Sternritter Calendar

Jasmine: Jean.

Before Jean could use Visionary on the Stone Dragon General, he was stopped.

Jean: Yes?

Jasmine: Use this opportunity to test yourself, I noticed that while you are fighting, you were never in a extremely difficult situation, so this one will help you.

Jean: ...Alright.

Jean held his sword with both of his hands and used Burning Heart, taking his profound strength up to 9th Spirit Profound Realm, right now he couldn't use it for much time, but it was enough to see how strong he could be.

Jean used Star God's Broken Shadow to reach the Stone Dragon General in an instant, and brought down his flame covered heavy sword, which carried the strength of someone at the 10th Spirit Profound Realm.

The Stone Dragon General brought up his sword to defend, and successfully blocked Jean, not even an inch of his body moved while the clash between their swords were creating sparkles.

The stone beast swung his own heavy sword, sending Jean fly away, Jean raised once again his sword while he was flying, charging the edge with Phoenix Flames, before he swung it down, towards the statue, sending a phoenix-shaped slash made of fire towards it.

Jasmine: Did… Did he just combine the Heavenly Wolf's Hell God's Tome with the Phoenix Flames…?

When it crashed on it, it exploded, generating smoke everywhere, and in that moment, Jean's figure took the shape of a phoenix and glided down with all of his strength.

Jean: Empyrean Dance of the Phoenix Wings!

Jean and the General's swords clashed against each other, causing a big shockwave that completely erased the smokescreen that there was before, revealing that the General had only a scratch on its golden armor.

Jean's feet reached the ground and immediately turned offensive by sending a combo of attacks with the heavy sword, each one of his attacks contained his 100% and traces of the Heavenly Wolf's Hell God's Tome, so the General took a defensive stance.

Then Jean raised again his heavy sword and used Falling Moon Sinking Star, but the General decided to attack him at the moment he charged the profound technique, leaving a large gash on his c.h.e.s.t and sending him crash against a small mountain.

Jean: Guh… Hehe. *Cough*

Jean slowly came out from the wall and used the Great Way of the Buddha to slowly heal himself while he grabbed the Overlord's Colossal Sword with both of his hands again…

...Then, blood came out from his nose. He noticed it and cleaned it off while deactivating the Burning Heart.

Jean: I guess my body isn't strong yet to hold the Burning Heart for much time…

Jean looked at the incoming General and put back the heavy sword on his Sky Poison Pearl while he deactivated Evil Soul too.

Jean: Was it enough, Jasmine?

Jasmine: Yes, you are free to do what you want.

Jean: Alright, then I will start with the armor.

Jean used Star God's Broken Shadow to reach the General in an instant, since he wasn't using the heavy sword, his weight was reduced drastically, permitting him to reach a greater speed, then he slammed a punch on the General's c.h.e.s.t…

*CRACK!!*

That punch destroyed the golden armor and sent the General roll away, obviously Jean used Visionary to image himself stronger, it was boring if he just destroyed the General with his own imagination, so he used it to enchant himself.

However, he didn't used Visionary to regenerate, because he wasn't sure if the injuries would disappear even after midnight, so he just used the Great Way of the Buddha.

While he walked towards the General, it raised on its feel, before roaring and charging at Jean, who imagined his body to be indestructible, and it worked when the sword slashed him, but the only thing that was destroyed were the clothes, while even his skin remained unfazed from the attack.

Jean raised his arm, grabbing the General's head, before he sent the head against his own skull, crushing the head in little pieces.

The General fell down, dead, while Jean removed the heavy sword from its hands before it would vanish with the corpse, and he was actually shocked when he felt that the heavy sword weighted around 4000 kilograms, if he wanted to wield it, he needed to break through the Great Way of the Buddha.

Primordial Azure Dragon: Very good. Young human, you have allowed me to see a shocking result. In these ten thousand years that I've stayed on this continent, you are the first person to pass this stage of the trial, even if at the end you cheated a bit.

