Chapter 113: S-Rank Trial, Impossible Quest?

Like before, William tackled the Cycling Array with hundreds of Basic Runes of Slowing. It was easier to slow this Array down, since there were more Stability Runes that made up its surface. William disabled the Cycling Array in only half an hour, leaving just the Barrier and Absorption Arrays.

William was very familiar with both Arrays, so disabling them was a piece of cake.

With the Arrays down, William had finally completed the trial. He looted the 500 Mana Stones and the chest that fueled the Array Formation, then approached the stone pedestal that was waiting on the other side.

He picked up the black box and opened it, revealing what appeared to be a black metal plate with thousands of tiny Runes inscribed on the edges. Seated on the plate was a single piece of dark-blue plastic shaped like a pizza slice, but there seemed to be many pieces missing.

-Completed an S-Rank Trial in the Gravitas Ruins: +1000 PP

-Acquired Damaged Mythical Array Wheel: +2500 PP

-System Quest Completed: +1000 PP

William recognized the piece of plastic immediately. He pulled out the three Unknown Disc Fragments he received from earlier in the trial, then placed them against the piece of metal to fill some of the gaps.

The pieces fit snugly into the Array Wheel, restoring the Mythical treasure to half of its capacity. There seemed to still be four missing pieces, which William didn't know where to find them.

You've completed a trial I deemed nearly impossible for someone below the Golden Core Realm. You've earned one of my personal treasures as a reward. The voice resounded directly in William's mind. His voice seemed somewhat pained to lose one of his precious treasures.

This Array Wheel will allow you to store your Arrays to be instantly cast on use. Of course, I have broken the Array Wheel up and scattered its pieces to the other trial takers that have cleared at least 3 levels of the trial. Restore the Array Wheel to its full power and you will be greatly rewarded.

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System Quest: A backer has presented the Host with a difficult quest. Collect the remaining Array Wheel fragments and restore the Mythical treasure to its former glory.

Difficulty: Impossible

Fragments Collected: 4/8

Rewards: 50000 Potential Points

By the time the group decided to turn around, William was considering returning to the desert. There were less than 16 hours before the desert trials would open, and William didn't want to miss the big event.

Thankfully, the Cultivators realized they wouldn't be breaching the fifth Array any time soon and decided to cut their losses and head back.

One of their members had noticed William a few hours ago, but they weren't worried. William was alone and it looked like he was just trying to escape from the Labyrinth for a few hours. One of the Cultivators even suggested killing William just to prevent anyone from finding out how close they were to clearing the trial.

The group approached the exit to the trial, so William stood up from his chair made of the Earth Element. He walked over to the exit staircase and stopped in front of it with his arms crossed while facing the Cultivators.

"What's the meaning of this? Are you tired of living?" the old Array Master asked in a serious tone. He was not in the mood to joke around with children after wasting thirty years of his life just to fail the Array trial he had an eye on.

William kept his arms crossed, "I'm here for that thing you got after breaking the third Array."

The Cultivators were surprised. How long has this kid been here? We broke that array half a day ago!

A middle-aged male with light-green hair and thick brown eyebrows smirked. "So what if we did? Do you seriously think you can take it from us by yourself?"

A female in her twenties that was standing behind the green-haired man laughed out loud. She pulled the pizza slice piece of plastic out of her Space Ring and gave a flirty smile while waving it in the air. "You mean this? You'd have to come take it from us!"

William wasn't sure why the girl openly showed him their prize, but he wasn't going to miss out on this chance. He used the Space Element to teleport behind the girl and take the fragment from her still-waving hand, then teleported back to his original position.

"Oh, very neat. I'll hold onto this for now, thanks!" William stuffed the fragment in his Space Ring.

The green-haired man gave the girl an angry look. "Agnes, are you an idiot? A future Array Master like you is supposed to be smart, why would you show him where we are keeping it?"

William sensed something was wrong with their conversation. It was a bit too set up, and none of the other Cultivators had surprised or angry faces.

William quickly pulled the fragment out of his space ring, inspecting the surface. As he touched it, the surface of the fragment heated up and it turned slightly red.

It's a fake, shit!

He threw the fragment out of his hand, shielding his eyes as the fragment exploded in midair.