The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 108 Forced Promotion, Lord of the Black Forest!

Carefully retrieving the Duke of Entropy from the Ghost Realm, Lu Yan dared not delay for a moment. His blood surged beneath his feet, and he shot backward like an arrow, quickly widening the distance between himself and the filthy and eerie figure.

Even though he moved extremely fast, the filthy and eerie creature still keenly sensed his presence and, while digesting Chu Xuan's soul, rushed towards Lu Yan.

Seeing this, Lu Yan felt somewhat helpless. The Yellow Springs Undying Body's switching between life and death states did not change its aura, and it was indeed being targeted.

Seeing this, Lu Yan stopped dodging, and the Ember Flame Bow appeared out of thin air in his hand. With a light pull of the bowstring, three arrows burning with scorching flames instantly condensed and shot towards the filthy and eerie head with a whistling wind.

There's no escaping it now; only a direct confrontation offers a glimmer of hope.

Chu Xuan had just verified that even rare artifacts could not withstand this filthy and bizarre creature, so his only option now was the Flame Longbow.

However, the Flame Bow was ultimately just a rare silver artifact and could not cause much damage to the filthy and eerie things.

The arrow struck the filthy and eerie body, making only a soft "sizzle" sound before being instantly swallowed by the black mist on its surface, leaving not a trace, let alone causing any damage.

Just as they were pondering their next move, a slight tremor suddenly came from within the ghost realm.

He focused his senses and discovered that the [Glory] Primal Card was trembling continuously in the Ghost Realm, suspended in the air, emitting a faint golden light, as if it were sensing something.

Not only that, even the Dawn Spear began to get slightly hot, with tiny golden lights emanating from its shaft, echoing the light of the [Glory] in the Ghost Realm, and the resonance grew stronger and stronger.

"Did it sense a foul and eerie aura and thus resonate with it?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Lu Yan's eyes. Then, with a thought, he took out the [Glory] and the Dawnbreaker Spear from the Ghost Realm at the same time.

The moment the two objects made contact, their resonance reached its peak. The golden light emanating from the [Glory] became even more dazzling, while the Dawnbreaker Spear trembled violently, and the patterns on its body gradually became clearer, as if it were greedily absorbing the power of the [Glory].

The next second, the prompt on the panel appeared as expected, clearly displayed in front of Lu Yan:

The Master of Weapons detected the nascent spiritual potential within the Dawnbreaker Spear and guided it to absorb the power of the Glorious Ones.

[The Glory Ones proactively cooperated, sharing a wisp of their former power with the Dawnbreaker Spear.]

[Dawnbreaker Spear successfully absorbed power, advancing to Dawn's Radiance!]

【Golden Treasures, Dawn's Radiance】

【Trait - Dawn: When encountering targets of darkness and corruption, it will automatically emit the holy light of dawn, dispelling darkness and filth, and dealing additional holy damage to evil targets.】

[Skill - Rejuvenation: After activating this skill, Dawn's Radiance will transform into a spear of light for ranged attacks. Regardless of whether it hits the target, the user can summon it back to their hand through willpower. Cooldown: 10 seconds.]

[Second requirement for advancing to Grandmaster of Weapons: Personally craft three spiritually imbued golden artifacts (2/3)]

Looking at the transformed Dawn of Glory in his hand, Lu Yan grinned, his eyes full of surprise.

The upgrade of the Dawnbreaker Spear was undoubtedly a timely help. He was originally worried about not being able to harm the filthy and strange creatures, but now with this golden holy light attribute artifact, he might be able to break the deadlock.

"To be honest, fate is truly a mysterious thing."

He murmured softly that if it weren't for Chu Xuan's provocation and this sudden, filthy, and bizarre attack, the Dawnbreaker Spear would probably have taken much longer to complete its transformation and become a golden artifact.

Without further hesitation, Lu Yan gripped the Dawn's Radiance tightly in his hand, and with a thought, activated its core skill, Reflection.

Suddenly, Dawn's Radiance erupted with a dazzling holy light, which grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire battlefield. The dark mist that had been shrouding the area retreated under the holy light, making a sizzling, corrosive sound.

A moment later, the light subsided, and the Dawn's Radiance had transformed into a pure white spear of light, its tip gleaming with sharp holy light, trembling slightly in the air as if it were brimming with power.

Although it has only just been born, its spirituality is already capable of expressing simple likes and dislikes.

And not far away, there was something he loathed.

Filthy and eerie!

Upon seeing this, Lu Yan's blood and qi surged, and the Dragon Source Totem on his body also burned, forming a faint layer of dragon scales under his skin.

This is a usage he recently figured out, which allows him to obtain the basic bonus of the totem with minimal changes to its appearance.

Although not as powerful as when fully transformed, it is still more than enough to surpass the ordinary.

Not only that, Lu Yan activated his special ability, "Climbing the Ladder," unleashing all the stored blood and energy within him with twelve crisp sounds.

Then, Lu Yan poured all his power into his right hand, aimed at the filthy and eerie object, and forcefully threw it out.

Suddenly, under the watchful eyes of countless people, the spear of light pierced through the sky and penetrated the filthy, eerie black body, just like the first ray of dawn illuminating the darkness.

But before the filth and the strange creature could react, the Dawn's Radiance flew out of Lu Yan's hand again and launched a second projection.

