Chapter 265: Chapter265-The Trial of the God of Space
John steadied himself and calmly swept his gaze across his surroundings.
This was the legacy trial ground of the God of Space.
A figure slowly stepped out from the depths of the void.
That figure was covered in silver-white Spatial Law patterns from head to toe. Its face was blurry and indistinct, but the pressure it radiated was as heavy as a mountain weighing tens of thousands of tons.
That pressure crushed toward John layer by layer. Even space itself continuously twisted, sank, and tore apart beneath the figure’s feet.
The God of Space Projection.
The target of the trial.
John did not waste words. He directly stepped forward, and scorching crimson Phoenix Fire suddenly ignited around his body.
The Phoenix flames spread through the void, burning away the spatial compression force surging toward him from all directions.
The God of Space Projection raised its hand and unleashed a spatial slash powerful enough to tear through a plane barrier.
A silver-white blade of light cut through the void, carrying a sharp whistling sound as it shot straight toward John’s face.
John turned sideways and dodged.
The slash brushed past his ear and neatly sliced the starry staircase behind him, stretching tens of thousands of miles, into two halves.
The cut surface was as smooth as a mirror, not leaving behind even the slightest residue.
"What a powerful attack."
John’s eyes narrowed slightly, but a hint of battle intent curved at the corners of his mouth.
[Voidrealm Domain] thunderously expanded!
The space within a thousand-mile radius was instantly seized by John.
All Spatial Law within the Voidrealm Domain fell under his control. Even the silver-white patterns flowing around the God of Space Projection showed a brief moment of stagnation.
Immediately afterward, John willed it.
[Void Rift] tore open around his body.
One pitch-black rift after another opened like the maws of giant beasts, devouring the second and third spatial slashes that came one after another.
Continuous rumbling echoed from inside the rifts. Those attacks, powerful enough to annihilate ordinary demigods, sank into Void Rift like stones falling into the sea.
The God of Space Projection seemed surprised for an instant. Then its attacks suddenly became even more violent.
Endless compression force surged from every direction, attempting to crush John into a thin sheet of paper.
The spatial folds in the void began to gather, contract, and collapse wildly, forming a massive spatial cage that firmly trapped John inside.
John snorted coldly.
Phoenix Fire suddenly surged!
Crimson flames swept out like raging dragons, burning through every node of the spatial cage.
Wherever the flames passed, the silver-white Spatial Law collapsed and shattered one after another.
John moved.
Voidrealm Domain suddenly contracted, compressed, and then erupted!
The spatial power within the domain, whose control had been forcibly stripped away, instantly counterattacked the God of Space Projection, crashing into that silver-white figure like an invisible tidal wave.
Boom!
The God of Space Projection was blasted back dozens of yards, and fine cracks appeared across the silver-white patterns on its body.
The projection stabilized itself and raised its hand again.
This time, a silver spear that seemed to pierce through the entire trial space condensed in its palm.
Destructive Spatial Law fluctuations flowed across the spear shaft. Even the void around the spear tip was constantly annihilating and regenerating.
The spear was thrown!
John’s pupils suddenly contracted. He sensed that the power of this spear had already far surpassed the attack limit of an ordinary demigod grade.
Without the slightest hesitation, he flipped his palm.
A gigantic pitch-black Void Rift, almost large enough to cover the entire sky, opened in front of him.
The spear stabbed into the rift.
Buzz!
The rift trembled violently, and countless silver fragments of light burst from the edge of the crack.
That Void Rift was almost pierced through and torn apart by the spear. The divine power inside John’s body was consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But in the end, it blocked the attack.
The spear disintegrated inch by inch in the depths of the rift, transforming into countless silver fragments that scattered through the void.
The hand of the God of Space Projection paused slightly.
John seized this instant of weakness.
Voidrealm Domain erupted at full power, completely locking down all space around the projection.
Then his figure shot forward like lightning.
Wrapped in the dual strength of Phoenix Fire and Void Rift, he raised his hand and unleashed a heavy blow condensed from all of his divine power.
This punch struck the core of the God of Space Projection.
Rumble!!!
The silver-white figure shook violently. Cracks spread from the center to the surroundings at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A trace of complicated emotion appeared on the projection’s blurry face.
It seemed like surprise.
And also relief.
"To think you could break my projection with a demigod body..."
An ancient and distant voice came from within the projection. Its tone carried disbelief, shock, and a sigh of admiration.
"Kid, your comprehension of Spatial Law far exceeds my expectations.
"You have fused the three Phoenix divine skills so perfectly. You already possess the qualifications to inherit my legacy."
As the voice fell, the silver-white figure completely shattered.
Countless Spatial Law fragments flew across the sky, then gathered, reorganized, and condensed before John into an illusory elderly figure.
Although the old man’s image was faint and transparent, his brows and eyes carried a solemn majesty belonging to an ancient deity.
"I am the God of Space," the old man’s image slowly said, his voice seeming to come from the distant end of space-time. "My true body has long since fallen on the ancient battlefield of the myriad races, but this legacy consciousness I left behind has always remained here, waiting for a destined inheritor.
"You have passed the trial. From this day onward, all of my lifelong comprehension and mastery of Spatial Law shall belong to you."
John nodded slightly and cupped his fists with a solemn expression.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have passed the God of Space Trial!]
[Rewards are being issued...]
[Obtained: Space Tower Entry Qualification (Permanent)]
[Obtained: Omni-System Skill Legacy (Exclusive)]
As the prompt sounded beside his ears, two rays of golden light entered John’s body one after another.
A vast ocean of Spatial Law comprehension exploded deep within his consciousness. Countless profound insights regarding spatial manipulation, spatial folding, spatial anchoring, and spatial jumping surged into his mind like a flood.
John closed his eyes and digested it for a moment.
When he opened them again, a faint silver-white halo had appeared deep within his pupils.
Immediately afterward, he opened the detailed description of the Omni-System Skill Legacy and quickly swept his gaze across the text on the panel.
[Omni-System Skill Legacy]
[Effect: Damage multiplier of all non-affiliated skills permanently ×100]
[Self-created skills automatically receive ×100 damage bonus]
[Note: This legacy effect cannot be dispelled, cannot be stripped away, and cannot be copied.]
Non-affiliated skills.
In other words, free skills that did not belong to the five major Divine Class systems of warrior, mage, assassin, archer, or priest.
This type of skill usually had limited power and a low growth ceiling. The overwhelming majority of players would not invest too many resources into cultivating them.
But once they obtained this ×100 damage multiplier...
John’s breathing grew slightly heavier for half a beat.
He swiftly went through the number of non-affiliated skills he possessed in his mind.
Although there were not many, every single one was a killing move that had been tested through countless real battles.
Now that their damage was directly multiplied by a hundred, it meant that any originally ordinary non-affiliated skill could erupt with destructive power almost comparable to a High God-level battle technique once enough divine power was poured into it.
And this was only the beginning.
"...Not bad."
John murmured softly, the corners of his mouth slowly curving upward.
