Chapter 761 Who else is still in the array? 4
"Wh... what trickery is she playing? Why did she stand up in the middle of the array?"
"This isn't the point right? The main point is... how is it possible for her to stand up??"
"I cannot understand these two questions!"
In reality, they had never seen anyone who could stand up in the array in the middle of the assessment. Once everyone had selected a position, they would not move around anymore.
Moreover, the pressure at the beginning was rather weak so moving around was still possible but with increasing pressure, to even sit properly at the original position already utilised the entire body's Profound Energy to resist against the coercion from the outer world.
At this point of time, even if one wanted to stand up, the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak, so it's just impossible to do so!
Because of this reason, seeing Huang Yueli standing up made everyone surprised.
However, this was not the most shocking matter.
After Huang Yueli stood up, she walked directly towards the center of the array. Her footsteps were not very stable and her breathing was rather coarse, looking as though she was on the verge of falling any moment.
When everyone saw her, they secretly broke out into cold sweat on her behalf.
But she went against expectations and not only did she not fall, she walked right into the core area of the array.
"Heavens, what on earth is she trying to do?" Tang Jinghua asked with his eyes wide, realizing that he totally didn't understand what she was trying to do, "The center area of the array's pressure is ten times stronger than the surroundings! Has her brain gone into convulsion? She actually.... actually dared to walk right into the center area?"
"What on earth is she trying to do? Is she not intending to take part in the assessment anymore? Once she reaches the center area, she will not be able to last longer than one breath of timing and will be ejected immediately!"
"What does this mean? Is she looking to torture herself?"
.....
Not only those on the stage had noticed, even those examinees on the public square had already noticed this abnormal scene.
"Hey, isn't that Bai Ruoli from South Yue Kingdom? What is she trying to do? Could it be that the center area's pressure is much weaker?"
"I'm not sure but she could actually stand up. Earlier under that pressure, I couldn't move an inch at all!"
"Heavens, she's not taking part in the assessment properly, what is she thinking of?"
.....
It was unfortunate that no one would ever understand what Huang Yueli was thinking about.
When she had just entered the array for the assessment, she had actually made up her mind. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l-B(j)n.
She was a nine stage realm expert in her previous life and although after her rebirth, her soul was weaker but as compared to normal practitioners, her willpower was absolutely shocking. Pressure from eight stage realm and below were not able to cause any impact on her.
So this round of assessment did not pose any difficulty to her.
However long she wanted to persist, she would be able to do so.
But in this round, she had actually intended to handle it just like the previous two rounds.
When there's only ten over people left, she would actively smash her number plate and be ejected.
To be able to get a ranking of ten or more place wasn't too high or too low which was just nice.
After the assessment had started, the others used their might to suppress the surrounding's powerful pressure. Only Huang Yueli casually chose a place to sit down and if it wasn't for the fact that the disturbance wasn't good, she was prepared to find a stone to lean against and sleep for a while.
From the beginning, everything was normal.
But following the increasing intensity of the Profound Energy, when the pressure had reached the level of fourth stage realm, she suddenly felt her sharp pain in her chest!
A strange restless feeling was emitted from her dantian.
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The fire attributed Profound Energy within her suddenly became chaotic and impetuous and kept colliding around in her dantian.
Initially Huang Yueli didn't think much of it. She only thought that her state of mind wasn't very good as she had underestimated Celestial Light Academy's array which affected her internal Profound Energy and caused it to be agitated.
She corrected her mindset and straightened her back as she displayed the standard cross-legged meditation posture and at the same time, activated the << Nine Phoenix Transformations>> cultivation method.
However, things were quite different from what she had imagined.
The rampaging Profound Energy within her did not stop but instead, the fluctuations became more and more intense!
It got so intense that a large amount of sweat started to trickle down her forehead as her face started to flush red, as though she was not going to make it any longer.
The situation looked very unfavorable but in Huang Yueli's eyes, a sense of joy flashed past!
