NABC Chapter 201 Gold-level Awakening
Chapter 201 Gold-level Awakening
Chapter 201 Gold-level Awakening
After the six deep-sea silver pillars appeared, Poseidon spoke.
"This is where you will take your third test. I will stay here with you throughout the test. If anyone can't hold on, you can ask for help. The Sea God's Nine Tests are held over twelve hours. You can shorten the time in the early stages of the test, but from now on, for the next 365 days, the average time spent in the Sunken Silver Pillar must be exactly as I just mentioned. Otherwise, you will fail the test."
After saying that, Poseidon emitted another blue light, enveloping the six people and flying them directly to the deep-sea silver pillar.
Before anyone could react, the six of them were already on the surface of the sunken silver pillar in the deep sea, with the five rings cutting off their limbs and waists, rendering them unable to move.
Immediately afterwards, with a wave of Poseidon's hand, a huge wave crashed directly onto the six people. The wave seemed to possess infinite power, and although it only hit the surface of their bodies, it seemed to impact their muscles, bones, and even their souls at the same time.
The waves crashed one after another, almost without end, causing immense torment to the entire body. The pain gradually spread from the skin to the bones and even the soul, making it almost unbearable.
Just a few hours later, except for Yang Podi, everyone else had exhausted their soul power, their bodies ached terribly, and they all fainted.
During the first Tidal Body Refinement, Yang Podi himself only lasted twelve hours. Among the others, Yang Tianyue, who lasted the longest, only lasted five hours. Yang Ping'an, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling only lasted a little over two hours. Niu Meng, on the other hand, lasted for nearly three hours.
Only then did everyone realize that the Tide Body Refinement was probably the most difficult of all the tests, much more difficult and painful than the previous three.
For the next year, the days were basically like this. As the Tidal Body Refinement continued, everyone's physical fitness improved significantly, and the time spent undergoing the Tidal Body Refinement also became longer and longer.
In the second month, everyone began to adapt to the tidal body training. Yang Tianyue could persist for about eight hours a day, Niu Meng could persist for five hours, and the others could persist for about four hours. Although there was still a big gap between them and the assessment, at least everyone saw their bodies getting stronger and saw the hope of passing the assessment.
Yang Podi himself was even more exaggerated. Starting from the second month alone, he could train his body for at least thirteen hours a day, sometimes even longer. His physical fitness surprised even Poseidon.
By the fifth month, Yang Tianyue could barely last twelve hours, Niu Meng could last eight hours, Yang Ping'an and Ye Lingling could last seven hours, and only Dugu Yan could only last six hours. However, the five of them could basically meet the requirements of the assessment. The next step was to try to extend the time as much as possible and make up for the average time lost in the previous stages.
Yang Podi himself could persist for up to sixteen hours a day, or even longer.
As time went on, by the tenth month, Yang Tianyue was able to sustain herself for about fourteen hours a day, and she had basically begun to make up for the time lost in the first five months.
Niu Meng has actually been able to maintain this for more than eight hours every day. No wonder he is a body-refining master who specializes in defense. The other three generally maintain it for about seven hours.
Surprisingly, Ye Lingling was able to sustain herself for eight hours a day, probably due to the effects of the Love-Sickness Red and the 100,000-year-old soul bone.
In the last two months, Yang Podi also began his final plan.
From that day on, Yang Podi cut off his food supply and only summoned his original spirit, transforming into a silver figure. He used his physical body to resist the impact of the waves. If someone could look closely, they would see a trace of gold within this silver body. This was a change after Yang Podi absorbed his eighth spirit ring; his body now possessed a trace of gold.
In the following time, the others continued to practice their tidal body training as usual, while Yang Podi transformed into a silver metal figure, standing firmly on the deep-sea sunken silver pillar.
On the first day, Yang Podi was unaffected, only feeling a little tired.
The next day, the fatigue intensified slightly, but it had no effect whatsoever.
