Internal ti in the Inheritance Secret Realm.
The thirty-seventh hour.
Celestial Ladder Mountain, at an altitude of 13,300 zhang.
Here, the distance from the ground is already over forty kiloters. From this vantage point, everything on the ground is almost completely obscured by clouds and mist. Moreover, since it is now nightti within the secret realm, nothing can be clearly seen, with only the howling wind echoing back and forth.
However, fortunately, the invisible force field that prevents trial takers from climbing the mountain by their own strength also remains when trying to descend, leaving a roughly five-ter diater gap, so there is no chance of accidentally falling.
At this mont, seated cross-legged behind a wind-shielding rock, a young man in black opened his eyes, which glead with a purple brilliance, inexplicable energy radiating from him and causing ripples in the air around him.
One could see that his entire body, including his face, was sowhat purple, with a faint glow like jade, showing an expression of excitent.
In his hand, the Spirit Pattern projection on the compass suddenly dissipated, and in the blank space at the center of the compass, a sowhat complex Two-Star Spirit Pattern had been flawlessly drawn.
That Spirit Pattern did not disappear after completing its purpose for the trial but instead shrank several tis, turning into a small dot of light occupying a corner of the compass.
The next mont, an inexplicable wave ca through the air, and his black ring flashed.
He expertly used his Spiritual Power to probe inside, took out a piece of beast at wrapped in paper that had been roasted and contained relatively abundant energy, then stuffed it into his mouth, took out a small wooden bucket filled with clean water, poured the white powder from a small dicine packet in the ring into the bucket, and then drank it down.
This was the supply obtained after completing each trial.
This white powder had the effect of restoring Spiritual Power, but its effect was not strong, roughly equivalent to Tier Two Spiritual Power recovery potions, and even had a slight side effect, causing dizziness in ordinary Spirit Masters if consud excessively.
The conditions were quite ager, incomparable to the luxurious lifestyle he was used to enjoying.
However, there was not the slightest discomfort on the boy’s face. Although his entire body seed to be poisoned, he apparently had no issues, with a fire of determination and a Talent Spiritual Light shining in his eyes.
Chewing the at in his mouth, he swallowed, then used his Spiritual Power to access the black ring and opened the leaderboard.
[First place: Ju Zuojing, 13,300 zhang]
[Second place: Ye Lihong, 11,700 zhang]
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The numbers following the nas change in real-ti, but what they represent is not simply the current altitude of the trial taker but rather an estimate.
The Inheritance Compass scores trial takers based on the precision and speed of the Spirit Pattern they complete. Any mistake results in a deduction of the corresponding altitude (score), causing a drop in ranking.
However, only when a trial taker completes an entire problem does the Inheritance System finalize the score and teleport the trial taker to the corresponding altitude.
Looking at his already stabilized position on the leaderboard and then at the constantly changing data and rankings below, the young man showed an excited and determined expression, murmuring to himself, "The victor of this inheritance will be none other than ."
These words were not empty talk.
Because the na at the top of the list was indeed his.
Ju Zuojing.
His talent is the Talent Sequence 676 - [Poisonous Body].
Strictly speaking, he could just barely be classified among the elite competitors.
In fact, during these 27 hours, Ju Zuojing had not rested for even a quarter-hour, besides eating and recovering Spiritual Power, continuously pushing through challenges, sketching 3 One-Star Spirit Patterns and 3 Two-Star Spirit Patterns, passing the sixth challenge.
Although Ju Zuojing is a Three-Star Spirit Master, One-Star and Two-Star Spirit Patterns are relatively simple, and the pseudo-supre difficulty is not as challenging as the supre difficulty.
But even so, the compass still presented significant interference, and continuously sketching so many Spirit Patterns with hardly any breaks was a daunting challenge, almost indistinguishable from combat.
Being able to pass six challenges in such a short ti attests to his endurance and fighting spirit, truly standing out among his peers.
In Ju Zuojing’s Sea of Spirit, he sketched a Four-Star Spirit Pattern [Opposing Tune], which is the core of his family mystical technique [Poison of Activation], capable of transforming negative effects into positive ones. Combined with so strong but negative-effect Spirit Patterns, this results in a qualitative change.
This mystical technique is his greatest reliance in this trial.
