Cleared

"[Spirit Spear: Denial]!"

Bang!

With Aurus being buffed by the [Gale Hover] spell in terms of movement speed, even before the clones could react, the Spirit Spear pierced through one of the two really strong clones, killing it off with one shot.

Whoosh!

After shooting out the first form of the Spirit Spear, Aurus then darted to another edge of the green jade hall as he noticed that the weak clones shot their walnuts out as the strong clones shot out their tridents that followed wherever Aurus went.

As for the remaining really strong clone, it also prepared a trident that was formed from a walnut. Just like the strong clones, it prepared a trident that followed wherever Aurus went.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A bombardment of walnuts and tridents headed towards Aurus' direction, but was dodged at the last minute as he went towards another edge of the green jade hall. While doing so, he prepared another Spirit Spear and shot it without hesitation towards the clones as he shouted, "[Spirit Spear: Anger]!"

Ding!

'[Spirit Spear: Anger] has been upgraded to [Spirit Spear: Rage].'

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, the single Spirit Spear split off into five smaller Spirit Spears that headed towards a random clone, easily killing off three weak clones and two strong clones as their walnuts and tridents collided with the green jade hall.

Bang!

The combined sounds of the walnuts and tridents hitting the wall reverberated throughout the hall, yet it did not leave any scratch on the walls of the hall at all.

Aurus couldn't help but look at this and mutter, "Damn. That one sturdy wall right there. Wait...why am I thinking about this? I still have over 120 sticks wanting to attack me!"

And attack him they did.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As Aurus was muttering to himself, he froze in place midair as the walnuts and tridents were now heading towards one fixed direction, without having to worry about Aurus dodging or do anything fishy.

In the minds of the clones, they couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude when they looked at Aurus, knowing that he was going to die from this bombardment.

Oh wait. These clones are just protectors of the inheritance, they don't have any minds or souls at all.

As for Aurus, he looked at this barrage of shots and let out a grim yet cheerful aura as he stopped hovering and landed on the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

All of the walnuts and tridents were left with the fate of hitting the wall once more, leaving Aurus unscathed.

Aurus conjured another Spirit Spear again and looked at the remaining clones with a sneering face...well a sneering aura.

"Hah! You thought I couldn't disable my flight?"

"This is the start of true mayhem!"

"[Spirit Spear: Bargaining]!"

Ding!

'[Spirit Spear: Bargaining] has been upgraded to [Spirit Spear: Insanity].'

The Spirit Spear that Aurus shot out travelled towards the remaining really strong clone in an instant before it...

Disappeared in an instant.

Whoosh!

The really strong clone that Aurus targeted instantly felt a sense of looming danger heading towards its way, only for it to disappear midway. What it did not know though was that...

The danger has only begun.

Weeeennnggg...

At the next instant the Spirit Spear disappeared, an array of light appeared on the ceiling of the hall as multiple glowing Spirit Spears darted down and aimed at all of the clones. These glowing Spirit Spears felt like the wrath of the heavenly gods when they noticed that their benevolent followers committed blasphemy.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Within seconds, the hall that was previously filled with 122 clones, was cleared of all of it in instant as the bombardment of fast and strong Spirit Spears killed them off one by one.

As the skill dissipated once Aurus knew that every single clone was now dead, the dust that was transformed and accumulated from the bodies of the clones darted towards Aurus' body as a notification screen appeared in front of his field of vision.

Ding!

'Wave 8 has been cleared.'

'Experience +1280'

'3 Genesis Points have been obtained.'

Aurus instantly cleared his field of vision and used the [High Spirit Channeling] skill to refill his SP as a decent chunk of his SP was consumed by the skills he used.

While refilling his SP, the disembodied voice, which did not know what the word mercy meant, resounded throughout the hall as a huge number of clones appeared in the center of the green jade hall, forming a circle that was larger than the previous circle of clones made in the last wave.

"The ninth wave is starting. Please proceed with caution."

Aurus couldn't help but let out a sigh as he tried to think up of a method to hastily kill all of the clones while not consuming a lot of SP.

How many clones was Aurus going to fight against in this wave? Since every consecutive wave, the enemies doubled in number, that meant that Aurus had to fight against 256 clones, 4 of which were the really strong clones.

Aurus looked at the 256 clones he had to face and noticed that they were already preparing their shots, which already exceeded 200 shots. Feeling the pressure of being cornered from all sides, Aurus decided that the best way to kill all of them in one go was to...

