Two hundred Harpies launched an attack on Luo Luo under the leadership of their clan leader.
Race Name: Harpy
Level: LV3
Physique: 4
Strength: 5
Agility: 10
Spirit: 10
Talent: 1. Flight: Harpy-human hybrid creatures that possess innate flying abilities.
Skills: 1. Feather Blade: Fires its own feathers at enemies, which have speed and sharpness effects. (Attack effect, no cooldown time)
Description: A flying race with strong suppression against ground targets.
The Harpy clan leader was not much different from the regular Harpies, only possessing an additional skill.
Skill: Wail: Emits a sound wave form of mental attack to the target, causing a stun effect.
This might be the easiest challenge to deal with among several rounds; the Harpies' Feather Blade skill could not penetrate the robots' defenses, and Wail could not be used due to the capabilities of the Scientific Divine Authority.
Moreover, the armed robots were all ranged attackers, and the Harpies did not fly higher than the range of the Z1 combat rifle. Compared to the tough and resilient Minotaurs, the Harpies had significantly weaker defenses.
In just one encounter, this round was successfully passed.
The sixth round featured a more defensively robust Stone Giant army.
Race Name: Stone Giant
Level: LV4
Physique: 13
Strength: 21
Agility: 3
Spirit: 3
Talent: 1. Stone Skin: Reduces physical damage received by 80%.
2. Slow: Stone Giants have -2 agility.
Skills: 1. Boulder Toss: Throws a boulder at a target, causing shockwave damage to surrounding targets. (Cooldown 1 hour)
Description: Tough-skinned spirit creatures, generally unable to be harmed by low-level attacks, but they have the weakness of slow movement and can easily be taunted.
This round was indeed not easy. Luo Luo exploited the Stone Giants' tauntability and low agility weakness by sending out engineering robots to draw them one-on-one, then commanded the main force to create mud pits along the river. They first dug a large pit and then mixed soil with water to create mud, pouring it into the pit.
After sacrificing dozens of robots, they finally lured the Stone Giants into the mud pit. The giants began to sink continuously.
Then he commanded the war robots to attack the core located on their heads.
This round took far longer than the total time of the previous five rounds, and for the first time, there were casualties. Although the parts from the recovered robot wreckage could be used to assemble new robots, this was still the first time Luo Luo had experienced a reduction in forces since the trials began.
The rest period was longer this time, and Luo Luo collected all previously unpicked items. Notably, for this round's reward, the Cosmic Will had given him a Soulstone vein. This Soulstone is remarkable.
It is one of the top 10 metals in the universe. If this metal is mixed into weapon equipment, it can activate the weapon to possess its own soul, becoming the legendary "activated weapon." Some even refer to it as "weapon soul."
Item Name: Soulstone Vein (Small)
Category: Resource
Level: Cosmic
Effect:** Activates metals
Description: A treasure of the universe, a weapon material that everyone dreams of.
This small vein of Soulstone could yield approximately 10 kilograms of Soul Iron.
Luo Luo immediately thought of its use in creating hero units for the Mechanical Race. Heroes and Envoys are two distinct types of units; Envoys communicate with gods and can use divine techniques, often serving as the priest or holy child of a tribe, while Heroes far surpass regular units of their kind.
Before Heroes, units were ranked as ordinary, warrior, leader, commander, and finally hero units. Envoys rely on divine authority, while Heroes lead tribes to survival and continuity.
Of course, that was a matter for the future; the previous rounds still held some good items.
For example, this Level 1 Magic Crystal Cannon was a goblin creation. It was more powerful than modern artillery but had a short range, slow firing rate, and high consumption.
As the name suggests, the Magic Crystal Cannon requires magic crystals as energy. Since magic crystals are considered alien energy, Luo Luo could not use it, but he could study it. After the demigod trial, he could begin researching the structure and principles of the Magic Crystal Cannon to enhance ordinary technological weapons.
Luo Luo didn't look closely at the other items, as the seventh round's assault was imminent.
This time, a group of elemental creatures appeared.
Race Name: Fire Elemental
Level: LV4
Physique: 9
Strength: 10
Agility: 12
Spirit: 22
Talent: 1. Elemental Body: Immune to most physical attacks.
2. Fire Affinity: Can effectively use fire energy, increasing attack power by 100% when using fire energy.
3. Fear of Water: Weak against water energy, taking 100% more damage from water-based attacks.
Skill: Fireball Toss: Utilizes its elemental properties to hurl a high-temperature fireball at the enemy's position, dealing 130% elemental damage to enemies within a 5×5 area. (Cooldown 10 minutes)
Description:The favored of flames, using fire is their instinct, but they are very afraid of water.
