Second Arc- Dragon God's Second Trial

While being hunted by countless profound beasts, he had to kill ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine profound beasts, and these profound beasts' levels were all higher than his. This trial's difficulty and troll level wasn't even just cruel. It was practically at a crazy and unreasonable stage.

What made Percy the most angry was… You might as well add one more to it to make it a round number, okay?! What's the meaning of insisting on 99999!

The Primordial Azure Dragon's voice fell, and the surrounding atmosphere suddenly turned from fresh to gloomy.

The howls of innumerable profound beasts sounded from far away. Surrounding Percy, the shadows of a dozen or so profound beasts also started to move. Their aura kept Percy firmly fixed, and then they all rushed towards where he was.

Out of all the profound auras these profound beasts were releasing, none of them were below the Level Eight Warrior Realm.

In the blink of an eye, Percy was already surrounded by a large number of profound beasts. The Primordial Azure Dragon's voice said that the profound beasts here would actively move towards Percy under the guidance of its aura. When they discover him, they would then commence a do or die hunt. These words were obviously not said in jest!

Percy quickly drew out Dragon Fault with one hand and rushed towards these profound beasts. As Dragon Fault danced, it brought about waves of surging Ripples, causing the surrounding profound beasts to back away again and again. However, the strength of these profound beasts far outmatched the Stone Dragon Warriors he had defeated in the first stage of the trial. When ten of them charged over, the pressure far exceeded the attack from a few hundred Stone Dragon Warriors. Also, following Percy's kills, the number of profound beasts did not decrease. Rather, they quickly increased. At every moment, there were large amounts of profound beasts rushing over from the surroundings.

In a few dozen breaths of time, the pressure on Percy was already enough to nearly cause him to suffocate. In another dozen breaths, he was already surrounded all around by peril. He firmly protected Piper and beseeched Artemis for help, "Artemis, what do we do now!"

"There's only one way." Artemis said calmly.

Percy's spirit was roused, "What way?"

"Of course it's to escape!" Artemis got angry, "If you don't want to escape, do you want to wait to die here! Did this princess teach you the Moonlight Flash just to set you up to fail!"

"…"

"Haah!" Percy's body exploded with vibrations and a scaled down version of the Earthshaker blossomed layer by layer, forcing back the formidable crowd of profound beasts around him. Taking advantage of the disruptions cover, he leapt up high. Dashing for a distance with the Divine Sea Tsunami, he then used the Moonlight Flash for a few times consecutively, and finally broke away from being encircled within the profound beasts. He withdrew Dragon Fault into the Inner World Space, and suddenly, his body became extremely light. Following which, he concentrated his profound energy into the bottom of his legs and rushed away madly; all while holding Piper.

"The trial this time, be it the strength of the opponents, the level of danger, or the amount of time needed, it will all be far greater than the first stage of the trial." Artemis said with a heavy voice, "Even though you have to kill 99999 profound beasts to pass the trial this time, with the degree of scariness here, the moment you touch a single profound beast, it will alarm the rest of the profound beasts nearby. Then, you will fall into dangerous circumstances — Besides, you're also bringing a useless woman around! Therefore, most of the time you spend in here will not be on killing, but on escaping!"

"These few months, all your training has been concentrated on your heavy sword and the Great Way of the Buddha, but you haven't attended to the Moonlight Flash I'd taught you! If you want to get past his trial, you'll first have to ensure that you have the ability to survive. If you want to preserve your life in this dangerous place that's filled with profound beasts, you'll have to train your Moonlight Flash to the second stage, 'Twin Stars', in the shortest amount of time possible!"

"I'll give you a month's time. Within this month, you have to stop at the safest place, and unless it's absolutely necessary, do not attack any profound beasts. This way, you'll at least, be much safer. Within this period of time, you have to train your Moonlight Flash to at least the second stage."

"Since it was possible for you to reach the second stage for the Great Way of the Buddha in such a short time with your perception, it shouldn't be too difficult for you! When you can fluctuate to form the second shadow, and be more capable of escaping and saving your own life, you can then begin to kill these profound beasts….. Do you understand!"

"….Understood." Percy wasn't opposed to Artemis's words in the least. After being surrounded by a dozen profound beasts, and feeling the immense pressure and danger he was in, it made him still have lingering fears even until now.

There was one line that Artemis had spoken that wasn't wrong at all….. If he wanted to pass this stage of the trial, the first thing he had to do was to protect his own life!

The city of Hope, The Grand Alchemist Association.

