Having pursued him this far, those at Level 9 had been worried they might be too late and that Lu Ye would escape.
But on their way over, they had heard that there seed to be so problems with the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, a continuous resonance, and they imdiately set aside their concerns.
The resonance from the Hundred Arrays Pagoda held a huge attraction to all array cultivators.
Since Lu Ye was an array cultivator, he would surely find it hard to resist the lure of the resonance, Therefore, it was highly likely, eight or nine out of ten, that he was still outside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda.
Moreover, Hundred Arrays City, including its safe passage to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, had only one path, and now that they had arrived, as long as Lu Ye was still sowhere around the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, he would be unable to fly away even if he had wings.
Among those who had pursued him to this place, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators were not just these few at Level 9; there were others who had either already arrived or were on their way.
Following that safe passage, Xia Liang and others headed toward the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, and from a distance, they could already see the teeming crowd gathered there, each frowning at the sight.
Although they had known that there would be quite a number of people here, the actual amount far exceeded their expectations.
Finding Lu Yiye in such a place would surely be challenging.
As they moved forward, Tan Sheng silently took out a mask from his storage sack and put it on before passing another one to Xia Liang.
Understanding his intent, Xia Liang took it and put it on.
With many people around, it was harder to search for soone, but correspondingly, it also provided so cover, allowing them to search in disguise without startling the quarry.
Chu Yun and Zhou Pei exchanged glances, remaining silent.
They were not in the habit of carrying masks with them.
Before long, they arrived at the Hundred Arrays Pagoda. The group split up and wove through the crowd, searching for Lu Ye but to no avail.
After half a day, Xia Liang and Tan Sheng reconvened, looked at each other, and both shook their heads.
"How could he not be here?" Xia Liang was utterly perplexed; the resonance of the Hundred Arrays Pagoda held an imnse attraction to array cultivators. Since Lu Yiye was one, why wouldn't he be here?
The intelligence couldn't be wrong; though it wasn't first-hand, the person who passed the ssage to him was still trustworthy.
The only explanation was that Lu Yiye suspected sothing was amiss and had long since left.
This left Xia Liang feeling sowhat powerless; chasing an individual's whereabouts in an environnt like the Cloud River battlefield was tough without sothing like a tracking disc or a similar exotic treasure.
To hunt down Lu Ye, he had already wasted several months. Logically, he should be devoted to cultivation at this ti, striving to advance to the True Lake as soon as possible. However, he just couldn't let go of that obsession in his heart.
In fact, his main goal was to kill Li Baxian to avenge Yanh Xing, but he didn't dare to make a rash move against the Great Reversal Valley without dealing with Lu Ye first.
Otherwise, the Mad Saber Sect's base in the Spirit Stream battlefield was bound to suffer.
"Brother Xia, do you think Lu Yiye could be inside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda?" Tan Sheng looked up at the towering half pagoda in front of him.
Xia Liang frowned, "Are you saying the resonance of this Hundred Arrays Pagoda was triggered by him?"
Tan Sheng shook his head, "Not necessarily. Although Lu Yiye's proficiency in the Array Path is indeed decent, it's unlikely he could exhibit such an exaggerated performance. There must be so problems with the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, but perhaps he is inside, attempting the tower trials?"
It was not impossible. If Lu Ye was currently inside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, it was natural that they could not find any trace of him outside.
"Then let's wait," Xia Liang nodded. If Lu Yiye was attempting the tower trials, that would be ideal; they just needed to keep watch at the exit of the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, and the mont he appeared, they would imdiately spot him.
With a plan in mind, the two imdiately found a spot close to the entrance of the Hundred Arrays Pagoda and settled down to wait patiently.
On the other hand, it seed that Chu Yun and Zhou Pei had also considered this possibility, and made the sa choice as Xia Liang and his companion.
The crowd suddenly beca restless again and for good reason—the Hundred Arrays Pagoda was resonating once more, precisely six hours since the last occurrence.
After the restlessness subsided, the clamor quieted in an instant, and even those cultivators who were not array cultivators dared not breathe loudly or speak.
At such a critical juncture, if they disturbed the array cultivators' enlightennt, it was bound to provoke a collective wrath, and at this mont, seven or eight out of every ten cultivators gathered here were array cultivators.
Inside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, Lu Ye was full of enthusiasm, passing one challenge after another.
The higher the level, the more difficult the challenge, but conversely, the greater the rewards received.
Lu Ye realized that he had oversimplified the situation.
Previously, he thought that with a large quantity of soul water in hand, even if the Hundred Arrays Pagoda was in a complete state, with perhaps a hundred levels, he could pass all the challenges in one go.
Gradually, however, he discovered things weren't as he had assud.
Passing the trials of the Hundred Arrays Pagoda wasn't too difficult for him because, with each level, he would receive trendous gifts from the Hundred Arrays Pagoda that enhanced his prowess in the Array Path.
The problem lay in the gifts from the Hundred Arrays Pagoda.
