Chapter 3540: Dark CorrosionEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Die!"

Gu Er shouted. His figure suddenly accelerated as he shot out from within the holy barrier, forcefully enduring the erosion of the dark breath as he charged forward. He swung his heavy hammer and smashed it fiercely against the body of the dark-corrosive dragon.

"Bang!"

The dark-corrosive dragon was struck and forced backward.

At some point, Ethan appeared beside the dark-corrosive dragon. His longsword pierced into the center of the dark core.

The dark core was penetrated by the longsword. It continuously spewed black fog, contracting and expanding, until with a boom it completely shattered before everyone’s eyes.

The darkness slowly dissipated.

"Tch! That’s all? They said the trial was difficult. I haven’t even finished warming up, and it’s already over."

Gu Er curled his lips disdainfully.

He felt that he was in excellent condition that day. Swinging the holy hammer in his hand felt effortless, and even his use of holy power had strengthened considerably compared to before.

Ethan felt the same.

However, he understood more clearly that this improvement was likely due to some kind of enhancement effect.

He could not help but glance back at Fang Heng behind him.

From beginning to end, Fang Heng had not made a move other than releasing enhancement skills from the rear.

Several God Clan members following behind the squad had a similar feeling.

The speed and quality of their holy power condensation had both improved noticeably, but they only thought it was because they were in good condition that day.

The dark core shattered and scattered across the ground.

In the shadows, the two Dark Clan members remained hidden, secretly observing the actions of the God Clan squad.

During normal trials, they would more or less hold back depending on their mood.

But today was different. This group was exceptionally strong.

Gareth had even consciously withdrawn a portion of his strength, worried that the dark core would suffer further damage.

"Mm."

Ethan did not notice anything unusual. He withdrew his gaze from the dark core and looked toward the stone tablet at the center of the temple.

"This should be the holy stone tablet. After spiritually binding to the stone tablet, one can obtain the blessing of the power of Holy Faith."

"As the leader of the squad, I will claim ownership of the stone tablet. Does anyone have objections?"

As Ethan spoke, his gaze swept over everyone. "If anyone objects, you may speak up. I can accept a fair one-on-one duel."

The Faith God Court would provide a reward to the first team to pass the trial. There was only one reward, and the trial team would decide among themselves who would receive it.

In the vast majority of cases, the reward belonged to the captain.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

"Hahaha."

Gu Er rested the holy hammer on his shoulder, breaking the silence with a laugh. "Ethan, don’t be so modest. If it weren’t for your Eye of God seeing through the darkness just now, how would we have found the dark core so easily? If anyone dares to disagree, I’ll beat him up for you first!"

Hearing Gu Er’s words, Ethan felt quite pleased and could not help but show a faint smile.

"Then I won’t refuse."

Seeing that no one objected, Ethan prepared to step forward.

"Wait a moment."

Everyone turned to look at Fang Heng, who had maintained little presence.

When Gu Er saw Fang Heng stepping out at this moment, he felt greatly displeased.

During the fight, this kid had barely shown any presence. Now that it was time to divide the spoils, he was the first to jump out.

"What? You’ve got an objection?"

"No, you misunderstand." Fang Heng gently shook his head. He simply pointed toward a fragment of the dark core that had fallen to the ground not far from Ethan and said, "I just wanted to say, the trial doesn’t seem to be over yet."

As he spoke, Fang Heng hid his face beneath his hood, and the Eye of God in his right eye rotated rapidly.

Hm!?

Everyone looked toward the dark core fragments on the ground. They saw that the fragments, which had already fallen to the floor, began to emit layers of black fog once again.

"Whoosh!!!"

In an instant, the dark core rapidly flew into midair and condensed once more into a complete core.

What the hell!

Gareth and Garrett, who were hiding in the shadows and controlling the dark core, were stunned.

In just a single moment, the dark core completely broke free from their control!

"What’s going on?"

"No idea! We can’t control it!"

The two of them condensed hand seals in front of themselves, attempting to regain control over the dark core.

But they could not do it!

The dark core had completely lost control!

A layer of cold sweat emerged on their foreheads as they watched helplessly while the dark core floated in midair, slowly releasing a terrifying aura of death.

Thick black ghostly death fog once again spread outward, gradually enveloping the entire temple space.

Had the dark-corrosive dragon revived?

"Fall back, form up!"

Ethan sensed the terrifying aura of death overflowing from the dark core. His expression turned grave, "It might be Phase Two. Be careful!"

"Whoosh!!"

Several shadow serpents, several times smaller than before, shot out from the darkness and charged toward them.

The Eye of God at Ethan’s brow stared at the heads of the serpents. It was as if he had seen something terrifying, and his expression changed drastically.

Their size had shrunk several times, but the degree of condensed death power was hundreds of times greater than before!

"Perfect timing!"

Gu Er had not yet realized how dangerous the serpent heads were. He shouted and swung his massive hammer straight at the dark-corrosive dragon.

"Boom!!!"

Violent, dark death breath exploded at the very moment the heavy hammer fell!

Gu Er felt a heavy blow to his chest. He was blasted backward, and a mouthful of blood spilled from his lips.

"Gu Er!"

"He’s fine! Don’t worry about him! Prepare to face the enemy!"

Ethan shouted.

There was no time to rescue a companion. The terrifying shadow of death was already pressing down upon them.

Everyone could sense something horrifying hidden within the darkness.

"Quick! Condense the barrier!"

At his words, everyone swiftly formed hand seals in front of themselves.

Holy barriers unfolded before them.

Even before the dark-corrosive dragon rolling within the aura of death made contact, layers of black fog had already begun to steam off the surface of the holy barriers.

Large beads of sweat continuously streamed down Ethan’s forehead.

The squad pushed their mental strength to the limit!

They could not block it at all!

How had its strength increased so drastically in an instant?

The monster hidden within the aura of death had not even fully revealed itself, yet they were already unable to hold on.

It was only a trial.

There was no need to go this far, was there?

"Boom!"

In the next moment, the terrifying dark-corrosive dragon emerged from the shadows and crashed heavily into the barrier.

The entire barrier shattered in less than half a second.

At the same time, the dark-corrosive dragon exploded. The bursting aura of death blasted all the God Clan trial participants away, slamming them heavily against the temple wall behind them. Undead aura rapidly attached itself to their bodies.

"D*mn it!"

Gareth and Garrett felt their scalps go numb.

The dark core had lost control!

If something happened to these young ancestors of the God Clan, what were they supposed to do? Yet they could not control the dark core. They could only hope that nothing had happened to these God Clan youths.

Fortunately.

The dark-corrosive dragon did not continue its pursuit and instead slowly dissipated.

The undead black fog in the hall gradually dispersed as well.

Hm?

Was someone still fine?

Gareth and Garrett’s hearts skipped a beat.

Amid the dispersing darkness, one young member of the God Clan still stood calmly in place. He did not even pay attention to his injured companions. Instead, he raised a hand toward the dark core in midair.

The dark core stopped releasing its aura and slowly flew toward his palm.

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