"The ti I entered Black Death City was different from the usual ones; inside, the Black Death Demons that erged were all in dazzling ranks..." Li Xiu recounted the situation with the Blood Moon Black Qi, but didn’t ntion the Godslayer Shrine.
Chu Jun listened, stunned, and after a mont said, "So you managed to survive; if it were , I probably wouldn’t have lasted until the final round... no... maybe not even the tenth round..."
"Let’s see if your Black Death Demon can awaken a skill first." Previously, when Li Xiu gave the Demon Core to Sha Chu and A Fei’s Black Death Demons and they advanced to rank D, they couldn’t awaken any skills.
Upon hearing this from Li Xiu, Chu Jun beca excited and fed the Demon Core given by Li Xiu to the two Black Death Demons.
After consuming roughly ten pieces, both Black Death Demons began to upgrade; however, one Black Death Demon only had so black light flicker over its body during the upgrade, while the other was entirely enveloped in black flas.
"Awakening a skill... haha... this Black Death Demon awakened the Death Virus Talent Skill..." Chu Jun laughed triumphantly.
In the following days, the Red Sand City Lord arranged for a trusted aide to accompany Li Xiu and Chu Jun around Red Sand City. Li Xiu wasn’t much in the mood for leisure and asked the Red Sand City Lord for information on the Trial Gates, studying alone in his room.
The Red Sand City Lord owned over thirty Trial Gates, but only about a dozen had been truly explored; of those, fewer than five were thoroughly understood, while the remaining data was incomplete.
Li Xiu only researched them a bit, not planning to visit any yet. He intended to first go to the Sea Heaven Trial Ground to retrieve the Blood Pattern Revolver.
Before that, Li Xiu didn’t plan to touch any other Contracts.
This was because Li Xiu couldn’t be certain if picking up another Contract would cause it to be affected by the Twin Souls talent, directly becoming his Symbiotic Contract.
When the day arrived as arranged with the Red Sand City Lord, Li Xiu took his backpack and went to the appointnt.
The Red Sand City Lord personally took Li Xiu to a Trial Gate, where Zhou Bailong, Mr. Yu, whom they had t before, and his group of bodyguards were all present.
Zhou Bailong, seeing Li Xiu with the Red Sand City Lord, was slightly taken aback.
"Old Zhou, I don’t need to introduce him, do I? He’s representing in this trial." The Red Sand City Lord smiled with squinted eyes.
"Old friend, I didn’t expect to see you here again, I’m sorry for before." Zhou Bailong said sowhat awkwardly.
"No need for that, Mr. Zhou, everyone is entitled to their choice." Li Xiu replied with a smile, genuinely indifferent, as he hadn’t lost anything anyway.
Zhou Bailong shook his head, said no more, and pointed to a man beside them, introducing him to the Red Sand City Lord: "This is the Trial Taker representing , Shu Wei."
Shu Wei had a square-shaped face, appeared very serious and mature, and it wasn’t clear how old he was; he seed around thirty.
The Red Sand City Lord squinted at Shu Wei for a mont, then smiled and said, "So it’s that Shu Tianwang from Guyue City, it’s rare to have him here; seems like this duel matters to you a lot."
After speaking, the Red Sand City Lord turned to Li Xiu with a smile: "You probably haven’t t Shu Tianwang yet; he’s a famous Trial Taker from Guyue City, already an elite A-ranked Trial Taker. I heard he’s very skilled in ball ga trials, once sinking a hundred three-pointers in a row during a basketball trial, that’s quite the accuracy. I wonder if his golf is as precise as his basketball."
Li Xiu understood this was the Red Sand City Lord sharing intelligence about his opponent, thinking to himself, "An A-ranked Trial Taker, according to Chu Jun’s theory, should have a Primordial Embryo Quality of at least ten or more, there’s quite a gap. However, since the trial is a golf duel, no matter how strong his physical quality is, it doesn’t affect . Additionally, as you can’t harm the opponent during trials, his rank doesn’t matter."
Zhou Wen had already studied the rules thoroughly and didn’t think the A-ranked Trial Taker had any advantage in such a trial.
Both sides took out gemstones, having servants embed them in the Trial Gate; they used tourmaline, a kind of green tourmaline.
The tourmaline ca in many colors, red, green, blue, yellow, and others, but red, green, and blue attracted the most attention.
The green tourmaline shone very bright, and Li Xiu figured it must be electric green among the green tourmalines, brighter and more beautiful than the usual kind.
"You can still quit now; you can’t beat that guy." While the Red Sand City Lord and Zhou Bailong were talking standing together, Mr. Yu ca to Li Xiu’s side and whispered.
"Are you representing yourself or Zhou Bailong?" Li Xiu asked.
"Mr. Zhou had no choice last ti, he feels quite apologetic toward you, so he sent to tell you. Shu Wei not only has a high rank, he also has a peculiar skill that offers a huge advantage in this trial and it’s absolutely impossible for him to lose. You still have a slim chance if you withdraw now." Mr. Yu said, lowering his voice.
Li Xiu wanted to say sothing, but the Trial Gate had already opened, and the Red Sand City Lord was beckoning him over.
Li Xiu had to walk over and, after thinking for a mont, still decided to participate in the trial.
He was uncertain whether what Mr. Yu said was true or not; it could be a sche to make him quit.
And since he’d already agreed with the Red Sand City Lord, he didn’t want to back out.
Watching Li Xiu and Shu Wei enter the Trial Gate together, Mr. Yu and Zhou Bailong exchanged bitter smiles.
"What a pity for that person," Zhou Bailong sighed.
"Mr. Zhou, you’ve done your best, you can have peace of mind over it." Mr. Yu said.
In their view, Li Xiu was dood since Shu Wei had a skill that guaranteed a 100% accuracy rate, making it impossible for Li Xiu, despite his prowess, to avoid mistakes.
And Shu Wei’s skill was fixed, never failing, so losing wasn’t an option for him.
"Shu Wei has a 100% accuracy skill, right?" the Red Sand City Lord suddenly interrupted from another side.
"You knew?" Zhou Bailong and Mr. Yu were stunned.
"Sinking a hundred consecutive three-pointers, could a human do that without a skill?" the Red Sand City Lord laughed.
"You knew and still let Li Xiu go in to face him?" Zhou Bailong frowned.
"Why not? I believe he can win," the Red Sand City Lord said calmly. "Do you dare to make another wager with ? If Shu Wei cos out, I’ll give you the Manluo Mine."
At first, Zhou Bailong thought the Red Sand City Lord was joking, but when he heard the offer of Manluo Mine, he realized it wasn’t a joke.
Manluo Mine was one of the important gemstone mines in Red Sand City, no less, how could he wager it in a supposedly lost bet?
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