<h4>Chapter 3007: The Price For Cheating</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion <strong>Editor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion


    “Thew of time?” Duan Ling Tian was stunned.


    “Yes! Thew of time!” The Chaos Divine Earth replied, “After killing the third battle soul, the energy from thew of time froze the time where the giant sword is at. If I’m not mistaken, thew of time has appeared to buy time for the remaining seven battle souls to fuse.”


    What happened subsequently proved the Chaos Divine Earth right.


    Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!


    In just a moment, the seven remaining battle souls fused together and formed one battle soul. The battle soul had the appearance of a muscr middle-aged man. It was more than two meters tall and looked as solid as an iron tower. The shirtless middle-aged man’s bulging muscles and almost popping veins showed his formidable strength. It did not take long before the exact replica of Duan Ling Tian’s giant sword appeared in his hand. Even the replicated sword had the same aura as the original. Despite being a replica, it was, for all intent and purpose, a King Grade Celestial Weapon that had been nurtured by the Celestial Origin Energy of a Celestial Lord.


    ‘I can move again!’ When Duan Ling Tian discovered that he could move his giant sword again, he discovered his attack had missed since his target was no longer there.


    “Boy, it’s not going to be easy for you to defeat this battle soul... At this moment, its strength is already on par with a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial who hadprehended a profundity of aw. In fact, it might even be a little stronger than that,” the Chaos Divine Earth said, “I will help you at the critical point when you fight... However, all I can do is boost your defenses. You can only depend on yourself to kill it. It’s a pity the Profound Divine Metal is still asleep. If he’s awake, he could merge with the first-form Profound Divine Metal you just found and evolve into a third-form Profound Divine Metal... At that time, he’d be able to boost your attacks by fusing with your offensive Celestial Weapon!”


    Upon hearing the Chaos Divine Earth’s words, Duan Ling Tian realized how formidable the battle soul in front of him was.


    “Will thew of time appear again? If it does and freezes my movements, the battle soul would be able to easily kill me.” Duan Ling Tian was most worried about thew of time. Based on how his giant sword’s movements were frozen earlier, he was afraid thew of time would freeze him and allow the battle soul to kill him. He would not stand a chance at all if that happened. With this thought in mind, he was numb with fear. Thew of time was truly terrifying. It was so unpredictable that one would have a hard time defending against it.


    The Chaos Divine Earth replied, “That’s unlikely... If it happens, it only means the Celestial Lord’s objective is to kill people. By doing something like that, what good would it bring the Celestial Lord who created the Southern Heaven Ancient Realm?” It dispelled Duan Ling Tian’s worries immediately. “Thew of time only appeared earlier to let the remaining souls merge. Now that the merge isplete, it won’t appear again. If the Celestial Lord had truly intended to kill you, thew of time would have frozen you earlier and let the battle souls kill you.”


    Duan Ling Tian thought the Chaos Divine Earth’s words made sense.


    The Chaos Divine Earth continued to say, “Killing this battle soul should be your first trial in the Celestial Lord Temple... This means the subsequent trials are just going to be tougher and tougher...”


    “I know...” Duan Ling Tian nodded. Then, he turned to look at thest final battle soul. “Now, I’ll be fine so long as thew of time doesn’t appear again.”


    Whoosh!


    The battle soul was already moving when Duan Ling Tian finished speaking. It brandished the giant sword and shed at Duan Ling Tian as though it was trying to cleave him into two. The way it wielded the giant sword was simr to Duan Ling Tian earlier.


    Swoosh!


    Duan Ling Tian scoffed. He unleashed all his strength as he brandished his giant sword when faced with the battle soul’s ferocious attack.


    ng!


    When the two giant swords collided, the sounds of explosions rang in the air as the shockwave rippled out into the surroundings.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The shockwave from the collision of the giant swords was incredibly terrifying. The void shook and rippled as the shockwave rolled out. Then, the entire hall began to quake when the shockwave hit the walls; it was like a terrible earthquake.


    ‘So powerful! Its strength is on par with mine...’ Based on the recoil he felt in his hands, Duan Ling Tian gained a deeper understanding of the battle soul’s strength. With this knowledge, he knew it would be difficult for him to win if he depended on force alone. He would need to strategize wisely in order to win. Fortunately, he had the Chaos Divine Earth on his side.


