Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Compet.i.tive Trial?”

The sudden push notification struck Lin Huang dumb.

“Great Heaven Palace will pick 2999 compet.i.tors from among the Sword Dao cultivators (below True G.o.d level) according to the Inheritance requirements set down by the Great Heaven Territory, to compete together with Trial partic.i.p.ants in the Compet.i.tive Trial.

“Other than that, Great Heaven Palace will release three hundred Sword Servants to partic.i.p.ate, all of whom possess True G.o.d combat strength. However, in this trial, their combat strength, flesh, and soul will all be capped at Rank-9 Virtual G.o.d-level.”

“Since the partic.i.p.ants who initiated this compet.i.tive trial have yet to achieve the true meaning of Sword Dao, all compet.i.tors and Sword Servants" Sword Dao will be restricted to below Sword Dao true meaning.”

“The rules of the compet.i.tive trial are as follows:”

“1. Every time a compet.i.tor is defeated or eliminated, the partic.i.p.ant obtains 1 c.u.mulative foundation point and gains all of their opponents" acc.u.mulated points.”

“2. 100 c.u.mulative points are awarded with every defeat of a Sword Servant. Upon defeat, Sword Servants will be directly teleported out of the trial. No points will be awarded when Sword Servants defeat or eliminate any partic.i.p.ants or compet.i.tors.”

“3. Partic.i.p.ants and compet.i.tors may choose to surrender willingly during combat. However, choosing to surrender is equivalent to forfeiting the trial. Therefore, whosoever chooses to surrender will be directly teleported out of the trial and will forfeit all their c.u.mulative points.”

“4. All c.u.mulative points are non-transferrable and indivisible.”

“5. The Compet.i.tive Trial will last for a maximum of ten days. If the partic.i.p.ants or compet.i.tors manage to take out all the other 999 people within ten days, the trial will end ahead of time.”

“6. After the trial, the partic.i.p.ant with the highest c.u.mulative points will obtain the right to access Great Heaven Palace and enter the final round of the trial. If a compet.i.tor obtains higher c.u.mulative points than the partic.i.p.ants, thus becoming the champion, said compet.i.tor will earn the right to officially partic.i.p.ate in the trials and will be teleported to Swordfiend Abyss for their first trial. After overcoming the trials at Swordfiend Abyss and Demon Sword Tomb, they may access Great Heaven Palace and partic.i.p.ate in the final trial.”

“7. During the Compet.i.tive Trial, all partic.i.p.ants may utilize any skills or methods that they possess, including skills or methods other than Sword Dao.”

“8. To ensure the fairness of the Compet.i.tive Trial, all weapons or items that can harm a Rank-1 True G.o.d are banned. All defensive armor or other defensive measures above Rank-1 True G.o.d are banned. (Energy paraphernalia conjured up by one"s own abilities, as well as divine, magic, and arcane powers etcetera are excluded.)”

After reading the rules of the Compet.i.tive Trial, a sudden wave of realization hit Lin Huang. The obstacle for this level was no longer Sword Dao facility—it was survival.

Lin Huang did not find it hard to see why such a trial existed. It was obvious that Great Heaven hoped the future heir to the inheritance would not die so easily.

Therefore, for this time"s Compet.i.tive Trial, the rules gave all partic.i.p.ants a great deal of leeway, except for some banned items. Both partic.i.p.ants and compet.i.tors could fully showcase the maximum range of their abilities.

“All three hundred Sword Servants are originally Heavenly G.o.ds. Therefore whether it be combat strength, flesh, or Sword Dao—even after their abilities have been capped—it"s imperative not to underestimate them. That"s also why 100 c.u.mulative points are awarded just by defeating a Sword Servant—that"s 100 times the foundation points awarded for eliminating a compet.i.tor. Also, they only mention defeating, not eliminating.

“Other than that, only 2999 sword cultivating compet.i.tors will be chosen from the entire Great Heaven Territory. These 2999 ought to be the creme de la creme of sword cultivators in the Great Heaven Territory; there are sure to be quite a number of partic.i.p.ants from the G.o.d Territory among them as well. The 300 Trial partic.i.p.ants from the G.o.d Territory are definitely experts from various organizations. Even if we take out non-sword-based cultivators, there should still be a few hundred who qualify as compet.i.tors.