On the tenth day, his mental and spiritual power were exhausted to the extreme, and his body seemed to be in a strange state due to the crashing of the waves.
On the twentieth day, he was almost completely exhausted. He had no strength or soul power left in his body, as if he had lost all his strength. He was only holding on by his last bit of willpower.
On the thirtieth day, Yang Podi's body seemed to be on the verge of collapse. He was now in a daze, as if he were on the verge of life and death.
But on this very last day, amidst everyone's worried gazes, his body seemed to undergo a fundamental change. His originally silver skin transformed, and his entire body seemed to turn golden, like a little golden man. In particular, his spiritual power seemed to have undergone another transformation, and he could even connect with heaven and earth.
At this moment, Yang Podi officially entered the Title Douluo realm, simultaneously achieving the Gold-level awakening of his physical martial soul, and his spiritual power also reached the level of Peerless Douluo, which can be described as an evolution.
According to the original work, ten thousand years later, the Body Sect... The second awakening of the Body Martial Soul is achieved by using the pressure of deep sea water to break through between life and death. On the contrary, the tidal body tempering in the raging torrents clearly contains the divine power of the sea god, and the effect will be much better.
When Yang Podi was pulled down from the deep-sea silver pillar by Poseidon, he seemed to be unconscious. Ye Lingling disregarded her own physical condition and used all her soul power to treat Yang Podi, even with tears streaming down her face.
Poseidon, standing nearby, seemed to have something in mind: "He succeeded. He's only unconscious now. When he wakes up again, his strength will probably be greatly enhanced."
Yang Podi was unconscious for three whole days. When he woke up, he felt as if he had changed again, and the world seemed to be in his hands.
In the last month, Yang Podi did not go to the Deep Sea Sunken Silver Pillar. Instead, he stayed by the Tao Juejing (Tide Abyss) and carefully felt the changes in the world and the rhythm of the sea waves, comprehending the changes in his own realm.
Time flies, and the year of Tide Body Tempering soon came to an end, with everyone passing the test.
After a year of training, Yang Podi has reached level 90, his physical martial soul has achieved a gold-level awakening, and his mental strength has reached the level of a peerless Douluo, a truly tremendous improvement.
At the same time, Guan Shen's reward for the Sea God's assessment also entered Yang Podi's mind: "Red-level first assessment, fourth stage: assist the Sea God's successor in completing the fourth stage of the Sea God's nine assessments. If the assessment is passed, the age of all soul rings will be increased by five thousand years."
Yang Tianyue's soul power reached level 86, an increase of three levels in one year. This level also rewarded her with 5% Sea God affinity, bringing her Sea God affinity to 30%.
As for the others, the Divine Test reward increased their soul power by one level. Ye Lingling received an additional 500 years of soul ring duration, while Niu Meng, whose body tempering time far exceeded the test requirements, received an additional 1,000 years of soul ring duration.
At this point, Yang Ping'an is level 80, Ye Lingling is also level 80, Niu Meng is level 79, and Dugu Yan is level 79.
However, if Yang Ping'an and Ye Lingling obtain soul rings, they should be able to increase their soul power by several levels.
In addition, since Niu Meng has completed all the assessments, he was rewarded with another level of soul power and a divinely bestowed soul ring, which was a pleasant surprise. Now Niu Meng is level 80 and can absorb the divinely bestowed soul ring at any time.
This was a painful year, and everyone planned to take a break before participating in the fifth test, which also included Yang Podi's absorption of his last divinely bestowed soul ring.
Yang Podi valued this divinely bestowed soul ring highly and planned to rest for a month before absorbing it. After all, this was the last soul ring for the Soul-Breaking Spear, and it would determine the ultimate power of the Soul-Breaking Spear.
Over the next month, everyone returned to Seahorse City, appearing unusually relaxed, completely unlike their state during the assessment.
