Monarch Of Time - Chapter 932: Second Trial: Test of the Soul! (2)

A familiar scene of debris and dust gradually unveiled itself as Shun Long opened his eyes.

As the blinding silver light around him vanished and the feeling of spatial fluctuation disappeared, a vast, new scenery revealed itself as he took in his new surroundings.

The vast, unadorned white hall had been left behind long ago, as Shun Long found himself at the ruins of an ancient, almost archaic city.

The gigantic city walls in front of him which were clearly made of stone looked like they had been weathered by the relentless passage of time for countless eons, leaving only a small portion of them still standing.

The wooden buildings behind the collapsed city walls weren’t faring much better either. Most of them had either fully collapsed by now, or they were merely hanging by a thread, looking like they could topple over with a just gentle gust of wind.

And yet, the sole thing that drew Shun Long’s attention amidst the endless rubble, was a small obsidian obelisk erected right in front of the deserted city gates!

Staring at the familiar black obelisk that was shining with a dim luster, Shun Long observed it for a few moments in silence, before realizing that it was pretty much identical to the appraisal obelisk he had found in the first trial.

The same eight simple words were engraved on its onyx-like surface, in the same peculiar manner as the first time; as if a sword expert had carved them with their sword.

‘Use your qi to engrave your name here’

Having already experienced it once, Shun Long stepped forward and arrived in front of the obelisk, before he wrote his name on its cold surface.

‘Shun Long’

Just like the first time, a glowing silver light enveloped the black obelisk after absorbing Shun Long’s qi, before suddenly vanishing right in front of him.

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Following the obsidian obelisk’s disappearance, a mind-boggling scene began to take place inside the ancient city soon afterwards.

The entire city began to rumble and quake as if it had suddenly come alive, before a horrifying pressure emerged from the city’s depths!

Even the collapsed buildings near the city gates began to quake and tremble, almost as if they were responding to the ancient city’s call, before a surge of pressure descended on Shun Long like a tidal wave!

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Sensing the wave of pressure that was clearly targeting his soul like a famished wolf, Shun Long finally relaxed and allowed it to freely batter against his spiritual sea, without even bothering to put up any defenses.

The wave of spiritual strength that was equal to an early rank 1 Dao Emperor’s soul sense instantly evaporated the moment it entered his spiritual space, before it was completely swallowed by his spiritual sea!

At this moment, Shun Long had finally identified the danger of the second trial; A wave of soul attacks that could rival an early-stage Dao Emperor! Of course, the first wave was only the beginning. Moments later, Shun Long could sense a second and even a third wave of attacks emerging from the depths of the city, all of them aiming for his soul.

And yet, just like the first one, he completely ignored them without even putting up any defenses, allowing them to freely enter his spiritual space one after the other. Just like the first one, the two successive soul attacks were immediately swallowed the moment they touched his spiritual sea, not raising a single ripple in the process!

However, instead of feeling elated, Shun Long furrowed his brows as he quickly sensed that something was wrong.

As more and more waves crashed in his spiritual sea, the feeling of something being wrong became more and more pronounced, and yet for some reason he still couldn’t put his finger on it.

”Am I really missing something?” Ignoring the barrage of soul attacks that were aiming for his soul, Shun Long suddenly emptied his mind and began to rethink everything that had taken place in this trial!

By all intents and purposes, things should have been fine as they were. Although this second trial was of no danger to him, Shun Long knew that the only reason behind that was his overwhelmingly strong soul sense. Any other Dao King -even Liu Mei and the others who had their souls tempered after consuming hundreds of soul-tempering pills- would have to exert some effort to block all those soul attacks. For any average Dao King, this trial was no different from a death sentence. And yet Shun Long still couldn’t shake the feeling that he was missing something!

”The rewards!” A moment later, he suddenly realized what he had ignored.

Indeed, the most important part of the first trial was its abundant rewards! For every peak sixth-stage magic beast a person could kill, they could farm a top-grade spirit stone in return. But these soul attacks, despite being powerful enough to wound even peak-stage Dao Kings didn’t offer anything whatsoever. Shun Long had already tried to absorb them and see if he could gain anything from them, but they were truly no different from the soul attacks of average early-stage Dao Emperors.

They were only destructive in nature and their only purpose was to destroy!

Of course, the thought that there were no rewards during this second trial had already flashed in Shun Long’s mind, but he quickly dismissed the idea as soon as it took form. Since the purpose of this ‘Heavenly Tower’ was to test cultivators and look for promising disciples, the ‘Imperial Mandate sect’ wouldn’t have ignored such a crucial detail. After all, no cultivator could grow without resources, and the ‘Imperial Mandate sect’ understood this as well. It was the promise of those abundant rewards that drew all those Dao Kings to the ‘City of Immortals’ despite its countless dangers.

Finally, a few moments later, Shun Long’s eyes flashed with a golden light before a look of realization appeared on his face. In the next moment, an overwhelmingly strong wave of soul sense burst out from his body, spreading out like a thick net and enveloping the entire ancient city!

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