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Chapter 95: The First Star Cave (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 95: The First Star Cave (Please Subscribe)
"The teacher has finally opened the Seven-Star Cave World."
"When was the last time the teacher opened the Seven-Star Cave World?"
"I remember it was three hundred years ago."
The twelve figures chatted casually with each other. It was rare for them, a group of siblings in the martial arts, to gather like this, as they usually had their own matters to attend to.
"This trial has revealed quite a few promising seedlings, which is why the teacher has opened the Seven-Star Cave World."
"I heard there's a three-eyed man. Brothers, if you're not interested, I'll take that three-eyed man under my wing."
"Hehehe, the three-eyed tribe is unique within the Human Alliance. Taking a disciple from the three-eyed tribe is akin to forging connections with other high-ranking members of their tribe. I want in on this too."
The twelve figures spoke up one after another.
The three-eyed tribe was rare, but their talents were extraordinarily powerful. In the current human civilization, their numbers didn't exceed 100,000, and they were scattered across various domains.
Thus, even without direct blood ties, there was a peculiar sense of closeness among the three-eyed tribe members. It was like encountering a fellow countryman in a foreign land.
Given the qualifications of the three-eyed tribe, it was easy for them to give birth to high-ranking evolvers. Taking on a disciple from this tribe was equivalent to establishing connections with these high-ranking evolvers. It would make it easier to negotiate and collaborate on future endeavors.
Of course, even without this connection, the twelve figures were more than happy to take on such a disciple. After all, the talent was right there for all to see.
With careful cultivation, it wouldn't be difficult for a three-eyed tribe member to ascend to the sixth rank.
"I'm not interested in the three-eyed tribe, but that silver-haired spirit is mine."
At that moment, the first figure, situated above the others, slowly spoke up.
The silver-haired spirit was the silver-haired woman. She was one of the three Red Marks, praised by the Red Qiong Star Master for her talent in spatial abilities. She had ranked first among the millions of evolvers.
"Since Big Brother has spoken, she's yours."
"This silver-haired spirit has a talent for spatial abilities, and only Big Brother has the ability to cultivate her properly."
"Indeed, indeed."
After the remaining eleven figures finished speaking, they continued to evaluate the other evolvers.
Among the millions of evolvers, only the three Red Marks and a handful of Gold Marks were worth their attention and competition.
As for the rest, they could discuss them after they reached the seventh star cave.
"Is this the first star cave?"
Lin Yuan began to observe his surroundings.
According to Fang Qing's intelligence, the trial of the first star cave would likely focus on the physical body.
Of course, it wasn't set in stone, but if it wasn't the physical body, then it would test the soul, consciousness, wisdom, or something similar.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! As Lin Yuan observed, other evolvers began teleporting in from the white jade square.
Many of them looked around with tense expressions.
The scenery nearby wasn't complicated—it resembled a wasteland with a black race track in the middle, spanning several dozen miles in width.
When all the evolvers had gathered, the majestic figure appeared once more.
"The trial of the first star cave is simple. All you have to do is reach the end of this black race track."
The majestic figure pointed to the track, "You have one month. As long as you reach the end within that time, you can proceed to the second star cave."
After finishing his explanation, the majestic figure disappeared.
The field erupted into a cacophony of voices.
It wasn't because the trial was too difficult.
It was because it was too easy.
The black race track was several dozen miles wide and at most, a hundred miles long.
In a month, one only needed to walk a hundred miles.
Even an ordinary citizen could cover that distance in a day or two.
Not to mention that the lowest-ranked evolvers here were of the third rank.
"Reach the end?"
Lin Yuan remained still, observing his surroundings.
He believed that the trial wouldn't be that simple. In the past trials of the seven-star cave, the elimination rate in the first star cave had been terrifyingly high.
"Let's see who can't hold back."
Lin Yuan wasn't in a rush. He could spend a month in each star cave.
Even if he stayed here for the entire month and entered the second star cave at the last moment, it wouldn't affect him.
"There will definitely be some who can't control their eagerness."
Lin Yuan's gaze swept across the crowd.
In just a short while, a few Silver Mark evolvers began to stir restlessly.
Among the millions of evolvers, Silver Mark evolvers were the most common. There were only slightly over a hundred Red Mark and Gold Mark evolvers combined.
Because of this, the Silver Mark evolvers were the ones who felt the most pressured during this trial of the seven-star cave.
Imagine being one of the top ten evolvers on your planet, revered and sought after by numerous forces, only to discover that there were over a million others just like you in the seven-star cave world.
This stark contrast caused a change in the mindset of a small portion of the Silver Mark evolvers.
"Let's see what's so extraordinary about this seven-star cave trial."
A burly man with a wild appearance took a big step forward.