Then, a spear of light flashed back and forth in the sky, constantly leaving incurable wounds on the filthy and eerie creature.

"——*#big#%**8@##, the filthy and eerie creature was attacked, and suddenly a strange sound came out of its mouth, chaotic and sinister."

Upon hearing these sounds, the test takers immediately felt a wave of confusion, and the sequence began to spiral out of control.

Lu Yan was also slightly disturbed by the enhancement of multiple sequences, but he stabilized himself after a little concentration.

Looking at the still enormous, filthy, and bizarre creature, Lu Yan's gaze swept across it, finally discovering a strange black tree-like structure on its chest.

With a thought, he summoned the Executioner's Domain - Execution Ground again and attempted to integrate it into the light spear in his hand.

He had seen Chai Yu operate it before, and now he tried it himself, and it went quite smoothly.

After merging with the power of the execution ground domain, the spear of light also gained a trace of the power of rules, and once again rushed towards the filth and the bizarre.

The filthy and eerie creature did not dodge, but the tree seeds inside it moved on their own, attempting to avoid the attack.

However, the execution ground area itself is unavoidable; no matter how the filthy tree species moves, the light spear will adjust its position accordingly.

boom--!

With a deafening roar, the spear of light successfully struck the corrupted tree seed, and the pure holy light of dawn poured into it, shattering it completely.

Without the blessing of the tree seed, the filth and monsters shattered, transforming into jet-black monsters that were purified by the spear of light.

The remaining examinees breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this situation, while also looking at Lu Yan with strange eyes.

There was gratitude, apprehension, and also skepticism.

Is this guy really the same age as them?

Lu Yan naturally didn't care about any of that. He let out a long breath and then put the light spear away.

Before he could disperse the light spear, a wisp of black energy suddenly emerged from the spear, reformed into a tree seed, and burrowed into his body.

"They're still alive?"

Lu Yan's eyes narrowed, and his Hundred Weapons Body was activated, transforming into the Dawn attribute to try to resist the corrupted tree species.

But the tree seemed determined to perish together with Lu Yan, determined to burrow into his body despite the morning light's purification.

[Dr. Alchemist sensed the intrusion of a foreign power and took action to break it down.]

Undeterred by the challenge, the Master of a Hundred Weapons unleashed his full power, activating his Hundred Weapons Body in an attempt to purify it.

The executioner, disgusted by evil, unleashed the most severe punishment upon him!

The Blood Shaman was completely baffled by this power and could only watch helplessly.

All four major sequences stepped in to intercept, but the Nightmare Shepherd remained completely silent.

Strangely, this time even the control panel remained unresponsive.

Isn't this a threat?

Just then, the Nightmare Shepherd finally made a move.

[The Nightmare Shepherd found inspiration in the power of the Corrupted Tree Seed and decided to merge with it!]

[The Nightmare Shepherd fuses with the Filthy Tree Seed %￥# to form %&￥ — Discovering an advancement path!]

【Promotion Requirement 1: Cultivate ￥%#76￥#】

[Promotion to 74￥#￥]

【#3%！ ！ &*————】

The subtitles above were in complete disarray, and Lu Yan's consciousness was also separated, arriving in the realm of the supernatural.

A jet-black tree seed slowly fell from the sky and merged into the land of the ghost realm.

Meanwhile, the Planeswalker and the Duke of Entropy floated far away in the air with the other artifacts, showing no intention of interfering.

Drawn by the Seven Emotions Demon, it actively moved closer to the tree seed and infused its demonic power into it.

In the next instant, towering, jet-black trees rose from the ground, instantly covering the entire ghost realm.

From afar, the Ghost Realm had transformed into a dark forest, filled with thick fog, creating a dreamlike and illusory scene.

What should have been a vibrant place was instead deathly still, and the eerie faces that occasionally peeked out from the trees only added to the sense of dread.

Nature, the eerie, dreams, death.

Multiple factors have been perfectly integrated into this dark forest, and the Seven Emotions Ghosts have also found their respective places and established their own strongholds.

Suddenly, Lu Yan's consciousness returned to his body, and the final prompt popped up on the panel.

[Fusion successful! The Nightmare Shepherd has been forcibly promoted to Lord of the Black Forest!]

[Gain the Trait - Death Lord: You are the true master of the Black Forest, existing between life and death. Your body and spirit will gradually strengthen as the Black Forest expands!]

[Gain the Trait - Forest of Nightmares: Your domain exists between reality and dreams. Dreams corrupted by your domain will become part of the Black Forest. You and your summoned creatures will be reborn within the Black Forest after death!]

[Gain Skill - Domain - Dark Forest: Upon activation, a Dark Forest domain is created. Targets within the domain cannot escape and will suffer various bizarre attacks from within the Dark Forest. Upon death, they will become part of the Dark Forest.]

"Two characteristics, one skill—that's a bit different from the executioner."

Lu Yan carefully studied the Black Forest Lord's abilities and was somewhat eager to try them out.

However, after sensing the powerful aura coming from above, he still endured it.

Right after he killed the filthy monster, he discovered the two people who had suddenly appeared in the air.

One was Wan Zhuliu, and the other was the middle-aged man he had seen in Chu Xuan's dream.

Chu Sheng, the presiding judge of the third trial court!