Your Talent is Mine

TL: Etude

On the 486th step.

Prince Tianxuan trembled all over, sweat pouring down as his eyes gradually grew blurry and unfocused, struggling to concentrate.

At this moment, he was enduring an unimaginable assault on his will. Even his own will seemed unable to withstand it. He wanted to step onto the 487th step, but it felt like an insurmountable chasm, as if billions of mountains were pressing down on his right foot.

“Get up there!”

Prince Tianxuan gritted his teeth and forcefully stepped onto the 487th step. Yet, as soon as he stepped onto it, a stronger will assault hit him.

This time, Prince Tianxuan couldn’t hold on and was sent flying backward.

At the foot of the mountain.

A group of Gods looked at Prince Tianxuan falling from the mountain, each of them sighing deeply.

“The Prince of Ten Thousand Laws is now at the 625th step. I thought that even if Prince Tianxuan wasn’t as good as the Prince of Ten Thousand Laws, he could at least reach the 500th step. I didn’t expect him to falter at just 487!”

“It’s not that Prince Tianxuan has a weak will, but that Prince of Ten Thousand Laws’s will is too terrifying!”

“If this were any other era, Prince Tianxuan would definitely dominate. Unfortunately, having met the Prince of Ten Thousand Laws, he can only serve as a backdrop!”

“Shush, keep it down. If you anger Prince Tianxuan, and we encounter him in the future, we could be in trouble.”

Prince Tianxuan stopped at the 487th step, while Prince Xuefeng of the Demon Race stopped at the 475th step, slightly weaker than Tianxuan but still a crushing performance compared to other princes.

At the foot of the mountain.

Prince Tianxuan, recovering from the impact of the will assault, looked towards Ye Tian, who was at the 625th step. At this moment, he was very calm, not too envious.

If he had been surpassed only once, he might have envied Ye Tian, even resented him, but being repeatedly surpassed, he had to admit the gap between himself and Ye Tian was too great.

In terms of talent and strength, he was inferior to Ye Tian, but Prince Tianxuan still harbored thoughts of surpassing Ye Tian.

“I am of the Immortal Race; our true foundation is beyond what the human race can imagine. Even if I can’t surpass Prince of Ten Thousand Laws at the True God or Great God level, with the cultivation of the Immortal Race, I still have hope to surpass him in the future,” Prince Tianxuan thought to himself.

On the steps.

Ye Tian took each step with difficulty but still managed to continue, preventing himself from falling off.

The 650th step! The 660th step! The 670th step!

When Ye Tian reached the 690th step, he was almost at his limit. Each step was incredibly challenging, and even his celestial soul was affected by the will assault.

With no choice left, Ye Tian activated his soul-enhancing talent, which barely allowed him to keep his consciousness clear and not be overwhelmed.

At this time, more and more people left to collect their rewards, but some still waited, wanting to see if Ye Tian could reach the 700th step.

As for higher steps, they didn’t believe Ye Tian could continue.

From Ye Tian’s expression and movements, they all knew he was at his limit and couldn’t continue to the higher steps.

Clearly, about 700 steps: was his limit! Gazing at the 700th step, Ye Tian’s eyes were confused, with ninety-nine percent of his will resisting the assault, and he was on the verge of collapse at any moment.

But under the force of a powerful will, he took the last step and entered the 700th step.

However, as he stepped onto the 700th step, the will assault overwhelmed him, and he fell from the mountain.

Regardless, Ye Tian had still reached the level of the 700th step.

At the foot of the mountain.

It took a while for Ye Tian to regain his will and he rested for a while.

Having seen that most others had already left, leaving only a few Gods still challenging the third round, Ye Tian also prepared to leave the third round of assessments and accept the rewards that came with it.

Wow! As soon as Ye Tian expressed his intention to leave, the spirit of the artifact transported him to a grand hall, indistinguishable from the previous one.

“Choose a reward!”

The voice of the artifact spirit came through, though its physical form did not appear.

Among the many rewards, Ye Tian casually selected one.

Wow! The sphere of light dissipated, revealing a mass of grey material.

“Space Origin!”

Ye Tian was slightly surprised. This grey material actually contained the essence of spatial origin and was of a very high grade. As a God-level practitioner with a spatial talent, he naturally could not be mistaken.

Swish! Information flowed from this grey material into his mind, detailing the uses of this treasure.

“One of the fragments of the Spatial Origin Source, it can replace the characters of Heavenly Dao of Space, aiding in the cultivation of great spatial divine abilities!”

Ye Tian’s breathing quickened. This object could aid in the cultivation of great spatial divine abilities.

He already possessed one Heavenly Dao Character of space. Now, with the addition of the Spatial Origin Fragment, he might be able to fully master the great spatial divine abilities.

“My Spear of Hellish Void, which I planned to comprehend over countless years, would take too long this way. Now, with the Spatial Origin Fragment and a Heavenly Dao Character of space, if I can master the Spear of Hellish Void, my strength will surge!”

Ye Tian excitedly stored the Spatial Origin Fragment, carefully preserving it. Once he left the Hall of Primordial Ancestry, he planned to refine it along with the Heavenly Dao Character of space and study the Spear of Hellish Void.

“Spirit, I wish to participate in the fourth round of assessments!” Ye Tian declared.

“Granted!”

The spirit activated the power of the Hall of Primordial Ancestry, instantly transporting Ye Tian to the area designated for the fourth round of assessments.

Within a vast mountain range, the roars of numerous beasts echoed around him.

At the same time, the presence of many strong beings permeated the mountain range, and sounds of battle could be heard from far distances.

Arriving in such a place, Ye Tian felt puzzled.

The voice of the artifact spirit descended: “Survive. The longer you survive, the richer the rewards!”

“Survive!” Ye Tian was slightly shocked.

He was unaware of this aspect of the challenge, and the human race had not managed to gather this information.

Just thinking about the fourth round of assessments being merely about survival, he knew the difficulty was not trivial.

Moreover, with survival time correlating with richer rewards, it implied everyone would die eventually; otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense to say longer survival leads to richer rewards.

Otherwise, if one truly died, how would they collect the rewards?

“It’s likely that just before dying, one would be transported away by the Hall of Primordial Ancestry, or perhaps this isn’t even the real world!” Ye Tian speculated.

The fourth round of assessments might not necessarily test strength but luck.

If someone with weaker abilities luckily survived till the end, they could receive substantial rewards.

Otherwise, even if one were very powerful but quickly met their demise, the rewards wouldn’t be significant.

Immediately, Ye Tian concealed his aura, even using numerous secret treasures to completely hide his presence and disguised himself as a common creature, hiding within the mountain range.

However, Ye Tian was well aware that this might not be the best strategy. If hiding alone could avoid danger, then this round of assessments would be too simple.

But, not understanding this world, he could only proceed this way for now.

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