Chapter 7
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Chapter 7: The Mysterious Examiner!
Ye Tianming had absolutely no idea that these Wanfa Realm experts would advance along with the boundary level of the challengers.
Ten Small Calamity Realm experts, how terrifying is that?
Seeing those shadows about to reach the Small Calamity Realm, Ye Tianming dared not hide anything anymore. He rushed forward, a sheathed iron sword appearing in his hand. In the blink of an eye, he charged in front of a Wanfa Realm expert and fiercely drew his sword for a slash.
Sky-Cleaving Sword Draw Technique!
This was what Tower Ancestor had taught him earlier.
Hum!
As a sword hum resonated, a sword light imbued with lightning instantly forced that Wanfa Realm expert back dozens of yards before the latter stopped and directly dissipated.
After shattering that Wanfa Realm expert with one sword strike, Ye Tianming dodged sideways, sheathed his sword, and instantly appeared before another Wanfa Realm expert. He violently drew his sword and slashed down.
Bang!
Another Wanfa Realm expert was instantly shattered, while Ye Tianming had already disappeared from his original position and rushed toward the next Wanfa Realm expert.
In just a few breaths, he struck several times with his sword, one Wanfa Realm expert falling with each strike. After all, he was now at the Small Calamity Realm, his level suppressing these Wanfa Realm experts. Soon, only three remained of the ten shadows, and these three had now reached the Small Calamity Realm. Not only that, but each of them now held a sword in hand.
Whatever ability the challenger used, they could possess the same ability.
Ye Tianming stopped in place. Looking at the three Small Calamity Realm experts holding swords in the distance, his eyes showed no gravity, only excitement, because he discovered that if properly controlled, this place was simply a sacred training ground.
A dedicated training ground was something the Ye family could never have; only those great families and major sects might possess one, and that would require consuming a tremendous amount of wealth. But now, here was a free training ground.
Ten Small Calamity Realm experts, he definitely couldn’t defeat, but three… he could completely use them as sparring partners.
Just then, the three Small Calamity Realm experts suddenly disappeared from their spots.
Three Sky-Cleaving Sword Draw Techniques!
Seeing that the opponents also knew his sword technique, Ye Tianming was slightly startled, quite surprised. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging forward and fiercely clashing his sword against the three Small Calamity Realm experts.
Boom!
Four sword lights suddenly erupted from the field. Ye Tianming retreated repeatedly, but he quickly stopped and then charged toward the three Small Calamity Realm experts again.
He wasn’t engaging in meaningless combat; he was carefully observing the fighting style of these three Small Calamity Realm experts and the ‘Sky-Cleaving Sword Draw Technique’ they were using. Since these three Small Calamity Realm experts were completely copied from his abilities, discovering their strengths and weaknesses was equivalent to discovering his own strengths and weaknesses.
Through careful observation, he realized that his speed was insufficient, the angles of his sword techniques weren’t tricky enough, his reactions were somewhat slow, and his movements were a bit flashy, not streamlined enough… this was due to his lack of actual combat experience.
These weren’t things that could be immediately corrected in a short time!
However, by observing the three Small Calamity Realm experts using the Sky-Cleaving Sword Draw Technique, a thought suddenly occurred to him. The technique emphasized the explosive power at the moment of drawing the sword… could it be stacked?
What if I draw my sword twice in succession!
If the speed is fast enough, the two explosive forces could converge together, and that power…
With this thought, he immediately acted.
As the three Small Calamity Realm experts rushed toward him, his eyes slowly closed, his right hand tightly gripping the sword hilt. The next moment, he violently drew his sword and slashed, and in the instant of drawing and slashing, he quickly sheathed the sword again, then drew it once more for another slash.
Boom!
A flash of sword light erupted, and the three Small Calamity Realm experts were instantly pulverized… along with his sword and scabbard, as they couldn’t withstand the power of two stacked Sky-Cleaving Sword Draw Techniques. Not only that, but his entire right arm had split open, blood spraying, revealing white bone.
“Holy shit!”
Little Tower suddenly exclaimed in shock, “Damn, I never taught you this stacking technique! How did you learn it? Holy shit…”
Ye Tianming looked at his bloodied hand but began to laugh, and as he laughed, his voice gradually grew louder.
If two could be stacked, then three could be stacked, four, five, ten thousand…
This sword technique now had no upper limit.
Little Tower hurriedly asked, “How did you think of stacking them?”
Ye Tianming asked in return, “Has anyone stacked them before?”
Little Tower said solemnly: “Yes…”
Ye Tianming smiled, “The senior who created this sword technique was quite extraordinary. I previously underestimated this sword technique. This technique is at least Emperor-grade, or even higher, right, Tower Ancestor?”
Little Tower said: “I don’t know either, I just happened to obtain it from a secret realm back then…”
Ye Tianming nodded, “I understand, I understand.”
Little Tower: “……”
Ye Tianming took out a piece of white cloth to bandage himself, then said: “Let’s see what the second trial is like…”
As he spoke, he had already disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was outside, and simultaneously, a second door appeared before him.
