The surrounding environment was incredibly quiet and empty, with a strange aura of death seemingly permeating the air. Everyone watched the three people and one bird standing at the very front with serious and solemn expressions. For a moment, they all tacitly remained completely silent.
The little phoenix flapped its wings and hovered in mid-air. Its bright feathers were somewhat disheveled. It was currently glaring hatefully at the Snow Empress beside it, who looked completely unconcerned. However, the moment Shen Hanyu's gaze turned toward it, the expression in its eyes instantly changed to one of pity and grievance.
The Snow Empress glanced indifferently at the little phoenix possessed by the Shadow Emperor. Her expression remained calm. In her eyes, although this stupid bird liked to stick to Shen Hanyu and was sometimes overly intimate, there was nothing she could do about it. After all, it was just a bird...
What the Snow Empress didn't know was that in the not-too-distant future, the little phoenix would suddenly give her a huge surprise...
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The stone pillar remained as dim and lusterless as before. You Mengchu nimbly and swiftly caught several soul beasts that were spying from the nearby forest and cleanly drained all of their blood.
The blood, carrying a slight stench, quickly filled the grooves at the base of the stone pillar. It then began to spread along the carved patterns on the surrounding ground. Soon, under the rendering of the blood, a bizarre imprint was exposed before everyone's eyes...
After circling once in the air, the little phoenix landed back on Shen Hanyu's shoulder and said softly:
"Master, when the God of Death created this space back then, he must have directly dug out a piece of forest from the outside world. The soul beasts brought here were partly due to accidents, and some were specially placed to guard this space. Of course... their most fundamental purpose was for the final blood sacrifice..."
"Blood is an alternative channel to open the God Trial. The God of Death is the God of Death; his divine power attribute is extremely peculiar, and his requirements for successors are even more stringent. This little girl's martial soul is extremely rare. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to be chosen by the remaining divine power and divine sense of the God of Death, allowing Master and the rest of you to obtain the opportunity to enter this place..."
Shen Hanyu nodded slightly and then asked softly:
"What next?"
The little phoenix's gaze turned toward Bai Nian as it said softly:
"Have her force out a drop of her own blood and inject it into the stone pillar in front of her. Remember, if one drop isn't enough, she must continue injecting without stopping until the stone pillar completes its transformation. Only then will she have passed the first trial. If the remaining divine power of the God of Death were sufficient, this trial would naturally be extremely easy. Unfortunately, the current situation is really too bad..."
As it spoke, the little phoenix's gaze shifted again to the withered skeleton kneeling on the ground. It then sighed lightly and said:
"What a pity. This guy should have been an extremely outstanding genius before his death. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he fell during the God Trial. Otherwise, the God Realm should have remained lively for a very long time..."
Shen Hanyu did not pay attention to the little phoenix's subsequent laments. Instead, he walked straight to Bai Nian's side. Her face showed no discernible emotion.
"Nian'er, the process afterward might be very difficult. You need to be mentally prepared. No matter what happens, remember that we are all behind you."
Bai Nian nodded seriously. Shen Hanyu then stepped aside, giving her the entire space.
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As Bai Nian held her breath and focused, the soul power throughout her body was mobilized. A drop of strangely colored blood slowly floated out from her chest and flew slowly toward the dim, lusterless stone pillar.
The blood made contact with the stone pillar. Immediately after, a faint red light flickered past. The outer shell on the very top surface of the stone pillar suddenly cracked and exploded, then slowly fell to the ground in front of everyone's eyes, producing a muffled sound.
The portion of the stone pillar newly exposed to the air had undergone a dramatic change. Its texture was like the finest jade, emitting a faint gray glow. Inside it, strands of strange halos flowed, giving off a mysterious feeling.
Seeing how easily the first step was completed, everyone, including Bai Nian, was stunned. A trace of hidden doubt flashed in Bai Nian's eyes, but she quickly stopped thinking about anything else and hurriedly forced out three more drops of blood, repeating the previous steps.
