Chapter 289: Selecting (II)
Normally, a disciple of the outer sect of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would definitely consume a lot of energy after going through a round of trials. Therefore, after each completion of the trial, most of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples would rest for a while.
Moreover, as the difficulty of the later battles became more and more difficult, the consumption of each battle for these Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples would also become greater and greater. Naturally, the rest period becomes longer.
But what about He Zhi? These Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples have all seen it, He Zhi just entered the illusion realm for the second time just a few minutes ago—of course, here He Zhi has actually entered the illusion realm for the third time, but these Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples don't know.
Then it only took a few minutes, and many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect felt that they hadn't changed their strength when they came out of the illusion for the first time, and He Zhi actually entered the illusion realm again and accepted the trial!
Daring to use such a speed to frequently test the illusion can only prove that the opponent's strength in the illusion is not on the same level as him at all!
However, he had already reached the third level! By the time of the third level, the opponents that would spawn in the illusion realm were already powerful monks whose strength had clearly surpassed the realm of entering the Dao.
In the face of a monk of this level, he could still pass the test so easily? I'm afraid that even the strongest disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would not dare to guarantee it, right? Many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect suddenly became curious, who is this person sacred?
He Zhi was naturally not famous in a big sect like the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect discussed a few words, and found that everyone was confused.
These disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect are also very proud of their own strength, and to put it bluntly, they are a little conceited. Even if He Zhi's strength is strong, they will not be like those star-chasing fans, staring at He Zhi's situation and asking non-stop.
Moreover, now that they are all in the field of inner selection, everyone's energy is focused on the next challenge. No one will pay too much attention to He Zhi. After casually discussing a few words, they found that everyone didn't know where this person came from, so they naturally put the matter aside.
However, not long after these Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples stopped talking, they were shocked again to see that the door He Zhi had just entered had actually been opened again!
He Zhi, who had just been in for only two or three minutes, walked out again!
Many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect couldn't help but look at He Zhi in astonishment, and then they found that He Zhi didn't even have a trace of exhaustion on his face!
In other words, the round of trials just now was still easy and happy for He Zhi!
Hey, hey, this is a bit exaggerated, isn't it? Many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect couldn't help but be surprised in their hearts.
And He Zhi still didn't care about the gaze of these Ten Thousand Sword Sect disciples.
In the level just now, the opponents He Zhi encountered became the two monks of the Zhang family that he met at the recruitment conference. Moreover, as soon as he entered the final testing ground, the powerful "Four Ghost Condensing Soul Array" had already been laid in the trial ground
Moreover, the Four Ghost Condensing Soul Formation this time was completely different from the formation that Hu Feng hastily laid out when He Zhi first encountered it. This time, the formation was embedded in four bronze pillars in an almost impregnable hall. If He Zhi still wanted to use the method used in the Scattered Cultivation Alliance's recruitment conference to destroy the formation to deal with the opponent's attack, it would be absolutely impossible.
In addition, the two monks of the Zhang family mastered the Four Ghost Condensation Array and completely reached the level of Hu Feng at that time, and they used the entire formation with ease.
It can be said that if He Zhi at this time is replaced by the time when he has just broken through to the realm of initiation at the recruitment conference of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance, then facing this level in front of him, He Zhi may still have to pay a lot of price to pass.
It may not necessarily fall to the extent of injury, but it is inevitable to be dragged into a protracted battle by the opponent and have to spend a lot of mana and energy to fight with the opponent.
However, after the baptism of the last big array of Shueisha, He Zhi has already mastered part of the mystery of soul power. At the same time, when he was in the Dihua Sect, Hu Feng had already taught He Zhi the essence of the Four Ghost Condensing Soul Array.
Therefore, at this time, He Zhi understands the formation and can control the soul power, where does he still need to work as hard as when he fought Hu Feng at the beginning?
After entering the formation, He Zhi soon discovered that although the two Zhang family monks reflected in his memory were a little higher in strength than they should have, they still didn't know anything about the use of soul power.
Therefore, He Zhi quickly turned against the guest, and it didn't take much time to take the control of the Four Ghost Carrying Array from them.
The strength of these two Zhang family monks was not very wise, if they followed the strength of the four ghost carrying arrays, they might be able to deal with He Zhi. But now the Four Ghost Carrying Array was taken away by He Zhi, and He Zhi in turn used this formation to deal with them. The two Zhang family monks were immediately defeated.
In the trial of the fourth level, He Zhi didn't spend much more effort than the previous third level.
Although He Zhi has experienced four battles in a row, for him, these four battles are more like appetizers before dinner, but they have not allowed He Zhi to consume any experience.
Therefore, after completing the trial of the fourth level, He Zhi quickly entered the trial phantom array again.
"I actually went in again...... What is the origin of this person?How many trials has he already passed?"In the Great Hall of Trials, the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect finally couldn't hold back.
Although the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect were all very arrogant, He Zhi's performance like this still made them feel a real crisis. For these Golden Sword disciples, although the final battle for the selection of inner disciples has not yet begun, the battle between them has already begun.
To put it bluntly, there may not be a direct confrontation between them in this confrontation, but that doesn't mean that their performance in the first round of selection will not be distinguished.
In fact, this first round of trials has quite clear judging criteria in terms of results.
Among all the outer disciples who participated in the test, the ones with the worst results were naturally the ones who were eliminated during the test. Of course, those who can become Golden Sword disciples within the Ten Thousand Swords Sect are basically first-class in strength. It's rare to see that in the first level of the trial, you can't even beat the opponent in the fantasy world.
