Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 557: Proof of Glory [6.8k words]

After one hour.

[Hint: The current selection is "Blocking Grandmaster Trial". According to the Pioneer's current ability tendency, the Pioneer will only be able to use the "Fighting Master LV.MAX" ability during this trial, and the basic equipment will be changed to "White God Guardian (Legendary)". Do you want to start? ]

"confirm."

Inside the Colosseum, Xin Lailai, who had almost recovered his energy, looked at the prompt in front of him, took a deep breath, and pressed the confirmation button.

[Confirmed, projection is being generated...]

The next second, the scene in front of him changed, and a green scene began to appear in Xin Lailai's sight, with ponds, willow trees, grass, breeze... When the scene in front of him stabilized, everything he saw at the entrance had changed from the interior of the Colosseum to a refreshing natural scenery.

I don't know what kind of trial mirror they will be matched with this time...

Xin Lailai looked at everything in front of him, fixed his gaze on the light blue beam of light directly in front of him, took a deep breath, and got into position in advance.

As for the Blocking Grandmaster's Trial, according to what he understood, the trial-taker would generally not be matched with a mirror image of the Blocking Grandmaster. Instead, he would be more likely to be matched with an opponent with extremely strong offensive capabilities, in order to test whether the trial-taker was qualified to become a Blocking Grandmaster.

After all, blocking is different from other technical routes. The breakthrough of the heavy sword can arrange two heavy sword technicians to chop each other, but the blocking master can't arrange two people to just press the defense button against each other without moving.

"Hmm? It's you two? This is a strange coincidence."

Suddenly, a calm and steady voice sounded, giving people an inexplicable sense of intimacy. Xin Lailai was slightly startled, and then looked at the matching information at the edge of her sight, her pupils trembling heavily:
[Matching successful, current trial image is: Yan Yi]

……

Name: Yanyi
Race: human

Level: third level

Health: 100%
True Essence: 7200/7200
Body protection energy: 50000/50000 (this is the upper limit of the current mirror image)
Strength: 100 (real attribute, main attribute)
Agility: 100 (real attribute, main attribute)
Stamina: 100 (real attribute, main attribute)
Intelligence: 100 (real attribute, main attribute)
Charm: 100 (Real attribute, main attribute)
Skill 1, Battle Body Grandmaster (Skill·Passive, LV.40): ???

*Tip: This technique is created by the unit's five master-level techniques and is a melee master variant. The current permissions are insufficient and the details cannot be viewed.

……

"I am Yanyi of the Three Thousand Divine Sect. I am honored to meet you two Taoist friends. I wonder if you are all right with your injuries?"

Finally, a neutral and peaceful voice was heard from the field. A man wearing a white Taoist robe, with an ordinary appearance but giving people an indescribable sense of oppression, was standing there. He bowed in the direction of Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Um, you're not yourself, are you?"

Xin Lailai looked at Yan Yi in front of him, listening to the other party's tone that seemed very familiar to them, her throat moved slightly, and she asked tentatively.

Yan Yi was slightly startled when he heard this, then he laughed and said,
"I see. I was rude to introduce myself without explaining the situation clearly."

"I am sorry to bother you two. Actually, the 'I' standing before you is just a mirror image of Paradise. It's just that this mirror image is a copy of the real me that you two met not long ago. Maybe for you two that was a month or several months ago, but for the 'I' you see, you two are just fellow Taoists that you just met not long ago."

Yan Yi's mirror image explained in a gentle tone. Xin Lailai breathed a sigh of relief when she heard it, but at the same time, some doubts arose in her mind.

"Um, Fellow Daoist Yan, what do you mean by having met us once before...?"

"When you were in a coma and recuperating, my original body went to visit you once, so it's normal that you didn't know. As for the specific reason, it's a bit long to explain. If you don't mind, I can tell you in my mirror image."

"Well... then I'll have to trouble you, Fellow Daoist Lao Yan."

After Xin Lailai heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and bowed.

"In that case, I will respectfully obey your command."

Yan Yi's mirror image said this with a slight smile, and told Xin Lailai what he knew in front of him.

……

Thirty minutes later.

"Brother Meimu actually did so many things..."

On the grass, after listening to Yan Yi's story, Xin Lailai was thinking about what she had heard. Her thoughts were churning in her mind and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Sinful Blood Star, Space Storm, Dead Sea Ruins, Execution Ground...

