Chapter 86: Holding a three-foot-long sword, he killed the evil creatures with blood like rain! [5,000-word chapter]
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"Alas, trying to deal with two Foundation Establishment Stage fiends is indeed a bit too much…"
On the Third High School's sports field, Shen Feiyang took off his holographic helmet and shook his head with a hint of regret.
Fighting two Foundation Establishment Stage fiends and an army of thousands of ordinary fiends, and still managing to take down one Foundation Establishment Stage fiend in the end, was already the limit of what he could achieve.
After all, although he could summon two Foundation Establishment Stage evil spirits, these two evil spirits wouldn't listen to him at all.
As a result, once the Gun Ghoul was held back by one Foundation Establishment Stage fiend, the other Foundation Establishment Stage fiend could easily free up its hands to deal with him, a Talisman Cultivator who was only at the Qi Training Stage.
He had thought about letting the Knife Ghoul protect him.
However, because the previous ordinary fiends had consumed most of its power, at the critical moment, the Knife Ghoul, even if willing, was powerless.
But no matter what, he had done his best.
Thinking of this, Shen Feiyang couldn't help but say, "Student Lu, my friend, I've done everything I could. This should be considered doing my utmost, right?"
"As for whether you succeed in the end, that's none of my business."
With that, Shen Feiyang prepared to walk towards the gymnasium of Second High School, which had been temporarily converted into a resting area for examinees.
Because there, eliminated examinees could not only rest but also watch the examination footage of other examinees in the examination hall.
Although due to the time ratio between reality and the examination hall, the footage they saw was only the main combat segments of each examinee.
But Shen Feiyang believed that given what Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye were doing now, the school would definitely not let go of their battles.
Therefore, if he hurried over now, he should be able to catch the battles of Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye.
He was very curious about the strength of these two.
After all, when he met them, it was already the ninth day of the exam.
And he had only seen Mu Xiaoye make a move, not Lu Chen.
Thus, Lu Chen's true strength had always been a mystery in his heart.
However, judging by Mu Xiaoye's deference to Lu Chen, Shen Feiyang speculated that Lu Chen's strength, even if not superior to Mu Xiaoye's, was certainly comparable to hers.
And the title of Mu Xiaoye, the Phoenix Calamity cultivator, was known even to him, a minor and unassuming student from Third High School who didn't pay much attention to others.
Therefore, to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with such a person, Lu Chen was definitely not an ordinary person.
This was also why he decided to do Lu Chen a favor in the end.
Making friends with a big shot—if he ever got into trouble in the future, the big shot might just lend him a hand.
"Let's go, let's go, it's finally my turn to watch the show…"
By the time Shen Feiyang arrived at the gymnasium where the resting area was located, it was already packed with eliminated examinees, a surging crowd.
And they seemed to know that Shen Feiyang was coming, so everyone had been looking towards the main entrance of the gymnasium.
It was in this almost universally anticipated situation that, as soon as Shen Feiyang pushed open the hall door, he was immediately met by hundreds of pairs of eyes.
This feeling of standing in the spotlight almost scared the already socially anxious and shy Shen Feiyang into turning around and running away.
But just as Shen Feiyang, body stiff, held the doorknob, contemplating whether to close the door and leave or just turn and run, a sweet voice came from inside the door.
"T-that, excuse me, are you Student Shen Feiyang?"
Huh?!
Looking at the shy and cute girl from Second High School in front of him, Shen Feiyang's mind instantly went blank. Mom, I think I'm in love!
A moment later, Shen Feiyang, having come back to his senses, replied somewhat woodenly, "Excuse me… Student, is there something you need?"
Hearing this, the Second High School girl nervously clutched the corner of her clothes, while her other hand brushed her hair.
Shyly, she said, "T-that, I see your cultivation is quite high. C-can we cultivate together when you have time in the future and guide me?"
T-together Dual Cultivation?!
It's unclear where the misunderstanding occurred; the girl clearly said "cultivate together."
But to Shen Feiyang's ears, it turned into the extremely foolish "Dual Cultivation."
This instantly made him flush red, his blood rushing to his head.
Suddenly, Shen Feiyang was as if injected with stimulants.
Not only was his expression excited, but even his originally listless, dead fish eyes began to shine.
He looked at the delicate and lovely Second High School girl in front of him. Forget about cultivating together in the future, he had even thought of the names for their future children!
So he, who had originally wanted to turn and flee, immediately changed his mind.
"Absolutely…"
Slap!
Before Shen Feiyang could finish his sentence, his right hand suddenly lifted uncontrollably for some reason and slapped him hard across the Face.