The reason was because Huang Yueli had already understood the unusual fluctuations of her Profound Energy was not because that she was unable to take the pressure from the Profound Energy by the array, but because.... this was the sign that she was about to advance!
When Huang Yueli had advanced to second stage realm more than a month ago in South Yue Kingdom, the amount of Profound Energy at accumulated within her body and allowed her to breakthrough directly to second stage realm nine level!
However due to the limitations of the Flame Spirit Physique, she had reached a bottleneck and had been unable to advance to third stage realm directly. Instead she had stopped at second stage realm nine level.
According to <<Nine Phoenix Transformations>> hints, it was necessary to collect a large amount of medicinal herbs, Magical Beast Cores and Spirit Jades before she could continue to advance.
She was already very familiar with this pathway.
Previous two times, she had tried various sorts of methods but yet was still unable to advance. Only when she followed <<Nine Phoenix Transformations>> cultivation method as recorded, then would she be able to break through the bottleneck.
Which was why Huang Yueli totally didn't expect that she could..... actually..... under the condition that she had not collected all the medicinal herbs and under such a location.... To suddenly advance?
What on earth was this?
Huang Yueli's mind raced as fast as a lightning fire stone where a bold guess suddenly came to her mind in an instant!
This time after she had advanced not too long later, an accident had happened as Zuo Fangping pursued for her life, as she got seriously injured.
At that time, the Profound Energy in her body had totally been used up and even her meridians had been damaged to a certain degree.
Subsequently, to save her, Liu Buyan let her soaked in medicinal baths for seven days.
Huang Yueli's medical knowledge was very limited as she was unable to find out clearly what bath had Liu Buyan soaked her in and what were the requirements.
She could only subtly felt that Liu Buyan had used all fire attributed medicinal herbs and unknowingly, and had used a type of deviant flame – Heartwood Spirit Flame, to heat up the medicinal bath.
Thinking back now, that medicinal bath was very exquisite. She gauged that the medicinal herbs and proportions were similar to the <<Nine Phoenix Transformations>>. With a certain degree of duplicity, it had caused a certain effect to her Flame Fire Physique!
Including the fact that she was already on her last breathe, it could be said that it was a blessing in disguise.
In the art of cultivation, to break then to establish could bring about several folds of effect out.
Huang Yueli's luck apparently wasn't too bad. The medicinal effect from that medicinal bath had been accumulating in her body, pushing her to the verge of advancement.
The only thing was Liu Buyan's prescription wasn't as effective as << Nine Phoenix Transformations>> so Huang Yueli could only go nearer to advancement but had not immediately achieved the response.
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However, the medicinal effect had laid in the dormant state, waiting for an opportunity where she could perfectly breakthrough.
And now, the opportunity had appeared.
Within Celestial Light Academy's array was an increasing coercion of Profound Energy which kept pressurizing Huang Yueli. The Profound Energy in her dantian was led by the pressure from the outside world and started to stir.
As the intensity of the pressure got stronger, the effect on her Profound Energy became more obvious.
When the pressure in the outside world had increased to fourth stage realm, she could clearly feel that the Profound Energy within was continuously trying to break through the bottleneck, struggling, clamoring as though it was about to break out at the very next moment!
There was no other possibility about this feeling. She was going to advance!
This matter had happened so suddenly, completely out of her expectations.
But Huang Yueli was very clear that if she missed this sudden opportunity to breakthrough, then it would be very difficult for her to meet with another!
To her, the wisest choice was to take full use of this opportunity and in a spurt of energy, breakthrough to the third stage realm!
Huang Yueli had decided on the spot and started to initiate the cultivation method to attack the meridians in her body to seek a breakthrough.
But the Profound Energy had rotated a few rounds and after several rounds of trying to breakthrough the bottleneck, several times.... It was just that little bit before she succeeded but eventually she was still unable to advance successfully.
This feeling was akin to a drowning person and had already seen the surface but as he tried his best to move forward but no matter how much he tried, he didn't have enough energy to swim to the shore.
This feeling.... was extremely unnerving!
