The woman walked casually, wandering east for a while and then west, seemingly without any destination.
However, in this special world of sword light, if you have a clear destination, you may have discovered a way to overcome the barrier.
She didn't have the slightest sense of urgency, and even had a somewhat contented look on her face, full of interest in everything in this world.
Occasionally, when he gets excited, he will even evolve a few strange sword-like fish to play with him.
but.
From beginning to end, her expression was calm and calm, without any disturbance.
Except for the occasional flash of intelligence in her eyes, it can be proved that she is indeed full of interest in everything in this world.
The strange sense of contradiction is particularly strong and obvious in her body.
In this strange assessment world, there seems to be no distinction between day and night. The sky is always clear, and it is difficult for people in it to even notice the passage of time. This makes it easy for people to forget the speed of time, and in turn, You will lose your sense of time and space.
Judging entirely based on physical sensation, it seems that it was only one day, but it is very likely that two, three, or even four or five days have passed.
Originally, the woman walked all the way, and there was a blood-red footprint behind her, but I don't know when the blood under her feet had dried up, so walking on this snow naturally left no red footprints.
The woman seemed to have finally discovered this.
His stern face, which had always been as calm as an ancient well, finally frowned slightly.
At this moment, another hazy scene like a sandstorm approached quickly in the distance.
That powerful aura that was so huge that it was almost destroying this world all illustrates the terrifying nature of that hazy scene.
The woman's originally frowning face finally relaxed.
Then, she walked slowly again, but towards the hazy scene.
As we got closer, we could finally see the hazy scene in its entirety.
That was actually a mighty sword energy!
The aura of this sword energy is extremely mixed. It seems to be mixed with countless strange sword energy, including but not limited to blood evil, earth evil, black evil, and even yin and yang sword energy, flame sword energy, etc., which are related to the five elements. The essence of yin and yang sword energy. But it is precisely because these sword energy are mixed enough that it forms this hazy sword energy that is completely invisible.
Looking closely at this moment, one can feel the huge momentum of this sword energy that swallows mountains and rivers.
"Ha." A smile appeared on the woman's face, and she looked even more moved.
She finally let go of her left hand that was resting on the hilt of the sword, slid down to hold the hilt, and straightened the sword.
The hilt of the sword is in front of the waist, and the scabbard is behind the waist.
There was no particularly artificial move, the woman just drew her sword out of its sheath.
"Qiang——"
The sound of swords, like gold and iron clashing, suddenly sounded.
At this moment, the aura of this woman suddenly changed dramatically.
The woman raised her sword and pointed at the vision of sword energy in front of her that was as powerful as swallowing mountains and rivers. She shouted softly and then swung her sword to slash.
The sword energy, like a horse's sword, shot out of the air in an instant.
It was different from the woman's previous sword energy that seemed to have a rainbow luster.
This sword energy is obviously invisible, but wherever the sword energy passes, all the light seems to be dimmed a lot, and there seems to be a sense of darkness shrouded by a huge shadow.
The sword energy crashed into the huge sword energy network like an avalanche of sword energy.
But the strange thing is that the collision of the two sword qi did not cause a huge explosion sound, nor was there any phenomenon like the earth was shattering. Instead, there was a feeling of moistening things silently - the vast sword qi network actually
Under the attack of the shadow sword energy, an outline that can be passed by one person is gradually melted away, but it is not very obvious at the moment, and because the sword energy network is too large and abundant, this outline seems to be disappearing soon.
.
But this was not a problem for this woman.
I saw the woman's wrist swaying slightly, and then two sword energy shot out of the air, and then hit the same position again, one after the other.
Just like a broken lens, the shadow invaded it, but once again a gap was opened in the sword energy network.
The woman's originally slightly excited expression became dull again.
Seems a little boring.
However, she did not stop there. Instead, she stepped forward along the gap, and then swung her sword out from time to time, forcibly tearing a passage through the sword energy area like a sandstorm.
But as the woman moved forward, the bored and calm expression on her face gradually became serious.
Because she discovered that the closer she walked into the core of this sandstorm-like area, the stronger the sword energy became.
Originally, she only needed three sword energy to open a gap, allowing her to walk calmly through it.
But soon, it became necessary to have the impact of four sword qi to continue to tear open the gap. Moreover, the time that these sword qi could be maintained also began to shorten simultaneously, from the first minute to fifty seconds; after that, when
When five sword energies are needed to open the gap, the channel's maintenance time becomes only forty seconds.
What follows is thirty seconds that can only be maintained by six sword energies.
And when the sword energy increases to the point where seven channels are needed, not only the time is shortened, but also the distance - although the time was shortened before, at least it can still be close to fifty meters in length. But when it takes seven sword energy to
When the gap is opened, the length of the passage is only thirty meters.
As a result, if the woman wants to tear out a passage with such strong methods, she will have to swing her sword more frequently.
This undoubtedly increased her energy consumption.
If an ordinary swordsman were in this woman's situation, faced with such a dilemma with no end in sight, it would be difficult to maintain his mentality. But this woman's expression only changed.