Dressed in her finest clothes, Director Aphrodite stood beside the Lotus Pond and stared at her own incomparably beautiful reflection. Her eyes were fixated, and nobody knew what she was thinking of.

A palace maid walked in quickly, bowing slightly while saying respectfully, "Director, Grand Alchemist Master Qin requests an audience."

Aphrodite's gaze moved from the water's surface, "Bring him in."

Not long after, Qin Wuzong, grandson of the president of the association walked in by himself and bowed to Aphrodite, "Qin Wuzong pays his respects to the Director."

"Qin Wuzong may spare the formalities…. Chief Qin, did you come this time because you have information on Percy?" Aphrodite's voice was clearly urgent.

Qin Wuzong shook his head slowly and then sighed, "Ashamedly, until today, I still have yet to find the least bit of information on him….. Sigh, DIrector, please forgive my bluntness. The Wasteland of Death is a place even I would not casually step into. Five days ago, many people saw him enter the city and face the dragon, but since then, nobody has seen him come out. The number of geniuses who have died there is simply too many. Five whole days… Sigh, director, you should stop being so attached to him."

"No….. Absolutely not! I believe that he'll definitely be fine!" Aphrodite's voice began to tremble slightly. Even though she had always been striving to repress them, she still lost control of her emotions and her eyes began to grow misty, "He promised me before….. He's definitely be safe and sound… He'll definitely return within half a year… He'll definitely be fine….. It's definitely because he doesn't want to be found…. It must be….."

Continuously, she said "definitely" six times with an additional "absolutely". It wasn't known if she was saying it to convince Qin Wuzong, or to convince herself.

Not long after Percy had left, she became unable to contain her thoughts, and began to send Sound Transmissions to Percy. But whether it was from the Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman, or the incomparably precious Ten Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman, there was no reply. Then Grandholme had returned with the other members and brought the bad news. Everyone had seen Percy come face to face with the dragon after entering the city center.

Yet nobody had seen him come out.

If she had known back then, when she had dropped him at school, that Percy was going to the Wasteland of Death, she would never have let him leave no matter what. This was because that place was a place of nightmares which stank of death in all respects. Every year, the number of people who die in there was innumerable, including many talents who had reached their pinnacles and had absolute faith in their abilities.

This sort of news caused Aphrodite's expression to be on the brink of crumbling apart….. Up until now, five days had already passed, but still, nobody had seen him walk out of there and even those expert teams that went deep into the mountain territory had not seen any trace of him before.

To enter the Wasteland of Death for five days and not come out without a single trace, the only possibility was that his corpse had been buried within, or that his corpse had been destroyed, or was eaten by a profound beast.

Qin Wuzong sighed silently in his heart. As for Percy's death, he also felt extremely regretful. He immediately changed the topic, "Director, I saw the President just now and I consulted with him about issues regarding the coming Crisis with the shadow association. The president has allowed me to discuss it directly with the Director. There's only a month of time left to the start of the battle. We need to choose the Warriors who will represent the Alchemist Association. May I know if Director has already chosen a person, or will it be through choosing an inner court disciple from a competition like what had been done in previous years?"

Aphrodite looked to the side. After she had finally calmed down somewhat, her eyes flashed and she said, "Chief Qin, wait a little…. wait for half a month more. If…. If there is still no news of him, then we will choose from within the inner palace just like we had in former years."

"But, if it's that way, the timing would be….." Speaking halfway, Qin Wuzong saw the distressed expression on Aphrodite's face and his heart lamented and he swallowed back the two words "too rushed", respectfully saying instead, "I understand. Everything will be as the Director wishes. As for Percy, I hope Your Highness will be able to cheer up. Nowadays, the shadow association as well as the serpent society are causing problems. The DeGrest Society is busy with the Shadow Association, we must restrain the Serpent Society before they become too rampant. You are the president's last pillar of support, so you must definitely take care of yourself…. Sigh, if I may be excused."

As the Vice Chief of Alchemist Association, Qin Wuzong was naturally not a fool. When Percy had just joined the Alchemist Association, he could still see Aphrodite's special care towards Percy as a respect to his talent. However, later on, she would specially visit him at home and became his bodyguard . Nobody else knew of these things, but as Vice Chief, he naturally could not have not known. Her reactions after finding out that Percy had died in the Wasteland of Death let Qin Wuzong understand more and more that she had obviously fallen in love with Percy, and this wasn't just a simply "valuing him".

"…Take care, Vice Chief Qin."

