pjbooks Chapter 226 Victory is won, and the Undying Phoenix Flame advances!
Chapter 226 Victory is won, and the Undying Phoenix Flame advances!
Jiang Yuan arrived at the Fukujin Shrine.
The high priest sat cross-legged in the courtyard, his life force waning, muttering words like "fate" and "otherworldly beings."
"laugh!"
The arrow shot out like a streak of light.
Jiang Yuan didn't even look; his figure flashed, and he passed through the arrow.
"Bang!"
The arrow pierced through the rear wall with a thunderous roar, smashing a huge rock.
Several beautiful girls dressed in red and white shrine maiden outfits held bows wrapped with talismans, their eyes flashing with an eerie light, staring expressionlessly at the silver-haired boy who had come to the Great Shrine.
Draw the bow, and the light focuses into an arrow...
"Bang bang bang bang bang!!"
But before they could even fire, these girls, who seemed like artificial machines, exploded one after another.
The high priest looked up and asked the last two questions.
"Who exactly are you?"
Where will you lead the world?
"you……"
The third question hasn't been asked yet.
He was then beheaded by Jiang Yuan with a single blow, his soul and spirit annihilated.
Jiang Yuan said slowly, "You're about to die, why are you still so long-winded? Can't you just die cleanly?"
He entered the Fukuzu Shrine and narrowed his eyes as he saw some of the spirit tablets enshrined there.
"Damn it."
A single, immortal phoenix flame reduced the entire shrine to ashes.
The spell that obscured vision disappeared.
The portal to the space appeared before us.
Jiang Yuan stepped into a mysterious space.
……
here.
Quiet and dark.
The sky twinkled with stars, like a coffered ceiling.
It felt as if an invisible, silvery-white liquid was flowing in the air, and the gravity was more than ten times that of the outside world.
Scattered on the ground were mysterious crystals, the same special Time Crystals seen in the Elysium.
At the center is a huge magic circle, and at the center stands a stone gate, with a gatekeeper holding a sword in both hands standing at the entrance.
[Ding! You have entered the Ruins of Calamity. The space here is sealed, and time flows ten times faster than outside. Every hour, the lifespan of an outsider will be reduced by one year.]
Jiang Yuan sensed it and found that he indeed could not use spatial abilities such as [Divine Speed].
"Zheng".
The sound of a sharp blade being pulled from the ground.
The gatekeeper raised his head, his red eyes looking at Jiang Yuan.
"Are you here...?"
"The final challenger..."
[Ding! You have been targeted by the Gatekeeper, the boss of the Ruins of Calamity dungeon. If you can defeat it, you will complete the trial; if you fail, you will die.]
simply put.
This is a boss battle with no way out.
Either life or death.
Furthermore, the passage of time consumes lifespan, and there is no chance to prolong it... for ordinary people.
For Jiang Yuan.
This kind of passage of time and reduction of lifespan, which would make even a King-level being terrified, poses absolutely no threat whatsoever.
With a lifespan of nearly tens of millions of years, it's truly inexhaustible.
"Whoosh!"
A gust of wind swept over us.
The gatekeeper rushed in front of Jiang Yuan and swung his sword down, but it was blocked by the katana Aokiri.
"Clang—!"
A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, and sharp blade energy spread out.
"Authenticate." Jiang Yuan's eyes flashed.
Information about the goalkeeper appears before your eyes.
[The Gatekeeper]
[Level]: lv85 (Tier 9)
[Rank]: Lord
[Skills]: Mental Immunity, Iaijutsu Strike, Divine Concealment, Asura Meditation, Law-Breaking Body, Immortal Slash, Saha Slash, Buddha's Wrath Slash.
The gatekeeper, dressed like a samurai but without a face, gripped his sword with both hands and struck down again.
So fast that the blade flashes.
"Clang!!"
This strike hit the same spot on the katana, Aogiri, once again.
The dark gold-grade sword passed down from the Ueno family could no longer withstand the strain and developed a fine crack.
Jiang Yuan frowned slightly.
The goalkeeper's third strike has already begun.
"Clang—!"
Accompanied by the crispest sound of blades clashing.
The katana Aokiri broke in half.
Jiang Yuan remained indifferent, reaching out to draw the demon sword named [Futsu no Mitama] from the void, and swung it down fiercely.
The gatekeeper's body was split in two, then turned into black mist and dissipated.
When it reappears.
The ground below melted due to the high temperature, and pillars of black and red flames shot into the sky.
The gatekeeper cleaved it in two with a single, powerful strike.
Under ten times the gravity, Jiang Yuan moved at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, flashed behind him, spun around, and slammed it into the ground with a whip kick.
"boom!!"
【-twenty four】
While a ninth-tier lord who is immune to mental attacks and possesses extremely high swordsmanship skills is certainly very strong, he is still far from being a match for Jiang Yuan in his current state.
With the mindset of honing his swordsmanship, he spent fifteen minutes learning and mastering several Iaijutsu and slashing techniques from the gatekeeper before him using the [Supreme Analysis].
Jiang Yuan smashed its sword-wielding arm with a single punch, and then unleashed hundreds of slashes in an instant, cutting it into pieces.
Just as the goalkeeper was defeated.
The entire space seemed to suddenly light up.
The flow of time came to a standstill.
The patterns on the stone gate shimmered, displaying an incomparably dazzling seven-colored light, as if it were a scene of a victor's settlement.
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the final trial and winning the final victory in the Grand Tournament.]
A notification popped up in front of Jiang Yuan.
[Ding! Your level +3]
[Ding! Your aptitude has improved, and your talent has been given a chance to be elevated (limited to those below the God level).]
[Ding! You have obtained the legendary item—Rudra's Arrow]
[Ding! You have obtained the Epic Set - Divine Calamity Set]
[Ding! You have obtained 1 exclusive skill book]
[Ding! You have obtained 1 King-grade Spiritual Material]
[Ding! You have obtained a demigod-level material—the Eye of Calamity]
The level has reached LV65.
Jiang Yuan had a chance to elevate his talent, and he didn't hesitate at all.
"I choose to sublimate the Undying Phoenix Flame."
In an instant.
A dazzling light shot out from the stone gate and crashed into Jiang Yuan's body.
"boom--!"
A dazzling beam of light shot into the sky from the artificial island, shattering the clouds that stretched for miles.
[Ding! Your SSS-level Undying Phoenix Flame has been sublimated and advanced to a god-level talent—Eternal Emperor Flame]
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