Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 127 - 119: Obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill
The moment the magic was successfully cast:
"Boom..."
The hourglass in the corner stopped flowing, and on the other side of the hall, two doors appeared amid a rumbling sound.
The left double door was arched, with faint light emanating from behind;
The right was an ancient stone door, square-shaped, with a passage seemingly behind it.
"The designer of this Celestial Capital Secret Collection is quite considerate indeed..."
Zhang Yao smiled slightly upon seeing the two doors.
Choosing the left door ends the trial immediately, teleporting one to the deepest part of the collection to claim a reward.
Choosing the right door means continuing to break through the array, but if one fails midway, all accumulated achievements will be null, and there’s no reward.
"Let’s go."
Zhang Yao rolled his sleeve and leisurely walked forward, pushing open the stone door on the right.
After the stone door opened, it revealed a deep stone passage, with ancient bronze lamps burning with blue flames every three yards along the walls.
"This certainly feels like an underground tomb now."
Zhang Yao walked along the passage for half an hour, with light faintly appearing ahead.
He left the passage, and a new hall opened up before him, filled with wooden puppets of various shapes.
On the left side of the hall wall, there was another light screen:
Progress First - Codename ’Green’ (Third Level);
Progress Second - Codename ’Purple’ (Second Level);
Progress Third - Codename ’Red’ (Second Level);
Progress Fourth - Codename ’Yellow’ (First Level);
Progress Fifth - Codename ’Orange’ (First Level);
Zhang Yao glanced at it, his expression slightly changed:
"Didn’t expect some disciples from Dongge Sect to have passed the third level already, truly fast-paced."
"Either their power is remarkable, or their luck is exceptional..."
Seven Celestial Capital Command Tokens, coded by seven colors.
The Celestial Capital Command Token in his hand was coded ’Orange’, currently ranked last.
Only after breaking through the first level can an Array Breaker qualify for the ranking list, simultaneously seeing their own and others’ specific rankings. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"The first level tests comprehension, wasted too much time."
Thoughts surged in Zhang Yao’s mind:
"I must increase my speed now."
Every Array Breaker will receive corresponding prizes based on their performance in breaking through arrays.
But the final reward is fixed: Foundation Establishment Pill, Spiritual Artifact, Treasure Materials, three choices in one; if delayed and someone else chooses the Foundation Establishment Pill, it would complicate matters.
"Clack, clack, clack..."
While Zhang Yao pondered, sounds of mechanical movement and collision echoed in the hall.
The densely packed wooden puppets in the hall started moving, their eye sockets emitting red light, staring directly at Zhang Yao.
"Mechanical Puppet Technique, also one of the Pingdu Twelve Methods."
Zhang Yao smiled at the scene:
"This kind of test really suits me."
In the next instant:
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The blue long spike and purple flying sword violently shot out, vibrating the air with a whistling buzz, rushing into the puppet group.
Many puppets hadn’t reacted yet and were violently blasted and sliced, their bodies scattered into fragments, losing combat capability directly.
"Clack, clack, clack..."
Some puppets strove to resist the Celestial Thunder Spike and flying sword, while others attempted to surround and attack Zhang Yao.
Zhang Yao stood with arms crossed, unmoving, those puppets couldn’t even get close to him before being entirely wiped out by the blue electric light and purple sword light.
Within just seven or eight breaths, the hall was full of wreckage, with no puppet mechanism standing.
Despite their not weak combat power and their mastery of battle array techniques, other Array Breakers finding them would inevitably be troubled - unless they coincidentally had excellent luck and happened to cultivate the Puppetry Skill of the Pingdu Twelve Methods.
But unfortunately for them, they encountered Zhang Yao, and under a huge disparity in power, they couldn’t even touch Zhang Yao’s sleeve, being easily crushed to pieces.
"Bang!"
At the opposite side of the hall, the two familiar doors appeared.
Zhang Yao shook his sleeve and quickly walked forward, pushing open the second stone door.
......
Third Level, Fourth Level, Fifth Level...
Layer upon layer, Zhang Yao broke effortlessly, his momentum unmatched.
After the troublesome comprehension test, regardless of whether the subsequent levels tested magical power, divine soul, sensing manipulation, combat power... Zhang Yao held a huge advantage over them all.
Progressing like breaking bamboo, within just half an hour, he broke through seven arrays, arriving at the eighth level.
Meanwhile:
"How is this possible..."
Zhuge Xing, having reached the fifth level, looked at the light screen on the wall, staring blankly.
The Celestial Capital Command Token in his hand was coded ’Green’.
Half an hour ago, he was still at the top, rushing the fastest among all Array Breakers.
But in the subsequent half hour, he helplessly watched as someone broke through seven arrays, faster than imaginable, leaving him far behind.
"Coded ’Orange’, a disciple from Xige Sect, he definitely has a problem!"
Zhuge Xing’s face showed considerable seriousness.
While breaking through the fourth level, the opponent’s name just ascended on the ranking list, evidently only passing the first level.
But when he broke through the fourth level and arrived at the fifth level, the opponent unexpectedly had already broken through the seventh level, reaching the eighth.
Everyone is Qi Refining Perfection, how could there be such a huge disparity?
"Could it be...this person is at the Foundation Establishment Stage, deliberately suppressing his cultivation to enter?"
Zhuge Xing speculated internally but felt it unlikely.
The array maintaining the operation of Celestial Capital Secret Collection was arranged by the Golden Core Ancestor, no way it could be deceived by a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
