Chapter 101 Like Smoke, Like Fog, and Like a Sword
The sword energy gathered at Lu Xun's fingertips. The sword energy was solid and much stronger than when it was level 4.
At the same time, the sword energy was no longer as thin and short as before, but more than twice as long!
The current posture really gives a feeling of gathering energy into a sword!
Lu Xun swung the sword energy from bottom to top, drawing a perfect arc. His hands moved extremely quickly, and in just a short moment, this sword energy collided with the nine magic swords one after another.
“Bang—bang—!”
Every time the sword energy hits a magic sword, it will weaken a little, but Lu Xun is so powerful that he should use his sword to kill the enemy at this time, because he has no time to use the second sword!
All nine magic swords were knocked away, and the sword energy on Lu Xun's fingertips dissipated completely.
He didn't look back, but continued to move forward. He was in a hurry, and getting on the list was his top priority.
If you observe these nine magic swords at this moment, it is not difficult to find that the one that collided with the sword energy first has a small gap at the tip of the sword.
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"The second level is more difficult than I thought." Lu Xun said in his heart.
If he hadn't upgraded the [Sword Training Technique] to level 2, which increased the power of his sword energy, he really wouldn't have been able to do it so easily and casually.
He didn't know that most of the trial-takers didn't make it past the second level. Now that he had done so, he would be ranked in the top 20 on the list.
After walking out of the second stone forest, he was still surrounded by the light. When he opened his eyes, there was no stone forest in front of him, only 11 swords.
Each sword was inserted straight into the ground, divided into three areas.
The first area has a sword stuck in it.
The second area has three swords stuck side by side.
The third area has seven.
The difference is that the seven swords in the third area are distributed strangely, and are not inserted side by side like the previous three.
Lu Xun was not a novice in cultivation, he saw the clues at a glance.
——That’s a sword formation!
Before entering [Turtle's Longevity], Lu Xun had paid attention to the rankings.
Among the one hundred wooden plaques with names written on them, only the one that belonged to Second Senior Sister had two big words after her name - Cleared!
In other words, even Xiao Ran, who ranked second, used up all three chances but still failed to pass the third level.
"Did he lose in the final sword formation?" Lu Xun guessed in his mind.
Oh, I almost forgot, Xiao Ran was not practicing sword, this pervert was practicing double axes!
She has a petite body, a pretty face, and is wearing a green gauze shirt, but holding two axes in her hands. It seems weird no matter how you think about it!
The most amazing thing is that there really is an axe in “The Turtle’s Longevity”.
It must be exciting to have so many axes flying towards you along the way, right?
So if Xiao Ran really made it to the last area, what she would face was... an axe formation?
I kind of want to complain about what’s going on?
As Lu Xun thought about it, he took a step forward. In the first area, the only long sword rose from the ground and stabbed towards Lu Xun!
Top-grade Huangwu, with extremely fast speed and astonishing momentum!
Logically speaking, the small sword in the sword heart should be able to shake off the top-grade yellow weapon alone, but for some reason, it did not shake the sword away, but only weakened its offensive power.
Lu Xun's sword energy from his fingertips went straight up to meet it and knocked it away with one sword.
When entering the second area, Lu Xun was fighting one against three and could not be underestimated.
After taking a step forward, three magic swords rose from the ground and stabbed from the left, right and top!
Lu Xun had to either retreat or grit his teeth and charge forward!
He was not afraid of the three top-grade magic swords because he was not limited to using only one sword energy at a time!
He put the index and middle fingers of both hands together and danced his hands in the air. Sword Qi shot out from his fingertips one after another, and the small sword in the sword heart was also exerting its greatest effect.
"Bang!" The sword energy kept hitting the three flying swords, and they couldn't get close to Lu Xun at all.
With a swish, the three magic swords fell to the ground and were inserted into the ground again.
"There is only one last sword formation left." Lu Xun took a deep breath and took another step forward.
The seven flying swords flew into the air in an instant, but they did not rush to attack Lu Xun, as if they were intentionally giving him time to prepare.
Lu Xun took a closer look, and basic information appeared before his eyes.
[Sword Formation: Seven Barbarians, Attack Power +21%, Agility +6%].
"I'm dying. This is really a sword formation. The attribute bonus is quite high!"
“It’s difficult.”
Lu Xun smiled bitterly, and then an idea popped into his mind:
"After I return to the Demon Sect, I can also learn some sword formations and use sword energy to set up formations. The effect should be similar, right? It's better than just throwing around blindly like me, right?"
The seven magic swords did not give Lu Xun a chance to think divergently. They moved quickly, and all seven swords attacked together - in the form of a sword formation!
Lu Xun knew that relying on his sword energy would definitely not be enough, but he was not without a trump card.
Don’t forget, that day outside Qingling City, he raised his swordsmanship aptitude to level 3.
Although there is still a long way to go before I can fully understand the sword, I have already comprehended the sword's purpose!
He never used it from beginning to end.
——Right now!
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Outside the stone gate, the old crocodile in the pond shivered violently.
"Sword Intention!"
