Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 62 : . Library Archive

After this, Xiao Han essentially stopped taking action, simply watching as Gu Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Xiao Mei worked together to eliminate all the other participants from the arena.

"This year's Inner Court Selection Competition has now concluded. After intense battles, the top five have emerged. They are Xiao Han, Gu Xun'er, Hu Jia, Xiao Mei, and Wu Hao!" An elderly judge stood up, his gaze sweeping across the square before announcing loudly.

As soon as his voice fell, thunderous cheers erupted from the square, the sound waves causing the entire area to tremble.

Bai Shan's face darkened as he slammed his fist into the ground.

He hadn't even made it into the top five. He was clearly much stronger than that Xiao Mei. If she hadn't joined Xiao Han's team from the start and if she didn't have a blood relation with Xiao Han, causing both Xiao Han and Gu Xun'er to look after her, how could she possibly have become one of the top five?!

Xiao Mei herself was completely surprised that she had made it into the top five. Standing in the center of the arena with Xiao Han and the others, she still felt a bit dazed.

She had actually made it to the top five.

Although she had made it, Xiao Mei wasn't overly elated. She was well aware that with her strength, even with Hun Jin's guidance, she couldn't have become one of the top five. If it weren't for Xiao Han and Gu Xun'er's support, she might have been among the first to be eliminated.

As the judge announced the end of the competition, some students wearing alchemist robes flashed down from the four corners of the stands. They entered the arena, lifted the severely injured Xiao Yan and others, then retreated in a scattered manner.

Xiao Han exhaled deeply, her gaze softening slightly as she looked at Gu Xun'er. "Let's go."

Gu Xun'er nodded obediently, not asking why Xiao Han had treated Xiao Yan that way earlier.

Under the gaze of countless onlookers, the two slowly walked out of the thunderously noisy square.

The most grand annual competition finally came to a close with their exit.

According to academy rules, within seven days after the end of the selection competition, the top fifty students would need to prepare to enter the Inner Court. As for Xiao Han and the other top five, they could choose a time within these seven days to enter the academy's Library Archive. As a reward, they had the opportunity to select some items for themselves based on luck.

In truth, Xiao Han wasn't particularly interested in the Library Archive. Although the number of items she had collected over the years couldn't compare to the Library Archive, in terms of quality, they were certainly not inferior.

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In a spacious, bright room, bookshelves crisscrossed, filled with various ancient books, exuding a strong scholarly atmosphere.

"Since you're all here, I won't waste words. You should know why you've been called," Hu Qian stood up from his chair and smiled. "You are the top five of this year's selection competition. According to the rules, you have the right to enter the Library Archive and try your luck."

As he spoke, Hu Qian approached the wall behind him and casually patted it a few times. A low rumbling sound was heard, and then a dark passage appeared before Xiao Han and the others.

"Follow me."

Gu Xun'er glanced at Xiao Han, then smiled gently, taking Xiao Han's hand as they walked in.

After walking in the passage for nearly half an hour, a point of light finally appeared at the end. Seeing the light, everyone in the passage quickened their pace. A moment later, they finally reached the end of the passage and stepped out.

Dazzling light poured down from the sky, causing Xiao Han and the others to narrow their eyes. After a while, they slowly opened them.

Before Xiao Han and the others was clearly a valley depression. The steep cliff walls extended upwards, eventually reaching the limit of their vision. Among the three cliff faces was an extremely wide open space. At this moment, an enormous, awe-inspiringly heavy and ancient building stood on that open space.

Outside the building, an extremely ancient-looking plaque exuded the flavor of time. On it, three characters, somewhat blurred by the passage of time, faintly appeared.

Library Archive.

Hu Qian led the five slowly towards the Library Archive. When they were about twenty meters away from entering, he suddenly stopped and cupped his hands towards the direction of the Library Archive, saying, "The top five of this year's Inner Court Selection Competition have emerged. According to the rules, I have brought them here. I request the elders to open the doors!"

Hu Qian's words, carried by Dou Qi, echoed repeatedly in the small valley, lingering for a long time.

Just as Hu Qian's voice fell, Xiao Han keenly detected a slight fluctuation. Then she noticed that two grey-robed elders had appeared on the previously empty ground.

Xiao Han glanced at them, then slightly furrowed her brows.

Half-Saints.

This Library Archive was indeed extraordinary, guarded by two Half-Saint level experts.

Then, Xiao Han felt two very subtle gazes sweep over her.

If she wasn't mistaken, it should be these two elders examining her. However, Xiao Han wasn't worried about her strength being exposed. After all, the "Nine Heavens Thunder Technique" she cultivated was no ordinary technique.

The grey-robed figure on the left sighed lightly, then turned his gaze to Hu Qian and said in a hoarse voice, "This year's top five are much better than last year's."

Hearing this, Hu Qian relaxed slightly and smiled, "In that case, would the two elders please unlock the spatial lock?"

