C15 Rune array
Very soon, the servants in the empty ground below started to move about on their own accord, forming three groups. Long Bufan stood a little in front of the group and stood in front of the first assessment team.
"The examination is limited to one incense stick's worth of time. Begin!"
Just as the deacon male examiner finished speaking, the bell sound carried a deep sound wave.
The bell rang, and the servants at the front released their powers and rushed forward with all their might, like compressed springs. It was a lively scene.
With a distance of dozens of meters, everyone quickly reached the front of the stone staircase. The person at the front strode forward and started climbing up.
"Swoosh …" At the same time, the formation hidden within the stone stairs began to activate.
The moment Long Bufan stepped onto the stone stairs, he immediately felt his body sink, as though he was carrying a thousand kilogram boulder. Every step he took was extremely difficult, his entire body became as heavy as a stone, and even the circulation of the vitality in his body became much slower.
Formations were the specialties of rune masters. A mere defensive type array could already have such effects. If it were an offensive type array, then it would definitely be much more terrifying.
"Hmm?" Long Bufan was pleasantly surprised to find that the array energy that had invaded his body was quickly devoured by the animal spirit. Soon after, he felt that his body became light, and his footsteps suddenly became nimble again.
After the short moment of happiness, Long Bufan regained his composure, he did not go all the way to the top in one go, but instead intentionally slowed down his pace and inserted himself into the crowd, trying his best to avoid becoming the center of attention.
"The animal spirit seems to like the energy of formations a lot …" Long Bufan was astonished, because the animal spirit was currently swimming around excitedly, greedily consuming the energy source of the formation that was pressing down on her body.
"How strange, why did the array energy exhaust itself so quickly this time?"
Not far away from the stone staircase, in a hidden stone room, a young man dressed in outer court disciple's attire let out a light sound of surprise. He was dumbstruck as he saw the huge emerald spirit essence stone in the array eyes grow dim at a rapid pace.
The youth was stunned. According to his usual pattern, the energy of this spirit essence stone was enough to last until the end of the smelting trial.
But now, it seemed that it was impossible!
"Could it be the reason behind the formation's aging?" The youth shook his head in disbelief. In the end, he could only take out another reserve spirit essence stone.
On the other side of the stone staircase, the stone staircase leading to the outer hall was very wide. One row could accommodate ten people running side by side, so it didn't feel crowded at all.
However, this kind of harmonious scene was only temporary. The servants running in the front gradually ran out of energy due to the heavy pressure of the formation, and their speed gradually slowed down. However, the people behind were blocked and couldn't move forward. They couldn't wait to reach the top, so they started attacking the servants in front.
This chaos was only a small part of the first. When the incense was half burnt, true competition broke out on the stone stairs. Servants punched and kicked everywhere, everywhere.
Amongst the crowd, Long Bufan avoided the conflict as much as possible, but he realised that there were four figures who were intentionally approaching him, and their combined attack was much faster than the people around them.
"Kid, didn't you act very arrogantly just now? Now I want you to scram!"
Qin Duan's voice was low and her eyes were vicious. When she was one meter behind Long Bufan, she immediately raised her fist and attacked.