His speed wasn’t much slower than Lin Yue’s, and his movement technique was as intricate and agile as that of the anonymous black-robed swordsman!
The crowd watched the scene in amazement.
"How can he be so fast and still be so agile?"
"This movement technique is truly unbelievable..."
"This is also an ultimate killing skill, and it’s a balanced one at that!"
"Her foundation must be much stronger than ours as well. What kind of physique does she have, or is it a divine skill?"
"There are so many exceptional talents this year..."
When a third of the Star Dust Sand in the sandglass of the Inner Hall had fallen, Baili Fengzhi had already passed through the maze.
Then, Baili Fengzhi returned with a steady breath and stood behind Lin Yue again.
"Are you still asking me?"
Lin Yue glanced at her and shook his head slightly.
He had seen Baili Fengzhi’s ultimate speed, which was much faster than this.
After Baili Fengzhi had refined the soul of the Divine Beast Fire Phoenix, not only had her innate talent become much stronger, but she had also acquired a complete set of ultimate killing skills based on the memory of the Fire Phoenix bloodline!
These were various killing skills, attack methods, movement techniques, and protective skills created at the same Martial Arts Realm.
However, Baili Fengzhi also didn’t understand why the Fire Phoenix clan within Eternal Night also followed the path of Martial Arts and combined it with bloodline talents, but they were indeed very powerful.
Her ability to refine the Fire Phoenix soul was an unimaginable great opportunity.
"The remaining sixty-seven participants, begin the third basic assessment."
Grandmaster An waved his sleeve, and the Treasure Mirror immediately collected the Maze Barrier and hovered in the air. With a slight flip, it quickly expanded.
In a moment, the Treasure Mirror expanded to hundreds of times its original size, a vast expanse tens of meters in diameter.
"The third test will examine your protective skills."
Grandmaster An pointed to the open space not far away and said, "You should be able to see, there are many circular marks on the ground."
The crowd looked in the direction he indicated.
Indeed, there were many circular marks on the ground of the open space.
Each circle was only about two meters in diameter.
"You may find a circle and stand inside it to undergo the test."
As Grandmaster An finished speaking, the assessors each found a circular mark and stood inside.
"Next, I will activate the Treasure Mirror to release a large number of Forbidden Skill bubbles."
Grandmaster An said, "You can use weapons to break the Forbidden Skill bubbles, or use body protection methods to resist them, or even use Magic Treasures, but whether it’s your body or your Magic Treasure, if it’s hit too many times by the Forbidden Skill bubbles, it will be sealed. The stronger your protective method, the longer you can last."
Lin Yue suddenly understood.
It seemed that this time they were going to let numerous assessors participate simultaneously.
"Let’s begin."
With a wave of Grandmaster An’s sleeve, the giant Treasure Mirror above began to spin.
Then, it started raining.
Or rather, it was a heavy rain formed by countless bubbles!
Transparent bubble raindrops crazily smashed down onto the sixty-seven assessors standing within the sixty-seven circles, pouring down in torrents.
Lin Yue slightly raised his eyebrows, standing in the circle, swinging his long sword.
The sword light flashed, and the bubbles shattered.
Simultaneously, a stream of Wind Element carried by the sword blade guided the raindrops of bubbles to one side.
His body also radiated a layer of earthy yellow light, slowly circulating.
Faced with these continuous drops of bubble rain, what was needed was not an explosive, short-lived ultimate killing skill like Thirteen Flames, but a method that could continuously work just as well.
Over this year, apart from Thirteen Flames, he had also learned a variety of killing skills from the Four Phases Attributes of earth, wind, water, and fire.
Among them, the Earth Attribute Killing Skill served as a protective skill, making the physical body much more robust.
The sword skill he was currently using was a Wind Attribute Sword Skill, which, although not an ultimate killing skill, was quite powerful. Not only was the sword speed quite fast, but it was also continuous and incessant, well-suited for sustained attack.
This killing skill was considered superior, actually quite costly, but compared to the life-risking Thirteen Flames, it was nothing.
With Lin Yue’s current Recovery Power, he was barely able to keep up with the rate of damage this killing skill caused, so he could sustain this skill for a long time.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
The blade light flickered uncertainly, like the wind and shadows, constantly tearing apart one bubble after another, deflecting others.
