Chapter 50

Although the Lake Sea Sect had some wealth, they could not afford to buy treasure-grade artifacts, let alone have the qualifications to exchange for purple crystals. Even the eight major immortal sects on Peak Star did not have many purple crystals, and they had to conduct transactions through the purple crystal exchange center set up by the Peak Sect in Peak City to purchase sub-treasure-grade magical artifacts.

Chen Zizai said indifferently, "The Lake Sea Sect originally had no qualifications to participate in the trials. You are here entirely because of Brother Hengyi's strong recommendation. The trial battles are no trivial matter. Each person's combat power is not only a matter of life and death for themselves but also the final outcome and honor of our team! You don't understand the Peak Sect's magical techniques, so the effectiveness of our combination will depend on how well you can use Ice Binding and Ice Flower Burst."

Xiaoying took out a large number of medicinal pills stored in a storage talisman and distributed them to the four people. "These are all high-quality healing medicines; don't misuse them."

Hai Yuntian and Hai Shan carefully put down their magical artifacts, received and stored the medicines with great respect, and then picked up the treasure-grade artifacts to continue wearing them.

Hai Shan and Hai Yuntian had the same set of water-element treasure-grade artifacts called Water Treasure Armor. If it weren't for Chen Zizai, these artifacts would have been taken by others long ago.

These treasure-grade artifacts could be used by cultivators at the Mountain Venerable level and above, with power far exceeding the Mountain God Sword of the Earth Venerable level. In a set of five, each piece enhanced the others, increasing the true qi damage of the sword by 70%, the wind-riding speed of the magical shoes, the true qi recovery speed of the belt by 70%, the purity of the true qi by 30% for the ring, which could weaken the protective true qi of enemies, the protective ability of the magical robe by 30%, and the speed of water-element spell casting by 100% for the magical hat, effectively doubling the speed of water-element spells.

Clearly, these were chosen to suit the Lake Sea Sect's magical techniques.

Wearing this set of treasure-grade artifacts, Hai Shan and Hai Yuntian looked different, their bodies covered in a water-blue glow, feeling a significant boost in their combat power, which left them deeply impressed by the unprecedented and astonishing combat experience!

In comparison, Hai Shan felt that the so-called expensive magical artifacts she had in the Lake Sea Sect were nothing but junk!

Hu Baijie put on a set of brilliant goddess battle armor, which was also suitable for her magical combat style. The Brilliant Light Shield had a larger protective area and stronger resistance to impact attacks than the previous Golden Light Shield. The Brilliant Light Sword was more powerful, with a longer reach and faster extension and retraction speed, and stronger ability to break through protective true qi and penetrate hard armor. The Brilliant Earrings had a higher true qi recovery effect, and the Brilliant Robe increased the protective ability of the protective true qi by 30% while also generating an additional protective light layer through the interaction with other brilliant magical artifacts, which could be generated every few breaths. The Brilliant Headgear continuously produced a light mist protection layer that could withstand stronger attacks and maintain excellent mental state, preventing unconsciousness or loss of body control due to injury.

The magical artifact sets for the three were all very suitable, but Hengyi was very dissatisfied with his own.

After a moment of hesitation, Hengyi still felt that the trials were too important to be taken lightly. "I want to pick a few myself; these are not suitable."

"Move quickly, I'll wait for you at the Two Poles Hall square," Chen Zizai said without hesitation. The suitability of magical artifacts determined the improvement in combat power, so it couldn't be taken lightly.

Entering the Magical Artifact Hall, all he saw were storage talismans. Xiaoying took out the complete list of magical artifacts from the hall and showed it to Hengyi, asking, "Tell me the general categories you need, and I'll help you find them."

Hengyi thought about the two effects his sword needed, which didn't require other magical artifacts. He didn't need true qi recovery since he had no true qi, and he didn't need to worry about the magical shoes. He still needed four more pieces. "One magical robe with the best protective effect; two pieces to separately enhance the armor-piercing and protective true qi-breaking effects of the weapon; and the last one I need to see the description of the unconventional magical artifacts to decide."

"You mean you don't need to enhance true qi damage, but need auxiliary magical artifacts to enhance attack capabilities..." Xiaoying quickly found a non-set belt that increased true qi purity by 30%, which had the effect of breaking protective true qi. She also found a ring that added an air blade to the weapon, increasing its armor-piercing ability by 30%, and a robe that increased protective true qi by 40%. For the last piece, she thought for a moment and found one in the records of unconventional magical artifacts. "Are you confident in your combat power?"

Hengyi thought for a moment and nodded.

