The Human Giant



As the atmosphere turned cold from disappointment, Patty didn't bother to address their concerns and continued to describe the second test.

"The second test consists of examining your immortal cultivation. This portion will also be done through the weapons that you have selected. "

"After the first test has passed, I will embrace each weapon with a Weapon Spirit who will be completely wild. It will use any method, including attacking you, to try and escape from your hands."

"Your goal is to prevent the weapon spirit from escaping by suppressing it with your crystal energy. The longer you can suppress the weapon spirit, the deeper and stronger your immortal cultivation rank is."

"To pass this test, you must hold onto the weapon for one hour, which should be very easy for those who have reached the Crystal Skull realm," Patty said casually.

Even though it was only casually stated, many of the rogue immortal cultivators who had reached the Crystal Skull realm breathed a sigh of relief. Even those who had only reached the Crystal Spine realm breathed sighs of relief as they realized they could pass this trial easily.

Only those below the Crystal Spine realm faces turned grim as they felt heavy doubt about whether they could successfully suppress the weapon spirit they were allocated. Those who had only reached the Nerve Accumulation realm knew there was no possibility that they would be able to pass this test.

They could only hope for a miracle to happen and that the Weapon Spirits didn't suddenly take on hunger to eat human flesh. Otherwise, they would rather give up now and not take any tests.

Sensing that the atmosphere had risen to acceptable levels, Patty continued to describe the last test and the test that contained their actual goal.

"The third test is quite simple. It's called the Treasure Hunting Test. We will take all of you deep into the Branch Forest, where you must kill plants that have gained sentience and obtain their cores."

"The more cores you can collect within a week will not only increase your chances of getting into the immortal sect but also allow you to come in contact with the monsters that we immortals have to deal with. I'll also throw in a bone for those who haven't passed any test."

"As long as you can collect ten cores using any means and methods, you will be accepted into the sect."Patty finished speaking as he read the thoughts of the rogue immortal cultivators.

"Are they interested in using us as herb collectors?" Yoze thought to himself.

Similar thoughts ran through the rogue immortal minds, but they didn't bother to think further as they couldn't be sure that after two tests, they would want to risk their lives. For them to try and kill monsters that Immortals had to hunt, the possibility of them collecting those cores or surviving at all was slim.

The only few people that had made up their minds to take the third test were extremely old rogue immortal cultivators who were on the brink of death anyways. For them, whether they died in the hands of a monster in pursuit of a better life was better than allowing their brains and bodies to rot with the morsel of time they had left slowly.

"As long as you understand these three tests, we will begin immediately. For those still interested in joining, grab a weapon in five seconds." Patty said with an calm cold tone.

As soon as the words left Patty's mouth, all the rogue immortal cultivators rushed to select the weapon they felt had the best chance of passing the second test. All the large weapons and small weapons were ignored like they had the plague.

Only weapons like swords and one-handed axes were selected by the fastest rogue immortal cultivators. For the slower rogue immortal cultivators, they snapped up Two-handed axes, spears, and tridents. 

Only Yoze and two other people didn't join this mass race to collect a weapon. Instead, they waited two seconds once most of the weapons were taken and picked out the undesirables. 

Yoze walked over to the weapon that had caught his eye. It was a giant two-headed axe whose handle alone was five feet long, several inches thick, and a large axe head that was as wide as his torso. The two-handed battle axe size alone made every other rogue immortal cultivator completely get rid of any thoughts of choosing this beast of a weapon.

It was too large for them to wield properly, and they could only imagine what would happen to them when a weapon spirit took over the two-handed battle axe and tried to kill them. Without even trying, the weapon spirit could kill them simply by making the battle axe fall right on top of them, crushing them to death.

However, for Yoze, this massive battle axe, larger than some of the rogue immortal cultivators surrounding him, was nearly perfect. Not only was the size perfect, but he could make out that this axe used its weight as its primary power source.

Without even adding additional force, Yoze predicted that this battle axe would slice through a person like butter. However, for someone like him who had recently gained the power to manipulate gravity, this battle axe would be an excellent companion if he had to use it for hunting the monsters in the third test.

After deciding that the two-headed battle axe would be his selected weapon, Yoze didn't waste any time and grabbed the axe's handle with a single hand. The moment his fingers wrapped around the cold steel handle, the weight of the battle axe fell into his arm.

"This two-headed battle axe weighs around thirty pounds, so incredibly heavy by any weapon standard. Unfortunately, it doesn't weigh as much as I hoped, but this will do." Yoze quietly thought to himself as he casually lifted the giant two-headed battle axe as if made of cardboard.