From A Stronghold NPC To The Final BOSS

The scenery changed.

Zuo Jin found himself in another formation, surrounded by twelve sword Shadows in the Void. The sword shook, and a terrifying sword Qi burst out.

In an instant.

A sense of great danger welled up in his heart.

He didn’t have time to think.

He took a step to the left, and while avoiding the sword Qi, he spread his spiritual sense in all directions. Then, he relied on the power of his spiritual sense to quickly write runes in the void, which then formed a defensive array to resist the subsequent attacks of the sword Qi.

“Killing formation!”

At this moment, his expression was extremely grave.

Out of all the formations, he was unlucky enough to pick a killing formation.

And ...

It was not as simple as an ordinary killing formation.

“A formation within a formation?”

“Or was it because I didn’t really enter the formation just now and only now did I truly activate it?”

Zuo Jin took a deep breath as the two scenes changed.

The methods of a formation path Grandmaster.

Once again, he had a taste of a different style.

At this moment.

Zuo Jin didn’t dare to waste any more time. He spread out his spiritual will bit by bit, and then looked for the flaws in the array. In his opinion, the twelve sword shadows condensed around him might be the core of the array.

The defensive formation around them.

At this moment, he was silently suffering the attack of the sword Qi.

Although this was a miniature formation, its attack power was not weak at all.

Zuo Jin could feel the aura of death contained in the sword Qi.

If he was really hit by the sword Qi, he would not be able to withstand it even if he was a prominent divine stage cultivator.

Every time the defensive formation was about to break.

Zuo Jin strengthened the formation and maintained the operation of the defensive formation.

Similarly.

Every time he strengthened 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 after a long time, the exhaustion of his divine sense would inevitably cause the array to collapse, and at that time, he would be dead.

In the outside world.

Zhang Tieniu sat on the judge’s seat and looked at the group of cultivators who were sitting cross-legged on the high platform and meditating on the array formation silently. His expression remained calm from the beginning to the end.

From the start of the competition until now.

A quarter of an hour had passed.

Everyone’s mind was immersed in the fight. No one broke the array and advanced, and no one was attacked by the array and forced to withdraw from the competition.

As for the people below the platform.

All of them were watching the competition with nervous expressions.

Another fifteen minutes passed.

One of the cultivators who was sitting cross-legged and meditating on the array suddenly let out a blood-curdling screech. He threw his head back and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood before falling to the ground. His eyes were unfocused as he breathed his last.

Hiss!

Many people gasped when they saw this.

isn’t that the Han family’s array master? it’s rumored that he’s a middle-grade array master. I didn’t expect that he couldn’t even pass the first stage and died in the competition.

“From the looks of it, it should be because the killing array was drawn.”

even a middle-grade 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 recognized the fallen cultivator couldn’t help but say in shock.

As for the people at the side, they were also discussing animatedly.

No one had expected this.

A simple competition could actually kill someone.

They also understood how much risk they had to bear to participate in the yuan sect competition.

A cultivator had fallen.

Immediately, someone stepped forward and carried him away.

As for the other cultivators on the platform, they were not affected at all. They were all immersed in the array.

These people’s minds entered the Jade.

He was already trapped by the formation.

Even in the face of death, if he could not break through the seal of the array, he would not be able to wake up.

As for the other side.

...

The forging competition was also in full swing.

It was the preliminary test stage.

The assessment item was a first-grade weapon.

All cultivators had to forge a first grade refined weapon within two hours. Those who could finish before the time was up would be considered to have advanced to the finals.

This was also why.

This was the reason why low-grade blacksmiths were not allowed to participate in this competition.

First grade refined weapon.

Only the top middle-grade blacksmiths could make it.

Of course.

The materials for this competition were all provided by sky origin sect. After all, sky origin sect was a big sect now, so they had no problem supplying the materials for a small competition.

Time passed by slowly.

...

There were also people who started to advance in advance.

After all, many of the participants were experienced superior blacksmiths. It was not difficult for them to forge a first-grade weapon.

Although this was somewhat unfair to some middle-grade blacksmiths.

However, this was how the cultivation world worked.

There was no age or order, only the level of cultivation.

Pfft! Pfft!

The two of them vomited blood one after another, but compared to the formation master surnamed han who had died first, these two only suffered heavy injuries to their spiritual sense and didn’t die directly.

He looked at the broken Jade in his hand.

Their already pale faces seemed to have turned even paler.

Soon after.

The two of them did not wait for Zhang Tieniu to speak. They struggled to get up from the ground and cupped their hands towards Zhang Tieniu, who was at the judging panel. Then, they turned around and left the high platform.

