Chapter 387

"The Shadow Courtyard is a very special place in You Palace. Mentors guard it daily. Only with the permission of the guarding mentor can the portal to enter the Shadow Courtyard be opened."

"We'll just wait a moment. Once someone approaches the Shadow Courtyard, the guarding mentor will receive the news."

As the words fell, two figures approached from far to near, and finally stopped in front of Lu Li and Yan Yuexin.

"Mentor Wang Haoqi, Mentor Bai Yiran, hello." As a student of You Palace, Yan Yuexin naturally recognized the newcomers, especially since they were the rarest Sovereign Realm mentors.

Sovereign Realm?

Looking at the two in front of him, a trace of wonder flashed in Lu Li's eyes. It seems that You Palace's emphasis on the Shadow Courtyard exceeds his imagination. He didn't expect that two Sovereign Realm experts would be arranged to guard it.

But in this way, Lu Li is even more looking forward to the Shadow Courtyard trip next. Perhaps this Shadow Courtyard trip will allow him to get unexpected gains.

"Yuexin girl, why did you run here?" Because they were at the scene not long ago, whether it was Wang Haoqi or Bai Yiran, neither of them had too much surprise about the intimate actions between Lu Li and Yan Yuexin.

Of course, the two were also very curious about how Yan Yuexin and Lu Li got together. Mentors also possess gossip.

"Two mentors, I brought Lu Li to enter the Shadow Courtyard to accept the test of the Shadow Spirit." In front of outsiders, Yan Yuexin still performed relatively generously. After all, she came from a big family like the Yan family. In this regard, Yan Yuexin had nothing to pick on.

"If it's you, then naturally there is no problem, but if I remember correctly, little brother Lu Li should be a student of Tianfu," Wang Haoqi and Bai Yiran looked at each other and frowned: "Yuexin girl, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

It wasn't that Wang Haoqi and Bai Yiran didn't believe Yan Yuexin; they had also contacted the young lady several times and knew the opponent's character.

But they had stayed in You Palace for such a long time and had never seen or heard of the Shadow Courtyard being open to people outside You Palace, especially since the opponent was also a student of Tianfu, one of the four great academies.

"No mistake," Yan Yuexin shook her head: "Regarding this point, the Principal is also clear. If the two mentors have doubts, you can ask the Principal."

The young lady naturally understood the thoughts of the two mentors, but she wasn't annoyed. The opponent was just acting according to the rules. If she were in the opponent's position, without understanding the inside story, she wouldn't dare to let outsiders enter the Shadow Courtyard at will.

Even if it was her bringing someone over.

"Since that's the case, then you wait a moment," looking at each other again, Bai Yiran contacted Lan Xiatong.

"That's right, it was indeed me who let Yuexin bring Lu Li over, and the arrangement for Lu Li to enter the Shadow Courtyard was also arranged by me personally half a year ago." Lan Xiatong confirmed the authenticity of what Yan Yuexin said.

However, this also made a trace of surprise flash in Wang Haoqi and Bai Yiran's hearts. They didn't expect that this was an arrangement the opponent had promised Lu Li half a year ago.

"Since the Principal confirmed it personally, then next, I will open the portal to enter the Shadow Courtyard, but before that, I want to remind you again about the rules in the Shadow Courtyard." Wang Haoqi spent some time explaining the precautions regarding the Shadow Courtyard.

The specifics were about the same as what Yan Yuexin said, but more detailed.

After that, he and Bai Yiran opened the portal to enter the Shadow Courtyard.

728. Artificial Intelligence AI · Mythical

"This is the Shadow Courtyard? It feels like there is nothing special." What appeared in front of Lu Li was a very common courtyard, full of desolation, seemingly carrying some mystery.

But besides that, there was nothing else in the Shadow Courtyard. Anyway, after Lu Li's mental power swept over, he didn't find the existence of any other aura.

There are only two explanations for such a situation: either there is really no other life here besides himself, or there is no existence that can be called life.

And the second point is that there exists an existence here whose strength is much stronger than his own. Only in this way could his high-tier Sovereign Realm mental power not detect the opponent's existence.

