In the images, Su Fu’s Three Heads and Six Arms Divine Manifestation stood tall between heaven and earth.
The shocking scene of the Fire-tipped Spear piercing through the God Mecha silenced the meeting room.
“Hiss—” Everyone gasped one after another.
“Has she practiced the Divine Manifestation to this extent?”
“This divine artifact is simply ridiculous. What level is it?!”
“Not only that,” Huangfu Yun’s expression was grave and wary, “there’s a dog beside her. I haven’t seen it before, but it can pull out the World Tree, so it’s definitely not to be underestimated.”
Olaf immediately raised his hand and said, “Just one thing. Absolutely do not arrange for me to deal with that dog!”
Everyone: “…”
‘Didn’t you want to avenge the World Tree?’
But it had to be said, a black dog that could swallow a hellhound in one bite was indeed terrifying to the extreme.
Huangfu Yun continued to display the analysis results of the God Mecha.
As the results were analyzed, everyone felt more troubled, but also more determined to take down Su Fu.
Because she was no longer a simple competitor, but a threat to the entire joint exam.
Her strength was enough to sweep across all maps.
If they didn’t unite, they could only wait to be defeated by her.
This was a life-and-death battle; there was no second path to choose.
By the end of the analysis, everyone had fallen silent because the battle was too difficult.
Just then, Achilles suddenly spoke, his gaze sharp as he looked toward Chiya and Zero: “Until now, you haven’t said what your abilities are.”
He raised his chin slightly and continued, “Since we are cooperating, we should understand each other in advance.”
This reason was indeed very reasonable.
Since they had to cooperate with each other, how could they do so without knowing each other’s abilities even now?
Everyone immediately looked at the two test takers from the Anomaly Research Institute.
Not only was Achilles curious, but they were all curious as well.
Chiya spoke indifferently, with only one word: “Copy.”
Zero glanced at Achilles and then withdrew her gaze, feeling an aura she disliked.
Hearing these words, it took a few seconds for everyone to react.
“What do you mean?”
“Copying the opponent’s abilities?”
Chiya nodded but did not explain further.
Copying…
How was this different from an Anomaly?
The way everyone looked at the two immediately changed, and waves of shock rose in their hearts.
An Anomaly was something that attempted to obtain the authority of the gods through copying!
They exchanged glances with each other, full of vigilance: “Then will you also copy our abilities?”
“To what extent can you copy?”
“What are the conditions?”
No wonder they had gone with Huangfu Yun to test Su Fu; it turned out it was to copy her abilities?
Looking at their attitude now, had they succeeded?
Achilles glanced at these two “test subjects.”
He wasn’t afraid of any copying.
Sorry, the favor of a god cannot be copied.
Just then, the voice of the God-King sounded in his ear: “Do not rush to the front. But I promise you, according to your wish, Su Fu will die.”
Achilles’ expression softened for a microsecond.
Why couldn’t he rush to the front?
Why did Zeus seem unable to take action obviously?
He vaguely guessed that there seemed to be some kind of agreement between the gods regarding humans.
Otherwise, with Zeus’s ability, killing Su Fu would be as simple as crushing an ant.
However, since the god had promised him, it meant that even if an exception was made for him, the price was acceptable to the god.
He smiled slightly.
After all, Zeus was the God-King, the Master of the Gods.
Even if He occasionally didn’t set an example, who could do anything to Him?
No god could be more powerful than the God-King.
***
Eighteen Levels of Hell.
Su Fu was originally enjoying the gossip leisurely, but when she heard the abilities of Chiya and Zero, she sat up straight.
“Good grief! It’s actually a copying ability?” She knew there was something wrong.
So they had intentionally taken a hit from her back then just to copy her ability?
‘Wasn’t this the same as the ability of an Anomaly?’
Su Fu was a bit disappointed, “The Anomaly Research Institute only researched this? Turning people into Anomalies? Learning their copying ability?”
It sounded powerful and the growth was fast, but in reality, it was equivalent to watching what others did to become an Immortal and doing the exact same thing.
On the path of China’s cultivation, one could never walk their own Dao this way.
Aside from being fast, it was full of disadvantages, and the ceiling was directly locked.
True cultivation is the understanding and creation of the Great Dao; copying is just imitating without truly understanding the essence.
The former can create infinite possibilities, while the latter can only be fixed and locked.
Moreover, there were problems with understanding.
Copying didn’t mean mastering it.
Those Anomalies knew to try and imitate the target’s actions, constantly approaching and deepening their understanding of the copied authority, thereby gradually stripping it away.
Did Chiya and Zero have that second step?