Therefore, generally speaking, the disciples who perform the worst in the first round of testing are because they need to spend a lot of time in each round of testing, and they have to use a lot of time to recover. As a result, the speed is too slow, and in the end, the disciple cannot complete the minimum number of trials within the specified time.
Of course, among the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect who came to participate in the trial, there were very few who would fall to this point. However, this possibility cannot be ruled out.
Because the so-called battle is changing rapidly. Even these outer disciples from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect could not guarantee that they would not make mistakes in every time they fought with others. What's more, there are monks of the initiation level on the other side.
Sometimes, some disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect may miss a battle in order to pursue a quick trial, or for other reasons.
And once he misses in one battle, in the following battles, this disciple will not only spend more time resting than others, but will also cause his injuries to worsen in one battle after another. This is a vicious circle. Almost every year in the trials of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, there will be such a situation.
In the first round of trials, the maximum time left for all the disciples participating in the trials was generally twelve hours. At the same time, the minimum required trial round is six rounds.
It doesn't sound like a very high order. It seemed that those disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect were going in and out of the light curtain, and it didn't seem like it was that difficult.
However, if you put it another way, you will immediately feel the thrill and difficulty of this - this test is actually equivalent to requiring all the participants to defeat at least six monks who have entered the realm of Dao or above within twelve hours! Moreover, the strength of these six monks will still get stronger and stronger!
Of course, being able to pass six trials within twelve hours was only a basic passing score for these Golden Sword disciples.
In the trials of this level, the total number of trials is not six, but ten! That is to say, an outer disciple who participates in the trial needs to pass ten rounds of trials before he can be regarded as truly completing the entire trial process.
Some people may think that since they can already get a ticket to the next round of trials after only passing six rounds of trials, then why do these disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect have to go through ten rounds of trials? Moreover, the next four rounds of trials are more difficult than the previous six rounds of trials. Those Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples were taking unnecessary risks when they participated in these four rounds of trials?
Those who ask this question obviously only know one and do not know the other.
Perhaps for those disciples with mediocre strength, it would be safer to only participate in the first six rounds of trials, reducing their risk of injury or failure. However, for those truly elite disciples of the outer sect of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, these ten rounds of trials were not a whetstone?
These outer disciples themselves are like freshly forged swords, their edges have just been formed, and they have not yet undergone real tempering. And these ten rounds of trials are to constantly polish them and stimulate their sharpness little by little. Let them get more and more accustomed to the state of fighting a real strong enemy!
To put it bluntly, if in the real battle later, a Golden Sword disciple who has gone through ten rounds of trials and has been completely polished meets a Golden Sword disciple who has only passed six rounds of trials, the state of the two of them, their feelings of strength and weakness, victory and defeat in the battle are completely different. The former is likely to be a notch above the latter!
Maybe the two of them are about the same in terms of cultivation, and their previous records in the sect are also comparable, but just because the latter lacks four rounds of trials, it is possible that there will be a one-sided crushing situation in the fight.
Therefore, in the first round of trials, each additional round of levels within the time limit can be regarded as a big step forward. And the disciples who can pass all ten rounds of levels can already be regarded as contenders for the position of the last inner disciple.
But of course, among these contenders, there will still be strong and weak. Because, the time it takes for each person to pass the ten rounds of trials is different.
It is also through ten rounds of trials that those who can really rank among the top ten in the outer sect of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and can be called the most reasonable contenders for the position of inner disciples, basically only need seven or eight hours!
And the two or three strongest people in the outer gate, such as the previous "Wang Lu". It would probably only take him five or six hours to complete all ten rounds of trials.
This speed meant that after ten rounds of trials and tempering, he still had plenty of time to recover and adjust himself. This in itself is an invisible pressure on other outer disciples who compete with it.
All in all, the first level of the selection of inner disciples was the first step in the contest for the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Their performance in the illusion will have a great impact on their own momentum and confidence.
In particular, in the past years of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's inner door selections, there have been countless experiences that have proved that for the outer disciples who are really interested in attacking the position of the inner disciples, their performance in the first round is very important!
Perhaps, not every disciple of the outer gate who performed well in the first round will be able to enter the inner gate in the end, but the one who can finally enter the inner gate must be the disciples who are firmly in the top 20 in the first round.
Therefore, when He Zhi showed an almost jaw-dropping speed during the trial, it was not surprising that these outer disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect felt surprised.
This year is the year when the Ten Thousand Swords Sect has opened its gates, and it is much more difficult to get a place to enter the inner gate of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect than in ordinary years. As the saying goes, "there are more monks and less porridge". These Golden Sword disciples were also staring at the great pressure, so they resolutely chose to come to participate in the selection of the inner disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect at this time.
But in the selection, a perverted freak like He Zhi suddenly appeared, and he didn't seem to be a disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Isn't this snatching food from the jaws of a tiger?
For a while, many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect couldn't help but talk about it, and they all wondered about He Zhi's origin.
And at this time, Qin Shou, who had just entered the light curtain of the trial, also walked out. However, Qin Shou's face was a little pale at this time, and his steps became a little staggering.
In the round of trials just now, Qin Shou was a little distracted, and he actually suffered a small loss on an opponent who was not very powerful. Fortunately, Qin Shou himself was also a cultivator in the Dao realm, so he was only slightly injured. Moreover, at this time, it was only a quarter of an hour or so before the trial began, and there was still a lot of time to come. Qin Shou had enough time to recover from his injuries and adjust his state.