Ling Han sighed and said, “So you’re here to joke. Yes, let’s give an applause!”
Liu Yu Tong and the others clapped one after another and also began to laugh.
Rong Huan Xuan didn’t get angry, but said in a dull tone, “Ling Han, you’ll soon know that this isn’t a joke!”
“Then I’ll wait and see.” Ling Han smiled.
“Hmph!” Rong Huan Xuan slid in the casket to go back, but Ling Han summoned Demon Birth Sword, striking at Three Lives Corpse Casket, and with a qiang , sparks flew in all directions.
“What are you doing?” Rong Huan Xuan said, irritated.
“Got nothing better to do, so just hacking at a turtle shell!” Ling Han said smilingly as he struck continuously.
Rong Huan Xuan felt annoyed and furious. With the protection of Three Lives Corpse Casket, he was obviously unafraid of Ling Han’s slashes, but being struck violently by Ling Han like this, he would be embarrassed. Moreover, the aftershock of each attack would spread throughout the casket, and although it couldn’t hurt him, the constant trembling still made him extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing Ling Han strike several hundred times and still had no plans of stopping, he couldn’t help but yell out, “You done yet!?”
“Of course not, you run over and threaten me carefreely, and still want to slip away. Could there be such a simple thing?” Ling Han said balefully.
Rong Huan Xuan was speechless, wasn’t it his own cheap mouth that enraged Ling Han?
He hurriedly controlled the Three Lives Corpse Casket and ran towards the city gates. There were still two days before the test, and he wanted to hide for a while, since there were too many people here. Moreover, there was still the formation spirit, and he didn’t want to reveal his trump card too early.
Ling Han didn’t chase. With the Three Lives Corpse Casket present, killing Rong Huan Xuan wouldn’t be easy.
Two days soon passed. Weng , a human figure appeared out of thin air. That person looked like a five to six year-old young child, transparent all over, as if an illusion.
Formation spirit!
“The test has begun. After you guys enter through that door, you guys can pick three different opponents and pick the best battle record. Lastly, you guys will be ranked based on the stars of tier surpassing battle prowess.
It’s a mental space, and only your divine sense will enter, so you guys won’t be able to use any supportive methods, but also won’t be hurt.
The higher the stars you guys surpass, the better the rewards you can obtain. If you’re all good-for-nothings, surpassing only two to three stars, then the most you guys can get is an Earth Grade art or the sort.
Only the first three have rewards.”
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The formation spirit disappeared again once it finished talking.
Everyone looked at each other as they walked towards the house with a pitch-black door. Nothing inside could be seen.
“Let’s go.” Ling Han and the others also walked over. The house seemed like a bottomless pit, no matter how many people went in, it never got crowded.
Xiu , the instant Ling Han entered, he discovered that he appeared in a sealed circular stone room. The place was large, hundred feet in diameter and hundred feet in height.
Recalling what the formation spirit said, Ling Han hurriedly probed and discovered that he certainly lost connection with the Black Tower.
His divine sense was extracted out.
Hiss!
He was extremely shocked; people that lost their divine sense were equivalent to an empty shell, and if his divine sense was forever trapped in here, then his body would starve to death!
Even if Flower Blossom Tier beings transcended mortals and only needed to absorb spiritual Qi to live, they would still die slowly from age.
If the formation spirit wanted to erase them, then it would truly be a matter of a single thought… since it could extract their divine sense, then wiping them out would be just as easy.
As expected of a god tier formation, he didn’t even know how his divine sense was extracted.
Weng , the young child appeared and said, “Pick your opponent, what tier and what stars of battle prowess?”
Ling Han pondered, and then said, “I’ll have the Spiritual Pedestal Tier Twenty Stars first.”
“You’re at the second layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, so surpassing eighteen stars?” The formation spirit was quite human-like as it revealed a shocked expression. “Not bad, if you can truly pass such a test, then placed in the Great Brahma, this would be fairly impressive strength.”
