Kai flicked the blood off his sword. "Next." He coldly shouted.
The waves of beasts continued materializing in rapid succession. A towering Stone Golem crumbled under a barrage of Fire Missiles. A swarm of Venomous Serpents turned to ash before they could even spit their poison. Several Blood Oger's had their body cut in half before they even knew what was going on.
As each battle continued the enemies Kai faced stronger and stronger. Before he even realized it, he was flawlessly killing monsters several minor cultivation realms above his own, without even breaking a sweat.
It looked more like a massacre than a trial no matter how one looked at the scene.
Each battle concluded with the same result, Kai dominating effortlessly!!! His mana easily recovering faster than it was being depleting with the help of the Stellar Pulse Ascension Cultivation Technique he acquired.
Despite the continuous onslaughts of several packs of terrifying and bloodthirsty monsters, Kai continued killing with a crazed smile, he has never felt so alive before! He wanted to etch this feeling and this unforgettable experience to his very core.
Lilith watched from the sidelines; her eyes wide with awe. "He's… unstoppable!" She commented, her mouth slightly agape.
"These are just warm-ups. The real test begins after this!" Old Man Hanxian nonchalantly muttered.
Lilith looked at the old man for a second before saying. "Can you also hear me?" She questioned with slight surprise!
"These are just warm-ups, yes, yes warm-ups! How can the real trial I set be this easy? The arrays must have weakened after all these years, severely affecting these beasts to be drastically weaker than their own cultivation stage!" Old man Hanxian continuously nodded to his own words.
"Ah, he's just talking to himself." Lilith sighed.
In the platform an enormous body of a scorched skeleton fell on the ground with a loud thud which echoed throughout the coliseum. The skeleton Kai just defeated was his strongest opponent so far being in the 6th Core Consolidation Stage.
It took him a staggering five minutes to defeat the skeleton! Which even though not sounding a lot, considering how the other beasts were just being blown away after a single fire missile was very impressive.
Suddenly the temperature within the whole coliseum rose exponentially as a new presence started materialized in front of Kai. The air grew heavy. Kai's instincts screamed at him as a warning! Warning him that this was different!!!
As the presence's silhouette became clearer, a pair of crimson eyes glowed. Then another. And yet another. In mere seconds the entire platform was illuminated with several hundreds of these crimson eyes.
Kai's eyes widened as he looked at the figure. He felt a shiver run down his spine. The next moment an evil smile crept onto his handsome face. His eyes started exuding killing intent!
He recognized these beasts!!!
They were none other than Kai's mortal enemies… Hellhounds!!!
[Name: Hellhound]
[Race: Magical Beasts]
[Cultivation Stage: 8th Core Consolidation Stage]
All the humiliation and fear he experienced just when he started the game because of these bastards! How they completely ruined the once in a lifetime moment he was living!!! He would never forget it!
But Kai also realized that these hellhounds were completely different from the one's he encountered outside the chasm. Well not entirely, there was just one core difference… these one's are incomparably stronger!!!
In the middle of the crimson eyes, Kai felt a peculiar and unique presence. He turned to look only to find a pair of bloodthirsty eyes, more than double the size of the other beasts. The eyes exuded a level of killing intent that Kai has never felt before!
Kai knew this beast was different! Out of all the 100s of presences here, only this beast was able to make Kai feel danger. He knew if he wasn't careful he would surely die.
[Name: Hellhound]
[Race: Magical Beasts]
[Cultivation Stage: 9th Core Consolidation Stage]
9th Core Consolidation Stage!!!
A magical beast at the very peak of the Core Consolidation Stage!!!
An entire major realm above his own cultivation of 9th Core Formation Stage!!!
"Even if he is some heavenly genius there's no way he could defeat an opponent when there's such an enormous gap between their cultivations! This is as far as he goes"
"Not even the little monsters from my era would be strong enough to defeat these puppies if they were in that brat's shoes!" Old Man Hanxian said with an evil and satisfied smile.
"You were being so arrogant a few minutes ago! See how you couldn't help but shiver with fear now! HAHAHA!" He started laughing out loud.
Unbeknownst to him he was being stared by a pair of beautiful eyes. But at this moment these eyes were filled with extreme hate and anger!
Lilith gazed at the old man with her delicate pitch-black eyes.
"You just said no one even in your era would be able to defeat these dogs if they were Kai! Then why are you making Kai fight them??!! STOP THIS STUPID TRIAL!!!" She shouted at the old man.
But since the old man couldn't hear her only silence followed.
She continued shouting and complaining to the old man to stop this! Even going as far to punch and kick him! But no matter how much she tried she didn't receive a response, and all her attacks phased through his body.
Her expression turned grim and one that of helplessness! Even though she had lived her entire life being ignored, she didn't want that now! She has never felt this desperate before!
She looked at the figure in the platform who had an fearful yet excited expression on his face.
At this moment, unknown to her, her black eyes glowed for a split second before returning back to normal.
Both Kai and Old Man Hanxian's body involuntarily shivered, their legs uncontrollably started trembled with… fear.
'What was that life threatening aura just now??' They both simultaneously thought. Their backs and face completely covered with sweat.
Kai shook his head and took a deep breath, regaining his composure, he will die anyway if he doesn't focus on his present situation. But even so his legs continued slightly trembling with the profound ominous feeling he experienced.
Meanwhile Old Man Hanxian had a serious expression on his face, his mind was in complete chaos as several thoughts crossed his mind.
Even in his era there were not many people if not any who could make him feel… fear! Even the one's he could think of achieving this feat could be counted with the fingers on one hand. And more importantly… they were all dead!
In the platform. "I didn't expect to meet you all so soon! My dear F..R..I..E..N..D..S!" Kai said letter by letter, his voice cold and authoritative as he gazed at the beasts in front as if they were mere dogs.
"Grrr…" "Rrrr..."
"Grrr!!!"
"Roar...!!!!!!"
All the beasts simultaneously let out loud roars as they curiously gauged the human in front who stared at them like they have stolen his favorite meat from the prey he just killed after a bloody battle.
Noticing he was just in the 9th Core Formation Stage they let out low mocking growls and relaxed. Meanwhile the hellhound at the 9th Core Consolidation Stage stayed silent as he gauged the human in front.
100s of blue fire missiles suddenly appeared around Kai. The sheer temperature from the fire started distorting the space around him.
The hellhounds reflexively took a step back and assumed defensive stances, detecting the life-threatening sensation they felt from the fire, not mentioning that they felt this sensation from every single one of those fire.
They instantly grew cautious and even slightly...fearful of the human they deemed as trash and harmless a moment ago!
Kai looked at the dogs in front of him with an evil grin on his face.
"Let's start with the greetings, shall we?" Kai coldly said and disappeared from his position!!!