After watching Palace Chief Qin leave, Aphrodite turned around and slowly closed her eyes…

"Junior brother Percy, why must you go to such a dangerous place… Are you really staying in that Wasteland of Death forever and never coming back…"

"The crisis and battle with the shadow association is approaching. You once said that you wanted to directly participate in any battles fought by our alchemists association… But now, where are you… You've made me become used to your presence, made my originally undisturbed spirit depend on, have someone to return to and hate leaving. So why would you disappear from my world so hurriedly…"

"If you don't appear in the to fight for us again this time…. Then, after the battle is over, I will personally go into the Wasteland of Death to find you… If I can't find you, then I'll accompany you… and stay there forever… I won't let you feel lonely…"

Two delicate hands clenched quietly under the luxurious Dragon gown and coronet, as slivers of melancholy overflowed from her aura.

Realm of the Dragon God Trial, an endless plain.

Five months have passed since Percy entered this place.

Up ahead, was the sound of a little creek. The creek's water was so clear that one could see its bottom. Inside the creek's clear water, were schools all different kinds of little fish that cheerfully moved about.

Percy laid Piper on the grass next to the creek delicately, then crouched at the edge of the creek. Watching the fish swimming in the middle of the creek, he said while beaming: "Piper, we can drink fish soup again… Hmm, what flavor should the fish soup be today?"

Just as his voice landed, Percy's left hand penetrated the surface of the water like lightning, catching a large fish nearly a foot long. And at this time, a river boulder to his right suddenly tumbled, and a huge crab, its body half the size of Percy's body, shot over. The pitch-black huge crab's pincers opened, and it snapped fiercely at Percy's neck… The barbs on this crab's pincers glistened coldly, even steel would be snapped instantly, let alone a person's neck.

Percy threw the fish in his hands onto the grass. Without even raising his head, his right hand extended like lightning, and grabbed onto the edge of the crab's pincers. He forcibly clutched onto the Murderous Kingcrab and suddenly flung it into a river boulder.

Percy's arm strength was not just terrifying. With a loud "bang" the river boulder smashed into pieces and the Murderous Kingcrab was smashed into unconsciousness. This sound was like alerting a hornet's nest. Tens of Murderous Kingcrabs simultaneously scuttled out. Their humongous pincers were opened guillotine style as they sliced out along with a glittering cold radiance. Lightning quick, Percy took out Dragon Fault. He shifted his body once and three indistinguishable illusory silhouettes appear in three different positions. The four thousand kilogram Dragon Fault was as light as a large feather. In a few breaths of time, a dozen or so strikes were made, and each strike heavily attacked each Murderous Kingcrab's back.

The Murderous Kingcrab was a dangerous profound beast at the Level Eight that possessed two terrifying pincers, and its shell was even more incomparably hard. Even for ordinary Level Eight Warrior, it was hard for them to injure it. However, under one of Percy's heavy smashes, after the bursting of thirteen consecutive sounds, the backs of thirteen Murderous Kingcrabs were completely split open as a berserk profound strength immediately charged straight through and powerfully snapped their life veins in a flash.

With a flick of his wrist, Dragon Fault returned onto Percy's back. In order to completely adapt to Dragon Fault's weight, after cultivating Moonlight Flash to the second stage, he constantly carried Dragon Fault on his back.

"Eighty-three thousand nine hundred and forty-seven." After exterminating the thirteen Murderous Kingcrabs, the numbers in Percy's mind also refreshed. After seeing the ground covered dead crabs whose legs lifted into the air, Percy pinched his chin and muttered: "I wonder if I could make these huge crabs into soup…"

Percy finally gave up this tempting thought and returned to Piper's side with the fish in hand. Then, he set up a pot rack and put in the creek's water along with the fish before boiling it with fire….

Once the fire was raised, trouble followed shortly after. The grassland beneath his foot abnormally shifted. Not waiting for the underground thing to surface, Percy suddenly thrusted his hands into the ground and forcibly clutched at the Level Eight Armor Plated Earthworm that was about to attack. After two or three strikes that had beaten it into tight knots, it was then thrown away into the distance… It was sad that this Armor Plated Earthworm was only a low level Level Eight. Although its body was as hard as fine steel, in Percy's hands, it was no different than an ordinary hemp rope. Even though Percy's profound strength was inferior, his arm strength was something that not even a high level Level Eight Warrior could match.

The Armor Plated Earthworm that had been coiled into tight knots chaotically twitched about on the grass. But after losing too much blood for a long while, it was no longer capable of movement.