    ...


    Meanwhile, a grey-d young man who had just passed his trial in another hall walked out. After walking out of his hall, he looked back and found the walls were transparent. He could see into the hall he was previously in and other halls!


    “That is...” Soon after, the young man discovered quite a number of people gathering in front of a wall in the hall. Roughly five or six people were all watching a battle in one of the halls as they discussed among themselves.


    “This purple-d young man must have brought another person into the Celestial Lord Temple... Otherwise, he wouldn’t have to fight with such a terrifying battle soul!”


    “Previously, Hong Tao, the prodigy from the Compassionate Cloud Sect, had been killed by a battle soul like this. Hong Tao hadprehended thew of wood’s Fundamental Profundity, the Wood Elemental Profundity, but he still died after exchanging about a hundred moves with the battle soul.”


    “Hong Tao... That’s right! I heard he helped his junior brother to umte ten points so his junior brother could enter the Celestial Lord Temple with him!”


    “Although his junior brother didn’t exit the room, Hong Tao still had to pay the price for helping his junior brother cheat his way into the Celestial Lord Temple. The Celestial Lord who created this ce would increase the difficulty for those who cheated.”


    “That’s quite obvious. For the same trial, we merely had to face the ten battle souls with strengthparable to a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial. However, look at how terrifying the battle soul that the purple-d young man has to face!”


    “I witnessed Hong Tao’s fight. Initially, they were evenly matched but after exchanging about 100 moves, the battle soul’s strength rose again. It was instantly as strong as a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial who hadprehended two profundities of aw. It had easily killed Hong Tao after that!”


    “Currently, the purple-d young man’s strength is on par with the battle soul. I’m guessing the battle soul’s strength will improve in 100 moves or so. At that time, the purple-d young man will surely die!”


    The grey-d young man looked around and discovered the center of the hall was an empty space with transparent walls around it, allowing one to see into other halls. ‘There are so many people here?’


    Apart from the hall where the others were gathered in front of, there were a few other halls where people were battling as well.


    Those in the other halls were fighting with battle souls that were simr to the ones the grey-d young man had encountered during his first trial. He had to defeat ten battle souls with strengthparable to a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial who hadpletely mastered his Duke Grade Celestial Methods and Divine Abilities. When he looked at the others halls, he noticed the people in the hall were rather strong. A few of them had easily overwhelmed the battle souls. These people’s strength was on par with his strength. They had probablyprehended a profundity of aw as well.


    “That hall...” Soon after, the grey-d young man was driven by his curiosity to look at the hall where everyone was gathered in front of.


    ‘It’s him!’ With just a nce, he recognized the purple-d young man fighting in the hall! The purple-d young man was none other than Duan Ling Tian, the sectless genius from the Supporting Fall Nation!


    ‘His opponent...’ After that, the grey-d young man noticed the battle soul that Duan Ling Tian had to face was abnormally strongpared to the collective strength of the ten battle souls he had to face. His expression was solemn as he thought to himself, ‘Even I would need more than 30 moves to kill it after unleashing all my strength! Moreover, based on the discussion in the surroundings, it seems like the battle soul’s strength would improve after 100 moves or so!’


    The spectators continued to fervently discuss among themselves as they watched Duan Ling Tian. Most of them did not think Duan Ling Tian would be able to survive.


    “They’ve already exchanged 22 moves. Although this purple-d young man is powerful, he’s destined to die if he can’t defeat it within 100 moves!”


    “The battle soul is too powerful. I’d definitely die if I have to face it. Moreover, we can’t rely on external forces in the Southern Heaven Ancient Realm so Celestial Talismans and Celestial Pills are useless here.”


    “That’s right. So long as they contain the Celestial Origin Energy of a Celestial Duke or someone stronger, they won’t work here. If a peak Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial consumes a medicinal pill that could increase their strength to that of a Celestial Duke, they would be instantly killed by the Formation guarding the lower realm of the Southern Heaven Ancient Realm!”


    “He only has a chance of defeating this battle soul if he hasprehended two profundities of aw. Otherwise, it’d be impossible for him to win. After all, they’re both using King Grade Celestial Weapons nurtured by a Celestial Lord!”