This burly man exuded a third-rank aura, and the moment he stepped forward, he caught the attention of the millions of evolvers.
"Damn, the pressure is real."
Cold sweat formed on the burly man's forehead as he realized that the hundreds of thousands of gazes upon him belonged to third-rank and even fourth-rank evolvers.
Boom! Under everyone's watchful eyes, the burly man took a step onto the black race track.
"Hmm?"
The burly man's expression changed slightly.
He took another step.
Two steps.
Five steps.
After walking about a hundred meters, he stopped.
"It's gravity."
"As long as you step into the black race track, you'll be within a gravity zone."
"The further you go, the stronger the gravity becomes. At my current distance, the gravity is about five to seven times that of a normal planet."
The burly man spoke aloud, sharing his discovery.
He wasn't lying, as the other evolvers could easily verify this with a quick test.
"A gravity zone?"
"Is this trial testing our physical bodies?"
"Hehe, how convenient. My specialty just happens to be my physical body."
Countless evolvers whispered among themselves, their gazes on the hundred-mile-long black race track filled with varying emotions.
"With just a hundred meters, the gravity has already reached five to seven times the normal level. What about near the finish line? Wouldn't the gravity be in the thousands of times?"
A Gold Mark evolver's expression turned pensive.
The black race track was a hundred miles long, and the closer one got to the finish line, the stronger the gravity became.
"The gravity at the finish line is at least three thousand times the normal level. Just this alone will eliminate seven to eight out of ten evolvers."
Another Gold Mark evolver glanced at the surrounding Silver Mark evolvers who were eager to give it a try, thinking to himself.
For a third-rank evolver, gravity that was several dozen or even a hundred times the normal level wasn't much of a challenge.
However, once the number exceeded a thousand times, it became a different story.
The effect of gravity permeated the five viscera and six entrails, reaching down to the cellular level.
If one's physical body was only strong on the surface or had tough skin, they would be of little use against such gravity.
"So, it's a gravity test."
Lin Yuan's expression turned thoughtful.
This was indeed a good way to test the physical body.
Compared to simply testing strength and endurance, the gravity test assessed the body from the outside in, weeding out those whose bodies had taken extreme evolutionary paths.
"However, the furthest anyone has gone so far is less than a thousand miles. I won't rush; let's see how the gravity changes further on."
As Lin Yuan pondered, over a thousand evolvers had already voluntarily stepped onto the black racetrack.
Among them, several had already reached the seven to eight thousand-meter mark.
And through their communication, it was discovered that the gravity in the seven to eight hundred-meter zone had already reached several dozen times the normal level.
Half an hour later.
Nine out of ten evolvers had stepped onto the black racetrack.
Lin Yuan observed the situation and, finding nothing unusual, confirmed that the black racetrack only had gravity affecting it. So, he, too, stepped on.
Ten meters.
A hundred meters.
A thousand meters.
Ten thousand meters.
Before he knew it, Lin Yuan had walked ten thousand meters.
This was roughly equivalent to one-fifth the length of the hundred-li racetrack, or twenty li.
"It's finally starting to get interesting."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
The cultivation system of the Divine Weapon World was indeed warped, but it excelled at refining the physical body, from tempering the skin to refining the blood, and from cultivating the organs to strengthening the bones.
It could be said that this system forged every part of the body, inside and out.
Hence, the gravity zone within the black racetrack didn't pose much of a challenge to Lin Yuan.
Only after surpassing the ten-thousand-meter mark did Lin Yuan begin to take it more seriously.
And in this zone, the gravity had already surpassed a thousand times the normal level.
A thousand times the normal gravity would be enough to instantly crush an ordinary citizen into powder.
Common first and second-rank evolvers wouldn't be able to survive for more than a few seconds under such gravity.
Yet, in Lin Yuan's eyes, it wasn't much of a challenge. Up until now, he had relied solely on his physical body to withstand the pressure, without using any special techniques.
For example, he could have deployed his Taiji Domain.
Or he could have used secret arts to temporarily enhance his physical strength.
Black Racetrack, Twenty-Thousand-Meter Mark.
"I was one of the first few evolvers to step onto the racetrack, and I've covered half the length of the racetrack in just a few hours."
"I should be ranked within the top few dozen, right?"
Cuista took a deep breath and paused to rest.
As a fourth-rank evolver under a hundred years old, Cuista's strength was indisputably the best on their planet.
Whether it was this session's Arena Competition or previous ones, it was extremely rare to see a fourth-rank evolver.
For a medium-life planet like Canglan Star, a fourth-rank evolver hadn't appeared in tens of millions of years.
Originally, Cuista had been quite confident. He came from a major family and knew about the trials of the Red Kun Star Master and the Seven-Star Cave.
