Chapter 36

The Blood Wolf is a sixth-stage beast, in terms of strength, equivalent to a martial artist at the sixth level of Body Tempering. When Lu Xuan used to engrave the Frenzy Scroll, he used the Blood Wolf's blood.

Facing this suddenly appearing Blood Wolf, Lu Xuan did not dare to be careless. His current strength had reached the peak of the fourth level of Body Tempering, but the gap in strength between him and the Blood Wolf was still considerable.

At this moment, the Blood Wolf had already noticed Lu Xuan. Its green eyes emitted a bloodthirsty and fierce light. With a roar, it instantly pounced at him.

Facing this powerful Blood Wolf, Lu Xuan was not afraid. He calmly assumed the stance of the Basic Long Fist. As the Blood Wolf pounced, he suddenly stepped back, dodging the attack, and delivered a fierce punch to the Blood Wolf's waist.

However, this punch missed. Just as Lu Xuan was taken aback, he noticed that the Blood Wolf's figure had instantly shattered and disappeared, and the scene before his eyes also vanished.

Lu Xuan immediately understood that everything just now was an illusion. However, it was too realistic. When the Blood Wolf pounced, Lu Xuan even felt the oncoming momentum and impact, just like in reality.

Illusionary arrays are usually used in conjunction with killing arrays. However, this time, the Wind Sword Sect was only conducting an assessment, so they did not add a killing array. If a killing array had been added, and Lu Xuan could not defeat the Blood Wolf, he would have been killed in the illusion, and in reality, he would have died as well.

As Lu Xuan safely passed this stage, many martial artists on the Sword Testing Platform turned pale, their faces full of shock. Although their eyes were still closed, they were constantly gesturing, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.

Those martial artists who exhibited these symptoms were instantly teleported out of the Sword Testing Platform and appeared below.

After leaving the illusionary array, these martial artists slowly opened their eyes. They were initially dazed, but then realized they were no longer on the Sword Testing Platform. Their faces immediately showed a look of dejection, clearly indicating that they had failed, unable to pass even the first stage of the mental test.

In the illusion, they had also encountered various powerful beasts. However, they did not dare to resist and only thought of fleeing. They were then hunted down by the beasts, watching helplessly as they were torn apart, a fear that was indescribable.

"These guys are too cowardly, they can't even pass the first stage," Lin Xinyi said, pouting.

The first stage of the mental test is a courage test, assessing the martial artists' bravery. As long as they could muster the courage to fight the beasts, they could pass, making it the easiest stage of the mental test.

However, these eliminated martial artists, when faced with enemies, did not even have the courage to fight. What was the point of practicing martial arts if they lacked the courage to fight, no matter how strong they were?

Uncle Jiu smiled and said, "Lu Xuan's performance was quite good. He didn't even blink and passed the stage instantly."

Xia Chenxi smiled and said, "He dared to fight a fourth-level Body Tempering martial artist on the martial arena when he was only at the third level. There's nothing he's afraid of."

In the courage test, the more courage a martial artist displays, the easier it is to pass. Like Lu Xuan, who did not retreat and directly punched, he naturally passed instantly. However, if one is timid, even if they are not eliminated, they will be trapped for some time.

At this moment, many martial artists on the Sword Testing Platform still had distorted faces and furrowed brows, clearly still stuck in the first stage, fighting the beasts.

Yao Lei was also like this, his fists tightly clenched, his teeth gritted, seemingly doing something.

However, those who instantly passed the courage test were not just Lu Xuan. Long Tai and Xia Ye also did so. Both of them were highly self-assured and naturally did not fear the beasts.

The three of them almost simultaneously entered the second stage of the test, instantly leading the others. Seeing Long Tai perform so well, Elder Sun could not help but show a smile.

The scene changed again. The forest before Lu Xuan's eyes disappeared, and he instantly arrived at a brutal battlefield.

The sky was extremely gloomy. At his feet lay countless corpses, with severed limbs everywhere, a scene that could be described as a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses. Beside him were many surviving warriors. At this moment, his identity seemed to be that of a small soldier, participating in a great battle.

At this moment, a huge cry of "Kill!" suddenly came. Lu Xuan looked up and saw that countless people were waving their weapons, their faces twisted, charging towards his side, with dust and smoke rolling, the momentum was overwhelming.

"Kill!" Another wave of cries came, this time from beside Lu Xuan. The battle resumed, and countless comrades-in-arms rushed past him, charging towards the opposing army.

Seeing such a bloody scene, Lu Xuan could not help but feel a bloodthirsty urge, as if he wanted to slaughter. However, he quickly closed his eyes, firmly guarding his mind, and forcibly suppressed the bloodthirsty thoughts.

As his mind cleared, the thousands of soldiers and horses in the battle instantly disappeared, and the entire world shattered. He had broken through this stage.

Seeing Lu Xuan's slightly furrowed brows relax, Uncle Jiu and the others laughed heartily again: "This kid broke through the second stage so quickly, not at all bloodthirsty. Good, good."

Seeing that Lu Xuan had instantly broken through the stage again, Elder Sun's face turned sour. Long Tai's face was still twisted, clearly still immersed in the slaughter, and it seemed he could not break free for a while.

"Senior Sun, this Long Tai has quite a bit of killing intent," Uncle Jiu said, looking at him.

Pointed out by Uncle Jiu, Elder Sun seemed somewhat displeased and snorted, "As a powerful martial artist, one naturally needs some killing intent."

"Senior Sun's words are not quite right. This has nothing to do with having killing intent," Xia Chenxi said gently. "Knowing it's an illusion but still indulging in the slaughter shows a lack of self-control. In the future, one must be cautious to avoid losing control during cultivation."

Xia Chenxi's pointed criticism left Elder Sun speechless, and he could only inwardly curse Long Tai for not being up to the task.

Lu Xuan, of course, was unaware of these external matters. Having instantly broken through two stages, he had already entered the third stage.

The scene of the third stage was completely different from the first two, with no trace of the previous harshness and bloodshed.

At this moment, he appeared in a lavishly decorated warm pavilion, with red curtains and light gauze, the incense wafting, refreshing and invigorating, truly a place of comfort and warmth.