In the square, the matches of the final four had also ended.
Several figures darted rapidly through the air. A continuous canopy of light faintly rippled overhead, gleaming with five-colored spiritual radiance.
It stretched across more than a hundred miles.
This was the fifth-grade Five-Colored Spiritual Light Defense Formation of the Nine Heavens Sword Academy.
Not to mention withstanding a Golden Core Tribulation—even a Nascent Soul tribulation would pose no problem.
Of course, the Five-Colored Magic Array could be adjusted at any time according to the attributes of the person undergoing the tribulation.
"Is someone about to undergo a lightning tribulation?"
"Who could it be? Choosing to undergo a lightning tribulation at a time like this?"
"Exactly! The main academy competition tomorrow is the real highlight!"
"Couldn't they choose somewhere else to undergo their tribulation?"
"Who has such influence that the sword academy would set up a tribulation ground for them at a time like this?"
With the appearance of the Five-Colored Magic Array, the cultivators present realized that someone within the sword academy was preparing to undergo a lightning tribulation.
They could not help crying out and discussing it among themselves.
After all, lightning tribulations lasted as little as a day and as long as more than ten days.
If someone underwent a tribulation now, tomorrow's competition definitely could not proceed.
"I just received word that the one undergoing the lightning tribulation this time is actually Zhou Ling of the Nine Heavens Sword Academy in Qingyun Immortal City!"
"Zhou Ling? How is that possible?"
"He only went through a fierce battle this morning. How could he be undergoing a lightning tribulation now?"
"That's simply inconceivable!"
"No wonder the sword academy arranged the Five-Colored Magic Array like this. So it's Zhou Ling."
"With Zhou Ling's strength, he truly deserves such