Chapter 18 Test

"No wonder no one has been here for so many years." Stephan finally understood.

The ninth level of the Refinement Realm could come in, but not many people dared to. Those above the Heaven Realm wanted to come in, but there were restrictions preventing them from.

Anyone who set foot on this winding path would be able to obtain a great fortune. The two altars here were black for the Death Altar and white for the Life Altar. There was no danger of death, but one would be trapped here forever unless they could break through to the Grandmaster level.

Stephan was stunned. It turned out that the two altars were for people to choose from. Which one should he choose?

That was to say, there was still a slim chance of survival. Once one entered the Altar of Life, he would be trapped inside unless he reached the Guru Realm. However, it was not so easy to break through to the Guru Realm.

There were several masters at the Innate Realm and even Maxwell, who was at the peak of the Innate Realm in Heaven River Town, but they had not broken through to the Grandmaster Realm for so many years.

Stephan didn't want to be trapped here. He had a lot of things to do.

"Let's choose the Deathly Altar." Stephan instantly made up his mind to choose the Deathly Altar.

When Stephan stepped onto the Deathly Altar, the altar emitted a black glow that instantly engulfed his body.

When Stephan woke up, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. This place was different from before. There was no one on the plain.

Stephan found this very strange. Hadn't he chosen the Deathly Altar? Why wasn't there any danger at all? Wasn't there a high chance of death?

Just as Stephan was puzzled, a man in black suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Stephan scanned the area with his spiritual force, but to his horror, he couldn't find anything. This must be a super expert.

"Wait, why isn't there any aura?" Stephan suddenly felt something. "Could it be a puppet?"

"That's right. I'm just a puppet under Master's command. After all these years, I've finally seen someone come in here," the black puppet said in a low voice.

Stephan was very shocked. He had heard of puppets but forging them requires a very high level of understanding and a very large amount of resources. It was easy to imagine that this puppet's owner must be a very powerful being.

"My master was an expert of the Primordial Era, a Sword Saint who shocked the heavens. However, Master experienced the great tribulation of the Primordial Era and completely perished. Before he died, he personally forged me and infused me with a strand of his truesoul. He wanted me to wait for the destined person," the black golem said. "The fact that I was able to enter the core region means that I have extraordinary potential. Otherwise, even someone at the ninth stage of the Body Refining stage wouldn't have been able to breach my master's restrictive spells. The fact that I was able to walk a long, winding path means that I am qualified to become my master's successor."

The shock in Stephan's heart was beyond words. The core of such a mysterious Ghost Valley was actually the place where the dead mighty figures selected their disciples.

"Actually, the long and winding road tests one's patience. It is an honor to pass the first stage, then enter the second stage, the altar stage. The altar stage tests one's courage. If a person doesn't even have the courage to search for riches within risks and only wants to safely pass their days, they are simply unworthy to become my master's successor."

"Over the years, 23 people have entered the central zone, 15 people have failed on the winding path, and 7 people have failed on the altar."

"Where's the other guy?" Stephan suddenly asked.

"That person is you," the black golem said. "Anyone who chooses the white altar will die upon entering. They will have no chance of surviving at all. That is the true Death Altar. Anyone who chooses the Death Altar will be teleported here."

Stephan was still reeling from the shock. Fortunately, he had chosen the Deathly Altar at the time. But then he remembered that since he had been teleported here, there should be other hurdles waiting for him, right?

"Not bad. Congratulations. You have passed two trials in a row. Next comes the third trial, the trial of power. After you overcome this trial, you can proceed to my master's corpse. If you can gain my master's personal acknowledgment, you will be able to receive all of my master's legacies and all of the treasures here," the black golem said in a low, emotionless voice.

"Strength? This Sword Sage is so powerful, the test must not be a simple one. I am only at the 6th level of Refinement right now, it probably won't be easy to pass, right?" Stephan thought to himself.

"With your current strength, you have no chance of winning the third trial. Right now, you have two choices. Go back and train. When your strength reaches the peak of the 9th level of the Refinement Realm, you can come in. The second choice is to force your way in."

"I'll choose the first option, but will I still have to pass through the altar the next time?" asked Stephan in a low voice.

"This is a transmitter. Next time you come to the core area, just crush it directly and you can come here. Remember not to break through to the Houtian level, or you won't be able to come in at all." After saying so, the black puppet gives Stephan a transmitter of a pentagram then disappears into thin air.

The moment Stephan took the communication talisman, he disappeared from the central region and reappeared in the inner region.

"After all these years, someone has finally arrived. Hahaha, master's wish can finally be fulfilled." The black puppet's voice sounded in the core region. Merely, Stephan was no longer able to hear it.