During these ten thousand years of wait, I have regretted multiple times about leaving a trace of my soul and strength on this piece of land, because the level of strength within this continent is just too low; it made me gradually realize that the trial I had left behind was something that humans on this continent could never pass…

Fortunately, I met you.

You have already passed the first stage of the trial. And you ended it in a scene that I would never expected to see, you have allowed me to see the greatest of hope. The second stage's trial ground gate has already opened.

After making sufficient preparations, go in the opened stone gate and you will enter the second stage's trial ground. I wish you good fortune.

So the gate from where the General came from is the gate for the second trial… Jean crossed his legs and used the Great Way of the Buddha, circulating energy around his body to slowly regenerate it, he even made appear the old injuries on his body, covering it on bruises and blood.

"I, am the master of everything in this world. Buddha exists in my heart, so I am worthy of the Great Way…"

This was the formula of the Great Way of the Buddha… 10 cycles, 20 cycles, 30 cycles… 100 cycles… 150 cycles… Finally, his body regenerated to its 100%, and it seemed that using it continuously caused it to breakthrough to the 2nd Stage, huh… It was really convenient, since he now can wield the other heavy sword.

Jean's every injury, whether they be internal or external, were all completely healed that not even a single sliver of a scar remained. His hair grew longer by half a foot, his eyes became even brighter, and his hearing became even more acute.

His organs, bones, skin and flesh, all brimmed with an incomparable toughness. Even his blood became a bit more thicker as the throbbing of his heart's pulse became even more robust.

Then he stood up and looked at his hand, feeling the strength on his entire body, after that, he grabbed the other heavy sword and lifted it up with a single hand, both the sword and his arm strength were at 4000 kilograms, so he could lift it with a single hand.

He tested it a few times before his profound energy flowed into the heavy sword, and the name of the sword appeared within his mind.

Jean: Dragon Fault… Nice name, not intimidating like the previous one, but at least it's shorter…

Jean put that heavy sword in the Sky Poison Pearl too and created a Goldscale Dragon Transforming Pellet, before swallowing it, and then he meditated once again…

[0:15]

[26/7/1995]

[X: "X-Axis"]

Jean: Huh, everything took 2 days…

He woke up, fully energetic and at the new level of the 5th True Profound Realm, after he drank and eaten some things that he took from the Sky Poison Pearl, he walked towards the gate while holding an eye closed due to the restriction of X-Axis.

After slowly entering the stone gate, his vision became pitch-black. Then, he took two more steps forward and it suddenly lightened up; it was as if it only took two steps to completely step over from one world into another.

What appeared before his eyes was a vast expanse of an endless plain. Grass covered the ground and there were also trees that gave shade; even the faint sound of running water could be heard. There were short hills in the distance that rose and fell. Occasionally, the cries of all kinds of birds and animals could be heard.

Jean: ...You sure that I am in the second trial and not in another world? This place is too peaceful.

Primordial Azure Dragon: Young human, welcome. This place, is the Dragon God Trial's second trial ground. This trial ground has no limit, and also has no exit. You can only leave this place after you have successfully completed the trial. Or perhaps you would be buried here before completing the trial.

There are an innumerable amount of profound beasts here in this endless plain. The level of the profound beasts here have all been adjusted with your strength as the benchmark. Every single beast here isn't inferior to your current level, and many of them are at the early stage of the Spirit Profound Realm, with some reaching the late stages.

To these profound beasts, this place is an endless paradise. But to you, this place is extremely dangerous; it is an abyss filled with countless shadows of death. This is because once the profound beasts here sense your aura, they would all immediately unleash an endless barrage of attacks.

At the same time, under my soul's guidance, profound beasts near you would all be led in your direction. You would be hunted at all times by profound beasts and would never be able to sleep soundly or eat in peace.

And your objective in clearing this second stage of the trial is also very easy. It is to kill 99'999 profound beasts, within one year!

Jean: ...This… This is a f.u.c.k.i.n.g dream! innumerable amount of profound beasts?! Once I have either Overkill or Almighty I will make a massacre!

Primordial Azure Dragon: ...