This sudden scene not only startled the Second High School girl in front of him but also caused large question marks to appear above the heads of the students watching from afar.
What's going on? Why did Senior Shen suddenly start self-harming after only talking to the girl for two sentences?
Could it be that he was using this method to tell everyone that his Dao Heart was firm and he had no interest in romance?
Hiss!
What a grand demeanor! No wonder he's a big shot and we're useless; such a firm Dao Heart… admirable!
However, unlike what the students thought, Shen Feiyang at this moment was not doing it for any grand demeanor; he simply couldn't control his hand!
"Ah, stop hitting me, Grandma, stop hitting me! I was wrong, I was wrong, isn't that enough?!"
Under everyone's mistaken gazes, Shen Feiyang ran outside while frantically begging his right hand for mercy.
But his right hand seemed to ignore his explanations completely, hitting him with great enthusiasm!
The Second High School girl looked at his retreating figure, and after a moment of shock, she immediately covered her Face and ran to her best friend for comfort, crying.
No, Shen Feiyang, if you don't like me, just say so. Is it necessary to hurt yourself like this?
Am I really that unlikable in your eyes?
This is too hurtful!
And just a few steps after Shen Feiyang ran out of the gymnasium, the right hand that had been frantically slapping his Face finally stopped.
Shen Feiyang stood under a large tree by the gymnasium, covering his swollen cheek with his left hand, a wronged expression on his Face, tears welling up in his eyes.
What a sin, truly a sin!
I didn't actively flirt with her, so why do you have to be so disrespectful and slap me in public?!
And why don't you let me get close to girls my age?
I'm Shen Feiyang, not Ning Caichen!
The mysterious female ghost inside Shen Feiyang seemed to be able to read his thoughts.
Because just as Shen Feiyang finished thinking this, his right hand, which had already quieted down, immediately showed signs of lifting again.
Seeing this, Shen Feiyang was so scared that he immediately knelt down on the spot.
"Don't be agitated, Grandma, don't be agitated! I'm just kidding, just kidding!"
Perhaps his begging worked, as the right hand that was about to lift finally dropped back down.
Seeing that the 'Grandma' seemed to have truly let him go, Shen Feiyang was almost moved to tears.
Alright, after this experience, he wouldn't even be able to think about getting a girlfriend, let alone actually getting one!
You forcibly occupy my body, fine, but why even…
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, please don't be angry, please don't be angry! I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself!"
On the other side, Mu Xiaoye, who had just been eliminated from the examination hall, arrived at the edge of the gymnasium.
She happened to see Shen Feiyang standing under a big tree, aggressively slapping himself.
This scene instantly made Mu Xiaoye imagine that he was doing this because he felt guilty for not completing the task Lu Chen had given him, so much so that he was atoning for his sins in this manner.
Thinking of this, Mu Xiaoye's gaze towards him instantly softened.
I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before.
Turns out, you're not that unreliable after all.
Because of this clever misunderstanding, Mu Xiaoye immediately walked towards Shen Feiyang, wanting to comfort him.
But before she could get close, Shen Feiyang, whose peripheral vision caught sight of her, was so scared that he immediately ran wildly into the distance.
His terrified, fleeing appearance, however, made Mu Xiaoye's gaze towards him… become even more sympathetic.
He must have felt so guilty that he couldn't Face me and Little Lu, which is why he ran away like that.
"Alas, I didn't expect Shen Feiyang to be such a responsible person. It seems I really shouldn't judge a book by its cover anymore…"
After sighing with emotion, Mu Xiaoye walked directly into the gymnasium.
As for a certain fellow whom she mistakenly believed to be overflowing with responsibility, he was currently leaning in a corner by the gymnasium.
He looked up at the sky with a Face devoid of life.
"It's over, my life is completely over…Woo woo woo…"
They say men don't shed tears easily, but that's only when they haven't reached the point of true sorrow.
At this moment, Shen Feiyang only felt that his future… was completely dark!
Because after this incident, he deeply understood two things.
One, he had been deprived of the right to approach other girls, or to be approached by other girls.
Two, he had also been deprived of the right to reward himself with his right hand late at night!
And without these two, what was the difference between him and being dead, what was the difference!!!
Tired, let it all be destroyed, quickly…
Inside the gymnasium, Mu Xiaoye pushed open the large door and walked directly in.
Seeing her appearance, several male students from Second and Third High School who considered themselves to be in good standing instantly brightened and walked towards her proactively.
But before they could speak, Mu Xiaoye coldly said, "Get lost."
Watching the red patterns emerge on Mu Xiaoye's Face, these male students immediately turned their heads and ran away.
