When “God” Decides To Start Over - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Was It Worth It?

Translator: CKtalon

His blood vessels felt sore and swollen. The blood vessels on his arm protruded like small blue snakes criss-crossing and coiling under his skin. Even the small blood vessels swelled and spread densely throughout his body.

The sensation lasted only a while before his veins quickly returned to normal. The puncturing feeling was long gone, and the bracelet loosened.

Is this level of physical enhancement worth risking your life? To not feel regret even in death? Li Xiu took in the changes in his body. Although he could feel that his body had been strengthened, this level of enhancement did not mean much to a Demon Suiter.

A Demon Suiter relied on their spiritual senses or mental power to control a Demon Suit. The enhancement obtained from the trial was only targeted at the physical body and was completely useless to a Demon Suiter.

He had never heard of a human becoming a Demon Suiter because of a Trial Gate’s strengthening.

This kind of enhancement, even if it was done 10,000 times, was far inferior to the combat power of a Demon Suiter in a Demon Suit. Physical enhancement was just an insignificant icing on the cake for a Demon Suiter. It had no decisive effect.

Li Xiu didn’t understand why his best friend and comrade-in-arms would rather give up his noble status as a Demon Suiter and risk entering the Trial Gate.

He was even seriously injured in the Trial Gate. Before he died, he even persuaded Li Xiu to enter the Trial Gate. He even said that this was a man’s paradise and a place he should go.

Was it worth it? Even now, Li Xiu could not understand the choice his friend had made.

Before that friend died, his physical combat ability was far inferior to that of a low-level Divine Suiter. Furthermore, Li Xiu was the world’s number one Demon Suiter with the call-sign of “God”.

Two irregular-shaped Demon Cores the size of pigeon eggs that were neither gold nor jade appeared in front of Li Xiu out of thin air.

He was no stranger to them. This was the core material for forging Demon Suits. Other than the Trial Gates, one could also obtain them from killing Demon Spirits.

When Li Xiu reached out and grabbed the two Demon Cores, a white light flashed on his bracelet. He was teleported back to the stands. At the same time, two more people were teleported into the trial grounds.

The trial was very tragic. Among the more than 50 teams, less than a third had both parties surviving. There were even a few teams that ended dead together. The dark side of human nature was vividly displayed.

When it was Bandit’s turn, she didn’t say a word. She kicked the ball and it flew straight into the middle of the goal.

The goalkeeper was overjoyed. He hugged the ball with both hands, but in the next second, he saw his feet leave the ground and he crashed into the goal with the ball.

The rookies were dumbfounded. No one had expected the not-so-tall Bandit to be so powerful.

The old-timers, who had previously crossed paths with Bandit, seemed to have known this would happen and were not at all surprised.

The rookie who’d teamed up with Bandit had thought he’d lucked out, but now he was filled with despair and regret.

He’d already been injured while guarding the goal, and now when it was his turn to kick the ball, he could only watch as Bandit brought the ball under control with both hands.

Amid a desperate scream, the young man exploded.

“The first round of trials has ended. You may leave the trial grounds by removing the trial bracelet. The next round of trials will begin after the countdown ends.”

After the cold voice ended, another six-hundred-second countdown appeared on the screen.

People took off their bracelets and were teleported out of the trial grounds in a flash of white light. Soon, only three people were left in the trial grounds.

Li Xiu stayed in the trial grounds. He wanted to go to the end and see what was worth his friend’s life.

As far as Li Xiu knew, his friend had first entered the trial grounds here. It was said that he had also reached the end.

However, even if it was the same trial ground, the trials and rules might not be the same. He did not know what kind of trial his friend had experienced to reach the end.

The other two who stayed behind were Bandit and a very fit-looking man in his twenties or thirties. He was over six feet tall, with brown hair and a healthy tan.

“The second round of testing is about to begin. The rules remain the same. Please select your partner.” The countdown began again.

The man suddenly walked towards Li Xiu and said, “There are only three of us left now. There must be one person who can’t form a team and might be directly eliminated. That woman’s strength far exceeds that of ordinary people. She should be a trial-taker who has been strengthened many times. The two of us are rookies. It’s best for us to form a team. What do you think?”

Li Xiu glanced at Bandit. Seeing that she was completely indifferent and had no intention of stopping them, he nodded and said, “Sure.”

After the two shook hands, the number on Li Xiu’s bracelet became 2. This meant that this man’s physical fitness was above Zhao Lie’s, second only to Bandit.

“I’m sorry, but I’m indeed a rookie at this trial ground. However, before coming here, I’ve been to other trial grounds and received many physical enhancements.” The man smiled and said, “And unlike a dabbler like Zhao Lie, I was once the true best striker in the A-Division league.”

“It doesn’t matter. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” Li Xiu didn’t care if the man was an old-timer, rookie, or something else.

“No. 1 gets a free pass to the next round. The trial begins.” With that impersonal voice, Li Xiu and the man were teleported to the arena.

Li Xiu stood in front of the goal again, playing the role of goalkeeper. The man stood in front of the ball.

The man didn’t kick the ball immediately. He introduced himself first, “I think I should tell you my name. I’m Wrow.”

“Wrow? The main striker of the Sun Team, the league’s best striker? No wonder you look familiar,” Bandit said, surprised to hear the man’s name.

“I never expected you to know me. Don’t tell me you’re a fan. That would be an honor,” Wrow greeted Bandit like a gentleman.

Bandit didn’t chat with Wrow. In truth, she wasn’t much of a fan. It was only because her father had loved soccer when she was very young that she’d often been forced to watch the game with him. Although he had passed away, she’d occasionally watch matches alone and learned about Wrow.

Wrow was indeed an excellent soccer player—a great striker even. A few years ago, he had set a new season goal record for the national A-Division league.

Unlike Zhao Lie, Wrow was a genuine top-notch striker.

Bandit looked at Li Xiu and saw that Li Xiu was not swayed by Wrow’s reputation. He still stood calmly in front of the goal and assumed a defensive posture that was not very professional.

Bandit shook her head slightly. She could tell that Li Xiu was definitely not a professional soccer player—not even an amateur.

He was able to defeat Zhao Lie because of his psychological tactics backfiring

Wrow was completely different from Zhao Lie. Not only did he have top-notch professional skills, but he also had absolute strength. These were not things that could be defeated by psychological tactics.

A rational analysis determined that Li Xiu would lose this match—at least in Bandit’s opinion.