In the stands, the spectators also began to notice the changes, whispers spreading through the crowd.
"Have three hours already passed?"
"Yes."
"Then only one hour remains?"
"Exactly."
"But no one has completely broken the seal yet."
"Not even one?"
"None."
A man frowned.
"This is much harder than I imagined."
A cultivator sitting beside him replied:
"Of course it's difficult. Do you think they would create a simple test to decide who receives a Secret Technique?"
"But some have already managed to recover their movements."
"Recovering part of the body doesn't mean breaking the seal."
"Then who will succeed?"
No one answered immediately, their gazes sweeping across the arena. Some participants were sitting, others were still standing, several showing signs of extreme exertion.
The young man in gray robes, who had managed to partially recover his hearing, was sitting cross-legged, his Qi slowly escaping his body and forming a thin gray mist around him.
