am-books Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Insulting Blood Moon, The Second Trial
Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Insulting Blood Moon, The Second Trial
Chapter 263: Insulting Blood Moon, The Second Trial
Over the span of a few days, John and Jolyne managed to cause the deaths of more than twenty Shadow Clan warriors.
All of them had been goaded by Jolyne's relentless verbal attacks, driven to fury and
humiliation, causing them to lash out in anger-only to be instantly erased by the rules of the Secret Area.
The two worked together so seamlessly that even John began chiming in with his own insults. Before they knew it, seven days had passed.
Although John's main body was primarily focused on hunting down Shadow Clan warriors, he had still managed to kill quite a few elemental creatures, plundering their elemental affinities.
After merging with his three other clones, his understanding of the four basic elemental laws reached 100%.
His strength received a noticeable boost.
This was particularly evident in his gods' clone and his human clone from Skyline Continent— both of which benefited from the elemental laws' foundational boost.
"Let's head back," John called out, tearing open space and returning to the entrance of the Secret Area with Jolyne.
By the time they arrived, many powerful beings had already gathered.
Cand-Dragon and the others had also arrived and quickly approached John.
"How did it go?" John asked, looking over his group.
Tony spoke up, "No worries, we've all comprehended the laws of the four basic elements."
John nodded approvingly. His attention was then drawn to a few others who were desperately pleading with stronger beings from other races, hoping to exchange for elemental Spirit Stones.
It was obvious that these unfortunate individuals hadn't managed to gather enough Spirit Stones to comprehend all four elemental laws.
"Lord Blood Moon, it was Godslayer and this woman who caused the deaths of so many of our people!" A furious Shadow Clan warrior, trembling with rage, pointed at John and Jolyne.
However, bound by the rules of the Secret Area, he couldn't make a move.
"Hm?" Blood Moon's gaze landed on Jolyne, a hint of confusion crossing his face. He vaguely remembered her as someone associated with the Sea King.
Not wanting to provoke the Sea King, Blood Moon addressed her, "Young lady, I believe there's no conflict between us, is there?"
Jolyne had returned to her usual cold and distant demeanor and completely ignored him.
Blood Moon frowned in irritation but turned his attention to John, his tone icy, "Human, you'd better hope you don't end up in my hands."
"Trash," John spat, hurling the insult.
Jolyne had taught him.
"You dare seek death!" Blood Moon's fury ignited. The shameful history of the Shadow Clan -full of disgrace and filth-was something he loathed being reminded of.
And now, a mere human dared to insult him.
"Master, don't get angry, remember the rules of the Secret Area," one of his subordinates quickly reminded him.
Blood Moon took a deep breath, barely managing to suppress his rage. He shot John a murderous glare and growled, "I'll make you regret ever being born into this world."
"Yeah, whatever," John retorted with a scoff. "You're nothing but a motherless bastard."
"Damn you! I'll tear you apart!" Blood Moon snapped, unable to hold back any longer. He let out a furious roar, about to strike.
His companions, horrified, immediately tackled him to the ground, shouting desperately, "Master, calm down!"
Blood Moon was the strongest among them, and if something happened to him, they might not be able to secure the final treasure.
"Pfft..." Jolyne couldn't help but let out a laugh from the side.
She caught John's glance, her expression turning a bit awkward as she quickly suppressed her amusement. Curiously, she asked, "Was I ever as bad as you are?"
John sighed and replied, "You were worse."
Jolyne's eyes narrowed into happy crescents, clearly pleased by the banter.
John couldn't help but wonder what her face looked like beneath the cloak.
Blood Moon finally managed to calm himself down, sitting cross-legged with his eyes shut, clearly trying to ignore everything around him.
However, the slight rise and fall of his chest revealed the intense anger still boiling within him.
Jolyne glanced at him and casually taunted, "So spineless. Was that something your daddy taught you, or your granddaddy?"
"Ugh..." Blood Moon immediately coughed up a mouthful of blood, glaring at Jolyne with venomous fury.
"How dare you cross me? Do you want me to expose what I know about the Sea King?" he threatened.
He unable to strike but resorting to using the Sea King's secrets as leverage.
Jolyne's eyes lit up. She was bound by a soul contract with the Sea King, which prevented her from telling John anything directly about him, but perhaps she could use Blood Moon to her
advantage.
With a mischievous smile, she said lightly, "Go ahead, I'd love to hear it."
"Master, with just the five of us, we'll be facing 50,000 upper-tier god-level trial puppets at once. Are you sure?" Nine-Tails asked, visibly concerned.
"It's not just five of us," John replied. He glanced around and, seeing that most of the
powerful beings from various races had already entered their trial spaces, summoned his
three clones.
The clones looked identical to John, but each had a slightly different aura.
The group was startled, as this was the first time they had seen John's clones-except for Cand-Dragon, who was familiar with them.
"Let's go!" John said, pulling everyone into his team. Without waiting for a response, he led
them straight into the upper-tier gods trial space.
Buzz!
The air shimmered with spatial power as they arrived in a vast, open realm.
"Master, you're too reckless! We can't hold off 80,000 upper-tier god-level enemies at the
same time," Nine-Tails said, shaking her head with exasperation.
She had initially hoped to help John secure a place on the leaderboard.
But now, just surviving and earning 10,000 points seemed like a daunting task.
"Not necessarily," John said with a confident smile.
At that moment, powerful forces began to gather around them as the trial puppets appeared
-every one of them an upper-tier god, and there were over 80,000 of them.
"We're doomed!" Jolyne's face showed her concern as she said, "Godslayer, my attacks focus
on the soul. They won't work on these puppets."
John was a bit surprised—this was the first time he had encountered someone whose main
strength was in soul attacks.
"Don't worry, I've got this!" John stepped forward, his body vibrating with a powerful sword
aura as the Immortal Sword flew out from within him.
Buzz!
In the sky, countless sword lights flashed, enveloping the army of upper-tier god puppets and descending like a roaring storm.
His ultimate move, Return of Ten Thousand Swords, was unleashed.
Clang! Clang!
The sound of fierce collisions echoed through the air as sparks flew, and several puppets were
instantly torn apart by the sword light.
John was slightly taken aback-his attacks didn't trigger any damage numbers.
These puppets didn't have traditional health; only by shattering them could they be killed.
This meant that his percentage-based damage skills were useless here. Nevertheless, John remained confident that he could slaughter these puppets.
With his first wave of attacks, he destroyed more than seventy puppets, while the rest were
severely damaged, greatly reducing their combat abilities.
Whoosh!
With a single thought, John merged his three clones back into his main body, significantly
boosting his attributes.
His sword aura intensified, and he unleashed another skill, Infinite Sword Array.
Swords filled the sky, their sharp clashes ringing out as hundreds more puppets were
shattered.
At this point, the puppet army had reached them.
"These things are a real pain!" John muttered, frowning as he unleashed a terrifying surge of
power from his body.
"Heaven and Earth Transformation!" he roared, his body swelling as he transformed into a
towering giant.
The energy radiating from him stirred up a fierce wind, sending Cand-Dragon and the others flying backward.