"This kid has already comprehended the sword intent at this level of cultivation!?"
In the eyes of an unfathomable monster like Crocodile Old Man, the sword intent was actually nothing. It was just that Lu Xun's cultivation was still too shallow, only the 8th level of the Qi-Eating Art. To comprehend the sword intent at this level of cultivation was a completely different matter.
In his opinion , looking across the world, even those sword geniuses from Yijian Mountain and Wanjian Mountain could never achieve this level!
In fact, since the public beta of "Tianchen", no player has been able to raise his swordsmanship qualification to level 3 at level 8.
And in Mr. Crocodile's impression, there is only one person who can achieve this level!
——Yan Li!
And only the legendary people can achieve such a level!
——Born as a sword fetus!
"This kid is actually born with a sword fetus!?"
"He is definitely a natural born swordsman. I, Old Crocodile, can't possibly be wrong!"
"I didn't expect that the Demon Sect would have another natural sword fetus after Yan Li!"
Lu Xun had brought him a lot of surprises since he broke through the barrier. But he felt that this kid had only practiced for a short time, and his understanding of the sword was not deep enough. It was definitely not realistic for him to break the sword formation. It was good enough to stop here, at least not much worse than that girl from Luo Tianzong.
But there is the unknown factor of sword intent, plus the natural sword fetus who is particularly sensitive to swords...it's really hard to say!
In [Turtle's Longevity], Lu Xun condensed a sword energy with sword intent at his fingertips.
Different from the previous sword energy, this sword energy was wrapped in sword intent and seemed a little strange.
It is not so solid, nor so dazzling, and even a little illusory.
It is said to be a sword energy, but in fact it is more like a slightly distorted fog.
A little hazy and a little unreal.
At the same time, there is an indescribable charm.
His level is still too low, and he can't support the sword intent.
Lu Xun's face was solemn, this was now his ultimate move, success or failure depended on this one move!
The mist-like sword energy was actually very fast, but it looked slow, just like a man slowly exhaling a puff of smoke when smoking.
But it was this fog-like thing that broke several swords in one breath!
The first sword!
The second sword!
The third sword!
All in one go!
It was not until the fourth sword that it was completely consumed by the sword formation.
The remaining three magic swords stabbed towards Lu Xun, but stopped when they were close. A ray of light wrapped around Lu Xun and teleported him out.
When he opened his eyes, he was already outside the first stone forest and was teleported back to the starting point.
“Just now I really felt like I was on the verge of life and death.” Lu Xun said in his heart.
He can now choose to use up another chance and continue to challenge the level, or he can choose to push open the stone door and leave [Turtle's Longevity] first.
Lu Xun did not move. He just stood there, neither moving forward nor backward, as if he was distracted.
To be precise, he was now browsing through the prompts that popped up in front of him one after another.
“[Ding! Dungeon: Turtle’s Longevity, the first level is cleared successfully, and 1000 experience points are obtained.]”
The first level is relatively simple, so the experience value reward is relatively small.
“[Ding! Dungeon: Turtle’s Longevity, the second level is cleared successfully, and 5000 experience points are obtained.]”
The second level is more difficult, and the experience points become rich all of a sudden!
And behind these two tips, there is a third one.
"[Ding! Due to your outstanding performance, you are currently ranked 4th in the Turtle's Longevity dungeon ranking list, and are rewarded with 10,000 experience points.]"
Lu Xun clicked to receive all of them, and 16,000 experience points were instantly credited to his account.
In this type of level-breaking dungeon, the reward for clearing each level can only be claimed once. In other words, it would be meaningless for Lu Xun to clear the first and second levels again.
However, [Turtle's Longevity] is generally divided into two modes: before level 10 and after level 10, so you can actually get experience twice.
Moreover, the experience value rewards for modes after level 10 will be even more generous!
It’s just that the rankings are counted together, not separately.
After all, the dungeon [Turtle’s Longevity] is “very smart”, just like the power faced by Lu Xun at the eighth level of the Qi-Eating Art and Ji Li at the fourth level are different. Therefore, in fact, the two modes of [Turtle’s Longevity] are further divided into 20 kinds of power, and the difficulty of the assessment faced by everyone is basically the same.
What is actually being fought for is everyone's understanding, just like Lu Xun is facing a sword, and what is being watched is his understanding of the way of sword.
“Only ranked fourth?” Lu Xun sat cross-legged on the spot and thought to himself.
Lu Xun did not recognize the third name, which was [Devil Sect Bai Que]. Xiao Ran was even better, ranking second, and was worthy of being one of the future protagonists.
“I don’t know to what extent Xiao Ran has achieved this?” Lu Xun said in his heart.
Outside the stone gate, Old Crocodile originally thought that Lu Xun would first sit cross-legged in meditation and digest the information before attempting the second challenge. Unexpectedly, he immediately opened his eyes, stopped sitting cross-legged on the ground, and stood up.
Old Crocodile couldn't help but open his eyes wide, a little bit unbelievable.
"Breakthrough! Good boy, you actually broke through!"
Yes, just now, Lu Xun didn't even think about it and just silently clicked the upgrade button!
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