Grey nodded and got to work. Even if it was just Interdiate Arrays, there was strength in numbers. William's plan was to exhaust Grey and make him even more unwilling to fight.
Bernard only knew how to create Basic Arrays, which would be quite useless against Golden Core Beasts.
Instead, he used the Plant Elent to create a miniature forest in the cavern. He then used the Water Elent to absorb all the moisture from the trees, their leaves drying up and turning yellow as their life force was extinguished.
"Why did you do that?" William asked.
Bernard felt this was a chance to show his worth. "You have the Fire Elent, right? And the last three Minotaurs will probably be of the Lightning, Ice, and Plant Elents. If that's the case, you should be able to kill whichever one appears in one go with a single fireball."
William's mind was blown. He had used the Earth, Water, Lightning Elent combination before, but didn't think about a combo like this!
He had to admit that Bernard and Grey both had so talent, considering the number of Elents they could use. He assud that between the two they had all seven basic Elents, since Bernard seed very confident before when William was attempting the Elental crystal puzzle.
Three Minotaurs appeared, each encased in a crystal like the previous ones. The Minotaur in the center was imdiately trapped in the Confinent Arrays, preventing it from moving the mont it broke free from the crystal.
[Bestiary] Thunder Minotaur: 1 PP
[Bestiary] Frozen Minotaur: 1 PP
[Bestiary] Forest Minotaur: 1 PP
William took this chance to launch a giant fireball at the forest, while Bernard fanned the flas using the Wind Elent. In just a few seconds, all three of the Minotaurs were dead, earning William an additional 18 Potential Points.
A pedestal rose from the center of the cavern, comically pushing aside the Frozen Minotaur whose body was still confined in the Interdiate Arrays.
Neither Bernard nor Grey moved, allowing William to approach the pedestal unimpeded. He picked up the black box but didn't open it right away.
-Completed an A-Rank Trial in the Gravitas Ruins: 500 PP
An A-Rank Trial? This wasn't even that hard...
William had a skewed perspective towards the trials, forgetting that a normal Cultivator could not take down a Magical Beast at the sa rank one on one, much less one an entire realm above them.
He looked at the pair while still holding the black box. "Were you looking for sothing specific from this trial? Why work so hard with just the two of you, instead of informing your entire Sect?"
Bernard shook his head. "We don't have a way to communicate with our Sect in these Ruins, unlike so other Sects. We aren't strong enough to take on most trials, so we thought this one would be our chance."
"I see, but you still didn't answer my first question."
"Well...we were hoping to find so Mana Dragon's Blood Essence, but that is extrely rare. It would be good if we can find so Star Ore or an enchanted weapon."
I wonder how they would feel if I told them I had all three at one point. That's awkward...
William peeked inside the box.
-Acquired Mana Dragon's Blood Essence: 250 PP
That's even more awkward...
William closed the box and scratched his head. "That's unfortunate. Well good luck, I'm going to leave now." he started up the staircase.
"Wait, what's in the box though? I just want to know." Bernard called out to William.
"What was that? You're very far away and my hearing is bad!" William was still walking upward as he shouted back to the perplexed duo.
***
"Phew, I finally lost them!" William laid down on the stone floor of the Labyrinth.
Bernard and Grey seed to sense sothing was weird about William's attitude after checking the box and ran after him relentlessly, even risking their lives since they knew William could easily kill the two.
It wasn't until almost five minutes had passed that William escaped the pair that were surprisingly fast despite their Core Formation Realm Cultivation.
He checked his surroundings with the Navigation Talent, pleasantly surprised to find another trial nearby. It was getting late though, so William put together a few Perfect Arrays to conceal his position.
He didn't feel like cooking any als tonight, so he ate an Iron Stomach Pill to offset his hunger for the next few days, then went straight to bed.
As usual, the System woke him up at 6 with its Potential Farm notification. William imdiately stood up to prevent himself from getting tired, then stayed standing until he was ready to go. He destroyed the Arrays in case soone could sense his aura from them, then headed straight for the nearest trial.
Much like the others, the trial was a stone staircase, but the entrance was blocked. Surrounding the staircase was a thin veil representing an Array, but William was too far away to recognize the purpose yet.
He approached the staircase to better inspect the Array, but was shocked, literally, by a lightning bolt that ca out of the Array. The power wasn't too impressive, so William didn't bother to turn on his Forcefield and defended using only the Hard Skin Talent.
The lightning bolt bounced off harmlessly, then was followed by another lightning bolt that did the sa. William continued walking forward amidst the lightning, then deactivated what turned out to be an Interdiate Lightning Array with just the flick of his finger.
The Array deactivated, allowing William to enter the staircase. As he walked downward, he noticed the Interdiate Lightning Array had reford behind him automatically.
I don't even sense any other Arrays, just how strong is the person that created this trial?
He didn't bother thinking about it too much, it was beyond his ans anyway. William arrived at the bottom of the staircase, where instead of a cavern was a long hallway made of stone bricks in perfect condition.
On the walls were a set of blue torches that barely illuminated the area. William could barely see, so he used 125 Potential Points to raise his Vision Talent from D to B Rank.
With the upgrade, William could now see to the end of the hallway, which was over five kiloters long. His ability to see in the dark improved, and his field of view expanded, from the basic 170 degrees horizontally to 210.
At distinct intervals of about 500 ters, William could make out various Arrays. With his improved vision, he could see that the first two Arrays had both an attack and defensive function. It seed the creator didn't want soone to slowly whittle away each Array, setting them up so the Cultivator would also have to defend themselves while progressing through the trial.
Welco to the Arrays Trial. I hope you have fun! The deep voice resounded through the hallway in a happy tone.
William laughed. He didn't expect the creator of the trials to have a sense of humor. Who would possibly have fun while dodging lightning bolts?
He approached the first Array, but quickly jumped back when he reached the 250 ter mark. In front of him a pressure plate had activated, triggering a massive explosion that would have killed anyone in the Core Formation Realm.
"HOW IS THIS FUN?!?"
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