“They’re more like being used as special humanoid divine artifacts,” Su Fu analyzed, ‘The advantage is being able to copy quickly—for example, copying a powerhouse’s Heavenly Technique to reach the heavens in one step, or copying enough to possess numerous Heavenly Techniques. But in the end, it’s borrowed power, not something that truly belongs to them. They’re like copying machines without self-innovation. They can only ever be the shadow of others and can never surpass the one being copied.’
Just then, the Solar Barque had approached.
Su Fu looked up and saw a magnificent golden ship breaking through the clouds.
Carved on the prow was the eagle-headed human image of the Sun God Ra, with huge golden wings on both sides that flapped continuously as the ship moved.
The entire ship was bathed in holy golden light, like a second sun.
The Solar Barque of Ra!
On the prow deck, test takers from various divine pantheons stood in dense numbers.
They looked down from above at the “Penglai Immortal Ship” below.
They saw Su Fu lying on the prow of the ship, looking leisurely and content.
Seeing their arrival, she suddenly stood up, looking shocked.
The people on the Solar Barque felt an instant rush of satisfaction.
“Didn’t expect this, did you! You go and attack others every day, and today we’ve found your home base!”
“Look at her panicked face, hahaha!”
“So falling from the sky feels this good!”
Looking down from a high position, watching the prey in a state of panic, indeed made one feel pleasant.
Achilles smiled and raised his hand, imitating Su Fu’s former manner.
He waved at her and shouted, “Fire!”
Although these “cannonballs” were just the various attack methods of the crowd, releasing them from high above actually gave off a bit of that world-covering momentum.
However, someone suddenly discovered something was wrong.
“Wait, Su Fu… why isn’t she panicking?”
Only then did everyone discover that as countless “cannonballs” rushed toward her, she hadn’t moved at all.
Instead, she was saying something to the black dog beside her.
“What’s she saying to a dog?” someone asked in confusion.
Olaf suddenly felt a chill down his back, remembering the terrifying image of that black dog swallowing the World Tree.
“Could it be…” his voice trembled, “this ship as well…”
“It can’t be!” a test taker from the Egyptian Pantheon immediately denied.
“This is the Solar Barque of the supreme Sun God Ra of the Egyptian Pantheon! How could it possibly be swallowed?”
“Something’s wrong!” someone exclaimed, “The projectiles passed through!”
Everyone hurriedly looked over and found that it was indeed so.
The projectiles crashed down but seemed to pierce through a shadow, passing through this so-called Penglai Immortal Ship.
Moreover, they gradually discovered some extremely eerie scenes.
“Those people are too blurry. It’s like they’re always doing the same thing, just like a GIF!”
“The attacks are clearly aimed at the Immortal Ship, but why are there no shadows on it?”
“Unless… this isn’t the real Immortal Ship!”
“Then what would it be?”
“Not good!” Everyone’s expression changed.
“It’s an illusion! This isn’t an Immortal Ship at all; it’s an illusion Su Fu created for us!”
At the same time, within the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
Su Fu patted the Howling Celestial Dog and pointed to the golden Solar Barque in the sky: “Do you see that ship? Swallow that ship.”
“Woof woof!” The Howling Celestial Dog wagged its tail excitedly, eager to try.
“It actually contains the sun’s authority!”
If it ate it, it could directly advance by a major realm, and the authority of the Sun-Swallowing Divine Lord would increase by another notch!
No wonder the master sent it down.
The Howling Celestial Dog grinned.
It turned out there was such a good opportunity waiting for it.
“Hehe, here I come!”
On the Solar Barque, everyone looked down in terror.
They saw that the black dog, which had been of ordinary size, suddenly expanded its body.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant beast that blotted out the sun!
It opened its massive canine mouth and swallowed toward the Solar Barque.
Everyone finally realized what it was going to do and cried out one after another: “Run! It’s going to eat the ship!”
The test takers were like dumplings being dropped into a pot as they jumped off the ship in terror, fleeing madly.
Turning back during their jump, they saw the golden Solar Barque being swallowed in one bite by that celestial dog’s abyss-like mouth, and even the piercing sunlight disappeared along with it.
“Oh god! No!”
“What kind of monster is this!”
Ra’s Solar Barque… was just gone?
As simple as gnawing on a bone?
But they soon couldn’t see anything.
All the falling test takers fell heavily to the ground, smashing into thick, viscous blood mud.
A dense scent of blood rushed toward them.
Shrieks of agony came from the distance, making one’s hair stand on end.
They looked up and saw countless figures whose bodies were pierced by iron chains and nailed to pillars.
Horrific iron nails and torture instruments were everywhere.
“Where is this…” someone asked, trembling.
All questions were answered.
Su Fu’s gentle voice sounded from all directions: “Welcome, everyone, to this Chinese map. This is—”
“Fengdu Underworld: Eighteen Levels of Hell.”