Chapter 1 A Powerful Pressure!

"What powerful pressure!"

Shi Feng looked at the five crystals floating in front of him, his expression becoming serious.

Clearly, the five crystals represented the strength of his opponents.

The stronger the opponent, the stronger the pressure, while also giving the player a hint to make a choice. However, even the weakest crystal among the five exerted considerable pressure on him, indicating that the difficulty was not as easy as he had imagined.

Not only did Shi Feng, standing within the magic array, feel this, but also Water Rose and the others who had just arrived outside the array could clearly sense the terrifying pressure emanating from the crystals, as if each crystal concealed a terrifying monster.

"These five crystals each represent your opponent. You can choose one from these five that you feel you can defeat. Remember, you only have three chances," Tyrolk reminded Shi Feng.

"Three chances?" Shi Feng pondered for a moment, then chose the second strongest crystal among the five. "Lord Tyrolk, I choose this crystal."

With a total of three chances, he knew that there was no possibility with the God-ranked one just from the pressure alone. Even with the Asura-ranked, he wasn't confident. But three chances meant he could try twice first.

If he could pass, he would receive a lot more contribution points when entering the Ancient City, saving him a lot of trouble.

"Asura-ranked?" Tyrolk glanced at Shi Feng and shook his head. "You truly are a brave young man. But since you have chosen, let the trial begin."

As he spoke, Tyrolk waved his hand, and the Asura-ranked crystal shattered instantly, turning into a cloud of mist that gradually condensed into a human form. Before long, three beings identical to Shi Feng appeared, with only the name Trial Shadow displayed, and no other information.

"Three of them?" Shi Feng's lips twitched.

Although he couldn't see any attributes of these three Trial Shadows, he could clearly feel that their basic attributes were probably higher than his.

Water Rose, watching from outside the magic array, couldn't help but gasp.

The three Trial Shadows standing there gave the feeling of three Grand Lords, no, more precisely, the pressure they emitted was even stronger than that of the Grand Lords they had seen before, as if they were three High Grand Lords.

"You only need to hit each of them ten times to pass the trial. But I must remind you that they will know everything you know, and vice versa. If they hit you ten times, you're out," Tyrolk added.

After Tyrolk explained the rules, the three Trial Shadows revealed human-like sneers and disappeared from their positions, turning into streaks of afterimages as they rushed towards Shi Feng.

"So fast!" The crowd outside the magic array exclaimed in surprise.

Even they could only catch a glimpse of the afterimages.

Moreover, the Trial Shadows were different from ordinary monsters. The three Trial Shadows had extremely high intelligence and did not fight individually. Instead, they coordinated their attacks from three directions, choosing the perfect timing.

In an instant, the three Trial Shadows appeared around Shi Feng, each slashing at him with their swords.

Sword Light Shadow!

Purgatory Fivefold Slash!

Illusory Light Shadow!

Instantly, sword light filled Shi Feng's surroundings. The ten sword shadows of Sword Light Shadow, the Purgatory Fivefold Slash growing stronger with each strike, and the unavoidable Illusory Light Shadow completely sealed Shi Feng in, leaving him with no way to dodge or block.

"Damn!" Shi Feng couldn't help but grimace.

He wouldn't dare to take these three skills head-on, or rather, blocking would mean certain death.

As the attacks landed, Shi Feng directly used Divine Shadow Steps, creating ten clones and instantly swapping positions with the surrounding clones. He then used Sword Light Shadow against one of the Trial Shadows.

However, before Sword Light Shadow could even touch the Trial Shadow, ten clones also appeared on the Trial Shadow's side, and Sword Light Shadow only hit a clone.

"How is that possible? Do they also know weapon and equipment skills?" Shi Feng was shocked to see the Trial Shadow using Divine Shadow Steps.

Before Shi Feng could recover from his shock, he saw the three Trial Shadows use Heavenly Dragon Power, their attributes skyrocketing. They swung their swords fiercely at Shi Feng, the power of their strikes creating gusts of wind.

Shi Feng had no choice but to constantly swap positions with his clones to dodge the attacks.

Although Heavenly Dragon Power was very strong, it mainly increased strength, with little increase in speed.

For a time, Shi Feng was completely at a disadvantage, being chased relentlessly by the three Trial Shadows. The crowd outside the magic array was dumbfounded. It was as if three Shi Fengs were fighting against one Shi Feng, and with superior attributes. If they were to go up there, they would probably be killed in a few moves.

However, the duration of Divine Shadow Steps was limited. The moment Divine Shadow Steps disappeared, Shi Feng gritted his teeth and used Heavenly Dragon Power, instantly appearing in front of one of the Trial Shadows.

Sword’s Orbit!

Instantly, sword lights transformed into starlight that bombarded the Trial Shadow.

But the next moment, the starlight was blocked by a protective shield before it could land on the Trial Shadow.

Absolute Domain!

With the protection of Absolute Domain, the three Trial Shadows were not only invincible, but one of the Trial Shadows also used Instant Flash, several sword lights slashing fiercely towards Shi Feng.

Shi Feng was unable to dodge in time and could only use Sword's Orbit to defend.

Boom, boom, boom!

Each collision produced dazzling sparks, and the roaring sound of the collision echoed throughout the forest, as if two ancient behemoths were fighting.

But after a moment, Shi Feng was constantly pushed back. As the effect of Instant Flash disappeared, another Trial Shadow used Instant Flash again, its lightning-fast attack leaving Shi Feng defenseless after losing the buff from Instant Flash.

Absolute Domain!

After activating invincibility, Shi Feng immediately switched the Earth Ring to the Time Ring and used Forbidden Domain.

If only one Trial Shadow could use all his skills, it would be fine, but with three using them separately, it was too disadvantageous for him. The only way to win was to take advantage of his combat skills.

The Purgatory Shadows were unwilling to be outdone and also used Forbidden Domain.

Instantly, both sides were in a state where they could not use any magic skills. The three Purgatory Shadows once again surrounded and attacked Shi Feng.

Although Shi Feng was superior in skill, he could only fall into defense against the three Purgatory Shadows with their superior attributes, disregarding damage and attacking desperately.

After all, there was only one of him. Perhaps he could block and hit one Purgatory Shadow, but there would always be one of the remaining two Purgatory Shadows that could hit him. Each Purgatory Shadow could withstand ten hits, but he would be out if he was hit ten times.

Instantly, both sides fell into a stalemate. Shi Feng could only look for the few gaps to deal damage to one of the Purgatory Shadows.

The interplay of light and shadow on the battlefield made the spectators extremely nervous.

But everyone knew that this battle wouldn't last long. Once the magic immunity time was over, Shi Feng would once again be in a desperate situation.

With only ten seconds left of the magic immunity time, Shi Feng desperately attacked one of the three Purgatory Shadows, even risking being hit by a sword, and only managed to hit five times. He needed to hit five more times to defeat it, but there was not much time left.

8 seconds...5 seconds...3 seconds...

"Is he going to lose?"