She was a little more solemn, but her mood was not affected in the slightest. Whether it was the speed of her sword or the maintenance of her sword energy, she always maintained the same standards, just like a robot.
When the woman swung her sword out again and forcibly opened a thirty-meter-long passage, her solemn expression instantly turned to surprise.
Even she, who had been so calm in the past that she cherished words like gold, couldn't help but wonder: "Eh?!"
Just very quickly, maybe even less than a second.
The woman's surprise turned into shock.
Not horrified.
But shocking.
Because just before her sword energy was about to reach the end, about twenty-seven or eight meters away from the passage, a figure suddenly appeared - under normal circumstances, it would just appear, and the woman would not care at all whether the other person was there or not.
Human, after all, she is confident enough. Under the bombardment of her sword energy, any creature that stands in front of her sword energy will eventually turn into a puddle of blood and flesh with no trace of its birth.
Without exception.
So she was just surprised that an outsider had broken into her attack range, but she had not realized it before. This made her discover that this sword energy area also had the ability to compress her consciousness. But this
This effect was so slight that she ignored it and did not really notice it.
But.
When the sword energy struck the other party, he saw that the other party just raised his right hand and stretched out his hand to stop it. He actually completely blocked the woman's sword energy, which had exhausted its old strength, and completely eliminated it.
Unconsciously, the woman finally showed her shocked face.
…
"Huh?"
Su Anran looked at the sword energy that suddenly attacked him with a confused expression.
Then before he could react, Shi Lezhi had already controlled his body and raised his right hand, completely blocking the sudden sword energy.
After that, Su Anran saw a figure standing about thirty meters in front of him.
When Su Anran glanced at the other person's facial features for the first time, she couldn't tell the other person's gender, because the other person's face was so delicate that she could have been Hideyoshi. However, at the second glance, she noticed that the other person had a slight bulge.
After touching her breasts, Su Anran was able to determine the gender of the other party: female, no different from the fourth senior sister.
No……
Maybe a little better.
"I think Fourth Senior Sister will probably kill you if she knows you think this way, husband."
"God knows this, and you know it and I know it. Fourth Senior Sister will not know it." Su Anran said nonchalantly, "Did she do it on purpose or unintentionally?"
"It should be unintentional." Shi Lezhi responded, "We broke into the corridor opened by the opponent's sword energy."
Having said this, Shi Lezhi reminded him again, his attitude even more serious: "Husband, please be careful, the other party is quite strong...and the other party is not a human being."
"Not a human being?!" Su Anran was shocked, "Monster clan?"
"Yes." Shi Lezhi replied in the affirmative.
Su Anran was really shocked this time.
He knew that the Sword Trial Tower, as a grand event held by the three major sword cultivators in the Xuan Realm, would inevitably attract countless sword cultivators to participate. Especially this time, the Sword Trial Tower actually had a special bonus, so he came to participate.
There were even more swordsmen. But he never thought that even the demon clan could be attracted.
After all, he had never heard of any exchange of interests between Wanjian Tower and the Demon Alliance before.
In today's Xuanjie, although the conflicts between the human race and the Demon Alliance are not as intense as they were eight thousand years ago, the conflicts between them have not been truly eliminated, so small private frictions between the two parties are not uncommon. Therefore, it is also
As a result, whether the Demon Alliance wants to enter other states or the human race wants to
To enter the realm of the Demon Alliance, both parties must reach some kind of exchange of interests—for example, if the Great Sun Tathagata Sect wanted to enter the secret realm of the Illusion Divine Sea, they must have tokens—only in this way can they be recognized and guaranteed.
Next, the safety of the other party's trip on their own territory.
Otherwise, whether the demon clan enters the territory of the human race, or the human race enters the territory of the demon clan, once discovered, they will be intercepted and hunted by the other party.
Of course, in name, it would not be called interception and pursuit, but it would be affectionately called a discussion.
But when it comes to fighting, it's naturally a matter of life and death.
Every year, dozens of soul-condensing realm masters from both sides die in this "friendly exchange and discussion" ceremony - according to the news Su Anran heard from Huang Zi, there are more than 72 sects on the human race's side.
There is a traditional ritual called "Monster Hunting": any person in the Soul Condensing Realm
The monks in the transformation stage must go to Beizhou and hunt at least three monsters of the same realm before returning; similarly, the Demon Alliance naturally has similar traditional confrontation projects, which are called "Hunter Ritual", which is regarded as a kind of demon clan.
A ritual used by the tribe to prove that they can stand alone.
Anyway, this unspoken rule is tacitly understood by both parties.
Taiyi Valley is not a rank of seventy-two or above, so there will naturally be no such rules. However, after reaching the requirements of cultivation, several demon kings went to Beizhou to cause a big fuss, such as Shangguan Xin, Tang Shiyun, and Ye Jinxuan.
Wait, it is the great fame that was achieved in this traditional ceremony.
Only the two parties who reach the "exchange of interests" project will be excluded from the acquiescence scope of the unspoken rules and be protected by the exchange party.
