In the first few levels of the Ice Purgatory, Xue Canghan's speed was very fast. However, on the ninth level, it took him too long to break through the God Slaying Formation. Furthermore, he didn't gain anything substantial.
Therefore, many prodigies caught up and stood on the same starting line as Xue Canghan.
"Damn, it's Master Gu!"
Rune Master Ruiz's eyes lit up when he saw Master Gu. The legendary Master Gu was one of the top figures in the rune world of the Snow Yue Empire. Ruiz had looked up to him for a long time.
When he saw Master Gu, Ruiz couldn't resist the urge to greet him.
"So it's Ranger Ruiz. Nice to meet you!"
Master Gu was all smiles when he saw Ruiz. He had interacted with Ruiz before, but they weren't familiar with each other.
Master Gu acknowledged Ruiz's knowledge of runes. In Master Gu's heart, Ruiz was definitely a famous rune master.
"Brother Ruiz, since you're here, why don't you break the formation with us?" Master Gu invited.
"That's exactly what I'm looking for!"
Ruiz agreed without hesitation. He had always been enthusiastic about breaking formations. Moreover, he was breaking formations with Master Gu.
"Great, Brother Ruiz is indeed straightforward!"
Master Gu was all smiles as he continued to study the formation. With Ruiz's help, they should be able to break the formation faster.
"Master Gu, I'll recommend another rune master to you!"
Ruiz walked up and said solemnly.
"Oh?
Can I hear the details? "
Master Gu's heart skipped a beat. In his opinion, the rune master recommended by Ruiz wouldn't be too bad. He would at least be on the same level as Ruiz!
In the Snow Yue Empire, there were very few famous rune masters. Master Gu basically knew all of them. However, at this moment, he scanned the crowd and didn't see anyone familiar. He couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Master Gu, I recently made a friend. His name is Snowman Nunu. His attainments in runes are much better than mine!"
Ruiz spoke tirelessly. As he spoke, he looked in the direction of Ye Qing.
Master Gu was shocked. He locked his gaze on Ye Qing, his eyes filled with doubt.
In Grandmaster Gu's opinion, Ye Qing's cultivation was too low. Even if his attainments in runes were high, there was still a limit!
"Since you're a talent recommended by the Ryz brothers, you can be my assistant."
After pondering for a moment, Master Gu nodded. He didn't approve of Ye Qing's Rune Dao. He was just giving Ryze face.
As for Ryze's words that snowman Nunu's attainments in runes were greater than his, in Master Gu's eyes, Ryze was just being modest.
"Brother Snowman, please come over and help. Let's break the formation together!"
Ryze was overjoyed, his eyes filled with anticipation. After witnessing Ye Qing's extraordinary abilities, his admiration for Ye Qing was like a torrential river, flowing endlessly.
"On what basis?"
Ye Qing held his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the crowd. He had no intention of joining the formation breaking team.
Assist Master Gu?
Fight my ass!
With Ye Qing's attainments in runes, Master Gu wasn't even qualified to be his assistant.
"Young man, if you don't want to join, then forget it. We won't force you!"
Master Gu's face turned gloomy. Originally, he invited Ye Qing reluctantly. He only agreed because of Rui Zi's face.
He didn't expect that Ye Qing didn't appreciate it at all and humiliated Master Gu in public.
"Forget it, forget it. Old man, how long do you need to break the formation? If it's too long, you'd better stop and let me do it."
Ye Qing's words were shocking. When the rune masters present heard this, they were all dumbfounded.
Immediately, a burst of laughter erupted in the field. Those rune masters didn't care about their image and almost laughed out loud!
"F * ck, young man, please understand the situation. With your cultivation, how high can your attainments in runes be?"
"That's right. Are you an eight-star runemaster?
What a joke! "
"Kid, Master Gu invited you to join because he's giving you face. Don't be so shameless!"
The rune masters beside Master Gu all echoed, their eyes full of disdain. They didn't take Ye Qing seriously at all.
"Masters, don't underestimate Brother Nunu. He's indeed very strong in runes, far surpassing me!"
Ryze saw that the situation wasn't right and hurriedly stood up to explain.
In fact, it was better if he didn't speak. Once he spoke, everyone thought he was being modest.
"That's enough, Ritz. You don't have to say anything. Just stand aside and watch me show off."
Ye Qing said calmly. Not far away, Master Gu snorted coldly and swept his cold gaze over.
Then, Master Gu walked towards Crown Prince Xue Canghan and bowed. He said slowly, "Your Highness, with Ryze's help, I'm confident that I can break this formation within six hours!"
Master Gu was full of confidence. However, Crown Prince Xue Canghan's mouth twitched when he heard that.
Breaking the formation within three hours was actually very slow. It would take a lot of time. The prodigies who were left behind by Xue Canghan would probably rush over one after another.
However, there was no other way. Master Gu was already one of the strongest rune masters in the Xue Yue Empire. Xue Canghan could only leave the matter of breaking the formation to him.
"Master Gu, I'll have to trouble you. And that Brother Ryze, why don't we get to know each other better? This Crown Prince likes rune geniuses the most!"
Xue Canghan displayed the bearing of a Crown Prince and even threw an olive branch to Ryze.
However, Ryze's face was calm. He didn't say anything and focused on breaking the formation.
Master Gu led the team to study the formation together and discuss countermeasures.
Ryze was in the team. During the process, he asked for Ye Qing's opinion a few times, but was forcefully rejected by Master Gu.
"Brother Nunu, since you're not willing to join us, you'd better watch from the sidelines!"
Master Gu sneered. After ten minutes of intense discussion, they finally decided on a plan to break the formation!
Immediately, Master Gu led the team and rushed into the formation. He wanted to personally test the power of the formation and then break it!
The five rune masters and Ryze had already discussed the best way to break the formation.
The onlookers couldn't help but look expectant. When Master Gu broke the formation, they would be able to enter the tenth level of the Ice Purgatory!
Ye Qing stood in the crowd and shook his head slowly.
According to his judgment, the plan that Master Gu and the other rune masters had discussed wasn't the best plan. It was just a slow way to break the formation.
There was still a high risk in the process of breaking the formation. The slightest carelessness would lead to failure.
Using three hours to break the formation was obviously too slow. Ye Qing had a better plan in mind, but he didn't need to tell Master Gu.
"Alright, if you want to break the formation, then I'll watch quietly."
Ye Qing said lazily. He found a place to sit down and even took out a cigar. He lit it with the Red Lotus Hellfire and quietly watched the rune masters break the formation.