Chapter 1289 Final Preparation - 2
Tang Shaoyang returned to the capital as he agreed to Zhang Mengyao to take the Demi-God Rank trial at their home. He went to one of the empty rooms where Zhang Mengyao would watch his progress closely. The time he spent to wipe out the entire army, including summoning four new spirits, was a little over one day, meaning he had six days left before the God Rank came.
Of course, six days was their estimation based on the information they had. It could be five or even four days, or maybe they still had one more week. Tang Shaoyang went to one of the rooms for the trial taker, the same with the others. Under Zhang Mengyao's concerned gaze, he opened and entered the portal of the trial.
Zhang Mengyao wanted to jump into the portal deep inside but she was afraid of the consequences. Deep inside she wanted to help Tang Shaoyang to clear the trial, she wanted to share the burden. However, that might ruin Tang Shaoyang's trial, and she held the urge back. The only thing she could do was to organize the thing in the home, keeping a watch on Federation of Allurion, The Divine Church, and The Giteron Dynasty.
Now she had control over the World Government and took all of them as hostages. The Tang Empire had control over the gate that connected the Dimensional Tower and Earth. She took a deep breath and left the room, making a call to Yeon Hee whom she sent to the Starter City earlier, "How's the situation there? Have you made sure that the World Government has pulled back their people?"
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Tang Shaoyang entered the never-changed trial dimension. It was the same plain with the same black steele.
[Do you want to start the Demi-God Rank Trial? Y/N?]
He did not immediately tap yes as he summoned all his strongest spirits, including Zara the Angel of Death. Avyn, Vandir, Afi, Karoen, Doombringer, and Radiance stood in the front, looking around, "Do you need our help to clear your trial?" That came from Doombringer, scoffing at him. From the line of the spirits, he also stood alone and was not particularly liked by the other spirits.
"What's wrong with that?" Tang Shaoyang asked.
"Does that mean you are quite weak without us?" Doombringer did not change his tone.
"I don't think you are aware that you are part of my power. You will not exist here without me, what's wrong with using my own power to clear my trial? Stop with your useless yapping and finish the trial for me. Kill all the monsters as quickly as you can!" Tang Shaoyang made his order and tapped yes.
Not long after he tapped yes, the ground started to shake as a horde of monsters appeared on the horizon. He followed with more summonings with the other spirits, Rank SS Spirits down to Rank S Spirits. He did not summon Rank A Spirit and below to preserve his Heavenly Energy. While at it, also summoned his skeleton armies. He used everything he had from the start, from the first wave.
Compared to the horde, Tang Shaoyang's group was quite small. But as soon as they charged toward the horde, the frontline horde almost immediately disappeared. Radiance wanted to show his usefulness in front of Tang Shaoyang, using a massive spell to freeze the monster horde before cracking them into pieces. While Doombringer showed a little bit of defiance at the start, the Calamity Behemoth proved why it had Calamity as its name as both spirits wiped out the frontline with a single strike.
"Again, you are trying to fool me. If I win the bet, that means you lose the fight; that means you die! If you die, there's nothing I can get from you. Winning the bet is useless," Vandir The Death King released a sigh, "I want to believe you have a chance to win, but...." He did not finish his words, shaking his head.
"We will see...." Tang Shaoyang grinned as the sixth wave started. It was much faster than the previous trials, not even ten minutes passed, and he already reached the sixth wave.
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Zhang Mengyao woke up in the morning. She just had three hours of sleep, and she had less and less sleep every day. She skipped breakfast and headed toward the trial floor, checking Tang Shaoyang's room. That was what she did every time she could not sleep, and the room was empty.
A long sigh escaped her mouth as it had been three days. She followed the corridor, walking to the window, looking up at the sky. Her heart grew restless each time she looked at the splitting sky.
That was right, the sky was split open, and the split appeared last night. From the information he knew, that was a sign that the God Rank was about to descend into Earth. And it had been three days since Tang Shaoyang took the Trial of Demi-God. It seemed the God Rank would come earlier than what they predicted.
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Trial Dimension
[Congratulations! You have finished The Trial of Demi-God
[You have advanced to the Demi-God Rank!]
[Please choose the following rewards!]
[(Bloodline) (Artifact)]
Tang Shaoyang breathed out roughly as he looked at the screen in front of him. Fighting the bonus wave was much harder even with the help of his two new Archaic Spirits. He recalled all the spirits as soon as the fight was over. There was no second as he chose bloodline for his last power-up, and he was given two choices.
[(Upgrade Bloodline) (A New Bloodline)]