After going into the sea, I met the witch.

Seeing this, Ryan hesitated.

The effects of [Holy Blood] are indeed not to be missed, but since Freya has already gone down, if he follows her down, wouldn't that be...?

Just as he was hesitating, Freyne's voice came from the pool of blood:

“Mr. Ryan, come down quickly, the effects of the Holy Blood are fading.”

The girl's voice was filled with pure anxiety, and it sounded perfectly normal.

However, her tightly clenched hands, which were soaking in the pool of holy blood and unseen by outsiders, revealed that the girl's emotions were not as calm as they appeared.

Hearing Freyne's words, Ryan took a deep breath and no longer hesitated.

The effect of [Holy Blood] is very strong, and the panel does not mention that its effect will conflict with [Tier 1 Spirit Enhancement Crystal], which means that the two can be stacked.

His spiritual foundation at the first level was already extraordinary. If he were to use [Holy Blood] to further enhance it and advance to the second level based on that foundation, he himself could not predict how much his spirituality would improve.

"Wow..."

Blood splashed up slightly, forming water. Ryan was completely submerged in the blood, with only his head above the surface. Two meters in front of him was Freyne, who was also only above the surface.

Their eyes met, and both of them instinctively looked away.

As the two entered, the Holy Blood Pool seemed to find an "outlet," and the spiritual energy that was supposed to "evaporate and dissipate" drilled into their bodies, even forming two blood vortexes on the surface of the water.

A rich and pure spirituality was washing over his body every second, and Ryan could feel his spirituality growing stronger at a visible rate.

Chapter 100 Trial of Strength

His spirituality surged as the Holy Blood Pool cleansed him. As time passed, Ryan felt drowsy, and this feeling grew stronger and stronger. No matter how hard he tried, he could not resist it, and finally, he fell into a deep sleep.

The same situation applies to Freyne, who is opposite Ryan.

……

Not long after, Ryan slowly woke up.

Before he even opened his eyes, he felt the abundant and burgeoning spirituality within him.

"The effects of the Holy Blood are incredibly powerful..."

Ryan slowly opened his eyes and saw Freyne not far away.

The blood pool water had become much dimmer, and the previous situation where it was impossible to see anything was no longer present.

From a distance of more than two meters, Ryan could vaguely see the perfectly undulating curves of the girl's body beneath her tight-fitting skirt beneath the water's surface.

The witch's eyes remained closed, as if she were asleep, and a faint crimson vortex still swirled around her.

Recalling the description of the [Holy Blood] that its effects were related to the body's tolerance and rank, Ryan immediately understood—Freni, who had already advanced to the second rank, had not yet completed the absorption of the [Holy Blood].

Ryan blinked, then looked away and stood up from the pool of holy blood.

Ryan took out a new set of clothes from his spatial ring, changed into them, and breathed a sigh of relief as his body became dry again. He then looked at the control panel.

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【灵性】：4.8——“暴食猎人（一阶）”+1.5、异界之魂+1.0，游历分身“海盗（一阶）”反馈0.3、十颗【一阶灵性提升结晶】+1.0、【圣血】+1.0

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"After absorbing the [Holy Blood], my spiritual potential increased by 1.0? The effect is the same as taking ten [Tier 1 Spiritual Potential Enhancement Crystals]..."

"But wouldn't that make our previous guesses even more likely?"

Ryan mentally scoffed, then turned his gaze to the surroundings of the Blood Moon Temple.

The walls and pillars of the temple were decorated with magnificent and intricate reliefs, as if they were telling a story. Unfortunately, without the gray text displayed, Ryan could not understand the meaning of these patterns.

Compared to traditional temples, this place seemed too sparse. After looking around, Ryan's gaze fell on a tightly closed stone door directly in front of the entrance.

With nothing else to do, he came to this huge stone gate.

Above the stone gate is a huge wolf head carved. Walking towards the stone gate is as if you are walking towards the wolf's gaping maw.

To Ryan's surprise, the gray text actually displayed a prompt for the door.

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[Trial of Strength]: [The Blood King] left something in the room behind the door and set up this door. [Trial of Strength] will generate different resistances depending on the race and rank of the person attempting it; only pure physical strength can open this door.

Please note that, to date, no human has successfully passed the [Trial of Power].

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"Oh?"

Looking at the prompt before him, Ryan's eyes lit up with interest.

If this thing were testing something else, he wouldn't be very confident, after all, the statement "To date, no human has successfully passed the [Trial of Power]" is quite intimidating.

