Chapter 144: The Second Trial
She hated.
She hated Jiang Bai; it was this demon who had orchestrated everything, driving Xiaogang to a dead end.
She hated Yu Xiaogang, hated his cowardice, hated his depravity, hated him... why couldn’t he just die cleanly like a man?
And she hated... the Rakshasa God even more!
"I went through fire and water for you, sacrificed my Soul for you, and stained my hands with blood for you!"
"But what about you?! Your successor has been tortured to this extent! Why haven’t you acted?! Why won’t you come to save me?!"
"Usually, your Godly Trials are so stingy, and now that I’m on the verge of death, you won’t even let out a fart?!"
"Damn Rakshasa! Are you dead?! Huh?!"
Resentment, like a physical black toxic mist, surged, accumulated, and fermented wildly in her heart!
If resentment could kill, Jiang Bai would have already been sliced into a thousand pieces!
If curses could take effect, the Rakshasa God’s godhead would have already shattered!
Unfortunately... there were no "ifs".
Jiang Bai studied Bibi Dong inside the ice sculpture with interest.
He could feel the malice that was almost bursting through the ice, the kind of hatred that wished to skin him alive and swallow him whole.
But he didn’t care.
He raised his hand and waved it gently.
Crack!
The profound ice cracked and shattered, turning into a flurry of ice crystals that rustled down.
Deprived of support, Bibi Dong fell to the ground with a thud. The impact of the freezing floor against her already heavily injured body made her groan, yet she lacked even the strength to crawl back up.
The cold air had long since penetrated her internal organs, and coupled with the unhealed severe wounds from the previous battle, she had now lost all her spirit power, her Meridians were completely shattered, and even breathing brought a tearing pain.
Her face was as pale as paper, her lips purple, with only her purple eyes still staring deathly at Jiang Bai, the final flames burning within them.
Jiang Bai raised his hand.
Above his palm, gold-red flames condensed into a four-foot-long, entirely crimson flame sword, its blade flowing with a lava-like luster!
The tip of the sword pointed at Bibi Dong.
"It’s over."
Jiang Bai said softly, as if delivering a sentence.
The sword fell.
There were no flashy Moves, no superfluous actions.
Just the simplest, most direct horizontal slash.
The blade sliced through the air, bringing a scorching wave of heat as it precisely cut across Bibi Dong’s fair neck.
Slash—
A faint sound of slicing.
Bibi Dong’s head separated from her body.
Her purple eyes were wide open, the final image in her pupils being Jiang Bai’s calm and expressionless face.
Hatred... I hate this so much...
In the final moment before her consciousness faded, this thought filled her entire Soul.
Her head rolled onto the ground, her eyes still staring fixedly in Jiang Bai’s direction, as if to carve his appearance into her Reincarnation.
Jiang Bai waved his hand again.
The gold-red flames surged out like a tide, completely swallowing Bibi Dong’s corpse.
The raging flames burned fiercely, and her flesh rapidly carbonized, crumbled, and turned to ashes in the high temperature.
However, just as the fire burned at its peak, an extremely faint, almost imperceptible streak of purple-black light quietly escaped from the blazing flames!
As if possessed of life, it threaded nimbly through the flames, avoiding all high-temperature zones, and silently floated out of the cell!
Jiang Bai didn’t notice; his attention was completely drawn by the voice echoing in his mind.
"Congratulations, Legacy successor, on completing the first Dragon God Trial!"
The grand voice, like an ancient Dragon’s roar, echoed deep within his Soul! "Reward: One pure-blood Golden Dragon! Age of all spirit rings increased by fifty thousand years! God Position affinity increased by ten percent!"
Before Jiang Bai, a brilliant golden light burst forth!
A pillar of golden light descended out of thin air, enveloping the cell! Within the pillar, Dragon roars echoed, majestic and sacred!
The pillar of light gradually receded, finally condensing into a small figure.
It was a little Dragon, entirely golden, with scales that shone like gems!
It was barely half a meter long, with four small dragon claws and a pair of golden dragon wings thin as cicada wings on its back. Floating in mid-air, it turned its head curiously, its dragon pupils sizing up Jiang Bai with curiosity.
Although judging by its aura, this little Golden Dragon’s cultivation was only around the thousand-year level, its pure-to-the-limit Dragon Clan Bloodline and innate sacred pressure all proclaimed its extraordinary nature!
At the same time, around Jiang Bai, eight red spirit rings automatically emerged!
The spirit rings vibrated violently, as if something inside them was growing and transforming wildly!
The color of each spirit ring became richer, with faint golden patterns appearing on the edges, and the pressure they emitted was more than a notch stronger than before!
The age of all spirit rings increased by fifty thousand years!
The World inside the pagoda.
The dragon beasts roared to the sky at the same time!
Their cultivations skyrocketed by fifty thousand years at the same moment!
Feeling the surging power within his body, a genuine smile finally curled up on the corner of Jiang Bai’s mouth.
He reached out and stroked the little Golden Dragon floating in the air.
The little Golden Dragon affectionately rubbed against his finger, its dragon pupils filled with dependence and closeness.
It was bestowed upon Jiang Bai by the Godly Trial, and from the moment of its birth, absolute loyalty to Jiang Bai was branded deep within its Soul.
Jiang Bai flipped his right hand, and the Nine-Colored Glazed Pagoda emerged in his palm.
Seeing the little pagoda, the little Golden Dragon’s dragon pupils instantly lit up!
It seemed to understand something; with a twist of its body, it turned into a streak of golden light and voluntarily threw itself into the pagoda!
Voluntarily sacrificing itself to become Jiang Bai’s ninth spirit ring!
There was no resistance, no struggle, not even a shred of hesitation.
The golden light sank into the pagoda, and the Heart of the Dragon God at the tip of the pagoda shone brilliantly!
In the next second, beneath Jiang Bai’s feet, the ninth spirit ring slowly rose.
A purple, thousand-year spirit ring.
Looking at this purple spirit ring, the corner of Jiang Bai’s mouth twitched slightly.
It was a bit... shabby.
Although he knew the little Golden Dragon’s initial age was low, seeing with his own eyes that his ninth spirit ring was only a thousand-year purple one still left him feeling a bit disappointed.
After all, the first eight were all hundred-thousand-year red ones, and this sudden purple one...
It was a pity the rewards were distributed together; if he had absorbed the little Golden Dragon first and then claimed the age-increase reward, perhaps it could have benefited from the fifty-thousand-year boost.
What a pity.
Jiang Bai shook his head and sank his consciousness into the World inside the pagoda.
Inside the pagoda, the little Golden Dragon had already settled down in an area with the densest Spiritual Qi. Beside it, the three women—the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and Bi Ji—were Cultivating with closed eyes, absorbing the pure energy released by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Sensing the descent of Jiang Bai’s consciousness, the little Golden Dragon wagged its tail excitedly.
Jiang Bai transmitted a thought: Go to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm’s side, absorb energy, and increase your cultivation as quickly as possible.
The little Golden Dragon let out an "awoo" and cheerfully began to absorb the continuously released, majestic mental force and Heaven Yuan energy.
In the center, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm’s massive body was like a mountain of flesh, acting as a "power bank" with a face full of despair.
Having arranged the little Golden Dragon, Jiang Bai withdrew from the World inside the pagoda.
Just then, the grand voice in his mind rang out once more: "The second Dragon God Trial begins!"
"Trial content: Break through to rank ninety-five in spirit power within five years."
"Completion reward: God Position affinity increased by ten percent, age of all spirit rings increased by fifty thousand years."
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