"Eighty-three thousand nine hundred and forty-eight." Percy said aloud in a low voice. Right after he finished counting out loud, his arm suddenly swung up and Vibrational waves shot outwards at the two Fierce Storm Hawks overhead that were about to dive down, making them fall after an explosion.

After these five months of comprehensive mastery, he no longer needed the heavy sword to unleash Wave Break, and could also activate it with a wave of his arm, because even his arm, could be treated as a heavy sword.

It didn't even take sixty breaths of time for the fish soup to be ready.

After ladling the fish soup, Percy carefully blew at it to keep it cool and arrived at Piper's side. Supporting her upper body, he lifted the little bowl against her lips: "Here, it's not hot anymore."

Piper opened her beautiful eyes and parted her soft lips. Using what little strength she had, she lightly sipped and drank the fish soup. Right as she swallowed her first mouthful of soup, an unearthly cry came from up above. Six extremely long tailed dark green monstrously large birds dove down from six different directions at Percy.

Without raising his head, Percy swung his left hand upwards and clutched Dragon Fault between his fingers. After locking onto the positions of the six Verdure Great Birds, Percy continuously swung Dragon Fault six times in two breaths of time. On the third breath, he had already withdrawn Dragon Fault and placed it back on his back.

Scree Scree Scree Scree…

Amongst the chaotic Dragon cries, six Wave Breaks soared into the sky, accurately blasting onto the Verdure Great Birds that were in the midst of their attack, and exploded on them one by one. During this entire process, not a single drop of the fish soup in the little bowl spilled out. Piper was also not startled, and her snowy lips never left the little bowl. When all six of the Great Birds dropped down, half of the fish soup in the little bowl had already been devoured.

Since they had encountered this type of situation everyday for the past five months, she had long become accustomed to it, and was even more certain that Percy could perfectly hold them off.

In this five month period, they were subject to all kinds of profound beast attacks at nearly every moment. The period in-between varied, but it never stopped. The "never be able to sleep soundly or eat in peace" that the Primordial Azure Dragon had said was not the least bit exaggerated or made up in order to scare them.

The difficulty level of this stage of the trial was more than ten times harder than the first. What was scary, was not that the level of profound beasts were too high, nor was it the shockingly quantity of the profound beasts. It was rather the unceasingly barrage of assaults! They came from the ground, underground, in the water, from the skies, and any profound beast could attack at anytime. If one relaxed his mind for even a second, it was possible for him to lose his life. In this sort of situation, it was perhaps likely to persevere through two days. Even three or four days could be endured, but when the period of time continued to lengthen, even if one's body could handle the pressure, the collapse of one's mind was also possible… If another person with profound strength that was stronger than Percy's by one-fold was swapped in, it was still nearly impossible for them to continue on.

Yet just for Percy, this trial's difficulty level wasn't that much higher than the first stage's.

Because in his past life, he precisely spent his time being hunted down. Being hunted down by this endless plain's profound beasts was undoubtedly terrifying, but in his past life, he had actually been subjected to being hunted down by weird monsters since he was a child! This had formed an innate experience in his bones and even now, he still had this sharp skill.

After reincarnating, there was no chance for those abilities to surface. But being hunted by this endless plain's endless amount of profound beasts, his abilities were aroused once more.

Under Percy's recuperation, although Piper's meridians were still not recovered, the state of her body was already much better. Her face, which was originally as white as a sheet of paper, had already recovered some of its original color. However, her entire body was still paralyzed, and only her right arm and right hand could move a little. In this extremely dangerous place, for Percy to protect her well, he had to stay right by her side.

For each meal, Piper could not eat much and a small bowl of fish soup would already suffice. Piper, who had finished drinking the fish soup, closed her eyes gently and lay on Percy's chest with a peaceful expression….. Even she herself did not realize, that this ease she felt, surpassed what she had felt when she was meditating in seclusion in her sect.

In these five months, a large part of her time was spent in slumber. The only thing she spent more time in other than sleeping, was in Percy's arms. From the first rejection, to gradual acceptance, and finally completely accustomed. After she was used to it, she would unknowingly come to hate to leave him….. But this concept of "wanting to stay near" was completely foreign to Piper, because before Percy, she had never lived alone with any man before, let alone come into contact intimately. But this time, they had actually lived inseparably and close to each other for almost five months. To Piper, this was absolutely unimaginable.

Nobody knew what frame of mind she had in interacting with Percy, and even she herself did not know.

