Chapter 576: Chapter 576: Those who can be specifically tied up are usually formidable characters

“Let me see.”

Elysia Xander pushed the person aside and stepped forward, looking at the array on the door. She frowned.

The Five Elements Heavenly Array was a commonly used defensive formation in the Mystical Sect. It wasn’t difficult to dismantle if you patiently follow the logic of the five elements’ mutual incompatibility.

But the array in front of her, while resembling the Five Elements Heavenly Array, had obviously been altered by human hands, with some of the patterns already deviating from the track of the five elements.

“It must be the students from Sea City! It’s certainly their mentors who taught them.”

They had long heard that the principal of the Sea City Taoist Academy was unconventional, but they hadn’t expected them to dare to casually alter the formations inherited from their ancestors.

“Can it be dismantled?” Elysia Xander asked.

The senior brother in charge of breaking the array had studied it carefully and said, “It can be dismantled, but it will take some time.”

After all, being selected by the academy as a representative meant he really had skills.

But, as mentioned, it takes time.

At least, more than an hour.

But the set time was only eight hours, which was only four hours.

If they spent too much time here, even if they successfully passed the test in the end, they wouldn’t get a good ranking.

No one among them would allow it.

Elysia Xander especially wouldn’t allow it.

Since Gregory Xander left the Xander Family for Sea City, this was their first direct confrontation.

Just a moment ago, she had been humiliated by paper dolls left by the other party, an act she couldn’t accept. Now, how could she accept being stopped by an array?

“Everyone, step aside.”

With a cold voice, Elysia Xander stepped back a little, took a red talisman from her bag.

The eyes of those nearby lit up, even the students outside the picture from Capital Metropolitan couldn’t help but widen their eyes.

“That’s a Fire Thunder Talisman!”

The Fire Thunder Talisman was a high-level talisman that ordinary masters couldn’t draw without certain spiritual power, and even the mentors of the Taoism Academy hadn’t taught it.

This time, there was a rule that only self-drawn talismans could be brought to the competition, and mentors checked the spiritual power on the talismans before entering the building.

So the Fire Thunder Talisman in Elysia Xander’s hand was drawn by herself, and the person who taught her to draw it could have been none other than the family head of the Xander Family.

“Elysia Xander, worthy of being personally fostered by the Xander Family head. Her talent perhaps even surpasses that of Gregory Xander from the Xander Family.”

“With such a rival, no wonder Gregory Xander went to Sea City.”

While whispering here, the image showed Elysia Xander starting to activate the Fire Thunder Talisman.

“…Heaven and Earth Fire, Myriad Techniques Burn, Great Three Immortals, with my holy direction, aiding Emperor North above, descending the Nine Provinces below, using the talisman as proof, using energy as lure… Imperial decree, burn across the four directions!”

With her final recitation, she quickly threw out the Fire Thunder Talisman.

The talisman paper landed on the formation, instantly transforming into a tongue of fire, fiercely striking the array on the door.

With the sound of crackling, everyone stepped back in unison.

Before long, the rune of the array temporarily repaired by Scarlett Jennings seemed to melt bit by bit with the fire tongue, the barrier array cracking little by little.

With a loud bang, the barrier array completely shattered.

The huge commotion even reached Scarlett Jennings and her folks upstairs distinctly.

Gregory Xander initially guessed something, his face instantly becoming somewhat unpleasant.

Scarlett Jennings gave him a glance, without speaking, indicating to follow.

Here, the two groups upstairs quickly moved upwards. Downstairs, those from North City finally under the guidance of Immortal Family found a way out of the Mirror Genesis Array.

Arriving at the hall, they swiftly headed upstairs.

The only remaining Spritelife Group… they were still trapped in the Mirror Array.

“What kind of broken place is this, leaving the corridor and passing through the hall only to end up in another corridor? Is the Mystical Sect messing with us?”

“I’m fed up; we’ve been walking for so long, I’m gonna smash this wall!”

“I said no smashing! Just because there are violent demons like you, humans always think demons lack brains.”

“Who are you calling brainless?!”

“Who smashes the wall says who!”

Seeing the two little demons getting into a heated argument, the leader, a rather stern young man finally spoke,

“Shut up! Have you forgotten why we’re here this time?!”

This one line made the little demons quiet again.

They dared not forget, being chosen to participate in the academy contest, they were here with a “task.”

The head of the Mystic Regulation Office personally ordered that if they couldn’t win the contest, not only would they be punished, but their family elders would also face repercussions.

They must win!

They absolutely couldn’t let those humans look down on them.

At that moment, some faint sounds came from upstairs. Accompanied by traces of Fire Thunder aura entering the little demons’ nostrils.

The stern young one simply released some demon energy, capturing that thread of Fire Thunder aura. After a long while, the group finally stepped out of the Mirror Array.

Time ticked by.

When Scarlett Jennings and her group arrived at the room on the sixth floor where the bottles were placed, two and a half hours had already passed.

Following the traces, they finally found the four bottles placed on the sixth floor.

At the sight of the bottles, they were somewhat surprised.

“Is this… the Ghost Bottle?”

Though they knew the bottles prepared by the academy wouldn’t be ordinary, none of them anticipated that the academy had specially prepared ghost bottles.

The Ghost Bottle, as the name suggests, is a bottle specifically designed to hold ghosts.

But unlike general bottles holding ghosts, the Ghost Bottle contains evil ghosts.

The four bottles before them were made of special glass, allowing them to clearly see the tiny figures inside surrounded by resentful aura.

Due to the talisman paper sealing the bottles, the resentful aura wouldn’t leak a bit, but still, from the bottle, one could sense the intense cold energy.

Ashton Todd and Stella Gibson timidly retreated behind Nathan White.

Neither of them were skilled in capturing ghosts, keeping them from getting too close.

Nathan White: …

It was the Immortal White, also not skilled at this.

So, he shuffled a bit, taking the two youngsters behind him to hide behind Gregory Xander and Scarlett Jennings.

Evan Anson, as the senior sister, at least kept her composure a bit better, now looking towards Scarlett Jennings,

“Four bottles, we might as well choose one to take away.”

Having seen Scarlett Jennings’ ability along the way, Evan Anson had gradually accepted Scarlett leading the team.

Scarlett Jennings’ gaze swept over the evil ghosts in the four Ghost Bottles, suddenly behind her, Ashton Todd poked his head out, pointing at the rightmost bottle,

“The one on the right, that ghost seems quite obedient.”

Everyone looked over, compared to the three evil ghosts raging with resentful energy in the bottles, the rightmost Ghost Bottle contained a little boy, huddled motionlessly.

The little boy appeared very well-behaved, if you ignored the black ghost energy he emitted, he would indeed seem like a pitiful little one trapped in a bottle.

Scarlett Jennings looked at the little boy in the bottle for a moment, then turned to Ashton Todd,

“Have you ever heard of this saying?”

“What?”

“Those specifically bound are usually formidable characters.”

Being locked within a Ghost Bottle and placed alongside other evil ghosts indicated it was unlikely a benign character.

Ashton Todd: …

Alright.

He was about to retract his previous remark when Scarlett Jennings unexpectedly reached out and took the Ghost Bottle containing the little boy directly from the shelf.

The group was momentarily stunned.

Scarlett Jennings said,

“But I’m not afraid.”