Chapter 275: The Third Divine Test, Spiritual Realm of the God King
The result of the second Divine Test was similar to the first one, because in front of Lin Qinghan—who now possessed strength comparable to a late-stage first-level god—there was no real difference between a level 89 and a level 90 Super Douluo.
However, Lin Qinghan was still defeated by an opponent with the bloodline of the Dragon God.
That said, thanks to the enhancement of his strength and the full activation of his amplification soul skills, he fared much better than last time. In the thirteenth wave of the previous test, he only killed three enemies; this time, that number doubled. He managed to kill nine enemies before being pierced into a sieve by the final opponent wielding ten nine-colored spears.
> "The Divine Test has been passed. The inheritor has exceeded expectations. Total spiritual energy increased by 150%. Affinity with the God's position increased by 130%."
Just like before, the same voice echoed in Lin Qinghan's mind. He then sensed that his spiritual realm had risen to the peak of the first-level god, on the verge of stepping into the God King Realm.
His soul power had also reached the divine level, thanks to the rewards from slaying extra opponents during the test.
Although the three soul cores in his body had shrunk, the energy contained within each had doubled.
Feeling the state of his body, Lin Qinghan was briefly puzzled.
> "Does the thirteenth wave not count toward rewards? And what's the point of having over 200% affinity with the God's position?"
He posed his question to the glowing panel.
He'd already felt something was off. The thirteenth wave of enemies was not only absurdly difficult—there was no reward for surviving it.
> "In fact," the voice responded, "when my original self left behind the inheritance of this divine seat, I never expected that any inheritor could reach beyond the tenth wave of rewards. Even the original self only managed up to wave ten. The two additional waves were merely added afterward for completeness. The thirteenth wave is a forced failure level."
> "However, the enemies in the God Test are born from the inheritor's own heart."
The divine consciousness overseeing the inheritance responded patiently to Lin Qinghan's questions, though the full explanation took several minutes.
"So, in my subconscious, I believe that those with the Dragon God bloodline are the strongest among their level?" Lin Qinghan mused.
That made sense. A partially complete Dragon God bloodline could rival a second-level god even when the user was only level 69, not even at level 70. In fact, they could leap straight to the god level.
He knew that even in his past life, the Dragon God bloodline was famed. When Gu Yuena was still just a half-step God King, she claimed not to be inferior to a true God King. Yet a half-step God King was still ten levels below.
A ten-level difference above level 100 was an incredible gap.
But somehow, in the test, a level 95 Dragon God bloodline wielder had still reached near-God strength when igniting their bloodline.
So, it really was like the test overseer said: the thirteenth wave was designed as a no-win scenario. But this time, Lin Qinghan had almost cleared it.
If he hadn't been outright cut off from using immortality during the trial, he likely would have passed the thirteenth wave.
Putting that aside, Lin Qinghan turned to the third trial.
> "Third Item of the God Test:
The inheritor must kill ten opponents ten levels above their own level.
Rewards: 30% increase in mental strength, 10% divine affinity. For each additional enemy of the same level defeated, gain +1% affinity and +1% mental strength."
Just as he expected, the difficulty only increased by five levels, and the rewards were the same.
However, this time, there was no cooldown period, meaning Lin Qinghan could take the next test immediately.
But he didn't rush into it. After clearing the second test, he sensed the existence of the second floor of the Dimension Tower.
He'd suspected this before—every time he passed a test, the Dimension Tower, as a divine inheritance artifact, unlocked a new floor.
Following a subtle divine guidance, Lin Qinghan's body vanished from the first floor.
The second floor of the Dimension Tower had a stronger concentration of elemental energy than the first, but surprisingly, that wasn't the biggest benefit.
After a series of experiments, Lin Qinghan discovered something astounding—time moved ten times slower inside the second floor!
In other words, the Dimension Tower was now a time artifact, granting Lin Qinghan tenfold training time.
The discovery shocked him. He had never expected the inheritance artifact to involve temporal manipulation.
At the same time, he formed a theory—could the God's position behind this be something like the God of Dimensions?
He quickly dismissed the idea. After understanding the role of the second floor, he officially began the third God Test.
This time, he was faced with ten god-level opponents from the very start.
But to Lin Qinghan, even priest-level gods were no threat.
Almost instantly, the ten phantoms were shattered to pieces under the overwhelming pressure released from Lin Qinghan's body.
Immediately after the first ten disappeared, ten stronger priests appeared, all level 100.
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In the end, Lin Qinghan was once again defeated by ten Dragon God bloodline users, now all level 100 and igniting their bloodlines.
At the god level, the power boost from blood ignition was absurd. Even though Lin Qinghan's spiritual realm had now reached the limit of a first-level god, he could at most beat one of them one-on-one.
But under the siege of ten, Lin Qinghan was completely overwhelmed—pierced by nine-colored spears, unable to kill even one.
Even so, the rewards he earned from this third Divine Test were overwhelming.
His spiritual energy increased by 150% again. With that, Lin Qinghan's spiritual realm broke through into the God King Realm—and he entered directly into its mid-stage.
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