On the stage, Xu Ziqing used a secret technique to unravel a restriction on the sword box.
This sword box, made of Coiled Dragon Wood, seed to be only a middle-grade spiritual artifact, but in fact, it contained nurous restrictions and arrays.
These are the key!
It was crafted with the combined efforts of Array Grandmaster Lu Pan, Artifact Refining Grandmaster Nangong Yue, and Daoist Junior Martial Uncle Jiang Zhi.
It was tailored specifically for the Sword Attendant.
The entire sword box split from the middle, revealing a downward triangle.
Inside, there were streams of light resembling electric currents, forming an electric net that enveloped the Bronze Sword within the sword box.
Before it officially opened, the surrounding audience was filled with intense curiosity.
Although Xu Ziqing’s hype wasn’t as great as Chu Huaixu’s, the fact that this Body Cultivator managed to persist to this round was quite surprising.
In every match, he carried this large wooden box on his back.
If it were placed upright on the ground, it would definitely be taller than this delicate-looking young man by a head!
The wooden box was so eye-catching that people have been speculating since the first round whether there was anything inside.
If there was, then what could be inside?
Guo Zhennan wielded that gigantic sword, forcing Xu Ziqing to open it.
In the young man’s heart, he actually hoped to rely on his own strength to last a few more rounds.
He wanted to fight on his own, rather than relying entirely on this sword.
Because he knew in his heart that if it ca to that, it would no longer be him competing; it would be the sword fighting for him!
"A gentleman uses things, he is not used by things." Xu Ziqing rembered this line etched by his senior brother.
However, his senior brother also told him that he hoped their family of three could sweep the top three positions in the East Continent competition.
"Junior Martial Uncle Ancestor also gave a strict order to take the first place in the East Continent."
"No, to be precise, to take the first place in the East and West Continent competition."
In Xu Ziqing’s view, if he were now like his opponent, both at the First Realm Great Perfection, even if unard, he would have a fighting chance and be confident of winning!
Unfortunately, he was only at the Sixth Heaven of the First Realm, and even with constant pill consumption, he couldn’t catch up in the short term.
He wasn’t soone completely inflexible.
To be precise, he was testing his senior brother’s thoughts during their last casual conversation.
"If the senior brother tells to rely completely on my own strength, then I’ll fight on my own."
Evidently, compared to Jiang Zhi, he trusted Chu Huaixu’s words more.
But that day, Chu Huaixu said nothing, rely giving a profound look at the sword box.
Xu Ziqing felt that he had already gotten the answer.
Furthermore, if the opponent was only Guo Zhennan, he could barely count it as fighting on his own!
As the sword box opened, everyone’s eyes were fixed on it.
The curiosity was overwhelming, even Han Shuangjiang was eagerly peering over.
Because she had never seen this sword’s true form with her own eyes!
Yet, there’s a saying: the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointnt.
Everyone was wondering, what kind of treasure could it be to have a box made of a middle-grade spiritual artifact?
Just now, when Xu Ziqing single-handedly ford a seal, the opening of the sword box was grand and spectacular!
But...
Why is this sword so ugly!
Han Shuangjiang had heard Chu Huaixu ntion it, saying the sword on the peak of Hidden Spirit Mountain was hideous.
But she only thought that maybe this sword wasn’t as beautiful as [Zhegu Heaven].
After all, it was so powerful, so legendary, that if it was plain, it would seem ugly.
Therefore, the Big Ice Cube, hearing the Dead Fox’s words, rely assud: this sword might not look nice.
Now, seeing it firsthand, she felt deeply disappointed.
"It is indeed ugly."
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Below the stage, the crowd was buzzing with discussion.
"Who would have thought Xu Ziqing’s wooden box contained a sword?"
Many people’s eyes involuntarily glanced at Chu Huaixu, who was among the spectators.
Now everyone knew that he seed to be quite familiar with this delicate-looking youth.
Because after each match, the three of them would find a secluded spot to chat, and Xu Ziqing seed extrely respectful and even showed awe and admiration towards Chu Huaixu...
"Damn it, could he be like Chu Huaixu, also practicing Sword and Body Dual Cultivation?" Such thoughts erged in many people’s minds.
So similar! Just too similar!
Whether they were Daoist disciples or Outer Sect people, since the last round, they had been eager to see Chu Huaixu draw his sword.
Even the Great Cultivator i Chuxue from the Eighth Realm indirectly helped create montum for him, indicating she was watching with great anticipation!
For a mont, Chu Huaixu was in the lilight!
Who would have thought that with no expectation from his side, there would be a... substitute version first?
The legendary Dao Ancestor Sword had one day beco a substitute for Chu Huaixu’s sword.
"How could there be such an ugly Bronze Sword?"
"It’s odd, like sothing made by a beginner at artifact refining."
"And it has no spiritual fluctuations whatsoever, like a dead object."
Yet, on the grandstands where Great Cultivators gathered, many people’s reactions were quite the opposite of those below!
Situ Cheng and others were so shocked they nearly stood up from their chairs!
People like Mo Tenglong, cultivators of the Fifth Realm, had never seen this legendary sword with their own eyes, so they couldn’t recognize it.
But Situ Cheng, being one of the Four Great Divine Swords, had gone up the mountain to challenge it, only to be utterly defeated.
i Chuxue and Teng Lingyi had never gone to Hidden Spirit Mountain to challenge it, but as high-ranking mbers of the Four Great Sects, they had so understanding of this sword.
The three of them all looked toward the Daoist crowd, and even Situ Cheng, with the worst sense of decorum, dared not speak recklessly now!
"The Dao Ancestor Sword has resurfaced in the world!"
"Soone can actually make the Dao Ancestor Sword acknowledge them as its master!?"
It’s a significant matter, who would dare to casually comnt!
They initially thought that Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang were the trump cards of the Daoist Sect in this competition.
But who would have thought there was another imnse wave waiting!
Moreover, the shock that this matter brought was simply too enormous.
Others might not understand what this ant, but the three of them did.
The sky of the East Continent was about to change!
They couldn’t sit still, they simply couldn’t!
The Four Great Sects were like branches of the sa tree when it ca to resisting the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth.
"Sothing this big, and yet they didn’t tell us imdiately?" thought Teng Lingyi and the others.
At this mont, Xiang Yan, sitting in the principal seat, t their gaze and could roughly surmise what they were thinking.
He imdiately used Secret Transmission to inform the three:
"After today’s competition concludes, Junior Martial Uncle will invite the three of you to Junzi Temple for tea."
i Chuxue couldn’t help but roll her eyes; within her charming peach blossom eyes was full of resentnt.
She could already imagine it. This Daoist Junior Martial Uncle, who loved to be mysterious, would surely appear full of composure and holding the Wisdom Pearl in his grasp at that ti.
"It seems that bringing Kuimu Quan here this ti has cut off my chance to claim the top spot in the East Continent." she thought.
Initially, she thought that the one most likely to claim the top spot might have been Chu Huaixu, who had yet to show his full potential.
Now it seed that the young man on the arena, with the Dao Ancestor Sword in hand, was indeed invincible.
"Chu Huaixu could only beco his stepping stone." i Chuxue thought inwardly.
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On the arena, after opening the Sword Box, Xu Ziqing didn’t rush to make a move but continued to employ [Feixuan], trying his best to evade.
Because he knew very well that he had only one chance to strike.
"Junior Martial Uncle said that it’s okay to use the sword in this round, but use it sparingly."
During this ti, Jiang Zhi had been urging Xu Ziqing to cultivate, and at the sa ti, racked his brain to teach him various Secret Techniques.
The developnt of events had taken a detour.
This Sword Attendant had not been walking on the correct path.
Even Jiang Zhi, at this mont, could not turn the tide and correct the course.
Everyone could only try all sorts of possibilities to see if there was any other way.
As a result, they indeed found so tricks.
"Body Refining also has its benefits." The proud Sword Cultivator Jiang Zhi had such thoughts for the first ti.
At this mont, he was sitting in a rattan chair at Junzi Temple, with his Divine Sense enveloping the Martial Arts Arena, observing the situation there.
He deliberately did not go, just waiting for the entire competition today to end, so that Situ Cheng and others would co to him.
Watching Xu Ziqing’s performance on the arena, Jiang Zhi rely found this kid sowhat amusing.
"Only one sword can be used."
"And it’s hard to control."
"Ridiculous! Could it be that you’re afraid of slicing crookedly?"
It was very apparent that the young man knew this sword was powerful, yet he still didn’t comprehend its full strength!
Finally, Xiaoxu, whose battle awareness was extrely high, found an opening.
"Now is the perfect ti!"
With a wave of his hand, the Bronze Sword in the Sword Box flew out, landing in his hand.
Chu Huaixu, watching from below the arena, frowned slightly, puzzled.
"Why the left hand?"
Indeed, the sword had landed in Xu Ziqing’s left hand.
As soon as the sword entered his hand, the young man felt imnsely burdened.
The Sword Spirit was still asleep, its power sealed tightly.
Only when the restriction in his right palm connected with the restriction on the sword body would the sword awaken.
It now seed like a dead object, not like a Spiritual Artifact.
In truth, a Spiritual Artifact ans: the artifact moves with the spirit!
Even though the first level of the Ninefold Restriction left behind by the Dao Ancestor had been lifted, under these circumstances, the power that could be exerted was extrely limited, even less than twenty or thirty percent.
Moreover, the key was to have the Sword Spirit control his body to enter the state of [Sword and Man Unity].
However, in doing so, the Sword Attendant becos a part of the sword, not vice versa, smoothly usable like an arm directing a finger.
At this mont, Xu Ziqing was like a child with little strength, wielding an extrely heavy giant sword.
Even as a Body Cultivator with formidable physical strength, the burden was enormous at this mont.
Therefore, as soon as the sword entered his hand, he imdiately swung forward without any hesitation.
Because he only had this instant!
This was his current limit.
The young man let out a roar, his voice hoarse almost to the point of breaking.
The skin of his left arm imdiately cracked open, with fresh blood constantly seeping out, turning into a bloody ss.
The sound of bones cracking was so sharp it hurt just listening to it.
Xu Ziqing’s face turned several shades paler.
All the Spiritual Power of Shell Spirit was also instantly drained.
A blackish-blue sword light erged, appearing sowhat eerie!
Around the sword light, black and purple airflow swirled.
Xu Ziqing simply couldn’t control the sword, causing his aim to be skewed.
But in fact, being skewed didn’t matter.
Because this horizontal slash seed capable of obliterating everything on the arena!
The Array of the entire arena was instantly activated, otherwise, it would have injured the nearest onlookers!
The black and purple airflow revolved around the blackish-blue sword light.
It was too fast.
This was not a speed a First Realm Cultivator should be capable of reaching.
Guo Zhennan couldn’t dodge in ti, nor could he defend against it.
In that brief mont, he had only a single thought, realizing...
He wasn’t about to lose; he was about to die!
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