Through the Guidance’s descriptions, Qi Sheng became clear about the origins of the Snake Ancestor.
Unlike the Level Overlord of the Ice Blade region, the Snake Ancestor was merely a clan leader of an ordinary group among the billions in Monster World, one that worshipped Emperor Zhao.
Of course, the Guidance did not personally know the Snake Ancestor.
Being one of the Four Gods, his status was above the mundane, and he would not come into contact with a common clan leader.
This information was all obtained through the analysis of the temple’s mural contents.
Many murals depict the Snake Ancestor kneeling and praying to a blazing red flame.
This blazing red flame represents Emperor Zhao.
From the text records on many murals and the analysis of damaged ones, it can be discovered.
The Snake Ancestor’s faith in Emperor Zhao was shaken during the corrupting process of the Black Tide world.
The murals describe the Colorful Mist Coast under the Evil Moon’s light where living creatures suffer, greenery dies off massively, and resources are devoured by rampant Evil Spirits.
After numerous prayers and sacrificial ceremonies, the Snake Ancestor did not witness the arrival of the true god and eventually decided to try and reclaim his homeland through his own efforts.
During this time, the Snake Ancestor initiated the Blood Trial.
That is, the temple trial that many players are currently challenging, selecting potential warriors and imbuing them with formidable Strength to confront the Black Tide.
What happened afterward, the murals could not provide more information.
But Qi Sheng could anticipate the subsequent developments.
The Snake Ancestor led his people in a revolt against the Black Tide, ultimately culminating in failure.
This period was also evidently the stage when the four Servants, including the Guidance, and the Black Tide Demon God were fiercely battling.
The corrupted Colorful Mist Coast rejuvenated after the "Catastrophe Battle" described by the Evil Eye, the scenes dominated by the Evil Moon were shattered, but the Snake Ancestor and his tribespeople had already perished, unable to witness their homeland’s revival, leaving only a dilapidated temple standing to this day.
But the trial of filtering potential warriors by the Snake Ancestor is still in operation.
Inside the temple, the Guidance detected an Energy Source.
Due to the presence of many energy impurities, after calculation by the Guidance, approximately 10.864 million sacrificial power could be obtained after conversion.
However, unlike the energy source collected by the Ice Blade Clan using Iron Shell Bugs which they control, this Energy Source was sealed with multiple seals and defensive measures, it can only be accessed through the set protocols apart from forcibly breaking it with violence.
Qi Sheng had considered trying to crack it, but unless his real body went, the player’s Avatar couldn’t break this seal.
Thus, he also gave up the idea of absorbing the core of this energy.
Thus, the player completing the trial is actually helping him extract the Energy Core.
But in the distribution of energy, he made modifications.
Normally upon completing the Snake Ancestor’s trial, Challengers would receive an energy feedback from the Snake Ancestor, solidifying into a Snake Ancestor Mark in their body, purifying the player’s body while enhancing their growth potential.
But in Qi Sheng’s view, this Snake Ancestor Mark is useless.
The player’s body is constructed from sacrificial power, not to mention being pure without impurities, their growth potential has no limitations.
Normal beings of Monster World have numerous life shackles that need difficult breakthroughs during growth, but players don’t have these restrictions.
They simply need to acquire enough evolution points to increase their Life Soul Level, thus enhancing their strength.
This single setting endows the players with infinite growth potential.
Putting a Snake Ancestor Mark on a player is merely decorative, utterly meaningless.
The energy used to congeal the Snake Ancestor Mark became a waste.
Thus, he filtered and converted the "Snake Ancestor Mark" obtained by the player after completing the trial into sacrificial power, directly granting it to the player. He extracts a 30% fee, which is 600 points of sacrificial power, with the player receiving 1400 points of sacrificial power.
The player completing the trial challenge is also indirectly helping him extract the left behind Energy Core of the Snake Ancestor.
Colorful Mist Coast, Snake Ancestor Temple.
After two days of trying, Ding Yu who still failed to complete the trial challenge came to the temple again.
Compared to the time when the temple was first discovered, the number of players coming for the challenge had noticeably decreased, and many had decided to quit after one or two attempts.
The reason relates to the difficulty of the trial stages.
To date, only 33 players have successfully passed the challenge, and despite players on the forum eagerly shouting for half a day, none provided a detailed walkthrough.
Repeated failures led many players to give up the torture of challenging the Snake Ancestor Temple.
But for Ding Yu, the challenge was just beginning.
Entering the temple, he took a familiar route, bypassing the Snake Ancestor Statue, to the first stage.
Having found a convenient route, he swiftly and easily jumped forward, crossing the Abyss in less than 3 minutes to reach the second trial platform.
The difficulty of the second stage sharply increased, stopping many players here and ending their will to continue the challenge.
But after two days of exploration, Ding Yu had found some patterns.
The rhythm of the Earth Spikes appearing was not timed but began the moment the Challenger stepped on it, changing with every step, likely appearing one second later to attack.
He fell at this stage 5 times.
It cost him a total of 50 points of sacrificial power for resurrection, and 25 points of sacrificial power for teleportation.
This expenditure pained him, but thinking of the 1400 points of sacrificial power he could gain after completing the trial, this cost could be completely offset by the rewards.
Dodging, jumping, crouching... Moving forward with his spirit tensed the entire time, narrowly avoiding trap attacks several times, he reached the third platform at the end.
In front is the third stage of the temple trial, a labyrinth that switches paths constantly.