Chapter 77

Facing the furious Elder Cheng, Elder Zheng swallowed his words and dared not act rashly for a moment. He had been an elder of the Blade Sect for a short time, and in terms of strength, he was far from being a match for Elder Cheng. If it really came to a confrontation, he did not dare to take the risk.

Seeing Elder Zheng back down, Elder Cheng snorted coldly and then turned to Elder Jin, saying, "Deputy Sect Leader, I, Cheng Li, swear by the honor of the Sword Sect that I absolutely did not instruct Lu Xuan to do anything. The test has not yet ended, so please let Lu Xuan continue to comprehend in the Sword Forest. If he does not come out until the end, then you may deal with him as you see fit."

Elder Cheng was doing his best to buy time for Lu Xuan. If Lu Xuan really did not come out until the end, then Elder Jin would have no choice but to punish him.

Elder Jin nodded slightly. Since Elder Cheng had sworn by the honor of the Sword Sect, he had to give him some face. "Very well, the test will continue. Now, prepare for the third round!"

As soon as Elder Jin finished speaking, the many disciples looking at the ranking stone tablet suddenly exclaimed in surprise!

"Look! Lu Xuan's score is moving!"

"The speed of the score increase is so fast! It's almost all instant kills!"

"Could this guy really be comprehending sword intent? To comprehend sword intent at the Fifth Stage of Body Tempering is too terrifying!"

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"Lu Xuan has finally made his move. I knew there must be a reason!" Xia Ye laughed heartily.

"Watch, the first place will definitely be Lu Xuan's!" Lin Xinyi clenched her fists tightly, her face flushed with excitement. After waiting for so long, Lu Xuan had finally burst forth.

"Finally making a move, Lu Xuan, don't let me down!" Elder Cheng couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Is this guy really going to make a stunning debut?" Xing Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, and he couldn't help but speak.

"Hmph, putting on a show, what's the point of making a move now? Wasting so much essence energy in the Sword Forest, I don't believe you can still surpass me!" Li Hu sneered coldly.

Outside the Sword Forest, as Lu Xuan began to act, the expressions of the crowd varied. Some were delighted, some were hopeful, some were dismissive, and most were just watching the spectacle. Lu Xuan's performance had no direct impact on them.

At this moment, inside the Sword Forest, Lu Xuan's long sword was swinging, cutting through the ranks like a hot knife through butter. In the blink of an eye, he had advanced several steps and was already killing Fourth Stage of Body Tempering warriors.

Just a moment ago, he had finally finished comprehending the sword intent and emerged from the state of complete absorption.

The Sword Forest was indeed wondrous. Through this brief period of comprehension, Lu Xuan's sword intent had advanced further. If before he had only touched the threshold of sword intent, now he had already pushed open half the door. He just needed the right opportunity to step through it.

As for essence energy, Lu Xuan's essence energy was still abundant. During his comprehension, the Taiyi Essence Energy Technique had been running slowly on its own, fully replenishing the lost essence energy.

Facing the several Fourth Stage of Body Tempering warriors charging at him, Lu Xuan did not dodge. He swung his sword directly, and strangely, the sword intent emitted by the Sword Forest seemed to be stirred by Lu Xuan. Following the tip of his sword, it shot directly at the warriors.

The sword intent emitted by the Sword Forest was unowned. Now that Lu Xuan had reached the half-step sword intent realm, driving a small part of this sword intent was no problem.

When this sword intent was driven by Lu Xuan to attack, the originally oppressive sword intent instantly became a powerful killing move.

As Lu Xuan swung his sword, a fierce sword aura burst forth, accompanied by fine threads of extremely powerful sword intent.

Instant kill!

Four Fourth Stage of Body Tempering warriors could not even withstand one sword from Lu Xuan.

Holding his sword in one hand, Lu Xuan's face was calm, and he fearlessly took a few more steps forward.

As he moved, black shadows quickly condensed.

Swish, swish, swish—five figures quickly appeared before Lu Xuan, all Fifth Stage of Body Tempering warriors, equal to him in realm.

These five warriors, without any hesitation, charged at Lu Xuan. They had no emotions, only the goal of killing the target ahead. They had no fear and were fighting to the death. Such warriors were the most terrifying and the most challenging for the test-takers.

"Come on!" Lu Xuan shouted, swiftly slashing his sword. A flash of lightning appeared on the blade, and a faint thunderclap echoed.

Facing five warriors of the same realm, Lu Xuan finally began to use martial techniques. The technique he used was the Yellow Tier Lower Rank Lightning Sword Technique.

After his sword intent advanced, Lu Xuan's comprehension of sword techniques deepened, and the sword techniques he performed were even more fierce. The Lightning Sword Technique in his hands was almost perfect.

The first move of the Lightning Sword Technique swept out, and a visible sword aura shot out in an arc, encompassing all five warriors within its range.

The arc-shaped sword aura moved extremely fast, instantly attacking the five warriors. Despite their best efforts to resist, they could not withstand the sharpness of the sword aura. All five were injured and retreated two steps.

With one sword, Lu Xuan forced the five warriors back and injured them. Not letting up, he quickly advanced two steps and used the second move of the Lightning Sword Technique. With the momentum from the first move, the second move was even more powerful!

This move forced the five warriors to retreat three more steps, and they gained new wounds, unable to counterattack.

Before the second move of the Lightning Sword Technique was fully executed, the third move was already launched!

As Lu Xuan swung his sword, the surrounding sword aura was once again stirred. Countless fine threads of sword intent instantly condensed into a mass, charging at the five warriors with immense force!

Faced with this move containing sword intent, the five warriors could no longer resist. In an instant, four of them turned into illusions, leaving only one!

Outside the Sword Forest, Lu Xuan's rapid and powerful killing speed had completely shocked the disciples, who exclaimed in surprise.

"Lu Xuan has caught up to Xia Ye! His speed is so fast!"

"It seems Elder Cheng was right; Lu Xuan really is exceptionally talented!"

"Yes, but it's still unknown whether Lu Xuan can surpass Li Hu."

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Facing the last remaining Fifth Stage of Body Tempering warrior, Lu Xuan swung his sword again, and this warrior was instantly killed, turning into an illusion and disappearing.

At this moment, Lu Xuan's score had successfully surpassed Xia Ye. Xia Ye's score was the killing of four Fifth Stage of Body Tempering warriors, while Lu Xuan had already killed five.

Seeing Lu Xuan's score surpass his, Xia Ye was not surprised at all. He glanced at Xing Feng, who was shocked, and smiled calmly. "I told you, Li Hu's opponent is not me. Just wait, the best is yet to come."

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