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The massive serpent displayed its terrifying power. Even just moving its body caused the underground cavern to tremble, as if it would collapse at any moment.
Currently, Yan Jin might be able to fight ordinary fierce beasts, but definitely not this kind of monster that touched the limits of the human world.
Amon immediately added buffs to her, bringing her basic stats close to the level of a Limit Douluo.
Yan Jin activated the abilities of the two external soul bones left by the Scarlet King.
"Three Heads, Six Arms!"
A burst of red light flashed, and two pairs of arms covered in coarse, stiff, red-black short fur grew from Yan Jin's back, near her shoulders. The palms were black, and the five fingers were unlike those of humans, ending in sharp claws.
The pair of arms that grew above her original arms held a lava spear in the right hand and a dark red rock shield in the left hand.
The pair of arms that grew below her original arms held a blazing white sphere with a red glow in the right hand, and a red ribbon in the left hand.
A head grew on each side of her neck. Both heads had black-red short fur on their faces, and their faces protruded slightly forward, with some canine features.
Yan Jin slightly raised the arm holding the spear, and the lava spear was thrown forward. It carried the weight of the earth and the high temperature of the flames, like a falling meteorite.
"Starfall Spear!"
The Red Lotus Serpent let out a long cry. Countless glows appeared in the lava sea and the surrounding rock formations. These specks of light attached to its body surface, transforming into a layer of metallic armor.
"Steel Scales!"
The falling spear collided with its metallic scales, and terrifying energy exploded, causing the lava sea to surge with turbulent waves.
The giant serpent retreated a few steps and laughed loudly, "Not bad... Even if you are not the inheritor, I can still regard you as participating in the divine test.
"Now, I announce the rules of the divine test to you. The eighth trial of the Fire God: Kill the mutated eyeless snake 'Red Lotus' alone and turn it into your ninth soul ring..."
"I'll test your ghost! Who cares about your test? I'm just here to hunt you and turn you into my soul ring, that's all!"
Yan Jin didn't listen to Red Lotus's words at all. Once she entered the battle, her mind couldn't hold anything else.
Amon smiled and asked, "What is the definition of 'alone'? What counts as 'alone'? Does it count if I add auxiliary buffs to her?"
"I don't know... I'm only responsible for repeating what He said back then... In short, just fight." The Red Lotus Serpent replied.
As it spoke, it sank its body into the lava, constantly churning. As it rose and fell in the lava sea, the entire lava sea became restless, as if some terrifying power was accumulating.
Although Yan Jin inheriting the godhood wasn't in Amon's original plan, since they happened to encounter it, it wouldn't hurt to complete it... Of course, it wouldn't matter much if they couldn't complete it.
The Red Lotus Serpent didn't give any explanation, or rather, it didn't understand how to meet the rules of the test, and just mechanically repeated what the Fire God had said.
Amon could only understand the rules of this divine test according to his own ideas.
He felt that some auxiliary buffs didn't affect "alone", as long as he didn't directly cause serious damage to the Red Lotus Serpent... Otherwise, Yan Jin wouldn't be able to defeat the Red Lotus Serpent, or rather, no one could pass this divine test!
To complete this divine test, one also needed to turn it into a ninth soul ring, which meant that the participant in this test could only be a level 90 Soul Douluo, not a Limit Douluo!
Letting a Soul Douluo fight the Red Lotus Serpent, an existence that touched the limits of the human world, without any assistance... This difficulty was much greater than self-achieving godhood!
Unless the Fire God's brain was broken, he wouldn't set up this kind of almost impossible test... Or was this specially set up for people with twin martial souls?
Wait, if the Red Lotus Serpent's master had a similar personality to it, it wasn't impossible to come up with this kind of ridiculous test on a whim... Amon thought with some uncertainty in his heart.
The lava sea became more and more turbulent, constantly stirring up waves.
Yan Jin aimed at the moment when the giant serpent surfaced, and the blazing white sphere held by the right hand at the bottom bloomed with dazzling light, forming a beam of light that shot towards it.
The metal on the outer layer of the Red Lotus Serpent was melted, and a large area of charred black appeared on the red, worm-like distorted scales.
"Not bad fire attribute attack, but unfortunately it doesn't have the power of the ultimate, otherwise it could cause me some substantial damage," Red Lotus commented.
Yan Jin's expression was solemn. This giant serpent's style was too similar to hers, but it was precisely this similarity that made her feel exceptionally tricky.
Both possessed extremely powerful fire attributes, and both possessed terrifying power that could destroy cities and shake mountains. Overall, the Red Lotus Serpent was even better.
In terms of fire attributes, Red Lotus possessed the ultimate fire, while Yan Jin was only close to the ultimate. In terms of power, even if "Earth Dragon Golden Melon" gave Yan Jin the ultimate earth, she still didn't have any advantage against the mountain-like giant serpent. The other party's size was there.
