldn't help but wonder: "What are the origins of these life forms? They are neither abyssal beasts nor intelligent, and they will attack us crazily..."

"They are the 'losers' who failed to become knights, or...'crazy demons'."

Hun Zhen did not hold anything back and casually told Hücker the cruel truth and part of the truth.

"They...are we who failed?" Hearing this shocking fact, Huckel couldn't help but turn pale.

Although according to the elimination method, this truth is actually not surprising, but when he thought that if he failed, he would turn into that monster, and Huckel felt a little chilled in his heart.

But I won't regret it.

As a strong Domain Lord who can win a winning spot, he will naturally not regret his decision easily.

We can know from past records that the eventual failure of those who want to become knights is somewhat predictable.

Whether it's turning into a monster or dying in some other way, it's the same for the loser.

Rather than becoming a royal guard and a caged bird with an empty lifespan, he would rather risk becoming a monster and try to become a knight.

Hun Zhen looked at Hueckel, whose face turned ugly for a moment, but his expression returned to firmness, without saying much.

He had no intention of telling Huckel that just one month later, his flesh and blood would collapse and die because he could not withstand the pressure of deep diving in the Prison of Thorns.

Life is precious, but everyone is responsible for their own choices.

But have you ever thought that at the last moment of his life, Huckel also longed for rest and missed his hometown and old friends... despair, pain, regret, all kinds of emotions would burst out.

Have you really cared about this?

No, Hunzhen only thinks about himself.

Hun Zhen knows nothing.

He only cares about himself and the simulation results.

Not reaching out to hit the smiling person, but accompanying Huckel through the last part of his life is the only kindness and tenderness left in innocence.

Because, not long ago, the analog record finally received the text description he wanted.

[In the second year, the door to the Prison of Thorns opened. Behind the door, you got an abyssal core of the Silver Ghost Clan. The second and final test was to hold this abyssal core and pass it. Go to the abyss passage in the temple, reach the bottom of the abyss, consume the abyss crystal core, activate the sacred object called "Colorless Core", and become a knight]

……

[In the fifth year, at the bottom of the abyss, you finally accepted the radiation of the "Colorless Core" and became a knight/demon, and consumed several stored abyss crystal cores to increase the knight's bloodline level]

[In the eighth year, you returned to the seventeenth level of the abyss.During the knighting ceremony, all the kings who wanted to recruit you were present. However, to the surprise of all the abyss royal family present, the silver ghost god and the silver ghost king, who almost never spoke out at the knighting ceremony, actually intended to make you an exception. As an unprecedented "God's Chosen Knight", he became the only knight in history directly sealed by the gods of the abyss]

[You don’t know why the Silver Ghost King favors you so much, but this development is exactly what you want, so you gave up your original plan to be granted the title of Mililata and became the first divinely chosen knight]

[In the tenth year, as a divinely chosen knight who is closer to the gods than the royal guard, you found the opportunity when the protective power in the Silver Temple was weakest, sneaked up on the Silver Ghost King and successfully broke through his soul defense, and successfully used the secret method of seizing the body]

[The extremely terrifying will of the abyss and the powerful soul power of the Silver Ghost King fight back against you. Even though you are no longer what you used to be, you still declare a failure to seize the body after just a few days. The Soul Heart Jade is activated. You settle for the next best thing and seize the body. The prince “Lao Giles”, who had long disliked the prince, abandoned his alternative target and began his escape journey]

【End of this simulation】

[Please select the inheritance direction]

[1. Material inheritance (obtaining the bloodline of the intermediate-level demon of space, the life gene multiplier is increased to 38 times, and the time and space compatibility is increased to 6 times)] (Author's note: The intermediate-level demon blood is the peak material of this simulation, even if there is no life source fruit Life gene multiplier bonus, because the inheritance of the body is incomplete and the royal bloodline cannot be inherited)
[2. Soul inheritance (the perception of space is greatly improved, the will is greatly improved, the perception of the secret method of seizing the body is greatly improved, the perception of "72nd level of the soul" is greatly improved...)]

【3. Give up this simulation income】

The so-called substantial improvement is not a percentage of the current level of innocence, but a judgment based on ten years. It sounds bluffing to say "extremely large" or "substantial", but it cannot bring clarity to the current level of innocence once or twice. Something qualitatively different.

Hunzhen didn't waver and directly chose soul inheritance.

Not to mention that he is still on the seventeenth level of the abyss, obtaining the demon bloodline without even touching the so-called holy object "Colorless Core" can easily lead to bad things.

You must know that the Silver Ghost King has an "inexplicable favor" for him, and may have secretly paid attention to him.

Hunzhen decided that it would be better to go through the process honestly and become a knight in the simulation method.

However, after seeing the explanation in the simulation record, Hunzhen was still a little excited.

"finally……"

"Finally really close to the goal!"

——The attempt to seize the body was declared a failure after just a few days.

With just one word, it was announced that all Hunzhen's efforts so far would be rewarded.

(End of this chapter)