Chapter 79

Li Hu's anger and embarrassment no longer attracted the attention of the crowd. Now, all the disciples were concerned about how far Lu Xuan could advance, rather than whether he could break Li Hu's record.

"Guys... do you think Lu Xuan can surpass Zheng Gang?" a disciple suddenly said.

His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone. For a moment, everyone fell silent. Yes, could Lu Xuan surpass Zheng Gang?

They had not thought about this question before, but now it seemed not impossible. Zheng Gang's score was only a little over three thousand points, which meant he had killed all the Sixth Stage Body Tempering martial artists. Now, the gap between Lu Xuan and Zheng Gang was not large.

This voice also reached Zheng Gang's ears. He immediately turned his head and gave the disciple a cold glare, his eyes revealing a hint of killing intent.

Zheng Gang's gaze made the disciple shudder. He had only spoken casually and had no intention of provoking Zheng Gang.

Slowly retracting his gaze, Zheng Gang stared at the names on the ranking stone with a gloomy expression. He had always considered himself a genius and believed he was the strongest among the new disciples. If he were surpassed by Lu Xuan, where would his face be? Especially after his provocative words to the Sword Sect, it would be like slapping himself in the face.

"Hmph, want to surpass me? In your next life! A mere Fifth Stage Body Tempering martial artist, being able to kill his way here is already beyond my expectations. Do you really think he can kill Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists in the Sword Forest? Ignorant!" Zheng Gang said with a cold snort.

After Zheng Gang's words, the disciples also realized this. To surpass Zheng Gang, one had to kill Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists. Under normal circumstances, there might be a slight possibility, but this was in the Sword Forest. Even with Zheng Gang's Sixth Stage Body Tempering strength, he had not been able to kill a Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artist. Although Lu Xuan was powerful, his strength was only at the Fifth Stage Body Tempering level. To kill enemies two minor stages higher in the Sword Forest was not that simple.

Moreover, Elder Jin had not even announced the points for killing Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists from the beginning, because in the history of the Wind Sword Sect's new inner disciples' test, there had never been a case of killing Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists.

It was not that there were no such geniuses, but disciples with such talent generally became core disciples directly and would not participate in this test. The difficulty was evident.

But just as everyone was discussing, the score on the ranking stone jumped again, and the hearts of the disciples also skipped a beat. Lu Xuan had killed another enemy!

This time, Lu Xuan's name finally overtook Li Hu, successfully pushing Li Hu to third place.

Seeing the score change, the disciples, who had just quieted down, immediately burst into a commotion again.

If it were just that, the disciples would not have been too surprised, as Lu Xuan surpassing Li Hu was almost a foregone conclusion in their minds.

But now, Lu Xuan not only surpassed Li Hu; in that instant, his score surged by 1,500 points, not only far surpassing Li Hu but also catching up to Zheng Gang's score, tying for first place!

The surge of 1,500 points was clear to everyone. It meant that in that instant, Lu Xuan had instantly killed three Sixth Stage Body Tempering martial artists. The Sixth Stage Body Tempering martial artists had been completely cleared by Lu Xuan, and the next opponents would be Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists.

Being able to instantly kill three Sixth Stage Body Tempering martial artists in one move clearly showed that Lu Xuan was completely at ease in battle, far from the difficulty they had imagined.

More importantly, they had never expected that just as they were discussing whether Lu Xuan could surpass Zheng Gang, he used his formidable strength to reaffirm their thoughts. He definitely had the ability to surpass Zheng Gang!

"Good, good, good!" Elder Cheng was so excited that he could not speak, only managing to say three "good" words to express his excitement.

How long had it been since the Sword Sect had such glory? Elder Cheng could hardly remember. After learning that Zheng Gang existed in the Blade Sect, Elder Cheng had not held much hope. With Sixth Stage Body Tempering strength, Zheng Gang completely dominated all the inner disciples. His greatest hope was that the Sword Sect could have a few more disciples in the top ten, which would be a face-saving achievement. But he never expected that Lu Xuan would give him such a great gift! A super great gift!

Even if Lu Xuan could not advance further from now on, he would still be the undisputed first place. The other disciples would find it almost impossible to reach this score, as Zheng Gang's Sixth Stage Body Tempering strength had only reached this level.

"This guy is really going to defy the heavens!" Xing Feng could not help but swallow his saliva and said, "I even challenged him before, which was just asking for trouble. I'm convinced, thoroughly convinced."

Now, recalling the scene where he had challenged Lu Xuan, Xing Feng could not help but feel a bit embarrassed. At that time, seeing Lu Xuan's calm demeanor, he thought Lu Xuan lacked confidence and dared not accept his challenge. Now, it was clear that Lu Xuan simply did not care, as they were not even on the same level. When Lu Xuan called himself a junior, he had naturally considered himself a senior.

Li Hu could not even say a word now. With this gap in front of him, if he continued to be stubborn, it would be like slapping himself in the face.

The person with the most gloomy expression was Zheng Gang himself. His boastful words had just been slapped in the face by Lu Xuan's performance.

However, it was only a tie, and he was certain that Lu Xuan could not surpass him. The combined attack of Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists was not that easy to deal with, Zheng Gang consoled himself.

But he did not dare to say this out loud anymore, as he was not sure if Lu Xuan really had the strength to deal with Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists...

"Not bad, I didn't expect that among this year's inner disciples, another young genius would appear. With Fifth Stage Body Tempering strength, to reach this level is truly commendable," Elder Jin said with a smile, stroking his beard.

As the deputy sect master of the Wind Sword Sect, he had no prejudice between the sub-sects. He treated geniuses equally. Now, he deeply believed what Elder Cheng had said before. Lu Xuan must have been comprehending sword intent, as there was no need for him to deliberately delay time with his displayed strength.