Chapter Thirteen: The Final Trial [One]

  "Arrogant Heaven, this is your first trial. Later, I will use the Supreme Law to take you to a place. As long as you can come out from there, you will pass the first trial. Are you ready?"

  "Yes, senior."

  "Alright, follow me," he said with a wave of his hand. Ao Tian and Xue Yu Wang both disappeared, and in the next second, two figures had already appeared inside the Blood Prison Hall. In the deepest part of the Blood Prison Hall, a stone door made of bluestone was wide open.

  "Arrogant Heaven, this is the Blood Prison Palace. As long as you walk out of that green stone gate in front of you, it's considered that you've passed."

  "Alright, I will definitely pass." Unconsciously, a domineering aura emanated from Ao Tian's body, causing even the Blood Prison King to be taken aback. As he spoke, Ao Tian had already stepped through the blue stone gate.

  The huge stone gate slammed shut with a loud "bang", fortunately Ao Tian reacted quickly and jumped out of the way, narrowly avoiding being crushed by the door.

  "Whoa, that was close! I almost became a pancake!" He wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked ahead. The stone gate in front of him had already closed tightly, trapping him inside the grand hall! "Don't worry, it's okay, I'll definitely find a way out." Ao Tian comforted himself.

  "Right!" A voice that was all too familiar came from behind Ao Tian. "You can leave this place as long as you defeat me!"

  "This voice...... This voice is...... Impossible......" A bad premonition flashed through Ao Tian's mind, he suddenly turned around, but the person standing in front of him was......

  "Grandfather!" Ao Tian exclaimed. Now it was Ao Tian's turn to be surprised. "How did you end up here?!" Ao Tian was overjoyed at this moment, thinking he would never see his grandfather again, but now he saw him right in front of him. How could he not be happy? He eagerly ran towards his grandfather, only to see his grandfather raise his sword and point it at him.

  "Defeat me and you can leave this place." Grandfather said expressionlessly.

  "What's going on?" A smile froze on Ao Tian's face as he looked at what was happening in front of him, a little disbelieving.

  “……What did that sentence just now mean?” he asked in surprise. “Just as you heard, defeat me and you can leave this place.” However, Grandfather's familiar face had an exceptionally cold expression, and at the same time, he also assumed a battle-ready stance. Ao Tian had never seen Grandfather look like this before, and involuntarily took several steps back.

  "Stop joking, Grandfather. Why should I fight you?" At this time, Ao Tian's heart was full of doubts. Why was he here? Why did his grandfather want to duel with him? What was going on? Was he dreaming?

  "Ouch!" Ao Tian cried out in pain as he pinched his own face. He immediately calmed down and told himself, "This isn't a dream! But what's going on? Why would Grandfather...?" He shook his head, "No, Grandfather wouldn't attack me! Something must have happened... Maybe he was controlled by the Blood Hell King..." As he thought this, Ao Tian's eyes became determined. "Yes, that must be it! He must have been controlled by the Blood Hell King! I must... I must save Grandfather and turn him back to normal!"

  As he spoke, Ao Tian began to gather the yuan energy around him, preparing to use the only move his grandfather had ever taught him to save him. However, his hands trembled involuntarily at this time, "No way, I can't fight with Grandpa! I won't be able to do it!"

  "It seems you're ready." The voice devoid of emotion echoed again, so familiar yet so strange. At this moment, the aura inside the stone gate began to dissipate, replaced by an abnormally fierce evil energy. Ao Tian knew that his grandfather was about to launch an attack on him.

  Grandfather rushed towards him. Just as the sharp blade was about to hurt himself, he hastily used the teleportation technique he had just learned to retreat to the other side, and at the same time, he used the prepared Tian Di Yuan Qi to create an illusory sword. At this moment, Grandfather's attack also arrived on his side, and he hurriedly used Yun Jian to block it. The swords clashed, emitting dazzling sparks. Grandfather retreated backward, only to immediately launch another attack. In an instant, they had exchanged dozens of moves. His attacks were so swift that Ao Tian could barely parry them! The two swords entwined, one real and one fake, with only the cold metallic clashing sounds echoing in the vast stone gate. That sound was like the shattering of all his beautiful memories into millions of pieces in Ao Tian's heart!

  In the midst of clashing swords, Ao Tian's heart began to feel bewildered. Why did Grandfather become like this? Everything changed too suddenly, making it impossible for him to accept! If he was really being controlled by the Blood Hell King, then how could he make Grandfather recover without hurting him? And at this time, Grandfather's attacks were so fierce, how should I respond?!

