The red countdown in the sky freezes at 95:00, and the numbers stop moving.

With the click of the last bell, the entire trial site was obscured by heavy gunsmoke, and fell into a deathly silence.

The souls on the high platform froze in place one by one, their mouths wide open, and their dilated pupils seemed to be about to jump out of their sockets.

The souls trembled, their faces filled with horror at the horrific explosion they had just had.

Their eyes were fixed on the testing ground in front of them, and none of the souls dared to make a sound.

Soon, in a deep silence, the surrounding smoke gradually dissipated, revealing the shattering of the steel web.

Countless holes were opened in the trial grounds, and the steel webs were almost destroyed.

The few larger pieces of mesh that remained were particularly isolated, covered in black blast cracks.

From all sides, circles of explosions bloom like roses, gradually extending to the edge of the field.

Where the web of steel vanished was gone, twisted gears and flickering hellfire were exposed.

On the shattered steel field, thousands of revenant warriors once stood.

Now, however, it has long since disappeared.

However, even with this level of destruction, the fire of hell under the rift continued to gush.

In the midst of the flames, the entire steel earth seemed to awaken, wriggling and shattering its body.

Like a conscious rag, slowly heal itself.

It won't be long before the shattered earth will be restored completely.

It was also the first time they had seen a trialist pass a trial in this way.

Their eyes were focused on the center of the trial grounds, where a human girl stood proudly and confidently.

There was not the slightest sign of tiredness on her body, and there was even a very calm lightness on her face.

Her trench coat swayed in the air, and the flames around her were even more consciously avoiding her, tilting slightly.

All the dead souls couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when they saw this scene.

But in the next second, the entire audience erupted in a sea of cheers.

The trial grounds were all shaken and trembling madly by such deafening cheers.

Even the red countdown in mid-air seemed to be affected by the vibration, and almost dissipated.

This intense cheer resounded throughout the Underworld, and every corner except the River Styx shook with the sound of the tremor.

The cheers of the revenants followed one after another, and their eyes flashed with excitement and excitement.

The high mood even surpassed the flickering hellfire around him, rekindling the atmosphere of the whole trial.

Hades, who was sitting in the center of the audience, also narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly sat up straight.

"This kid ......"

Looking at the dog thief in front of him, Hades faded his contemptuous gaze and looked at the other party carefully with a sharp gaze.

Once, he led the entire human race to Hell to participate in this trial, and everyone's initial trial was this trial of time.

However, those 100,000 people themselves are the best of humanity.

Any person's physique alone can easily crush the 'human girl' in front of him.

However, no one has been able to pass the trials as easily as 'she'.

That's right, this seemingly simple 100-minute persistence is actually a huge challenge.

After all, in the face of the endless sea of revenants, it is difficult for anyone to support it.

Even if someone were able to last a hundred minutes, they would be too exhausted to move on to the next trial.

Hades remembers that there was once a human hero who successfully passed the trial.

He was massive and powerful, and with every swing of his weapon he could take away a large number of dead souls.

But even then, it took him thirty minutes to get rid of all the souls.

But what about Victor?

The Immortal looked up—

Five minutes.

That's what he says to himself.

Because it only takes five minutes.

"I'll just say he can pass."

Seeing this scene in front of him, Persephone showed a playful expression.

It's as if she's saying that she won the bet and has to show Hades a little bit at the end.

But Hades looked at Persephone's smug appearance, and his heart was depressed.

It's obviously his wife, why is he looking forward to another dog man so much.

Even if he recognized the dog thief in his heart, Persephone still made Hades feel unhappy when he praised him like this.

So, he folded his arms and snorted coldly.

"Hmph, I can do the same, and only faster and better."

Hades sulked unconvinced, his snort so strong that he blew his beard up.

Persephone turned his head, glanced at Hades, and said in a childlike tone:

"Yes, yes, I know you're better than everyone else."