Shen Hanyu frowned slightly as he watched the scene before him, feeling a vague sense of foreboding...
But soon, his bad premonition was confirmed.
After three more drops of essence blood entered the stone pillar, and another portion of the gray outer shell fell off. However, this time, the amount that fell was less than half of what had fallen before.
Shen Hanyu's expression changed, along with everyone else's. They suddenly understood that from now on, the difficulty of transforming the entire stone pillar would only increase. This was almost a foregone conclusion. Everyone couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Bai Nian.
Bai Nian's own expression also became somewhat worried. Her martial soul was special, and the life energy required to sustain her life and cultivation was extremely vast. Donating essence blood was already an extremely serious matter for a soul master. If too much essence blood was lost, it could severely affect the soul master's origin and even their vitality. This was almost fatal for Bai Nian...
But at this point, she had no intention of retreating. Looking at the groove in front of her that was still flowing with blood, Bai Nian took a deep breath, then quickly walked forward a few steps and finally arrived beneath the stone pillar. She directly slashed open her own wrist. However, the expected scene of large amounts of blood gushing out did not appear. Instead, strands of mist emerged from it and soon enveloped the entire altar.
Shen Hanyu led everyone into the air. Beside him, Shui Bing'er asked with some worry and curiosity:
"What is Nian'er doing? I have a bad feeling about this..."
Shen Hanyu's gaze stared directly at the mist in front of him as he said softly:
"Don't worry for now. Nian'er is not someone who acts recklessly. Since she chose to do this, she naturally has her own plans. At this point, we can only choose to trust her..."
Shui Bing'er opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing. She could only nod helplessly and turn her gaze back to the mist.
The little phoenix also flapped its wings and flew to Shen Liuyu's head. Looking at the mist below, a trace of admiration appeared in its eyes. It then said softly to everyone:
"She understands her own weaknesses, so she is trying to use her martial soul to awaken the energy sealed within this stone pillar to help herself, while using portions of her own essence blood to nourish it. This is the most stable method and the one that causes the least harm to herself. It seems she indeed has some unique resonance with this space..."
"The rest of the matter should be settled without any surprises. I must say, Master, your group's luck is getting stronger and stronger. For ordinary people, something like this would be almost impossible..."
As it spoke, the little phoenix even stepped on Shen Liuyu below before finding itself a comfortable position.
Shen Liuyu's forehead veins bulged, but she was still powerless against it. In the end, she could only sigh softly and completely give up struggling.
Even though her strength had now reached the Title Douluo level, facing this seemingly silly and stupid little bird, she could not help but fight back. In almost any field they encountered, she was directly crushed by the other party. Currently, she could not resist at all.
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The mist below obscured almost all vision, but spiritual power could still pass through unimpeded. About a quarter of an hour later, the mist slowly dissipated, fully exposing the current scene on the altar to everyone once again.
At this moment, Bai Nian was already half-kneeling weakly on the ground. The wound on her wrist was still trickling blood. Only the very last bit of the outer shell on the stone pillar in front of her had not yet cracked. A gray light pillar shot into the sky, followed by a slight fluctuation of soul power spreading out. Yet it was precisely this slight soul power fluctuation that caused the entire space to tremble. Deep within the space, it seemed as if some terrifying existence had been awakened, followed by strands of gray shadows...
Bai Nian's face was pale. Due to the massive loss of essence blood, the life energy within her body was also severely damaged. Death energy was slowly eroding her body. This familiar feeling momentarily reminded her of that agonizing period in the sea domain. After snapping back to her senses, her eyes regained their firmness and calm. She then forced herself to stand up. With one final strike, the stone pillar in front of her finally returned to its original appearance.
Strange ripples spread out, and a peculiar feeling surged in everyone's hearts. The dark shadows drifting in the sky seemed to be drawn in an instant and frantically surged toward the stone pillar. Amid the erupting dark light, a hunched elderly figure holding a huge scythe slowly appeared. This figure was not particularly tall, rather, it could even be described as somewhat decrepit, but the scythe in his hand flickered with a chill capable of freezing one's heart.
