Chapter 970
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"This assessment is way too difficult. This is only the first round. I've only passed the first palatial hall and I've already lost a layer of skin. It can't be that there are nine such palatial halls, right …?"
Many of the disciples participating in the assessment were not stupid. By connecting the name of the Nine Palatial Array, they easily guessed that the palatial halls were connected one after another.
The difficulty of their assessment was naturally much lower than Yi Yun's, but it was still not easy to pass.
After all, this was an array formation created by Song Wuchen himself. How could he allow these people to easily pass through his array?
"The difficulty is too high. There definitely won't be many who can pass. I heard that this array formation was created by Song Wuchen alone. His array formation tested nine thousand of us and eliminated so many. Is this the strength of an in-name disciple of a Divine Lord …?"
Many people felt a sense of defeat when they thought of this. The gap was just too great.
If a Divine Lord's in-name disciple was that strong, they would give up on the thought of becoming a Divine Lord's in-name disciple.
Nine thousand disciples were working hard in each of the palatial halls.
The weaker ones might be trapped in the first palatial hall, unable to leave.
The stronger ones could only pass four or five palatial halls. Although they expended a great deal of their Yuan Qi, they still advanced with great difficulty.
They realized that the Nine Palatial Array was not something they could pass in a short period of time. They might even need to rest midway to recover a portion of their Yuan Qi before they could continue challenging the array.
As such, it was impossible to complete it without three to four days.
For example, Chi Zhuiyun and Tianya Haoyue were slightly stronger, but due to Song Wuchen's special attention, the two of them had only reached the third palatial hall. They were not the fastest.
At this moment, outside the Nine Palatial Array, the sky was nearing dusk. The sun was slowly setting, dyeing the horizon red. It looked gorgeous and beautiful.
The palace maids of the Oracle Fey Kingdom served exquisite fruits and wine to the Oracle Fey Kingdom's king, Song Wuchen, Tian Xun and company.
These fruits were supreme-grade spirit fruits produced in Brocade Spring Court. They contained rich Yuan Qi and were sweet and delicious. They were also beneficial to one's cultivation level.
As for the wine, it was brewed from spirit fruits. It was mellow and delicious, and it could be called ambrosia.
Song Wuchen plucked a grape and as he looked at the Demon Defying Bead that was floating in mid-air and enveloped by an array formation in Brocade Spring Court, he carefully tasted the pulp that melted in his mouth.
The test made him feel like he was toying with nine thousand geniuses of his age in the palm of his hand.
He enjoyed this feeling and was very satisfied with the effects of the Nine Palaces Array.
"Young Master Wuchen, this first round of assessment has already lasted for six hours. How much longer will it take?"
The Oracle Fey Kingdom king asked.
"At least three days. The first person to pass the test and come out within three days is already very talented."
When Song Wuchen said this, praising the person who walked out of the array formation as a genius was actually praising himself.
"Hahaha, Mister Wuchen is truly a master of formations. This Nine Palaces Formation is truly exquisite." The Oracle Fey Kingdom king complimented. He hoped that Song Wuchen would be lenient to the Oracle Fey Kingdom disciples when presiding over the assessment.
Song Wuchen smiled and accepted the compliment calmly. He said lightly, "I hope I won't be too ruthless. I was thinking that it would be best if ten to twenty people could walk out of the first round. If I were to set the array formation's difficulty higher, it wouldn't be good if only seven or eight people walked out."
"Seven or eight people …" The Oracle Fey Kingdom king laughed dryly. If there were so few people, the Oracle Fey Kingdom would probably only have Chi Zhuiyun and Demon Girl. Even Demon Girl might be eliminated.
…
At this moment, in the Nine Palaces Array.
Yi Yun strolled through the void. In his energy vision, he could clearly see the energy flow between the Nine Palaces Array and the Demon Defying Bead.
The Demon Defying Bead was after all a Divine Lord level treasure. With Song Wuchen's cultivation level, although he could barely use the Demon Defying Bead, it would definitely be very taxing on him!
This was like a five or six-year-old child using a heavy hammer as a weapon. Although the power was definitely much greater than a child's fist, it was very difficult for the child to lift the heavy hammer, and he might even hit himself if he wasn't careful.
Song Wuchen was in such a situation. Hence, the combination between the Nine Palaces Array and the Demon Defying Bead was not perfect. Instead, it had many flaws and crudeness!
Yi Yun could clearly find these spots with his energy vision.
At this moment, Yi Yun had already passed through the spatial passageway. He had never even stepped through the door to the second palaces.
"Oh? There's an energy connection point here! "
Yi Yun's figure shuttled through the spatial turbulence. Suddenly, he came to a stop in the void. The void looked ordinary, but Yi Yun knew that there was a hidden mystery in it.
"Whew!"
Yi Yun attacked at lightning speed.
With a loud explosion, the void was forcefully shattered by Yi Yun. The energy connection point, which was not considered strong to begin with, had been torn apart!
"The fourth one."
Yi Yun muttered to himself. He had previously estimated that there were about twelve connections between the Nine Palaces Array and the Demon Defying Bead. When most of these connections were destroyed, the Nine Palaces Array's strength would be greatly reduced.
This was akin to two armies attacking a fortified stronghold on a cliff. The stronghold was difficult to breach, but if the cliff was cracked, causing the cliff to collapse, the stronghold on the cliff would naturally collapse by itself.
"Here, the fifth one!"
Yi Yun attacked once again.
"Boom!"
The fifth energy connection point was shattered, causing the energy in the Nine Palaces Array to weaken further.
Following that —
The sixth one! The seventh one!
Yi Yun destroyed an energy connection point every fifteen minutes. He quickly separated the Nine Palaces Array from the Demon Defying Bead.
And the result was that the Nine Palaces Array was becoming weaker.
That was not the only thing. The Nine Palaces Array that Yi Yun faced had become weaker. The Demon Defying Bead supported the Nine Palaces Array that eight to nine thousand people faced. Once the energy connection points were shattered, the Nine Palaces Array that every disciple faced would suffer the same fate!
"Oh, why does it seem like the test has suddenly become easier?"
A disciple who had finally managed to exit the third palace, was exhausted and on the brink of giving up. However, he suddenly realized that the difficulty of the array formation had greatly decreased at some point in time.
This made him heave a sigh of relief as a glimmer of hope reignited in his heart. "Was I imagining things?"
He couldn't believe it. He didn't even understand what was going on until he passed the fourth palace inexplicably.
"So that's how it is. Only the beginning is difficult. As long as I survive the beginning, the later stages will be simple!"
There were many people like this disciple who suddenly realized that the difficulty had decreased.
"It's getting easier. The fifth palace's difficulty was already halved, but the sixth palace is actually easier than the fifth?"
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