"After all, even the content of the trial was personally selected by you, Lord Hades."

After hearing this, Hades still snorted coldly, and the depression in his heart did not decrease in the slightest.

On the contrary, because I felt that my wife's words were not sincere enough, I added a little more.

However, although he didn't say it right, he had to admit in his heart that the operation of the dog thief really shocked him.

He still couldn't figure out how this guy did it.

That kid, how the hell did he cleverly put a fire on every revenant warrior who came close to 'her' that could cause an explosion.

And they run around the field with agility, skillfully blending in with the fire warriors in the group.

Make sure each location has a fighter ready.

When the fire was arranged, the opponent quickly returned to the starting position, causing flames and forming a series of explosions.

Hades couldn't help but squint his eyes when he thought of this.

It was as if the dog thief was personally controlling the location of the revenant warriors.

This may seem like a simple operation, but it requires extremely high accuracy, precision, and even the control of time and space.

If anything goes wrong, he could be swallowed up by an endless horde of revenant warriors.

In such a way, Victor dared to operate like this.

It was as if he knew the movements of those dead souls well, as if they had become his pawns from the beginning.

It's just that there is one problem that makes Hades very confused.

This dog thief can fight him in person, so why does it take so much trouble to deal with these revenants?

Did he do it on purpose?

But combat should be pursued in the most direct and labor-saving way, and should not be needless to consume physical strength.

Is he ...... when he is so willing to seek the near and far

"Teaching?"

Vega, who was standing on Erica's shoulder, couldn't help but mumble to herself.

It lowered its head and looked at Erica's body.

Just now, Victor, who controlled Erica's body, did not exert any power beyond her comprehension.

Just like he said.

'Be good at using your own powers. ’

Victor always kept his power within a limited range, as if to allow Erica to quickly understand and comprehend it.

None of those powerful spells that Victor had ever used.

Otherwise, if he wanted to, he was more than capable of completely lifting the area along with the ground.

However, he only used a series of subtle maneuvers to easily release a firework on the trial ground.

That's right, just a firework.

Compared to Victor's other powerful magic, this magic was as insignificant as fireworks.

This just confirms Victor's second sentence:

Because you can do it too. ’

As long as Erica can control everything with precision like Victor, then she can achieve the same effect.

It only takes five minutes.

Of course, if Erica could really do all this as skillfully as Victor, she would have become the second Victor long ago.

Although this series of operations is theoretically like 1+1 equals 2, Erica can understand it just by looking at it.

However, once the process is put together.

The difficulty is more than 1+1 equals 2.

Vega stared at Erica with its deep one-eyed eyes, trying to discern Victor's intentions hidden within her body.

Why did he have to demonstrate it to Erica in this situation?

Is he setting up something?

Or is Victor already aware of some danger?

Vega couldn't be sure.

At this moment, the red words suspended in the sky began to slowly squirm.

Flames swept over it, renewing its brilliance and turning into new words:

[1st place – 5 minutes: Victor Kravenna]

At this moment, Vega's eyes shrank slightly.

Not because it saw the second place below set a record from a millennium ago.

Compared to Victor, it was a full twenty-five minutes.

Rather, because it noticed a detail.

It wasn't Erica who passed the trial.

Rather, "Victor Kravenna".

Obviously, Victor used Erica's body.

"Something is wrong......"

Vega muttered to herself, and a strange premonition rose from the bottom of her heart.

It seemed to realize that Victor must be preparing for something.

But in the next moment, a bridge made of countless steels rose not far from the trial site.

One by one, the bridges rose from the abyssal fire.

They connect with each other and reach to the edge of the trial ground.

In the distance, a large closed iron door began to roar.

With the creaking of gears and the heavy mechanical work, the heavy doors of steel gradually opened.

The icy sound of machinery mingled with the echoing cheers for a long time.

It is like an arrogant and violent triumphant song for the victors in hell.

[The second trial begins——]

[The abyss of pain is welcoming you]