Chapter 111: Array Formation

Unknown Disc Fragment? How can you give me Potential Points when you don't even know what it's for?

-The current System Rank cannot determine the value of the item, but it can sense its Energy Value. Points are awarded based on this.

Energy Value? What is that?

-You don't need to know this.

Why not?

-It's useless to you.

I want to know though. William used the Ask Function.

-Request requires 1 trillion Potential Points. Yes/No?

Okay you did that on purpose!

William gave up on arguing with the System. He stored the Unknown Disc Fragment in this Space Ring, then continued forward with the trial. He had cracked five Arrays now, so he was halfway done.

The sixth Array was built the same as the fifth one, still at the Advanced level. The main difference was that there were now forty Mana Stones powering the Array. It seemed that the creator was worried that Cultivators would just brute force their way through the trial.

William easily disabled the Array, earning another 40 Mana Stones. The trial creator gave him a second reward, which was another Unknown Disc Fragment. At this rate, he should get a third fragment after cracking the ninth Array.

He rushed to the seventh Barrier Array, which now partnered with an Advanced Lightning Array to attack him. William's Forcefield showed some slight cracks while he studied the Barrier, but the cracks healed as soon as they appeared.

If he hadn't raised the level of his Forcefield Talent earlier, it definitely wouldn't have held on. But now his A Rank Epic defensive Talent should even hold for a small amount of time against a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

An Array Formation? You're telling me the last Array didn't even qualify? William wiped the sweat away from his face.

As expected, the familiar black box appeared in William's hands, containing his third Unknown Disc Fragment.

You've done well to clear nine Arrays guarding this trial. Consider it complete. The unknown man said amiably.

This time, William had a feeling he could respond.

"What about that one?" he pointed to the tenth Barrier in the distance.

Try if you'd like. The man said nothing more. It seemed the trial creator didn't believe anyone could clear the entire trial. Perhaps the purpose was only to give out the Disc Fragments.

William collected another 250 Mana Stones and the storage chest, then approached the tenth Array.

He entered the 100 meter-mark but quickly jumped backwards as a massive lightning bolt extended from one of the walls and struck the ground at his feet. There was another Lightning Array, but this time it was at the Perfect level! The lightning bolts chased William back to the 250-meter mark before subsiding without a trace.

William's Forcefield was covered in cracks from the previous Array, so he backed up and sat cross-legged at the point just after the ninth Array.

I need to recover my Mana first. I still have over a day until I need to return to the desert anyway.

William looked behind him to see a group of eleven Cultivators enter the trial grounds. He was quite far from the group and every Array except the ninth had reformed, but William created an Advanced Concealment Array to hide his presence just in case.

He wasn't hungry due to the effects of his pills, so William rolled out some bedding and went straight to bed. His Mana regenerated at a rate of 225 Mana per hour, but it still wasn't enough considering William's Mana reserve was 1500 now.

He thought about consuming the second Mana Dragon's Blood Essence right now, but the effects would be slightly diminished, and it would take longer to absorb. It was better to sleep now, then use it when he awoke for a chance at better effects.

If anything, this trial was probably the safest place for William to sleep. Surrounded in powerful Arrays and underground, William felt incredibly secure. He gave one last look at the group, asking Atticus to keep an eye on their movements just in case they happened to have an experienced Array Master.