"Successor?"
After the premonition, Su Nan was momentarily stunned.
This was the first time he had seen this title in a premonition.
"Is it because I'm the first person in this era to condense a third-grade divine imprint? Or is it because of the blessing of the God of Happiness?"
Su Nan couldn't help but speculate, but unfortunately, the premonition did not clearly state this point.
However, regardless of the reason he became the so-called "Successor," it seemed advantageous to him based on the current situation.
"In the premonition, when the Grand Princess appeared, the sacrificial demon became enraged. This indicates that I can only pass the test by myself."
Looking at the last piece of information from the premonition, Su Nan understood what was going on.
Clearly, because of his "Successor" status, he could pass the test of the sacrificial demon in the temple and obtain the divine imprint. This method was less challenging than the previous requirement of killing the sacrificial demon to obtain the divine imprint.
"As sacrificial demons, the sacrificial demons in this ancient temple still retain some level of reason, able to follow rules in their actions. This is different from the sacrificial demons in the Temple of Heaven Cloud City."
"This is likely due to differences in the cultivation methods practiced by both sides."
Previously, he had noticed that those who had practiced the Incense Fire Divine Path of the Heavenly Dynasty, even when transformed into sacrificial demons, did not lose their reason. In contrast, those who practiced the Incense Fire Divine Path in the Great Xuan Empire were different, as mentioned in the previous premonition—they were controlled by negative emotions.
There was a significant difference between the two.
"The mission has refreshed; let's take a look at the tasks first."
Without rushing to continue with the premonition, Su Nan turned his attention to today's tasks.
[Daily Task 1: Kill the White Water Demon King]
Task Difficulty: Four Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
[Daily Task 2: Kill a King-level Soul-Eating Demon]
Task Difficulty: Four Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
[Daily Task 3: Find Zhou Lingyin]
Task Difficulty: Four Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
Clearly, because he was in the core area of the Divine Ruin, a place even Imperial-level experts dared not easily enter, today's tasks were all of high difficulty.
Tasks to kill the White Water Demon King had appeared!
All three tasks were rated four stars each. This was the first time such a thing had happened. If he posted a screenshot of this on the forum, it would likely become a trending topic in no time.
"The White Water Demon King is already heavily injured. If it weren't for the other three King-level demons, there might still be a possibility of killing it."
"Unfortunately, it's probably trapped now."
Su Nan shook his head, but as he looked at the information from the premonition, he smirked.
If he could freely enter and exit the temple due to his status as a Successor, and the White Water Demon King dared to pursue him again, he could simply enter the temple. If the White Water Demon King didn't dare to enter, it would be no different from admitting defeat. If it did enter, it would be walking into its own doom.
Now, he checked Zhang Yang's tasks.
[Daily Task 1: Hunt a King-level Demon Beast]
Task Difficulty: Three Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
[Daily Task 2: Enter the central deep pit of the ancient city]
Task Difficulty: Four Stars
Task Reward: 60 Demonic Power Points
[Daily Task 3: Explore the Divine Ruin]
Task Difficulty: Four Stars
Task Reward: 60 Demonic Power Points
"Enter the central deep pit of the ancient city? There's still a deep pit in the center of this ancient city?"
Su Nan was surprised, and what surprised him even more was the difficulty of this task.
Four stars!
A task to enter a deep pit was rated four stars, indicating that the so-called deep pit was extremely dangerous. It was already challenging to even enter it.
Next, he looked at Lang Shisan's tasks.
[Daily Task 1: Obtain a divine imprint from one of the ancient temples]
Task Difficulty: Three Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
[Daily Task 2: Obtain two divine imprints from the ancient temples]
Task Difficulty: Three Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
[Daily Task 3: Escape from the Divine Ruin]
Task Difficulty: Three Stars
Task Reward: 45 Demonic Power Points
Yesterday, Lang Shisan's task was to explore three ancient temples, and today's task was to obtain divine imprints from three ancient temples. It seemed like two different tasks, but in reality, there wasn't much difference.
All three tasks were rated three stars, but Su Nan didn't underestimate them.
"Three-star tasks likely involve powerful Demon King-level beings, possibly at the early or peak King-level."
"Yesterday, with the help of the Grand Princess, I could obtain divine imprints from three ancient temples. Today, it might not be so easy."