They were all dressed casually, transforming into shopping experts. The three girls, in particular, were dressed to the nines and were on a shopping spree. They bought whatever caught their eye without hesitation, leaving the payment entirely to the unfortunate Yang Podi.
To everyone's surprise, even during the rest period, the rate at which soul power increased did not slow down; in fact, it accelerated slightly in a short time. This was probably the effect of alternating between relaxation and rest during cultivation.
Yang Podi took this opportunity to rekindle his feelings for Ye Lingling, a rare moment of tenderness in the three years since they arrived on Seagod Island.
Of course, after the Tide Body Training assessment, the five of them also learned about the content of the next assessment.
Tianyue's test was particularly difficult: "The fifth of the Nine Trials of the Sea God: Challenge the Guardians of the Sacred Pillars. The timer starts from the first Guardian of the Sacred Pillars challenged, and all challenges must be completed within thirty-six hours. Only by defeating all seven Guardians of the Sacred Pillars can one pass."
Yang Podi's assessment was rather strange: "Red-level first test, fifth stage: assist the successor of the Sea God in completing the assessment."
Yang Podi was speechless. Tianyue's test seemed to be a separate assessment. How could he help her? Was the Sea God just letting him watch the show?
Yang Ping'an and Dugu Yan's tests were relatively simple; both had to challenge and defeat a Title Douluo.
Ye Lingling's assessment involves assisting the other two in their assessments; Dugu Yan and Yang Ping'an must both complete the assessments for her to pass.
Yang Podi was speechless. Judging from the situation, he might not have much to do in Yang Tianyue's fifth, sixth, or even seventh levels. After all, if he were to participate, these levels would not be difficult.
He truly became someone who cheated on the exam.
After a month's rest, everyone returned to their assessment mindset, and Yang Podi and Niu Meng also brought their physical condition to its peak, preparing to absorb the divinely bestowed soul rings.
When Poseidon handed the divinely bestowed soul ring to Yang Podi and Niu Meng, Yang Podi was overjoyed and extremely determined.
When the energy of the divinely bestowed soul ring enveloped Yang Podi, Yang Podi himself was full of determination, only focusing on the changes in the pressure on his body.
As time went by, the spirit rings on Yang Podi's body changed rapidly, turning from white to black in an instant. Even the change from black to red didn't take long. However, Yang Podi himself knew that the absorption of divinely bestowed spirit rings would only begin after the spirit rings reached 100,000 years.
As Yang Podi persisted, the pressure on him increased, but he remained unmoved. Instead, he turned his entire body golden and continued to absorb the divinely bestowed soul ring.
It took Yang Podi more than a month to absorb the divinely bestowed soul ring. When he emerged from his shell, he had another red soul ring. In particular, this red soul ring had five golden patterns on it, which meant that the soul ring had reached the level of 500,000 years, which could be called the ultimate.
Especially the moment Yang Podi emerged, the ground around him began to crack, as if it had been cut into countless small pieces. Even the cracked areas, except for himself, began to collapse, making Yang Podi look like he was sitting on a pillar.
Yang Podi almost burst out laughing. Just as he had predicted, he had awakened two domains at the same time: the Soul Breaking Domain and the Gravity Domain.
The Soul-Breaking Domain is a combination of the Geng Metal Qi on Yang Podi's body. The domain has an extremely strong tearing effect. When an opponent is attacked by the domain, their soul power is as if it is being torn apart.
The gravity field is created by absorbing power-type spirit rings over the years. Within the field's range, all enemies will be suppressed by gravity, their speed will be reduced, and even the speed of their spirit power circulation will be reduced.
Yang Podi's soul power level has reached a terrifying level of ninety-three. Most importantly, the attribute of Yang Podi's Soul-Breaking Spear has reached the ultimate metal level, and the Soul-Breaking Spear weighs a terrifying 32,000 jin. It is a perfect combination of strength and metal attribute, and can be called a divine weapon.
(End of this chapter)