"Sleep peacefully for a while. Soon, we'll be able to leave this place. And by then, all your strength will be recovered." Percy patted Piper's pale back lightly, his voice soft, like he was coaxing a baby to sleep.

Not too long after, Piper's breathing became light and even, and she had fallen asleep.

Percy kept the thing by his hand, and stood up while carrying Piper. Looking forward, he spoke, "Artemis, how long have we been here?"

"Today is the hundred and forty first day." Artemis answered precisely.

Percy frowned in worry." Everyone probably thought we've died. And who knows what troubles have popped up by now!"

Also, after the second stage of the trial, there was still the third stage.

After exiting the trial grounds, it would still take a long time to walk out of the Wasteland of Death…

"It looks like I'll have to speed up. Even if I die, I still have to finish killing the profound beasts here within ten days!" Percy frowned and said.

"Ten days? Hmph, what joke are you cracking! To complete this trial, you still have to kill sixteen thousand profound beasts. If you want to finish it in ten days, you'll need to kill at least a thousand and six hundred of them every day! In these five months, you've only killed an average of six hundred profound beasts each day, and this is already your maximum speed after you'd gone all out. Killing sixteen thousand profound beasts in ten days is absolutely impossible….. If you get ahead of yourself in your impatience and lose your cool, you might get reverse killed by profound beasts instead." Artemis warned.

Percy had no way of countering that.

"ROAR!"

Suddenly, and ear-splitting growl came from far behind him. This sound made Percy frown, and then mutter darkly, "Damn! Why is it this guy again, it's practically like a lingering spirit that won't leave!"

At that, without even thinking, Percy ran. Not long after, a gigantic single horned profound beast rampaged past the spot he had been at, bringing a berserk aura as it rushed towards him.

Even though he had stayed here for the past five months, and had been surviving by killing profound beasts which far surpassed him in levels every day, Percy's strength had still stayed at the Level Six Warrior. It wasn't that his profound energy had not shown any signs of breaking through, but rather that he kept pushing it down forcefully, not allowing it to break through. This was because, when Battle qi made a breakthrough, he would be incapable of moving for a short period of time, and could not be disturbed by anything, or else his meridians would be easily damaged. In this endless wilderness that was fraught with dangers, not only could he not be guarded by anyone when he was breaking through, but Piper would also be exposed to the same dangerous environment. Therefore, the breakthrough in his profound strength had forcibly been suppressed all this time.

Otherwise, with how he was killing far above his level every day and night, and how all he had the blood of poseidon, in five months, it wouldn't be an exaggeration if his profound strength could rise to the Level Eight Warrior!

Although he had not broken through all this while, his profound energy grew progressively, and even if he did not have the power of Two great gods, his profound strength far surpassed the average practitioner in the Level Six.

This profound beast that was chasing him was named Overlord Single-Horned Beast, and it was a profound beast of the Eight Realm. It had great strength and an extremely tough body. That, in addition to its strong and solid profound defense made it difficult for Percy to harm it even with Dragon Fault. If Piper hadn't been at Percy's side, he could still deal with it, but with one arm around Piper, he could only hold the sword with one hand and it was impossible for him to even be a match for the Overlord Single-Horned Beast.

That was why Percy would run every time he met this guy.

Moonlight Flash was a single instance profound movement skill and not a long term speed increase type of profound skill, so it would not cause Percy's speed to increase by much. However, Percy would usually be carrying a sword that weighed four thousand kilos. Therefore, when he needed to escape, all he had to do was to throw the sword into the Inner World, and his body would feel as if it were floating. Escaping would also be as fast as lightning, and shaking off this Overlord Single-Horned Beast would only be a matter of minutes.

Percy ran forward with all his might and the dirt underneath his feet were sent flying back as he increased the distance between him and the Overlord Single-Horned Beast. At this time, Artemis's warning suddenly came from his mind, "Careful, there's a cliff up front!"

Just as Artemis's voice fell, a cliff appeared in front of Percy's line of sight. His brows furrowed and his speed suddenly decreased as both his feet planted onto the ground firmly. After sliding for a short distance, he finally stopped dangerously at the edge of the cliff. But instantly, he let out a silent breath of relief.

Because looking down, the cliff was actually not high and it wasn't even one hundred fifty meters tall, so he could easily leap down. There wasn't any place dangerous below the cliff either, it was only extremely dense woods… Perhaps forest would be a better term for it, because before his eyes, each tree was joined to the next, and even though he was standing at a high vantage point, he still couldn't completely see the edge of it.