But soon, Lu Li felt an invisible energy sweep over himself, and as time extended, the intensity of this scanning energy was also continuously increasing.

Regarding this, Lu Li didn't have too many thoughts, just stood here quietly waiting, while mobilizing his own magic power to resist this energy.

Such a situation, before coming in, Yan Yuexin and Wang Haoqi had already reminded him; this is something every person who enters the Shadow Courtyard needs to face.

This process is a preliminary test of the strength of the Magic Card master entering the Shadow Courtyard by the Shadow Spirit clan.

And what the Magic Card master needs to do is to mobilize their own magic power to continuously resist and offset this energy.

Finally, the Shadow Spirit clan of the Shadow Courtyard will give options for the difficulty suitable for the Magic Card master to conduct trials based on the results tested.

Therefore, it is not that you can choose whatever difficulty you want. If someone's positioning of their own strength is not clear enough and they choose a difficulty that exceeds their own, it is no different from sending it for free.

Of course, options with too low difficulty will be directly rejected by the Shadow Spirit clan. After all, trials with too low difficulty, even if passed, have no great significance in gains.

"This mechanism is full of intelligent feeling. Could it be that this so-called Shadow Spirit clan is actually an existence like artificial intelligence AI..."

Silently mobilizing the magic power in his body to resist the energy scanning on his body, Lu Li recalled the information about the Shadow Spirit clan he further understood from Wang Haoqi and Bai Yiran.

This made him couldn't help but guess that the Shadow Spirit clan is actually an existence like artificial intelligence AI.

It's a pity that the Shadow Spirit clan didn't show up, so although Lu Li was curious, he had no way to know if his guess was correct.

Time passed, the intensity of the scanning energy continuously increased, and correspondingly, the consumption speed of the magic power in Lu Li's body was also continuously increasing.

However, Lu Li's expression still didn't have too much change. This magic power consumption might be enough to squeeze dry other Emperor Realm Magic Card masters, but for Lu Li, it didn't count for much.

With a thought, he linked to the Eternal Sun, and the backup magic power energy poured in instantly, continuously supplementing the magic power Lu Li consumed. In fact, at this moment, the speed of magic power recovery was even faster than the speed of consumption.

He really wanted to see how long the energy scanning himself could last, and whether it could squeeze dry him who was linked to the Eternal Sun.

Moreover, while linking to the Eternal Sun, Lu Li also checked Xihe's situation. The opponent was still in a sleeping state, and it would take some time to fully wake up.

But even so, compared to the beginning, Xihe had recovered quite a bit.

As for Tiamat and Celestin, Lu Li planned to check the changes of the two young ladies after leaving the Shadow Courtyard.

He had a feeling that the two young ladies who obtained the faith divinity would bring him unexpected surprises.

Another unknown amount of time passed. Even Lu Li didn't know how much magic power he had consumed.

Until a certain moment, the energy that was continuously resisting his own magic power suddenly disappeared, and Lu Li only felt his body instantly become relaxed.

"Is it over? But the amount of magic power consumed is indeed outrageous enough." Such a change naturally didn't escape Lu Li's perception, but for the amount of magic power consumed during this period, even he felt a bit strenuous, let alone others.

"I don't know what kind of difficulty will come out next?" Because he was still linked to the Eternal Sun, the magic power in Lu Li's body was still in a full state, but the test ended, and he also stopped extracting the magic power of the Eternal Sun.

【Test passed, Shadow Courtyard difficulty drawing!】

【Final drawn difficulty—Mythical! There will be five minutes of preparation time next, please be ready at any time.】

A line of text emitting bright golden luster emerged in the air, and Lu Li, who was waiting for the next development, couldn't help but be attracted.

"Mythical level difficulty?" Looking at the gradually dissipating text, a smile flashed on Lu Li's face: "It seems that insisting for such a long time just now was still rewarding."

He was interested in Mythical level difficulty from the beginning, so this could be considered fulfilling his previous wish.

