Douluo Star, Sea God Island.
Watching Tang San undergoing his trial, the several Saint Pillars and High Priest Bo Saixi all fell into deep thought, their eyes filled with confusion.
The first trial of the Sea God's Nine Trials, Crossing the Sea God's Light.
This was the basic trial for Black-level and above assessments, and some Purple-level trials might also participate in it.
For this trial, everyone was quite familiar.
After all, even Bo Saixi's Red-level Eight Trials required climbing over two hundred steps.
But when it came to Tang San, it became climbing over one hundred and seventy steps…
All the Saint Pillars fell silent. The Black-level trials they had obtained required climbing just over a hundred steps.
And Tang San's Sea God's Nine Trials were only slightly more challenging than theirs.
Could it be that the Sea God's Nine Trials were equivalent to their Black-level trials?
"Favoritism!"
Everyone roared in their hearts, their faces showing anger, but they were helpless.
For the first time, they questioned the Sea God Poseidon. Even when the Sea God had backed down before, their faith had not wavered.
But now, knowing it was favoritism, their faith began to shake.
Before, there had been no comparison, and it hadn't involved much of their interests. But now it was different.
They too had the potential to become gods, yet they were being surpassed by a land-based spirit master…
"High Priest, I, Sea Horse, am the first to be unconvinced!"
Sea Horse Douluo couldn't hold back and shouted at Bo Saixi.
At this moment, he became the spokesperson for all the Saint Pillars.
No one was convinced!
"The Sea God must have His reasons for doing this…"
Bo Saixi's eyes flashed with confusion. Clearly, she too was shaken.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have given Sea Horse, or the other Titled Douluo, an explanation, but would have directly dealt with this "traitor."
Unconvinced?
Questioning the Sea God's decision was enough to label Sea Horse Douluo as a traitor.
"High Priest, trials like this, we can all complete. You even completed the Red-level trial, which was even more difficult…"
"Moreover, you are a descendant of the Sea God. Even if the godhood is to be inherited, it should be passed to you…"
"And not… not to you…"
At this point, Sea Dragon Douluo didn't continue. As the strongest under the High Priest, he knew more than the others.
The appearance of the Sea God's inheritor destined Bo Saixi to die…
As if thinking of something, Sea Dragon Douluo continued, "I, Sea Dragon, am also unconvinced!"
"If this kid falls into my hands, I will definitely kill him and let the Sea God see who He chose…"
But before he could finish, Bo Saixi glared at him, and with just one look, Sea Dragon stopped complaining.
"I…"
"I understand your feelings, but don't do anything foolish."
"Remember, the achievements we have today were all granted by the Sea God."
Bo Saixi said calmly, but her mind was in turmoil.
No matter the trial, Tang San would eventually face them. That was inevitable.
If they didn't hold back and went all out, it was possible to kill Tang San.
Moreover, Bo Saixi vaguely felt that Tang Chen's descendant had some issues, making her unable to suppress her killing intent.
Hearing this, everyone fell silent, their faces showing a hint of shame.
Their achievements and status today were inseparable from their own efforts and the Sea God's help.
They were not ungrateful people, and the education they received since childhood didn't allow them to betray the Sea God.
But as humans, they inevitably had selfish desires, even these Titled Douluo were no exception.
Sea Dragon even lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Bo Saixi.
Bo Saixi was like a teacher to him, but he had some inappropriate feelings for her.
Unfortunately, the flower was willing, but the stream was not.
Bo Saixi naturally knew about Sea Dragon Douluo's feelings for her, but he had arrived too late.
She also knew that Sea Dragon Douluo planned to hunt down Tang San, directly killing this godhood inheritor in the cradle.
As long as the first eight trials weren't completed, she, Bo Saixi, wouldn't die.
Bo Saixi couldn't bear to see her disciple go astray. Even if Tang San were to be killed, it should be by her own hand, not by ruining Sea Dragon Douluo's future.
Tang San, who was struggling to climb, didn't know that while the Sea God was going easy on him, it had increased the difficulty of his later trials.
After all, trials with interference and those without were two different concepts.
Take the Fire God's Nine Trials for example. Even though Zhongli could instantly kill Du Siji, making it impossible for the inheritor to last for the time of an incense stick, the Fire God still issued the task.
Not to mention whether Du Siji could last for an incense stick, even if the Fire God himself descended, plus the assistance of a God King, such a daunting task couldn't be completed.
But Du Siji completed it effortlessly.
This was the nature of tasks with interference. Whether they could be completed depended on whether the task's target was willing to let the trial-taker succeed.
As for tasks without interference, unless they were as difficult as climbing to the heavens, with perseverance and effort, there was still a chance to complete them.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu…"
"I will definitely revive you!"
Tang San's whispers seemed to suggest that reviving Xiao Wu was the reason he persisted.
The red spirit ring that belonged to Xiao Wu flickered on and off, as if the girl was sobbing.
"Brother San, don't revive me, give up on the Sea God's Nine Trials…"
"This… this trial is something no human can complete."
Xiao Wu thought to herself but didn't disturb Tang San.
Tang San's climb seemed difficult, but in reality, it was anything but simple.
Yet, he had only taken three days to reach the one hundred and third step!
Everyone only saw that Tang San's task was easy but didn't pay attention to how many days he had taken to achieve this result.
In the original timeline, when Tang San climbed to over a hundred steps, it was already three months later.
Here, he had only taken three days!
The number of steps had decreased, but the difficulty of the basic steps hadn't lessened.
Reaching this stage in just three days was enough to prove that the current Tang San was far stronger than the Tang San of the original timeline.
Others hadn't noticed this, but Tang San had.
He had only taken three days to complete more than half of the first trial. According to his prediction, he would need at most another month to complete the first trial.
Is this all there is to god trials?
Listening to Sea Horse Douluo, they had a ten-year time limit to complete the first trial. How incompetent must one be to take a full ten years to complete such a simple task?
But Tang San didn't know that for a normal eighteen-year-old, even a prodigy spirit master, their spirit power level wouldn't be too high. The strong ones might be Spirit Ancestors, and the more average ones Spirit Elders.
An eighteen-year-old Great Spirit Master could be considered a genius in some remote areas.
The gap in strength was too vast, so taking ten years to complete the task wasn't strange.
A land-based spirit master who could reach Sea God Island and undergo trials in a year, how weak could they possibly be?
This was also Poseidon's thoughtful consideration, making it fair for both sides.