Chapter 491 Golden Light Stream (2/2)

Zhou Yuan gripped the stone needle as he took in a deep breath to suppress the anxiety in his heart. In the end, he fiercely gritted his teeth and gave the needle a powerful push.

Bzz bzz!

The needle began to spin, rapidly turning between the three stone pillars.

As time passed, the needle gradually started to slow down.

Zhou Yuan’s gaze was glued to the end of the needle.

In the end, it slowly came to a halt.

Zhou Yuan’s expression was quite ugly as he slowly lifted his head. A numbing sensation seemed to explode across his scalp as his hands and feet turned ice-cold. The needle was pointing at the Heavenly Sun pillar!

He had been unlucky enough to select the strongest one.

“God damnit!”

Zhou Yuan clenched his jaw as a curse escaped from the cracks between his teeth.

The power of the Heavenly Sun stage could squish him with a single swat. There was no way in hell that he would pass.

Zhou Yuan gloomily raised his head and gazed at the figure atop the Heavenly Sun stage pillar. Although the latter was akin to a statue, merely looking at it made him feel a tremendous amount of pressure.

“I can’t possibly beat that…” Zhou Yuan shook his head.

“Fortunately, I still have another chance…”

Zhou Yuan slowly lifted his hand and grasped the stone needle once more with the intention of pushing it to reselect his opponent.

He gripped the rough stone, but just as he was about to push, he suddenly remembered old Xuan’s words when he first entered the mountain trial.

“Remember what you said earlier.”

Zhou Yuan’s hand paused.

Old Xuan would obviously not tell him something unimportant.

“What I said earlier…”

Zhou Yuan fell silent. He had begun to recall his earlier words.

“Are you confident?”

“There is no such thing as absolute confidence, but I will neither be afraid nor retreat in the face of any difficulty

Zhou Yuan’s expression fluctuated indeterminately as he mumbled, “Be unafraid?”

He admitted that fear had risen in his heart when the needle pointed towards the Heavenly Sun pillar earlier, because he had felt that it was an unwinnable opponent.

Hence, his very first response was to spin the needle again.

But if he were to spin it again and go for the retry, it would also mean that he had been afraid and retreated in the face of the Heavenly Sun stage.

Was retrying really the correct choice?

Would this test really give him a second chance?

Or… was the so-called ‘second chance’ merely a trap?

There was only silence in the ancient hall.

Zhou Yuan’s hand lay on the stone needle, but was ultimately unable to make himself push it. After a long silence, he finally raised his head and let out a drawn-out sigh, before releasing his grip little by little.

He took two steps back, looking at the pressuring figure atop the stone pillar as he muttered,

“If I die, I die… Heavenly Sun stage, do you think I’m afraid of you…”

He abruptly raised his finger, and pointed at the figure as a thunderous shout boomed in the hall.

“Heavenly Sun stage!”

“I shall be you!”

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