The monsters encountered this time were very strong, yet also very weak.
Although the previous Goblins, Minotaurs, and Harpies all possessed unique skills, their skills were either innate or influenced by their physical strength. In contrast, the Fire Elementals' skills clearly aligned with Luo Luo's Scientific Divine Authority, which restricts alien energy.
Thus, within Luo Luo's divine realm, the Fire Elementals' skills could not be activated. Their ordinary attacks alone were insufficient to breach steel walls, and typical ranged attacks also could not eliminate these Fire Elementals.
So was there no good solution? There actually was.
Luo Luo had indeed learned about their weaknesses in class. Most elemental creatures have a fatal weakness: their core. The Stone Giants encountered earlier could also be considered a lower-tier race of earth elementals. Luo Luo had previously destroyed the earth elementals' cores to eliminate them.
Facing these Fire Elementals, Luo Luo prepared to use the same tactic again, but he quickly discovered that the bullets and crossbow bolts melted before they could even hit. After all, the size of these weapons and ammunition was small, unlike the thick walls. Additionally, the closer one got to the Fire Elementals' core, the higher the temperature became, creating an awkward situation.
Until Luo Luo instructed the robots to create ice arrows, his idea was clear: add water around the steel needles, place them in the robot factory's cooling equipment to freeze them into ice bars, then use machine tools to grind them into crossbow bolts. The ice arrows produced in this way would form a protective layer upon encountering flames, helping the steel needles attack the Fire Elementals' cores.
The seventh round was passed.
The eighth round featured an elite-level Necromancer.
Name: Albeak (Hero)
Profession: Necromancer
Level: LV5
Physique: 8
Strength: 8
Agility: 11
Spirit: 30
Talent: 1. Undead: A racial trait of the undead race. Except for the fire of the soul, which is a weakness, attacking other parts cannot kill it.
2. Dark Affinity: Easier to learn and use dark magic, with a 60% increase in dark attack power.
Skills: 1. Skeleton Summoning: Can summon skeleton soldiers from the undead plane (10 units, cooldown 1 minute).
2. Corpse Explosion: Causes a corpse to explode, dealing high damage and causing double the spirit's dark magic attack.
3. Dark Canopy: An elite skill of the undead mage that creates a beneficial domain for the undead race, granting friendly units a 20% increase in all attributes and reducing enemy units' all attributes by 20%.
Description: A highly talented undead mage.
"What strong attributes! But it's unfortunate for you to run into me."
As soon as the undead mage entered Luo Luo's divine realm, it prepared to use its skills to summon a wave of skeletons. However, it failed every time because its skills involved dark elements, triggering Luo Luo's divine authority to restrict alien energy.
This was indeed a powerful ability.
The result was that the undead mage could only endure the rain of bullets and arrows while tapping against the steel walls with its staff, a sight that could bring tears to the eyes of onlookers.
The undead mage could not deal any damage, but the five-level difference also reduced the robots' attack power to a minimum. After more than an hour of relentless attacks, the undead mage's head was finally smashed.
The eighth round of the trial was announced as complete. This round directly rewarded Luo Luo with a Hero Token, which could be used to cultivate a hero unit.
Item Name: Hero Token
Level: Planetary
Effect: Designate a unit to obtain the hero profession.
Description: This is the fastest shortcut to becoming powerful, with no side effects.
Luo Luo could not use it; he initially thought it was merely something to sell for money, but then he recalled his Scientific Divine Authority and had a sudden inspiration to attempt to analyze the Hero Token.
Research Task:
1. Analyze Hero Token, Progress 0%, Estimated Completion Time: 12 months.
2. Blank.
He could research two projects at once, so Luo Luo immediately began analyzing the Fire Essence awarded in the previous round.
"Ding, Research Task 2: Analyze Fire Essence, Progress 0%, Estimated Completion Time: 2 months."
Before the ninth round began, the crack expanded again, three times larger than before. A huge leg covered in golden fur stepped out first.
Golden Behemoth (Hero Level)
Level: LV6
Profession: Siege Behemoth
Physique: 55
Strength: 40
Agility: 10
Spirit: 6
Talent: 1. Behemoth: Increases physique by 100%, vitality by 100%, and recovery ability by 100%.