  A flash of white light! The sharp sword stabbed fiercely into Ao Tian's shoulder, and he let out a pained cry as he jumped back. Fresh blood flowed from his shoulder, dyeing Ao Tian's white clothes red. He retreated backwards, the wound on his shoulder burning with pain, as if reminding him to counterattack.

  "No way! I won't be able to fight Grandpa! I'm afraid of hurting him!" Ao Tian cried out in anguish, tears streaming down his face and falling to the ground.

  "Is that all the power you have? Even if you've reached the level of a Dou Zhan, you can't even bring out its true strength! You're not worthy of cultivating the truth!" He said as he walked towards him with an air of arrogance, raising his sword again. "Those who cannot wield their power, die!"

  Audacious dodged Grandfather's attack, but couldn't swing his sword at him. He had to think of a way to temporarily evade Grandfather. "I'll hide for now, I can't attack Grandfather, but at least during this time, I can think about what to do?" Audacious used the hiding technique and hid his figure, while Grandfather, unable to find Audacious, retreated back to the center of the main hall, still expressionless.

  "What's going on with Grandfather?... No, that's not right... didn't Grandfather already pass away? Grandfather never used a sword, did he? Grandfather wasn't..." A string of questions floated into Ao Tian's mind. "Ah, it must be like this, because I miss Grandfather so much, I even forgot that he's already dead. But Grandfather was a cultivator, right? It's normal for him to come back to life after death... Heaven, what should I do?" At this time, Ao Tian had fallen into an unusual state of confusion. Meanwhile, outside the stone gate in the Blood Prison Palace, the Blood Prison King muttered to himself, "Ao Tian, please forgive me for using your grandfather as a test subject. I did this to help you move on from your grandfather's death, and I hope you can understand my good intentions!"

  At this time, Ao Tian inside the stone gate was breathing rapidly, the wound on his shoulder burning with pain, making it impossible for him to calm down and face everything. His hand grasping the Yuanqi Huanhua sword trembled incessantly, he knew that this sword contained infinite power, as long as he swung it at Grandfather, he could kill Grandfather.

  However, I cannot draw my sword against Grandfather. He thought, "Grandfather is the person I care about most, how can I be an enemy with him? But I have to get out of here, only then can I pass the Blood Hell King's test... Wait a minute... Test? Yes... This is just a test... How could I forget that? I'm so stupid, he's not Grandfather." As he spoke, he removed his stealth technique and stood in front of the stone gate, motionless, staring at Grandfather. At this moment, he discovered a problem that further solidified his idea that it wasn't Grandfather. That is, he... had no shadow! In this brightly lit great hall, he didn't have a shadow, as if... a ghost. At this time, Ao Tian had already completely understood everything, carefully looking at the 'Grandfather' in the great hall, with an expressionless face, holding a sword in his hand, all of these things had proven one fact: this person... was not Grandfather, but rather a phantom created by Blood Hell King.

  All of this is just a test, testing whether one's mind is firm.

  Knowing the truth, Ao Tianwei smiled slightly and felt an unprecedented calmness in his heart: "Great, it turns out that all of this was just a test, everything was fake. Grandfather didn't want to kill me..."

  The sword that had been conjured up by Yuan Qi in his hand had already disappeared, and he had silently made up his mind to use the technique taught by his grandfather to defeat this illusion.

  Taking a deep breath, he ignored the pain of his wound and focused on "Grandfather", "He's not Grandfather." He told himself again, "He's an illusion created by Blood Hell King using my memories! If I defeat him, I can leave this place and pass the test."

  His eyes were filled with determination. He raised his hand, and it no longer trembled.

  What is strength? Strength is being firm in one's beliefs and not being perplexed.

  What is strength? Strength means being unyielding and advancing bravely towards one's goals.

  He no longer hesitated, no longer wandered, and lightly spat out a few words, "The heavens have no bounds, the Zi Xiao divine thunder appears"

  As a low hum filled the air, a large amount of lightning threads gathered above the grand hall, slowly converging into thick pillars of lightning that shot towards the direction of the phantom. At this moment, the phantom's expression was one of unease, but Pei Tian's movements became even more decisive, abandoning all confusion and unease. In this instant, he had only one thought: "Kill him!"

  "Boom", the thunder pillar had already struck down, and before he could react, the thunder pillar instantly submerged his body, his body disappeared like flying ash in the great hall. At the same time, the Qing stone gate also opened. Ao Tian slowly walked out, facing a Blood Prison King with a shocked expression.

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