Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 763: Unprecedented Difficulty

As streaks of light flashed by, the first group of ten cultivators stepped into the small tower and vanished from sight.

The area around the small tower was brimming with Dao Magic, runes flickering, while strands of rainbow light continuously circulated. At the spire of the tower, a huge number began increasing from zero—the countdown panel.

Through the small tower, everyone could only see the ten cultivators who entered falling into the Illusionary Fixed State, standing in place with their eyes tightly closed.

It seemed they were undergoing trials for their souls.

Just after three breaths of time had passed, many cultivators saw that all ten geniuses inside the tower were sweating profusely, trembling all over, and uncontrollable expressions of pain appeared on their faces.

They were enduring immense soul pressure.

"Ah——"

One of the cultivators let out a muffled groan and then fainted. Shortly thereafter, he was expelled by the small tower.

"What, it was only three breaths of time, and he already couldn't hold on?"

The remaining ninety were extremely shocked.

Although they knew the soul assessment was extraordinarily difficult, they didn't expect that a cultivator would be eliminated after just three breaths of time.

After all, to pass the assessment, one must endure for a full one hundred breaths!

After passing through physical body and spiritual energy tests to get here, each one was a genius among geniuses.

And yet one had only held on for three breaths.

The crowd inhaled sharply, then quickly adjusted their mentality to continue watching the assessment unfold.

The assessment process was painful but did not harm the soul. The cultivator who had fainted soon slowly regained consciousness.

He realized he was eliminated and was filled with annoyance.

"To think I, Yang Yi, with my outstanding talent, am a genius seen once in a century in the entire Western Liang Domain, and yet I still failed to enter Tianyuan Academy!"

Frustrated and regretful, Yang Yi hadn't finished his thoughts when he felt a disturbance beside him.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh"

He saw three figures consecutively expelled by the small tower.

"Brother Zhou, Brother Chen, you two also failed to pass the assessment?" Yang Yi recognized the people and was shocked.

At the same time, he turned to look at the small tower, only to see that the counter at the top had just reached twenty-one.

"Four cultivators eliminated in just twenty-one breaths of time, how extraordinary is the difficulty of this assessment?"

"Bang!"

Before the crowd could react, the small tower expelled another figure.

Twenty-five breaths, half were eliminated!

At this moment, the many talents outside the tower could no longer remain calm.

The elimination rate was simply too high, and most of them would likely find it hard to pass the assessment.

Even Yun Hongguang's expression slightly changed, "Miss Ji, this soul assessment is probably incredibly difficult, you should try your best to hold on for one hundred breaths."

It wasn't that he doubted his own talent; he was worried about Ji Huo'er failing to pass the assessment.

If Ji Huo'er couldn't pass, then they wouldn't be able to enter the same academy.

"You should be more worried about yourself," Ye Shiyi glanced at him, not wanting to burst his bubble, and kindly advised.

"What does a little brat like you know? I am the peerless genius of Lingdu Great Domain, and my strongest suit is the soul path. No matter how difficult the assessment is, how could it possibly trouble me?"

Time swiftly passed.

Many geniuses within the small tower couldn't hold on.

Between the thirtieth and fortieth breaths, two more cultivators were expelled.

By the fifty-second breath, the eighth cultivator ultimately could not endure any longer and was eliminated.

The ninth and tenth cultivators were already staggering, on the verge of fainting at any moment.

At the sixty-ninth breath, the ninth cultivator fainted and was spat out by the small tower.

Now, only the last cultivator remained.

"Will he be able to pass the assessment?"

Everyone held their breath, afraid to disturb the last cultivator inside the small tower.

The counter at the top of the small tower quickly reached ninety.

"At last, will one person manage to pass?"

The hearts of many geniuses hung in the balance.

But.

When the timer reached ninety-eight.

The last cultivator suddenly let out an "Ah," then fainted and was expelled from the area.

The first group, annihilated to the last man.

Not a single cultivator passed the assessment!

The elder on the high platform announced the results with an expressionless face.

At that moment, the last cultivator finally came to, and immediately let out a wail that seemed to lament the heavens and the earth.

"Why... Ah... Why!"

"I was just two breaths away!"

The remaining geniuses felt downhearted and sympathetic towards him, for he was only two breaths away from passing the assessment and entering the top Cultivation Holy Land in all of Divine Wilderness—Tianyuan Academy.

But it was precisely these two breaths that caused him to miss the opportunity.

However, the moods of the remaining cultivators who had not yet been assessed soon became even heavier.

With the assessment's heaven-defying difficulty, they essentially had no chance of passing.

The assessment for the second group quickly commenced.

As expected, in this round, no cultivator managed to pass the assessment; the one with the lowest endurance was ejected at the fifth breath.

The one who lasted the longest endured for eighty-two breaths.

The third group.

Annihilated to the last man.

The lowest score was six breaths, and the best was ninety-six breaths.

The fourth group.

This group finally saw a cultivator pass the assessment.

It was a plainly dressed girl with dark skin who successfully endured for a hundred and three breaths.

"Zhao Xuanmu, passed the assessment, with a score of a hundred and three breaths!"

The elder announced from the high platform, and the girl couldn't help but shout out loud, both crying and laughing, greatly thrilled by passing the assessment.

"Come over here and wait!"

The elder, with an expressionless face, directed the girl to approach the high platform.

The many cultivators looked at Zhao Xuanmu with eyes filled with envy.

Out of forty people.

No, it should be said, out of forty top geniuses, only she passed; how could they not be envious?

After directing Zhao Xuanmu to the designated place, the elder then announced that the assessment would continue.

The fifth group.

Once again, annihilated to the last man.

The lowest score was ten breaths, and the best was eighty-five breaths.

The sixth group had a young man named Hu Yangyun who passed the assessment with exactly a hundred breaths.

This left him both thrilled and terrified after the fact, barely scraping through the threshold, almost unable to enter Tianyuan Academy.

The seventh and eighth groups did not see anyone pass the assessment.

The ninth group, this one was out of the ordinary, with three cultivators passing the assessment.

Among them, two lasted a hundred and one breaths, and one cultivator astonishingly reached a breath-taking one hundred and twenty-three breaths.

This caused all the geniuses to boil with excitement.

Even the assessing elder couldn't help but take a second look at this young man.

Since the beginning of the assessments at the small tower, he remembered the best score being only one hundred and twenty breaths.

This young man had actually broken the record.

"It's finally our turn!"

Ji Huo'er was very excited, bouncing and hopping toward the small tower, in stark contrast to the heavy-heartedness of her group mates, who looked as though they were headed into battle.

"Who is this fairy? Why is she so happy? Could it be she's confident about passing the assessment?"

"Ah, perhaps she's a fairy who just left a prestigious family for the first time, truly a case of the ignorant fearing nothing!"

These eliminated geniuses, with their spirits crushed, looked at Ji Huo'er with pity in their eyes: "Such a beautiful fairy, and soon she will know what despair is."