He took a step forward!
The scenery changed.
Zuo Jin found that he was already in another array. There were a total of 12 sword shadows in the void around him. Soon after, the bodies of the swords swayed, and a terrifying sword aura burst out from them.
Instantly.
A great sense of danger surged in his heart.
There was no time to think.
Zuo Jin took a step to the left. While dodging the sword qi, his Divine Sense spread out. Relying on the power of his Divine Sense, he quickly wrote runes in the air and formed a defensive array to block the attack of the sword qi.
"Killing array!"
At this moment, his face was extremely solemn.
Out of all the arrays, he was unlucky enough to draw a killing array.
Furthermore — —
It wasn't as simple as a normal killing array.
"Array within an array?"
"Just now, I didn't even enter the array. Only now did I truly trigger the array."
Zuo Jin took a deep breath at the changes in the two scenes.
The means of an array master.
Once again, she let him experience a different kind of elegance.
At this moment.
Zuo Jin didn't dare to waste any more time. His Divine Sense spread out bit by bit, looking for the flaws of the array. The twelve sword phantoms around him, in his opinion, might be the core of the array.
The defensive array that was set up around him.
At this moment, it was silently enduring the attacks of the sword qi.
Although it was a miniature array, its attack power wasn't weak at all.
Zuo Jin could feel the aura of death contained within the sword qi.
If he was hit by the sword qi, even if he was a Prominent Divine Stage cultivator, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Every time the defensive array was about to break.
Zuo Jin would reinforce the array to maintain the operation of the defensive array.
Similarly.
Every time he reinforced the array, it would consume a certain amount of his Divine Sense. If it was only for a short period of time, it would be fine. But if it was for a long time, his Divine Sense would be exhausted and the array would collapse. At that time, it would be a dead end.
Outside.
Zhang Tieniu sat on the judge's seat. He looked at the cultivators who were sitting cross-legged on the high platform and silently comprehending the array. His face remained calm from start to finish.
From the start of the competition until now.
A quarter of an hour had passed.
Everyone was immersed in their thoughts. No one broke the array to advance, and no one was attacked by the array and forced to withdraw from the competition.
As for the people below the high platform.
They were all nervously looking at the progress of the competition.
Another quarter of an hour passed.
A cultivator who was sitting cross-legged and silently comprehending the array suddenly screamed and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood towards the sky. Soon after, he fell to the ground. His eyes were unfocused and he was already dead.
Hiss!
Seeing this scene, many people secretly sucked in a cold breath.
"Isn't that the Han Clan's array master? Rumor has it that he's a mid-tier array master. Who would have thought that he wouldn't even be able to pass the first round and would die in the competition?"
"From the looks of it, it should be because of the Killing Array."
"Even an Intermediate Array Master can't hold on for long. This competition is too difficult. Fortunately, I didn't go up. Otherwise, I might have died there."
Someone who knew the fallen cultivator couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
As for the people at the side, they were also discussing spiritedly.
No one had expected this.
It was just a simple competition, but someone had actually lost their life.
They could be considered to have understood exactly how great of a risk one would have to bear by participating in Sky Origin Sect's competition.
A cultivator had died.
Immediately, someone came forward and carried him away.
As for the other cultivators on the high platform, they were not affected at all. They were all immersed in the formation.
These people's minds had entered the jade stone.
They had already been trapped by the formation.
Even if they were facing a life-and-death situation, if they couldn't break through the formation, they wouldn't be able to wake up.
As for the other side.
The forging competition was also in full swing.
As the preliminary round.
The assessment was a grade-one Refined Weapon.
All the cultivators had to forge a grade-one Refined Weapon within two hours. Therefore, those who could complete the forging before the time limit were considered to have advanced to the finals.
This was also the reason why.
The reason why low-tier blacksmiths were not allowed to participate in this competition.
A grade-one Refined Weapon.
Only the top mid-tier blacksmiths could forge it.
Of course.
The materials for this competition were all provided by Sky Origin Sect. After all, Sky Origin Sect was now a big family and there was no problem in providing the materials needed for a small competition.
Time passed bit by bit.
There were also people who began to advance in advance one after another.
After all, many of the people who came to participate in the competition this time were veteran upper-tier blacksmiths. Forging a grade-one Refined Weapon wasn't too difficult for them.
Although it was a little unfair for some mid-tier blacksmiths.
That was how the cultivation world was.
There was no age difference, only the level of cultivation.
Puff! Puff!
Another two people vomited blood one after another. However, compared to the formation master surnamed Han who died at the beginning, these two people were only seriously injured in their divine senses and didn't die directly.
Looking at the broken jade in their hands.
Their already pale faces seemed to have turned even paler.
Subsequently.