2. Steel Skin: Reduces physical damage by 50%, immune to all basic attack damage below its own level.
3. Magic Resistance Skin: Reduces magical damage by 50%.
Skills: 1. Armor Break: Deals full true damage to heavily armored targets (attack effect).
2. Heavy Strike: Deals double damage to buildings (attack effect).
3. Gluttony: Accelerates energy absorption from food, speeding up vitality recovery.
4. Roar: Emits a massive roar when angry, stunning enemies (cooldown 1 hour).
5. Earthquake: Uses all its strength to cause the ground to collapse, dealing shockwave damage to surrounding enemies and full true damage to buildings (cooldown 24 hours).
As soon as Luo Luo saw the information about the Golden Behemoth, he immediately contacted the Cosmic Will to end the trial.
Before the Golden Behemoth could fully emerge from the crack, it began to shrink. It seemed to sense what was about to happen and let out a series of furious roars.
"That scared me! Luckily, I reacted quickly."
Most of the Golden Behemoth's skills relied on its own strength, so they could not be restricted by Luo Luo's divine authority. Moreover, its talents and skills mostly dealt true damage to buildings and heavily armored targets, meaning the Golden Behemoth would inflict more damage when attacking the steel walls and robots. With the six-level gap, the robots' damage became minimal. Coupled with the Behemoth's built-in damage reduction, Luo Luo was completely restrained.
"Ding, the crack has disappeared. All alien races in your divine realm have been eliminated."
At this moment, Luo Luo began to transcend, a massive energy flooding into his body.
But just as this power was about to elevate Luo Luo's divine technique, it was repelled.
After multiple attempts with no success, it passively split in two. One half was absorbed by the divine authority, and the other half was absorbed by the technological core.
"Ding, Research Project 1 Estimated Time Advanced, Estimated Completion Time: 6 months."
"Ding, Research Project 2 Estimated Time Advanced, Estimated Completion Time: 1 month."
After the improvement of the Scientific Divine Authority, the research time was halved, and the number of analyzable units doubled.
"I wonder if the other abilities have changed."
After several attempts, the restrictions of abilities 3, 4, and 5 had not changed. However, ability 2, which allows for the fusion of all things, could not be tested yet due to the lack of research outcomes.
The technological core had not changed much, only gaining an additional skill. However, this skill was a divine talent for Luo Luo.
Item Name: Technological Core
Skill: Doubles research capability, enhances gods with Scientific Divine Authority. (Increases the dual effects of the fusion of all things)
This was the best enhancement for Luo Luo.
At this moment, Luo Luo officially stepped into the demigod stage.
Upon completing the demigod trial, the Cosmic Will granted the successful participant a comprehensive reward.
"Ding, congratulations! You have received 320 million faith points."
Starting from the 10 million reward for passing the third round, each subsequent round's reward was a double of the previous one, which matched the increasing difficulty of the trials.
This caused Luo Luo's previously impoverished assets to suddenly become abundant.
Moreover, he could now use various resource cards, and the massive faith points rewarded could directly unlock the construction of some core buildings.
It could be said that Luo Luo's growth speed after entering the demigod stage had increased significantly, and various special buildings could also begin to take effect.
From then on, he would soar ahead, leaving others of the same era far behind.
At this moment, Teacher Luo You was still preparing to give some reminders to her students, explaining the various points to pay attention to during the demigod trial.
But she didn't expect that Luo Luo had already passed the demigod trial, and had completed all eight rounds.
It should be noted that someone like her, a favored child of heaven, had only passed five rounds of trials at the demigod stage. After all, before becoming a demigod, one could not rely on external forces; one had to cultivate independently, which required immense fortune, a powerful race, and rich resources in the divine realm to potentially pass higher difficulty trials.
However, at this time, the record holder for passing the demigod trial in the Earth Source Continent was the Life Goddess, Suna. Her initial race was the Elves, and she possessed a series of special buildings, including the Ancient Tree of Life, the Ancient Tree of War, and the Holy Spring of Life. These allowed her to endure through the seventh round of the demigod trial. Moreover, her faith race, the Elves, suffered catastrophic losses; had it not been for the fact that the Elves were birthed from the Ancient Tree of Life, Suna might have perished after the demigod trial due to the extinction of her race.
Having passed seven rounds of trials, Suna had now grown to an 8th-tier Supreme God level. It was truly exciting to consider how far Luo Luo, who surpassed her, would grow in the future.