"Can this... also be done?"
The maneuver executed by Su Changqing bewildered the crowd for a mont, and by the ti they reacted and thought to rush over, they found that the originally shattered spot had been restored without them knowing when!
"What... is going on?" Chen Da directly questioned Shen Yuan.
"Is it hard to understand?" Shen Yuan frowned as he looked at him, "This array is interwoven together. If one part breaks and the structure is weak, it will collapse entirely; if the structure is refined, then it can quickly resu operation, forming a new barrier to fill the gaps. Lady Ziyue’s proficiency in arrays is exceptional—how could it not be so, to be used to test students? Could it be that if one student breaks the array, the others should just fall in too?"
The crowd was stunned for a mont, taking in a sharp breath. This seed simple to say, but anyone with a bit of knowledge about arrays would understand how incredibly exaggerated this was!
Over a hundred arrays interwoven together with such a complex energy structure could actually be maintained without unbalancing after one was broken, and even quickly repair the disrupted array—how astonishingly skilled does one need to be? This was simply mythical!
For a mont, even the Chen Family’s two young masters, along with everyone else, lost any thought of causing trouble for the young people of Jiangnan.
With Zi Yue capable of manipulating the array barriers so exquisitely, it was clear to any fool what fate awaited those who would dare to touch her students inside her barriers!
"Hey... um..." Not having any choice, he had to imitate Su Changqing’s approach and asked in a low voice, "Within this place, who else has formidable array prowess?"
Shen Yuan didn’t bother to reply to them. He had no objection to their thod of sneaking in, but neither did he have any obligation to help, especially towards those who had once humiliated him. Frankly speaking, not striking back at them here was already a sign of his restraint.
"What’s there for you to be proud of?" Chen Da, observing Shen Yuan’s deanor, said through gritted teeth, "You’re just under the protection of your elders. Once we’re inside, the real test will begin!"
In his heart, the reason his own Dragon’s Might had been ineffective was probably due to the surrounding arrays, but Zi Yue clearly couldn’t protect them forever. In the second phase of the duel, where the magicians faced off alone, he would definitely show this fellow just where he stood.
With the other party remaining silent, the Southern Sea’s magicians had no choice but to look for students who might be capable of breaking the formation themselves.
Most people made different choices, with about three to five backing one candidate—after all, they had no way of knowing who was the most skilled, and it was hard to judge from appearances alone. The first to go in had been a girl in her teens; among the rest, who knew who would be more effective?
With no way to judge, they were forced to blindly guess.
At first, they didn’t feel much burden, for if they chose incorrectly, they could just switch to another later on.
But what happened next left so of them dumbfounded.
They saw that among these students, so who entered the arrays seed to cause a disruption in energy, and the next mont, they were directly expelled outside the palace door by a distorted space. Clearly, they had been eliminated. And those who chose to follow that student were also thrown out alongside.
When they tried to re-enter, they were firmly blocked from the outside.
In desperation, they turned to the Jiangnan students who were expelled with them, quickly urging, "Find a way back in, quickly!"
Looking back, the eliminated students rolled their eyes, "How can we get back in? With so many experinting with their arrays inside, and with the energy changes so complex outside, do you dare to break in now? That’s seeking death! Don’t you have any common sense? The mont we were expelled, it beca impossible to go back in."
Hearing these words, the faces of those who were ousted alongside them darkened, "Haven’t I done anything yet, haven’t I had a chance to show myself, and I’m just eliminated like this?"
How could they accept this?
Instantly, they glared at the group of Jiangnan youths with vicious eyes, even harboring a hint of murderous intent.
We couldn’t touch you inside the barrier, but now outside, things are different, right?
Publicly killing might not be possible, but secretly crippling these useless sacks behind the scenes...
Just as soone was about to take impulsive action, a laughing voice sounded from behind.
"I wouldn’t recomnd doing that, if I were you," the voice chid in.
Everyone was taken aback. They then felt an ominous chill envelop them, and they all stiffly turned around, only to see a genial smiling face—it was none other than Zhang Xiaoyun.
