The only thing Xia Ruofei could do was try his best to maintain the formation's strongest attack. In fact, after some of the nodes were damaged, the formation's attack power had already begun to decrease.
Fortunately, the high-grade Star Beast was also heavily injured. In particular, the continuous burning flames were causing it constant damage, causing it to become increasingly weak.
In the end, it was a battle to see who could last longer.
Under the constant attacks, the formation's key nodes were becoming more and more damaged. The flames on the high-grade Star Beast's body also burned more and more fiercely. Its shrill cries echoed throughout the formation.
Xia Ruofei gritted his teeth and continued to control the Curved Frost Flying Sword, stabbing it at the high-grade Star Beast's vital points.
Although the Curved Frost Flying Sword could not cause much damage to the Star Beast, it could distract it and interfere with it. At the same time, it could also incite the Star Beast's anger.
Whether it was a human or a Star Beast, once they were blinded by anger, their judgment would naturally not be as accurate as when they were calm.
The jet-black sharp lights continued to attack the high-grade Star Beast. Because it was in a rage and stubbornly attacked its surroundings, its defense was naturally lax.
As a result, although the high-grade Star Beast's front claws were still waving like the wind, many of the jet-black sharp lights were still able to pass through the light screen formed by the claw shadows and land on the high-grade Star Beast's body, leaving wounds of various sizes.
Of course, more importantly, the wounds caused by the jet-black sharp lights would emit flames in a short period of time.
The high-grade Star Beast's injuries were becoming more and more serious. Its angry roars were incessant, but unknowingly, its attacks were also gradually weakening.
Of course, because the formation was damaged, its attack power was also constantly decreasing.
In fact, the high-grade Star Beast had already thought of retreating when the battle had reached such a tragic stage.
Unfortunately, this was the Confinement Killing Formation. Not only could this formation release terrifying sharp lights to attack, but it could also trap the enemy.
If this was an ordinary battlefield, the high-grade Star Beast would have already disregarded its dignity and face and directly fled. However, it was now trapped in the formation and had nowhere to run. It could only continue to aimlessly attack indiscriminately in despair.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Xia Ruofei had already added spirit crystals to the formation for the third time.
Under the high-grade Star Beast's desperate attacks, the formation became increasingly damaged.
Finally, the high-level star beast couldn't hold on any longer.
It let out an unwilling roar, and its huge body crashed to the ground.
At this moment, there were already over a hundred wounds of various sizes on his body. These wounds were all burning with raging flames, and he looked extremely miserable.
As for Xia Ruofei's Trap and Kill Formation, although it was still attacking, the black light had become much sparser. It was only about one-fifth of its peak.
After the high-grade star beast fell, the black beam of light landed on the body of the high-grade star beast without any resistance, producing a popping sound.
The high-grade Astral Beast's body trembled a few times, but it could no longer stand up, let alone resist the attack.
Xia Ruofei didn't let his guard down. He didn't come out of his hiding place, and he didn't even stop the array's attack. He continued to activate the array without caring about the cost, sending out a much weaker attack.
The jet-black light continued to land on the high-grade star beasts.
At first, the high-grade star beast kept struggling, but soon, it could only twitch on the spot.
After a few minutes, when the jet-black light landed on the high-grade star beast, it could only barely move its claws. Its body couldn't move anymore.
At this moment, Xia Ruofei finally heaved a sigh of relief.
This was the most dangerous situation he had encountered since he entered the Tower of Trials.
Fortunately, the Trap and Kill Formation worked wonders. In the end, he killed the high-grade star beast. Although the high-grade star beast didn't die completely because of its strong vitality, the result was already determined.
On the first level of the Tower of Trials, the Nascent Soul puppet was also very powerful, but Xia Ruofei didn't fight it head-on. When he left the first level of the Tower of Trials, the Nascent Soul puppet rushed to the entrance, but the two of them still didn't fight head-on. Xia Ruofei entered the second level of the Tower of Trials safely.
This time, he was bitten by the high-grade star beast. Xia Ruofei had no choice but to fight head-on.
It had to be said that the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator was indeed very terrifying.
Without the help of the formation, it was impossible for Xia Ruofei to kill the high-grade star beast.