"It's a field area, why would there be forests." Percy muttered and was about to jump down, when suddenly, a sliver of dangerous, strong wind came from his right side.

Percy glanced to the side and his right arm stretched out like lightning as two fingers pinching forcefully onto a thin, cold and slippery thing.

It was a Black Thread Snake that wasn't very long and was only as thick as half of his finger. Seven inches of it was grabbed onto tightly by Percy and it struggled in pain, spitting blackness.

"Emperor Black Thread Snake!" Percy, who was proficient in all poisons that existed in the world, recognized the poisonous snake in an instant.

The Emperor Black Thread Snake was very thin and short, and its body was very weak. Even if a normal child were to accidentally step on it, it would also be stomped to death. But such a small and weak snake like this was crowned an "Emperor", and was actually an expensive Level Eight Beast! This was because it had an extremely frightening toxicity and speed despite its size. All that come into contact with its poisonous fangs, as long as they were below the Level Eight Realm, would undoubtedly die within ten breaths of time. Even if those in the Level Eight Realm were to be bitten by it, they would not be able to live for longer than an hour without the antidote. Also, because of its small size, it was very hard to discover. When it moved, it resembled a streak of black lightning, so people had no chance of guarding against it. All Level Eight Beasts, and even Peak Level Eight Beasts that encounter it would have to take a detour, lest they're too late.

Of course, after suffering styx essence, Percy was immune to all poisons, so didn't fear this beast.

He suddenly turned around to face the Overlord Single-Horned Beast that was already chasing towards him. Shifting the Emperor Black Thread Snake from his right hand to his left, he used the Inner World to instantly suck out all its poison, and then, throwing it away, he took out the a small cooking knife and wiped the poison onto the blade of the knife.

His gaze quietly darkened by a tad, and he subsequently rushed toward the Overlord Single-Horned Beast like a gale.

Seeing that this human who normally ran away the moment he saw it unexpectedly rush up to it this time, the Overlord Single-Horned Beast paused in confusion for a bit, and then, with a roar, it exposed its fangs and pounced towards Percy

Whoosh!

The Overlord Single-Horned Beast's claws streaked across one of Percy's illusionary shadows, while Percy's moved horizontally from where it had been. Rushing up to it from its right side, he gathered his profound strength onto the Knife and ruthlessly slashed at its right side, leaving a streak of two inches of so, leaving an injury that was enough to draw blood.

Percy stopped and the Knife in his hands had already been kept, and swapped for Dragon Fault.

With the Overlord Single-Horned Beast's large size, this small injury didn't even count as an injury at all. The Overlord Single-Horned Beast, which had leapt into the sky, turned around and opened its large mouth as its body pounced towards Percy again. But midway, its front leg suddenly twisted, and its entire body fell onto the ground firmly. After that, it began to twitch, and its four limbs began to stamp on the ground, yet it was able to stand back up no matter what. Gradually, waves of pained yells came from its mouth… From that tiny wound, drops of pitch-black blood flowed out slowly.

Percy rushed up, and with a single blow, crushed its profound defense that had already been weakened under the extremely poisonous corrosion. After which, he continually rained seven to eight blows on its head, until it no longer made a sound.

Percy couldn't help but sigh. Relying on just a little poison, he had practically finished off this Overlord Single-Horned Beast that he could only escape from previously without sparing much effort. On how formidable poison was, he was clearer than anyone else. That year, he hadn't even been ten yet, but a full god had almost died of poison before him.

"If I could use poison, then within this trial ground, as the poison spreads, let alone ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine profound beasts, even if it was ten times that number, they would all still be poisoned to death by dusk." Percy said with extreme emotion.

Wait… poison spreading?

Percy's mind suddenly turned, and he looked towards the boundless forests beneath the cliff. In a while, he slowly began to smile.

"Artemis, do you believe that we'll be able to leave this place today if we're lucky."

A.N.: what idea does Percy have?! And guys, seriously review! With so few reviews, its discouraging. I type out so much everyday, but such a weak response? Seriously not cool y'know. Plus I asked for ya'll to review who you want reborn. The current list is here:

Ares, Drew, Hestia, Demeter, Persephone, Athena, Hera, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Zoë, Thalia.

Also the wait is still up for who ends up in Percy's harem!

Yeah Aphrodite is really heartbroken. Calypso as well. But currently we have Percy and piper developing their relationship! Wait, the best is still yet to come!