But in the end, when he was pulled into the Seven-Star Cave world, Cuista was only bestowed with a Silver Mark?
The same 'Silver Mark' as those third-rank evolvers? This was unacceptable to Cuista. He didn't dare to hope for the highest Red Mark, but at least a Gold Mark? According to Cuista's knowledge, all the evolvers in this Seven-Star Cave trial were third or fourth-rank.
In other words, those with Gold Marks and Red Marks were also fourth-rank evolvers, just like him.
Among the fourth-rank evolvers, why were they given Gold and Red Marks, while he, Cuista, was given a Silver Mark?
"The starting point doesn't represent anything. I, Cuista, will definitely pass through the seven star caves and join the Red Kun lineage."
Cuista took a moment to steady his mind and then took a difficult step forward with his right foot, intending to continue onward.
Just then.
Cuista heard faint footsteps.
"Someone's catching up?"
Cuista turned his head.
He saw a young man walking towards him with light, quick steps, neither hurried nor slow.
If it weren't for the fact that Cuista was certain that the gravity here had already exceeded two thousand times the normal level, he would have thought that the young man was taking a casual stroll in his garden.
"How... How is he doing this so easily?"
Cuista couldn't believe his eyes.
To be fair, Cuista was already feeling strained, and while two thousand times the normal gravity wasn't his limit, he was far from being as relaxed as the young man.
"It's a Gold Mark."
Cuista noticed a hint of gold on the young man's face.
"So, this is the evolver that the Star Master deemed worthy of the Gold Mark?"
Cuista thought to himself.
Aside from other aspects, the young man's performance indicated that in terms of physical strength, he could crush Cuista.
"This is terrifying. His speed hasn't changed from the beginning."
Cuista let out a soft sigh.
As Cuista observed Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan also turned his head to glance at Cuista.
"Greetings, Gold Mark evolver."
Cuista immediately turned around and, despite the terrifying pressure, bowed respectfully to Lin Yuan.
He had no choice.
The trial of the first star cave was to reach the black racetrack.
In other words, as long as the evolvers stepped onto the black racetrack, they would pass.
There was no restriction on them attacking each other.
Now, Cuista was using most of his strength to withstand the gravity.
With Lin Yuan exhibiting such a relaxed demeanor, it seemed his strength hadn't been affected at all.
In this situation, if Cuista dared to show any disrespect, causing Lin Yuan to take a disliking to him, Lin Yuan could easily eliminate him.
"So, this is the strength of a Gold Mark evolver."
Cuista sighed, and the dissatisfaction in his heart dissipated by a large degree.
"You're quite polite."
Lin Yuan merely glanced at Cuista and then continued walking towards the finish line.
Along the way, Lin Yuan kept overtaking one evolver after another. When the other evolvers saw him, they would usually display looks of surprise and fear, worried that Lin Yuan would take the opportunity to attack them.
Time passed.
Soon.
Lin Yuan had entered the forty-thousand-meter zone.
He had completed four-fifths of the entire black racetrack.
The gravity in this zone had reached four thousand times the normal level.
"Still manageable."
Lin Yuan maintained his speed and, up until now, still hadn't deployed his Taiji Domain. Instead, he relied solely on his physical body to withstand the gravity.
Because Fang Qing had once said that everything that happened within the Seven-Star Cave trial would fall under the watchful eyes of the Red Kun Star Master's twelve disciples.
Since the trial of the first star cave tested the physical body, Lin Yuan would use his physical body to withstand it.
This way, he wouldn't only maintain his evaluation but might even improve it.
In the forty-thousand-meter zone, there wasn't a single person in sight.
"Hmm?"
"There's someone up ahead."
After walking for a while, Lin Yuan vaguely saw a figure walking through the mist in front of him.
This person seemed to be having a hard time, taking one step and then pausing, apparently trying to adapt to the environment.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan walked forward and glanced at the person.
She was a woman with green hair, and her entire being exuded a certain ethereal aura.
Additionally, she was also a Gold Mark evolver.
"Hello."
When the green-haired woman saw Lin Yuan looking at her, her expression became slightly tense.
The gravity of over four thousand times the normal level hadn't forced her to reveal her full strength, but Lin Yuan's condition was clearly better than hers. If he suddenly attacked, she would be in serious trouble.
In other places, if she couldn't beat her opponent, she could always run away.
But within the black racetrack, with thousands of times the normal gravity pressing down, her speed was greatly reduced.
"Hello."
Lin Yuan nodded.
He continued to maintain his speed and walked towards the finish line.
Seeing this, the green-haired woman visibly relaxed.
Several hours later.
Lin Yuan smoothly completed the hundred-li racetrack and arrived at the second star cave.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan looked around.
(End of Chapter)
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