"Within the trial, attacking each other is for the sake of securing a spot and is naturally within the rules. But if you’ve been eliminated, that’s outside the scope of the trial. Here, you all are guests. If anyone wants to harm a guest, the consequences could be serious, you know," he said with a smile that seed devoid of any aggression. Yet for so reason, everyone felt a sudden chill, as if a dreadful demon had set its gaze upon them.
"Elite guest?" a cold voice rose, "If he is such an elite guest, why did the little Heavenly Master strike with such ruthlessness? Not a single contestant from Azure Dragon Gate survived. Is this how you treat your distinguished guests?"
Not a single contestant from Azure Dragon Gate survived?
Upon hearing this news, everyone’s body turned even colder, and they couldn’t believe it at first. But looking at Zhang Xiaoyun’s current state, for so reason, they felt it wasn’t impossible!
"Ah, as I’ve said, it’s different within a trial," Zhang Xiaoyun turned to look at the woman who had spoken, who was indeed Chen Ying.
There was a hint of amusent in his eyes; it was rare for soone to withstand his aura, and this little girl was not simple... He could see that the space formation that was always present on her was quite extraordinary. Not only could it stop warriors from approaching, but it seed to slow down his own aura as well. Truly interesting!
"What are you spacing out for?" Chen Ying glanced at a few of the students who had been eliminated, "Let’s go..."
"Yes..." The several students were pale-faced, but with Chen Ying’s hand behind them, their complexions improved significantly.
This made Zhang Xiaoyun’s eyes light up; could this formation... also be expanded?
It seed that the way of formations from Jiangnan indeed had its rits.
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"This Jiangnan Array Technique is indeed extraordinary..."
anwhile, a group of Elders from the Central Plains noble families watched the trial at Vermilion Bird Gate, their expressions growing serious.
They knew the might of the Jiangnan Array Technique, having acquired the inheritance from Dragon Palace a few years ago, but they hadn’t been idle in the Southern Sea this year either, starting to take array techniques seriously. Yet the gap was obviously huge!
If every student from Jiangnan Academy were at the level of these youngsters, the future battles would be extrely difficult to handle!
They suddenly felt that they might have been putting too much of their efforts into Dragon Transformation and wondered if they had neglected other areas. It seed that after returning, they should allocate more resources to array techniques.
But fortunately, at this mont inside Vermilion Bird Gate, dozens of disciples had followed those children from Jiangnan into the gate and passed the first stage.
Though sowhat embarrassing, they had passed, and with the first stage behind them, the original advantage of the Array Masters disappeared!
Array Masters always excelled in battles with advance preparation, but the second stage involved individual duels between sorcerers. In this spontaneous duel format, the power of Array Masters would be greatly limited.
In a skirmish, the more physically robust sorcerers with stronger techniques, especially the Dragon Vein Sorcerers who could undertake Dragon Transformation, had the upper hand.
It was also fortunate that Lady Ziyue still had so pride and didn’t eliminate all their disciples outright...
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"My lord..." Shen Qi glanced at the report for the second stage. According to the rules, no one could replace the candidates in the four-door trial, so the candidates would advance directly to the second stage, which was mostly a competition among the younger generations.
Shen Qi was worried at the mont, "Is it too soon to let those youngsters face off against these legitimate heirs from the noble families?"
He believed that the disciples from Heavenly Institute, with their unique training, wouldn’t be any less valuable than those noble family heirs, but... Array Masters were never good at stand-alone fights, especially against those sorcerers who had attained Transcendence and could undergo Dragon Transformation!
"What’s too early?" Chen Qing looked at him amusedly, "It seems our Seventh Master Shen doesn’t have much confidence in our students."
Shen Qi rolled his eyes; was this a matter of confidence?
"They’ve only learned array techniques; how could they possibly be a match for regular sorcerers?"
"Oh?" Chen Qing frowned as he looked at him, "Is that what you think?"
Was this a cognitive disparity?
In Chen Qing’s view, Array Masters in this version of the stage seed... to be invincible, right?
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