Chapter 13: Trials
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all people from all over Ionia who support justice and equilibrium, and this is the doctrine of my Sect of Equilibrium, where you will thoroughly fulfill your duty to maintain the balance and security of the continent. However, if you want to become the guardian of the continent, you need to go through many severe tests, including many life-threatening tasks, if you want to leave now, I will not hinder you, everyone has the right to live an ordinary life. ”
Speaking of this, Master Dust glanced downward, a kind of glance with spiritual power, as if there was a bright light piercing everyone's hearts. At this moment, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes seemed to be an endless sea of blood.
"I, I opt out!" Finally, there was a person who couldn't bear the panic caused by the endless crisis, and took the lead in raising his hand to show his abandonment, and with him taking the lead, some swing factions who had been trying for a few years also raised their hands and gave up, and about fifty or sixty people were shattered by the gaze of Master Chen.
Su Yun naturally met this gaze without the slightest fear, although he was also afraid of death, but he knew that he could not experience any danger, this trial, he had to participate, otherwise he would get nothing in this mission.
"Very well, I think the rest of you are ready to die for the balance trial." Master Chen's cruel gaze still scanned the people in the hall, and when he heard the "preparation for death", a few more people couldn't bear the weight and left, and the remaining hundred or so people no longer had the slightest fear on their faces.
"Very good, let's weed out those who treat the Equilibrium Trial as a game first, and the rest of you must be taking this trial seriously." Master Dust stretched out his hand and took a black booklet from the middle-aged woman beside him.
"Then, I will now announce the location and title of this equilibrium trial!"
"This balanced trial will be held on the third layer of the Abyss of Corruption! The difficulty is high, and your mission is to kill ten abyssal creatures independently in three days! ”
As soon as this task came out, everyone present was in an uproar, no one could have imagined that the difficulty of this year's task would be so high, the annual balanced trial, are all obtained by the sacrifice of the Balanced Sect through communication and balanced will, and the task is also difficult and simple, but absolutely no one dares to tamper with the task.
The Abyss of Corruption is a cage of evil life in the north of Ionia, this abyss was built by the gods of the upper realm a long time ago, and countless powerful magical beasts and evil lives in ancient times are imprisoned in the abyss, some evil lives are even as powerful as the gods, even the gods cannot completely destroy them, they can only be sealed at the bottom of the abyss of corruption.
The entire abyss of corruption is divided into twelve layers, each layer has a different degree of danger, in addition to those sealed ancient demons, there are also some corrosive beings in the abyss that are corroded by evil forces, these lives depend on the evil power in the abyss to survive, and they can't leave the abyss to make trouble on the mainland, and the lower the corrosive life, the stronger the stronger the corrosive life.
The Abyss Demon of the third layer of the Corrupt Abyss is a corrosive life known for its combat killing ability, and the fighting ability of the Abyss Demon is comparable to the corrupt life of the fourth or even fifth layer of the Corrupt Abyss, but due to the defects of lifespan, intelligence, etc., it is impossible to occupy a deeper Corruption Abyss to absorb evil power.
However, if it is used as the content of the balanced trial, it will inevitably be difficult for some strong people.
"This mission is very difficult, you have to make a decision now, you will have half a day to prepare for the trial, at noon, we will teleport you together to the abyss of corruption, then you will be sealed into the abyss of corruption for three days!" Master Dust always had a smile on his face when he recounted this mission, as if he was just sending everyone on vacation instead of being born and dying!
Su Yun returned to his residence, he didn't pack anything, he stored all the important things in his private space, and the study of family magic these days has come to an end, although he has not been recognized by the space to complete the main task one, but he is estimated to be unable to complete it for a while.
After he sorted out all this, he established a space-time node, he knew that the next space-time node would be established in the abyss, he had to build one outside the abyss in case of accidents, in case the abyss of corruption was an extremely dangerous and lifeless world, he must have room to give up this task, he has not yet received the task prompt given by the space, presumably only after entering the abyss of corruption will receive the task prompt.
The morning passed like this, and he rested well on the bed in his residence for half a day before he went to the teleportation array at the request of the priest who had come to summon him.
The teleportation array is located on the top of a mountain in the Oracle Mountain Range, the position is very conspicuous, and there are various colors of defensive protection runes flying above the teleportation array, which are used to protect this important teleportation array, although Su Yun can't understand these ever-changing magic runes, but just from the powerful aura emanating from the magic array, he can feel the power of these defensive arrays.
There were already a lot of people waiting next to the magic circle, including some prisoners who were about to be escorted to the abyss of corruption, and these prisoners were all imprisoned in the cage car of the magic seal, and sent into the teleportation circle one by one. Su Yun and Elani stood outside the white warning line on one side, alongside those who were about to teleport together to the abyss of corruption. Since the two of them knew each other a little, they subconsciously stood together, and the other two students from the Super Divine Academy who were with them were on the other side of Elanie.
Those who were sent into the magic array all looked ashen or had fierce eyes, and so on, Su Yun found the man who had sniped him in the Super Divine Academy among these people. This originally handsome man had unkempt hair at the moment, his eyes were blazing, and he looked around.
Soon, the cage carts that were escorting the prisoners were all sent into the teleportation array, and then Su Yun and the others also walked in one by one.
