Chapter 1 The Difficulty Increases

"Although a day isn't short, dealing with Tier 2 giant NPC opponents of the same level really ramps up the difficulty," Shi Feng observed the ten giant gladiators in the arena. "I'm afraid even half-step Refinement Realm experts won't be able to pass without a full set of Dark-Gold equipment of the same tier."

NPCs can't be compared to monsters. Not only do they possess numerous magic skills, but their combat prowess also surpasses monsters of the same level by a large margin.

Moreover, even among NPCs of the same tier, there are differences in strength.

That is, there is a difference in the weapons and equipment of the NPCs. After all, there is a huge difference in attributes between a set of Bronze-grade equipment and a set of Dark-Gold-grade equipment.

Currently, the weakest of the ten giant NPCs are wearing Bronze-grade equipment, while the strongest are wearing Gold-Fine-grade equipment. Coupled with the giants' natural endowments, even if players wear a full set of Dark-Gold-grade equipment, their attributes may be weaker. The only thing they can do is rely on skills to fight.

Here at the Four Gods Tower, external objects cannot be used, and even burst skills are restricted. Players can only rely on their own strength, which greatly limits them.

It feels like the first two tests were to train the players, and this third test is to examine the players.

Shi Feng didn't think too much and walked directly onto the arena.

The training of the past six days had brought him to a bottleneck. The Secret Technique Thunder Flash could consistently execute fourteen sword strikes, and the consumption of mental energy had dropped to a quarter, not as much as before. Further improvement wasn't possible in a short amount of time, so there was no need to waste a day. It was better to quickly pass the first level of trials and directly enter the second level.

As Shi Feng stepped onto the stage, a giant NPC also walked to the center of the arena, wielding a giant axe and smashing it towards Shi Feng without saying a word.

The swing of the giant axe carried with it a rich earth element, making the giant axe extremely heavy. Even the place where Shi Feng was felt a great gravity, greatly reducing mobility.

With one strike, it not only possessed power close to a Grand Lord of the same level, but one axe transformed into three, like a large mountain pressing down, making it impossible to avoid.

"Combat skill!"

Shi Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise as he looked at this move.

Combat skills are not unique to players, but have always existed in God's Domain, otherwise, there wouldn't be those inheritance stone slabs.

However, it is more difficult for NPCs to learn combat skills in God's Domain than players. Generally, NPCs only start to truly come into contact with combat skills at Tier 3, but even then, only a few can use them.

The current Tier 2 giant NPC can use combat skills, so how could people not be surprised?

One has to know that even ordinary combat skills can greatly increase the combat power of NPCs. With natural endowments coupled with the combat level of the early stages of the fifth floor of the Trial Tower, the current giant NPC can definitely crush those half-step Refinement Realm experts.

However, for Shi Feng, such an attack was still very naive.

Shi Feng simply waved the Twilight Blade in his hand to easily block the axe, and the Holy Sword, Killing Ray, slashed across the giant NPC's body, not giving the giant NPC any chance.

Sword Light Phantom!

Ten sword lights surrounded like stars, colliding in pairs, turning into a momentary brilliance.

System: Sword Light Phantom completion 101%, skill proficiency +10, inflicting 170% skill effect.

The giant NPC flew out instantly, a series of damage numbers exceeding 200,000 points appearing above its head, directly falling into a state of temporary immobility.

"What a strong effect!" Shi Feng also clicked his tongue slightly.

In the six days of training, compared to the progress of the Secret Technique Thunder Flash, the progress of the Sword Light Phantom move was the greatest.

After constant training, he had been able to stabilize at 100%, but he didn't expect to suddenly break through the 100% shackle. The Sword Light Phantom also produced a new effect, that is, a brief, severely injured paralysis effect, making the target unable to move within a second.

Of course, it is very difficult to break through the 100% shackle, let alone reach 101%. However, after one use, he had slightly touched the essence of the Sword Light Phantom. Even if he left the Four Gods Tower and ran outside, he would have the confidence to achieve 100% skill completion.

On the arena, before the giant could recover from the paralysis, Shi Feng had already stood in front of the giant and once again swung the Holy Sword, Killing Ray.

Secret Technique Thunder Flash!

Fourteen sword lights turned into a sword net, passing through the giant NPC in an instant, directly reducing the giant NPC's health to the warning level. He then used the Twilight Blade to add the Purgatory Fivefold Strike, directly taking away all of the giant NPC's health. The entire process took less than three seconds.

This made the other giant NPCs watching from the side look solemn.

"Alright, next!" Shi Feng didn't care at all, looking at the surrounding giant NPCs, still feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

Dealing with such giant NPCs would probably be quite difficult for Long You Tian Xia and the others.

But he, in any case, possessed basic attributes that exceeded Tier 3 professions of the same level. His physique and reaction speed were only slightly worse than Tier 3 professions. If it was still very troublesome to kill these Tier 2 giants, he wouldn't need to live.

But it must be said that after killing this giant NPC, the experience points given were very generous, more than a Grand Lord of the same level. It instantly increased his experience bar by a lot. The only pity was that no items dropped.

Soon, in less than five minutes, all ten NPC giants were taken care of.

With the death of the ten NPC giants, Shi Feng's eyes blurred, and he directly appeared in a temple.

The moment he appeared in the temple, Shi Feng felt that the Eternal Energy here was obviously much richer. The first level couldn't compare to here at all.

Around the temple roamed a large number of snake monsters. These snakes were not only huge, each the size of a two-story building, but also had six heads each.

Six-Headed Hell Serpent, Bloodline Creature, Lord-rank, Level 94, HP 42,000,000.

"Bloodline creature?" Shi Feng couldn't help but be stunned as he looked at the Six-Headed Hell Serpents all over the temple.

He didn't expect the difficulty of the second level to increase so much all of a sudden. Bloodline creatures are like elites of the same tier, and possess inheritance abilities, with extraordinary combat power. It can be said that the previous Tier 2 giant NPCs might not be able to defeat the current Six-Headed Hell Serpents.

However, after a brief surprise, a hint of joy appeared on Shi Feng's face.

Bloodline creatures are very rare. Even he doesn't know many. He wanted to go to the Thunder Palace to kill those semi-snake people to get bloodline power, but now it's easier.

System: Congratulations to the player for completing the first level of trials and arriving at the second level of the Four Gods Tower. The player can choose to rest here for a day, or start the second level of trials now.

"I have been training in God's Domain during this time. Even though my mental state has been very good, my physical body in reality will be somewhat affected. I should go offline and rest first." Shi Feng thought for a while and directly chose to rest for a day, so that he could go offline with peace of mind without worrying about any trouble.

As Shi Feng went offline and walked out of the virtual reality pod, the sun had already shone into the room. It was already noon.

As soon as Shi Feng came out of the virtual reality pod and moved his body, he suddenly felt a burst of weakness and fatigue all over his body. Moreover, the feeling of hunger was unprecedentedly high, as if every cell in his body was shouting, extremely lacking energy. His brain was even in a daze, giving him a feeling of drowsiness.

"What's going on?"

Shi Feng couldn't help but be shocked. If he hadn't been holding on, he would have fainted by now.