The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

The second challenge is to break the formation, which requires that brute force must not be used to break it.

A formation master must not only know how to create formations, but also how to break them.

After the first round of screening, there were more than 500 people who qualified for Grade A.

The group gathered in the arena, and a moment later, they were teleported into the competition area by a teleportation array.

Lin Du opened his eyes and found himself surrounded by utter darkness.

When the divine sense spread out, it was found that there was a clear barrier, confirming that there was an array that isolated the divine sense.

Lin Du did not move around on his own, but stayed in place, testing whether there was any sign of life.

She held her breath; it was very quiet in the enclosed space.

The water mirror outside the venue displayed images of all the contestants, each frame suspended in the air.

"Lin Du was really unlucky to be teleported here. His luck is terrible. It turned out to be a dead end of a complex formation."

"In a way, this is also a kind of defying the heavens."

"But isn't that a bit unfair to people with bad luck?"

"You know what, sometimes setting up an array also depends on luck. There was this unlucky guy before, whose array stones and diagrams were exactly the same as others, but the connection was wrong."

"So it's not exactly unfair."

Most of those present were either formation masters or people who had studied formations, so they could naturally see the danger of the formation.

To break the formation, you must first measure the entire formation, or at least the formation from your own angle. This will help you determine what kind of formation you are in, where the real life gate is, and then break the formation from the life gate.

Lin Du's starting position was a dead end with a superimposed closed formation, and he couldn't use brute force. Breaking the formation unscathed was almost impossible.

Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads. The ranking for this second trial was based on the time it took to break through the formation. Even if Lin Du managed to get out this time, he probably wouldn't be able to rank high.

Lin Du took out the array plate but didn't move it. He then probed the different powers and intensities at the location.

It seems we can't break through this situation using conventional methods.

Lin Du sighed, raised his hand and threw out an insulating stone with no attributes. However, the stone was twisted and crushed the instant it approached the precipice.

It can even be quite lethal.

Lin Du stood still, rapidly calculating in his divine sense.

The exact area of ​​the array is unknown, but the power range, spiritual energy intensity, and death line area at the Death Gate are known. The superimposed closed array is a nested structure, a complex array, mainly for trapping.

She rapidly calculated in her mind whether she could simultaneously break through the nested sub-arrays and reverse the Death Gate, thus breaking through the true outer array.

The spectators outside the arena couldn't help but sigh with regret when they saw the white-haired monk standing there with his eyes lowered.

"There's no other way; after trying, we can only stand still?"

"Don't even mention that the sub-arrays of this formation are airtight; even if we went in, we wouldn't be able to break it, would we?"

"Heavenly grade! This formation is definitely heavenly grade!"

"I'm afraid the disciple of this sect leader will perish here."

"How old are they this year? Even if they participate next time, they'll still be considered promising young talents among us. Maybe this time it's just about participation and showing off."

"Indeed, those who get the top rank in the first round are already qualified to enter the Array Master Alliance and obtain the Xuan-grade Array Master badge, right?"

"Hey, a fifty-year-old Xuan-level expert is someone only his master can compete with. We wouldn't even dare to participate at this age."

"A hundred years old is the norm for a Yellow-Rank Array Master, okay?" One person said, arms crossed. "There are only so many people at the very top. A Yellow-Rank Array Master is already guaranteed a life of wealth, comfort, and respect."

A brief silence fell over the crowd, often overlooking Lin Du's age because of her outstanding achievements.

Just then, a person appeared in the arena, the young man who had ranked second in the first round.

After the cultivator came out, he looked back at the water mirror and accurately located Lin Du's position. He couldn't help but shake his head, "If we break the sub-array first, we will also trigger the death gate. The main array can only be broken in the instant after the sub-array is broken."

"You make it sound so simple," a nearby cultivator couldn't help but say, "but with such a short time, how could it be possible to break the formation and teleport instantly?"

The young man turned around and smiled gently. "Each array takes time to trigger, and there will always be a location where the power arrives the slowest. If I were her, I would definitely test that location and time, prepare the Heaven-Opening Array in advance, and then activate it the moment it breaks open."

