Chapter 786

Two days passed by quickly, and Gu Ding, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, finally opened his eyes.

Gu Ding had absorbed the King Kong Pill a long time ago, and he had been using the pill to repair his will for the past two days. It was only now that he had fully recovered.

"You're awake?"

Gu Ding heard a familiar voice as soon as he woke up. He looked in the direction of the voice in surprise. "Neptune, Phaser! What are you doing here?! "

"The day before yesterday was supposed to be the last day of the secret realm's closure. I told everyone about you and Tagore entering the waterfall. Everyone was worried, so they sent the two of us. " Neptune briefly explained the whole story, and also told Gu Ding about Phaser's predicament.

"I've passed the first three stages, but I only passed. I'm not qualified for the fourth stage. It's all up to you to save Phaser and Tagore. "

"The third stage tests your combat effectiveness. With your combat effectiveness, it's not difficult to get an excellent score, but you can't be careless." Neptune had passed the first three stages the day before Gu Ding woke up. However, just like the first stage, he only passed the second and third stages.

"Got it." Gu Ding nodded, then looked up at the sky. "Senior, I'm ready. We can proceed to the third stage."

"Just as your friend said, the third stage of the assessment is a test of one's combat power." The Mansion Spirit's voice was quickly transmitted.

"Enter the palace in front of you. There's a man in black armor inside. He'll test your combat effectiveness. Apart from not being able to borrow external objects, you can use any means to test your combat prowess. You can use your Dharmakaya, and even your will projection. "The mansion spirit explained the rules.

Gu Ding, on the other hand, was a little surprised to see a palace slowly appear in the originally empty space in front of him.

"This is the Iceflame Prefecture's War Temple. Those who haven't passed the first two stages are not qualified to see this palace," the mansion spirit explained.

Gu Ding nodded and walked toward the palace door. When he reached the door, it opened automatically with a squeak.

Gu Ding stepped inside, and the door quickly closed behind him.

Gu Ding looked back at the tightly shut door and quickly focused his attention on the interior of the palace.

Inside the palace, one silver-armored man and nine black-armored men stood in a straight line under the dome, in the center of the palace.

The ten people seemed to be completely wrapped in armor, not a single bit of their skin was exposed, not even their eyes could be seen.

After a closer look, Gu Ding grinned. "Interesting."

The voice of the mansion spirit rang out in the sky again.

"Not long after my master broke through to Overgod, he was ambushed by a group of foreign races while he was travelling. There was a total of ten members in that foreign tribe team. Among them, the leader had the fighting power of a Peak Heaven God while the other nine had the fighting power of a Peak Real God. But this squad, when joined together, actually had the battle prowess of a Lesser Sovereign. Fortunately, his master had the ability to fight above his cultivation level. After defeating the team, he captured the ten people. It's these ten fellows in front of you. "

"After capturing them, my master discovered that these ten fellows were not actually living beings, but war weapons artificially created by a special tribe. My master and a few good friends studied them for a long time before they obtained control over these ten fellows and obtained a small amount of information about these humanoid weapons. "

"These black-armored weapons are of the lowest level. Their individual combat effectiveness is at most Peak True God. Next to them are silver-armored weapons. Their combat effectiveness is comparable to a Peak Heavenly God and they are captain-level. There are also gold-armored weapons of a higher level. Their combat effectiveness is comparable to an Extreme Lord and they are considered general-level. "

"Of course, the one you're fighting today is only a black-armored weapon. His strongest combat effectiveness is only Peak True God."

Gu Ding was a little shocked when he heard the mansion spirit's explanation. It was incredible that someone could create weapons with lord-level combat effectiveness.

As a scarlet light lit up on the helmet of one of the black-armored weapons, Gu Ding immediately focused his attention and looked at the black-armored weapon.

The black-armored person was nearly three meters tall. His helmet was eighteen centimeters long and eight centimeters wide. The area that emitted the red light was obviously the black-armored weapon's eyes. He quickly scanned Gu Ding's presence and pounced toward him.

Gu Ding did not dare to be careless. He used seventy percent of his strength and blasted toward the black-armored person.

Boom!

The black-armored person flew backward and hit the wall of the palace.

Gu Ding looked at his fist in surprise. "Didn't they say it was at the level of a tenth-rank True God? Why is this guy so weak … "

However, Gu Ding soon realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

The black-armored person did not suffer any damage. He got up from the ground and continued to charge toward Gu Ding. This time, his strength skyrocketed and was no weaker than the strength Gu Ding had used earlier.

Boom!

The second collision, the two were evenly matched, and they both retreated more than ten meters.

Gu Ding began to get excited. "Not bad. Again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ding pounced again. This time, he used eighty percent of his combat effectiveness and his fist collided with the black-armored person again.