"Good, then add a Soul Devouring Pendant. This magical artifact has the ability to absorb the strength of enemies after attacking them, enhancing your own power. However, if you don't injure an enemy for more than five breaths, the accumulated power will dissipate, and you'll have to gather it again." Time was tight, and although Xiaoying knew such a magical artifact was often useless in many situations, there was no time to be picky. Hengyi felt that his divine techniques and skills were fast, with short recovery times. Using Infinite Sword, Instant Slash, Energy Burst, and Ultimate Blade in rotation should be fine, and this magical artifact would enhance the continuous effects of Ultimate Qi and Dark Burst, making it very suitable.

Hengyi took the magical artifacts, put them on, and ran out of the Magical Artifact Hall. The Two Poles Hall square was already crowded with people, and the mountain paths were lined with endless crowds.

The elder of the Two Poles Hall stood in the center, using his own magical power to open a colorful light path spanning the stars.

At the entrance of the light gate, people participating in the trials continuously flew in.

As soon as Hengyi arrived, Chen Zizai immediately pulled him into the light gate.

The feeling of passing through the space-time gate was similar to a teleportation talisman, but the time spent in the colorful light path was much longer.

"Why didn't you use a teleportation talisman?" Hengyi thought that the long queue was clearly time-consuming.

Chen Zizai laughed. "The elder's true qi can be restored, and it's free. A teleportation talisman for ten thousand people would be a huge expense, and a long-distance teleportation talisman across many stars costs a thousand gold each!"

Hengyi laughed, realizing he lacked a sense of financial and material calculations.

The space-time gate spell could only be cast by cultivators at the Star Venerable level and above, and the destination must have a pre-set teleportation array. The array must also have the soul imprint data of the caster, or it would not connect to the space-time gate. A purposeless space-time gate would take people to unpredictable places, possibly within the Peak Star system or even to the territory of hostile alien races. Without a teleportation array, it was absolutely not to be used recklessly.

After flying through the colorful space-time light path for some time, they finally saw the white light exit.

Passing through the bright white light, Hengyi and his group of five appeared on Seed Star Peak 820905 in the Peak Star system.

The number of this star was the code for a dead star where seeds were sown. In the old technological era, the usable resources of this star were exhausted, turning it into a wasteland where no life could survive. In the new cosmic era, with the creation of environmental improvement seeds, the star came back to life, and the environment was restored, allowing various life forms to gradually emerge. The average radius of Peak 820905 was only 2,000 kilometers, making it tiny compared to the Peak Sect and even smaller among the many stars in the Peak Star system.

Most of this star was water, with only 5% land area.

Chen Zizai told Hengyi that the land area would increase over time, and this was only the third stage of the environmental improvement seed's effect. When it reached the fifth stage, the land area would reach 70%.

Chen Zizai distributed a blue gem to each person. "This is the trial gem. Each person's damage to enemies during the trials will be converted into merit points based on the battle situation, serving as the standard for evaluating trial performance."

Chen Zizai raised another larger gem and had everyone press their fingers on it. "This is the team trial gem, recording our team's overall merit. It will record our soul fluctuations, representing our team. Others can't use it. Your personal trial gems will also be marked this way."

When the five people pressed their index fingers on the team trial gem, it suddenly lit up and shot into the sky!

When the blue light shot into the void, it suddenly hit an invisible barrier and refracted back to the ground!

"The direction indicated by the seed array of the neutron star is the combat zone we need to protect. Unless we can't handle it, we shouldn't venture into other combat zones." Chen Zizai took out a talisman from his pocket, activated it, and it turned into a miniature 3D map. "Our initial target combat zone is called Water Blue City, guarded by the Water Blue God Sect. The average evolution level of the same race is stage two, with a total population of nine million... There are many mountainous and forested areas around, so there must be many Shadow Clan hiding. Alright, let's go!"

Chen Zizai had everyone remember the general terrain, put away the map, and led the way toward the direction indicated by the blue light in the sky.

The blue light of their team could only be seen by those who had established a soul mark with the gem, to avoid confusion from too many guiding lights.

The crisis on Seed Star Peak 820905 was a sudden event. A large number of Shadow Clan arrived through random space-time gates and were detected by the seed array. The Peak Sect quickly mobilized support, leading to this Divine Gate trial battle.

"Shadow Clan transported through space-time gates are usually below the Earth Venerable level, but don't be careless. The reproductive ability of the Shadow Clan is terrifying! A female Shadow can only absorb the life seed of a male once in her lifetime, but she can continuously replicate and cultivate life seeds to endlessly reproduce the next generation; a Shadow can grow from birth to the age of eighteen in just one day!"

Hengyi, who didn't know about the Shadow Clan, was as surprised as Hai Yuntian and Hai Shan, who also didn't know. Only Hu Baijie had heard of it roughly.

"That's too fast! Do they die quickly then?" Hengyi imagined growing from a newborn to an eighteen-year-old in just one day, finding it incredible.