Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 362: The Ultimate Trial

Chapter 362: Chapter 362: The Ultimate Trial

Ultimate Treasure?

Upon hearing these four words, the five people on the square all felt their hearts ignite with excitement.

Especially Meng Hai and Senior Brother Yun, having been defeated by Shi Hao, were extremely unreconciled in their hearts, believing they had not even used their Ultimate Moves and felt the loss was too much to bear.

If they could have another go, the result would definitely not be the same.

However, what would the next trial be?

"Let’s start," said the childish voice.

Suddenly, Shi Hao found that the five of them were separated, with a transparent wall between them that could only be seen due to the refraction of light.

Without sound or warning, a featureless "person" appeared in each of their "rooms."

"This round of trials consists of seven passes, meaning you each have seven opponents. Whoever defeats all their opponents first will be victorious," the childish voice continued.

As soon as the voice ended, the faceless person launched an attack on Shi Hao and the others.

Now, the five of them were each other’s competitors.

Boom!

With a single punch, Shi Hao shattered the faceless person, who was only three minor levels higher than him.

Instantly, the ground beneath his feet rose, similar to the previous three towers, bringing him to the second floor.

This left the other four both shocked and incredulous.

He’s on the second floor already?

An opponent three levels higher, and you defeated them that quickly?

They all began to wonder if there had been some mistake that made Shi Hao’s opponent much weaker than theirs.

But the childish voice did not speak up, as if to indicate that everything was as it should be.

Could there really be such a freak of nature?

The second pass... was still a faceless person, with combat power slightly improved from before but without advancing into the realm of Eight Islands.

Boom, Shi Hao still easily took out his opponent with a single punch.

He had reached the third pass.

What!

The other four were going crazy. They hadn’t even solved their first opponent, while Shi Hao had already taken out two?

Such a comparison made them feel utterly useless.

It was simply too disheartening!

As Shi Hao took down his third opponent, Meng Hai and Senior Brother Yun had barely managed to deal with their first opponent at about the same time, reaching the second floor, while Ryu Changlong and Chen Yubin were still struggling with their first opponent.

Damn!

As soon as Meng Hai and Senior Brother Yun clashed with their second opponents, they inwardly exclaimed in shock; their opponents’ strength had increased by yet another ten percent. Even so, Shi Hao had still knocked them down with a single punch earlier. Just how terrifying was his ability to fight above his level?

Shi Hao advanced unstoppable, having reached the sixth level. Just two more victories, and he would break through to stand out.

And from the current situation, it was clear that no one could stop him.

Indeed, by the time Meng Hai and the others reached the third pass, Shi Hao had already entered the seventh pass. It was only then that the strength of his opponent finally arrived in the realm of Eight Islands, surpassing him by four minor levels.

But what did that matter?

Shi Hao still defeated him with a single punch, overpoweringly unreasonable.

In an instant, Meng Hai and the others all vanished, presumably teleported away.

Whoosh, the child who had warned Shi Hao not to use the Spirit Exploration Compass appeared, cocking his head to look at Shi Hao and after a moment of scrutiny said, "Now, you can choose whether to face the last challenge."

"Wait a minute!" Shi Hao pressed his hand down, "Didn’t you say that if you passed the challenge just now, you could get the Ultimate Treasure?"

"I just said it’s possible!" the child said indifferently, "Possible means you’ve earned the right to take on the final challenge, whether you start it or not is up to you."

He was really good at twisting words.

Shi Hao nodded: "Alright then."

"Let’s begin!" The child waved his hand, and a palace immediately appeared in front of them, but its plaque was covered by a Light Cage, making the inscription impossible to discern.

Shi Hao was surprised, why cover the plaque?

Could it be that even the name of this palace is taboo?

"Go on." The child gestured as if shooing someone away, seemingly not wanting Shi Hao to look for too long.

Shi Hao strode forward, entering the palace.

In front of him appeared wooden figures, blocking his path, there seemed to be about forty.

It was quite clear now, to get through, he had to knock down all these wooden figures.

It was truly an Endless Trial, one wave after another.

Shi Hao threw a casual punch, and snap, the first wooden figure fell, effortlessly.

Huh, it doesn’t fight back?

He took another step forward and threw another punch, snap, another wooden figure fell over.

Meanwhile, outside, the child was looking towards the direction of the palace, but reflected in his eyes was the image of Shi Hao facing the trials inside. Clearly, the palace walls did not obstruct his vision.

"Heh heh, I have no desire to acknowledge another master. If this kid makes it through twenty trials, I’ll give him the old master’s heritage and then I can roam the four seas! Haha, making it through forty trials is absolutely impossible!" the child muttered to himself.

"Eh, this kid really is a monster, he’s already passed sixteen trials. By my calculations, his ability to fight above his realm has reached the fifth level!"

"Even if placed in... he could be called a genius."

"Seventeenth trial, eighteenth, nineteenth, hiss, the old master designed it so that only someone with combat power above the sixth level could knock down the wooden figure at the twentieth trial. This kid is only one step away!"

"In my thousand years here, I’ve never met such a freak. Even the best of others could, at most, have the ability to transcend four levels and a bit more."

"Good, good, good, young man, I see potential in you. Just make it past the twentieth trial, and I can lay down my burden."

Bang!

No sooner had the words left his mouth, Shi Hao had knocked down the twentieth wooden figure.

"Haha, I’m free!"

The child’s figure flashed, and he appeared inside the palace, in front of Shi Hao.

"Kid, you’ve passed the challenge, and I can now bestow the Ultimate Treasure upon you," he said.

"Wait, let me knock down the rest of the wooden figures first," Shi Hao said. Since he had already started, with his personality, he naturally wanted to see it through to the end, unless he was incapable.

But since this was a challenge designed by someone, Shi Hao didn’t believe he couldn’t make it through.

Eh, wait a minute!

The child was dumbfounded. How could there be such a contestant who didn’t play by the rules?

"Kid, I already said, you’ve passed!" the child quickly tried to persuade.

Shi Hao glanced at him: "You’re so eager to stop me from going any further; could it be that there are other rewards beyond this point you don’t want to give me?"

Damn, do you have to be this clever?

The child snorted: "I’m just being kind, trying to spare you the setback. But if you insist on heading for a fall, then suit yourself."

With that, his figure flickered and he disappeared.

He reappeared outside the palace, a swing set materializing from thin air, he sat on it, kicking his little legs back and forth, humming: "Even if I let you try, can you really make it past the next twenty trials? Let alone you... there’s no one who could pass, am I worried? Heh, what a joke!"