C48 Entering the Puppet Tower
C48 Entering the Puppet Tower
Grand Elder stood in front of them and waited for the crowd to quieten down before he said:
"The first round of the competition is the elimination round of the Puppet Tower.
The rules are the same as the previous rounds. Enlightenment Stage disciples must pass the Level 1.
A Qi Gathering Stage disciple must at least pass the level 3 in order to pass the test.
If your grades did not pass the test, the sect would reduce your monthly cultivation resources.
In addition, the top 20 who passed the test will be the top 20 of the competition. They can participate in the following battles.
Let's begin!"
After saying that, he walked to a stone bench with Xu Annlan and sat down to watch.
"Disciples who are participating in the competition, come and queue up! Disciples who are not participating, go to the outer perimeter!"
A few deacons walked out and said in a clear voice.
After that, under the arrangement of the deacons, the disciples began to line up.
Although the Puppet Tower occupied a few hundred meters radius, the internal space wasn't very big.
It couldn't accommodate nearly two thousand disciples at once.
Therefore, they needed to split into small groups and enter in batches.
Old disciples naturally needed to participate, or else they would be reduced cultivation resources.
New disciples were free to choose.
In the end, only Lin Xuan, Zhang Tao and other potential disciples, as well as some new disciples who thought their strength was passable participated.
The old disciples were not surprised by this.
They didn't really care about it.
It had been like this in the past years. The new disciples were just going through the motions. It was impossible for the new disciples to enter the top 20.
Because, every single one of the top 20 was at the Peak of Qi Gathering Stage.
And they were all Peak of Qi Gathering Stage warriors.
New disciples were unable to reach this level.
Even if there was a genius like Lin Xuan in this year's competition, there wouldn't be an exception.
Very quickly, they lined up in a line.
They had 200 people in a team, and there were about ten teams.
In each team, there was a top ten expert from the Outer Sect.
Lin Xuan was in the seventh team.
"The first team, go in. Remember, you have at most fifteen minutes. The rest of the teams are the same!"
A few deacons stood at the front and ordered.
The first team of two hundred people rushed into the Puppet Tower.
All the disciples' eyes fell upon Sun Heh, who was ranked in the top ten of Outer Sect. They were looking forward to his result.
As the first group of disciples rushed into the Puppet Tower, a lot of noises could be heard from the pagoda.
After a short while, fifteen minutes had passed.
The first group of disciples were all expelled from the pagoda, and only two of them passed through the Puppet Tower in the end.
As expected, they had all reached the Peak of Qi Gathering Stage. One of them was Sun Heh, and the other was a famous expert of the Outer Sect.
Among the crowd, Lin Xuan raised his eyebrows.
He never thought that the difficulty of this Puppet Tower would be so high.
Only the top ten from the Outer Sect could clear the level.
"Second team, you guys can go in!"
The deacon ordered.
After that, the disciples of the second team rushed into the Puppet Tower.
Soon, the results of the second team were out.
Only two people passed the level.
"Team three, enter!"
The deacon's cold voice sounded again.
But this time, there was a little more fluctuation.
The disciples on the field also started to discuss in low voices.
The top ten disciples of the Outer Sect in the third team were the number two disciple of the Outer Sect, Zhou Lei.
"Finally, it's time for the three great warriors of the Outer Sect to go on stage."
"What kind of result can Zhou Lei achieve?"
"I remember last time, he spent ten minutes!"
All the disciples were looking forward to it.
Under the gazes of everyone present, the disciples of the third team entered the Puppet Tower.
This time, Zhou Lei only used eight minutes to walk out.
The other disciple who passed the level took a full fifteen minutes.
The two of them formed a huge contrast.
Zhou Lei's result also became the best result on the field, leaving the others far behind.
This caused a huge commotion on the field.
All the disciples and deacons were shocked.
Zhou Lei was indeed worthy of being the second ranked disciple of Outer Sect. He was really strong!
The competition continued.
Team Four cleared the stage.
The disciples gathered their spirits once again, and their gazes converged.
Guan Yuanshuang, who was ranked third in the Outer Sect, was participating in this round.
Guan Yuanshuang was one of the only two female disciples in the top ten. She was also the number one beauty of the Outer Sect. Her popularity was very high. Compared to the number one genius of the Outer Sect, Chen Yuze, she was not inferior at all.
She had attracted the attention of all the disciples.
Furthermore, unlike Zhou Lei, Guan Yuanshuang was a female and she was very agile.
In terms of speed, she was faster than Zhou Lei.
In the Puppet Tower, as long as the participants passed through the encirclement of the dummies, they would be able to pass the trial.
They could use their tyrannical combat strength to forcefully pass the trial.
They could also use their movement techniques to dodge and complete the trial more easily.
The latter method was faster.
This meant that Guan Yuanshuang's results in this round would very likely surpass Zhou Lei's.
All the disciples were attracted over.
Not long after, the results of Squad Four also came out.
Sure enough, Guan Yuanshuang only used five minutes to pass the level.
She was much faster than Zhou Lei.
Guan Yuanshuang temporarily placed first.
This caused a huge commotion.
The challenge continued.
However, most people were still paying attention to Guan Yuanshuang.
Not many people paid attention to the fifth team clearing the challenge. The fifth team soon completed the challenge.
When it was the sixth team's turn to challenge, all the disciples were once again in high spirits.
This time, Chen Yuze, the number one disciple of the Outer Sect, was among them.
Guan Yuanshuang, the number three disciple of the Outer Sect, only used five minutes to complete the task.
They didn't know how high the score of the number one genius of the Outer Sect, Chen Yuze, would be.
All the disciples were looking forward to it.
They watched the disciples of the sixth team enter the Puppet Tower.
Chen Yuze didn't let them down. He only used three minutes to pass the level.
His result was very high. He had almost broken the record for the past few years.
Almost everyone on the field was shocked and could not come back to their senses for a long time.
No one paid any more attention to Team Seven.
Lin Xuan was in the seventh team.
Following the order of the deacon, Lin Xuan and the other disciples of the Seventh Squad rushed into the Puppet Tower.
After they rushed in, they saw a vast space in front of them.
Numerous black human-sized puppets stood in all directions, surrounding and attacking the group.
"Are these the puppets?"
Lin Xuan's eyes sparkled, and his expression remained indifferent.
He could sense that these dummies were only at the Enlightenment Stage, so they posed no threat to him.
The most important thing right now was to use the treasure that he had copied from Xu Annlan, a true disciple, to improve his innate talent and strength.
After that, Lin Xuan thought of something.
He felt warm currents surging within his body, flowing and being absorbed very quickly.
At the same time, a clear and cold prompt resounded by his ear.
"Congratulations to Host for breaking through to the Spiritual Rank Cultivation talent!"
"Congratulations to Host for breaking through to the 20% Sword Intent!"
"Congratulations to Host for breaking through to the Top Grade!"