Chapter 82

"Senior Elder Cheng, how about we proactively apply to terminate this test? Lu Xuan has already achieved this score, he is bound to be first place. Continuing on will only be adding flowers to brocade. I'm worried that Lu Xuan won't be able to hold on..." Lin Xinyi suggested with some concern. Compared to the score Lu Xuan had achieved, she was undoubtedly more concerned about his safety.

"I trust him. Lu Xuan is not a rash person. Since he hasn't chosen to give up, there must be a reason. I think we should support his decision," Xia Ye interrupted Lin Xinyi, understanding Lu Xuan's thoughts better than she did.

Hearing the two of them, Senior Elder Cheng frowned and pondered for a moment, saying, "Let's wait for another half an incense stick's time. If he still doesn't come out, I will apply to terminate the test. No matter what, we must not let anything happen to Lu Xuan!"

Xia Ye had no objections to Senior Elder Cheng's words. In half an incense stick's time, Lu Xuan's yuan energy would likely be exhausted. If he didn't come out by then, something really bad would happen.

Time ticked by, and Lu Xuan's name remained high on the leaderboard, shining brightly, indicating that he was at least safe for now.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the ranking stone, not blinking, eagerly awaiting the final results.

Meanwhile, in the Sword Forest, Lu Xuan's situation was getting worse. The combined attack of the three Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists was even stronger than he had imagined. Although he had held on until now, he was almost at the end of his strength. Unless he risked getting injured, he couldn't break the deadlock.

However, while Xing Feng could risk injury to break the deadlock earlier, Lu Xuan couldn't do the same now.

Xing Feng's opponents were only Sixth Stage Body Tempering, just one realm higher than him. But now, Lu Xuan had to face Seventh Stage Body Tempering attacks with his Fifth Stage Body Tempering strength. If he wasn't careful, he would suffer serious injuries, affecting his future cultivation. He dared not take that risk.

But even so, Lu Xuan gritted his teeth and showed no signs of giving up. Although he didn't have any martial techniques, he had one significant advantage: sword intent!

His current sword intent was only at the beginner level, not truly comprehended. If he could truly understand sword intent, when it was unleashed, combined with the high-grade yellow-level Blink Sword Technique, the three Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists in front of him would be no problem at all!

The sword intent emanating from the Sword Forest continuously honed Lu Xuan's will.

Surrounded by strong enemies outside and invaded by sword intent inside, Lu Xuan was almost pushed to his limits!

In this situation, his understanding of sword intent grew at an incredible speed, with insights constantly emerging and being verified in his mind.

Silence leads to explosion or extinction. Without a doubt, Lu Xuan belonged to the former!

When water is full, it overflows; quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Just as Lu Xuan was pushed to his limits, his mind suddenly became clear. In that instant, everything became crystal clear, and he suddenly understood.

"Ah, this is sword intent!" A soft murmur escaped Lu Xuan's lips.

"Comprehending the sword with the heart, condensing the heart with the sword, the sword contains the heart, and the heart contains the sword. The sword intent never dies, and the sword heart never perishes. This is the initial mastery of sword intent!"

At this moment, the door to sword intent that Lu Xuan had partially opened was finally pushed wide open!

His understanding of sword intent had never been so deep and clear!

Lu Xuan's sword intent was no longer at the beginner level but had reached initial mastery, truly comprehending sword intent! For a sword cultivator, this was incredibly important and extremely rare!

The three Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists attacked again. A sharp light flashed in Lu Xuan's eyes. Since that was the case, he would use them as test subjects for his initial mastery of sword intent!

Lu Xuan, who had been constantly retreating and struggling, finally stopped retreating this time. He would use his initial mastery of sword intent to eliminate these three enemies!

He slowly raised his long sword, and an invisible aura was suddenly released from him. He and his sword became one, man and sword as one, the sword containing the heart, and the heart containing the sword.

Facing this state of Lu Xuan, the three Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists hesitated in their attack, unsure whether the person in front of them was Lu Xuan, his sword, or nothing at all. It was as if Lu Xuan had ceased to exist at that moment.

At this moment, Lu Xuan's attack suddenly launched. Holding the sword in his hand and controlling it with his heart, he flicked the sword, and he and the sword rushed out like lightning!

Blink Sword Technique!

This was an extremely magnificent strike!

But unfortunately, only Lu Xuan and the three enemies in front of him could appreciate the beauty of this strike.

The strike was extremely short. The sword light flashed, and the strike was over in an instant.

One of the three enemies had his throat pierced by the sword tip, dying instantly. His body turned into a cloud of ashes and disappeared.

The combined attack of the three Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists was broken, leaving only two enemies. Facing Lu Xuan, who had fully comprehended sword intent, they were no match!

Another strike was unleashed, and the Blink Sword Technique appeared again. Two extremely sharp sword auras shot out almost simultaneously, targeting the two enemies. These seemingly simple sword auras contained Lu Xuan's sword intent, invincible and unstoppable.

The two sword auras struck the two Seventh Stage Body Tempering martial artists almost simultaneously, piercing through their bodies and exiting the other side. They were killed instantly, turning into ashes before any blood could even flow. The initial mastery of sword intent was terrifying!

"There's movement! Lu Xuan's score has increased by a thousand points! Oh no, it's still increasing, it's three thousand points!"

"Really three thousand points! An instant increase of three thousand points, does that mean he eliminated three Seventh Stage Body Tempering existences? He's really only at Fifth Stage Body Tempering? It's unbelievable!"

"Silence is golden, but when he speaks, it's shocking. This Lu Xuan is definitely a supreme genius! Compared to him, Zheng Gang is nothing!"

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Lu Xuan's sudden burst caused the disciples to shout excitedly. At this point, they no longer feared offending Zheng Gang. In the face of Lu Xuan's achievements, Zheng Gang's performance was simply not worth mentioning. Thinking about how Zheng Gang had provocatively challenged in front of the Sword Sect was a huge joke. Lu Xuan didn't want to bother with him; otherwise, if they had appeared together in the first round, he could have easily suppressed Zheng Gang.

Besides the changes in the new disciple ranking stone, Lu Xuan's position on the overall ranking stone also changed. The increase of three thousand points directly boosted Lu Xuan's rank from 500th to 380th!

"Great job! He's already in the top 400 of the overall ranking. If he doesn't come out, could he really enter the top 300? That would be unprecedented!" A glint of excitement flashed in Elder Jin's eyes.

Although he had proposed a reward of 2,000 contribution points for entering the top 500 and 5,000 contribution points for the top 300 to boost the morale of the disciples, he never really thought anyone would achieve it. Entering the overall ranking directly in the new disciple test was no easy feat.

But now, Lu Xuan had already surged to 380th place, less than a hundred places away from the top 300. There was a chance he could reach it. If he did, it would be an unprecedented achievement in the history of the Wind Sword Sect!