The real content of the Earth Hall’s assessment is extremely secretive; only the Law Enforcement Elder of the Earth Hall knows.
At this moment, all the disciples participating in the assessment, immersed in the King Martial Combat Skills, are extremely excited, completely ignoring the passage of time.
Xiao Ye sits cross-legged in front of the King Martial Crystal, his facial expression unchanging as an ancient well. Luminous characters circulate around his body, looking mysterious.
By now, eight hours have passed since Xiao Ye and Fan Li started comprehending the King Martial Combat Skills. Including the previous four hours spent searching for the way out, there are only four hours left until the end of the assessment.
At this moment, Xiao Ye suddenly opens his eyes, his pitch-black pupils interweave with dazzling Divine Radiance, piercing the void with an immense sense of oppression.
"Finally, I’ve memorized all the King Martial Combat Skills. I can cultivate them slowly in the future." A smile appears on Xiao Ye’s face.
Although Xiao Ye has only been comprehending for eight hours, with the help of the Third Layer of the Time Tower, he had ten days.
It’s, of course, impossible to achieve success in cultivating King Martial Combat Skills in just eight hours, even committing them to memory is unrealistic.
But ten days is ample time. Xiao Ye has not only memorized all the King Martial Combat Skills, but he has even cultivated a part of them, significantly enhancing his overall strength.
"There’s not much time left before the assessment ends. I need to quickly find the way out." Xiao Ye stands up, his gaze sweeping around, only to see Fan Li still immersed in comprehension.
It’s taboo to disturb someone during their comprehension, so Xiao Ye doesn’t alert the other party. He rises and continues his search for the exit.
"This maze is truly too complex and enormous; I can’t fly or scout, relying solely on luck to find the exit. So, even if I hadn’t spent eight hours on understanding the King Martial Combat Skills, it’s not certain I would have found the exit by now," Xiao Ye thought to himself.
Finding the exit in the last four hours would be ideal, but if not, he can only accept his fate.
"How can this be possible!" As Xiao Ye searches for the exit, Fan Li, engrossed in comprehending the King Martial Combat Skills, opens his eyes, his face filled with shock.
You see, he saw Xiao Ye as his rival during the comprehension.
Now, he has cultivated only a tiny part of the combat techniques and certainly hasn’t memorized the entire set, yet Xiao Ye has already awakened?
Does this imply that Xiao Ye has surpassed him in comprehending the King Martial Combat Skills?
"Impossible, this kid may be talented, but his comprehension can’t be so terrifying. Even the monster geniuses of the Main Hall couldn’t memorize the entire set of King Martial Combat Skills in such a short time."
"He must have given up hope; that’s why he’s searching for the exit, trying to get into the Earth Hall," Fan Li pondered, then stood up with a sneer.
Although he appears very amiable towards Xiao Ye, with his own agenda, he actually looks down on disciples like Xiao Ye.
No matter how strong Xiao Ye’s strength or talent is, how could it compare to himself, a genius disciple of the Xuanzi Hall?
In his view, since Xiao Ye has given up on comprehending the King Martial Combat Skills to search for the exit, he naturally cannot fall behind.
Immediately, Fan Li transforms into a streak of light and begins searching along the stone paths. Otherwise, if Xiao Ye enters the Earth Hall and he gets left behind due to comprehending the combat techniques, how embarrassing that would be.
As Xiao Ye and Fan Li search for the exit, one after the other, several dozen other disciples, too, awaken from their immersion in comprehension.
Their willpower is still quite strong; they know that between King Martial Combat Skills and the Earth Hall, the latter is obviously more important.
So, they resist the temptation of the King Martial Combat Skills and start searching for the exit.
In the last four hours before the end of the assessment, more and more disciples wake up. However, a large number of disciples are still immersed in comprehending the King Martial Combat Skills.
"Another dead end!" Xiao Ye, facing the blocking stone wall, is filled with frustration.
In these last four hours, he and Little White split up, pushing their speed to the peak, but unfortunately, they still hit dead ends time after time.
This maze is too vast, too complex; despite his efforts, he can’t find the exit.
"Am I going to miss the chance to enter the Earth Hall?" Xiao Ye clenches his fists, his face filled with unwillingness.
If the assessment was about displaying strength, then he wouldn’t complain about losing, for strength is something he would concede.
But to lose due to bad luck, not finding the exit of the maze, that would be too frustrating!
"Could it be that I can’t find the exit, nor the other disciples, and the Earth Hall’s Elders are all brainless?" A hint of doubt rises in Xiao Ye’s mind.
On the path to finding the exit, he has seen many disciples still sunk in the comprehension of the King Martial Combat Skills, not yet awakened. It goes without saying, that it’s even less likely for these disciples to find the maze’s exit.
If so, what’s the point of the Earth Hall establishing such an assessment? Is it just to watch them all fail?
Just at that moment, a streak of white lightning shoots over, transforming into Little White, landing on Xiao Ye’s shoulder.
"Little White, how is it, did you find the exit?" Xiao Ye quickly asks, to which Little White shakes its head.
In this bizarre maze, even its keen sense of smell is of no use.
"Ah, I knew it would be so." Xiao Ye reveals a wry smile, finally just sitting down on the ground outright. Less than half an incense stick of time is left before the assessment ends.
It’s impossible to find the exit in such a short time, not to mention finishing a stone path.
As the time slowly passes, the assessment time finally ends.
At this moment, the whole maze begins to tremble violently, and the ground of the maze slowly cracks open.
Simultaneously, the labyrinth stone walls that troubled Xiao Ye for so long descend with the sound of gears grinding, revealing a flat and wide road before Xiao Ye.
Moreover, this road appears before every disciple who could overcome the King Martial Combat Skills.
"Congratulations, you’ve passed the first stage of the maze assessment. Now you can take this road to the location of the second stage of the Earth Hall’s assessment."
"As for the rest, they are all eliminated!"
At this time, a majestic voice booms, leaving Xiao Ye dumbfounded.
"What exactly is going on? I haven’t found the exit to the maze. How did I pass the assessment?" A look of shock covers Xiao Ye’s face.