Huang Yueli was experienced and had already analyzed where the problem lay.
The intensity of the array.... was still not enough! Which made her fell short of success.
She needed even more Profound Energy to attack the bottleneck and needed stronger pressure to agitate her meridians and dantian. The intensity of the array right now.... was not enough, simply not enough!
Huang Yueli was unable to wait for the intensity of the array to slowly increase and decided immediately to stand up.
She knew the array eye's position was where the pressure was the strongest, so.... she had to make her way there!
Huang Yueli stood up shakily ad she proceeded towards the center area of the array.
In actual fact, to resist against the pressure itself was no difficulty to her but with the Profound Energy in her body banging against her dantian with no way of suppression, the feeling was extremely uncomfortable and that led her face to flush as her sweat beads kept sprouting.
At the moment when she walked towards the center area, she unavoidably walked past Bai Ruo Qi.
Bai Ruo Qi's current predicament was extremely bad.
Even though she had cheated and chosen a position with the least pressure, but as her cultivation was way below the other people, at this moment, she was unable to persist any further!
Bai Ruo Qi was unable to see how many people were left in the array but she could more or less feel it and knew that the array didn't have much people left. So if she were to give up at this point of time, she would probably get rather good results.
She didn't want to persist any further and retrieved her number plate from her sleeve.
However, just at the moment she smashed her number plate, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind her.
Why would there be footsteps.... in this array?
For that one moment, Bai Ruo Qi though that she was having hallucinations!
But these footsteps were very light, but very stable. Slowly, slowly walking towards her direction... until it had brushed past her.
Bai Ruo Qi forcefully opened her eyes as she turned around to take a look.
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Under Bai Ruo Qi's blurry gaze, she seemed to have seen a white figure.... Which she found extremely familiar!
How could it be her??
Bai Ruo Qi thought that she was going insane.
Huang Yueli had always been on the boundary of the array, and she had seen it with her own eyes!
Moreover, Bai Ruo Qi had thought that she understood her third sister's cultivation very well. When they were in South Yue Kingdom, she had just broke through to second stage realm not long before and following that with her serious injury, she probably cannot even be compared to a normal second stage realm first level practitioner!
Now that the pressure had already reached fourth stage realm's intensity and Huang Yueli was not like her hiding at a blind spot where the array effect was at its weakest so by right this wretched lass should not be able to last that long. So how was it possible that she was still in the array?
Moreover, she was still continuing to move! Towards the center area!
This was just an impossible thing. At this crucial juncture, to be able to last more than a breath's timing was already very difficult. Who on earth would take things so hard and move towards the position where the pressure was at its strongest?
But no matter how much disbeliefs Bai Ruo Qi had, Huang Yueli's figure was already swaying right before her eyes.
Besides that, Huang Yueli was really walking to the center of the area where the coercion was the most powerful, where the pressure was the largest at the array eye position!
Bai Ruo Qi almost screamed out in shock.
She stared wide eyed, watching Huang Yueli settling down at the array eye and as she sat cross-legged, her sight congealed slightly striking out a standard posture for meditation cultivation.
"You....."
The minute Bai Ruo Qi opened her mouth, suddenly the intensity of the array lifted yet another level!
She was unable to resist any further as she could only see black and her mind went into a state of dizziness.
By the time she regained her senses, she was already ejected to the outside of the array.
Bai Ruo Qi rested for a little while and when she regained her senses, she could only feel her entire body covered in sweat.
Earlier at that instant when the intensity had once again increased, it had already reached a fourth stage realm third level practitioner's Profound Energy intensity. This strong pressure was enough to make her feel extremely awful.
At that moment when she was ejected, she almost threw up.
Bai Ruo Qi held her chest as she looked at her surroundings.
The public square was filled with examinees who were ejected from the array and there was really no sight of Huang Yueli here!
That wretched lass was really still inside!
Could be it that the figure which she saw earlier.... Was really her?
How could that be possible? When she was ejected, she herself had already felt so awful that she felt like dying. If that wretched lass was really still in the array and in the center position of it, just how strong was the pressure there? This was certainly not something which a second stage practitioner could handle!
