120 Hz!

Clearly, he had reached the limit of what he could endure and could no longer control the increasingly powerful refining force.

After the scream, his body went limp. He passed out and slumped sideways off the lotus platform.

The Elf Officer who had been concealed in the nearby void, standing guard, appeared in an instant.

With a beckoning motion, a gentle force lifted the unconscious Prodigy from the lotus platform and carried him to a safe spot by the shore to recover.

His refinement had ended early.

Time continued its merciless march forward.

The silence by the pool was repeatedly broken by similar cries of pain and muffled groans. One Prodigy after another reached their limit, passed out, and was taken away by the Elf Officer.

No one gave up voluntarily. Only when their minds reached the breaking point and they lost consciousness were they forced to forfeit this rare opportunity.

Every Prodigy taken away still wore an expression of pain and unwillingness on their face.

Qin Yan's mind was now completely filled with silver starlight, as though it had transformed into a dazzling silver sun.

The searing pain clung to him like a disease in the bone, everywhere at once, testing the limits of his will.

Just as Qin Yan felt that his consciousness was about to be swallowed up and assimilated by the boundless silver radiance and agony—

"BOOM!!!"

Deep within his mind, an invisible barrier seemed to be violently shattered by a surging torrent of energy!

An indescribable sense of coolness, clarity, and control instantly swept through his entire consciousness!

The agony receded like the tide, replaced by an unprecedented sense of clarity and power.

Qin Yan "saw."

His eyes were clearly shut, yet his surroundings appeared distinctly within his "perception" in an entirely different way.

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