"Elder Ling, give me the Time Crystal Core." Qin Hao did not answer Lingxiaozi's question. Instead, he spoke quickly as he strode forward.
"Ah..."
"All right!"
Lingxiaozi suddenly stumbled. Before his mind could catch up, he instinctively reached into the void to retrieve it. A moment later, however, he abruptly came to his senses.
"That won't work, Qin Hao. You haven't passed the assessment, so I can't retrieve... huh!"
Before he could finish, a crystal core shimmering with four-colored light suddenly appeared in Lingxiaozi's hand.
Time flowed around the crystal core in a breathtaking display, with immense currents of the Time Dao coursing through it.
Staring at the Time Crystal Core in his hand, Lingxiaozi was dumbfounded.
"You... you passed?"
"Qin Hao, you passed the assessment?"
Lingxiaozi sucked in a sharp breath and exclaimed in shock.
"Yes." Qin Hao nodded, still striding forward.
"Elder Ling, how do I use the Time Crystal Core?" Qin Hao snatched it from him. Then his figure blurred, and he vanished from the spot.
Inside a room filled with restrictions on the Second Floor of the Nether Demon Palace.
Qin Hao appeared out of thin air.
Still clutching the Time Crystal Core, he hurried downstairs without pausing.
Meanwhile.
In the Azure Li Lord's room.
"Huh!"
The Azure Li Lord opened her eyes, a trace of surprise flashing through them. "Qin Hao is out. Hmm? Why are there such powerful time fluctuations?"
With a thought, the Azure Li Lord instantly extended her awareness over Qin Hao's location, then locked onto the Time Crystal Core in his hand.
"Such powerful time fluctuations. What treasure is that?"
Shock flashed through the Azure Li Lord's eyes. "Where did Qin Hao find a treasure with such immense time fluctuations?"
Even the Azure Li Lord, a Three-Tribulation Peak Lord, could not