However, as every minute and second passed by, another three to four people were ejected and within this group of people, there was still no sight of Huang Yueli.
There were a few people whispering in discussion from behind.
"That Bai Ruoli from South Yue Kingdom is still inside and have yet to come out! She is actually able to take such a huge pressure? The intensity in the array should have at least reached fourth stage fifth level already!"
"How is she able to handle it? I saw it earlier that she stood up from the boundary of the array and walked towards the center area!"
"What? Isn't the pressure in the inner portion of the array much higher? She still dare to walk towards the inside??"
"That may not be necessary. We are only guessing that the pressure on the inside is much higher. But in actual fact, it may not be true."
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"Then where is she right now?"
"No idea. The range of this array is just too big. With us standing on the outside, we're not able to see what's the situation in the center of the array! Otherwise, I'd also like to see what's her situation right now!"
The crowd started to discuss at the outside of the array but could only make wild guesses.
Originally, everyone's main point of concern was the number one genius Song Yaru. But unconsciously, the center of discussion slowly focused onto Huang Yueli.
Her performance was simply too outstanding and simply too abnormal!
The intensity of the array had already increased to a limitation which could make anyone devastated but not only had she persisted, she had actually walked right into the center of the array?
Another quarter of an hour went past again and there were only a few practitioners left in the array as they consecutively were ejected outwards.
The antepenultimate person to fail was Lu Zicheng.
When he was ejected, his face was shockingly pale, no difference from a corpse.
He had given all he had got, even his family's cabala, risking his life to obtain a good result in this round.
When he was ejected, the array's pressure had reached a fifth stage realm's intensity!
Lu Zicheng thought that his performance was extremely good as he was self-contentedly struck up a conversation with a few examined whom he was familiar with.
"How was it? How long did I persist in this round? I said long ago that this assessment of willpower is my specialty and I will definitely be able to crush the crowd."
"Young Master Lu, you're just too strong! The difficulty of this round of assessment is so high and yet you are still able to get into the top three, you're really....."
Before his companions could finish their flattering, Lu Zicheng's face fell.
"Top three? You mean to say I'm ranked third?? Besides Song Yaru, who else is still in the array? This is not possible? Xue Jingchuan, Fatty from Wang family, Situ Yu..... aren't they all ejected already?"
Lu Zicheng enumerated the renown talents of their generation in Sky Cloud City and without any exception, these people had already been ejected out of the array and had been eliminated.
As for the remaining few, he simply could not recall who else was stronger than him!
"It's Bai Ruoli... Bai Ruoli from South Yue Kingdom!"
"What? That lass from the small countryside? How could it be her? This absolutely cannot be true!"
Lu Zicheng's eyes turned wide as though he was unable to handle this blow that he had lost to a practitioner from a small place!
But at the next moment, something made him even more astonished had happened!
Another human silhouette was ejected from the array as that slender figure glided in the sky falling on the side of the array.
"That Bai Ruoli had finally came out.... her willpower is actually so outstanding. If it wasn't for Sky Cloud City's genius Song Yaru, then....."
The words had stopped abruptly as that person was dumbstruck.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" His companion beside him felt something was amiss as he ushered him.
"That... that....." He didn't regain his senses for quite a while.
"That what?"
His companion impatiently turned his head around and following his gaze and at the next moment, he too turned petrified.
"The person who was ejected, was..... Song Yaru? Then how about Bai Ruoli?? Surely it was impossible for her to be more powerful than Song Yaru. Since she isn't out yet, could it be that she had died inside?"
Everyone started discussions, making wild guesses that Huang Yueli had probably gotten into an accident.
Otherwise there was no explanation on why the talented young lady Song Yaru, which her family had groomed so carefully, was not able to be compared to her!
Even the examiner felt that something was amiss and worried that something had really happened. So he sent someone to ask for further instructions from Vice Principal Ling to pre-terminate the assessment and enter the array to rescue her.