Ju Zuojing has a Contracted Spirit Beast called [Rotting Poison Dragon], covered in poisonous, foul-slling sludge.
During the designated rest periods when he can summon his Spirit Beast, he easily gathers toxins, and with the Four-Star Spirit Pattern [Opposing Tune] and the augntation of [Poisonous Body], consuming the toxic sludge does not result in any negative effects, but rather brings strong positive effects.
At the cost of additional consumption of Spiritual Power and the Spirit Beast’s Ether, Ju Zuojing has significantly enhanced his physical strength, Spiritual Power intensity, control power, and even willpower.
Additionally, if he foregoes rest periods for sketching, there is another added benefit.
Ju Zuojing realized early on that the rest period setting was exceedingly subtle.
If it was rely for physical reasons to rest, trial takers could stop at any ti, so this ti is provided for Spirit Beasts, but as Spirit Beasts do not participate in combat, such extensive rest and feeding ti seems sowhat out of place in a speed-based inheritance trial.
Unless... the Spirit Beasts can do sothing else during the rest periods.
In fact, they can.
Given that the interference on the compass largely corresponds to the omnipresent force field on Celestial Ladder Mountain, conversely, if one could block the surrounding force field, it would reduce a significant amount of interference.
A mandatory course for talented Spirit Masters and their Contractual Partners is mastering the surrounding Ethereal Environnt.
During each rest period, Ju Zuojing has his Contractual Partner help shield the surrounding force field, reducing the difficulty of sketching.
Under this dual reinforcent, coupled with an inner fire of determination, Ju Zuojing has unleashed imnse potential, becoming a true War God vigilantly battling through the night, and, without respite under intense Spiritual Power expenditure, claid the top spot.
Satisfied, he used his Spiritual Power to scan through the information below the leaderboard.
One could see so anomalies at the bottom of the rankings.
[Twenty-fifth place: Jiang Nalan, 4,100 zhang]
[Twenty-sixth place: Lin Guang, 3,900 zhang]
[Twenty-seventh place: Zhao Yue, 3,800 zhang]
[Twenty-eighth place: Zuo Qingtian, 3,100 zhang]
[Twenty-ninth place: Du Qing, 2,900 zhang]
[Twenty-ninth place: Heaven-slaying Demon, 2,700 zhang]
[Thirty-first place: Jin Lengyue, 1,000 zhang]
[Thirty-second place: Dongfang Bufan, 900 zhang]
Ju Zuojing’s eyes flashed with an "as expected" look: "Those fools."
Despite their renowned prestigious titles, they didn’t even know their limits, stubbornly challenging the highest difficulty, truly overestimating themselves.
Thinking of this, Ju Zuojing couldn’t help but slightly curl his lips.
He was naturally referring to those who chose the [Supre] difficulty.
It’s not sothing difficult to deduce, or, in other words, a discerning person could imdiately understand by looking at the leaderboard.
Excluding the last two people, the six nas above are all renowned. Normally, these individuals shouldn’t be at the bottom but leading the charge.
The only possibility is that they chose the anomalous [Supre] difficulty, leaving them at an impasse, finding it difficult to advance.
To speak the truth, Ju Zuojing is quite wary of those individuals, seeing them as his biggest competitors in the Celestial Ladder Mountain inheritance.
Apart from Lin Guang, whose circumstances are unclear due to a lack of information, the remaining individuals were born with at least one intact Dao Mark, distancing themselves from ordinary beings as though separated by dinsions.
Ju Zuojing, too, is considered a rising star of Fenghai Province’s generation. His talent, in terms of pure strength aside from attributes, is quite formidable. Yet, even so, when he encountered these individuals outside, he felt imnse pressure.
The forces behind each of them far eclipse the Ju Family standing behind him, and their enjoyed resources are unimaginable.
In front of them, his previously high-standing figure in front of civilians seed to beco just another civilian.
If they also chose the [Pseudo Supre] difficulty, whether he could attain the peak was truly uncertain.
Initially, he also chose the [Supre] difficulty, though after personally experiencing its difficulty, he decisively opted to switch to [Pseudo Supre] difficulty, a wise decision that has kept him in the leading position for a long ti.
However, that Lin Guang... is still sowhat intriguing.
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