Chapter 525 - 338: There Will Be No More of This Project (5K)
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"Respected Lord Tianyuan,"
Taeli and the other elves bowed in an elegant manner, somewhat surprised by Mu Yuan's sudden arrival.
There was no time limit for challenging the Temple of Knowledge, anyone could attempt it whenever they wished.
Taeli glanced at the distant array platform, then her realization dawned.
He had come for a skill.
Indeed, for a top fourth-order like himself, having one more or one less common skill hardly made any difference. It wasn't that common skills were weak. Her combat system also included several common skills, but mastering common skills wasn't difficult. She could learn them through a variety of means. only-found-at-MVLeMpYr
In their Natural Garden, there were also many documents and secret manuals on common skills available for them to choose, learn, and combine.
High-order skills were different, they couldn't be acquired through normal means.
Not to mention someone at the peak of four-order like herself, even Legendary Realm beings would see a significant increase in their overall combat power if they mastered one more high-order skill that fit their system well.
And just now, several top beings of the Tianyuan Territory had each created their own high-order skills.
"Such confidence they have!"
The elves felt under a lot of pressure.
They had been thoroughly outclassed!
Of course, they could not represent the Natural Garden. When the legendary figures of their house took on the challenge in the past, they too performed exceptionally well and were affirmed by the Guardian Gabu Fool.
However, when these legendary figures visited the Temple of Knowledge, they did not tackle the challenge of creating skills; they were tested in other areas and thus could not be directly compared to the strong ones of the current Tianyuan Territory.
"If Lady Milena and the others had taken on this challenge, they surely could have deduced high-order skills as well,"
She believed.
But the strong ones of the Tianyuan Territory seemed to be doing more than just deducing high-order skills. Could Lady Milena and the others really achieve better scores?
Reason told her, maybe, perhaps, probably... not. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
But emotions told her: not defeated! As long as there was no direct comparison, they were not defeated! If the legendary figures back then hadn't visited and passed the test so early, surely, they too could have used the platform of the Temple of Knowledge to deduce even more exquisite and superior skills.
Yes, it must be so.
Dead Bone had stepped onto the platform; a sand clock illusion emerged above it, beginning a tense countdown.
The elves didn't pay too much attention. Their gaze was still stealthily directed at Lord Tianyuan.
After all, this Lord held the highest position within the Tianyuan Territory.
Commanding many top powerhouses, just what capabilities did this Lord possess was something they dared not imagine. What they could be certain of was that Lord Tianyuan must be tremendously powerful, brilliantly talented, and stunningly enchanting.
And today, by passing the Guardian's test, they might catch a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of this mysterious Lord.
They were all waiting for Lord Tianyuan to take the stage.
As for the Black Armored Undead up front? It clearly looked like a nondescript, utterly unremarkable extra.
That's what Guardian Gabu Fool thought as well.
The Black Armored Undead gave him the first impression of being too common. It wasn't weak, but perfectly ordinary, like a drop of water blending into the environment, the least noticeable among a group of prideful beings.
Gabu Fool subconsciously ignored it.
A few seconds later, he vaguely felt something was amiss. He caught sight of some spiritual light shrouding the Black Armored Undead. It was a scene that indicated a skill was about to be deduced.
He was certain.
After all, he was the Guardian of the Temple of Knowledge, overseeing dozens of such buildings and having seen many visitors.
He was none other than the Omniscient God, Gabu Fool! He was sure he wouldn't make a mistake!
But just a few seconds had passed, right? It hadn't even been 7 seconds since that fellow entered the array platform! Even if one was well-prepared and had some drafts in mind, to reach a breakthrough in such a short time was indeed an exaggeration.
But suddenly, the divine radiance that was about to burst forth dissipated as if it had never appeared.
No new skill was deduced.
Had he seen wrong? Gabu Fool fell into contemplation.
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Dead Bone was in contemplation.
Indeed, it had almost deduced a skill. After all, some ideas had been conceived in Dead Bone's mind before, and during the journey just now, it had given some thought, so stepping onto the array and experiencing an outpouring of spiritual light, completing the deduction within seconds, was reasonable. This was not too fast.
But Dead Bone was not satisfied.
This place provided exceptional conditions - an opportunity missed could not be regained, and it had to grasp it firmly.
Being cautious, Dead Bone immediately halted the nearly complete cycle of skill deduction in its mind, leaving the progress stopped dead at 99.99%.
This was taking a page from Isloa's previous experience.
If in the 30-minute state of spiritual light it still could not deduce a satisfactory skill, then at least, it could continue to mooch off this blessed land for another half hour of inspiration.
Guardian Gabu Fool couldn't possibly guess Dead Bone's thoughts.
Gabu Fool had seen a variety of challengers, naturally encountering those who sought to exploit loopholes without creating a skill, trying to linger in the glow of the rules' spiritual light.
But while such a move seemed easy, it was incredibly difficult to actually achieve.
Almost impossible.
In a state of enlightenment, a thinker's mind is flooded with continuous streams of thought, extending unbroken to the end. That is what enlightenment is. If one could control, cease, and resume at will, then it would no longer be enlightenment.
A skill that only needed a little bit more, just a poke to break through, while in a state of bright outpouring spiritual light, to manage to hold it in is even more far-fetched.
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