There is also the information about the people seen on the Sin Blood Star that the Paradise mentioned by Mirror Image did not copy...

Although he had learned from 04296 about the situation when they fell into the abyss erosion zone, 04296 and others only arrived there at the most critical moment to act as rescuers, and did not know the specific process of the whole incident.

But the situation on Yan Yi's side was completely different. From the narration of the mirror image Yan Yi, what Xin Lailai saw was a completely different story, a story that could confirm all the doubts and confusions in his mind, and those guesses that he dared not to confirm.

The most important point is to confirm one thing:

——That is, their encounter this time was indeed led by the 'person' who trained Jiren Yuanying, and was even the one who manipulated it.

"But why do I feel like there's no difference between knowing about this and not knowing about it..."

After a moment of confusion, I saw Xin Lailai smile helplessly.

The information Mirror Yanyi told was indeed shocking, but after calming down, Xin Lailai found that she was not as excited as she had imagined. Instead, she had a sense of "Oh, so it is like this" as it is natural.

After all, whether it was the outline or the cultivation of Jiren Yuanying to torment their existence, what the other party did was not a conspiracy at all, but an open conspiracy.

Yes, it is an open conspiracy.

Whether it was the space storm, the Extreme Blade Abyss Shadow, or the Sin Blood Star, neither side had ever thought of hiding these things. They were just thrown in front of him so openly, without any fear of being known by him or others.

In fact, judging from what he had experienced, the other party might even hope that they could know all this so that he would feel greater psychological pressure.

"Huh! Anyway, at least I figured out these things. From this point of view, it's not a loss."

Finally, Xin Lailai let out a long sigh and shook his head gently to get rid of all the unnecessary thoughts in his mind.

It would be fine if he was hiding some conspiracy, then he might be able to find a way to resolve it, but since it was an open conspiracy, then no matter how much you worry about it, it would only add to your troubles.

Conspiracies can be broken, but covert plots cannot be solved. This is a truth proven by countless predecessors.

Faced with such calculations that they are too lazy to even pretend, the only thing they can do is to try every possible way to improve themselves.

Vision, character, strength, means...

No matter what kind of calculations they have, as long as they reach a certain level in these aspects, they will naturally fall apart. This is the best and only way to resolve open conspiracies - make yourself strong enough.

therefore……

"Thank you, Brother Yan, for clearing up my doubts. I hope you can give me more guidance for the next trial."

Xin Lailai sat up from the grass again, and together with Ling Yuzi, they bowed to Jingzi Yanyi and spoke respectfully.

"You are too polite, Fellow Daoist Black Sword. This is my job."

Mirror Image Yan Yi said this and also stood up, smiled gently, then put his hands behind his back, fixed his eyes, and took a step forward.

Om-! !

The next second, the golden light condensed to the extreme shot up into the sky from the mirror image Yan Yi, instantly illuminating the originally green space into a golden area.

"My fighting body was obtained through my own contemplation."

"In the past, I wanted to find a way to protect myself. However, whether it was the Daluo Jinguang of my own sect or the magical power of other sects, they were all not to my liking."

“So, I secluded myself for a hundred days, read all the scriptures, observed all the wonderful ways, and finally found a method that met my needs.”

"The ancients said that if you have swords, spears, halberds, and axes, you can become a master of three heads and six arms and fight hundreds of battles. Now I say that you must train your blood, flesh, tendons, bones, and skin to obtain the innate Qi and forge a fighting body of golden light."

"This golden light can be used to protect the body, and can be used for attacking. It should be called the Supreme. This fighting body can stir up the mountains and seas, and can cause chaos in the world. It should be called the True Dragon!"

Buzz, rumble—! !

As the sonorous and powerful voices filled with oppression continued to fall, the entire trial field space seemed to begin to tremble. At the same time, a faint golden dragon head began to emerge behind Yan Yi, and it became clearer and clearer.

"Friend Black Sword, since you have come here to seek a way to protect yourself, and since I am your bond, I will not hold back at all."

"Therefore, I only ask for two solutions. The first solution is to defend. If you can understand the wonders of my golden light and the defensive skills that can block my attack, I will retreat. The second solution is to break it. If you can damage the plants and trees here in the slightest under my golden light and neutralize the power of my golden light, I will also retreat."

