Chapter 645: Luring a Crowd to Their Doom

In the time that followed.

Wang Jianqiang did not continue to hunt the creatures in the Assessment Space.

Instead, he sat cross-legged on the spot.

One day later.

His slightly closed eyes opened.

"The time is about right; those examinees should all have obtained a significant amount of Fire Power by now."

A slight arc lifted the corner of his mouth.

His figure hovered into mid-air.

He took out a Jade Bead the size of a dragon's eye and an Array Disk.

The Jade Bead is called a Huan Pearl; it can transform into any object at will, and cultivators below the Spirit Transformation Stage cannot see through it.

The Array Disk is called the Heaven Spirit Array, which possesses the function of gathering Spiritual Power, and its effect is powerful.

However, it has one drawback, which is that the commotion when gathering Spiritual Power is somewhat large.

Yet now, this drawback has become an advantage, becoming the key to Wang Jianqiang choosing this array.

He pointed at the Huan Pearl.

A flash of Spirit Light shone on the Huan Pearl, and it immediately transformed into a Nine-Layer Green Lotus, taking root in the void.

He waved his palm.

Eighty-one beads the size of sesame seeds landed upon the Green Lotus, nine on each layer.

It looked just like eighty-one lotus seeds.

Afterwards.

He activated the Heaven Spirit Array and set it up around the Green Lotus.

In an instant.

An invisible suction force erupted.

The Spiritual Power within a radius of one hundred miles gathered rapidly.

During this process.

Gale winds howled, clouds surged, and the ripples stirred up were shockingly large.

Even if one were a thousand miles away, one could clearly perceive it.

"This is... what astonishing Spiritual Power fluctuations!"

"Could it be that some treasure has been born?"

"An opportunity has appeared in the world..."

With the Heaven Spirit Array as the center.

In this vast area radiating at least a fifteen-hundred-mile radius in all directions.

There were over fifty contestants.

Among the sect's contestants this time, not everyone came for the top ten.

The vast majority of contestants only wanted to win a relatively good result in the Sect Grand Competition.

To let the sect's upper echelons notice them.

They only valued the assessment process; their requirements for the final result were not too harsh.

Although they knew that rushing to the place of opportunity would waste time for collecting Fire Power and affect their final ranking.

But this bit of influence was not important to them.

Therefore.

After perceiving the anomaly in the distance.

The contestants in this area had almost no hesitation.

All of them flew at top speed toward the direction from which the fluctuations came.

Just as everyone was constantly approaching.

Wang Jianqiang had already hidden in a mountain forest in the distance.

He did not wait for too long.

A burst of sound from breaking through the air arrived.

Four figures flew over almost one after another.

Because the Heaven Spirit Array had already been hidden by him using special means, the four of them had no perception of the array in the dark.

The moment they arrived, their gazes fell directly upon the Green Lotus rooted in the void.

Looking at that Nine-Layer Green Lotus with Spirit Light flowing all over its body, rooted in the void.

The eyes of the four people lit up one after another.

There really is a treasure!

Although they could not recognize what this Green Lotus actually was.

But since this object could gather such astonishing Spiritual Power, its value must be extremely astonishing.

The next moment.

The four of them came back to their senses in unison and rushed toward the Green Lotus without hesitation.

All four wanted to swallow the treasure alone, and unsurprisingly, they fought together.

Before the four's fight had a result.

One figure after another kept arriving, joining the scramble one after another.

As time passed.

The number of Cultivators here grew, and it soon escalated into a chaotic melee of over fifty people.

"Everyone stop!"

At one moment.

A voice suddenly rang out.

The person who spoke seemed to have some prestige.

After their words fell, everyone stopped simultaneously, retreating to a safe distance with the Green Lotus as the center.

They watched the people around them vigilantly.

As if they would strike again the moment they sensed something wrong.

"If we continue to fight, perhaps one person will eventually be able to obtain the treasure."

"But the price paid would be too great; rather than that, it would be better to split this item equally."

The person who had called a halt to the fighting spoke again.

Hearing this, the gazes of the crowd flickered one after another.

They were all somewhat tempted.

In this kind of large-scale melee, unless one possessed absolute, overwhelming strength, even being slightly stronger.

Was of no use at all.

No one could be certain they would definitely be able to obtain the treasure alone.

Rather than gambling on that ethereal, elusive luck.

Splitting the treasure.

Was indeed the best method.

Thinking of this.

The crowd nodded and agreed one after another.

"But."

"There is only one Green Lotus? How are we to divide it?"

Just at this moment.

A voice came from the crowd.

The person who first made the proposal smiled, "This Green Lotus has a total of eighty-one lotus seeds, and there are fifty-eight of us present; each person shall take one first."

"The remaining main body of the Green Lotus and the lotus seeds will be sold to the sect after the Grand Competition ends, and then the proceeds will be split equally."

Hearing these words.

The crowd nodded one after another.

As for the person to keep the remaining main body of the Green Lotus and the lotus seeds.

After some discussion among the crowd.

It was finally decided that the person who made the initial proposal would keep them in custody.

As for whether that person would swallow the treasure alone?

The crowd did not have the slightest worry.

With so many people watching, they believed the other party would not dare.

After the agreement was finalized.

The people present stepped forward one after another.

Each person took one lotus seed.

The person who first made the proposal was the last to act, taking the remaining main body of the Green Lotus and all the lotus seeds into their palm.

They first gazed with burning intensity at the miraculous main body of the Green Lotus for a while.

Then they took one lotus seed and examined it carefully.

The next moment.

A look of surprise flashed across their face.

"Huh, there isn't the slightest aura of a Medicinal Herb on this lotus seed."

Hearing their words.

The expressions of the others shifted one after another.

They all took out the lotus seeds they had just obtained and examined them carefully.

Immediately, they all revealed looks of astonishment.

"Huh, it really is."

"As a Medicinal Herb, how could one not be able to sense the aura of a Medicinal Herb?"

"That's right, this is the first time I've encountered such a situation."

Just as everyone was speaking in confusion.

One person suddenly spoke hesitantly, "Could it be that the grade of this item is too high?"

Hearing their words.

The expressions of the crowd shifted, and they all revealed looks of joy.

"It's possible."

"That must be it; if the grade of the Medicinal Herb is too high and the gap between it and us is too large, we naturally cannot see through the true nature of this Medicinal Herb."

"That's right, this Green Lotus clearly isn't simple; the lotus seeds are condensed from the essence of the Green Lotus, so it's normal that we can't see through them."

"That makes sense."

Just as everyone was thinking they had picked up a great treasure and expressions of surprise appeared on their faces.

The lotus seeds in their hands suddenly all exploded at once.

Boom~

Boom~

Boom~

One booming sound after another rang out in succession, almost merging into a single piece.

How could the crowd have possibly foreseen this scene?

They were all caught off guard by the explosions.

The joy on the faces of those figures had not yet had time to fade.

When they were submerged by the violent power of the explosion while completely defenseless.

Especially at the spot where the person chosen by the crowd to keep the Green Lotus on their behalf was standing.

The sound of the explosion was particularly massive.