"No! I wasn't referring to you big sister" Pure spring said as she hurriedly distanced herself from the titan with her back covered in a cold sweat.
Even though Pure spring had better Mana control than the titan, She still couldn't defeat the titan as the latter is a Berserker while she was a Cleric with weak attack power. In this limited space, the titan could easily send her to the resurrection point with her inferior Mana control.
"How do we open it?" Shadow empress asked with a frustrated expression. "There's no lock or key that I can pick" she added.
"Let's attack it with all we've got" Yueying suggested.
"Let me" Snow titan said and she stood up with her weapon.
She moved the Mana in her body into her hands and the Greatsword as she executed a Tier 1 skill,
"Nonsense!" Dark angel cursed. "Is it a mountain"
"Even a mountain would be cracked from such a heavy strike" Divine shieldbearer added.
"Let me try again!" Snow titan said as she activated a berserk skill that boosted her attributes by a significant margin. In such a state, she could even clash with a Tier 3 King with no problem. She raised her sword again and swung it at the box. This time she even activated an active skill of her Epic ranked Greatsword.
The others subconsciously took a step back to avoid the shockwaves generated from the collision as not even Divine shieldbearer who boasted the best defense among them couldn't guarantee his safety against the Titan's strike which appeared as if it could destroy a mountain. Pure spring felt gratified that she had escaped earlier otherwise she'd have faced such a powerful strike...
But their jaws were all on the ground this time when the box emerged unscathed from the collision.
"I don't believe you can remain so invincible!" Snow titan growled as she raised her sword to strike the box again but was stopped by Pure spring.
"Give up. It's useless" Pure spring said.
"I'll destroy this box!" Snow titan shouted.
"You can't! Not even if you used your Ultimate skill!" Pure spring said.
"There's a mysterious defensive Magic barrier protecting this box. I suspect it's a tier 4 defensive array!" she explained.
"No wonder!" They all exclaimed.
"How do we break the barrier then?" Shadow empress asked.
"We should combine our powers and forcefully break the barrier!" Yueying suggested.
"As if you have any damage to deal!" Xingyao sneered.
"I'll try unlocking it" Pure spring said and began examining the box while the others waited.
An hour passed by, but Pure spring had been unable to make any progress. Her five senses were locked onto the box that she was neither unable to keep track of time nor was she aware that she'd been battling with the box for an entire hour.
"Give up spring. I don't think you'll get to unlock this box" Dancing flame said as she pulled the Cleric away from the box.
"But I can do it!" Pure spring complained.
"If you can do it, you'd have unlocked it already. It's been an hour yet you're still at the starting point" Aqua priestess added. "If you have your time to waste, we do not. We also have to breakthrough in our Mana control" she continued as they all prepared to resume their training.
But just then, a crisp sound and lo and behold, the box flung open. And the one standing in front of it was Shenrou!
"How did you do it, Shenrou?" They all queried.
"I only placed my palm on it and it was unlocked!" She replied.
"Who would believe you? You must have done something!" They insisted.
"I only placed my hand on it and poured some Mana onto it" She replied.
"How do you know that will work?"
"I just guessed. If Xuanyuan left the box for us to unlock, then we can only unlock it after we've mastered Mana control" she explained. "So I just showed the box we've mastered it" she added.
"Incredible! What a insightful thinking!" They all clapped for Shenrou.
"I guess being smart is better than having superior Mana control!" Dark angel snickered.
"Was that for me?" Pure spring said fiercely.
"I'm not pointing hands here" Dark angel replied. "Perhaps you think my statement was speaking about you"
"Just say it. You're envious because I reached tier 4 standard before you!" Pure spring said.
"What's there to be jealous about. I'll also reach that level before the day passes!" Dark angel shouted.
"Try it if you can" Pure spring also snapped back and turned to the box. "Let's check it out, shall we" she said and they brought out what was kept in the box.
Pure spring brought out a piece of paper from the box and read aloud;
"If you are reading this note, it means you've mastered Mana control. Congratulations for that" Xuanyuan wrote. "Now the second phase of your training shall begin. And this time you'll be learning about Magic arrays and how they worked..." she read.
For several minutes, they continued reading introductory messages about Magical arrays which Xuanyuan had written beforehand. Once they were done with the note, they brought out 13 books which
They each took the books and began learning what they could about Magic arrays and how they are created...
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"I'm ready" Xuanyuan said once he returned to the Saint hall.
"Good" The first Saint muttered.