"You two... please give me some advice!"

boom--! !

The next second, a loud dragon roar exploded from the trial field, and the golden light formed by the body-protecting energy tempered to the extreme turned into a giant dragon, and bit Xin Lailai, whose eyelids were twitching wildly and who was madly greeting Paradise in her heart.

……

……

Three hours later.

[Hint: You have passed the "Blocking Grandmaster Trial" and obtained "Proof of Glory - Blocking"]

[Tip: The improvement tendency of "Proof of Glory·Block" is quite different from the basic characteristics of the Pioneer's current "Fighting Master LV.MAX". If you use this proof to break through to the Grandmaster, you will be directly transferred to the "Blocking Grandmaster"]

"Hiss~! I finally passed. Yanyi is such a strict guy..."

In the Colosseum, Xin Lailai covered his forehead with his hands, feeling as if his whole body was in phantom pain.

In the past three hours, he and Ling Yuzi were crushed to death thirty-seven times by Yan Yi's protective golden light.

Although the other party would give them a few minutes each time to comprehend it carefully, and successfully enabled them to achieve a leap-forward improvement in their understanding and control of the protective energy in these three hours.

But understanding is understanding, improvement is improvement, no matter how good the effect is, it can't change the fucking experience of being crushed by a claw!
In the end, what the hell was that body protection energy? He had never seen anyone use body protection energy like that. He just turned it into a golden light spell! !

And let's not talk about the combat body master, LV.40 or something like that. Xin Lailai swore that he had never heard of such an outrageous operation in his life: a fighting master who learned five different characteristics, then transferred them into a master with extreme characteristics that could strengthen his flesh, blood, tendons, bones and skin, and finally synthesized them into a special melee master.

"Tsk, how on earth did this guy manage to refine a master-level technique to the point where it only strengthens one physical characteristic?"

Xin Lailai complained in his mind. To be honest, he could understand blood, bones and muscles. After all, there were indeed some weird fighting techniques in the paradise that relied on these things. But tendons and skin were really beyond his understanding.

——And, the most important point is, according to what the mirror image Yan Yi introduced to him during the battle, what he saw today was only less than one-third of the strength of Yan Yi's original body!
According to the mirror image Yan Yi's own account, in addition to the five-in-one combat body master, Yan Yi's original body also has a six-in-one true essence master and a seven-in-one spirit soul master. Only when the passive abilities of these three composite masters are all put together, the opponent's true panel can be seen.

As for the specific strength of Yanyi under this panel?
Xin Lailai could only say that whoever wanted to experience it could go ahead and experience it, he had no interest in being tortured.

Now he even began to feel lucky for having earned 12 billion Paradise Points from the faction store in the dungeon.

Otherwise, with the difficulty of their trial, let alone the upgrade costs after breaking through to the Grandmaster level, it is hard to say whether they can collect the five proofs of glory required for the Grandmaster level breakthrough.

After all, they have already spent a full 4560 million Paradise Points just for the three passive certificates of honor. Considering that the difficulty of the next two trials will not be much lower than the first three, it is estimated that the final expenditure will exceed 5000 million at the minimum.

[Hint: The current selection is "Mana Master Trial". According to the Pioneer's current ability tendency, the Pioneer will only be able to use the abilities of "Mana Manipulator LV.MAX" and "Devil's Seal (non-upgradeable)" and "Angel's Seal (non-upgradeable)" during this trial. Do you want to start?] "Confirm."

Ten minutes later, Xin Lailai, who was almost done with a break, looked at the branding interface in front of him again. Looking at the last few options on the screen, he decisively chose the Mana Grandmaster Trial.

Although there was no evidence, after three consecutive experiences, he felt that he had guessed who their opponent would be in the Soul Master Trial. Therefore, rather than being disgusted immediately, it would be better to use the Mana Master Trial as a buffer first.

[Confirmed, projection is being generated...]

"Speaking of which, Lailai, our opponent in the Mana Grandmaster Trial won't be Sister 83203 or Yanyi again, right?"

Ling Yuzi looked at the gradually changing scene in front of him, and communicated with Xin Lailai in his mind with some uncertainty.

"This... shouldn't be the case..."

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai looked at the field in front of her eyes which had turned silver-white, her eyelids twitched instinctively, and she replied with some uncertainty.