Whoosh!
The scene was immediately filled with commotion.
The appearance of the second door meant that he had passed the first trial.
Everyone in the scene looked at Ye Tianming in shock.
Elder Yu and Xiao Nu’s faces turned pale. At this moment, they finally began to panic a little.
They had originally thought that this Ye Tianming would definitely fail, but they never expected that he would pass the first trial.
Xiao Nu stared intently at Ye Tianming on the Guanxuan Path, “He can’t be allowed to live, he can’t be allowed to live, he must be killed…”
Killing intent surged from his body.
“Are you insane?”
Elder Yu suddenly looked at Xiao Nu and shouted angrily, “If you act now, even if the Xiao family uses all its power, they won’t be able to save you.”
Xiao Nu suddenly came to his senses.
Right now, Ye Tianming was challenging the Guanxuan Path, with countless people from Wan Prefecture watching. If he were killed in front of everyone… this would provoke public outrage. Not just the Xiao family, even a first-class family couldn’t protect him.
Elder Yu suppressed the killing intent in his heart and looked at Ye Tianming in the distance, “He has only passed the first trial, there are still two more, what are you afraid of?”
Hearing Elder Yu’s words, Xiao Nu’s heart immediately relaxed, and he nodded quickly, “Right, right, he’s only passed the first trial…”
Despite their words, a trace of unease welled up in both their hearts.
On the Guanxuan Path, Ye Tianming had already walked through the second door. As soon as he entered that door, a flash of white light engulfed him, making it impossible to open his eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes, and by then, he had appeared in a vegetable garden.
Ye Tianming was somewhat confused.
“It’s been a long time since anyone came.”
A voice suddenly came from behind Ye Tianming.
Ye Tianming turned to look. Not far away stood a woman wearing a light yellow dress, extremely beautiful. In her right hand, she held a hoe, while her left hand rested on her hip, smiling at him.
Ye Tianming was puzzled, “Senior is?”
The woman wiped the sweat from her face, smiled charmingly, and said, “Your examiner.”
Ye Tianming hesitated, then asked, “Can you go easy on me?”
The woman laughed, “Dream on.”
Ye Tianming gave a slight bow, “Then please, Senior, give me the test.”
The woman smiled, “No rush, let me loosen the soil in this plot first.”
Saying this, she picked up the hoe and began to till the soil.
Ye Tianming could only wait. Looking around, he asked in his heart: “Tower Ancestor, is this world real?”
Little Tower said: “It’s real.”
Ye Tianming became more confused, “How did I come to this place?”
Little Tower said: “Through means you cannot understand right now.”
Ye Tianming said: “Tower Ancestor, you must have been quite successful in the past, right?”
Little Tower laughed heartily, “Of course, in my day I was invincible within three sword strikes, three sword…”
Saying this, it seemed to realize something and quickly stopped, remaining silent for a moment before continuing: “You don’t need to probe. I can frankly tell you that I did have some abilities back then, but now, sigh, I’ve been sealed. Currently, apart from guiding you when you’re lost, my help to you is really limited in other aspects. So, don’t pin your hopes on me; you have to rely on yourself, understand?”
Ye Tianming thought for a moment and continued to ask, “Tower Ancestor, why did you choose me?”
Little Tower said: “I believe you are a person of destiny… with a great future ahead.”
Ye Tianming: “……”
“Alright.”
Just then, the woman suddenly spoke.
Ye Tianming pulled back his thoughts and looked at the woman, who was walking toward him with the hoe.
Ye Tianming took a deep breath. Naturally, he was anxious about the upcoming test. In the thousand years of the Guanxuan Path, only one person had passed. He wouldn’t be so arrogant as to think he would definitely pass the Guanxuan Path. If he hadn’t run out of other options, he wouldn’t have risked challenging the Guanxuan Path.
The woman walked up to Ye Tianming. She looked him over, and finally, her gaze fell on the small tower at Ye Tianming’s waist. Looking at the small tower, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.
Little Tower: “……”
The woman glanced at the Xingdao sword at Ye Tianming’s waist and smiled, “Follow me.”
She led Ye Tianming to a courtyard. In the center of the courtyard was a wooden table, two benches, and a small stove nearby with tea brewing on it.
The woman carried the teapot to the wooden table, “Please sit.”
Ye Tianming sat down, and the woman took out two wooden teacups. She poured one for Ye Tianming, then took out a fruit basket from under the table containing some tomatoes and cucumbers. She looked at Ye Tianming and smiled, “I grew these myself, you can try them.”
Ye Tianming honestly said, “I’m not in the mood to eat.”
The woman laughed, “Don’t be nervous, this trial isn’t complicated at all. I’ll just ask you one question.”
Ye Tianming said: “Please ask, Senior.”
The woman looked at him, “Should the Guanxuan Sword Master exist or not?”
Ye Tianming: “……”
Little Tower: “……”
