Published: December 27, 2024
Indeed, my guess was correct.
Even under extreme interference, it is still possible to perceive the special runes on this level, but the difficulty is incredibly high. To fully comprehend the runes requires an immense amount of energy.
But isn’t this the essence of the assessment?
If one could easily outline the array patterns while completely resisting the interference, what would be the point?
After a round of assessment, there wouldn’t be any improvement at all.
However, things are different now. Within this interference, Qin Chen could feel that his understanding of spiritual power had reached a different level.
He raised his head and found that he was the only one left on the first level; all the Refiner Masters had already entered the third level, and a considerable number of them had even ascended to the third level.
But Qin Chen didn’t care; there was still a little more than half a stick of incense time remaining before the limit, and he wasn’t in a hurry. Instead, he calmed his mind and focused on sensing that vague array pattern.
At first, this array pattern was incredibly blurry, only occasionally visible for a glance. But gradually, Qin Chen's perception began to become ethereal.
Everything in front of him, once distorted by interference, became extraordinarily clear in his perception, and similarly, that special array pattern began to become clearer as well.
Although he still couldn’t glimpse the whole picture, it was much clearer than at the beginning.
This filled Qin Chen with an incredible sense of wonder.
Moreover, he vaguely sensed that the surrounding interference, which seemed chaotic, appeared to have some subtle connection with the array pattern.
This connection was something Qin Chen could not determine; it was merely an instinct of his.
Thus, Qin Chen completely abandoned everything external, immersing his perception into the understanding of this array pattern.
Buzz! Finally, just moments before the stick of incense burned out, Qin Chen was able to see that special array pattern clearly amidst the greatest interference.
At this moment, that array pattern in Qin Chen's perception, although it looked exactly the same as what he had seen after clearing interference with his spiritual power earlier, was fundamentally different in essence, as if the array pattern he was seeing now had a life of its own.
“The time of a stick of incense is about to end; is Qin Chen really going to be eliminated?”
“Yeah, there are only ten breaths left until the limit of a stick of incense; I never expected that this Qin Chen is not even a Refiner, yet he came to participate in the Refiner assessment.”
“There must be cheating involved; there’s definitely something fishy going on.”
At this moment, everyone’s attention in the square was focused on Qin Chen, and no one even paid attention to Bai Yu Tang and Yun Meng Ze, who had already advanced to the third level.
If the first step of the first round of assessment was eliminated, Qin Chen would undoubtedly become a laughingstock in this Refiner assessment, and he would certainly be labeled as a jester of the Tian Gong's Refiner Department.
By that time, it would no longer just be a bet between Qin Chen and Elder Chu Ye of the Tian Gong Martial Artists Department; even without this bet, the Tian Gong's Refiner Department would never let him go, and they would undoubtedly want to kill him here. Otherwise, how would the Refiner Department of Tian Gong maintain their face?
“This Qin Chen is simply ridiculous. Since he’s not a Refiner, why come to participate in the Tian Gong's Refiner assessment? Isn’t it better to join the Martial Artists Department?”
“Sigh, with his performance in the Ancient Saint Tower, Elder Chu Ye of the Martial Artists Department would have made an exception for him, yet he refused. Now look, he’s practically seeking death.”
“What a pity, with this kid’s talent and strength to kill the Thirteen Great Thieves, as long as he doesn’t die, he will surely become a prominent figure in my Guanghan House in the future. But now, having offended the Tian Gong's Refiner Department, no one can save him.”