To be honest, judging from their ability tendencies, their opponents in the Mana Grandmaster Trial are very likely to be 83203 or Yan...

"Hmm? Wait a minute, Ling Yuzi, do you think this scene seems familiar?"

Suddenly, Xin Lailai seemed to have discovered something and asked a question in his mind.

"Laila, when you say that, it seems like you feel a little bit..."

Ling Yuzi heard this and looked at the scene in front of him. He also began to feel a strong sense of familiarity. Finally...

"The training ground of the Lai Lai Cult? ! ! "

The two of them shouted in their minds almost at the same time, pointing out the source of the familiar feeling in their minds. The next second, a hearty laugh that was extremely familiar to Xin Lailai, but sounded younger than the voice in his memory, came from the light column:

"Haha, let me see which unlucky guy is matched with the old... huh? What's going on? Why are there two people?!"

The next second, a burly bald man was seen with his arms folded, laughing loudly twice towards the sky, and suddenly realized something was wrong. He looked at the two people in front of him with wide eyes.

When Xin Lailai looked at the other person's appearance, she was stunned where she was.

[Matching successful, current trial image is: 04296]

……

Name: 04296
Race: human

Level: third level

Health: 100%
Mana: 3900/3900
Thunder Power: 0/3900
Strength: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Agility: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Stamina: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Intelligence: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Charm: 90 (Real attribute, main attribute)
Skill 1, Mana Master (Skill·Passive, LV.20): Mana strength +410%, brain computing power +80%, mana manipulation proficiency is greatly improved.

……

His opponent in the trial of the Grand Master of Mana was actually Brother Ritian...

Xin Lailai looked at 04296 in front of her, and was stunned for a moment. Then, an extremely shameless smile that could be described as "lewd" appeared on her face.

Brother Ritian is amazing! He has heard the other party's deeds when he was young no less than five times. He knows clearly the weaknesses that he had when he was young but gradually made up for after reaching the intermediate level!
——Thank you Brother Ritian for your generosity, and... I'm sorry!
"Lingyuzi, take action! !"

Wow——! !

Without any greetings, Xin Lailai suddenly rushed out as if afraid that the other party would react, and a dark light began to flash on his body.

"Huh? Are you going to do it right away? Tsk, another rude boy. But, never mind——"

The 'youth version' of the bald man looked at the one who suddenly rushed up, grinned, took a step forward, and the magic power in his body madly surged out of his body surface, attracting all the surrounding elements and creating light golden arcs of lightning in the air.

"Anyway, if they're beaten a few times, they'll all behave themselves!"

Boom——! !

The next second, golden thunder fell and engulfed the bald man.

"Come on, boy, and little girl, let me see how strong you are!!"

……

……

ten minutes later.

[Hint: You have passed the "Mana Grandmaster Trial" and obtained "Proof of Glory - Mana"]

Lost...

In the Colosseum, Xin Lailai, whose consciousness had returned from the trial space, stared blankly at the prompt in front of him, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

Even though they knew the opponent's weaknesses at this stage, he and Ling Yuzi still failed to defeat 04296 in the third stage.

"Haha, it's so satisfying. I didn't expect that you look mean, but you're so ruthless when you get angry. I didn't even notice those flaws, but you noticed them!"

"It's a pity that although the opportunity was good and the accuracy was sufficient, the two of you were still too slow to react. It's obvious that you relied too much on those acceleration skills. Even if you two passed this time, remember to practice more when you go back and rely less on those useless acceleration skills. Men are about depth, not speed!"

Xin Lailai lowered his head and looked at his palm, and the advice left by the "Youth Edition" 04296 flashed through his mind.

Are they... too reliant on the acceleration provided by the psychic realm?
Indeed, after these battles, their biggest feeling was that they were completely unable to react quickly and could not keep up with the offensive rhythm of the mirror images of 04296.

In the past, they were accustomed to relying on overwhelming reaction speed to deal with the enemy, and were accustomed to the feeling of having plenty of time to think and calculate.

However, when this advantage was lost and one had to rely only on one's own techniques or magical abilities, all of the flaws of relying too much on the bonus from the psychic realm were exposed at once.

In other words...the benefits of the psychic realm are too disconnected from their five passive abilities.

With the passive skills of the Five Masters at LV.MAX, even if they want to give themselves some powerful buffs, they should be derived from these five passive skills.

