Therefore, this fifth challenge was the easiest for him since the beginning of this journey, even more idle than the first. So much so that later on, Fang Hong began to suspect that his assumptions might be wrong — this place evidently had nothing to do with the Fairy Dragon Soul, it was merely a test for the Fairy Master.

As for whether the Fairy Master could reach this challenge seemed not to be within the scholars' considerations at the Silver Tower. After passing this challenge, Fang Hong couldn't help but think that he must ask Odin and others whether any Fairy Master in history had ever reached this challenge.

As for the Red Gate of the fifth challenge, it was the only battle of this challenge, assisting a Construct Lord to defeat an opponent with the same setup. With Miss Tata's excellent support abilities, this battle ended with no suspense.

It was even perfectly efficient.

The reward for the fifth Red Gate was almost identical to the reward for the Construct Lord, which was also five percent of calculative power. However, this calculative power was used on the Fairy Master rather than Fang Hong himself. As for whether Miss Tata, as a Fairy Dragon Soul, could receive these boosts, Fang Hong asked — but Tata didn't have the system and couldn't check for the time being.

The smooth progress of the fifth challenge allowed Fang Hong's temporarily tense nerves to relax, akin to a journey entirely watching Miss Tata's performance. Reaching the sixth challenge, the previous tension and fatigue seemed to be temporarily swept away.

However, pushing open the first door of this challenge, Fang Hong suddenly remembered that there was a skill enhancement opportunity rewarded during the Construct Lord challenge. Both the Tower Guard and Miss Tata advised him to hold off on using it temporarily, but over these four challenges, it seemed he never had the chance to use this skill enhancement.

Thinking of this, he stopped for a moment and turned around to ask, "Miss Tata, do you still remember that skill enhancement from earlier?"

Tata nodded slightly.

"Can you remember anything else now?" Fang Hong asked again. He had come this far, passing the fifth challenge by sheer luck, but the fourth challenge was already this difficult, and it was uncertain whether he could pass the sixth.

But if he didn't choose to enhance his skill and ended up failing and having to exit, wouldn't that waste this opportunity?

Listening to this, Tata shook her head, "I have no clue, Mr. Knight."

Hearing this, Fang Hong felt helpless. Having already missed his chance, he could only press forward. In his heart, he muttered a few complaints about the Tower Guard, thinking that if he hadn't spoken up, he might have already used the skill enhancement on the Construct Lord.

Not like this, being unable to advance or retreat.

But pushing open the 506th door, the trial that greeted him made Fang Hong slightly startled.

This challenge was not a battle nor related to combat; the only connection to Combat Artisans was it being about a test of calculative power. Simple calculative power puzzles were very popular between Combat Artisans and Alchemists.

They use a device similar to a Star Sphere Magic Guided Conductor to have artisans compete on their mastery of calculative power; for example, Liox's Beast Chess is one type of such calculative power games.

But typical calculative power games mostly test the artisan's own mastery of constructs, pushing the limits of calculative power between artisans.

However, the calculative power game behind this door was a bit different.

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In the hall situated in the void, seemingly devoid of the concept of day and night—

Although when the sun rises outside, the hall also brightens, and when the golden sun sets and starlight shines, the hall lights up with the glow of numerous candles, floating perpetually across the hall's vaulted void — though those candles never seem to burn out, their light eternal.

However, the people here can still tell time by certain means.

Leiya placed down her knife and fork for the seventy-seventh time, resting them on the jade-like dish, making a 'ding' sound — the long table at the center of the hall seemed enchanted with a magical spell, automatically presenting abundant meals thrice daily.

Indeed, it wasn't her first time in this place and she knew these meals didn't appear out of thin air. They were actually prepared in Nevade's Fairy Residence by the Little Fairies and magically transmitted here.

Though this was already astonishing, as such transmission magic today could only be performed by large-scale Magic Guided Alchemy Arrays — but during the era of the Numelin Elves, this kind of magic was casually used by the Ancients.

Even more powerful magic appeared during the era of the Xinsas Serpentfolk.

Nevertheless, Lady Papalar, the Knight Commander, didn't need the primitive way of counting meals to tell time, being an Invoker herself, allowing her to know the time elapsed via the system. In the community, Odin had inquired about this place three times.

The first time was two months ago, the second in mid-February, and the third last week.

Two and a half months had passed.

Initially, everyone assumed the young man would emerge in three weeks to a month, only Leiya insisted that his talent was no less than Loofah's, and Fang Hong's earnest focus on Alchemy made her appreciate him even more.

Leiya had a vague feeling, an intuition that he could even break Loofah's record.

Yet unexpectedly, he did break it, just in a manner she never envisioned.

Remaining in the world behind the door for two and a half months, not to mention Loofah, Fang Hong had broken the record for the longest stay in the Hall of Thousand Doors amongst all Invokers — even natives might not have a longer record.

Now, no one knew when he would come out.

Leiya was a quiet person, patient as well. However, the guild had urged her to return multiple times already, had it not been for her admiration for Fang Hong — and her agreement with Odin, she should've left the place long ago.

For her, two months were valuable time.

Still, some inexplicable premonition had kept the Female Regiment Commander here — it's said that top-tier Invokers more or less have such instincts. Just as at this moment, Leiya suddenly turned around, looking towards a direction in the dark.

"Who's there?" she suddenly asked.

The Female Knight Commander's words were barely finished when a soft 'click' sounded from within the darkness.

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