Chapter 326: Sword Slave (1)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Although they now knew that the first stage of the Heavenly Sword Trial was to find a way to defeat a sword slave, many of the surrounding cultivators still did not have a direct concept of the sword slaves’ actual strength.

In their eyes, the sword slaves were probably a bunch of lunatics who had been corrupted by sword intents. They shouldn’t be that ridiculously strong.

However, Lu Yuan was not so optimistic.

This was because he noticed that some of the people who were participating in the trial had very serious expressions from the beginning to the end.

Without exception, these people were all at levels 3 or 4 of the Nascent Soul Stage.

From the looks of it, this shouldn’t be the first time they had participated in the Heavenly Sword Trial. They should know what sword slaves were, which was why they were so prepared.

Lu Yuan thought for a moment. Spirit Sword Sect was one of the three powerful sects in the Upper Realm, so their trial was definitely not so simple.

The sword slaves might be much more difficult to deal with than what the Spirit Sword Sect elder had said.

Not long after the elder of the Spirit Sword Sect left, disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect came. They were here to distribute some necessities to the trial-takers, including a map, a distress talisman, and a number of pills.

Looking at the map in his hand which was called the Sword Slave Forbidden Area, Lu Yuan silently memorized it in his heart.

Although he wasn’t worried that he would encounter any danger in this trial, caution was the best.

If he encountered an Apotheosis Stage sword slave, he would still be in trouble.

Two hours later, after passing through levels of passages, the Immortal Boat finally arrived at the territory of the sword slaves in the Spirit Sword Sect.

Upon arrival, Lu Yuan felt a spatial fluctuation.

It was obvious that the whole Spirit Sword Sect was made up of many small worlds.

Therefore, the Sword Slave Forbidden Area was actually an independent space.

The place where they landed was the only city in the sword slave territory, Swordfall City.

After arriving at the location, everyone was quickly ushered from the boat.

Looking at the dense blood qi around them and the strange blood-colored sky in the distance, some of the cultivators who were originally relaxed finally sensed the abnormality and began to turn solemn.

Lu Yuan hid in the crowd and began to sense his surroundings.

He found that this place was completely different from the Disha cities. The air seemed to contain some kind of special power, which Lu Yuan wasn’t unfamiliar with. Rather, he seemed to have sensed it somewhere before, though he couldn’t remember exactly where.

He could only say that this power was not common. Otherwise, he would not have this somewhat familiar feeling.

Although Lu Yuan didn’t know what this power was, he realized that the spiritual energy in the surroundings of Swordfall City, or rather, Sword Slave Forbidden Area, was very thin.

If ordinary cultivators wanted to fight in this place, they would not only have to consider whether they could defeat their opponents but also the problem of recovering their spiritual power.

Otherwise, if they accidentally exhausted their spiritual power, what awaited them might be a situation where they were at the mercy of others.

This would undoubtedly increase the difficulty of defeating the sword slaves.

After all, fighting in this place would affect the strength of cultivators by at least 20% to 30%.

Unfortunately, there was no going back.

Now that everyone had arrived, it was impossible for them to leave.

Therefore, they could only go all the way.

However, the risks and benefits were also proportional.

The reward for participating in this trial was not only to gain a chance to comprehend the Big Dipper sword intents but also many other good rewards.

For example, in the first stage, the top ten cultivators could choose a cultivation technique from the Scripture Pavilion of the Spirit Sword Sect after the trial ended. The top five contestants could obtain an additional Heaven-Heart Pill, and the top three contestants would get a chance to be chosen by the immortal sword.

It could be said that as long as one could pass the first stage and obtain a good result, the harvest would still be great even if one couldn’t advance further.

This was also why so many cultivators had come to participate in the Heavenly Sword Trial.

Some who were more confident in their strength asked the Spirit Sword Sect elder after observing for a moment, “Elder, since our mission this time is to kill the sword slaves, can we fight back if someone cuts in midway?”

The elder on the Immortal Boat heard this and his eyes flashed with interest.

“In principle, the Spirit Sword Sect does not encourage cultivators to kill each other. Therefore, if someone reports you for harming cultivators, although we will not do anything to you, we will cancel your test results. Of course, there are many things that cannot be proven. If the whistle-teller cannot provide sufficient evidence, we will not punish anyone at will.”

Hearing this explanation, the cultivators fell silent again because they could hear the implied meaning under the words of the Spirit Sword Sect elder.

Since the sect did not encourage them to do so in principle, it meant that they would not interfere too much.

Therefore, if one could get rid of all the witnesses and do the deed discreetly, no one would find trouble with one after the trial ends.

This undoubtedly caused a level of suspicion among the cultivators and made their situation in the trial more dangerous.

After all, not only would one have to guard against the sword slaves’ attacks, but one would also have to guard against the attacks of other cultivators.

Such a situation would undoubtedly greatly limit the cultivators’ strength such that they had to be cautious all the time..