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Based appears in a barren lands, covered by stormy clouds.

The ground is as if the entire world went through a drought, although the temperature is still normal.

[Thunder trial starting]

Thunder starts striking everywhere.

A massive bird starts coming out of the clouds, it roars making lighting strike based.

Based can barely react before dodging.

"It's fast"

Another bolt comes at based, based can only try and tank this head on; based blocks the attack although it disabled his right hand.

Based uses the 4th technique of [10 demonic sword techniques] he releases 4 horizontal waves of demonic Qi at the bird.

The bird dodges but based predicts it's movements and arrives at the place where it dodged to.

Based continues clashing around with the bird for a while.

[Sword arts has reached level 5, evolution started]

[Demonic Qi detected, changing evolution path]

[ Sword arts > Demonic sword arts ]

[Demonic sword arts Lv. 1 (passive):

Increases sword attack damage by 50%

Increases demonic sword attack damage by 20%

demonic sword attacks poison wounds]

"Yes"

While based is distracted by the notification the bird comes up behind him and is about to strike him.

"5th form of the demonic techniques Ogre's slash"

Based changes the way his Qi works by changing the flow through his body.

Doing so damages and strains his own body but in return strengthens Qi.

Based spins around releasing all of his demonic Qi in one burst with his sword, slicing into the side of the bird and nearly cutting off his wings.

The birds wound can't heal and it starts slowing down.

The bird unleashes a final attack.

The bird flies into the sky, thunder rumbles getting louder and more frequent.

"Here it comes"

A ray of light shines down on based as lightning comes and strikes along with the bird creating a giant explosion.

After the smoke clears based can be seen with his sword in the birds neck.

At the last moment based had zerod his Qi and then released it all to counter the explosion protecting himself but killing the bird.

[Thunder trial completed]

[Thunder attribute acquired, +5 agility acquired, thunder cross acquired]

"Not to mention all these rewards i can cultivate in the body of the bird for even more power"

Based stays there cultivating for a while.

[Symbiotic artifact: thunder cross,

Attached to chess (permanently)

+10% agility

-absorbs electric, lighting etc. to charge itself

- can form barriers using it's charge

-using it's charge tangible lighting bolts can be summoned by user

(Can grow alongside user)]

[Based:

Attack: 50

Agility: 70

Stamina: 80

Defense: 45

Qi (demonic thunder): 70

Artifacts equipped: thunder cross

Skills: Demonic sword arts (Lv. 1 passive)]

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Granger's trial is relatively different.

[Vine trial starting]

Granger looks around and all he can see is vines.

He walks around cutting them until he finds some core, after breaking it a message pops up.

[Vine trial starting]

The vines grab onto Granger and pull him in.

Granger wakes up in a dark room with tons of plants around, they start talking to him.

"Quit life"

"You should never need to log out"

"Stay here forever with us"

A beautiful dryad even comes out trying to get close to him.

Granger grabs onto his sword.

"I'll be satisfied with life when drilly is free, until then nothing is stopping me from reaching the top"

Granger unsheathes is sword and decimates everything around him.

Soon he wakes up.

"It was all in my head I guess"

[Vine trial cleared]

[+5 defense, plant attribute, Vine cross acquired]

[Symbiotic artifact: vine cross,

Attached to chess(permanently)

-can absorb water and poison

- uses water to create vines that heal and repair the user and the item

-can release all absorbed poison as a gas explosion

(Can grow alongside the user)]

Granger:

Attack: 50

Agility: 51

Stamina: 60

Defense: 45

Qi (demonic): 58

Skills: sword arts (Lv. 3 passive)]

[Exit vine realm]

Granger exits and sees everyone else appearing at the same time.

"So how was your trials"

Granger says that jokingly noticing everyone else scratched up, Krizz's clothes are burnt; Walter is soaking wet and based skin is burnt a little.

Granger is the only one out of them that looks fine.

[Elemental trials completed, cavern will now fall]

They feel the rumbling, as soon as they feel it happening they all run out of the cave.

They watch as the rocks fall and the cavern is crushed with its entrance sealed.