Soon, with a wave of the staff in the hand of the mage who presided over the formation, a large piece of arcane light swayed down from the air, and the magic crystals embedded in the ground slowly lit up, and then, the nearby magic lines began to light up inch by inch, and a piece of sky light was cast, and a group of people only felt that the sky was spinning for a while, the surrounding scenery was blurred, and a feeling of weightlessness came, and soon everyone felt that their feet were solid, and they were already standing in another place.
Surrounded by a gloomy jungle, several warriors with bright red armor were standing near the teleportation array, from the bodies of these warriors, Su Yun could feel a powerful aura, obviously these were powerful people.
The priest who led the trialists briefly explained the precautions here to everyone, and then led everyone towards the huge black abyss not far away.
Su Yun looked ahead and saw a huge black abyss sitting in the jungle in front of him, and above the abyss was filled with eerie white smoke, obscuring the entire sky to gray. Unknown eagles flew through the sky, and the whole forest was full of ghosts, trees and leaves, and even in the daytime, there was no sunlight at all.
There was a smell of decay in the air, and in this forest, it seemed as if the sun was cold.
Near the abyss, there are a large number of large and small houses, presumably built by the samurai who guarded the place.
The priest who led them handed over to the blue-armored samurai led by them, and a group of samurai rushed up and pushed the cage carts where the prisoners were held down, and the priest turned around and said to everyone: "Okay, now in front of you is the legendary abyss of corruption, everyone has also seen, this is not very safe, all kinds of unexpected things can happen, and when the sun is about to set, you will enter it." Your quest will take place on the third level of the Abyss, and before the mission begins, you will receive an Abyss Teleportation Crystal, and once you enter it, you can teleport out at any time by crushing the crystal! ”
"Of course, if you teleport out without completing your mission, you will be fine, but you will be forever disqualified from entering the Sect of Balance. Here, I would like to give you a word of advice, life is still the most important thing, this mission is very difficult, if you really can't complete it, you'd better not fight with your life to challenge! ”
After speaking, there was an extra white bag in the priest's hand, and he took out a black crystal from it and handed it to the trialists.
Su Yun stepped forward to receive a piece of black crystal, and looked at it carefully, the crystal was engraved with various mysterious runes, Su Yun could vaguely see that several of the runes appeared in the magic array book he memorized, as long as he was given time, he would be able to explain the runes on the crystal little by little through his magic knowledge, of course, this time could be several years.
"Alright, the sun is about to set, and good luck to you all." The staff in the priest's hand lit up for a while, and the crystals in everyone's hands suddenly lit up together, Su Yun felt a tender little hand grasp his hand, he looked back, and between them Elani naturally held his hand.
Elani saw his gaze and gave him a blank look: "Don't get me wrong, don't we have to cooperate, how can we cooperate if the teleportation is split." Although her gaze was very firm, Su Yun could still see Elanie's nervousness from the cold sweat on her little hands, after all, the tasks she was doing now were all tasks with one wrong step, as long as there was a problem in the middle, the tasks behind would be doomed, even if she was as witty as she was, she could not guarantee that she would be able to complete the task.
Su Yun smiled slightly and squeezed her little hand, Elani glanced at him with some disgust, but after seeing Su Yun's fearless eyes, her heart was also inexplicably relieved.
Then the black crystal in his hand sent out a violent spell fluctuation, and the two of them suddenly felt a huge increase in power, and he held Elani's hand tightly, barely ensuring that the two would not be separated by the huge force, and then the surrounding scenery became a blur.
Su Yun felt like he was in the center of a storm, his whole body was in a state of weightlessness, and the intense pressure made him unable to open his eyes.
Suddenly, the pressure exerted on him disappeared, and he also felt the gravity that he had not felt for a long time, and finally stepped on the solid ground under his feet.
"Ding, the series of tasks is open, and the data is being counted."
"Ding, discover the source of the epic plot, and the epic series of plots is about to begin: Ionian Woes!"
"Ding, Contractor 1303, you are one of the discoverers who discovered the plot of the series, you will get 1% additional world exploration, and you will get additional rewards for participating in the plot"
"Ding, Contractor 1303, you have discovered an epic story quest, you have gained an extra 5 days of stay time in this world, unlock the follow-up quest, and you will receive an additional stay time reward!"
"Ding, Contractor 1303, you have entered this epic story quest as Carlos, and your quest progress will be recorded at the end of each quest, and the plot entry point will be refreshed, and the completion of the quest will affect your personal influence in the epic plot and the plot twist you gain."
"Ding, Contractor 1303, you have received the first link of the epic story mission: Abyss Trial
Mission Level: Rare
Difficulty: A+ (Very Hard)
Mission Type: Story Mission
Content: Enter the abyss of corruption, survive for three days, and gain the approval of the Sect of Balance.
Mission duration: 3 days
Task reward: One A-level plot reward, 15,000 origin points, and additional rewards according to the contractor's performance award.
Failure penalty: 30,000 origin points will be deducted, and the plot entry point of the plot will be lost.
Hint: Before the end of the time limit of the plot world, those who have a negative origin score will randomly select the equipment on their bodies to be sold for discount, and if the score is still insufficient, they will be assigned to the main material plane by the doomsday space as slaves"