The lightning raged for nearly a shichen before its power slowly began to weaken.
“Rumble, rumble, rumble!”
As the lightning surrounding the ancient palace weakened, a total of eight teleportation portals emerged above the hall.
“The entrance has appeared. This young master shall take his leave first.”
“Hahaha! This prince has studied the secrets of the Thunder Ancestor Hall for decades. Today, I will definitely take away a core heritage.”
The moment the eight teleportation portals appeared, the group of Immortal Realm geniuses beside Ye Lin excitedly flew forward, holding their heritage keys.
“Buzz!”
With the heritage keys, the terrifying lightning surrounding the hall did not attack them.
Seeing this, Ye Lin also held his heritage key and blended in with the crowd, stepping into the rightmost teleportation portal.
Accompanied by a sensation of spatial weightlessness, Ye Lin and dozens of Immortal Realm geniuses were teleported to a stone platform.
On the stone platform stood a white jade stone pillar carved with lightning-like patterns, which was used to test talent in the first trial.
【Ding! You are the first among the billions of Blue Planet players to open the Immortal Realm heritage instance. You have triggered a special reward. The reward has been sent to your game space. Please check it at your convenience.】
As soon as Ye Lin entered the Thunder Ancestor Hall, the game prompt rang in his ears.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
At this moment, after arriving on the stone platform, everyone placed their hands on the stone pillar to test without hesitation.
Without a doubt, every single one of them lit up with dazzling golden light, and all sorts of visions manifested one after another.
When it was Ye Lin's turn, the scene was not weak at all, and was even stronger than the visions conjured by several of the geniuses.
After all, his Chaos Spiritual Root had already upgraded to the Immortal-grade. Since the Chaos Spiritual Root was one of the top talents of the same tier, it was only natural that the vision it brought was even more terrifying.
After the testing, everyone passed the first trial.
Another wave of teleportation washed over them, and their group of eleven was teleported to eleven different arenas.
On each arena, there was a humanoid phantom whose cultivation level corresponded exactly to the challenger, and even their Spiritual Root was identical.
“Boom!”
The moment he stepped onto the arena, the phantom in front of him launched an attack on Ye Lin. Furthermore, its method of attack was actually his Saint-grade sword technique 《Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay》, paired with the 'Mountain and River Intent' that could boost attack power by tenfold.
“You've got some skills, but not much,” Ye Lin thought. Looking at the phantom charging at him, he didn't even need to cast any techniques.
With a simple punch, he directly dispersed the attacking humanoid phantom.
After all, the strength of the phantom simulated by the arena was only at the level of an Immortal-grade Chaos Spiritual Root. It couldn't even replicate his God-grade Ancestral Phoenix Bloodline, let alone the Dao seed he had condensed from practicing a Taboo-grade cultivation method.
In other words, this phantom's basic combat power was only 100 times, while he had a whopping 480 times basic combat power. Being just 10 times higher was enough to completely crush an opponent, yet he was a full 380 times higher than the phantom. It was only natural and logical that he could disperse it with a casual strike.
“Holy crap! Which family's genius is that brother? His combat power is terrifying!”
“Incredible! Even I, Niu Zhuangzhuang, am not as awesome as him.”
The geniuses in the distance who were still locked in fierce combat with their phantoms were all dumbfounded when they saw Ye Lin defeat his phantom so easily.
After quickly using their trump cards to defeat their phantoms, everyone curiously gathered around him to ask about his background.
“The Young Hall Master of Heaven's Punishment Hall, Li Feiyu.” Facing everyone's inquiries, Ye Lin stated his 'background' without batting an eye.
“So you are a fellow Daoist from Heaven's Punishment Hall. A pleasure to meet you, a pleasure indeed.”
Upon hearing the name Heaven's Punishment Hall, everyone was completely blank, but the Immortal Realm was vast, filled with countless hidden families and ancient sects, so it was normal that they had never heard of it.
This did not stop them from flattering Ye Lin at all. Whether they had heard of it or not didn't matter; any faction capable of nurturing a genius with such terrifying combat power was bound to be extraordinary.
“Buzz!”
After all eleven of them passed the second trial, everyone was once again teleported into a classic, elegant study room.
On the desk in front of each person sat a sheet of paper and a writing brush.
The same question was written on every sheet of paper: Potatoes and spuds, which one tastes better?
“1: Potatoes taste better.”
“2: Spuds taste better.”
“3: They taste the same.”
“4: Neither tastes good.”
Seeing this question, everyone was utterly bewildered, because they had no idea what kind of natural treasures potatoes and spuds were.
“According to past experience in passing these trials, the correct answer is often the most ridiculous one.”
“In other words, we can directly rule out the first and second options right now. We can only gamble on either the third or the fourth option.”
A genius who had done extensive research on the Thunder Ancestor Hall immediately offered his judgment.
Hearing this, the other geniuses also felt he made a lot of sense. After some agonizing, they made their choices between the third and fourth options.
But while this was a question that required luck for the other geniuses, Ye Lin only needed one glance to know the correct answer.
Weren't potatoes and spuds just the exact same food? Just like corn and maize.
Therefore, he decisively chose the third option: They taste the same.
“Buzz!”
As everyone made their choices, seven beams of teleportation light lit up, and four people were eliminated.
“Unbelievable. I actually felt the third option was correct just now. I had already selected it, but in the end, I changed it to the fourth.”
“Me too. Sigh, although the results aren't ideal, being able to get the rewards from the first two trials means it wasn't a wasted trip.”
Watching Ye Lin and the others get teleported to the fourth trial, the four eliminated geniuses sighed and were teleported to their respective treasuries to choose their heritages.
On the other side, after a brief teleportation, Ye Lin and the others arrived at a place resembling a modern school stadium. On the stadium stood a statue dressed in bizarre attire, holding a basketball.
Then, a light screen appeared in front of each of them, displaying yet another multiple-choice question.
The question read: Based on the situation in front of you, select the answer you think is the most unreasonable.
“1: Ayo, what are you doing?”
“2: Practiced for two and a half years”
“3: I'm really not a hater”
“4: Listening to a cotton-fluffing song”
Faced with another bizarre and wild multiple-choice question, the other six people felt their heads spinning. They felt that none of the options matched the scene before them.
When Ye Lin saw this scene, his lips couldn't help but twitch.
He really wanted to complain: Seriously, bro? You've transmigrated, and you're still obsessed with the 'two and a half years' meme?
With such a simple question, Ye Lin naturally made his selection instantly.
Seeing him make his choice, the others also grit their teeth and made their respective selections.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
In the end, including Ye Lin, only three people passed the fourth trial.
“I'm seriously done. What kind of ridiculous questions are these?”
The four eliminated people were somewhat exasperated, but in the end, they could only be teleported to their corresponding locations to select their heritages.
The fifth trial was a massive square. On the square stood an extremely elegant white jade statue. The statue held a wine cup in its left hand and a long sword in its right, looking exactly like a sword immortal.
All the geniuses who had entered from different teleportation portals earlier and managed to reach the fifth trial were teleported here.
From the original hundred or so people, only thirty-two remained.
The question for this trial was: Seeing this scene, you must also want to recite a poem. Please write a line of poetry that fits the current scene.
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