"Could it be that the entrance to the steeple has opened?"
Seeing the steeple change again after emitting the guiding beam a week ago, Gray's expression changed slightly as he had a guess.
According to his discussion with Sophia and the others, the steeple and even the island were operating according to a certain pattern.
The guiding beam would open at a certain time to allow people of suitable age to enter the island for the trial. Then, the entrance to the steeple would open at a certain time to allow the participants to leave the island.
Now that the white steeple had changed again, he couldn't help but suspect that the entrance to the steeple had opened and that it was time to leave the island.
Giving up on hunting fog beasts, Gray rushed towards the steeple.
Although increasing his strength was important, leaving the island was even more important. If he missed the opportunity and was trapped on the island, it would be useless no matter how strong he was.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
While Gray was rushing towards the minaret, on the island, the people who were still alive from the Four Great Kingdoms all had slight changes in their expressions. They did not hesitate to give up on hunting fog beasts and rushed towards the minaret.
The people who appeared here were all geniuses of the younger generation from the Four Kingdoms. If Gray and the others could think of the problem, they could naturally think of it and guess what the flickering of the steeple meant.
"We can't let Gray Fergus reach the entrance of the steeple first!"
Among them, Niklos Blaze increased his speed to the limit and rushed towards the steeple as fast as he could. If Gray Fergus blocked the entrance of the steeple, he would probably be trapped on the island forever. This was something he absolutely didn't want to happen.
Whoosh!
When Gray arrived at the steeple, there were already more than ten people near the entrance of the steeple.
In order to hunt strong enough fog beasts, Gray had been searching all over the island for the past few days. He was quite far from the steeple, so even though his speed was not slow, he was still not the first to arrive.
As for blocking Niklos Blaze and trapping Niklos Blaze on the island, he didn't mind doing so if he had the chance, but he definitely wouldn't give up the opportunity to increase his strength.
"It's already opened!"
Arriving near the entrance of the spire, Gray looked at the entrance and immediately saw that the two huge doors that he could not open no matter how hard he tried had already opened inwards.
Obviously, his previous guess was right. The entrance to the spire would open at a certain time, and now was the time.
He walked forward and saw that among the dozen or so people at the entrance, there were Sophia, Francis, and others. There were also people like Glynn Austin from the Jewel Kingdom and Lars Scarlet from the Scarlet Kingdom.
More than a dozen people stood near the entrance, but did not enter immediately.
After the door opened, what they saw was not the internal space of the spire, but a pitch-black vortex.
It was similar to the black fog vortex that he used to attack, but its color was deeper. It was as black as ink, and not a single bit of light could be seen from it.
"This is?"
Gray stepped forward and asked Sophia.
"It should be a channel with teleportation abilities."
"Teleportation channel?"
"Yes. Just now, Niklos Blaze and a few people from the Flame Kingdom entered and immediately disappeared. They should have been teleported away."
Sophia nodded.
"Where do you think they will be teleported to?"
Gelinwei Austin asked.
"There are only two places. Either somewhere in the spire, or outside the island. This island should be the trial ground of some mysterious force. The teleportation process should not be dangerous."
Lars Scarlet said.
"Niklos Blaze has already entered. Let's go, we should go in too. If we miss it, we might be left on the island forever."
Francis said as he stepped into the black vortex. Then, his figure quickly disappeared into the black vortex.
Following Francis, one person after another walked into the whirlpool and soon disappeared without a trace.
"Let's go!"
Nodding to Sophia, Gray also stepped into the vortex.
After entering the vortex, everything before his eyes was pitch-black. Even with night vision, Gray could not see anything.
However, the darkness quickly passed. Soon, his eyes became bright again and his vision was restored.
He looked around and found himself in a spacious sealed room. This room was about a few thousand square meters. There was no light source in the room, but surprisingly, the room was as bright as day.
This was a phenomenon that defied common sense, but Gray accepted it easily. After all, even magical weapons could be banned, so it wasn't that hard to understand why there would be light in a closed room without any illumination.
Suddenly, a red mist appeared in the room. Then, in the air, it condensed into a line of words.
"Trial Tower, First Level of Trial!"
It was not a language that Gray did not recognize. It was a language that Gray was very familiar with. It was a language that had been used since the time of the Empire. The force that left behind this island used the same language as the Empire. There should be some kind of connection between the two.