The Heaven-Opening Array was an array that no one had ever heard of before. Everyone was silent for a moment. In fact, array masters rely not only on comprehension but also on resources.

Formation books are rare on the market and extremely expensive. Unless you are in a good sect and have access to them, you can only find them by chance or by earning enough money before buying them.

It seems this young man is a disciple of a powerful, reclusive figure, and must possess abundant resources, or perhaps he has had some extraordinary encounters.

Seeing the various expressions on everyone's faces, the young man calmly said, "If you are not strong enough or do not know about this formation, you can set up a defensive formation in advance. At least you can hold out for a while. Then, you can quickly use your divine sense to estimate the type of the formation and then break it. That is also a way."

It's a bit complicated, and the defensive formation also needs to be precisely calculated. The power flow of the Death Gate cannot be triggered during the formation's setup. It's like having to break the formation and activate the formation simultaneously in an instant.

Breaking the formation would take even longer, and would be an extra test of the formation master's precision, reaction speed, and spiritual strength.

No matter how you look at it, it's extremely difficult.

Just as the young man was speaking, the person in the water mirror moved.

Lin Du raised his hand, and dozens of short blades suddenly appeared around him. The array masters could see clearly that the short blades were made of array stones and the power on them seemed to be controlled by array formations, and their strength and size could be controlled by divine sense.

Most array masters have their own methods for dealing with array stones, but Lin Du's short blade is a bit special.

In an instant, the dozens of short blades coalesced into a shape incomprehensible to the onlookers. Then, thirteen of the short blades quickly linked together to form an array pattern. Before the array pattern could break through the nested, closed formation, the remaining forty-nine short blades also swiftly connected to form a shape.

Almost the instant the sealed formation was broken, the array patterns connecting the forty-nine short blades completely formed a closed loop.

The moment the light shone in, two intricate array patterns, one black and one white, formed around the blue-robed cultivator. The man, dressed in blue with white hair, had one half of his face in shadow, brooding and calm, while the other half was illuminated by the light, making him appear almost saintly.

The cultivator raised his eyes, his gray eyes filled with a chilling light. His lips, which were taut with seriousness, curled up slightly, revealing a stern sarcasm. Then, he lifted his foot and easily stepped out of the formation, appearing in the arena in an instant.

"What is that?"

"It's... a ghostly illusion formed by reversing Yin and Yang, an inverted formation!"

"That's right! It's like instantly transforming the entire formation into a ghostly illusion, a complete reversal. The Gate of Death becomes the Gate of Life, and Lin Du can escape!"

"In an instant, she used her divine sense to form three arrays! She controlled three arrays, each differing by only a breath at most, and only half a breath at least! Even the timing was perfect!"

"Extremely brilliant!!"

The group of cultivators were dumbfounded, and then they couldn't help but admire them.

What terrifying strength and precision of divine sense this is.

And how exactly did they come up with this idea? Is this even a human being capable of doing?

Before the young man's words had completely faded away, he looked at Lin Du, who had just appeared on the stage. Lin Du was dressed in a blue robe, indifferent and composed. His gray eyes were like a mirror in the sunlight, allowing people to see their own reflection but not their inner thoughts.

He smiled and praised sincerely, "As expected, heroes emerge from among the young. It seems this competition isn't as unchallenging as I imagined."

Lin Du glanced at it indifferently, "This time I'm slightly inferior."

That's true, but to most people, it sounds like a somewhat aggrieved situation.

Judging by Lin Du's ability to break the formation, it seems that he was only relegated to a subordinate position because of bad luck.

Han Yueling struggled to climb out, complaining softly, "Your luck is really bad. Other people's formations aren't this complicated."

The teleportation array set up by the Array Masters Alliance could not possibly be anything less than precise; the only reason for this was that Lin Du drew the most difficult one.

Lin Du kneaded a dough ball. "It's not important, as long as we pass the second round."

Chu Guanmeng grumbled, but let her stroke her fur as she pleased.