Chapter 1178 - Simple and Straightforward
The conversation between the three elders went unheard below. The cultivators in the valley had no attention to spare, pouring every shred of will and energy into resisting the crushing oppression.
Time slipped away. More and more participants collapsed until half of them had fallen. Out of more than one hundred thousand who came for the assessment, the unseen first trial eliminated nearly fifty thousand.
As the pressure mounted, the radiance around Liu Wuxie brightened. It wrapped He Yingwu in its glow, shielding him from the worst of the oppression.
At first, no one noticed, but those closest began to sense something strange. Step by step, they edged nearer and realized an invisible barrier had surrounded Liu Wuxie, lessening the weight of the suffocating aura.
The three elders exchanged glances, their eyes glinting with surprise.
Liu Wuxie stood still, even after four minutes.
"These two brats are interesting," the southern elder remarked with curiosity sparking in his eyes. Liu Wuxie and He Yingwu had already surpassed every record. Even cultivators at the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm were beginning to tremble under the burden, yet these two endured.
Elder Ding only smiled faintly. He never intended to reveal the truth. The truth was that the pressure inside the super teleportation array was ten times stronger than this.
Liu Wuxie and He Yingwu had already endured such torment once before. Even Primal Origin Realm experts relied on protective barriers to survive super teleportation, yet those two managed to withstand it.
As the five-minute mark neared, fewer people fell. Those still standing were all undeniable prodigies.
Just then, the oppression vanished, and it felt as if a mountain was lifted from everyone's shoulders. He Yingwu staggered, nearly collapsing, but Liu Wuxie steadied him.
Without Liu Wuxie's shield, He Yingwu could not have lasted even a breath longer.