The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 172- The First Trial

Chapter 172: Chapter 172- The First Trial

Abdu stood up on Sol’s head and spread out his Soul Energy. His eyes showed a serious look in them as he said.

"I actually can’t sense them, are you sure there are Formation Arrays here?"

"I’m sure Little Abdu."

Sol said and his eyes gained a dark ghostly glow in them. He then glanced at the black tiled ground surrounding the Main Palace.

Immediately, numerous Formation Arrays appeared in his vision, not ’Formations,’ but ’Formation Arrays,’ which were Formations linked together to create a larger more powerful Formation. Many of them were carved on the ground but some were embedded into the fabric of space and were thus hovering above the ground.

Sol’s gaze lifted up so he could look at the Palace, and he was shocked.

"They even cover the entire Palace. Those intricate carvings aren’t just for decorations."

"You can see them, Brother Sol?"

Mar-Dule asked in slight surprise.

"I was only able to know they existed because I faintly sensed danger the moment I went to step foot in that area."

Sol was impressed by Mar-Dule’s instincts. He was able to sense them because he recognized the usage of Su Moon’s overlapping and linking of these Formation Arrays. But Mar-Dule’s instincts allowed him to sense them at the same time as him.

That was so accurate it was boardering on foresight.

"Everyone, don’t resist."

Cheong-San suddenly said as he sent out his Soul Energy.

With a thought from him, his Soul Energy made its way over to Mar-Dule and everyone to gather between their brows.

Cheong-San then released his Innate Dharma having it materialized behind him.

It was a majestic illusory eye that had a golden pupil inside of it.

As it appeared, the Soul Energy gathered between everyone’s brows shifted and formed a vertical third eye on their foreheads, similar to Cheong-San’s Innate Dharma.

Immediately, everyone was able to see the hidden Formation Arrays surrounding Immortal Dai Shen’s Palace.

"Why are they so many of them?!"

Heon-Tae commented.

Sol looked at this scene curiously.

Cheong-San’s Innate Dharma had similar abilities to his Heavenly Eyes. He wondered how his own ability was, compared to Cheong-San’s Innate Dharma.

’Well, his Innate Dharma is a Tier 7 Innate Dharma. I don’t think my Heavenly Eyes could outdo it.’

Though immediately as Sol thought this, Mar-Dule said next to him.

"You said there were Formation Arrays on the Palace, but I don’t see them Brother Sol."

"Me either."

"Neither do I."

Sol paused at that, and he saw Cheong-San look over at him. Then smiling bitterly he said through his Soul Energy.

"I apologize, Brother Sol’s ability might be stronger than mine. My Innate Dharma is unable to pierce through the concealment of these Formation Arrays."

Sol scratched his cheek embarrassingly. He didn’t mean to show off, he would have never thought his Heavenly Eyes was stronger than someone’s Innate Dharma ability.

"Brat, I was wrong."

Abdu suddenly said as Cheong-San retrieved his Innate Dharma.

"Little Abdu, what do you mean?"

While looking at the Main Palace Abdu replied.

"The Inheritances might just be keys after all."

He then turned to look at Cheong-San, Cheong-Su, and Heon-Tae before asking.

"How did you retrieve the Inheritances from the other subsidiary Palaces?"

The three youths looked at each other before Cheong-San stepped forward and said using his Soul Energy.

"Sen-I mean, Little Abdu sir, after I took the servants teleportation to the Beast Immortal’s Palace, I was brought into a void where I was tested for the requirements to obtain the Inheritance."

"Just like that? You didn’t face any dangers?"

Cheong-San shook his head.

Heon-Tae then chimed in.

"Little Abdu sir, my situation was similar, but it took a little longer for me to receive the Blade Immortal’s Inheritance."

"It took a little longer for me to receive my Inheritance as well, but I faced no dangers."

Cheong-Su was the last to add his experience before Abdu turned to Byeong-Ho. He also received his with no problem.

"Little Abdu, what’s wrong?"

Coming out of his thoughts Abdu said.

"I was always inside Su Moon’s Palace so I didn’t know why the Immortals left and never came back. But as it turns out, before they left they deemed it necessary to leave their Inheritances behind."

Abdu then looked down at Sol.

"You obtaining Su Moon’s Inheritance was just a coincidence."

Sol understood.

It was no wonder the other Inheritances were so well thought out. Both he and Abdu were treating these ’Inheritances’ not as Inheritances but as loot that could be taken from an abandoned house.

That was how Sol saw Su Moon’s Inheritance when he obtained it.

Abdu continued to say.

"So it’s safe to say we aren’t here to loot another abandoned Palace. Immortal Dai Shen has likely set up trials for those seeking to obtain his Inheritance. This is likely the first of those trials."

"If that’s the case Little Abdu sir, how do we get past these Formation Arrays?"

Mar-Dule asked.

"As I said previously, those Inheritances are actually keys, not some abandoned treasures. There was a reason why Immortal Dai Shen was so boastful and arrogant. It’s because he was the strongest Immortal at the time. He was so profoundly strong that no one knew the depth of his strength. He was even able to raise his five disciples to the Immortal Realm with relative ease."

"Wait, so Su Moon and the other Immortals are disciples of Immortal Dai Shen?"

Yoon-Jae said with a bit of surprise in his voice.

Abdu nodded before looking at Sol.

"Brat, since you’ve learned Su Moon’s method of creating Formations, you’ve learned Immortal Dai Shen’s method as well. You know how to get past these Formation Arrays for this first trial, right?"

"You do brother Sol?"

Mar-Dule asked as he and everyone turned to Sol.

Sol thought for a moment then nodded slowly.

"I do, but it won’t be easy since these Formation Arrays are beyond my comprehension."

"What type of Formation Arrays are they?"

"It mostly consists of Spatial Distortion Formations, and... probably Gravity Formations. These Formations have concepts only powerful cultivators could understand."

Mar-Dule was the one to answer, and Sol nodded before saying.

"So if I were to make a mistake and activate one of them, it might cause a chain reaction and set them all off. I would instantly be killed if I linger too long near this area if that happens."

Abdu tapped Sol on his forehead then said.

"Brat, as long as you have me here you can relax while disabling these Formation Arrays."

Sol smiled and patted Abdu’s head. He then turned to everyone and explained.

"Think of these Formation Arrays as an uncombined head of hair. I would need to start from the ending strands of the Arrays to get to their core roots and disable them."

"Are you going to use the Lock and Key method?"

Sol nodded in response to Mar-Dule’s question.

The Lock and Key method was the same method Sol had used on the iron rod’s teleportation array so it wouldn’t work.

Despite the complexity and power of these runes, they were created using Su Moon’s overlapping and linking method, so Sol could use that knowledge to remove essential parts of these Formation Arrays one by one so they couldn’t work.

But there was a problem, this was a tall task for just him.

Sol thought for a moment then flipped over his hand and past a book to Mar-Dule.

"Hm? What’s this for?"

"It’s a manual conta-"

"Ah!"

Before Sol could finish, Mar-Dule looked at the cover of the book and cried out in shock.