Chapter 304 - A Glimpse of Hell (2/2)

”Then again, I have a feeling that she doesn't know that the buffs on her body have already disappeared,” he said to himself not long after, letting out a slightly playful giggle.

”Hey, Argentum. You there?” Just as he was about to bring Horell back to reality, Horell had already come back from his daze. In response, Argentum replied, ”Yeah. What's up?”

”Can you sense the power that Herellia's radiating?” Horell soon asked Argentum as his sense of vision was focused on Herellia, to which he replied with a nod, ”Of course. Her current combat power is already beyond our current combat powers without buffs. She would definitely be able to defeat us in one move as long as we don't use our buffs.”

While listening to Argentum's response, Horell could not help but mull over something before soon asking Argentum, ”Don't you think that with her power increasing, the difficulty of the next trial would increase to a far higher level?”

”Well, of course I do,” Argentum replied as he looked at the sky, noticing that the dark blue lightning bolts were finally moving at the original speed. Not long after, he noticed that they were moving faster than before, faintly emanating an intent of destruction far stronger than ever before.

”Is there anything I can do to help on the next trial?” Horell focused his sense of vision onto Argentum and asked soon after. In response, Argentum looked back at him and replied, ”For now, be incredibly vigilant. This time, I seriously mean it. I have a feeling that this next trial would be—”

Ding!

Before he was able to finish his response to Horell's question, a notification sound resounded in his mind, prompting him to abruptly go silent as he commanded the system to show the notifications he had received in his mind. As for Horell, after seeing Argentum abruptly go silent, he could not help but radiate an aura of worry as he called out for Argentum, only to get no response.

In actuality, Argentum could hear Horell's words of concern quite well, but due to the notifications he had received from the system, he opted to ignore it and focus all of his attention on the latter. It did not take long for Argentum to read through all of the notifications, radiating an aura of graveness as he closed the notification screen in his mind.

Noticing the change in Argentum's aura, Horell stopped speaking words of concern at him. Instead, he asked him, ”What's wrong?”

”Horell,” Argentum said in a grave tone. ”Change of plans. This next trial is going to be a hellish one.”

”Go to where Herellia is and directly help her out in the next trial,” he continued, leaving Horell at a loss for words. After a few seconds, Horell imitated the sound of one loudly coughing as he asked, ”Argentum, are…are you serious?”

”As serious as I could be,” Argentum succinctly replied to his question, the serious aura surrounding him slightly intensifying. In response, Horell could not help but go silent for a bit as he weighed over the pros and cons of him following Argentum's decision. In the end, he could not make a choice and asked him, ”Just to be sure, once I directly interfere with Herellia's trial, that means that the next trial would undergo a spike in difficulty, right?”

”Yeah,” Argentum replied before continuing, ”But would you rather help her out and reap the consequences afterward or just let her die right now?”

Hearing Argentum's words, Horell now took it seriously as he asked, ”Is the next trial that serious?”

In response, Argentum slowly nodded as he said in a slightly whispering manner, ”I'll fill you on what the next trial is later. For now, head to where Herellia is.”

”Alright,” Horell said in response to Argentum's order before hastily making his way to where Herellia was.

On the other hand, Argentum looked up at the dark clouds and saw that the dark blue lightning bolts, which were darting around at greater speeds a while ago, were now bunching up towards certain areas on the dark clouds. Letting out a sigh that had hints of terror in it, he then muttered to himself, ”This next trial…the heavens are really going ham on this one.”

”If this trial doesn't offer us three a glimpse of hell, then I don't know what hell truly looks like.”

'Thanks to the massive increase in power brought about by the trial taker's enhanced transitional evolution, the difficulty of the next trial shall be adjusted accordingly, taking into consideration the interferences made by external parties beforehand.'

'The heavens have finally decided on the next trial given to the trial taker.'

'The name of the next trial shall be…'

'Force of a Hundred Thousand Abysses!'

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