I Am Overlord - Chapter 435

Chapter 435

Chapter 435: Devil Fish

Along with the Emperor's announcement, the pressure vanished completely . Only 50 of the young geniuses remained standing; this included Xiang Shaoyun . As for those who had failed to remain on their feet, a depressed look appeared on all their faces .

They became even more distressed when they saw a fourth-stage King like Xiang Shaoyun walking onto the third floor . They became furious, feeling like they had been humiliated . After all, they were all late-stage Kings, with some of them being at the ninth stage . Even they had failed to withstand the suppression, yet someone like Xiang Shaoyun had succeeded . Nobody could accept something like that .

Unfortunately, that was the rule of the game . Their opinions no longer mattered, and the entire affair no longer had anything to do with them . In any case, at least 20 more people would be eliminated on the third floor, and they believed Xiang Shaoyun would be one of them .

When the group entered the third floor, they found it even more beautiful and serene than the first two floors . A lake greeted them, its waters occupying a large portion of the floor . It was as large as an average lake, and willow trees were growing all around it . Here and there, pavilions could be seen, and numerous lanterns pulsed with light, presenting a pleasant sight reminiscent of a lantern festival .

At the center of the lake was a massive ship 100 meters long and 3 stories tall .  It looked extremely luxurious, and coming from it was a melodious zither music playing in the air . The music sounded like it was from the heavens, reaching straight into the depths of one's heart, cleansing one of all pressure and worry .

"Young masters, please come onto the ship," a melodious voice suddenly rang out .

The voice was akin to the sound of a chirping oriole and the sound of a flowing spring . Like the zither music playing in the air, it was extremely pleasant to the ears . Just from the voice alone everyone concluded that the owner was definitely a woman as beautiful as a fairy .

"Haha, Yu Clan beauty, your husband is coming!" said an arrogant young man with a laugh as he started flying toward the ship .

The others were not willing to fall behind and started flying over as well . For some reason, a large number of the young men remained standing . The lake was giving them some sort of pressure . Sure enough, accompanied by a dreadful hissing sound, numerous massive black figures abruptly shot out of the lake .

"Roar! Roar!"

It was too dark, so they found it hard to determine what were the beasts that had shot out from the water . The beasts' sudden appearance gave the people flying to the ship a fright . Some of them were directly struck by the beasts and gravely injured .

If the beasts hadn't been ordered to not kill, they would have died . Xiang Shaoyun pushed his eyes to their limits and found that the beasts had a shape similar to a devil blood bat, yet they were also obviously different from the devil blood bats .

Soon, he heard someone shouting, "Devil fish!"

The so-called devil fish was a species of aquatic devilish beast in the Devil Domain . They were extremely powerful in water and would feast on any life form, an extremely savage species . It was obvious the ones living here had been enslaved by the Yu Clan . Otherwise, with their ferocious nature, the young Kings flying toward the ship would have all turned into fish food by now .

"Those capable of getting through this defensive perimeter will be qualified to step on the ship . If you fail, leave," the same melodious voice rang out from the ship .

Evidently, these devil fish were the second test for these young geniuses . There were more than 100 devil fish in the lake, each of them at least a ninth-stage Devil King . Some were even peak Devil Kings capable of releasing terrifying and powerful devilish energies . The devil fish kept making an odd sound as they looked around with their shiny, sinister eyes .

"Everyone, remain calm . Work together and charge through the perimeter," said Tang Longfei .

"That's a good idea . But those without any draconic aura are not qualified to come with us . Only those with draconic aura can work with us," said Long Yunfei, the Thirteenth Crown Prince .

"I agree," said Xie Gongzi from Dark Devil Sect .

"I agree . "

"I agree . "

. . .

All the Kings who had already formed their draconic aura voiced their agreement . There were about a dozen of them, and they were all people who would one day enter the Dragon Ascension Realm, each of them a genius from their respective organizations . It was thus natural for them to despise working with the Kings who had yet to form any draconic aura .

The other young Kings were furious, but they did not dare to say anything . After all, each King who had formed his draconic aura was far stronger than an ordinary King . They had terrifying combat prowess and were not the type of people these ordinary Kings could afford to offend .

Suddenly, Tang Longfei looked at Xiang Shaoyun and said, "You may come with us . "

He spoke with a firm tone, as if that was the only choice Xiang Shaoyun had . Xiang Shaoyun looked at Tang Longfei in astonishment . He had a feeling they had met before, but he couldn't remember when and where .

"No thanks," said Xiang Shaoyun with a shake of his head . He did not care why Tang Longfei had invited him . He had no intention of working with strangers, nor had he any intention of owing anyone a favor .

"Sure . Do as you wish, then," said Tang Longfei with a complicated look in his eyes .

They then started charging toward the devil fish . They were each extremely powerful, displaying a combat prowess comparable to even some Emperors' . These were the outstanding geniuses of the various provinces . Common cultivators were completely incomparable to them .

As the geniuses were battling the devil fish, someone else shouted, "They can do their thing, but we should join up and charge over together as well . "

"Yes! Working together is better than going at it alone!"

"Let's go! We only need to get across the water! We can do it!"

"Don't hide anything . Use everything you have . These devil fish are no joke . "

. . .

All the remaining Kings drew their weapons and charged the devil fish . Multicolored energy explosions started erupting all over the lake like fireworks .

Rumble! Rumble!

The impact of the unending explosions created numerous towering waves . This was quite a spectacular sight to behold . These Kings were all younger than 30 years old, yet they already possessed such extraordinary combat prowess . However, that wasn’t a surprise as they wouldn't have been able to pass the first test to make it here otherwise .

Shortly after, some of them started reaching the ship . Those capable of arriving before the others would naturally be able to give the Holy Maiden candidate a better impression . After all, this was a world where strength reigned supreme .