The spatial lock was an extremely powerful barrier that only Dou Venerate level experts could set up, as only those at Dou Venerate level and above could use the power of space.

Xiao Han could naturally do it too, but she didn't use it often.

At the building, the two grey-robed figures slowly extended their withered hands from their sleeves, then began to slowly form hand seals. As they formed the seals, Xiao Han and the others could clearly feel two extremely powerful, formless waves emanating from their hands like waves.

The formless waves gradually spread out, finally making contact with those spatial wrinkles. Upon contact, the space in front of Xiao Han and the others began to ripple like a mirror made of water. After a moment, the ripples stopped, and a door-shaped opening was slowly torn open by invisible hands.

"Let's go," seeing this spatial doorway, Hu Qian waved his hand and then took the lead in entering.

"Now you can enter the Library Archive on your own. Remember, no matter what you want to obtain, you can't force it. Everything inside has been covered with an energy layer. If your hand can pass through the energy layer without any obstruction, then you can take the item inside. Of course, no matter how many items you can pick up, you can only take one out of the Library Archive. Don't be greedy, otherwise, you'll end up empty-handed. If you can't penetrate the energy layer, then give up. With your current strength, you can't break through them. Every year, people enter the Library Archive, but those who leave empty-handed are not few. So, everything depends on fate. Don't force things you can't obtain." Hu Qian pointed towards the Library Archive and turned to address Xiao Han and the others.

Hearing this, Xiao Han and the others nodded, exchanged glances, then slowly raised their legs and walked towards the Library Archive.

"Go in. The door will only be open for one hour. After an hour, whether you've obtained what you need or not, you must come out."

To the left of the five, a grey-robed figure's sleeve fluttered in the breeze. Then, with a creaking sound, the tightly closed door slowly opened, revealing a dark passage inside.

As the door opened, an ancient, desolate aura rushed towards them.

After all five had entered the Library Archive, the open door slowly closed with a creaking sound, finally shutting tightly.

Hearing the sound of the door closing tightly behind them, Xiao Han paused briefly, then resumed walking, pulling Gu Xun'er along. After nearly five minutes, a faint yellow light appeared from not far ahead. The two quickened their pace slightly. After a while, they finally passed through the dark passage. Bright light shone forth, causing them to turn their heads slightly.

What appeared before Xiao Han and Gu Xun'er was an extremely spacious room. On the walls around the room were nearly a dozen energy barriers, which were slowly pulsating with light, illuminating the room as bright as day.

The room was very large. Xiao Han dared say it was at least half the size of the Outer Court.

But there was nothing in it.

Just then, Xiao Han's ears twitched slightly. A faint sound of wind breaking was heard in the room. Although the sound was extremely subtle, to Xiao Han and the others, it was as loud as muffled thunder.

Immediately, their gazes followed the sound, finally stopping on an energy barrier to the left.

They saw a purple light suddenly burst out from that energy barrier, transforming into a streak of light, shooting towards the five of them.

"Be careful!" Seeing the purple light shooting towards them, Hu Jia and the others, not knowing its nature, hurriedly dodged.

Xiao Han, however, flickered and mysteriously appeared in front of the light stream, then reached out to grab it.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the room, her slender hand grasped the purple light. Then, the purple light slowly dissipated, revealing a purple scroll wrapped in an energy layer.

"Xuan-rank high-grade technique, Purple Thunder Technique," Xiao Han said indifferently, then discarded it with obvious disdain.

"A technique?" Hearing Xiao Han's words, Gu Xun'er and the others were stunned, then suddenly understood. So the items were automatically ejected from these energy barriers.

As Gu Xun'er and the others realized this, a large number of wind-breaking sounds rang out again. Then, energy clusters of various colors and shapes were spewed out from the energy barriers in a vast array, darting around the huge room, creating whooshing sounds as they flew.

"Xun'er, go grab them," Xiao Han glanced around and said to Gu Xun'er.

Gu Xun'er smiled slightly, her figure transforming into a golden light as she chased after the randomly darting light streams.

Hearing Xiao Han's voice, Hu Jia and the others seemed to react as well. The group moved in unison, transforming into shadows flashing rapidly around the room, constantly grabbing at the light clusters shooting out from the surrounding energy barriers.

Xiao Han just stood in place, only lazily reaching out to grab and look at the occasional light stream that flew towards her, then discarding it.

With so many light clusters, would she search for herself?

Don't be ridiculous.

[System, help me search and see if there's anything special.]

Feeling that it could be of help to the host again, the system was naturally very happy. It immediately began operating at high speed, scanning all the light clusters in the room.

After about two minutes, the system suddenly exclaimed in surprise: [Host, there's a deep red light cluster to your left. Do you see it?]

Hearing this, Xiao Han's gaze searched around the room, finally finding the light cluster the system mentioned.

[I've detected the aura of Heterogeneous Flame from this light cluster.]