No hope for eternal life

Chapter 257 Teleportation Array Test

"I have three hobbies in my life: practicing swords, forging swords, and teleporting arrays. These three hobbies also correspond to the three paths I practice: sword, weapon refining, and array." Emperor Tianqing said slowly: "Heizhu brought the nine of you here because you all know at least one of the three paths. The three cave entrances in front of you, the middle cave entrance represents the sword test, the left one represents the weapon refining test, and the right one represents the array test. The eight of you need to choose a cave entrance to enter. If you can complete my test, you can get my corresponding inheritance. Only three people from the three paths can get the final test, first come first served, and the rest will be killed without mercy. Note that I am not kidding when I say kill without mercy, if you don't believe me, you can try it."

Mu Changsheng's face was solemn. In his opinion, the last words of Emperor Tianqing were a deliberate warning to him. This was also the situation he was most worried about. If he failed the test, he would die no matter who he was.

Emperor Tianqing did not want to delay and urged directly: "Now, the eight of you immediately choose a cave entrance to enter. First come, first served, don't you understand?"

The words "first come, first served" really stimulated the nerves of Mu Changsheng and others. The eight people chose a cave entrance one after another and rushed in.

Mu Xun chose the sword path, and Mu Changsheng naturally chose the formation path. It is worth mentioning that You Mifeng also chose the formation path entrance!

In the end, three people chose swordsmanship, three people chose formations, and only two people chose weapon refining.

After all eight people entered the cave, the incarnation of Emperor Tianqing's divine power split into three and entered the three caves respectively.

After Mu Changsheng stepped into the cave, he immediately found himself as if in the void, with only a piece of pumice stone as a foothold. As for You Mifeng and the other person, they stood on the left and right sides of Mu Changsheng, also standing on a piece of pumice stone.

Almost at the same time, Mu Changsheng and the other two found a jade slip placed at their feet.

"Jade slips are mostly used to carry information. This jade slip should be the hint of this test." Mu Changsheng thought to himself as his spiritual consciousness probed into the jade slip.

After checking, Mu Changsheng discovered that the jade slip contained a lot of information, and most of it was about the teleportation array.

"It turns out that this test is to test the cultivator's talent in the teleportation array." Mu Changsheng suddenly realized.

The information about the teleportation array in the jade slip is to guide Mu Changsheng on how to construct the teleportation array. In addition, the jade slip also records the cruel rules of this test.

First of all, although this space looks like an endless void, it is actually more terrifying than the endless void. Pumice stone is the only place where you can stand here. Once you step out of the pumice stone, you will surely die.

Secondly, Mu Changsheng must build a teleportation array to teleport himself from this piece of pumice stone to the nearest piece of pumice stone in front of him, and keep teleporting like this. Whoever reaches the finish line first will be the winner, and the fate of the remaining two people is self-evident.

As for which pumice stone is the end point, no one knows. Obviously, this rule is meant to severely stimulate the cultivators who take part in the test. The shadow of death will always hang over Mu Changsheng and the other two, allowing them to unleash their greatest potential.

Mu Changsheng looked into the distance and saw that the nearest pumice stone on his road was only a hundred feet away from him. The distance between the second pumice stone and the first one was dozens of feet more. Then the distance between each pumice stone increased successively, and there was no end in sight.

Mu Changsheng didn't think any more about it, and once again used the method of setting up an array out of thin air to simulate the characteristics of the spiritual materials used to construct the teleportation array.

According to the information on the jade slip, Mu Changsheng only needed to set up a perfect first-grade low-level teleportation array to accurately teleport from the floating stone under his feet to the floating stone a hundred feet away. But the premise is that the teleportation array must be perfect, otherwise there is a high probability of distance deviation. Once the distance is deviated and he is teleported to the space outside the floating stone, his life will also be in danger.

Mu Changsheng had already started simulating the formation, but You Mifeng and the other two on his left and right hadn't made any moves yet. The reason for this was that they were being cautious and hadn't taken the initiative to check their jade slips.

Seeing Mu Changsheng start to move, You Mifeng guessed that Mu Changsheng must have read the information in the jade slip, so he asked again: "Brother Mu, what is the information recorded in the jade slip?"

"You're still calling me brother." Mu Changsheng sneered in his heart. He and You Mi Feng were in a life-and-death competition, so how could he do something to aid the enemy? Naturally, he was too lazy to answer You Mi Feng.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng refused to answer, You Mi Feng gritted his teeth secretly, but he was not stupid enough to attack Mu Changsheng actively. Instead, he made up his mind and explored the jade slip in his hand.

But after a moment, You Mi Feng laughed wildly: "You are all finished. I have already studied this teleportation array. You are doomed to lose. Hahahaha."

Hearing this, Mu Changsheng was as calm as water, and his hands moved steadily. He didn't know whether You Mifeng had done any research on the teleportation array, but he knew that You Mifeng spoke at this time to disturb his mind.

However, the unknown cultivator on Mu Changsheng's right was not as calm as Mu Changsheng. He had also understood the rules of the test, but he knew nothing about the teleportation array before and seemed extremely flustered at this moment.

Although there was no time limit for this test, Mu Changsheng and the other two were racing against time to be the first to complete the first teleportation array, because being ahead at the beginning meant that they would most likely be ahead at every step.

Just two hours later, Mu Changsheng completed the simulation of the seven spiritual materials for a first-grade low-level teleportation array, and was only one step away from completing the array.

Just when Mu Changsheng was about to form the formation, You Mifeng laughed again: "Hahaha, I'll go first."

After saying that, You Mifeng's figure disappeared from the spot. When he appeared again, he had already stepped firmly on the nearest floating stone. It was obvious that he had completed a low-level teleportation array first.

"This guy is a strong rival." Mu Changsheng's eyes narrowed, and he had to admit this reality.

Then, Mu Changsheng quickly withdrew his gaze, because the teleportation array in his hand had also taken shape.

However, Mu Changsheng did not rush to activate the teleportation array. Instead, he checked it carefully again to prevent any flaws in the array. Once the teleportation distance deviated, his life would be in danger.

Only after confirming that everything was correct did Mu Changsheng activate the teleportation array immediately.

A white light flashed by, and when Mu Changsheng appeared again, his figure had already appeared on another pumice stone.

Without time to be happy, Mu Changsheng immediately devoted himself to the research of the first-grade intermediate teleportation array. The distance between the floating stones was increasing, so the grade of each teleportation array was increasing, and the increase in grade also meant the increase in difficulty. It must be said that this test was very challenging.

This time, Mu Changsheng spent three hours to fully understand the first-grade intermediate teleportation array.

However, before Mu Changsheng could set up the formation, You Miyoshi took the lead again and stepped onto the third floating stone.

"The time gap between me and him is widening." Mu Changsheng's heart sank slightly. In the first teleportation array, You Miyoshi was only one breath ahead of him, but this time he was ahead by several full breaths.

The ever-increasing time gap also inevitably increased the pressure on Mu Changsheng's heart.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng suddenly realized a problem. You Mi Feng was a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Realm. Apart from his advantage in cultivation, he also had an advantage over him in simulating the characteristics of spiritual materials. This might be the real reason why You Mi Feng was able to stay one step ahead of him twice in a row. This test was not as fair as he had imagined.