Yun Luo's words caused everyone's face to change dramatically!
Their gaze turned directly to Liu Yan and Ye Chen.
Descend purple raindrops? Raindrops as powerful as Liu Yan's True Fire raining down from the sky? The test within these medium brightness relic drops, is it really that terrifying?!
In such a scenario, I'm afraid that even the mightiest few, except for Ye Chen, who might have some assurance, no one else would dare to say they are confident in passing the test!
This is what the medium brightness relic drops are like, so very terrifying.
Then, what about the slightly brighter relic drops, or even the brightest relic drops, what kind of challenges would be inside, how terrifying would they be?
The others didn't dare to think further.
At this moment, not only did they not dare to think about the brightest relic drops, but there were probably few who dared to venture into these medium brightness relic drops!
At this time, Liu Yan, whose expression had been somewhat gloomy, stood up.
After being suppressed by Ye Chen, Liu Yan had been somewhat silent. Now, hearing Yun Luo mention that the test inside the medium brightness relic drops was as difficult as his True Fire, many gazes once again gathered on him.
Liu Yan immediately thought of the situation during his bitter fight with Ye Chen.
He also thought of his disheveled appearance when he was completely suppressed, utterly at a disadvantage by Ye Chen.
Thinking of this, how could Liu Yan bear it? He was desperate to prove himself, to prove he had the strength to seize even stronger relics!
So, he stepped forward!
Seeing Liu Yan stand up, everyone looked towards him.
Liu Yan's strength was indeed a bit stronger than Yun Luo's. Whether he could obtain a relic from the medium brightness drop was truly an unknown outcome.
This unknown outcome, of course, everyone was extremely concerned about.
Liu Yan, who had stepped forward, paid no attention to everyone's gaze. His figure moved, and he shot straight into the three to four-meter-long medium brightness relic drop.
One incense stick, two incense sticks, three incense sticks.
After the time of three incense sticks had passed, many people's faces had changed.
"Could Junior Brother Liu Yan be succeeding?"
The disciples of the Flame Sect within the great hall were the first to cry out.
The others were also talking amongst themselves.
It seemed very likely that Liu Yan might be successful!
Just when they thought Liu Yan could really succeed, at that moment, the medium brightness relic drop in the air of the great hall suddenly shook violently. Following that, Liu Yan was ejected out of the relic drop.
Not only was he ejected, but everyone saw Liu Yan spurt out a mouthful of blood as he was thrown out.
Obviously, he was not lightly injured!
This shocked many people's faces greatly.
Liu Yan, with his powerful ability to refine True Fire, had failed, and not only did he fail, but he was also injured and vomiting blood!
"Junior Brother Liu Yan, what happened?" the disciples of the Flame Sect hurriedly surrounded Liu Yan.
But Liu Yan just snorted coldly, not uttering a word, and sat down cross-legged on the spot to heal his injuries.
Liu Yan's reaction made many people even more frustrated.
Clearly, Liu Yan was not willing to reveal anything about the challenges inside the relic drop!
"Both Yun Luo and Liu Yan, two great experts, have failed the middle brightness relic drop challenge. Can we even go in?"
"We only have three chances to choose a relic drop, and if we enter and fail, that's equivalent to losing a relic altogether. After all, if I used this opportunity on the dimmest relic drops, I'm definitely confident of gaining another relic."
"But, the relics inside the medium brightness drops are much more precious than those of the inferior Dan-level relics. It's such a pity to give up!"
Many people struggled with the decision.
For a time, the scene became devoid of people daring to venture into relic drops.
"Ye Chen, since no one else is taking action, should you take on the relic drop challenge first, or should I?"
At that time, Ye Chen in the crowd suddenly heard Fairy Nishang's telepathic message.
He looked at Fairy Nishang and saw her smiling at him.
In the arena, the only ones truly confident in overcoming Liu Yan were Ye Chen and Fairy Nishang, and, of course, Jiang Yao could have a certain assurance if she fully unleashed the power of her flying sword.
Fairy Nishang was unaware of Jiang Yao's flying sword technique; therefore, she was inquiring to Ye Chen.
Since no one else made a move, if Ye Chen didn't either, Fairy Nishang had plans to try her luck with the artifact droplet of intermediate brightness.
Although Yun Luo and Liu Yan had both failed, Fairy Nishang still had a certain chance of success and could obtain the artifact from the droplet of intermediate brightness!