“Meanwhile, among the partic.i.p.ants, there"s a chance that members from the same organizations might appear together so it"s possible that team-ups might occur during the Compet.i.tive Trial. A single person"s abilities might not be enough to eliminate a Sword Servant. However, if all the powerhouses combine their efforts in a free-for-all which encompa.s.ses any method of choice, the chances of defeating a Sword Servant go from impossible to possible.

“The greatest advantage I have is that as an initiator of the Trial, I should be the first to understand the evaluation rules, and the rules I know should be the most comprehensive. Therefore, I have more time to plan.

“Apart from this, it"s good news that we can use telepathy and imperial monsters. It"s just not certain yet if we can use G.o.d"s Figurine"s Combat Soul because while G.o.d"s Figurine is considered an item, even if it"s been integrated into Combat Soul, we don"t know for sure which category it falls into. That said, we"re not sure if Xiao Hei"s multi-function card can be used either…”

Regardless of whether the multi-function card was permissible in the Trial or not, Lin Huang had prepared himself for the worst.

“Speaking of items, all G.o.d rule relics are banned. We can only use weapons and armors of G.o.d relic level; we can only use G.o.d telekinesis weapon relics as well.” Lin Huang had few objections to this. If his opponent utilized a high-level G.o.d rule relic for defense along with divine crystals and elixirs that could replenish their Divine Powers, Lin Huang might not be able to break through his opponent"s defenses even in a day. That, too, was not something he desired.

If everyone used G.o.d relics for weapons and defense, it would truly be much fairer for the real powerhouses.

“Partic.i.p.ants, please wait for a moment. Compet.i.tors are currently entering the Trial grounds.”

“After all compet.i.tors are confirmed, partic.i.p.ants will be teleported simultaneously to the Trial grounds.”

Lin Huang thought for a moment, then asked, “Didn"t I owe 58 minutes previously? Can I make up for it now? I can enter the s.p.a.ce 58 minutes later than the other compet.i.tors.”

There were two reasons behind Lin Huang"s request—one, the first hour after entering the Trial s.p.a.ce was usually for everyone to familiarize themselves with their surroundings. The real compet.i.tion would not have started then, therefore, his coming in late would not have much effect on the Trial.

The second reason—which was also his main reason—was that after the Compet.i.tive Trial, there would be a final trial.

Logically, the difficulty level of the final trial would be the highest of all the other trials. Although he did not know what the trials would involve, he knew very well that if he were deprived of 58 minutes, there was a high possibility of it affecting his performance. Therefore, Lin Huang would rather settle his 58-minute debt in this stage of the Compet.i.tive Trial than delay it until the final trial. That difference of several minutes could cause him to lose.

It did not matter if he was ultimately being number one or not in the Compet.i.tive Trial; the important thing was to move on to the next step. Lin Huang felt like he should still make the necessary preparations for what was coming up next before anything else.

At the same time, outside the Great Heaven inheritance s.p.a.ce, almost all the sword cultivators selected by Great Heaven received a push notification simultaneously.

“Congratulations! You have been chosen by the Great Heaven inheritance to be a compet.i.tor in the Compet.i.tive Trial. Do you accept this invitation?”

“Notification from the Great Heaven inheritance?”

A tall lady with short red hair suddenly slowed down in the midst of a pursuit. The man whom she was hunting down put on speed and fled, vanis.h.i.+ng without a trace.

The red-haired lady did not seem to mind. In a short skirt that revealed her slender tanned thighs, she was virtually flawless except for one thing—she was flat-chested.

“What the f*ck does "compet.i.tor" mean?”

An impeccably handsome young man dressed in green had a bar hostess on each arm. His drunkenness dissipated in a flash. He even turned a deaf ear to the girls" voices as they encouraged him to drink.

“This situation…is it because someone initiated a trial?”

Somewhere in a library, a young lady with two heads suddenly focused her attention on the push notification that popped up before her. The eyes of her left head squinted.

“The message says, "to be a compet.i.tor". Seems like we"re not the only ones who received this,” the young lady"s right head said, c.o.c.king to one side.

“But this is good news. We finally have a lead on the Great Heaven inheritance that"s vanished without a trace for at least a hundred thousand years,” said both her heads as they smiled at each other.