Each gift involved a copious amount of knowledge and information about the Array Path flooding into his mind like an injection of elixir. Although Lu Ye could relieve the pressure on his psyche and the impact of the information with Soul Cleansing Water, with an increasing number of gifts, he eventually received an amount of information that beca sowhat unbearable.
The gifts of the Hundred Arrays Pagoda were like soone stuffing Lu Ye's stomach full of things, and while the Soul Cleansing Water could indeed alleviate the discomfort, before he could fully digest that, even more was cramd in...
In such a repetitive cycle, even the most resilient stomach would be unable to bear it, and this was no longer an issue that Soul Cleansing Water could solve.
Lu Ye felt exactly like this, his entire head seed to be heavy, as if thousands of pounds were pressing down on him, with a massive amount of information churning in his mind. The six hours of adjustnt and recuperation were simply not enough for him to digest and absorb the gifts received.
It was only because his psyche was comparable to that of the True Lake Realm that he could barely keep going. If it had been any other Cloud River Realm cultivator, they would have collapsed long ago.
During his Tianyan Sect's challenge in the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, he did not encounter such a situation, mainly because that was the first part of the pagoda, and the benefits gifted after passing the tests were far less substantial than this ti.
At this mont, Lu Ye had no extra energy to think about other issues. He wasn't even clear on how many levels he had passed. During rest periods, he tried his utmost to digest the information in his mind, to reduce the burden on his psyche.
However, the situation beca increasingly grave...
Blood vessels appeared in his eyes, and both temples bulged high, throbbing continually. At first glance, it looked as if there were worms wriggling inside, a rather frightening sight.
Yiyi noticed his abnormal state and vaguely guessed the reason, but she dared not speak out and disturb him.
Lu Ye had considered giving up and leaving, to try the tower another ti.
Given enough ti to completely digest and consolidate this experience, his mastery in the Array Path would surely improve imasurably, making the next challenge of the tower much easier.
But he was uncertain whether doing so would affect his benefits.
After all, he had not yet reached his limit, he could still hold on a bit longer...
Besides, limits are there to be broken. He had Soul Cleansing Water, so there was no need to worry about any problems with his psyche.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Ye gritted his teeth and persevered.
One level, then another...
The feeling of fullness in his mind made it seem as if it were about to burst, and each ti he neared his limit, he reminded himself, he could hold on a bit more.
But now, it was more than just feeling thousands of pounds pressing on his head. The vast undigested Array Path information made his thoughts sluggish.
So much so that after passing a test, he instinctively received the Hundred Arrays Pagoda's gift, even forgetting to release Amber and Yiyi beforehand.
Without the tily nourishnt of the Soul Cleansing Water, that ti, Lu Ye felt worse than death. Fortunately, the intense pain reminded him of Yiyi, and he hurriedly released Amber from the spirit beast sack, obtaining the Soul Cleansing Water to stabilize his psyche and alleviate the situation.
Though the process was arduous, the unbearable agony restored so clarity to his bloodshot eyes.
He adjusted and recuperated quickly, trying to grasp and absorb the vast information in his mind, and then began the test of the next level.
Ti seed unbearably long, and Lu Ye didn't know how much ti had passed when he just passed another level, and habitually released Amber. Yiyi took out the Soul Cleansing Water for him to consu, and a gentle voice sounded in his ear, "Lu Ye, you've succeeded. It's the thirty-third level now."
"What?" Lu Ye's lips moved, instinctively feeling the number thirty-three was a target, but for the life of him, he couldn't rember what kind of target it was at the mont.
The next instant, he beca aware: "I've succeeded?"
"Yes!" Yiyi nodded her little head repeatedly, "You've succeeded! There are no more levels left."
Lu Ye looked up and saw a luminescent ball beside him.
After every challenge in the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, such luminescence would appear, containing the Array Path knowledge gifted by the Pagoda.
The last ti Lu Ye was in the Tianyan Sect's pagoda challenge, he had the sa experience.
There was one exception, though, after breaking through the thirty-third level, two luminescent balls appeared.
One contained the Array Path knowledge gifted by the Pagoda, and the other contained thirty-two basic array banners.
No one in the Hundred Arrays Pagoda had ever received such a reward before. The quality of these array banners surpassed all others Lu Ye had seen, and using them for array setup would increase the power of the Formation considerably.
To this day, Lu Ye still retained those thirty-two basic array banners, rarely using them, because most of the ti, the Formations he set up were consumptive, aning the banners would not be recovered. The banners gifted by the Hundred Arrays Pagoda were obviously no ordinary items, and naturally, he could not waste them so.
Looking at the luminous ball in front of him, Lu Ye had a hunch that this might be a reward similar to array banners again.
He reached out to touch it, and sure enough, there were thirty-two array banners again.
Upon inspection, he found that these array banners were exactly like the basic ones he had received before, only this ti, they were a higher grade, an advanced version based on the basic array banners.
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