Chapter 309 - The Final Trial (2/2)

”What do you think I should choose?” she asked once more, prompting Argentum to ponder over it. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to come up with an answer as he replied, ”Well, to be honest, the choice is up to you. Whatever you choose between the two, I and Horell would support you no matter what to the bitter end.”

In response to those words, Herellia went silent for a bit before finally responding, ”Alright. I've made my choice.”

Whoosh!

After that, the connection between them was cut off while Argentum was left to wait for the notification from the system as he knew that the notifications were not over yet. Thankfully, he did not have to wait for a long time as a notification sound resounded in his mind around half a minute later after the connection between him and Herellia was cut off.

Without delay, he commanded the system to open up the notification screen in his mind before reading through it. Surprisingly, the solemn aura that was radiating from Argentum after his conversation with Herellia…had instantly transformed into that remorse and regret as he said to himself, ”Are the heavens playing a prank on us? Now I incredibly regret saying those words.”

Ding!

'The heavens have now obtained the response of the trial taker. The trial taker has opted to undergo another trial in order to enhance their final evolution!'

'Since not a lot of time has passed since the trial taker's previous trial, the heavens have decided to allow the trial taker to rest for longer in order to survive the final trial!'

'The heavens are now deciding on the final trial of the trial taker.'

'Taking into consideration the trial taker's current combat power, as well as the indirect and direct interferences that have been made by external forces…'

'The heavens have finally decided on the trial taker's final trial!'

'The name of the trial is…'

'Dual Millennium Genesis Strike!'

”You've seriously got to be kidding me,” Argentum said to himself as the aura of remorse and regret around him intensified. ”Genesis-level lightning bolts? That should only start appearing once one undergoes Primordial Awakening!”

Rummaging through Aurus's memories, he found out that Abyss-level lightning bolts were the strongest lightning bolts that could appear on a being's Existence Tribulation. As for Genesis-level lightning bolts, which were one level above Abyss-level bolts, those bolts would only start to appear once one underwent Primordial Awakening, or the tribulation that an Animate would have to go to ascend to a Rank 6 class from a Rank 5 class.

At this point, he did not want to speculate what type of trial they were about to undertake. No, it would be better for him to say that he did not dare speculate what kind of trial they were about to undertake as he knew that, if the three weren't fully prepared, then they would undoubtedly die from a single Genesis-level bolt.

Ding!

Just as he was about to make his way to where Herellia and Horell were, another notification sound resounded in his mind, prompting him to look at his notification screen once more. As he wondered if the new notifications contained bad news, the aura of remorse and regret surrounding him was finally replaced with slight relief as the new notifications offered them a bit of hope.

'As this trial is a bonus trial that exceeds the power of a normal Existence Tribulation, the heavens have decided that, if the trial taker were to fail this trial, then the only penalty the trial taker would suffer would be a diminished final evolution. Although the effects of the enhanced transitional evolution would not be as prominent, it would still be slightly better than a normal final evolution.'

'The heavens have decided to give the trial taker a tip.'

'Survive.'

Whoosh!

As he closed the notification screen, he then looked at the dark clouds and muttered to himself, ”Er…can you really call that a tip?”

Nevertheless, he took the tip given to him seriously as he had a hunch that Herellia would obtain an incredibly strong final evolution after surviving the trial.

And with that, he went ahead and cast all of the movement speed boosting buffs in his arsenal on himself before heading to where Herellia and Horell were, both of them nonchalant to the true nightmarish properties of the trial that was about to strike them.

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