The gray elderly figure slowly condensed into form. He then seemed to glance faintly in the direction of Shen Hanyu and the others. Just that one glance caused everyone except Shen Hanyu to feel a tingling sensation on their scalps. This was absolute suppression on a higher level, further proving just how powerful the God of Death had been at his peak in the God Realm.
But after just that light glance, this phantom directly shifted its gaze away. The stone pillar erupted with an even deeper light pillar once more. The altar beneath everyone also slowly began to rotate. During the slow rotation, fresh red blood poured down from above. Miserable screams came from the distant forest. Countless streams of blood were drawn over, forming blood waterfalls that poured down and eventually filled the entire descending altar.
Bai Nian's figure half-knelt on a stone pillar slightly higher than the blood pool by half a meter. In a trance, a strange energy drilled into her from the wound on her wrist. Within just a few breaths, the wound on her wrist rapidly recovered, and her skin became smooth and pristine once more.
The blood pool churned as the Death God phantom slowly floated and soon arrived in front of Bai Nian.
Strands of bizarre energy emanated from the Death God and ultimately formed a huge array above. The array operated on its own. Bai Nian's body slowly floated upward. Then, under the slow operation of the array, the stone pillar that had already completed its transformation slowly disappeared. Bai Nian's body moved slowly. Immediately after, a sharp pain attacking from the spiritual level made her involuntarily widen her eyes. She couldn't help but let out a low cry.
Not far away, the Death God phantom quietly watched this scene. The figure covered by the wide cloak looked like a withered skeleton. Just by standing there as a mere phantom, he could make people feel an almost endless aura of death and a sense of finality.
The little phoenix suddenly trembled inexplicably a few times, then shrank its neck and hurriedly flew down from Shen Liuyu's head, landing once again on Shen Hanyu's shoulder while trying nonstop to hide its figure.
"Master, he seems to have noticed me..."
The little phoenix's voice was trembling somewhat. This was also the first time Shen Hanyu had heard such strong emotional fluctuation in the little phoenix's voice.
Shen Hanyu frowned and said:
"What are you afraid of? You don't have any grudge against him. Why so nervous..."
The little phoenix shrank its neck again before daring to say weakly:
"There's no grudge, but the God of Death is an extremely ruthless and merciless person, especially fond of torturing and killing Beast Gods or other low-ranking deities for fun..."
The corner of Shen Hanyu's mouth twitched. He then gently stroked the little phoenix's head and said:
"Relax. He has already fallen for who knows how many years. Even if a divine power phantom still exists now, his strength won't be too strong. You should understand this yourself. Besides, aren't I still here?"
The little phoenix trembled human-like once more. Only after seemingly finding its backbone did it dare to peek out from behind Shen Hanyu's body.
The Death God phantom also seemed to notice the little phoenix's abnormality, but he only slightly turned his eyes. Afterward, he made no further movements, as if the commotion on this side hadn't attracted much of his attention at all.
Just as everyone relaxed slightly, the torment on Bai Nian's side was also coming to an end. Strands of white mist rose from within her body. Bai Nian struggled to raise her head. Her flesh, blood, and internal organs felt as if they had been crushed and reshaped, bringing terrifying pain while radiating brand-new vitality.
A gray imprint slowly emerged from her forehead. At the same time, six soul rings that far exceeded normal configurations appeared. The bizarre energy permeating the surroundings seemed to have finally found its home and frantically surged into Bai Nian's six soul rings.
After all the surrounding energy had completely poured into Bai Nian's soul rings, her soul rings suddenly contracted. When they reappeared, in addition to their original colors, every soul ring now carried a faint gray hue. The vitality originally carried by the soul rings had almost completely vanished. Even the years of her six soul rings had undergone tremendous changes. Moreover, Bai Nian's own body now carried a faint, almost imperceptible aura of death...
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