They had to run; they weren't blind and had seen how Mu Xiaoye had just exchanged her life for two Foundation Establishment Stage fiends.
Not running? Not running means waiting to be beaten up!
When the students from Second High School and Third High School got embarrassed, the male students from First High School around them immediately started laughing, looking as if they were watching a good show.
They understood this situation all too well!
Because they had been thoroughly 'educated' by Mu Xiaoye for three whole years.
Three years! Do you know how the male compatriots of First High School spent those three years?
They were purely suppressed by Mu Xiaoye alone, unable to raise their heads!
So, when they saw people from other schools also getting embarrassed in front of Mu Xiaoye, how could they not gloat?
Happiness is built upon the suffering of others!
However, while they were happy laughing, someone else was not.
What's the meaning of this? Do you like treating me as a show?
"What are you laughing at?"
Hearing Mu Xiaoye's cold tone, several male students from First High School immediately trembled.
The next second, they almost reflexively shut their mouths and stood rooted to the spot, not daring to laugh at all.
Not only that, but the other people around also seemed to be intimidated by the low Aura emanating from Mu Xiaoye, and immediately turned their heads to look elsewhere.
As a result, the previously somewhat noisy gymnasium briefly fell silent, which was very eerie.
And after Mu Xiaoye saw that everyone around her had finally settled down, she walked towards the spot closest to the large screen inside the gymnasium.
"Big Sister, please sit, please sit."
Just as Mu Xiaoye walked to the front row, the younger brothers who had come out before her immediately made an excellent spot for her.
Mu Xiaoye sat down without hesitation.
The students from other schools behind looked at Mu Xiaoye's back as she sat in the center of the first row.
They finally understood why their friends from First High School would turn pale at the mention of Mu Xiaoye.
Nothing else, it was purely because they had been educated too harshly by Mu Xiaoye.
But compared to Mu Xiaoye, what they were more concerned about at this moment was Lu Chen, who was still in the examination hall.
Because what Lu Chen was about to do was a feat that no one had ever attempted since the 'Alien Battlefield' joint examination dungeon appeared!
Looking at Lu Chen, who was about to reach the Nine Nether Fiends' lair on the screen, everyone had a question in their hearts.
You, Lu Chen, are a Qi Training Stage Ninth Level Cultivator.
Where did you get the confidence to challenge a Foundation Establishment Stage Fifth Level Nine Nether Royal, plus a Foundation Establishment Stage Third Level General Strength Horned Insect, and a large number of Qi Training Stage Sixth Level and above elite fiends?!
If you can truly achieve this, why are you still studying?
You should just report directly to the Dao Academy!
Yu Mountain City Ruins, Nine Nether Tree.
At this moment, the Golden Devouring Ant-Man, who had already walked to the edge of the tree canopy, looked at Lu Chen, who was stepping through the air, and turned to glance at the General Strength Horned Insect next to him.
Seeing this, the General Strength Horned Insect immediately nodded in understanding, and a huge transparent insect wing immediately extended from the cracked armor on its back.
"Follow me!"
As the General Strength Horned Insect flew up, more than fifty Golden-Patterned Ant-Men below the tree immediately followed.
Led by the General Strength Horned Insect, they charged towards Lu Chen in mid-air.
[Golden-Patterned Ant-Man]
[Race: Nine Nether]
[Strength: Qi Training Stage Sixth Level]
[Characteristics: A special humanoid ant, possessing astonishing strength]
The movements of the General Strength Horned Insect and other fiends were naturally seen by Lu Chen in mid-air, every single detail.
He knew before coming that if he wanted to see the Golden Devouring Ant-Man, he must first pass this test of its subordinates.
If he hadn't obtained the Dragon Transformation Sword Intent before.
Forget the Golden Devouring Ant-Man, even the General Strength Horned Insect in front of him, plus that pile of Golden-Patterned Ant-Men, would have been enough to give him a hard time.
But after obtaining the Dragon Transformation Sword Intent.
Ordinary Qi Training Stage fiends in his eyes... truly weren't much different from ants.
Looking at the General Strength Horned Insect getting closer and closer in mid-air, the twelve green lotuses in Lu Chen's pupils began to rotate continuously.
Immediately after, he placed his hand on the three-foot Green Edge Sword at his waist.
An indescribable Aura began to gather on Lu Chen's body.
In response, the General Strength Horned Insect also gripped the black great Knife in its hands tightly.
After all, daring to charge into their Nine Nether Fiends' stronghold alone.
This Human Race Cultivator was either absolutely confident in his strength.
Or he was an idiot.
