Chapter 306

After that, staying at the fifth layer are Beidou, Kaedehara Kazuha, Clorinde, Alhaitham, Tighnari, and Dehya.

These few also possess great willpower, but how much longer they can persist is unclear.

As for the rest...

Zhongli estimates that reaching the fourth layer is their limit.

Just as Zhongli expected, Xingqiu, Chongyun, and Collei are unable to continue forward after crossing the fourth layer.

They are received by Zhongli.

Baiwen and the others, along with the Qixing, step into the fourth layer; some pass, some fail.

The most prominent is Baiwen, who, after passing the fourth layer, walks through the fifth, only to be hastily pushed out.

Sending these people out of the array, Ningguang nods at Baiwen with satisfaction.

From today on, Baiwen and the others are not only her secretaries but also her junior sisters.

There are not many people left in the Heart-Questioning Array.

Before long, Beidou and the others also stop one after another, halting between the fifth and sixth layers of the Heart-Questioning.

Hu Tao, however, successfully steps onto the seventh layer of the Heart-Questioning and continues to forge ahead.

But looking at her condition, she will also stop here.

Sure enough, after a while, Hu Tao successfully steps past the seventh layer of the Heart-Questioning, instantly kneeling on the ground, gasping for air.

She casts a reluctant glance at Furina, who is just one step ahead.

That step, however, feels like an insurmountable chasm.

Hu Tao stares fixedly at Furina, and after a long while, sighs.

"Some people are truly born geniuses... Forget it, forget it, this Hall Master is not bad at all."

Lifting her head with a hint of pride, the next moment, she is teleported out by Zhongli.

Those who passed the third layer are quasi-inner sect disciples and naturally must stand with Ningguang and the others.

Zhongli looks at Hu Tao not far away, nods slightly, and says softly:

"Congratulations."

Hu Tao glares fiercely at Zhongli, ignoring him.

Zhongli smiles bitterly to himself; with Hu Tao's personality, she will definitely hold a grudge for a few days.

With the last of them, Hu Tao, leaving the array, only Furina remains inside.

The latter stands at the eighth layer of the Heart-Questioning Array, gritting her teeth, her whole body trembling.

Her aura is extremely weak.

Clorinde watches with a heavy heart, clenching her fists tightly.

"Lady Furina..."

Although Ningguang and the others had mentioned a bit about the experience of the first layer of the Heart-Questioning Array earlier,

it was basically their original fate, eight or nine times out of ten.

Clorinde also understands a bit of Furina's secret.

At first, she felt uncomfortable, but now...

Thinking about it, the one who should be most uncomfortable is Furina herself.

Five hundred years...

Even gods would feel the pain of erosion, let alone her, an ordinary person, performing lonely on a stage with no audience.

Sometimes gods do not need powerful strength; willpower is the true essence of a god.

Furina does not need others' recognition; she is enough to be called a god herself.

"Miss Furina truly has amazing willpower; she is worthy of being the Hydro Archon."

Tartaglia sighs, recalling some images of Furina he saw in the Heart-Questioning Array.

He thinks back to the six layers of Heart-Questioning he experienced.

At the beginning, it was simple.

But every subsequent life made him shudder when he recalled it.

Furina actually endured until now.

"I don't know what kind of pain she is experiencing in the eighth layer of the Heart-Questioning; I could barely resist the sixth layer, and she..."

As he speaks, Tartaglia feels a bit dejected.

"In the end, I was too arrogant; my willpower still needs to be tempered."

Hearing this, Clorinde also thinks of her own trial, feeling a pang of heartache for Furina.

She has the urge to make her stop.

By now, Furina has already shocked everyone and proven herself.

She doesn't really need to continue forward.

But before these thoughts could be put into action, she hears Ganyu sighing beside her:

"The eighth layer of the Heart-Questioning is where even Elder Zhongli and the others could only stop."

"To this day, only Junior Brother Bai Zhu has walked through the ninth layer of the Heart-Questioning."

"But that is also because Junior Brother Bai Zhu's dream of longevity and seeking immortality is carved into his bones."

"Miss Furina might not have even known what immortal cultivation was before she came; what kind of willpower and obsession is supporting her to walk until now?"

"If this continues, I fear the second person to pass the ninth layer of the Heart-Questioning will appear."

Hearing this, Clorinde's heart trembles as she gazes at Furina.

Everyone can only see Furina's thin figure, seemingly carrying something incomprehensible.

But Clorinde knows that it is the entirety of Fontaine.

Since her birth, Furina has carried all of Fontaine's lies and justice forward as a mortal.

If one asks what obsession is supporting her...

It can only be Fontaine.

"Lady Furina... you don't need anyone's recognition."

"You are already a perfect person beyond doubt, and the most qualified Hydro Archon."

"Keep going, Lady Furina, let the world see your willpower!"

Clorinde gazes at Furina with longing.

From now on, Furina has completed her final shortcoming.

Strength!

Furina, possessing the willpower of a perfect person, combined with the power to suppress the world that she will master after cultivating immortality,

will be the most perfect Hydro Archon in history.

She possesses everything a god should have.

Finally, Furina opens her eyes, gasping for air, and kneels on the ground.

Sweat slides down her cheeks, gathering drop by drop on the ground like a clear spring.

Furina's eyes are vacant, as if her entire willpower has been washed away by the reincarnation of eight lifetimes.

But she still subconsciously tries to stand up, falling again and again, yet firmly crawling toward the ninth layer of the Heart-Questioning Array.

The entire Shushan falls silent.

Everyone can see that Furina has lost her clear consciousness.

All her actions are supported by a powerful obsession.

It is something in her bones that is pushing her forward.

This scene infects everyone.

"Lady Furina..."

A tear slides down the corner of Clorinde's eye, and she says with emotion:

"You are already the best..."

Millions of people outside the field stare blankly at Furina.

Many of them do not know Furina, only feeling that this seemingly thin young girl appears incomparably tall at this moment.

Everyone gives up discussing Shushan's affairs.

"Go for it! Young girl!"

Not knowing who started the shouting, a deafening cheer erupts at the foot of Shushan mountain. ===== CHAPTER 307 =====