But testing pure physical strength... it's not that Ryan is arrogant, but he thinks that a normal human being at the first level is unlikely to be stronger than him.

The same applies even when the scope is extended to the second order.

With this in mind, he became interested and raised his hands, placing them on either side of the door, before starting to exert force.

To Ryan's surprise, even though he had exerted all his strength, he still could not budge the stone door.

This situation caused Ryan to frown deeply.

At the same time, he also noticed a slight change in the description of the [Trial of Power].

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[Trial of Power]: ...The current participant's race and rank are: Human, Rank 1. The minimum [Physical] requirement to pass the [Trial of Power] is 10.0.

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"A physique of 10.0?!"

Ryan couldn't help but want to curse—no, to curse God.

Was the "King of Blood" who set up this "Trial of Power" intentional?

Which human could possess a physique of 10.0 at the first level?

That would only be possible for a giant, right?

If a first-order giant were to attempt the [Trial of Power], how high would the requirements be?

This thing is just there to prevent people from getting through, right?

No wonder that to this day, no human has been able to pass the Trial of Power.

After his initial anger subsided, Ryan, who was standing in front of the door, gradually calmed down.

His current [Physical Strength] is 9.46. To be honest, the difference from 10.0 is not significant. If his wandering clone could level up again, the power it receives would far exceed the requirement of 10.0, which would definitely be enough to pass the [Trial of Power].

Thinking of his travel clone, Ryan couldn't help but look inward at the [Nameless Ship Carving] deep within his body.

Then, to his surprise, he discovered that the [Travel] function had actually ended its cooldown period?

"Did I just sleep in the Holy Blood Pool for almost a whole day?"

Ryan muttered to himself.

After thinking for a moment, he walked back to the Holy Blood Pool and sat down at the edge.

He had already explored the Blood Moon Temple once, and it was safe to say that apart from the [Trial of Power], there was nothing else of value.

Freyne is currently absorbing the Holy Blood, and he plans to take advantage of this time to "travel" around and try to level up his travel clone.

He was extremely curious about what was hidden behind the [Trial of Power].

After all, how could something that even the [Blood King], a deity, needed to set up the [Trial of Power] to protect be ordinary?

The spatial ring on Ryan's hand flashed, and a wooden box appeared in front of him.

With the use of [Attachment], the wooden box instantly transformed into the shape of a raft.

Seeing this, Ryan nodded in satisfaction.

He had prepared two wooden boxes in his spatial ring just in case, but he never expected them to come in handy on this occasion.

The raft, transformed from a wooden box, was quite small, so Ryan simply used it as a pillow, lying down beside the Holy Blood Pool and closing his eyes.

[Travel], let's begin!

……

After the familiar feeling of falling, light gradually returned to my vision.

Ryan glanced over the mast and, seeing no "plea for help," breathed a sigh of relief, but was also somewhat disappointed.

The absence of a "letter of appeal" indicates that Da Yin is currently safe, which is a good thing. However, what disappoints him is that without a "letter of appeal," finding suitable prey will not be so easy.

Given Silver's current strength, the only creature capable of triggering its distress call must be a unique species at least on par with the female Rathalos, or even possibly comparable to the leader of the male Rathalos.

Nowadays, Ryan has basically wiped out all the special species in the outer area and the ancient forest area.

The awkward thing is that even so, there are only nine special species, and one more is needed to awaken the [Relic - Azure Medal].

That makes people's hearts itch.

The effect of the Azure Medal is extremely powerful. Without its two-level physical attribute boost, Ryan's wandering clones might not be able to defeat even the Red Tyrannosaurus Rex, let alone the Rathalos leader.

If the "awakening" stage is this strong, what about the further "awakening" stage?

Ryan doesn't ask for anything else, he just wants to raise the enhancement of his physical attributes by another level.

But given the current situation...

Ryan turned to look into the depths of the island: "Should we head into the inner perimeter?"

Ryan knew very little about the inner perimeter of this mysterious island. Even the two notes left by Loick, the vice-captain of the Seventh Reconnaissance Hunter Group, did not contain much description of the inner perimeter.

All Ryan knew was that the inner perimeter and the ancient forest were separated by towering, surrounding cliffs.

Oh, right, the cliff face!

Ryan's eyes lit up.

His previous battle with the Rathalos leader had caused a large area of ​​the cliff face to break. Now, he could use that gap to enter the inner area for a preliminary exploration.

[Campfire Spot - Gap in the Giant Tree]