But the idiots had already been killed during their city-wide sweep in the past few days.
Therefore, Lu Chen could only be the former.
So, even though Lu Chen outwardly only had a Qi Training Stage Ninth Level cultivation.
The General Strength Horned Insect still dared not show the slightest negligence.
Not only did it bring a large number of elite fiends to meet the challenge, but it also cautiously activated its innate ability, 'General Strength,' directly from the start.
Although the special ability 'General Strength' was not unique, for the General Strength Horned Insect, which was already incredibly strong.
This ability could further expand its strength advantage to an astonishing degree!
If only considering strength, even the Golden Devouring Ant-Man, as a Royal, would be three points inferior to it at this moment.
Therefore, as long as it could hit him, not much, even if it was just one strike.
Then it was absolutely confident that it could kill this audacious fellow, Lu Chen, with a single strike!
However, this strike of its... was destined not to be unleashed.
In mid-air, just as the General Strength Horned Insect and others approached within twenty meters of Lu Chen.
Lu Chen's hand, which was resting on the sword hilt, finally moved.
"Accumulated water... forms an abyss."
Boom!
Darkness, endless darkness, and... biting cold.
At this moment, more than fifty fiends, including the General Strength Horned Insect, seemed to instantly fall into an unknown abyss.
In this abyss, they felt neither the passage of time nor any signs of Life Qi.
All they felt was an unspeakable fear.
And this fear not only originated from the unknown but also from the... pair of cold eyes in the endless abyss.
In front of those huge eyes, they were as tiny as ants on the ground.
Their bodies dared not move, and could not move.
Besides looking up, they could do nothing else.
Wh-what is that?!
The General Strength Horned Insect looked at the giant creature in horror, repeatedly wanting to make its body move again and escape this terrifying, deep, endless abyss.
But its body felt as if it didn't belong to itself; let alone turning to flee, it didn't even have the courage to turn its head.
Only because the giant eyes in that abyss... had already looked at it.
In the General Strength Horned Insect's despair, those huge eyes slowly closed.
The next second, a powerful water pressure pressed in from all directions around its body.
In the last moments of its life, the General Strength Horned Insect finally vaguely glimpsed a trace of the true appearance of the terrifying eye's owner.
Just, just a claw...?
Boom!
As the giant claw closed, the General Strength Horned Insect's body immediately exploded, turning into a sky full of blood rain.
And it wasn't just it; even the Golden-Patterned Ant-Men beside it also became victims under this giant claw, bursting into a shower of blood.
In the sight of others, Lu Chen actually didn't make any extra movements.
He merely swung his sword after many enemies approached.
But it was this one sword, which, after falling, transformed into a huge Dragon's Claw, appearing out of thin air from his sword.
And swept towards the General Strength Horned Insects.
And for some reason, those General Strength Horned Insects, facing the not-so-fast Dragon's Claw.
All stood foolishly in place without any movement, and were thus killed by that Dragon's Claw in one blow.
One sword fell, a hundred fiends died.
Such a scene not only shocked the Golden Devouring Ant-Man on the Nine Nether Tree but also the teachers in the meeting.
"H-how is this possible! How could he have comprehended Sword Intent!"
Watching Lu Chen display Sword Intent, all the teachers stood up in shock.
Ordinary people might not understand why the General Strength Horned Insect stopped, but for them, Dao Academy teachers with rich theoretical knowledge.
They instantly saw through the essence of Lu Chen's sword strike.
Sword Intent, this is absolutely, absolutely Sword Intent!
Because only those who master Sword Intent can gather intent into Aura!
The reason why the General Strength Horned Insect and its companions stopped in place was because they were controlled by Lu Chen's Aura...
Holding a three-foot Green Edge Sword, he slew fiends, making blood rain.
Lu Chen's sword strike not only cut down the Physical Bodies of the fiends in the examination hall but also the hearts of the teachers outside the examination hall.
Qi Training Stage, Sword Intent...
When these two things were combined, their gaze towards Lu Chen completely changed.
If before, they had only regarded Lu Chen as a junior with astonishing talent.
Then after this sword strike, Lu Chen, in their eyes, was already a Senior who walked ahead of them.
Because among all those present, no one had mastered Sword Intent!
Could this Lu Chen... be the Reincarnation of a Sword Immortal?!
Otherwise, why would he comprehend Sword Intent, which so many people fail to comprehend in their entire lives, during the Qi Training Stage?!
PS: Sixth day of 10,000 words completed...
I can't do this anymore, staying up late like this really won't do!
Starting tomorrow, I, Fatty Tiger, will absolutely, absolutely finish writing before ten o'clock!!!