Ling Han was even more astounded that surpassing eighteen stars was only fairly impressive? The Great Brahma? Was this a place in the god realm?
“What weapon do you use?” the formation spirit asked again.
“Sword!” Ling Han said.
Xiu , a long sword appeared out of thin air and was stuck next to Ling Han’s leg.
Ling Han still wanted to inquire the formation spirit about the Great Brahma, but before he asked, the formation spirit had already disappeared; what took its place was an expressionless swordsman of medium stature.
It was strong!
Ling Han couldn’t help but tremble from within. This was a true swordsman with shocking sword intent that was emitted from all over its body, and with only one glance, his soul seemed as if it were being torn apart.
His battle intent was burning, and with a sword in hand, he said, “Then let’s battle!”
The swordsman lowered its knees slightly, and then shot out abruptly. Its speed was ridiculously fast; shua , its long sword was unsheathed, bringing with it a shocking sword light that was piercingly cold.
Ling Han was fearless, greeting it with his sword.
Ding, ding, ding , the two battled fiercely. This was clearly only a divine sense space, but it was extremely real. The sparks that burst out from the clashing didn’t look fake at all.
The swordsman swung its word, and instantly ten flashes of sword Qi waved, sweeping towards Ling Han .
“Not bad, ten flashes of Sword Qi. Now I’ve really met a rival!” Ling Han laughed loudly and swung his sword as well, slashing out ten flashes of Sword Qi.
Ding, ding, ding, ding , the Sword Qi clashed and annihilated each other.
Ling Han was astounded that the opponent’s Sword Qi’s quality was actually no less than his; this was rare. His became overjoyed and said, “Take this strike of mine!” He began to maneuver the Mysterious Three Thousand.
However, before the sword’s might was formed, he was forced to stop because the swordsman had surprisingly sensitivity in battle—he immediately fired a slash and stopped Ling Han’s strength accumulation.
“Interesting! Interesting!” Ling Han laughed loudly. “You’re the only opponent in the same tier that has made me stop my strike!”
The swordsman only had the instinct to battle, continuing to strike in a flurry.
Ling Han activated the Eye of Truth and carried out Hundred Changes Thousand Illusions movement art, treading in small steps under the opponent’s sword influence. He was still accumulating strength to fire out Mysterious Three Thousand to end the battle right away.
The swordsman’s attacks were fiercer and fiercer, and suddenly its long sword paused slightly, and as it swung downwards, illusions of ten large mountains rolled towards Ling Han.
Ka, ka, ka, ka, Ling Han’s body immediately let out rattle as if his bones were breaking, but Ling Han was not in the least concerned. He cultivated Iron Sheet Body, and his body was equivalent to rare metal of the same tier; to overwhelm his body, it had to be at least a Flower Blossom Tier attack.
In this mental space, the formation spirit also accurately replicated his body’s toughness, and other than the Black Tower, the Demon Birth Sword, and other weapons which weren’t brought in here, other aspects were almost no different from his real body.
Ling Han la
ughed loudly, striking. Xiu, xiu, xiu , thousands of sword lights instantly emerged, slashing fiercely at the swordsman.
These sword lights were too concentrated, and unless that swordsman also possessed the Eye of Truth and understood Mysterious Three Thousand no less than Ling Han, it wouldn’t be able to charge out from these sword lights like how Ling Han once did, charging out from Yao Hui Yue’s sword might.
However, that swordsman obviously wasn’t equipped with the two, so it was hit. Pu, pu, pu! It was also very valiant—as it maneuvered its long sword, over five hundred lights of Sword Qi were actually struck down, but the following ones engulfed it.
After all the sword lights disappeared, that swordsman also vanished like mist or smoke.
This was originally a mental space, and that swordsman wasn’t a real entity.
“Very good, you pass.” The formation spirit appeared once again. “You have two more chances to pick opponents.”
Ling Han instead asked, “Can my results rank first?”
“Limited by the rules, I can’t answer you.” The formation spirit shook its head, following a prescribed pattern.