"The Trial Tower should be referring to the white spire. Then, what is the First Level of Trial?"
Just as Gray was thinking about this, there was another change in the space.
More red mist appeared and condensed together. It twisted and changed shape. Finally, the red mist condensed into a person.
This person was about two meters tall. Because he was condensed from mist, his face was rather blurry. In his hand, he held a broadsword. The broadsword was quite wide.
Whoosh!
The person condensed from mist quickly pounced on Gray.
As he approached, the broadsword shone with an earthy yellow light and became even larger. He slashed down at Gray from above.
Clang!
Without using his blood fiend ability, Gray was able to block this powerful strike with just his physical strength by unsheathing his sword.
Clang, clang, clang, puff!
The weapons in their hands collided rapidly. After more than ten exchanges, Gray exploded with terrifying speed and suddenly appeared beside the mist person. The sword in his hand fiercely slashed at the waist of the mist person.
The mist person quickly retreated to the side. However, he was unable to dodge the sword. A deep wound appeared on his waist.
"His combat strength should be at Level One of the Desolation Level!"
Gray judged in his heart.
In the previous exchange, he did not use the blood fiend ability. He only relied on his physical strength. However, because of the King Beast Bloodline, his physical strength was comparable to a Level One Desolation Level Blood Warrior. Therefore, his opponent's combat strength should be at Level One of the Desolation Level.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The mist person attacked Gray again. This time, he slashed in the air. Suddenly, three several-meter-long rock blades slashed at Gray.
Facing the three rock blades, Gray did not intend to be entangled with his opponent. He wanted to end the battle as soon as possible. What happened just now was just to test his opponent's combat strength.
Whoosh!
In front of Gray, a long river of green fog appeared, and the three stone blades were shattered. Not only that, but the long river of green fog also wrapped around the person formed by the fog.
Puff, puff, puff!
The man formed by the fog struggled madly, but he was unable to break free. Wounds appeared on his body one after another. When the river of fog disappeared, the man was lying on the ground, motionless. His body rapidly melted away until nothing was left behind.
"There's no red mist?"
Seeing this, Gray understood. It seemed that the mist creatures in the Trial Tower would not leave behind red mist when they died.
Red mist appeared in the middle of the room again, forming a few more words.
"Tower of Trials, second trial."
Then, the red mist in the room surged and turned into another person.
This was a slightly thin person. He was only about 1.7 meters tall and held two short knives in his hands.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Behind the opponent, shadows spread out, and the shadows turned into giant arrows one after another, shooting towards Gray in a dense pack.
The Ice Wind Blade turned into a whirlpool and immediately blocked the arrows one by one.
"Level Two of the Desolation Level!"
The mist person in front of him was obviously one level higher than the previous one. It had reached Level Two of the Desolation Level.
Whoosh!
After using the shadow ability to turn into arrows and attack Gray, the mist person quickly closed in on Gray, showing extreme speed.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In front of Gray, black mist surged out and turned into tentacles that attacked the mist person.
Puff!
After dodging more than ten shadow tentacles, the mist person was stabbed by a black mist tentacle.
A hole appeared on his body. The mist person holding two knives fell down powerlessly and disappeared completely.
"First Level Desolation Level One, then Level Two. Next is probably Level Three!"
The red mist words appeared again and the third trial began. A mist person holding a long spear appeared.
Wuuuu — —
The mist person holding the long spear attacked Gray.
A huge green tornado appeared. It was like a huge green blade had gathered and spun towards Gray.
In front of Gray, the black mist also turned into a tornado and hit the green tornado.
Boom!
Fragments of the wind blades and sporadic black mist sputtered in all directions.
"It really reached Level Three of the Desolation Level!"
In the aftermath, Gray and the mist person holding the long spear attacked again.
Gray swept out his sword. The condensed black mist turned into a black light and slashed at the mist person holding the long spear.
The tip of the spear person's long spear flashed with a green light. It was filled with an extremely sharp aura. It was the compressed wind.
The spear touched the black light and the black light was shattered. The mist person holding the spear quickly approached Gray. The spear with green light was aimed at Gray's heart.
Gray's long sword was filled with black mist. It turned into a few meters long and slashed out.