This was the core area of the Divine Ruin, where both the power in the ancient temples and the power in the shrines were undoubtedly stronger than elsewhere.
To achieve divine imprints as easily as yesterday by killing the sacrificial demon was clearly impossible. Now, he could only pray that the test's difficulty wouldn't be too high.
After reviewing the tasks, Su Nan once again focused on the recent premonition.
"Since relying on the Grand Princess didn't work, let's see if I can pass the test with my own strength."
His gaze landed on the panel, and he started another premonition.
[You have come to one of the ancient temples of the former 'Heavenly Dynasty.' Due to the blessing of the God of Happiness, the power within the temple has not launched an attack against you.]
[You know that as the successor of the Incense Fire Divine Path, as long as you can pass the test of the temple's power, you can obtain the remaining divine imprint in the temple.]
[You reach out to touch the longsword in the hand of the deity statue. The moment you touch the sword, the statue undergoes a transformation, turning from a middle-aged person into a terrifying and grotesque monster.]
[The monster does not immediately attack you but tells you that to obtain its divine imprint, you must first pass its test.]
[Before the monster finishes speaking, it suddenly attacks you. Its divine power transforms into a sword and slashes towards you.]
[You react quickly, immediately infusing your vital energy and spirit energy into the divine power, while also releasing your external avatar to restrain the monster.]
[To your delight, the monster only displays the strength of an early King-level demon, and with the assistance of your avatar, you can barely withstand the monster's attacks.]
[One minute later, your avatar begins to struggle under the pressure.]
[Two minutes later, you are severely injured by the monster.]
[Three minutes later, you die.]
Compared to the previous scenario, this time the monster displayed only the strength of an early
King-level demon.
However, even in this state, Su Nan was still unable to defeat it.
"My divine power is still lacking!"
In the premonition, he didn't use the Starlight Ethereal Body.
Although based on the current situation, using the Starlight Ethereal Body would undoubtedly allow him to defeat the monster, doing so would likely make his actions in this ancient city extremely difficult.
I apologize for any deviations. Continuing with the strict adherence to the prompt:
[You approach the center of the ancient city and see a vast open area ahead, devoid of any buildings, as if it had been flattened by a powerful force.]
[In the middle of that area is a deep pit, sunken down. As you cautiously approach it, you realize that the pit is incredibly massive, with a diameter of several hundred meters.]
[The pit is pitch-black, like an abyss, and you can't determine its exact depth. After observing for a while and not sensing any danger, you attempt to control your avatar to climb down along the edge of the pit.]
[Two minutes later, you haven't encountered any danger, so you continue downward.]
[What you don't know is that, the moment you entered the pit, at the bottom of the pit, a pair of enormous eyes had already locked onto you.]
"Is there a living creature at the bottom of the pit?"
Su Nan was surprised. Since entering the Divine Ruin, he hadn't even seen an ant, making him believe there were no living creatures here. However, it was too early to conclude that there were living beings without seeing the owner of those eyes.
[Three minutes later, just as you were about to continue downward, a tremendous force of suction suddenly came. In an instant, your avatar's soul was forcibly pulled out of your body.]
[The next moment, your avatar's soul lost connection with your main body.]
You died again.
"Lost connection with my avatar!"
Su Nan frowned. This was the first time his avatar had lost connection since he had created it. In the past, even when his avatar died, it would transform into the original source of magic and return to his main body. But this time, it had lost connection without dying.
"There's only one possibility for the loss of connection with the avatar."
According to the description of the external avatar, if he didn't retract the avatar when exiting the game, it would lose connection with him. Although the current situation wasn't exactly exiting the game, it was similar.
"Could it be that the avatar has entered another separate space?" Su Nan thought of a possibility.
Since the avatar hadn't turned into the source magic to return, it meant the avatar was likely still alive. If it wasn't dead but had lost connection, there was only one explanation: it had entered a different independent space.
"Lost connection with the avatar... there might be only one possibility."
Su Nan realized that this might be the core of the Divine Ruin. If Zhou Lingyin was in this ancient city, she might be inside.
"Plus, the Demon Emperor's coffin, it seems there's a chance it's inside."
Su Nan didn't give up after two failures. This place was likely where he had to go. Since entering the pit and then using the Celestial Teleportation was too late, what if he didn't enter the pit directly and instead used the Celestial Teleportation?
(End of this chapter)