Therefore, when Yan Jin fought the Red Lotus Serpent, she felt the suppression of a high-level existence in the same style.
The turbulent lava waves gushed out, opening up the earth and carrying Yan Jin and Amon out of the ground and into the outside world.
The giant serpent poked its head out from underground and stretched its body.
The volcano began to be active, spewing out large amounts of lava. Volcanic ash flew into the sky, forming thick clouds that covered the sky and the sun.
Amon noticed that they were no longer in the Iron Heart Mountains, but in the Meteor Mountains, where Walter had once taken Yan Jin to practice.
The giant serpent contracted its body, then popped out, using the side of its body to ram.
"Iron Mountain Lean!"
Yan Jin only felt like a mountain range was pressing down on her, and there was no way to avoid it.
The uppermost left hand raised the dark red shield, and the shield quickly grew larger, protecting her whole body.
Bang!
With a loud explosion, Yan Jin fell downwards like a tennis ball being hit away.
Even with the shield cushioning and absorbing a lot of power, she still felt that her internal organs had shifted, and she vomited a large mouthful of blood.
Her left hand glowed with a faint green light. The soul bone left by the Myriad Demon King gave her the ability to plunder life force.
She could store the plundered life force and release it to heal herself when needed.
Yan Jin's injuries quickly recovered, and her pale face regained its rosy color.
She stared at the giant serpent that stood up and looked down at her, her eyes filled with wolf-like ferocity.
...
On the outskirts of the Meteor Mountains, a slightly overweight middle-aged man was leading a group of young men and women in a escape.
They were teachers and students of the Northern Academy, and they had come together to hunt for soul rings, but they encountered this accident.
After getting away from the volcano and arriving at a relatively safe place, the middle-aged man scratched his half-bald head and said with lingering fear:
"Damn it, didn't they say that the volcano here hasn't erupted for a long time?"
"Teacher Sun, snake...snake..." A girl suddenly screamed, looking at Sun Boyuan's back with terrified eyes.
"Snake?"
Sun Boyuan shook his head and sighed in his heart that the quality of this year's students was not good. They were making a fuss just because they saw a snake.
Back then, the group he led to participate in the Soul Master Competition, although they were a little disrespectful to their teachers, their mentality and strength were absolutely top-notch.
"What snake or no snake, let me tell you, your admired senior sister Yan Jin wouldn't be so scared when she sees a snake like you. Her first reaction would definitely be to grab it and roast it..."
Sun Boyuan subconsciously turned his head and saw the Red Lotus Serpent, which was larger than a mountain peak in the distance, staring at their direction with wide eyes.
A look of horror appeared on his face, the same as the students, and cold sweat dripped down.
"T-Teacher, would senior sister Yan Jin also think about grabbing it and eating it when she sees this kind of snake..." A student had a smile on his face that was even uglier than crying.
Sun Boyuan replied with a stiff face: "Probably...not."
...
After realizing that fire attacks were basically ineffective against the Red Lotus Serpent, Yan Jin changed her strategy. She tried to use the abilities granted to her by the Ice Empress and Snow Empress soul bones.
She activated the "Eternal Frozen Domain" of the left leg bone and the "Snow Dance Bright Sun" of the right leg bone at the same time, forming the combined domain "Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain".
A chilling cold erupted, and the high temperature brought by the volcanic eruption instantly disappeared. Snowflakes fell from the sky, the flowing lava was frozen, the forest fire was extinguished, and a layer of frost gradually condensed on the giant serpent.
"Ultimate Ice?" An unexpected look appeared in the red serpent's eyes, "I didn't expect the power of freezing to be able to coexist with fire in one person... But using the power of ice in this volcanic environment is not a wise move."
"That's not necessarily true." Amon adjusted his monocle and smiled.
Lines of fate appeared in his eyes. Following a certain line of fate leading to the Far North Icefield, he reached out and grabbed.
In the next moment, the chill of the entire Far North Icefield suddenly disappeared, replaced by spring-like warmth. The perennially frozen ice gradually melted, revealing the frozen soil buried underneath.
This land, which had been covered by ice for tens of millions of years, welcomed spring for the first time.
The soul beasts of the Far North felt unbearably hot. They were not used to such a warm climate, and they plunged into the water one after another, but even the water was warm...
It was Amon who "stole" the "cold" of the Far North.
Immediately afterwards, dazzling starlight was reflected on his monocle, and a semi-transparent worm with twelve rings and starry colors constantly swam.
A strong chill suddenly descended, coating everything around it with a layer of frost.
Amon returned the "cold" he had stolen from the Far North!
The "cold" went down through the lava channel, freezing the lava sea under the earth and solidifying it into ordinary rock.
As the environment changed, the "Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain", which had been greatly weakened due to the volcanic environment, finally showed its true power.
The chilling cold that seemed to freeze the soul turned the Red Lotus Serpent into an ice sculpture.
Its frozen pupils were filled with extreme astonishment and incomprehension.
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