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Chapter 553: Spirit Enhance spheres merely had to look in the direction of the text on the stone stele, and the words would appear in their h the descriptions of the trials by fire seemed simple, anyone who took 1st place in any of the trials listed on the stele would be named the overall 1st place winner!

It didn’t matter which trial by fire it was, or when the cultivator started it As long as they took 1st place, they would immediately be teleported to the third level of the labyrinth, which was the location of the deva soul!

However, the description wasn’t clear about whether or not others ht also be able to reach that third level Based on the way the rules were described, it seemed possible that if the 1st place winner didn’t acquire the deva soul quickly enough, then the 2nd and 3rd place winners of the trial by fire ht also be teleported to the third level, and thus have a chance to acquire the deva soul

There was also a point explaining how the further one proceeded in a trial by fire, thesphere would shine From that, Bai Xiaochun could tell that Mistress Red-Dust was further along than anyone else Likely, she would take 1st place and get the deva soul

Bai Xiaochun felt a bit disappointed about that After all, he wasn’t absolutely set on winning another deva soul, but if he could do so without much trouble, he would be h, there didn’t seem much hope He had arrived too late, behind over a thousand others Sighing, he looked closer at the stele to see the information about the various trials by fire

The first was a trial regarding battle prowess

“No way aonna do that one,” heand killing doesn't suit litter It was a trial of

“Medicine concocting, huh? I'ood at that!” Enthused, he proceeded down the list

“Divine ability trial? Equip trial? God soul trial? None of those will do There’s no way I could match up with Granny Red-Dust in divine abilities I can’t forge equipod soul yet, whatever that is I guessis the best bet for et interested in the idea, especially considering how boring it was With that, he continued to look at the rest of the trials

“Supreme unity trial? Spirit enhancement trial? Intrepid body trial?" Bai Xiaochun had no idea what the supreme unity trial was about, so he dismissed it As for the intrepid body trial, he had his speculations

“Sounds like that’s a test of fleshly body power Definitely not for erous” He continued to look down the stone stele, upon which were at least a hundred different trials by fire of all sorts Many of thes Bai Xiaochun had never heard of, and eventually, his attention was drawn back to the trials ofand spirit enhance

“It’s too bad that time is so li But when it comes to spirit enhance with a ht as he realized that this was the perfect opportunity to cheat

“If I can use my turtle-wok, then a spirit enhancement trial wouldn’t be hard for1st place away froht about it, the ht as well I have no chance of catching up in uess I should place et a deva soul, and if I lose, no har on the spirit enhancement trial, he followed the description on the stone stele, allowing hissounds filled his an to spin All of a sudden, he realized that his soul was leaving his body and flying toward the stone stele

Shocked, he looked back to see hi sphere Because his soul was no longer in his body, the , and slowly fell down onto his chest

Bai Xiaochun was taken aback by this unexpected turn of events, and yet there was nothing he could do to change the situation In the nextsounds filled hissi to shred his soul to pieces

Thankfully, it didn’t last for long, only a few breaths worth of time Then the sounds faded away, his blurred vision turned clear, and he found himself in a private chamber of some sort

The walls were pitch black, and seemed oppressively sinister The chamber was cohly waist-high Atop the center dais was a withered yellow leaf that seemed completely ordinary in nature, and in fact, that was exactly what it was It was a leaf so ordinary that it couldn’t have beenabove the left-hand stone dais was a slowly-burning tongue of red flame The flame wasn’t very hot, only a bit more than ordinary flame from the mortal world However, Bai Xiaochun could instantly tell that it was no ordinary flame; it was the one-colored flame that was coht-hand dais were soetation, and s that Bai Xiaochun didn’t recognize