Just like what was shown when the 'Youth Version' 04296 and the 'Large Online' version 83203 fought against them, one relied on superb control of mana to use mana to induce thunder to stimulate his own body cells to achieve the purpose of extreme speed increase at one time, and the other directly used acceleration spells to increase his own gains to the limit, which are closely related to the core passive that he mastered.

On the other hand, although their psychic field is extremely powerful, the only connection with their five passives is a deep meditation, and that's it.

Normally speaking, if we make a summary of their abilities, then the Eternal Soul Core is undoubtedly the most core thing, and the passive ability of the Five Gates Master LV.MAX is equivalent to their bones, blood, organs, limbs and meridians, which support their actions, and then there are the skills such as the psychic realm which are like external things.

However, the 'external object' of the spiritual realm that provides explosive gains has become their most relied upon means and the cornerstone of supporting the passive level of the Five Gates Master LV.MAX in battle. This is obviously a problem.

Xin Lailai believed that people like 83203 and 04296 should have seen this long ago. As for why the other party didn't say it out loud, he could roughly guess it.

——In the past, he was limited by his talents and abilities. Even if he knew this, he would not be able to make any improvements.

But the good thing is...

He is now different from who he was in the past.

With an A-grade qualification level and four consecutive Grandmaster trials, he has seen many things that he had not noticed in the past.

In the past, even if he knew the drawbacks of the psychic field, he would not be able to improve it. But now...

——He has found the answer he wanted.

[Hint: The current choice is "Soul Master Trial". According to the Pioneer's current ability tendency, the Pioneer will only be able to use the abilities of "Gun Master LV.MAX" and "Soul Inscription LV.MAX", "Nativity Soul Soldier·Sword", and "Nativity Soul Soldier·Shield" during this trial. Do you want to start? ]

"start."

[Confirmed, projection is being generated...]

[Matching successful, current trial image is: Shan Xi]

……

Name: Shanxi

Race: human

Level: third level

Health: 100%
Mana: 2600/2600
Soul Energy: 10800/10800
Strength: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Agility: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Stamina: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Intelligence: 90 (real attribute, main attribute)
Charm: 90 (Real attribute, main attribute)
Soul Strength: 100 points

Skill 1, Soul Master (Technique·Passive, LV.20): Soul energy intensity +410%, soul energy limit +80%, soul energy manipulation proficiency greatly improved.

……

"Oh my! How bizarre! I didn't expect that Kagus's theory of origin symbiosis could actually be realized~?"

The next second, the scene in front of Xin Lailai suddenly changed into a light pink room full of charming atmosphere. A naked girl exuding strong charm walked out of the light column with enchanting steps, laughing softly in a numb voice.

"..."

Sure enough, no matter what time it was, he didn't want to see this guy at all.

Xin Lailai glanced at the 'pool of wine and meat' simulated by soul energy around the room, and the expression on his face froze slightly, but he still spoke indifferently:

"No need for any extra tricks. I'm here to conduct a trial."

As soon as the words fell, the expression of the charming black-haired and purple-eyed girl suddenly turned cold. She stared at Xin Lailai, who had no desire for her at all, and said coldly:
"It seems like you are another boring guy. In that case, I will only ask you one question. If you can answer it, you will pass. If you can't answer it, just get out."

"Just ask."

"Tell me, what kind of path do you Soul Masters take?"

"so."

"..."

"Boring."

After the brief words fell, the black-haired, purple-eyed girl stared at the two people in front of her for a while, then let out a light click of the tongue, uttered two words unhappily, then waved her arms and her body shattered into pieces.

"Go away! You passed."

The next second, everything shattered, and the scene in front of Xin Lailai instantly returned to the Colosseum.

[Hint: You have passed the "Soul Master Trial" and obtained the "Proof of Glory - Soul"]

[Tip: The improvement tendency of "Proof of Glory·Soul" is quite different from the basic characteristics of the Pioneer's current "Gun Master LV.MAX". If you use this proof to break through to Grandmaster, you will be directly transferred to "Soul Grandmaster"]

A cold prompt sounded. This time, Xin Lailai looked at the prompt in front of him, and a hint of anticipation finally appeared in his eyes. Without any hesitation, he directly opened the branding interface, selected the skill upgrade hall, and teleported over.

He wants to... become a Grandmaster!
……

(End of this chapter)