"It seems it's been a long time, hasn't it started yet?" Outside the Shadow Courtyard, in the Shadow Realm, Wang Haoqi looked at the light screen in front of him, a trace of doubt flowing in his eyes.

As the guarding mentor of the Shadow Courtyard, although they couldn't directly see the process of the participant accepting the test inside the Shadow Courtyard, they could know what kind of difficulty the participant was accepting through the light screen in the Shadow Realm.

It's just that, it had been a long time since Lu Li entered the Shadow Courtyard, but until now, the light screen still hadn't reflected the difficulty of the test Lu Li was accepting.

If it were in the past, the test difficulty would have been displayed long ago. Unlike now, it had been such a long time, but the light screen didn't have any ripples.

"Lu Li is so special, maybe this time the difficulty of the test will also be very special," compared to Wang Haoqi, Bai Yiran appeared very calm, and even made a joke: "Maybe it will be a test of Legendary difficulty, which is even harder than Yue girl's."

Although it seemed like a joke, everyone present felt that there was indeed this possibility. After all, holding a Super-tier sequence Magic Card spirit in the early Emperor Realm, this was indeed the first time they had seen such a Magic Card master.

However, as soon as Bai Yiran's words fell, the light screen in front of the three people spread a ripple, and then two characters appeared on it.

Instantly, everyone's eyes shrank fiercely.

729. I think you're just making things difficult for me, Fatty!

Mythical!

There were only two words displayed on the light screen: Mythical. But it was these two words that directly stunned everyone present.

No matter who it was, no one expected that the trial Lu Li accepted would be of Mythical difficulty.

"Mythical difficulty; for so many years, this is the first time I've encountered this level of difficulty," Bai Yiran muttered to herself.

Even before, she only guessed that Lu Li would accept a Legendary difficulty trial. After all, as one of the personnel who had also entered the Shadow Courtyard and accepted the trials within, Bai Yiran is very clear that the difficulty increase of each level in the Shadow Courtyard has a huge span.

Especially the final Mythical difficulty, which exceeds several levels all at once.

"Yuexin, girl, what kind of monster is this boyfriend of yours? Tsk tsk," saying this, Bai Yiran looked toward Yan Yuexin. Accepting the Mythical difficulty trial of the Shadow Courtyard really makes one want to see what kind of development will happen inside.

Unfortunately, the light screen only displays the difficulty accepted by the receiver and will not show the images inside, otherwise, they would be able to see to what extent the difficulty of the Mythical trial reaches.

After all, although they know that Mythical difficulty is several levels higher than other difficulties, no one is clear about the specifics.

"Regarding this point, I can't answer you either, Sister Yiran," Yan Yuexin spread her hands, indicating that she had no way to answer the opponent.

However, she raised both hands in agreement that Lu Li is a monster, because she also thinks so.

Even after experiencing the previous events, Yan Yuexin feels that even a monster would find it difficult to reach Lu Li's level.

"Don't talk so much for now; contact the Palace Master first," Wang Haoqi interrupted the conversation between the two: "Mythical difficulty is no longer something we can handle."

Although there is no life danger in the trials within the Shadow Courtyard, this is Mythical difficulty, and they have all encountered it for the first time.

And in the Magic Card civilization, as long as it involves things related to Mythical, it represents mystery and the unknown.

Therefore, no matter what, reporting this matter to Lan Xiatong is the optimal choice.

Regarding this, neither Yan Yuexin nor Bai Yiran opposed Wang Haoqi's approach; in their view, it is indeed better to report it.

"This kid, he won't let me have peace after coming back, right?" Soon, Lan Xiatong, who received Wang Haoqi's message, arrived at the Shadow Realm.

Hearing Lan Xiatong's complaints, the gazes of Wang Haoqi and Bai Yiran were very subtle, while Yan Yuexin had an embarrassed look on her face.

Not long ago, when Lu Li summoned Leviamon X, it had already caused a commotion in the You Palace; Lan Xiatong had already appeared once at that time.

And now, the time between the two events is estimated to be less than half an hour, and Lan Xiatong was alarmed for the second time. She wanted to handle the matters left behind after her departure properly, but she was interrupted twice in a row.