Before Zhang Tieniu could speak, the two people struggled to get up from the ground. They cupped their hands toward Zhang Tieniu in the referee's seat and directly turned to leave the high platform.
Zhang Tieniu didn't stop them.
It was normal for there to be losers in the competition.
However, as some people failed.
Naturally, there were also people who advanced.
There was a glimmer of light floating on the high platform. A person who was sitting still suddenly stood up with a carefree smile on his face. He then cupped his hands toward the referee's seat and said, "Law Enforcing Elder, I have cracked the formation!"
"Please wait aside!" Zhang Tieniu nodded slightly.
"Thank you!"
That person cupped his hands and thanked him again. Then, he walked to the side and sat down cross-legged.
Time passed bit by bit.
More than half of the sand in the hourglass had disappeared.
After the first person advanced, the second and third person soon advanced.
As the last rune fell.
Zuo Jin saw the twelve sword shadows tremble violently as if they had suffered a terrible attack. Finally, they exploded with a bang in front of his eyes.
Then!
The scenery changed.
However, in the blink of an eye, he found that his mind had returned to the high platform.
When he looked at his hand again.
The jade was lying there quietly. The only difference was that the miniature formation engraved on it had disappeared.
He passed?
Zuo Jin was a little absent-minded. Looking at the remaining one-fourth of the hourglass, he stood up and cupped his hands toward Zhang Tieniu, saying, "I was lucky to pass!"
"Please move to the side and wait!"
"Thank you, Elder!"
Looking at the corner of the high platform where seven or eight people were sitting, Zuo Jin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that so many people would succeed before him.
However.
This also made him understand that there was always someone better than him.
Although he was a high-grade formation master.
In his original family, he was the top formation master.
But now, in Cold Mountain City, there were no less than ten high-grade formation masters.
In comparison.
Although his strength wasn't weak, he hadn't reached the top level.
However, for Zuo Jin, it didn't matter whether he was the first one to break the formation or not. What mattered was that he could advance in the competition and take the opportunity to enter the Origin Sect. At that time, he might be able to receive guidance from the Formation Grandmaster.
To become a Formation Grandmaster!
This had always been his wish.
However, the Formation Dao of Beiyun Mansion had declined. Zuo Jin had used up half of his life to cultivate to the level of a high-grade formation master.
If he wanted to become a Grandmaster.
Without a heaven-defying opportunity, it was simply impossible.
As he walked to the corner of the high platform, the others cupped their hands toward Zuo Jin. He also cupped his hands in return.
Those who could advance in the preliminary competition.
They were all not weak formation masters.
Although they would be competitors later, there was no need to put on airs. One more friend meant one more path. Who knows, they might be useful in the future.
After Zuo Jin advanced.
Another seven or eight people successfully advanced to the next level.
At this time, Zuo Jin glanced around him. There were already more than ten people who succeeded.
"It seems that these people will be my competitors in the final competition later!"
Eighty to ninety percent of the two hours had passed.
Those who could break the formation had already succeeded. Those who couldn't break the formation in the remaining time didn't have a high probability of breaking the formation.
As expected.
When the last bit of sand fell.
Another two people succeeded in breaking the array at the last moment. After that, no one else advanced to the next round.
Seeing this.
Zhang Tieniu took out a jade stone and crushed it with force.
An invisible wave spread out from his hand and soon covered the high platform.
All the cultivators who were still trapped in the formation woke up at this time. Looking at the situation around them and the hourglass that no longer had sand falling, their faces couldn't help but turn gloomy.
Failed!
"Just a little bit more, just a little bit more and I'll be able to break the formation. I hope Elder can give me another chance!" Some cultivators couldn't believe this result and lost their composure as they shouted.
For people like this.
Zhang Tieniu directly asked someone to take them away.
Then.
He got up, looked at the crowd and said, "All the people who advanced stay here. As for those who failed, please leave the high platform!"
"May I ask when the next competition will be?" A loser didn't leave immediately, but cupped his hands and asked.
After that.
The rest of the people looked at Zhang Tieniu.
Hearing this.
Zhang Tieniu pondered for a while and said, "I don't know the specific time, but if there is a chance, my sect will definitely send out the news. At that time, you can come again."
"Thank you!" The man cupped his hands and turned to leave the high platform.
Although he didn't get the news he wanted, he felt a little regretful.
But a failure was a failure. There was nothing to say.
After all the people who failed to advance left.
Zhang Tieniu looked at the other people who advanced and said loudly, "First of all, congratulations on your successful advancement. Now you can rest for two hours. Then I will announce the method of the final competition."
After that.
He sat back in his original position. As for the others, they didn't waste any time. They all closed their eyes and adjusted their breath, trying to recover as much as possible.
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