When Stephan appeared in the inner circle, he suddenly saw the little lion that was waiting for him.

"Lion..." The lion threw itself into Stephan's arms as soon as he called out.

"Let's go, little lion. Let's go back." Stephan led the little lion towards Milky Way Town.

"The tournament must have been delayed." Stephan clearly remembered that he had stayed in the core area for at least six to seven days. According to his calculations, the tournament had passed long ago.

When Stephan returned to the Yeager Family home, the first thing he did was go to the study to look for Tyler.

Coincidentally, Maxwell was in Tyler's study too and no one knew what he was talking about.

Seeing Stephan come in, Tyler and Maxwell stopped talking.

"Grandfather, father." Stephan called.

"Hehe, Stephan, I heard that you've been training very hard recently. You must train hard and strive to shine in the Family Competition." Maxwell stroked his long beard and said gently.

"That's right, Stephan. You must work hard in your cultivation these next few days. You must work hard in the Family Competition," Tyler said with a chuckle.

The Family Competition? What was going on? Didn't we already delay the Family Competition?

"Father, how many days until the competition?" Stephan didn't dare speak of his experiences in Ghost Valley, so he asked in a low voice.

"You brat, you've cultivated to the point that you've forgotten the time for the competition. It's going to be held in five days. Go back and prepare well." Tyler scolded with a smile, but in his heart, he was quite happy. His son was very sensible.

"Huh? Am I hallucinating in Ghost Valley?" Stephan asked in disbelief.

After bidding farewell to his father and grandfather, he hurriedly returned to his room, then entered the War God's dimension.

He took out the black golem's talisman and gave it a glance. It was real. Why was it that in just a single day, he felt as though six days had passed within it?

"Could it be Time Acceleration?" Stephan had also flipped through the unofficial history of the continent and understood the concept of Time Acceleration. However, he did not expect that he would personally experience it.

Holding the black message talisman tightly in his hand, Stephan smiled. "I must become the successor of the Sword Sage Sword. In that case, I will be stronger and be able to help my father and the Yeager Family.

It wasn't until this moment that Stephan came back to his senses. He had to admit that he felt like a legend in the span of a day.

Now, he finally had time to gather a large amount of small lions. The small lions had already advanced to a sixth rank demonic beast. Among demonic beasts, they could be considered very strong.

Stephan was itching to fight the little lion as well.

After battling the little lion for a while, Stephan completely gave up. Fight the little lion? That would be asking for trouble.

The little lion was a rank six demonic beast, while Stephan was a martial practitioner at the sixth level of the Refinement Realm. Logically speaking, they should be able to fight to a draw. Moreover, Stephan's combat strength was very strong. Even a martial practitioner at the seventh level of the Refinement Realm would not be a match for him.

However, the lion was actually suppressing Stephan. If it weren't for the fact that it didn't want to hurt Stephan, it would have dealt with him long ago.

Stephan glanced at the robust little lion, and couldn't help sighing, "This mutated little lion is really strong. With the realm of Level 6 Demonic Beast, it can actually suppress me. Even if I meet a Level 8 Demonic Beast now, the little lion can still defeat it right?"

Actually, what Stephan didn't know was that the little lion has already hunted a level-8 demonic beast.

After battling Stephan, the lion cub ran to the spring and soaked in the water.

On the other hand, Stephan summarized his recent success in cultivation.

His cultivation had already reached the 6th level of the Refinement Realm, and his spiritual force could also extend to a distance of 10 meters. He practiced two third-rate martial skills, the Shattering Rock Fist, and the First Origin Finger. Although he did not practice any second-rate martial skills, after mastering the five fingers of the Yiyuan Finger, the power was equivalent to that of an ordinary second-rate martial skill.

In short, during this period of time, by relying on the Martial God system and the Martial God Domain, Stephan's strength could be described as rising exponentially.

Three months ago, he was only at the second level of Refinement, and his natural talent was extremely poor. Now he was already at the sixth level of Refinement, and his natural talent was extremely high.

All of this was because of the Martial God System and Stephan's hard work.

After giving a brief summary, Stephan left his communication talisman in the Martial God's Space, while he himself walked out of the Martial God's Space.

Lying on the bed, Stephan's mind was filled with the memories of his hometown. He fell asleep just thinking about it.

"Sword Saint Sword Shocking Talisman?" When Stephan was dreaming, within the War God's Domain, Martial looked at the talisman that Stephan had left behind in surprise and asked in a low voice.

"This kid seems to be quite lucky. He can actually get the Sword Sage Sword's shocking message talisman. If he can get the Sword Sage Sword's amazing inheritance, it will be easier for him to step on the road to becoming a strong person."

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