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Seeing the twelve disciples who had passed the first trial staring intently at the Holy Temple Tower, the leading messenger bowed to the countless Heavenly Saints observing the assessment in the void and then said to Ye Chen and the others, "By the look of you all, you are ready to take on the second trial."
"Now, let me explain the rules of the second trial, 'Holy Temple Tower,' to you."
The rules of the Holy Temple Tower's assessment.
This was related to whether they could enter the First Holy Temple, whether they could conquer the countless old disciples and Heavenly Saints watching the assessment.
Hearing the messenger's words, Ye Chen, Jiang Yao, Liu Qingmei, and the other twelve all pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
The Heavenly Saint messenger continued, "The Holy Temple Tower is divided into nine levels."
"However, your trial will take place in the first three levels because no matter how powerful or talented you are, it's impossible for you to get through the third level!"
Buzz.
This assertion from the messenger startled all the new disciples.
The statement that no one could pass the third level no matter how strong they were was utterly confident, clearly indicating that the third level of the Holy Temple Tower was an insurmountable gulf they could not cross at present.
Seeing that some of the new disciples still looked somewhat disbelieving, the messenger shook his head and said, "Not to mention you, it's been over five hundred years since I reached the early stage of Heavenly Saint, and I can barely get through the third level of the Holy Temple Tower, not to mention the fourth level."
"Moreover, of the entire nine levels of this Holy Temple Tower, no one in our entire Heavenly Sacred Palace has conquered them all!"
Whoosh!
If they were shocked before, this declaration from the messenger deeply shook even Ye Chen.
The fact that the leading Heavenly Saint messenger could barely get past the third level and was utterly unable to get through the fourth underscored the difficulty of the third and fourth levels of the Holy Temple Tower.
And the messenger added that no one in the entire Heavenly Sacred Palace had completed all nine levels. The Heavenly Sacred Palace had three late-stage Heavenly Saint Realm Palace Masters, indicating that even existences at the later stage of the Heavenly Saint Realm couldn't surpass all nine levels of the Holy Temple Tower?
If the Holy Temple Tower was so formidable, what sort of origin did it have?
"The Holy Temple Tower is a wondrous object obtained by our great 'Palace Master Yuan Li' of the Heavenly Sacred Palace when he visited the Minor Spirit Realm, from a mysterious legacy site. It is said that this tower was crafted by an even greater being, the legendary Void Sky True God!"
"Once someone can pass through all nine levels of the Holy Temple Tower, that would certainly indicate possessing combat power on par with the Void Sky True God!"
"Currently, Palace Master Yuan Li holds the record of our entire Heavenly Sacred Palace for venturing into this tower, having reached the eighth level!"
"Our other two Palace Masters, Skyscraper Palace Master and Mu Yao Palace Master, have both reached the seventh level."
"Apart from the three Palace Masters, no one else has set foot on the sixth level or above."
Ye Chen, Jiang Yao, and the other ten new disciples all knew that since the "Holy Temple Tower" was the venue for the second test, the tower War Beasts inside would undoubtedly be even more fearsome than the first test's Bloodstripe War Beasts.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be so difficult to make it through the tower.
"All right, now enter the tower and begin your assessment."
"Just like in the first test, there are protective restrictions inside the tower. If you encounter an insurmountable life-or-death danger, the Holy Temple Tower will directly transport you out."
"Remember, to advance to the next floor, you must kill a hundred War Beasts within half an hour; otherwise, you fail the assessment!"
"Now, go in and undertake your assessment!"
Boom!
As soon as the envoy finished speaking, the massive door to the first floor of the Holy Temple Tower burst open, and a roaring sound emerged from within, as if there was an independent world inside.
Looking at the opened door to the first floor of the Holy Temple Tower, Ye Chen no longer hesitated. He nodded to Jiang Yao, Liu Qingmei, and the others, and then the twelve of them, under the gaze of thousands, shot into the door like lightning, entering the Holy Temple Tower.
Once all twelve had gone in, in the void outside the Holy Temple Tower, several mid-stage Heavenly Saint Realm beings waved their hands, and suddenly, a series of huge screens appeared in the higher reaches of the void.
On these giant screens appeared the images of Ye Chen, Jiang Yao, and the other new disciples within the Holy Temple Tower.
All the Heavenly Saints of Heavenly Saint Mountain who came to observe the assessment of the new disciples raised their heads to watch these giant screens.
"So this is the first floor of the Holy Temple Tower?"
At this moment, Ye Chen had already entered the tower and looked around at the space he was in.
This was an illusory yet vast space, tens of thousands of zhang in diameter. Upon entering, only Ye Chen was in this space; Jiang Yao and the others were not there.
Obviously, at this point, the twelve new disciples had been separated, each facing the assessment alone.
Just as Ye Chen was assessing this space, Jiang Yao, Liu Qingmei, and the others were also in identical spaces, similarly observing their surroundings.
At that time, a "thump, thump, thump" of drum beats sounded inside the spaces where the twelve new disciples were.
After nine drum beats echoed through the space, a corner of the space they were in suddenly glowed brightly, followed by thunderous roars of War Beasts that resounded through the air. In an instant, countless War Beasts surged towards where the new disciples were standing in the assessment space.
When Ye Chen's divine sense swept over these numerous War Beasts, his expression changed.
In the assessment space of the first floor of the Holy Temple Tower, the War Beasts racing towards him were like voracious dragons, and what was more terrifying was that there were well over three hundred of them, each one's combat power reaching the peak level of the Rotating Pill stage!
In the first test against Bloodstripe War Beasts, Ye Chen had only fought against ten Rotating Pill stage Bloodstripe War Beasts.
And now, he was expected to confront over three hundred peak Rotating Pill stage dragon War Beasts all at once, and he was supposed to kill more than a hundred of them within half an hour!
Indeed, as the envoy said, the Holy Temple Tower was indeed terrifying, with the difficulty of just the first level being shockingly high!