"What… what is this place?"
Purple Pearl asked with her cherry lips slightly parted, looking ahead with some surprise.
What appeared before everyone was a valley that indented into Sea God's Island.
Outside was the boundless ocean.
The valley indented from the shore into the island for about several hundred meters, surrounded by rocks as dark as ink, stepping on which one could feel their hardness rivaling that of iron.
Of course, these were not surprising enough to astonish Purple Pearl.
What really shocked her was the spectacular sight of the towering waves crashing against the shore within the valley indented into Sea God's Island.
For some reason, the calm waters outside Sea God's Island would become raging waves as soon as they entered this valley.
The tallest of the waves rose to several hundred meters, carrying tremendous power, and struck the dark rocks with a thunderous roar.
The grand and vast force of nature made the few people here seem incredibly insignificant.
Poseissi walked up to Luo Yu's side.
"This is the place for your third trial, known as Furious Waves Dead End, one of the wonders of Sea God's Island."
"This black valley in front of you was actually formed by the relentless pounding of the sea's waves."
"Under the ceaseless impact, the rocks here are as hard as iron and incredibly dense, almost comparable to the silver used in forging weapons in terms of volume."
Luo Yu nodded, "Interesting."
Poseissi said, "Your task this time is to withstand the mighty force of nature, and you must not take it lightly."
"After all, you might not care about a single impact, but what about a hundred, a thousand?"
"Keep in mind, your task is to endure a whole year of Tidal Body Forging here."
Luo Yu waved his hand casually, "No need to say more, let's start right away."
Poseissi seemed to have gradually become accustomed to Luo Yu's decisiveness.
Without further ado.
She reached out with her jade-like hand and raised it high.
"Boom!"
As if responding, the ground inside the black valley shook, and a huge Heavy Silver Column rose.
Even if five Great Hans joined hands, they probably couldn't encircle it.
Upon closer inspection, the top of the Heavy Silver Column resembled a cross, with five gray rings attached to it.
"Are you going to tie my Brother Yu up there to withstand the assault of the waves?" Purple Pearl asked with a frown of concern.
"Yes," Poseissi nodded.
"Who could withstand continuous battering for a year? If the tide doesn't beat you to death, you'll starve," Purple Pearl complained.
The Seven Pillar Guardians kept silent beside her, having learned their lesson to keep their mouths shut tightly so as not to give Luo Yu a chance to make them lose face.
Luo Yu's extraordinary performances had already cast a shadow of defeat over their hearts.
Just as Purple Pearl was about to negotiate further with Poseissi,
Luo Yu had already dashed out and was standing atop the column in the valley.
"Don't waste time. Let's start. I want to test the power of these waves first," he said.
Purple Pearl couldn't help but roll her eyes; was this what they called bravery bordering on arrogance?
Since her man had made up his mind, she said no more, and stepped aside obediently.
Poseissi channelled her Soul Power into the Heavy Silver Column.
In an instant, the entire column burst into a dazzling silver light and Luo Yu felt his body tighten as the five gray rings closed around his neck, waist, legs, and both wrists, restricting his movements.
"Let's move aside for now."
Poseissi led everyone to a higher position and watched Luo Yu from a distance.
The assessment had begun.
A hundred-meter-tall wave surged toward Luo Yu like a ferocious beast.
Striking at his body.
Bound to the silver column, faced with the overwhelming waves, Luo Yu showed no change in expression, ready and eager for the challenge.
"Boom!"
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Waves, carrying colossal force, directly slammed into Luo Yu's body, causing water to splash and a roaring sound to echo throughout the valley.
"Tsk, the power of this tide seems pretty lackluster." Luo Yu said, his hair dripping with water droplets, looking quite uninterested.
"We're just getting started, the intense part is yet to come," Poseissi hinted.
Luo Yu smiled.
"Don't be shy, let the storm come even more fiercely."
"Boom!"
Wave after wave smashed head-on, each stronger than the last, every wave comparable to a full-powered strike from a Soul Sage.
They continuously pounded and washed over Luo Yu's body.
Purple Pearl watched, her eyelids twitching uncontrollably.
If it had been her taking on this method of body refinement, any single wave could have made her blood surge violently.
Yet her man seemed completely unscathed up to this point.
The Seven Sacred Pillars fell silent, their eyelids twitching just the same.
They had all undergone Tidal Body Forging in the past, enduring unspeakable hardships before barely managing to pass.
Yet the waves the man was withstanding clearly seemed more powerful than what they faced back then, yet he looked like it was all no big deal?
For a time, everyone began to deeply question Luo Yu's strength.
"Not strong enough, the force is way too weak, not even enough to tickle me," Luo Yu remarked casually atop the Heavy Silver Column, as if on a leisurely vacation, completely unperturbed.
"Crash!"
An explosive noise rose from the sea's surface, as a hundred-foot-high wave surged forth, its scale and power far surpassing the previous waves by more than tenfold.
With the sovereign might of nature, it smashed at Luo Yu from all directions, as if intending to crush him into mincemeat in an instant.
Purple Pearl couldn't help but cover her eyes, her nerves on edge.
Poseissi and the Seven Pillar Guardians stared intently this way.
"Crash!"
After the giant wave washed over, the entire valley shook incessantly.
Yet there was Luo Yu, unharmed and clinging to the silver column, shaking his head in disappointment.
"Utterly powerless, completely bland."
"With such weak force, it couldn't possibly have any effect on body refinement."
Poseissi and the others' mouths twitched.
"This guy... what kind of physical resilience must he have?"
"What kind of body can simply disregard Tidal Body Forging like this?"
"Hey!"
Luo Yu shouted at Poseissi, "Can you make the waves crash with a bit more force? Otherwise, it's not even enough to scratch an itch."
"Uh..."
Poseissi was momentarily stunned.
Others feared that the force of the sea waves might be too strong, worrying their bodies couldn't withstand it.
This guy, on the other hand, was craving more intensity and asking for more power?
"Can't add more; this is already the maximum force."
Luo Yu, dissatisfied, retorted, "That won't do; the tides have no body-refining effect on me. Being locked here for a year would be meaningless for me, just a waste of time."
"What do you suggest then?" Poseissi felt there was more to what Luo Yu was saying.
Luo Yu said, "I think you can activate your Soul Power to bolster the waves, doubling the force of the tidal impact. The assessment requires I undergo Tidal Body Forging for one year, so if you increase the wave's power by three hundred times, wouldn't I complete a year's worth in one day and finish the trial ahead of time?"
"No way, can that even work?" The Pillar Guardian was startled by Luo Yu's idea.
Any fool would know which trial is more difficult.
If the wave's power increased three hundredfold, wouldn't they be instantly crushed to death if they went up?
How can this guy be so bold?
Is he once again raising the difficulty of his own trial?
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