Chapter 1923

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　　Since the beginning of his practice, the word “demon” has been an insurmountable obstacle on his path of practice.
　　During these eighty or ninety years of experience, he has witnessed firsthand the disasters caused by the demons in the Nine Abysses time and time again, and has also seen too many warriors and cultivators who have died heroically to resist the invasion of the Nine Abysses.
　　So he knows very well that as long as the Nine Abysses are not destroyed, his Dao heart will never be truly at peace.
　　For cultivators, if the Dao heart is not at peace and they embark on the path to the sky, it is a big taboo.
　　And the Thunder Sound Banner is the most powerful treasure he has seen so far when facing the demons in the Nine Abysses, and there is no one else.
　　This is the real reason why he chose the Thunder Sound Banner.
　　So the Thunder Sound Banner may not be the strongest treasure in this arsenal, but it must be the treasure that can most soothe his Dao heart.
　　After Xu Taiping chose the Thunder Sound Banner, the Sword Ranking List spoke again：
　　”It’s very good that you have this intention！”
　　When saying this, the tone of the Sword Champion List when speaking to Xu Taiping was obviously no longer as cold as before.
　　Obviously, he had also guessed the intention of Xu Taiping’s choice of the Thunder Sound Banner.
　　Immediately afterwards, the Sword Champion List said again：
　　However, there are a total of 108 Thunder Sound Banners, which are divided into the Marshal Flag, General Flag, Colonel Flag, and Soldier Flag. Among them, there is one Marshal Flag, three General Flags, twelve Colonel Flags, and ninety-two Soldier Flags.
　　Unlike other treasure weapons in the Arsenal, for these 108 Thunder Sound Banners, even the Soldier Flag with the lowest rank, if you want to take it out of this Arsenal, you must also rely on your combat power.
　　Combat power？
　　The Sword Champion List explained：
　　In short, you must challenge the strongest holder of each Thunder Sound Banner.
　　Xu Taiping’s heart tightened when he heard this, and he murmured：
　　To challenge the strongest holders of each Thunder Sound Banner, wouldn’t that mean challenging the strongest soldiers of the Heavenly Thunder Department？
　　The Sword Champion List said：
　　That’s right.
Just as the Sword Champion List said this, the scene of the Western Zhou Dynasty in this Arsenal suddenly changed. The vast starry sky turned into a large hall, and in the center of the hall, there was a huge arena.
And the spirit of the Sword Champion List also turned into a tall and straight old man in black, standing beside the ring.
　　Then, in the astonished gaze of Xu Taiping, the black-robed old man transformed by the Sword Champion List continued to introduce to Xu Taiping：
　　“As for these ninety-two sergeant flags, if you want to take away several, you must challenge several True Martial Army Heavenly Thunder Department upper sergeants.”
As he spoke, ninety-two Thunder Sound Flags flashing with thunderous glow, and ninety-two soldiers who were once at the level of upper sergeants in the True Martial Army Heavenly Thunder Department, all appeared on the arena at the same time.
　　In an instant, Xu Taiping only felt a surging force of qi and blood rushing towards him.
　　This feeling was just like a huge mountain slapping towards him head-on.
　　“As expected of the elite of the former True Martial Army Heavenly Thunder Department.”
　　While thinking this way in his heart, Xu Taiping asked the Sword Champion List curiously：
　　“Sir, if I want to retrieve the school flag-level Thunder Sound Banner, may I ask how to challenge？”
　　The Sword Champion List replied：
　　“No matter what level of Thunder Sound Banner you want to retrieve, you must first challenge one of the former strongest upper sergeants in the Heavenly Thunder Department. Only after winning can you be qualified to talk about other things.”
　　Xu Taiping immediately nodded and said：
　　“Thank you, sir, for clarifying.”
Then, without any further words, he took a heavy step forward with a “bang” sound, and his figure leaped up and landed on the ring.
　　After seeing Xu Taiping stand firmly on the stage, the old man transformed by the Sword Champion then turned his head and looked behind him, loudly saying：
　　“Everyone, who is willing to come forward and fight against the Sword Champion？”
　　However, these heroic spirits seemed as if they didn’t hear what the Sword Champion Association said. Each of them just crossed their arms and looked at Xu Taiping standing in the middle of the stage with a look of contempt on their faces.
　　One of them even said in a tone full of disdain：
“I’m not willing to fight against these physically weak cultivators. They only know how to play tricks. It’s boring!”
　　Seeing that no one was willing to come forward, the old man transformed by the Sword Champion List immediately reached out and summoned a token, and then looked coldly at the Heavenly Thunder Department Sergeant who had just ridiculed and said：
　　“Heavenly Thunder Department Sergeant Lu Xiao, come forward！”
　　The ninety-two Heavenly Thunder Department Sergeants, after seeing the token in the hand of the Sword Champion List, all fell silent.
　　And the Lu Xiao who was named by the Sword Champion List even cupped his fists and bent his knees and said：
　　“This general obeys the order！”
　　Then, in Xu Taiping’s surprised gaze, the Sword Champion List once again ordered with that token：
　　“Today, you will fight against this newly promoted True Martial Sword Champion to see if he is qualified to take away the Thunder Sound Banner！”
　　Lu Xiao’s voice was like thunder：
　　“This general accepts the order！”
　　Immediately, Lu Xiao, whose figure was at least one zhang long and was wearing a suit of iron armor like an iron tower, jumped up.
　　“Bang！”
　　Lu Xiao, who was like a small mountain, heavily smashed down in front of Xu Taiping.
Then, Lu Xiao, with a proud expression on his face, clasped and said to Xu Taiping:
　　“I am Lu Xiao. Later, fists and feet have no eyes. If you are injured, don’t blame me！”
Xu Taiping looked at Lu Xiao’s gaze neither humbly nor arrogantly, and then also clasped his hands and said:
　　“I am Qingxuan Xu Taiping. Please give me some advice, Brother Lu.”
　　When Lu Xiao heard this, his complexion changed and he snorted coldly and said：
　　“Who is your Brother Lu？ Look at my fist！”
　　As he spoke, Lu Xiao lifted his thick arm and punched heavily towards Xu Taiping.
　　This punch had not many changes, but it brought Lu Xiao’s profound qi and blood power into full play. When the fist was thrown, the momentum of the fist was like thunder, making it impossible for people to dodge.
　　“Boom！”
　　But almost at the moment when Lu Xiao threw this punch, a more violent qi and blood power suddenly oscillated from Xu Taiping’s body. At the same time, this violent qi and blood power also turned into a red fist shadow and punched heavily towards the momentum of Lu Xiao’s fist.
　　“Bang！”
　　The fists collided, and the sound was like thunder.
　　And in the deafening collision sound, Lu Xiao’s boxing momentum suddenly shattered. His body, which was like an iron tower, was even hit in the abdomen by the red fist shadow, and his whole person flew backwards.
　　“Bang！”
　　After rolling dozens of feet on the ground, Lu Xiao punched the ground and stabilized his figure.
　　Looking at Xu Taiping at this time, his body was no longer as thin as before. His height was increased to more than one zhang, and his whole body of bones and flesh was comparable to that of a monster beast.
　　And this was exactly Xu Taiping’s angry lion physique.
　　Then, Xu Taiping with the angry lion physique looked at Lu Xiao who was slowly getting up from the ground in the distance and said calmly： “I concede.”
　　However, what Xu Taiping didn’t expect was that Lu Xiao didn’t admit defeat, but said angrily：
　　“I’m　not　convinced！”
　　“Come again！”