CHAPTER 306: CHAPTER 306: PASSING THE ELEMENTAL TRIAL, STUCK AT BUA

The system message popped up, but Johnnie didn’t care. He looked at the items dropped by the Luminous Spirit.

There was one Light Spiritual Stone. After absorbing it, it would help improve his understanding of the Light Elemental Gift.

Johnnie picked it up casually and didn’t rush to absorb it. He kept moving forward.

Zzz...

A bright light flashed ahead, and another Luminous Spirit appeared.

Johnnie quickly switched to his Void Sword and used the Cosmic Eclipse Blade to kill it.

He was now at Stage 6, Level 10. Killing these monsters before advancing no longer gave any experience.

But using the Cosmic Eclipse Blade could increase his physical damage and attack speed by 1 point each.

[Ding, you killed a Stage 9 Light Slime. Cosmic Eclipse Blade passive activated. Physical damage +1, attack speed +1...]

More system messages kept popping up. More Luminous Spirits appeared around him, but they were no match for his attacks.

He could kill one with just two strikes.

The ground was covered with Light Spiritual Stones.

Johnnie didn’t rush to pick them up. He just kept killing the Luminous Spirits that kept coming.

"Uh, that’s it?"

Soon, the last one was killed, and no more monsters appeared.

Johnnie counted in his mind. There were probably less than 2,000 Luminous Spirits.

He stopped thinking about it and cleaned up the battlefield. In total, he collected 1,888 Light Spiritual Stones.

Exactly enough to bring his Light Gift understanding to 100% and unlock the Law of Light.

It looked like this was all the monsters that would appear here.

"Wait, wasn’t there supposed to be an Elemental Heart here?" Johnnie thought back to Pitiless’s words. Did that woman lie to him?

If that was true, then Maiev and Benz might not pass the test.

But even if they failed, there was no real danger.

Johnnie looked at the Light Spiritual Stones in his hand and started to absorb them.

[Ding, you absorbed a Light Spiritual Stone. Light Gift understanding +2%, current 30%]

[Ding, you absorbed a Light Spiritual Stone. Light Gift understanding +1%, current 31%]

...

[Ding, you absorbed a Light Spiritual Stone. Light Gift understanding +0.01%, current 100%]

[You have mastered the Law of Light. Current understanding of Light Law: 1%]

...

Soon, Johnnie absorbed over a thousand Light Spiritual Stones and successfully unlocked the Law of Light.

But he didn’t have any Light-based skills, so his power didn’t increase much.

"It doesn’t seem like a big improvement compared to the first trial." Johnnie said quietly to himself. He still had 15 Light Spiritual Stones left. Absorbing them wouldn’t give any more benefits, so he just put them away and kept going.

Now that he had mastered the Law of Light, he probably had already passed the test.

The passage was deep and dark, with strong Light Energy flowing around, but no more Luminous Spirits showed up.

Johnnie felt a little disappointed. This second trial was much easier than the first one, and the rewards were much less.

Although he had unlocked the Light Law, he wasn’t satisfied.

He wanted to improve the Eight Desolations Body-Tempering Art and the Lich Bloodline.

But this Light Energy didn’t do any damage.

He kept walking forward and soon saw a small light in the distance. It looked like the exit.

"Did I already pass?" Johnnie quickened his pace.

But when he got closer, he realized it wasn’t an exit at all. It was a much stronger Luminous Spirit — a Half-God level one.

"Roar!" The monster let out a loud cry, and countless beams of light shot down, attacking wildly.

Johnnie frowned and didn’t take it lightly. He immediately used Vajra Indestructibility.

Clang! Clang!

Golden light surrounded his body, and the light beams kept hitting him. The golden light shook, and the sound of metal hitting metal echoed around.

-1,426,000

-1,631,000

...

Damage numbers kept flashing on Johnnie’s head. Each beam dealt over a million health points of damage.

His current health was only around 40 million. He couldn’t last long.

"Multi-Sword Technique!" He thought quickly and activated the Multi-Sword Technique.

Zzz...

The Intent of the Sword buzzed, and thousands of sword beams appeared, along with flashes of purple lightning.

Johnnie held his Void Sword and charged forward.

Combined with the life-draining effect from the Void Sword and the Dragon Patterned Sword, his health started to recover quickly.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of thunder echoed, and lightning bolts rained down. The Luminous Spirit cried out in pain as its light energy broke apart, and its health dropped quickly.

At this point, Johnnie’s strength was more than enough to defeat a Half-God-level enemy.

"Roar!"

With a sharp, painful scream, the Luminous Spirit was instantly killed.

[Ding, you have defeated a Half-God Luminous Spirit. Four basic attributes increased by 10,000 points]

[God-killing power activated. Your own attributes permanently increased by 10%]

[You have passed the Light Elemental Trial]

...

More system messages appeared, and Johnnie’s power had increased a lot again.

"Ah, so killing these Half-God monsters is what counts as passing the test." Johnnie said quietly to himself. He checked the items dropped by the Luminous Spirit.

There was a divine essence, a Light Law Stone, and an Elemental Heart.

"Sure enough, there’s an Elemental Heart." he said, looking at the heart in his hand. He hesitated for a moment but didn’t use it right away.

He decided to save it for The Red Carp.

If she absorbed the Elemental Heart, she could learn the Wind Element, use the Skywind Sword, and her strength would improve a lot — maybe even enough to fight a Half-God opponent.

