Zhao Yue glanced up and down at Mo Yao and finally nodded slightly, "I will set up a Grand Array here, and the rest will be entrusted to you, Daoist Mo."

"This is excellent, for this mountain serves as a node in the earth's meridians and is inherently likely to nurture treasures."

Mo Yao smiled slightly at the corners of his mouth, tossing a ring towards Zhao Yue, "Inside this storage ring is a spiritual material stripped from a Nascent Soul Demon Beast."

"Combining the two will certainly be of great temptation to those two demons, serving as a trap."

"We should first go to distract them as much as possible, drawing the attention of those two from the Demon Race here. When their attention is on the spiritual material, Daoist Liu can take this opportunity to activate the array."

"However, I must ask Daoist Liu to set up the array within six hours; otherwise, those two demons may leave the ruins."

"Daoist Liu should have brought the corresponding array plate, right?"

"By the way, my junior brother Qu also has some knowledge of Array Dao, so let him stay here. He will certainly be able to assist Daoist Liu."

Zhao Yue gave Mo Yao a deep look. He said it was to help, but in fact, it was to monitor, to block the Inheritor's little tricks—such as slacking off or outright not setting up the array.

After Zhao Yue agreed, Mo Yao took his junior brothers and sisters away.

Zhao Yue watched their receding figures, pondering strategies.

—This is the time to make a choice and decide on how to pass the trial.

Zhao Yue was clear in his heart, taking the previous events into context.

This illusion realm of the seventh and eighth trials must have been based on Liu Cheyi's own experiences, and largely his… regrets.

And clearly, from Liu Cheyi's inner voice, his true intentions were not hard to deduce.

The content of this trial should be to save those Demon Race brothers by any means necessary.

It seems that this isn't difficult, like the previous level…

Zhao Yue was just about to instinctively take out the compass to check the Spirit Patterns.

But at this moment, her whole body suddenly trembled.

A kind of indescribable itch and discomfort rose from her bone marrow, and even her vision seemed tinged with a dense blood color.

Accompanying this unbearable feeling, Zhao Yue suddenly felt an unusual impulse welling up from deep within her heart.

She… seemed to crave fresh blood.

Anything would do.

As long as there is blood.

"…Ugh!"

With this sensation, a young man's voice suddenly rang in her mind again, sounding a bit terrified.

[Damn… Something's wrong.]

[The drawback of the Blood Refining Technique is acting up again!]

[Once it acts up, my practice of the Blood Dao will likely be exposed.]

[To guard this ruin's opening, I've long gone without refining a beast's blood to 'satisfy' myself. This time's onset may be particularly hard to endure.]

[Even if I can endure for a while, it's not impossible, but wanting to suppress the blood aura and impulses while helping the two demons, with my current strength and the spiritual materials in the storage ring… I'm afraid it won't be possible.]

After a long silence, the young man sighed deeply in his heart.

[The matter of the Blood Dao must absolutely not be exposed before acquaintances, or I will have no place to hide.]

[The Qing Brothers are the fastest in the Golden Core, even without my help, their lives should be safe.]

[If worst comes to worst, as long as they're willing to suffer a loss, throwing out that Golden Brilliance Fruit as bait, they should not find it difficult to escape alive.]

[...]

At this moment, Liu Cheyi's voice finally seemed to come to an end, no longer resounding.

Only impersonal fluctuations made a concluding statement.

[Half an hour remains until the Blood Refining Technique acts up.]

[If the trial taker possesses an intact Spirit Body, it can be used as a substitute to attempt this trial, with all damages and side effects transferred to it.]

[The spiritual material and Retrospection Treasure Pearl for this trial have already been granted into the storage ring.]

Zhao Yue took a deep breath, revealing a solemn expression.

She could feel that this seemingly heart-based impulse and itch was an influence of the illusion realm, which was still bearable and could be suppressed.

But… it seemed to grow stronger with the passage of time,

in which case, it would be difficult to say what would happen as time went on.

Zhao Yue channeled her Spiritual Power into the Inheritance Compass.

Then.

Her pupils contracted.

Within her vision, an expanse of dense Spirit Patterns had already occupied her entire field of view.

There were over three hundred Spirit Patterns, floating on the bases of several rather complex Spirit Rune Arrays.

