Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 100

The end of the stream.

Shen Ye’s driftwood stopped here.

He looked back.

Zhao Yibing really didn’t follow.

At this moment, there was a steep rock face in front of the driftwood.

There was no way out.

The water flowed through an underground channel beneath the rock face.

The playing card vibrated slightly, and new small characters appeared:

“Dive, stir your Starlight Power, and push the door open.”

What is Starlight Power?

Never mind.

In short, this level required diving.

Shen Ye jumped into the water.

It was pitch dark.

The current was swift and icy cold.

Shen Ye swam forward with all his might and soon saw a stone door deep in the water.

The stone door was tightly closed, and he didn’t know how thick it was.

Shen Ye hesitated a little.

The stone door was still some distance away from him, and it was deep underwater.

If he swam to it, the breath he held might not be enough to get back.

After all, he was currently going with the current.

To return later, he would need to swim against the current.

What if he ran out of breath…

He was about to go back and make a plan when the playing card suddenly flew out, floated in front of him, and revealed a line of small characters:

“From now on, retreating means elimination.”

No choice.

Shen Ye had to swim forward with all his might.

He reached the stone door and pushed it hard.

The door didn’t budge.

Are you kidding me?!

Did he have to push this stone door open to get in?

Shen Ye put all his attribute points into strength and pushed the stone door with all his might.

The stone door still didn’t move!

At this moment, he finally understood the methods of those people.

He also understood why Zhao Yibing didn’t act but instead used a gamble.

—Without Starlight Power, this door couldn’t be opened at all!

What to do?

If he retreated, he’d lose the gamble.

He couldn’t go forward.

Staying here, he would soon suffocate.

Did he really have to open the door and leave?

If he opened the door, it would likely count as him leaving the exam, neither a “victory” nor a “defeat.”

But he could never come back.

Unless—

Time slowly passed, until one day, he truly gained the strength to push open the door.

Shen Ye hesitated a little.

Should he leave?

What about his parents? What about everything in this world?

Everyone would think he was dead.

Damn it.

Those people could even interfere with this kind of exam.

And they enjoyed interfering.

What else were they not afraid to do?

Big Skeleton’s voice suddenly rang out:

“Do you still remember that you fed me a piece of giant meat?”

Shen Ye nodded slightly.

Of course he remembered, but why bring that up now?

“Let me try, I also know what Starlight Power is,” Big Skeleton said.

A wave of energy emerged from the ring.

A skeleton giant suddenly appeared in front of Shen Ye.

The water churned.

Shen Ye kicked his legs back and forth to maintain balance, looking up.

The skeleton giant’s bones were dead grey, and its spinal column was covered with sharp barbs, radiating a strong aura of death in the water.

If an ordinary person saw this appearance, they would either go mad on the spot or suffer psychological trauma for life.

The skeleton giant bent down, placed its hands on the stone door, and pushed forward with all its might.

Its strength was so immense.

But Shen Ye saw that cracks were gradually appearing on its arm bones.

For the skeleton giant, this door was too heavy!

Shen Ye was horrified, and then a strange anger rose within him.

Was this the exam those people prepared for him?

Why didn’t they just die?

Suddenly.

A huge cloud of dust rose from under the water.

—The stone door was pushed open!

The direction of the current immediately changed, wrapping Shen Ye tightly and rushing him into the stone door.

“Go! I’ll take you, it’s safer.”

Big Skeleton transformed, from a skeleton giant back into a skeleton king—it quickly caught Shen Ye, and with its four claws, swam along the current into the door.

Shen Ye grabbed its turtle shell, patted its head hard, and pointed to a spot.

There was light diagonally above!

Big Skeleton understood and accelerated towards the light.

They surfaced.

Splash!

The turtle surfaced, and Shen Ye immediately began to gasp for air.

“Damn it, what is Starlight Power?”

He asked while looking around.

“Starlight Power is the power of the stars,” the turtle explained in a serious tone.

That’s incredibly reasonable!

Shen Ye was too speechless to retort. The situation was complicated, and he’d have to argue with it later.

He saw that this was a circular arena.

As Shen Ye surfaced, raging flames immediately ignited at the four corners of the arena.

In the center of the arena stood a humanoid figure made entirely of metal.

He looked like an adult man, wearing armor, holding a long spear, and his appearance was imposing without being angry.

The humanoid figure remained motionless.

—Until Shen Ye also stood on the arena.

The humanoid figure slightly turned its head, making a “click-clack-clack” sound.

“It’s been many years since anyone came to take the sect initiation exam,”

It looked at Shen Ye and said with emotion.

“Is the exam very difficult?” Shen Ye asked.

“People of your era are too weak and considered my assessment too dangerous, so they abandoned me,” the humanoid figure said.

“What about your era?”

“…They also found it too dangerous.”

“So, have you killed examinees before?” Shen Ye asked cautiously.

