Chapter 452: The Second Trial Begins

Inside the Black Tower…

Xiao Fan was still answering various questions on the light screen…

He wasn't sure how much time had passed in the outside world, but being inside the tower, he felt that about half a day had gone by…

At this moment, that stiff, emotionless voice echoed in his ears again…

“Congratulations, you have passed the assessment.”

As the voice spoke, the light screen in front of Xiao Fan instantly vanished…

“Hmm?”

Xiao Fan was startled; he had passed the assessment?

Following the voice, Xiao Fan felt his vision blur and instinctively closed his eyes…

It was a very strange feeling; his vision was suddenly filled with a vast expanse of white. Even when he tried to control himself and keep his eyes open, he simply couldn't do it…

After a few breaths, he opened his eyes again to find himself back in the same place as before…

He was still at the position where he had been before the assessment started.

Over three thousand young people around him… were looking around with expressions of confusion, appearing as though they had just gone through the same experience as him.

“I see…” Xiao Fan whispered. This Black Tower was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Not only could it simultaneously create an illusion to accommodate all these people, but it could also make everyone inside the tower lose themselves at the same time…

And bring each of them to a separate illusion.

This was simply too terrifying.

The Black Tower had no intention of harming people; it was merely a trial.

If the Black Tower wanted to kill the people inside, a single thought would likely be enough.

No one would have the power to resist.

“Those who failed the assessment, leave the tower within fifteen minutes…”

The mysterious, ethereal voice appeared in everyone's ears again, cold and heartless…

On this bright grassland, a black door suddenly appeared.

The black door was covered by an illusory light screen, making it impossible to see the scene outside…

“Leaving through here should lead to the outside world…” Xiao Fan said to himself.

People began to stand up and pass through the light screen to leave one after another…

After all, the Black Tower had stated before that only ten percent of the people would remain.

More than half of the Jixian Sect Disciples near Xiao Fan stood up, cupped their fists to the group, and left.

“I hope you all achieve good results.”

“We'll see you outside…”

“Goodbye, Junior Brother Xiao Fan, you have to do your best.”

“…”

Xiao Fan didn't recognize most of these Danding Peak Disciples from the Jixian Sect, but there were some who knew him.

There were even Disciples who cheered Xiao Fan on before leaving; he could see that they were being sincere.

Xiao Fan nodded in acknowledgment.

More than half of the Jixian Sect Disciples had left, with fewer than thirty remaining.

To Xiao Fan's surprise, Ji Bofeng was actually still there.

Xiao Fan sized up Ji Bofeng with a surprised gaze, very curious as to how he could still be there.

“You, what are you looking at…” Ji Bofeng felt like Xiao Fan was examining a monkey, and his teeth began to itch with anger instantly.

He had lost count of the various grudges and enmities he had with the latter.

“No, nothing…” Xiao Fan felt a bit awkward. “I was just curious that you weren't actually eliminated.”

He spoke very directly, without any consideration for Ji Bofeng's feelings.

Ji Bofeng was so angry that smoke was practically coming out of his head. If he hadn't been unable to win in a fight, he would have definitely struck out to fight Xiao Fan to the death.

The situation for the Thunder Fire Sect, Ziyun Cave Heaven, and Piaomiao Immortal Palace was similar, though fewer of their Disciples had left compared to the Jixian Sect.

Each sect had more than forty people remaining.

The ones who left in the greatest numbers were those Loose Cultivators, followed by the children of the great families.

This had a massive connection to one's background.

Loose Cultivators… without a background behind them, everything depended on their own exploration.

Before the strict requirement of being twenty-five years old, most of them couldn't even become First-Grade Alchemists.

One must know that Alchemy is a profession that burns money.

For a Loose Cultivator, it was very difficult to gather such enormous resources.

Xiao Fan let out a breath; the number of people around him had decreased all at once, and it became much emptier.

The fifteen minutes were up.

There were also a few young people who had been eliminated but did not leave of their own accord.

Naturally, the end for these people was miserable…

They were struck by mysteriously appearing fireballs and forcibly knocked out of the Black Tower, their fate unknown…

“The second trial, Fire Control, begins now.”

The stiff voice appeared in everyone's ears and began to introduce the rules for the second stage.

“First… you have sixty days to become proficient in the Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques you have already learned, or you may learn the Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques provided within the tower.”

As the voice fell, many Cultivation Technique Jade Slips appeared near Xiao Fan and the others.

No one was in a hurry to check them; they were still waiting for the Black Tower's next instructions.

“Whether you Cultivate these Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques or not is for you to decide. The final test of the second trial is fire control.”

The mysterious voice vanished… and spoke no more.

Xiao Fan and the others looked at each other, now knowing the details of the second trial.

That was fire mastery.

In the Dao of Alchemy, fire intensity is just as important as pharmacology.

Xiao Fan picked up the Cultivation Techniques that had appeared nearby and began to examine them.

“Profound Rank Medium Grade, Fire Dragon Bullet…”

“Profound Rank High Grade, Nine Yang Fire Art…”

“…”

Xiao Fan looked over the nearby Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques and found that the highest grade was only Profound Rank High Grade.

Although he didn't know what grade the Ji Family's Azure Flame Art was, it was definitely stronger than these.

He had no interest in learning these Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques.

Naturally, Ji Bofeng also had no interest; the Ji Family's Azure Flame Art… was invincible in the world in his eyes!

Just because the two of them didn't Cultivate them didn't mean others wouldn't; there were still many people without suitable Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques.