Chapter 23 Shadow Sword

Early in the morning of the second day, Huan Yin followed the leading disciple to the square of the fifth level - this is the place for the martial arts competition. When Huan Yin arrived, most of the disciples of various sects had already stood in the square. Huan Yin walked to the place where the Wuliang Sect gathered, and then quietly waited for the martial arts competition to begin.

After a while, all the disciples participating in the martial arts competition arrived. Suddenly, white clouds gathered from all directions in the air in front of the square, and finally formed a large cloud carpet in the air.

Suddenly, six rays of light came from the sky in the distance and fell on the cloud carpet. In the rays of light, six figures gathered. They were the elders of each sect who led the new disciples to the martial arts competition this time, and Ye Qingyou was among them.

An old man in a yellow Taoist robe stepped forward and said, "I am Xuanyuanzi, the host of this martial arts competition for newcomers. Today, everyone is here for the martial arts competition. I will introduce the rules of the martial arts competition to everyone." The old Taoist who spoke was Xuanyuanzi, who opened the Wuliang Daotai at the Xianyuan Conference. He was one of the elders of Yijianfeng and had the highest seniority among those present. As the host sect of this martial arts competition, Yijianfeng invited an elder to host this martial arts competition, which shows the importance Yijianfeng attaches to the martial arts competition.

"Since there are many disciples participating in the competition, according to the previous rules, our sect will open the trial tower in the first round of the competition, and all disciples will enter the trial tower to fight with the sword puppet. The sword puppet's cultivation is at the early stage of the third level of Qi Condensation. The disciple who defeats the sword puppet can enter the second round of the competition. In the second round, the disciples will fight one-on-one on the competition stage. If there is no pair, they will draw lots to get a bye. From the second round onwards, the top eight, top four, and strongest of this competition will be decided in turn!"

"In addition, participants are only allowed to use up to three magic weapons in each competition, and there are no restrictions on spiritual pets. During the competition, any outsider is strictly prohibited from intervening. If you are defeated, you only need to shout the word "surrender" to be teleported out of the competition venue. The battle of immortal magic is not a child's play. Life and death are determined by fate. Take care of yourself!"

After speaking, Xuanyuanzi waved his sleeves, and a pagoda suddenly broke out of the ground in front of him, and in the blink of an eye it was completely standing on the ground.

"The sword puppet at the early stage of the third level of Qi Condensation is so strong in the first round. I am only at the second level of Qi Condensation. How can I beat it?" A disciple of Wuliangmen said to his companion.

"I heard that this sword puppet does not have any magic weapons or extraordinary magic, but it is very powerful. If there are good magic weapons or magic, rich combat experience, the cultivation of the late second level of Qi Condensation can completely defeat it." Another disciple of Wuliangmen explained.

After listening to Xuanyuanzi's words, Huan Yin clenched his fist. The early stage of the third level of Qi Condensation is equivalent to Shen Ling's current realm. He didn't know if his late first level of Qi Condensation could beat it. He looked at Wuyou and Ling'er standing in his own sect from a distance, made encouraging gestures, and then silently adjusted his state.

"Open!" Xuanyuanzi pointed at the trial tower from a distance, and a colorful air hit the bottom of the trial tower from his fingertips. A door opened instantly at the bottom of the tower. There was a layer of colorful air lingering on the door, covering the situation inside the tower.

"The trial tower of Yijian Peak is indeed mysterious. The tower contains 999 virtual worlds, which are far beyond the size of what the naked eye can see. It is the most suitable for the disciples to test." The speaker was the elder of Yinji Sect who led the team this time.

"There are 423 disciples participating in this martial arts competition. I wonder how many can pass the test in this tower." The elder of Bagua Sect said to himself.

"The tower door is open, the test is coming. Disciples enter the tower!" Xuanyuanzi said loudly.

After hearing Xuanyuanzi's voice, the disciples of various sects walked into the colorful door at the bottom of the tower one after another, and Huanyin was naturally among them.

"Uncle Xuanyuanzi, the ranking rewards of martial arts competitions in the past would be announced in advance to encourage disciples to do their best. Why didn't they announce it this time?" After all the disciples entered the tower, the elder of Yinji Sect who spoke at the beginning asked Xuanyuanzi.

"I have seen many disciples in previous martial arts competitions become greedy for rewards and do whatever it takes to get a ranking reward. This goes against the purpose of martial arts competitions to train and examine the disciples' cultivation. Moreover, the rewards this time are special, so I did not announce them. I hope that all disciples can participate in the martial arts competition with their true hearts." Xuanyuanzi explained.

"So that's the case. Uncle Xuanyuanzi has a good idea, and I am the nephew who is stupid."

Let's talk about Huanyin. After he entered the colorful door, his eyes blurred. When he saw the scene clearly again, he found that he was already on a suspended green platform. The platform was very wide and flat, with nothing in it. It was covered by a light curtain. Huanyin approached the light curtain and was bounced back by a weak force.

This platform was naturally the place for the martial arts competition. The light curtains around it were used to limit the boundaries of this martial arts competition. Not long after Huanyin appeared, on the ground far away opposite him, several light shadows gradually condensed, becoming clear from blurry, and finally a human-shaped puppet appeared. This puppet carried a long sword behind him, which was the sword puppet mentioned by Xuanyuanzi.

Huan Yin saw the sword puppet appear, holding his breath, secretly gathering his energy, and preparing to fight.

"Clang!" After the sword puppet appeared, it drew out its long sword and rushed towards Huan Yin like the wind.

Although Huan Yin knew that the sword puppet was at the initial stage of the third level of Qi Condensation, he was not sure whether his current combat power could compete with the sword puppet with his cultivation, so he dodged the sword puppet's slash, and then turned around and hit the sword puppet that rushed behind him with a strong force, which was the gravity spell.

Huan Yin's method was activated, and the sword puppet had no time to react, and was instantly hit on the back by the gravity spell. However, the sword puppet had a strong cultivation, and was not seriously injured by Huan Yin's attack. It just staggered a few times and stood up.

Huan Yin was secretly surprised. Although his gravity technique was just a test, it also triggered the fifth level of his power. This sword puppet at the third level of Qi Condensation had no reaction to the blow on his back. It was really amazing. However, Huan Yin's goal was achieved with this attack - this attack made him feel that it was not difficult to defeat a cultivator at the early stage of the third level of Qi Condensation.

The sword puppet turned around without any breath adjustment. The spell in his hand had changed several times, and then he pushed with both hands, and a fire snake more than a foot thick shot out and rushed straight to Huan Yin.

This fire snake was obviously not as powerful as the one Wuyou encountered when the man in black hit it. Huan Yin had seen this technique many times and was no longer panicked. He pointed at the fire snake with both hands, and several strong winds instantly dispersed the fire snake. Huan Yin's move seemed simple, but in fact, if he had not been able to follow the law, he could only dodge sideways.

The next moment, the sword puppet came with the fire snake and crashed into Huan Yin's field of vision. The sword puppet held the sword in both hands, raised it high, and chopped it down at Huan Yin with all his strength. Seeing the fierce force of the sword strike, Huan Yin did not resist it head-on. He used gravity to resist the sword force and took the opportunity to dodge sideways.

Even though Huan Yin used gravity to resist, the sword puppet's slash eventually left a sword mark more than ten feet deep on the ground.

Huan Yin stood aside, feeling very calm. He easily dodged the sword puppet's attacks several times. It was obvious that the sword puppet was not his opponent. He passed the first level of the trial. Thinking of this, Huan Yin tried his best to attract spirits and planned to turn defense into offense.

With a "boom", a fire python shot out from Huan Yin's hand. The fire python was more than ten feet thick and was much more fierce than the blow that Wuyou had made with all his strength at the foot of Wuliang Mountain.

The sword puppet saw Huan Yin's fire python attacking and had no time to dodge. He could only hold the sword horizontally to resist with spiritual power. Huan Yin knew that the fire python could not defeat the sword puppet directly, so he used his magic and jumped hard, ready to attack the sword puppet's vitals with gravity again.

However, when Huan Yin was about to cast a spell in mid-air, a chill spread around him. Two swords suddenly appeared in front of Huan Yin's chest and back, and attacked Huan Yin in a pincer attack.

Huan Yin was in mid-air and could not dodge at all. In a hurry, he hit the ground with the gravity spell that was originally intended to hit the sword puppet, and instantly raised his body with the recoil force, narrowly avoiding the attack of the two swords.

"Uncle Xuanyuanzi, what is so great about the sword puppet in this trial tower?" The question was asked by the elder of the Yudan Dao.

"The sword puppet used in this martial arts competition has the initial cultivation level of the third level of Qi Condensation. It only holds an ordinary immortal long sword, and its magic is also an ordinary magic of the initial level. However... this sword puppet knows the 'shadow sword' technique of my Yijian Peak."

"Shadow sword? But is it the technique that made you famous when you were young?"

"It is this technique."

"I heard that this technique is the best technique among the low-level techniques of Yijian Peak. It can condense the sword shadow of the immortal sword in its hand with its own spiritual power. This sword shadow is no different from the sword itself, and it is difficult to figure out. The higher the power of cultivation, the more swords can be transformed, and the greater the power. Uncle, the sword puppet has this technique, and it may not be easy for the trial disciples to defeat it."

Huan Yin naturally couldn't hear the conversation just now. He was just scared by the two swords that suddenly appeared. The two swords appeared out of thin air, and Huan Yin didn't pay attention to the direction of the swords, and the power of the slash was no less than the previous attack of the sword puppet.

After Huan Yin landed, the sword puppet had already stood up. Huan Yin's Fire Snake Technique just now obviously caused a lot of damage to the Sword Puppet, and its chest was charred. However, two swords suddenly appeared in front of the Sword Puppet, which were the two swords that attacked Huan Yin just now. These two swords are exactly the same as the long sword in the Sword Puppet's hand, but they are floating in the air, forming a triangle with the sword in the Sword Puppet's hand, and the sword tips are pointing at Huan Yin, emitting a cold and cold light.

"Swordsmanship!" He was also accompanied by swords in the Sword Pavilion, and he knew a little about swordsmanship. When he saw the Sword Puppet at this moment, he could tell at a glance that the Sword Puppet was using a kind of immortal swordsmanship. Obviously, the two swords floating in the air were transformed from swordsmanship, not real, but they had the same power as the real swords in the Sword Puppet's hand.

This swordsmanship was quite strange, and Huan Yin almost got tricked. Huan Yin took a deep breath and concentrated his mind. He wanted to learn the swordsmanship of this Sword Puppet.

What Huan Yin didn't know was that outside the trial tower, some disciples had already withdrawn one after another. They were the disciples who were eliminated by the sword puppet. It was unknown whether it was caused by the "shadow sword".

Huan Yin started fighting! Please recommend and collect! Ten thousand bows!