Young Talents Competition (10)

Purple Pole Palace excelled most at Tribulation Dao heavenly lightning; naturally, the protective grand formation for the Young Talents Competition included it as well.

It was only meant to punish violators, and ordinarily it was not lethal. Even if it did kill someone, it would surely be due to some special circumstance—for instance, if a guardian demon beast suddenly went berserk and began a slaughter. To ensure the competition could continue, a single protective heavenly lightning bolt could solve the problem.

But all of this had to be arranged by Purple Pole Palace personnel.

Since when could competing disciples control it?

In that instant, Silver Star Arhat was completely baffled.

Why? Why could Ning Ye invoke the tribulation lightning of the protective grand formation?

Immortal Venerable Miaozhi beside him had caught a hint of what was going on. "Good lad. No wonder he made all those arrangements when he took the Wuhuan Pearl. So this is where it comes into play."

The Wuhuan Pearl was also one of the ten great divine artifacts, though Ning Ye had obtained it earlier.

The pearl was not guarded by a demon beast, but by a formation. The formation had little offensive power, but once triggered, it would teleport the intruder away and immediately deem them defeated.

Ning Ye was skilled in formations and easily removed the Wuhuan Pearl from the grand formation. Yet afterward, he had remained in the formation for a while, using illusions to leave behind a fake Wuhuan Pearl. At the time, everyone thought Ning Ye was deliberately trying to screw people over, making his other rivals continue attempting to claim a place where the treasure was already gone.

But only Immortal Venerable Miaozhi had seen at the time that this was not Ning Ye's aim. He was merely concealing