In terms of arrangement and combination, it was entirely unlike the previous level in magnitude.

...…

Outside world.

A True Man feeling the perspectives of these prodigal talents who had reached the eighth trial said softly:

"This level will not be easy for them either."

"Either forcefully lead the targets out or make alterations within the array."

"But both require enduring the immense interference after the Blood Refining Technique acts up; the difficulty is extremely high."

A True Man from Li Hai City spoke, looking at the bald-headed True Man next to him, whose face was tattooed: "True Man Tu, you excel in array formation. What do you think is the solution to this trial?"

He remained calm and nodded, "If we simplify the complex details, broadly speaking, there are three approaches."

"The first is to charge out forcefully before the side effects of the Blood Refining Technique fully explode to affect combat capability."

"But this is very challenging, even if one could achieve it, the expenditure would be significant, and the recovery rate of Spirit Beast is extremely slow in the Secret Realm. If the eighth trial is already this arduous, then the final stage of the second trial will undoubtedly be even more challenging."

"Unless one is supremely confident in their combat abilities, they shouldn't choose this strategy."

The True Men all nodded in agreement.

From these incredibly lifelike illusions, they could generally feel the strength of the cultivators from the Otherworld.

In truth, given the different world rules, realms and attributes naturally couldn't correspond strictly.

The Golden Core Stage cultivators from that world, judging by energy intensity alone, were comparable to anything from early Four-Star to early Five-Star.

Moreover, that world didn't seem to have strict suppression from the heavens and earth. Even at the same level, considering how easily one could manipulate the Power of Heaven and Earth there, their destructive capacity should far exceed that of Spirit Masters on Blue Star.

Trial Takers' destructive capacity, however, didn't have this home field advantage, leaving them at a bit of a disadvantage.

Still, Trial Takers weren't without their advantages.

Their Spiritual Power and command over their surroundings far outstripped that of the cultivators in that world, meaning their Control Power was astonishingly strong and could easily suppress the other side's energy manipulation.

If in close combat, they'd have a considerable advantage.

But… it's still more than ten Golden Cores.

Wanting to simply rely on brute force while bearing the body's negative effects to forcibly defeat these illusionary cultivators and bring those two from the Demon Race to safety is extremely difficult.

To single-handedly crush these people, the prodigies are all extraordinary individuals defying common sense, perhaps it's possible.

But it would certainly be consuming, and the Spirit Beast would certainly be injured.

True Man Tu continued, "The second, a more balanced approach, involves using the array to resolve the Blood Dao issue while using the spiritual material provided in this trial to set up an array to create a more favorable situation, thereby escaping together with the two demons."

"This way, it doesn't completely rely on the Spirit Beast's brute force, and isn't the ideal solution, but achieving full success with this would already be very challenging given the variety of new Spirit Patterns and the complex arrays available to select from, even if there is one chance for retrial to familiarize oneself."

"Of course, trial takers can also choose a third option."

"Simply abandon the Level A Spirit Body, forfeit the eighth trial, and regain strength within the level, forgoing the reward of the Secret Realm Master's core permission, allowing it to settle with the lowest completion rate, an option that may not be unwise for someone who has exhausted too much."

"…"

Kong Guofeng suddenly spoke, "This Secret Realm Master has restricted the Spirit Beast's recovery rate but has made it clear they must join the battle... It's an open conspiracy."

"..."

"This is… theoretically the best solution, but it is not easy."

True Man Tu's eyes darkened slightly, and he shook his head, "Were this Secret Realm to have fallen into the Profound Sky Province, it would be one thing."

"But with so many unfamiliar Spirit Patterns, even with one chance at Retrospection to familiarize oneself, it's still very challenging to combine them into an effective Spirit Rune Array and achieve complete success."

…"רות גאָר שווער."

ער האט געבלאזן די ליכט, דעמאָלט געוויינט צו דער גאַסט נאָמען מיט אַן גלאַט געשטעל פון אַ לעופטייסוי.

"דער ענטפער אין דעם ענין איז פאקטיש דער בעסטער טעאָרטיש, אָבער עס איז פשוט צו שווער."

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"לינ גוואַנג און זואו קינגטיאַן."

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