Zhang Tieniu did not stop him.

It was very normal for there to be losers in a competition.

However, as more and more people failed ...

Naturally, there were people who advanced.

A faint light flickered on the high platform and a person who had been sitting still suddenly stood up with a carefree smile on his face. He then cupped his hands towards the judges and said, patriarch of law enforcement, I’ve cracked the formation!

“Please wait at the side!” Zhang Tieniu slightly nodded.

“Many thanks!”

The man cupped his hands in thanks again, then walked to the side and sat down cross-legged.

Time passed by slowly.

More than half of the sand in the hourglass had already been lost.

After the first person advanced, the second and the third person advanced quickly.

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 his sight.

Immediately after!

The scenery changed.

In the blink of an eye, he discovered that his mind had already returned to the high platform.

When he looked at his hand again.

The Jade stone lay there quietly. The only difference was that the miniature formation engraved on it had already disappeared.

He passed?

Zuo Jin was in a daze. Looking at the remaining one-fourth of the hourglass, he stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhang Tieniu, saying,”I passed by luck!”

“Please move to the side and wait!”

“Many thanks, elder!”

Zuo Jin was also taken aback when he saw that there were already seven or eight people seated at the corner of the high platform. He had not expected that so many people would be able to break the formation before him.

However ...

This also made him understand that there would always be someone better than him.

Even though he was a middle-grade array master.

In his original family, he was the top formation master.

However, in Liangshan city, the number of middle-grade array Masters could be counted on two hands.

In comparison.

Although he was not weak, he had not reached the peak level.

However, to Zuo Jin, it didn’t matter whether he was the first to break the array or not. The most important thing was to advance successfully in the competition and then take the opportunity to enter the yuan sect. At that time, he might be able to receive the guidance of the Grandmaster of arrays.

He could become a high-grade array master, or even an array master!

This had always been his wish.

However, the North cloud Manor’s array Dao had declined. To be able to cultivate to the level of a middle-grade array master, one had already spent half of their life.

To become a master.

It was impossible without a great opportunity.

As he walked to the corner of the high platform, the others cupped their hands at Zuo Jin, and he did the same.

Those who could advance in the preliminary test.

They were all not weak array Masters.

Although they would still be competitors later, there was no need to be so cold to them. One more friend meant one more path, and they might need it in the future.

After Zuo Jin’s advancement.

Another seven or eight people successfully advanced to the next round.

At this time, Zuo Jin looked around and saw that more than a dozen people had succeeded.

it seems that these people will be our competitors in the finals!

Eight or nine out of ten of the two hours had passed.

Those who could break the array had basically succeeded. Those who couldn’t, in the remaining time, had a low probability of breaking the array.

Sure enough.

When the last bit of sand fell.

Two more people successfully broke the array at the last moment. After that, no one else advanced.

Seeing this.

Zhang Tieniu took out a jade stone and crushed it forcefully.

An invisible wave spread out from his hand and quickly covered the high platform.

All the cultivators who were still trapped in the array woke up at this time. They looked at the situation around them and saw that there was no more sand sliding down the hourglass. Their faces couldn’t help but darken.

He had failed!

just a little bit more. I was just a little bit more away from breaking the array. I hope that elder can give me another chance! Some of the cultivators couldn’t believe this result and started shouting.

For such a person.

Zhang Tieniu immediately ordered his men to take him away.

Soon after.

He stood up, looked at the crowd, and said, ” all those who advanced will remain here. As for those who failed, please leave the area of the high platform!

“Law enforcement elder, may I ask when the next competition will be?” Some of the losers didn’t leave immediately. Instead, they cupped their hands and asked.

The words fell.

The rest of the people fixed their gazes on Zhang Tieniu.

Upon hearing this.

“I’m not sure about the exact time. However, if there’s a chance, my sect will definitely send out a message. You can come again at that time,” Zhang Tieniu said after a moment of silence.

“Many thanks!” The man cupped his hands, then turned around and left the high platform.

Although he didn’t get the information he wanted, he still felt a little regretful.

However, a failure was a failure, and there was nothing to say.

After everyone who failed to advance left.

Only then did Zhang Tieniu look at the other people who had advanced and said loudly, first of all, I would like to congratulate all of you on your successful advancement. Now, you can rest for two hours. After that, I will announce the method of the final competition.

Finished speaking.

He sat back in his original position. As for the others, they didn’t waste any time either. They all closed their eyes and regulated their breathing, trying their best to recover the energy they had used to break the formation.