“Many,” the humanoid figure said blandly.

It stood in place, moving its body, and its joints made clicking sounds.

—Indeed, it hadn’t been maintained for a long time.

“Senior, how do I pass your level?”

Shen Ye asked.

“It’s simple, defeat me and you can pass, but you probably don’t have the strength,” the humanoid figure said.

“Senior, how about I take you for full maintenance, apply lubricant to all your joints, polish you, give you a crystal coating and film, and a yearly membership card—in exchange for letting me off?” Shen Ye asked.

The humanoid figure said expressionlessly, “No need, my mission is to select suitable individuals.”

“When I count to one, the battle will begin.”

“Five,”

“Four,”

“…”

Before Shen Ye could speak, Big Skeleton’s voice already sounded:

“It’s very strong, don’t be careless.”

Bang.

Big Skeleton ran out of the ring again.

But this time, its bones made a “creaking and clanking” sound, transforming rapidly from a skeleton king—into a one-horned skeleton snake.

Shen Ye was stunned.

This guy is a master of transformation!

He didn’t raise it for nothing!

The one-horned skeleton snake finished transforming, coiled around Shen Ye to protect him, and raised its snake head high, staring at the humanoid figure opposite.

“One!”

The humanoid figure’s countdown ended.

In an instant.

A gust of wind swept across the arena.

The humanoid figure, holding its long spear, appeared behind Shen Ye.

Big Skeleton didn’t even have time to react!

Shen Ye also didn’t react.

The only lucky thing was that he had activated “Flowing Moon” when the opponent’s countdown ended.

The gleaming spear tip pierced through the one-horned skeleton snake, aiming directly at Shen Ye’s chest—

In a flash, a water-like phantom emanated from Shen Ye, transforming into five or six replicas of Shen Ye.

This slowed the humanoid figure’s attack by a fraction of a second.

A fraction of a second.

Shen Ye barely managed to move a few inches out of the way.

The humanoid figure’s long spear missed, and it was about to change from a thrust to a sweep.

His lightning-flashing palms slammed hard against the long spear—

Boom!

Amidst the earth-shattering collision, the ceramic humanoid figure retreated a few steps.

Shen Ye flew far away, landing on the other side of the arena.

“Thunder Shock Palm?” Metal. Inconsistent with previous text. The humanoid figure looked at the faint lightning glow on his hands, and calmly said, “You’re using it very crudely, probably not even at the first level of the Dharma Realm.”

“I just learned it,” Shen Ye admitted.

“If your basic attributes were higher and your moves were a level up, you might be able to repel me, but right now you are not my opponent,” the humanoid figure said.

“Yes, I can’t beat you at all, how about we shake hands and call it a truce?” Shen Ye said, spreading his hands.

“I haven’t seen that move in many years…” The humanoid figure showed a look of recollection and sighed, “The formidable reputation of Frost Moon Earthshaker has stood for thousands of years, to think that after several eras, someone still uses it.”

“You know it?” Shen Ye said.

The humanoid figure casually pointed at the void.

Four glowing patterns of clouds, water waves, earth, and a bright moon floated in mid-air.

“The four major sects of Jialan, Guixu, Xirang, and Huntian have long since perished in the long river of history. Today, I am fortunate to meet a true successor…”

The humanoid figure’s tone became serious: “I will assess you with all my might, I hope you don’t die.”

Assess me with all your might?

That’s totally unnecessary!

“Senior, you’re too serious, you really don’t have to be like this.”

Shen Ye waved his hands repeatedly, then suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing towards him—

Not good!

He spun his body, retreating.

The one-horned skeleton snake, however, advanced instead of retreating, biting fiercely at the opponent’s head.

Crash!

The long spear directly knocked it flying.

The humanoid figure said indifferently, “Summon? I have one too!”

It held the spear in one hand, and with the other hand, it made a spell seal—

The void opened.

A water dragon, about the same length and size as the one-horned skeleton snake, flew out.

This water dragon seemed to have intelligence. Its five claws stepped on dragon pearls emitting icy cold energy, hovering in mid-air, and roaring deafeningly.

The one-horned skeleton snake charged up, not to be outdone.

A dragon and a snake intertwined and tangled in the sky, biting relentlessly.

The humanoid figure glanced at the sky and said with a tone of distaste:

“This beast is too weak; why would you choose such a冥幽 artifact as a battle pet?”

“It’s my friend, just here to help out. Please don’t kill it,” Shen Ye said in a panic.

“Since that’s the case, so be it.” The humanoid figure relaxed its grip on the spell.

In the sky, the water dragon’s attack slowed down considerably.

Seeing an opportunity, Shen Ye quickly said, “Mylord, I also came to take the exam with a friend, just to join in for the sake of it, please don’t kill me.”

The humanoid figure looked at him in silence for a moment, then raised its long spear:

“Where did you learn this shameless attitude?”