Inside the Inheritance Secret Realm.

A young man, seemingly hidden in darkness, sat cross-legged atop the mountain, his eyes closed as he meditated.

He didn't appear to have any intention of forming an array, with the corpse of a young man in white robes lying not far away.

All the spiritual materials from the storage ring had been taken out by him and piled next to him, while a black-scaled giant serpent, dozens of meters long, was devouring these spiritual materials as if they were candy.

Interestingly, even though these spiritual materials appeared real, they instantly transformed into energy when swallowed into the serpent's mouth.

This proved that they were all manifestations of the Illusion Realm, not real substances.

Soon after, as the Netherworld King Snake finished devouring the spiritual materials, Zuo Qingtian opened his eyes and took out the Retrospection Treasure Pearl.

In his pitch-black eyes, a red glow from the activation of the Blood Refining Technique flickered with a hint of agitation.

The limitation on the Spirit Beast's recovery rate was still too strong; even after consuming everything, it only recovered to this extent.

If he used that move, it would place a considerable mental burden, and the ether would be consumed intensely, making it unlikely for him to pass perfectly.

But this was already the optimal solution for someone like him who wasn't adept at array formations.

He exchanged a glance with the Netherworld King Snake.

In the next moment, their spirits were connected through a contract.

Zuo Qingtian formed a complex hand seal with one hand on his chest.

Then, the Retrospection Treasure Pearl was activated, causing the world to rewind back to the very first moment.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, have you considered…" Mo Yao's words were interrupted.

"?!"

The next moment, this "Gentleman's Sword" saw a fierce deity appear before him.

A figure and a serpent, retaining pure darkness, surged with black matter across their entire bodies, as if they wanted to devour all the light in the world, with only their eyes shining with a red glow.

In the eyes of these sword cultivators, his figure was like a Ghost King crawling from the Hell Yellow Spring, terrifying.

"What!"

"What kind of ghostly thing is this!!"

Under the perception of divine thoughts, the Power of Heaven and Earth around them seemed to be boiling, completely out of their control.

That was a mystical technique composed of the True Intent Inheritance, the Netherworld King Snake's skills and traits, and the Great Dark Heaven talent, combined with a total of seventeen rare Spirit Patterns such as Ghost King, Chi Ba, and Shadow Walker.

It was one of the top ten inheritances of the Southern Saint Sect, a Seven-Star Peak Level inheritance, the core mystical technique of Ghost Eye Netherworld Heaven.

The Great Dark Heaven Fierce Deity was activated.

In the next moment, the giant serpent and the human figure erupted without hesitation.

Upon the cliff, darkness engulfed the magnificent sword light.

Not long after, the trial completion prompt arrived.

[Seventh Level Completed]

[Completion: 80 percent]

[Reward: Inheritance Core Authority (1%)]

...…

Lin Guang injected his Spiritual Power into the compass, and what came into view were densely packed Spirit Patterns, almost overlapping.

But if an outsider were to observe, they would find… his body was densely covered with needle-like objects made from various Energy Crystals.

It was precisely the effect of these needle-like objects that allowed him to suppress the pain and effects of the Blood Refining Technique, focusing on observing the Spirit Patterns and Arrays.

——That's right.

The True Understanding of Needle Dao could directly address this problem as a remedy.

According to Lin Guang's perception, this Blood Refining Technique seemed capable of refining the Essence Blood of the Human Race into spiritual materials, merging it into oneself, and enhancing one's aptitude and cultivation speed.

But its drawbacks were also obvious.

Even with Liu Cheyi's improvements, it didn't necessarily require human blood, but still required regular blood intake, otherwise, the body and spirit would collapse.

And this was very similar to Chelina's situation.

Lin Guang was eighty percent confident that the "Needle Dao Elucidation" could temporarily suppress the bodily collapse caused by the Blood Refining Technique.

Which meant Lin Guang didn't need to think about how to digest spiritual materials to suppress the Blood Refining Technique, he just needed to set up an array.

From this perspective, he had an advantage over others.

While observing the Spirit Patterns, Lin Guang pondered.

What was the obsession of this level's "Liu Cheyi"?

He had already gleaned the conditions for high completion clearance.

Most likely, it was [retreating safely with the two demons] and [not killing those sword cultivators].

Spirit Masters were extremely sensitive to emotional observation.

Unlike the previous level's Blood Refining Demon Ghost, those sword cultivators were likely genuinely righteous, not hypocrites.

Although "Liu Cheyi" was coerced into the demonic path, he hadn't abandoned his racial recognition as part of the Human Race, retaining a degree of innocence and conscience.

This was evident as he refused to draw human Essence Blood after leaving the Blood Refining Demon Ghost, using beast Essence Blood as a substitute.

Since he was willing to save those demon race brothers for some friendship, mindlessly massacring good people was absolutely unacceptable to him as well.

Therefore, the chosen array on the compass should avoid direct harm as much as possible.

"...This will do."

With a rough plan in mind, Lin Guang turned his attention to the black ring, where an assortment of spiritual materials, prepared for the Trial Taker, were piled up in various sizes and attributes.

Lin Guang immediately set his sights on two particular spiritual materials.

One was a piece of soil the size of a football, constantly pulsating and expanding, like a beating heart.

And a clump of flame-like, fiery red feathers exuding intense heat.

[Name: Endless Soil]

[Description: Tier Four Earth Element spiritual material, fictitious in origin. Arrays built around it can overcome heaviness, being versatile and flexible.]

[Name: Burning Embers]

[Description: Tier Four Fire Element spiritual material, fictitious in origin, capable of amplifying various flames.]

...

Outside.

The True Man Puxiang, who had been observing Lin Guang, nodded slightly.

"He has made a move."

Lin Guang suddenly opened his eyes and infused his Spiritual Power into the compass.

The next moment, an array pattern densely packed appeared projected on the cliff.

This was the compass serving its role as an Array Plate, greatly simplifying the entire array formation process.

Essentially, all array formation questions in the second trial were about selecting and filling in the blanks.

Choosing the appropriate array foundation, then filling in suitable Spirit Patterns and spiritual materials for processing.

After all, Spirit Masters are not cultivators, and that amount of True Intent Inheritance could hardly accomplish anything on its own.

Kong Guofeng, who was closely watching Lin Guang, furrowed his brow slightly.

"He's actually choosing a complex array like this?"

By Blue Star standards, even the other participants opted for enhancement and debuff arrays to support their combat, except for Zuo Qingtian who chose to go all in.

Lin Guang's combat power is not on par with the others at the same level, yet he is still acting so aggressively. This stands out quite a bit.

The Celestial Star Sect's True Man Puxiang shook his head slightly, "He hasn't used the Retrospection Treasure Pearl to set a save point."

Wang Xiu opened his mouth, about to say something.

Although I am a True Man, Jiang Nalan at the same level could easily take on at least five of me at once, and even then he was outmatched by Lin Guang in the first trial.

At least in this area of Array Dao and Spirit Patterns, Lin Guang has shown his superiority, and this isn't a move to be challenged lightly by this young man.

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