Whoosh!

Use a Spirit Spear.

Wooonnngggg...

"[Spirit Spear: Depression]."

The Spirit Spear that flew over the bodies of multiple clones gradually compressed in size as it turned into a dark yet condensed sphere of chaos. Not long after, this sphere pierced through one of the really strong clones and instantly expanded into a size that engulfed all of the 256 clones within it.

Ding!

'[Spirit Spear: Depression] has been upgraded to [Spirit Spear: Despair].'

Swoosh!

The dark and condensed sphere expanded to a size of over 10 meters in radius, easily engulfing all of the clones that formed a circle of only 7 meters in radius. Under the effects of the domain, the bodies of the clones gradually withered away as their dust piled up on the floor.

While they were gradually withering away as if they were cursed by the God of Death himself, the really strong clones tried to combat against this effect by expanding the silver flames that covered their bodies to the limit. Sadly, it only slightly extended the duration of their pain until they finally withered away to ashes, adding onto the pile of dust that was on the floor.

Well...not that branches feel pain anyway.

A few seconds later, the dark domain that covered a good portion of the hall finally disappeared as the dust that piled up headed towards Aurus' body as the ever familiar notification screen appeared in front of his field of vision.

Ding!

'Wave 9 has been cleared.'

'Experience +2560'

'3 Genesis Points have been obtained.'

"Well...that was easier than I thought," Aurus couldn't help but say as a single skill wiped out all of the clones that he would have to face if he used another skill. "Then again, it would be a pain to do the combo from the start again. I'm just lucky that I was able to use the upgraded form of Depression. Yeah. Just lucky."

Sparing no time to prepare for the next wave, Aurus activated the [High Spirit Channeling] skill to its limit as he converted all of his specialized Animas to recover his SP.

In the midst of his SP recovery, Aurus couldn't help but say, "This skill is actually more helpful than I thought. I should evolve it after this first trial finishes."

Ding!

Getting the notification that his SP bar was fully refilled, Aurus deactivated the [High Spirit Channeling] skill and reverted half of his specialized Animas to recover SP.

Coincidentally, the disembodied voice talked at this moment, reminding Aurus of something.

"The tenth and final wave is starting. To the inheritor, I hope you survive this final wave."

"Ah. It's already the last wave," Aurus couldn't help but say to himself. "It has been like what? A few hours already?"

Although he already activated his [Gale Hover] spell on the waves near the end, the total time it took for him to reach this current stage already amassed to a total of about 2 hours or so. As to why, this is because of their attack and movement speed.

Whoosh!

In an instant, 512 clones appeared in the center of the green jade hall, all of which were facing the direction where Aurus was. Aurus looked back at the clones and noticed that there was a new type of clone in the center of the circle, one that was even stronger than the really strong clones he fought against a few waves ago.

Letting out a small sigh, Aurus looked at the clone and said...

"Identify."

...

In another green jade hall.

"Oh god, I'm finally done!" Herellia couldn't help but shout out as she broke out of the last illusion world that the first trial brought to her.

Herellia mulled over what happened for a bit and muttered to herself, "How much time did I use up in this illusion world?"

Closing her eyes and recalling the events that happened within the illusion world, she noticed that there was no difference in time when compared to the previous illusion worlds she cleared.

"What the heck? I didn't improve my time at all?" Herellia couldn't help but curse. Since she was going to be stuck in this green jade hall, she decided to just accept the trial and savor the experience. Once the trial was done and the hall gave her the option to leave, she would leave immediately.

What she didn't know though was that once the trial started, the trial can't be stopped midway, it has to be done from start to finish.

What she also failed to notice was that, as the illusion worlds grew harder and harder in difficulty, she was able to clear them at the same time it took her to clear the previous illusion worlds.

While cursing at herself, the disembodied voice did not mind Herellia's complaints and resounded throughout the hall.

"The tenth world, Samsara, has been cleared. The first trial is now completed."

"Time used to clear the first trial: 3 hours 27 minutes. Score grade: S."

"The inheritor has cleared the trial with an excellent score is able to do the second trial with a reduced difficulty."

"Not only that, the inheritor is awarded a special reward thanks to it achieving an S grade score."

"Reward is being rolled by the inheritance..."

"Reward has been rolled. The passive skill [Blessing of the Tetraelemental Tempest] has been acquired."