Episode 351

“The Grave of the Gods Challenge was originally an ordinary Level B Challenge. One of mine obtained this key after completing the Challenge, and it is able to restart the Challenge. He said that after he completed the Challenge, he discovered that as long as you can get through one of the contraptions in the Challenge, a completely mind-shattering change could occur.”

“So, after getting this key, I put in a lot of work to gather information from various Challenges, and based on everything I’ve heard from a large number of owners, I have finally confirmed that once you get through that contraption, not only would the grave itself change, but the change would be absolutely terrifying. We would… begin the Handbook’s very first Heaven Level Challenge,” Natasha’s own voice began to tremble slightly. She clearly found her own words incredulous.

Su Jin’s eyes widened. Heaven Level Challenges? He had gone through several extremely difficult Challenges, and he was also the first one to go through and survive an Earth Level one. But he simply couldn’t imagine what a Heaven Level one would be like. He couldn’t imagine what sorts of dangers it would contain.

Shen Wu continued where she left off, “I’ve done research on Heaven Level Challenges too… apparently, once these Challenges begin, it means that someone has become a god. The owners will be able to find a way to become gods, and can become gods right away. That’s why we’re looking for high-level owners to join us on this journey. You’ve heard the lineup. Are you willing to join us now?”

Su Jin did not hesitate and nodded slightly as he said, “Alright then. You guys do need a powerful psychokinetic owner.”

Natasha broke into a smile as she stretched her hand toward Su Jin. “Excellent. Just like you said, we do need a powerful psychokinetic owner. So, everything that happened between us before this is settled, right?”

Su Jin looked at Shen Wu, and they both said at the same time, “No.”

Neither wanted things to be settled just like that. Su Jin wanted to avenge Ye Yun, so Shen Wu could forget about living a peaceful life after what he had done to Ye Yun. Shen Wu’s thinking was even simpler – anyone who dared to attack his planet had to be punished.

Natasha sighed as she looked at the both of them and said, “That won’t do. You must understand that we are about to face a Heaven Level Challenge. If the two of you cannot put your differences aside and work together, the only thing awaiting us will be death.”

Su Jin and Shen Wu continued to stare at each other, but Shen Wu broke his silence first, “I know how to judge what is more important at any time. I promise to fully cooperate with Su Jin during this Challenge, and I will put away our differences for now. But once it’s over… we’re still going to fight to the very death!”

Su Jin smiled. He realized that he suddenly had some admiration for Shen Wu now. So, he said, “I will promise the same. I will promise to do everything within my means to work with Shen Wu, but after the Challenge ends, we will still not be friends.”

Natasha laughed sadly and made a face, “I really don’t get you men, but I believe both of you are men who stick to your promises. I can trust both of you, right?”

“Of course,” they replied in unison.

Natasha still felt like she was playing with fire. These two men were definitely powerful, but if they decided to turn on each other during the Challenge, then they were doomed. The good part was that they could leave anytime during a Challenge started by a guiding object, but the bad part was that if they missed this chance, they might miss their best shot at becoming gods.

But Natasha didn’t have a better plan. This was the best lineup she could get. The ones ranked at #2 and #6 never revealed their whereabouts and she simply couldn’t find them, which meant that the five here were the most formidable ones she could gather.

They had to make a lot of preparations before facing this Heaven Level Challenge, including understanding each other’s battle techniques and forming strategies, so Natasha deliberately left her own team and formed a new team she called Team Road to Godhood.

Before long, Durand and Oscar appeared as well, and the five of them together formed the full team. The team ranked at the top of the list was originally Durand’s Team Infinity, but it fell from first place immediately after Team Road to Godhood was formed.

That was a really terrifying thing in itself. The ranking of teams was not only based on the capabilities of each owner in the team, but also the cooperation between them and the Challenges they had gone through together. Team Road to Godhood had never gone through any Challenges together, yet it claimed the top spot instantly. That meant that the team could ignore all other teams. Other teams were no match for them.

Natasha opened a training area, then called everyone together and got each one to introduce themselves. But before that, she said, “Let me just say a few things first. Our aim is the same, which is to become gods. So, I hope we don’t hide anything from each other, otherwise it could become a hindrance to achieving our aim.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. But of course, everyone also knew that was merely an ideal. Anybody at their level would have a couple of ultimate moves that they would not tell anybody about unless they absolutely had to.

As the owner ranked right at the top of the list, Durand introduced himself first. He was a Caucasian man in his thirties, with a dominance in his eyes that was possible only because he had been standing at the top of society for a long time. Such a person might not have experienced failure before, and his life was only filled with victories.

But Durand was also definitely not the sort who would lose all hope immediately after experiencing failure. He had already understood the meaning of life, and to a certain extent, Durand had been hoping to fail once. Not on purpose, of course – he hoped to use this one failure to experience the full spectrum of life. And Durand also believed that as long as he had gone through that experience and felt it for himself, he could become stronger and could even use that to become a god without the help of anything else.

“I am Durand, my Spirit Power is an immortal body,” said Durand as he took a knife and stabbed it into his own heart. But the moment he pulled it out, his wound healed by itself. After that, he used a knife to lop his own head off. The decapitated head started rotting immediately after it hit the floor, but a new head grew from his neck. Su Jin didn’t even notice it had already grown.

“My Spirit Power weapon, Sword from the Rock!” Durand retrieved a sword from his Handbook. Everyone could see a powerful wave inside the sword, as though a mighty spirit lived in the blade.

After that, Durand said, “There are a few other aspects that would require us to practice together, or rather, you will understand better after a little sparring.”

Everyone understood and nodded. Natasha went next, “I’m Natasha, and everyone calls me the Dragon King because I’m able to turn into the legendary Jade Dragon King.” Natasha’s body started growing exponentially after she said those words, and transformed into a gigantic dragon within seconds.

After that, Natasha reverted to her usual state and retrieved two daggers from her Handbook. “These are my Spirit Power weapons, Double Dragon Teeth. Just like Durand, you’ll understand the rest after we exchange a few blows.”

“I’m Shen Wu, my Spirit Power is the ability to control heat,” said Shen Wu. He tapped the air randomly and a chilly wind started to blow. He tapped the air again, and the wind began to heat up. In just one second, Shen Wu had been able to change the temperature around them drastically.

“I don’t use Spirit Power weapons, because I’m the best weapon. There’s no need for me to use anything else,” said Shen Wu in a matter-of-fact manner.

Oscar saw that Shen Wu was done and said, “I’m Oscar, my Spirit Power is controlling shadows.”

“Controlling shadows?” Su Jin was interested.

Oscar glanced at Su Jin, then asked, “Why, have you seen someone with a similar Spirit Power before?”

“Yup, one of my friends has the same Spirit Power,” Su Jin nodded.

“Oh, I see. We can talk about it later,” Oscar seemed rather chatty.

Su Jin was about to nod when he suddenly felt someone behind him. He turned to see that it was Oscar, but he was also sure that there was one Oscar in front of him. After that, one Oscar appeared beside each person.

“That’s my Spirit Power. Each one has 80% of my capabilities,” said Oscar.

Su Jin was stunned. Situ Jin had a similar skill, but his clones only carried 30% of his capabilities. Oscar’s had a whopping 80%.

After that, Oscar retrieved a spear and said, “Blood Shadow Spear, an Earth Level Spirit Power weapon!” He then looked at Su Jin to show that he was done and Su Jin could start introducing himself.