The jet-black light continued to land on the high-grade star beast. At this moment, there wasn't a single spot on the high-grade star beast's body that wasn't damaged. The flames had also completely surrounded it, but it still didn't move. It was obvious that its vitality had been cut off.
However, Xia Ruofei didn't feel happy at all.
Although he killed the high-grade star beast, this was a pyrrhic victory. His Trap and Kill Formation was basically useless after this battle.
What made Xia Ruofei even more depressed was that from the time he encountered the high-grade star beast and started to escape, to the time he set up the Trap and Kill Formation and luckily killed it, the whole process took a lot of time.
One had to know that what he lacked the most now was time.
Xia Ruofei looked at the mission notification in the Sensory Mirror and realized that there were only three minutes left to break the record.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
What could he do in three minutes?
He would need at least ten times the time to create a new set of materials for the Trap and Kill Formation. Moreover, even if the Trap and Kill Formation was intact now, it was impossible for him to kill 20 star beasts in three minutes.
Even if there were 20 star beasts, they would be trapped in the formation. It would be very difficult for him to kill all of them in such a short time.
Moreover, he still had to prepare the formation, find the star beast, and defeat it. Then, he would set up the formation and wait for the star beast to come to seek revenge. Finally, he would use the formation to kill them one by one. Not to mention three minutes, even 30 minutes wouldn't be enough. After all, it would take too much time to prepare the formation materials again.
Therefore, although he killed a high-grade star beast, he had actually lost the opportunity to break the record and pass the second level of the trial.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but want to look up at the sky and sigh.
Although there were some setbacks in the beginning of the second level of the Trial Tower, after he adjusted his strategy, it had been going very smoothly. There was about half an hour left, which was enough for him to kill the last batch of star beasts. However, things didn't go as he wished. He actually encountered a high-grade star beast at the last moment.
What was even worse was that Xia Ruofei didn't know that his spiritual power couldn't detect the high-grade star beast at the Nascent Soul stage at all. Therefore, he almost ran into the nest of the high-grade star beast.
In the end, although he managed to kill the high-grade star beast with great difficulty, it didn't help him break the record and complete the mission at all.
At this point, Xia Ruofei had no other choice.
Even if he didn't want to give up, he had to accept the reality that he had no hope of breaking the record.
Perseverance was a very valuable quality. However, if you still did it knowing that it was impossible, then it wasn't perseverance but stubbornness.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei saw that there were only three minutes left and decided not to be anxious.
Since he couldn't break the record, the remaining mission of killing twenty star beasts naturally wasn't that urgent anymore.
He spent some time to prepare the array formation materials again and then slowly looked for mid-grade star beasts. According to the previous method, it was still very easy to complete the mission.
Therefore, it wasn't difficult for him to pass the second level of the Trial Tower and enter the third level. However, the additional reward for breaking the record was not fated with him.
Xia Ruofei saw that the high-grade star beast was curled up on the ground motionlessly and stopped the array formation attack.
Under the burning flames, the high-grade star beast's body seemed to have shrunk by one size.
There was also a slight crackling sound in the flames. That was the sound of the high-grade star beast's body oil exploding.
At this moment, Xia Ruofei saw that the high-grade star beast's claws actually moved slightly, but it quickly became completely still.
At this moment, a notification appeared in the Sensory Mirror's vision:
Congratulations! Successfully completed the mission of the second level of the Trial Tower (Note: Killing a high-grade star beast is equivalent to killing a hundred mid-grade star beasts. Mission can be considered completed directly).
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but be astonished.
The mission was completed just like that?
It seemed that even though the high-grade star beast was motionless, it was still not completely dead. It had only died just now, which was why the mission notification appeared now.
Xia Ruofei subconsciously looked at the mission time notification above the Sensory Mirror's vision and realized that he had completed the mission two minutes faster than the best record.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but open his eyes wide. It turned out that his life and death struggle was not in vain. In the end, he still passed the second level of the Trial Tower with a record-breaking time!
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
The mission designer was really a bit of a scam. Since killing a high-grade star beast would allow one to pass the test directly, why didn't the mission description mention anything about it?