“Can you talk about the Great Brahma?” Ling Han changed a question—this was actually what he wanted to ask.
“Limited by the rules, I can’t answer you,” the formation spirit said the same thing.
Ling Han couldn’t help but sigh. He pondered, then said, “Make another Spiritual Pedestal Tier with twenty-five stars battle prowess.”
“As you wish.” The formation spirit disappeared, and another swordsman appeared, more terrifying than the previous one. Each of its hairs moved without a breeze, cutting the air and forming a vortex.
Ling Han was shocked; in the vast lands, twenty stars was the limit of a tier’s battle prowess, and higher would be crossing into a large tier. However, since the gap between the Spiritual Pedestal Tier and the Flower Blossom Tier was too great, it was impossible to battle a Flower Blossom Tier no matter how strong a Spiritual Pedestal Tier was, so there was a gap in battle prowess values.
He never would’ve thought that the formation spirit really would make a twenty-five stars Spiritual Pedestal Tier opponent for him.
He decided to fight and see.
Ling Han charged up and the two engaged in a great battle. This swordsman was stronger than the one earlier as expected—and not just by a tiny bit, but an increase of five whole stars of battle prowess; this was also the limit that normal geniuses couldn’t surpass.
This battle, Ling Han fought extremely arduously. As his body was slashed with countless sword attacks, even Iron Sheet Body couldn’t withstand it. What made him even more depressed was that he couldn’t use the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll.
The formation spirit actually couldn’t simulate this set of arts!
Did this mean that Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll’s level was higher than this formation’s?
Ling still had the leisure to ponder, but after paying a hefty price, he also earned the chance to fire out Mysterious Three Thousand. As the sword swept pass, the entire sky was covered by sword lights.
The second swordsman was truly strong. He actually cut down a thousand flashes of sword lights. The last hundred flashes struck his body, but he wasn’t annihilated, only losing the left leg and the right arm, and getting a large hole on its chest. He still stood up with one leg, holding his sword firmly.
Ling Han smiled bitterly; this was battle prowess of twenty-five stars Spiritual Pedestal Tier, truly fierce!
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Ling Han attacked again. Ding, ding, ding, the two battled fiercely; fortunately, the second swordsman lost a leg and a hand, so its battle prowess dropped greatly. Ling Han finally gained the upper hand.
However, he still fought a thousand more moves before suppressing the opponent, slumping down onto the ground and feeling so tired he could sleep for a long time.
According to reason, he was a mental manifestation, so he shouldn’t feel tired. This should probably be due to severe mental energy loss, resulting in his feeling of extreme weariness.
“You can rest for ten minutes.” The formation spirit appeared and, with a swipe of its hand, the injuries on Ling Han’s body all disappeared.
Ling Han sat down cross-legged. Though adjusting here was meaningless, he wasn’t a physical entity at all. He reached out with his left hand and maneuvered a little, and couldn’t help but reveal a joyful look because the formation spirit simulated the demonic pattern on his hand.
This was obtained from Asura Demon Emperor and should be a god tier entity. Its lethality was also extremely terrifying, at least Spiritual Infant Tier twenty stars.
Ling Han changed his mind and said, “This time, I want to battle a Spiritual Infant Tier twenty stars!”
…
In another testing room, Rong Huan Xuan was facing an enemy that was a shocking Flower Blossom Tier being.
He cackled and said, “I am with the corpse, break!”
An eerie scene appeared; his lower abdomen split open as a corpse soldier wormed its way out. It was a shocking third tier Silver-Armored Corpse, which could rival a Flower Blossom Tier!
“If it weren’t for my low cultivation, being unable to fuse Spiritual Infant Tier corpse soldiers, I could even pick a Spiritual Infant Tier opponent!” Rong Huan Xuan’s face was full of loftiness. “However, this is enough! I am only three stars Spiritual Pedestal Tier, yet I can win against a Flower Blossom Tier five stars. The number of stars surpassed is not something anyone can match!”