She wasn't so sure about the brightest droplet, but as a Half-step Practitioner who had cultivated for hundreds of years, she felt fairly confident about her odds with the one of intermediate brightness.
Hearing Fairy Nishang's telepathic message, Ye Chen smiled at her and then glanced at Jiang Yao beside him.
"Let me try first," Ye Chen whispered to Jiang Yao. "I'll figure out what's going on inside these droplets!"
"Okay," Jiang Yao nodded her little head, "Ye Chen, be careful. Don't get hurt."
"Don't worry," Ye Chen tousled Jiang Yao's little head and then stepped out from the crowd.
Seeing Ye Chen come forward, everyone became excited.
This was the man who could overpower Liu Yan, the man who feared not even True Fire!
If he were to attempt the droplet of intermediate brightness, of course, he had the best chance of obtaining the artifact within!
If even Ye Chen failed, then perhaps none of them needed to bother with the artifact droplets of intermediate brightness, and they might as well use all three chances to attempt the easiest artifact droplet instead!
After all, if even Ye Chen couldn't pass the test, they stood even less of a chance!
The uproar caused by Ye Chen standing out even made Liu Yan, who was meditating to heal, open his eyes.
His gaze fixated on Ye Chen.
Despite being defeated by Ye Chen and sinking into deep dejection, Liu Yan had to admit to himself that Ye Chen was indeed stronger than him.
He too wanted to see whether Ye Chen could get through the droplet of intermediate brightness and obtain the artifact within!
Not only Liu Yan but the defeated Yun Luo also looked towards Ye Chen.
"Ye Chen, you have to do your best. If you snatch a mid-grade Xuan Dan-level artifact from the droplet of intermediate brightness, I will certainly try again!"
"I still have something I haven't used yet. If the artifact's value is great enough, I will use it!" thought Yun Luo as he looked at Ye Chen.
Fairy Nishang, Liu Yan, Yun Luo, and of course Jiang Yao, who cared about Ye Chen the most, all turned their eyes towards him, not to mention the others, whose gazes had long since been fixed on him.
Everyone wanted to see whether Ye Chen could make it through the artifact droplet of intermediate brightness!
Just then, Ye Chen's figure moved, rocketing towards the artifact droplets hanging in the air of the great hall.
This rush caused a sensation throughout the venue.
Because everyone noticed that the artifact droplet Ye Chen was heading towards wasn't one of intermediate brightness. It wasn't just that he hadn't chosen an artifact droplet of intermediate brightness, he hadn't even chosen one with a brightness only slightly greater than intermediate.
Ye Chen was actually heading for the single brightest of the thirty artifact droplets in the great hall's airspace!
That droplet, more than four meters long, was the darkest and yet had the most violently flickering exterior light—it was the black droplet!
Ye Chen was actually challenging the brightest droplet!
"Ye Chen... Ye Chen he..."
Many were so shocked that they couldn't even finish a complete sentence.
After Liu Yan and Yun Luo had both failed to challenge the droplets of intermediate brightness, Ye Chen had audaciously bypassed so many formidable droplets and chosen the brightest one, the most difficult artifact droplet!
Was he vying for the most precious artifact?!
"Ye Chen, you're too... too incredible!"
"I don't even dare to contemplate that brightest droplet, and yet you went straight for it!"
"Success or failure aside, just the courage you've shown has earned my admiration!"
Fairy Nishang smiled and nodded her head.
Indeed, as she had said before, when she sent her telepathic message to Ye Chen, she herself was planning to challenge the droplet of intermediate brightness. She thought Ye Chen would share the same thought.
But Ye Chen's choice had completely taken her by surprise!
Ye Chen's willingness to risk losing an artifact in an attempt on the most challenging droplet greatly impressed Fairy Nishang!
"It's impossible for you to succeed, Ye Chen, you absolutely can't!"
"I failed with the artifact droplet of intermediate brightness, there's no way you can surpass me by so much!"
At that moment, even Liu Yan, who couldn't believe what was happening, rose from his meditative pose, his eyes completely focused on Ye Chen, watching his figure as he flew towards the brightest droplet.
Even Jiang Yao, who trusted Ye Chen immensely, had her delicate little face tense up with concern.
In the midst of everyone's worrying or astonished gazes, whether it was Jiang Yao, Fairy Nishang, Liu Yan, Yun Luo, or the rest of the people in the hall, Ye Chen finally flew into the artifact droplet.
He finally entered that brightest of artifact droplets!