Johnnie then looked at the Light Law Stone in his hand and absorbed it right away.

[Ding, you have absorbed the Light Law Stone. Understanding of Light Law increases by 1%, current 2%]

More system messages came, and his understanding of the Light Law went up again. But he still didn’t have any Light-based skills.

He looked at the exit of the passage but didn’t rush to leave.

"Maybe I can go back?" He had another idea. He turned around and walked back toward the entrance of the passage.

Soon, he passed through the passage and returned to the main hall.

It was empty and quiet. No one else was there.

Johnnie hesitated for a moment, then chose the Golden-Element passage.

[Ding, you have entered the Golden-Element passage]

Another system message appeared.

"Sure enough!" Johnnie’s eyes lit up. He walked deeper into the passage.

He wanted to complete all the element passages. Not only would he get Spiritual Stones and Law Stones, but also Elemental Hearts and nine Half-God-level monsters.

Clang... clang...

A series of metal sounds echoed. Before Johnnie could take a few more steps, a Golden-Element spirit appeared.

Just like the Luminous Spirit, this was also a Stage 9, Epic Demonic Creature.

Johnnie immediately summoned his Void Sword and started killing them.

[Ding, you have defeated a Stage 9 Epic Golden Spirit. Cosmic Eclipse Blade activated. Physical damage +1, attack speed +1...]

[Your current level has reached Stage 6, Level 10. You can no longer gain experience. Please advance as soon as possible.]

...

The system messages kept coming, and more and more Golden Spirits fell under Johnnie’s sword.

Soon, all the Golden Spirits around him were gone — only about a thousand in total.

Johnnie cleaned up the battlefield and collected 1,888 Golden Spiritual Stones.

It seemed there were only that many Golden Spirits here, or maybe they stopped appearing once they dropped 1,888 Golden Spiritual Stones.

He had the Lucky Master profession, so every monster he killed would drop something — that’s why each Golden Spirit dropped a Golden Spiritual Stone.

Others wouldn’t be so lucky.

He shook off his thoughts and looked at the Golden Spiritual Stones in his hand. He absorbed them right away.

[Ding, you have absorbed a Golden Spiritual Stone. Understanding of Metal Elemental Gift increases by 0.5%, current 44%]

...

His understanding of the Metal Elemental Gift had now gone above 40%. It took two Golden Spiritual Stones to increase his understanding by 1%.

And as his understanding grew, the number of Golden Spiritual Stones needed to increase it kept going up.

The 1,888 Golden Spiritual Stones were just enough for someone who hadn’t yet mastered the Metal Elemental Gift to finally unlock the Golden-Element Law.

[Ding, your understanding of the Metal Elemental Gift reaches 100%. You have unlocked the Golden-Element Law. Current understanding: 1%]

[Your Golden-Element skills have increased in power by 100%]

More system messages came. Johnnie had successfully unlocked the Golden-Element Law.

"Golden-Element skill power increased by 100% — that also works on Vajra Indestructibility!" He was very happy. After leveling up Vajra Indestructibility to Level 2, its defense bonus was 200 times. Now with the Golden-Element Law added, it became 400 times.

If he used Vajra Indestructibility again, even Half-God-level enemies would have a hard time breaking through his defense.

Even a Half-God could only do some real damage.

His Wood and Fire Elements had already unlocked their laws, and their damage had also improved a lot. But he didn’t use those skills often, so he hadn’t noticed.

Johnnie couldn’t help but look forward to the improvements he’d get after mastering the remaining Elemental Gifts.

But the strongest of his Five Elements skills were all Forbidden Spells, and they cost way too much.

He realized he had to level up his Forbidden Spells.

Either advancing his profession or using a God-Tier Skill Stone could help with that.

He picked up the remaining Golden Spiritual Stones and kept moving forward.

There should still be one more Half-God-level Golden Spirit here.

Soon, he met that Golden Spirit at the end of the passage.

It had high defense and high attack — maybe even a little stronger than the Luminous Spirit.

But it was still no match for Johnnie.

He unleashed the Myriad Sword Technique, and the sky filled with lightning. In just a few breaths, the Golden Spirit was destroyed.

[Ding, you have defeated a Half-God Golden Spirit. Four basic attributes increased by 10,000 points]

[God-killing power activated. Your own attributes have been permanently increased by 10%]

[You have passed the Golden-Element Test]

...

More system messages appeared, and Johnnie’s power had increased again. What he was most excited about was the items the Golden Spirit dropped.

A divine essence, a Golden-Element Law Stone, and an Elemental Heart.

"Sure enough, there’s an Elemental Heart." Johnnie said happily as he picked them up.

Then he absorbed the Golden-Element Law Stone. His understanding of the Golden-Element Law increased by 1%, now at 2%.

The law level went up, but his skills didn’t get any stronger, except for the Golden-Element true damage, which went from 1% to 2%.

That was still a big improvement.

Johnnie looked at the exit and decided to go back. He walked through the passage again and returned to the main hall.

"I wonder if I can go through the Golden-Element passage again." he said, looking at the passage. He stepped in again, hoping to repeat the process and collect more Golden Spiritual Stones, Law Stones, and Elemental Hearts until the test ended.

[Ding, you have completed the Golden-Element passage. You cannot enter again]

The system message appeared, and Johnnie was blocked from entering.

It looked like it wasn’t possible to keep getting the same rewards over and over.

He didn’t think too much about it and turned to the Wood-Element passage, stepping inside.