Chapter 259: No Surprises

Seeing the light column stabilize at deep yellow, Liu Hai and the many onlookers from Sea God Island were slightly surprised.

A yellow evaluation is actually the most common on Sea God Island, and reaching deep yellow generally means doing quite well. Achieving purple is usually indicative of genius. Black evaluations, if completed, offer the hope of becoming a protector of one of the Seven Holy Pillars.

Of course, this is for the Sea Spirit Masters on Sea God Island. For foreign Spirit Masters, especially those from the mainland, the difficulty of Sea God's evaluations is significantly increased. This sailor, being a Sea Spirit Master, only faced a slightly higher difficulty compared to the native Sea God Island residents.

The real challenge will be for Su Wen and Fighting Heaven Douluo, as their evaluation difficulties might be ten times more severe.

Each sailor is undergoing the Sea God's evaluation. This evaluation is essentially a test of innate talent. Most sailors receive a yellow evaluation. Among them, five sailors achieved a purple evaluation.

After the fifteen sailors completed their evaluations, the native residents around them began to change their expressions. Such results are considered excellent even on Sea God Island.

When Xu Jiawei selected sailors for Su Wen, he not only considered their skills but also their age and talent. After all, greater potential could mean that, with the opportunity of this voyage with Su Wen, they might achieve great success and bring favor to the Xu Family in return.

It turned out that he received quite a lot of favors. If a Spirit Master can pass the purple-level evaluation, they can at least become a Spirit Saint, and they would be among the stronger Spirit Saints. Even for a yellow-level evaluation, passing it generally means significant benefits and breaking through to Spirit King is not a problem.

If an ordinary Sea Spirit Master accidentally enters Sea God Island, it would be one thing. Even if they manage to survive, they would have to spend their entire life on Sea God Island.

However, for those who came with Su Wen, there is still a chance to return to the Continent after undergoing the Sea God's Trial!

When it was Hai Da's turn to take the evaluation, Su Wen also paid a bit more attention. Hai Da's talent is unquestionable. Even without the opportunities from this journey, his talent would still be considered among the top tier in the Spirit Master World.

His experiences in the ocean have allowed him to fully control the ocean Conceptual Design and even perfect it to a minor extent, enabling him to manifest it in the form of an embryonic domain.

With all these enhancements, his talent can be considered top-notch. At twenty-eight years old and at level fifty-four, during the two and a half months of voyage, his Soul Power has also broken through to level fifty-four, with level fifty-five not far off. This rapid progress is due to the period of quick advancement following the opening of his Sea of Consciousness, combined with the Deep Sea environment being the best adaptation for his Martial Spirit, allowing him to advance swiftly in such a short time.

The light column illuminating Hai Da quickly changed from white to yellow and then rapidly transformed into purple, which continued to deepen.

The speed at which the purple deepened was astonishing. Within just three breaths, it broke through the purple barrier and reached black.

The profound black light column seemed to devour all surrounding light, deepening the sense of its profundity.

Sea Woman Douluo's eyes revealed shock, as the black light column ultimately settled at a critical point, reaching the pinnacle of the Black-level Trial.

It was a Black-level Six Trial, and it seemed to be different from an ordinary Black-level Six Trial.

This was because the light column emitted a hint of red.

Sea Woman Douluo believed that if Hai Da were a Spirit Master of Sea God Island, the red might not just be a small part but could possibly engulf the entire column.

Although the trial assesses talent, one's origin also influences the level of the trial.

In the minds of Sea God Island's Sea Spirit Masters, the earlier trials were manageable, but once it reached the Red-level Trial, it was entirely different.

The Spirit Masters who have passed the Red-level Trial on Sea God Island throughout history have all achieved high status and hold a prestigious position.

Those who pass the Red-level Eight Trial directly become the representatives of Sea God and have the opportunity to establish direct contact with Sea God.

Currently, the Grand Priest of Sea God Island, Bo Saixi, was appointed Grand Priest after passing the Red-level Eight Trial.

To the Sea Spirit Masters on Sea God Island, the Red-level Trial signifies being a direct representative of Sea God, a true envoy of Sea God, and only Spirit Masters of Sea God Island have the chance to obtain this. Thus, Sea Woman Douluo believed that Hai Da's origin restricted him from qualifying for the Red-level Trial.

Su Wen was somewhat surprised.

The Black-level Trial, and it was already close to the standards of the Red-level Trial.

This was even stronger than those who had consumed Immortal Grass in the original story.

Hai Da opened his eyes, immensely excited.

He had previously heard from Su Wen about the grading of trials and had learned from Liu Hai about some of the reward levels for the trials.

After the Black-level Trial, achieving the rank of Titled Douluo is not difficult!

The fifteen accompanying sailors were envious because the highest rank among them was only purple, and none had reached deep purple.

"Senior, please go ahead."

Su Wen made a gesture of modesty.

Fighting Heaven Douluo, unable to hold back, ascended the high platform and stood before the Holy Pillar.

Sea Woman Douluo hesitated for a moment before beginning the ceremony.

This was also her first time presiding over a ceremony for a Titled Douluo, and moreover, for a guardian of another deity.

However, Grand Priest had informed her that this was permitted by Sea God, so there was no need to worry.

After completing the ceremony, a beam of light descended upon Fighting Heaven Douluo, enveloping him.

In an instant, the beam turned black.

Then, the color stopped changing.

According to the comparison with Hai Da's results, this black level was equivalent to the degree of black achieved immediately after breaking through the purple level, with no further changes.

Fighting Heaven Douluo was slightly puzzled; the color change of his beam of light seemed unusual.

However, as a guardian of War God, he naturally had some special attributes and didn't dwell on the differences too much.

At his forehead, the original War God mark was glowing with blue-gold light.

A surge of information entered his mind.

After Fighting Heaven Douluo, Su Wen finally took the stage as the final participant.

Sea Woman Douluo opened her mouth as if to say something but ultimately decided against it.

She was also curious about what level of trial Su Wen would receive.

It was known that Su Wen's talent was far superior to Hai Da's, but if his trial level was higher than Hai Da's, wouldn't that put him in the Red-level Trial category?

This contradicted Sea Woman Douluo's expectations.

She instinctively felt that an anomaly might occur.

"Senior, please begin. If all goes well, my trial shouldn't be too outrageous," Su Wen said, trying to reassure her.

Sea Woman Douluo took a deep breath, crossing her hands over her chest, with blue light flowing.

The light on the Holy Pillar surged into the sky instantly, sending waves that startled all the Spirit Masters on Sea God Island.

In the central Temple of Sea God Island, a figure seated in meditation opened their eyes and looked toward the direction of Sea Woman Holy Pillar.

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