He reached out a hand and pointed at the Flower Blossom Tier opponent, and ordered the corpse soldier, “Kill him!”
“Ang!” The corpse soldier immediately charged up.
…
In another space, Yan Tian Zhao suddenly showed up.
He had been hiding in the shadows all this time—not that he was scared of Ling Han, he was simply lying in wait for him so as to accomplish the goal with one attack, robbing the key in Ling Han’s hands. His opponent was also a shocking Flower Blossom Tier being.
“Haha, this is a mental space, and I’ve combined with a god’s memory, so my divine sense is stronger than everyone else’s!” he said very proudly, “My true battle prowess is only at the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, but here, the limit is the Flower Blossom Tier!
This was a mystery realm set up by Heavenly River King’s twelve military officers. According to legend, Heavenly River king obtained a supreme inheritance, almost dominating the Great Brahma. Although he was killed in the end, his name was awe-inspiring, and even his twelve military officers were ridiculously formidable.
I’m determined to obtain the Heavenly River King’s legacy, but it can only be obtained after returning to the Great Brahma. Now, I’ll first gather the legacy of the twelve military officers. It’ll surely be of great benefit in improving my strength.”
Hong , his opponent’s hand stormed over overwhelmingly; it was terrifying Flower Blossom Tier twenty stars being.
…
Battling Spiritual Pedestal Tier twenty-five stars was probably Ling Han’s limit. One more star and maybe he could still win, but what meaning did one more star have? So, he wanted to go big.
Spiritual Infant Tier twenty stars!
His destructive power was enough to defeat such an elite. The key was that he saw how these swordsmen appeared, so he lay in ambush ahead of time where the third swordsman would appear; the black pattern was ready to be fired.
“As you wish.” The formation spirit immediately disappeared after those words, while the third swordsman appeared. He was extremely strong too, and discovering that Ling Han was lying in wait for him, although he could no longer swing his sword in time, he fired a divine sense attack right at Ling Han.
How fast was a divine sense attack? Moreover, with a Spiritual Infant Tier’s divine sense’s dominance, a light touch could crush a Spiritual Pedestal Tier being several hundred times.
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But, who was Ling Han? He had a sliver of a Heaven Tier’s divine sense, so to injure him with a divine sense, one had to be at least Heaven Tier, right?
Hong , under the attack, Ling Han was unscathed; his left hand pressed on the third swordsman’s body and the demonic pattern lit up. Pa , the third swordsman disappeared right as it appeared.
Taken care of just like that.
The formation spirit appeared again, and it was evidently speechless. Ling Han pulled a cheap trick in this battle, and it definitely didn’t reflect true battle prowess. However, didn’t it replicate such an ability from Ling Han’s body, letting Ling Han catch the loophole it left?
Conversely, if it weren’t for Ling Han’s powerful divine sense, he would definitely already be shocked to death by the attack right away and there wouldn’t be any cheap tricks pulled afterwards.
“I guess you pass,” the formation spirit said, somewhat depressed. It had just encountered a monster… it actually couldn’t extract a small little girl’s divine sense, resulting in the little girl being unable to participate in the test.
“Can I not go out yet?” Ling Han asked.
“Wait till the others all finish, the top three will receive rewards right here,” the formation spirit said.
Ling Han nodded and waited patiently.
The wait actually lasted a day and a night. It turned out that anyone who came here on the day could participate in the test, but once the day was over, the entire test was declared concluded, evaluating top three based on everyone’s records.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, the divine sense of everyone who didn’t enter top three returned… jolted out of the room.
“What, I can surpass seven stars and beat an opponent, yet I didn’t make it into top three?”
“Get out, I can surpass eight stars!”
Everyone cried out one after another. They were already so strong, yet they couldn’t even make top three—this was too ridiculous.
Yu Kun Lun, Yang Jun Hao, and the other previous generations’ top ones of the prodigy roll all looked terrible. They could even battle surpassing ten stars, yet they still didn’t make top three; the shock was too great.
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