If he had known this would happen … Xia Ruofei felt that he wouldn't have chosen to face the terrifying high-grade star beast.
If he could choose again, Xia Ruofei would rather spend more time looking for mid-grade star beasts. At least that would be much safer.
But facing a high-grade star beast was really a life and death struggle. Even with the help of the trap and kill array, he still managed to kill the high-grade star beast in the end. However, it was mostly due to luck.
Even though the process was a bit tortuous, the result was still good.
Xia Ruofei's body immediately relaxed.
At that moment, a new notification appeared in the Sensory Mirror's vision:
The third level of the Trial Tower has been opened. You can follow the direction indicated and find the passage to the third level of the Trial Tower.
Xia Ruofei glanced at it and found that there was indeed an arrow on the Sensory Mirror's map. It was slightly to the right.
Xia Ruofei tried to turn his body to the right, and the arrow on the Sensory Mirror's map began to move toward the center.
When Xia Ruofei's body turned to a certain angle, the arrow pointed straight ahead and turned green.
Xia Ruofei understood that the arrow was pointing in the direction of the passage to the third level of the Trial Tower.
At the same time, he also saw a circle of light on the map. This circle of light was surrounded by a circle of light. The range of the circle of light would change slightly from big to small and then from small to big again, as if it was breathing.
This indication was very clear. The position of the circle of light should be where the passage was located.
Now that the mission on the second level of the Trial Tower had been successfully completed, Xia Ruofei naturally had to rush to the third level.
However, he was very curious. He had received the Sensory Mirror's reward. If the other cultivators who didn't have the Sensory Mirror had entered the Trial Tower and completed the mission, how would they get the hint to find the passage to the next level?
Xia Ruofei was just a little curious. He knew that the creator of the Trial Tower and the mission designer must have other methods.
When he met Ling Qingxue, Chen Xuan, and the others, he would know when he asked.
The most important thing now was to go up as far as possible. Only then would he have a chance to meet Ling Qingxue as soon as possible.
Xia Ruofei could only meet up with Ling Qingxue so that he wouldn't be constantly worried about Ling Qingxue's safety like he was now.
Therefore, he put away the array formation materials as quickly as possible. He directly threw away some of the damaged materials.
Then, he found a hidden place and hid the Spirit Map Painting inside.
Xia Ruofei was prepared to use the difference in time flow between the Primordial Realm and the Temporal Array flag in the Ring-Tu space to replenish the materials needed for the Confinement Killing Array.
In addition, he had expended a lot of Primordial Energy during the escape and battle. He needed to replenish it. Furthermore, when he was escaping at full speed, he had even used a portion of the Primordial Energy stored in the Primordial Storage Bead. This also needed to be replenished.
Xia Ruofei still knew nothing about the situation on the third level. Therefore, he naturally had to make all the preparations he could. After all, the second level of the Trial Tower was relatively safer now. He didn't know if he would have the opportunity and time to complete these preparations once he entered the third level of the Trial Tower.
Therefore, he might as well finish everything he could on the second level. It could be said that sharpening the axe would not delay the work of cutting firewood.
Just as Xia Ruofei hid the Spirit Map Painting and was about to enter the Ring-Tu space, a third notification appeared in the Perceptive Mirror.
Congratulations, you have broken the time record for the mission on the second level of the Trial Tower. At the same time, you are the first Golden Core cultivator to kill a high-level Star Beast and directly complete the mission. You will receive an additional reward. As you have created two records at the same time, you are now provided with two rewards to choose from. You can only choose one reward.
Upon seeing this, Xia Ruofei couldn't help but secretly complain. So there's only one reward for breaking two records! It's just an additional choice … Isn't this too stingy!?
Although he complained, Xia Ruofei was still very concerned about the rewards he could obtain. He quickly continued reading, wanting to know what the two rewards were.
The notification in the Perceptive Mirror flipped to the next page, and two reward options appeared. After Xia Ruofei glanced at them, his eyes immediately lit up. Then, he frowned slightly, revealing a conflicted expression.
Xia Ruofei muttered to himself, "This reward setting … is a little too deceptive! Isn't this clearly making things difficult for me? "
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