This punch was still evenly matched. It was obvious that not only had Gu Ding increased his strength, but the black-armored person had also increased his combat effectiveness.

"Hehe, I haven't had such a good fight in a long time. This guy's body seems indestructible. If that's the case, I have nothing to worry about! "Gu Ding became more excited.

The combat effectiveness of a sixth-rank True God was finally activated, and he pounced toward the black-armored person again.

Boom! Boom! Boom! … "

The two were like two giant beasts fighting in close combat, madly colliding with each other again and again.

In the beginning, Gu Ding had the upper hand, and his combat effectiveness continued to rise.

Sixth-rank True God!

Sixth-rank True God!

Eighth-rank True God!

Ninth-rank True God!

After his physical strength reached the level of a ninth-rank True God, Gu Ding's combat effectiveness continued to rise, from the original sixth-rank to ninth-rank.

Although the black-armored person was constantly being ravaged, he did not seem to be hurt at all. Every time he was sent flying, he would immediately pounce toward Gu Ding, as if he had infinite energy.

However, after reaching ninth-rank, Gu Ding's combat effectiveness had reached its limit, and the black-armored person's combat effectiveness was still rising.

Therefore, Gu Ding's ravaging of the black-armored person was quickly reversed, and it became the black-armored person's ravaging of Gu Ding.

"Amazing, this black-armored person's combat effectiveness has increased to tenth-rank, surpassing my combat effectiveness." Gu Ding dodged and defended while estimating his opponent's combat effectiveness.

"Gu Ding, you've passed the assessment. There's no need to continue fighting him." In the sky, the voice of the mansion spirit came quickly.

"Wait for me a little longer, I'll try again to see if I can defeat him completely." As Gu Ding spoke, he finally activated his Emperor Body of Nature Manifestation. The three-thousand-meter-tall Emperor Body was like a giant that reached the sky, wrapping Gu Ding within it.

The corner of the giant's mouth curled up slightly. Suddenly, he raised his foot and stomped down hard on the black-armored person. "I don't believe you can still get up like this!"

Boom!

The entire palace shook as if there was an earthquake under this stomp.

The black-armored person did not have time to dodge and was trampled by the foot.

Once his attack was successful, Gu Ding quickly moved his foot away. When he saw the black-armored person below, he was speechless.

The black-armored person did not seem to be injured at all. After getting up from the ground, he pounced on Gu Ding's Emperor White Jade Body again.

"I've said it before, these guys are special humanoid weapons. Although the black-armored person's combat effectiveness is only at the peak of true god-level, his body's strength can only be destroyed by a lord-level powerhouse. Even a powerhouse with peak heavenly god-level combat effectiveness would find it difficult to hurt him, "the mansion spirit explained with a smile when it saw Gu Ding being defeated.

"Alright, I can't do anything to him. The assessment is over." Gu Ding nodded. He had wanted to test how terrifying the black-armored person's defense was, but he did not expect to get an answer from the mansion spirit that was beyond his imagination.

"Go back!" At the mansion spirit's command, the black-armored person finally stopped chasing. He took a step forward and returned to his original position. The scarlet in his eyes gradually dimmed as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

"Gu Ding, you've done well. You've passed the third stage of the assessment, and the result is still excellent. You can get another reward. What would you like? "The mansion spirit sounded like it was in a good mood.

"Senior, I need a fire-attribute Heavenly God's Blood to enhance my Emperor Body," Gu Ding thought for a moment and made his request.

"Fire-attribute Heavenly God's Blood. Sure!" The mansion spirit agreed readily.

After a while, a fist-sized fiery red crystal flew toward Gu Ding from the sky.

Gu Ding caught it with one hand and put it in his Inventory.

"This is a tenth-rank fire-attribute Heavenly God's Blood. It's in a sealed state. When you use it, try to be careful not to be hurt by the pressure of the Heavenly God's Blood," the mansion spirit did not forget to remind him.

"Now, you've passed the three stages of the assessment set by my master, and the results are all excellent. In that case, you're qualified to proceed to the fourth stage of the assessment. "At that moment, the mansion spirit finally mentioned the fourth stage of the assessment that it had mentioned to Neptune.

"The first three stages test the strength of your physical body, the strength of your soul, and your actual combat ability. The fourth stage is a test of one's comprehension ability. "

"The fourth stage of the assessment is much more difficult than the first three stages. As long as you pass the fourth stage of the assessment, you'll be qualified to become my master's disciple and receive the Iceflame Mansion's inheritance. "

The mansion spirit finally revealed the ultimate purpose of the assessment.

"After passing through the Battle Temple, you'll see the main hall of Iceflame Mansion. There's a gray stone tablet at the bottom of the main hall's steps. As long as you can decipher the mystery contained in the black stone tablet, the main hall's door will open automatically, and you'll become the new master of Iceflame Mansion! "