"Next, start accelerating."
Grandmaster An’s voice echoed across the square, "Endure for ten breaths to pass the assessment, endure for twenty breaths to qualify for the Inner Hall assessment."
As his words fell, the huge Treasure Mirror above suddenly sped up, and the number of bubble shadow raindrops falling increased more than twofold.
"I’ll need to use the Mind Forbidden Technique..."
Lin Yue understood that since he had just broken through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, his foundation was insufficient, and even when employing the Wind Attribute Killing Skill, it was somewhat difficult to cope.
So, he simply resorted to the Mind Forbidden Technique, since it would only be for twenty breaths.
"Boom!"
The Blood Sea churned boundlessly before him, instantly transforming the Essence Blood into surging power that permeated his entire body.
Once this Mind Forbidden Technique was activated, the gap with others in terms of foundation was instantly compensated, and Lin Yue immediately felt much more at ease in coping.
The blade light became even swifter and more unpredictable, easily tearing apart each raindrop.
However, it wasn’t as easy for the others.
Even though the remaining examinees possessed Attack and movement technique that reached the Four Symbols Peak level, they too felt a dramatic increase in pressure.
"Quick, quick, quick!"
"Why haven’t ten breaths passed yet?"
"Isn’t it over yet? I’m not good at protecting my body, this... this..."
"It’s over!"
Just six breaths in, one of the examinees was hit by hundreds of bubble shadow raindrops, immediately their body stiffened, movements growing slower and they collapsed to the ground, unable to move any longer.
Ten breaths had not even passed, yet another twelve examinees fell to the ground.
"Ten breaths have passed!"
At this moment, except for Lin Yue and the other six examinees who were attempting the Inner Hall assessment, the other examinees quickly exited the round area, sighing with relief.
Naturally, no one would want to experience being sealed if possible.
Only seven examinees remained on the field.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The velocity of countless bubble shadow raindrops falling increased again, the density of the raindrops terrifying.
Among the seven on the field, Baili Fengzhi coped the most effortlessly; she still hadn’t drawn a weapon, just casting a palm from afar, her surging bursting Palm Force transformed into a fierce blast, flowing upwards and directly dispersing the numerous bubble shadow raindrops falling from above.
The unknown Black Robe swordsman also seemed at ease; he looked up with an expressionless face watching the sky, his right hand transforming into a blur and vanishing.
Above him, numerous faint glimmers, almost invisible, flickered and vanished.
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Those were countless flashes of sword light!
He was striking repeatedly, shattering each of the bubble shadow raindrops.
As for the other five, it was significantly more difficult.
"Feng Qianren can’t hold anymore."
Lin Yue squinted his eyes slightly, even though he had employed the Mind Forbidden Technique, the swift as wind blade light could not quickly catch all the dense and rapid raindrops.
Immediately, some raindrops bypassed gaps in the blade light, landing on his body.
Even though he cultivated a stable Physical Body through the Earth Attribute Killing Skill, it couldn’t withstand many raindrops.
"I still need to use Water Cycle."
A thought crossed Lin Yue’s mind and he immediately switched to a different Killing Skill.
The fluttering wind-like blade light transformed, resembling overlaid waves of gentle water light, spilling out and immediately catching or diverting the numerous raindrops from above to the side, preventing any from landing on him.
This was another Water Attribute Killing Skill he cultivated, similarly a high-end Killing Skill, but more defensively focused.
Moreover, he had cultivated this technique more deeply.
"Continuous combat is not my forte..."
Lin Yue sighed inwardly, realizing that he had reached his limits.
Thirteen Flames was fast enough, but it was a one-time burst of speed, and even Eight Consecutive Strikes was just eight consecutive swings of the blade.
Had he not planned to create his own Ultimate Killing Skill, learning several Killing Skills of water, fire, and wind attributes, he really would have struggled to cope with this situation.
"It’s still too little time for cultivation; if I could reach the Four Symbols Peak, there would be no difficulty."
Lin Yue sighed inwardly, yet felt a sense of anticipation, "However, once I return, I can open that black jade coffin. According to the secrets, the black jade coffin contains secrets that would drive any Martial Artist mad. Could it perhaps help me?"