"Click——"
A slight cracking sound brought Su Anran's attention back.
It turned out that the passage opened by the other party started to show signs of collapse.
Su Anran thought about it for a moment and understood.
Although the opponent's strength is not weak, in the space shrouded by the sword energy blizzard, the opponent's strength cannot truly fully compete, so even if he uses sword energy to forcefully open a passage, he will definitely not be able to.
Long-lasting. After all, not everyone can carry a Shi Lezhi with them. If Su Anran didn't have a Shi Lezhi, he would probably have to stop at the fourth level this time.
Even though he can now walk freely in this sword energy blizzard as if he were strolling through a garden, this is all due to Shi Lezhi controlling the true energy in Su Anran's body.
Just as she helped Su Anran avoid the damage of the avalanche of sword energy before, the tough sword energy that clings to Su Anran like cowhide is the real reason why Su Anran can move freely in this sword energy blizzard area.
source.
"Husband, leave quickly." Shi Lezhi reminded, "You are no match for her in this sword energy area."
Su Anran is not the kind of person who likes to show off.
He would not think that Shi Lezhi helped him manipulate the true energy into this layer of tough sword energy, which really meant that he was invincible. If he wanted to fight the demon girl in this sword energy area, then
He must give up control of his body, but even with his current strength of half-step soul condensation, Shi Lezhi cannot maintain it for too long, only about thirty seconds at most.
This time may be enough for Shi Lezhi to kill the opponent, but what follows is that Shi Lezhi must temporarily seal himself.
As a result, she was unable to help Su Anran control her true energy to withstand the influence of the sword energy blizzard, and she could only stop there.
This is not the result Su Anran wants.
So after taking a deep look at the other party, Su Anran chose to take a step back and retreated into the sword energy blizzard area again, avoiding the demon girl.
"Boom——"
After a short while, a loud roar came from behind Su Anran.
An extremely fierce sword energy soared into the sky.
Su Anran looked back and saw a large shadow-like sword energy that was constantly encroaching on the surrounding space area. Even though they were far apart, Su Anran could feel the fierce murderous intent in that space area. Perhaps this was the man who
The real killing move of the demon girl.
"field?"
"No." Shi Lezhi responded, "It's some kind of special sword energy that has partial domain effects. If it continues to be deduced and refined, it will be transformed into a real domain... That demon girl is at least in the transformation stage.
With your cultivation level, I’m afraid it’s not far from the town-region stage.”
Su Anran spat.
When he first met the female sword cultivator, she only had half-step soul-condensing skills, which made Su Anran think that there would be no too strong opponent in the fourth level - but in fact, in the next two days,
Su Anran did meet another sword cultivator, who also had the strength of half-step soul condensation, so Su Anran felt that she could probably walk sideways in this world of sword light.
I just didn't expect that just three days later, such a powerful monster girl would suddenly appear. Su Anran's scalp felt numb instantly.
"Are you sure the secret to clearing the level is in this area?"
"I'm sure." Shi Lezhi replied, "In this illusion, there will be a round of avalanche sword energy every two days. We have survived two rounds of avalanche sword energy. Now it is the fifth day, and such a snowstorm suddenly appeared...
Or the sword energy phenomenon like a sandstorm is definitely not without reason. I suspect that the way we want to clear the level is hidden in the avalanche sword energy or this sword energy phenomenon. If we have been avoiding these sword energy
, it is absolutely impossible for us to break through.”
After that, Shi Lezhi was silent for a while, and then said: "Or... you can try to kill the demon girl, and we can pass the level."
"How do you know that you can definitely pass the level by killing her?" Su Anran was puzzled.
"The smell of blood on her body is too strong. Obviously, she has killed many people along the way. Maybe she and we are the only two people left in this world now." Shi Lezhi replied, "So if we really can't find it,
The way to clear the level is that after this blizzard sword energy is over, we can try to kill the opponent. After all, we have wasted five days here."
Su Anran thought for a moment, but still shook her head: "No... If I want to deal with her, I must borrow your power. In this case, you will fall into a state of self-isolation, and it is impossible to confirm the fifth level assessment at the moment.
Before the content, I don’t intend to let you take action, so we will complete the fourth level assessment in the normal way.”
Su Anran's goal is to reach the sixth floor, which is the sixth level of assessment.
Regardless of whether he can pass the sixth level assessment in the end, he will be able to get the opportunity to observe the "Sword Code".
Therefore, Su Anran naturally did not plan to use Shi Lezhi's trump card so soon.
If it were anyone else, he might choose to go head-to-head with this demon girl and try to snipe the opponent's progress. But because of Qingyu, Su Anran is not actually that hostile to the demon clan. Before the other party provokes her, Su Anran
An Ran felt that there was no difference between the demon race and the human race.
This may have something to do with the fact that he did not experience the war eight thousand years ago, so he lacked sufficient empathy.
At least, Su Anran currently cannot understand the hatred between the human race and the demon race.
He always believes that no matter which ethnic group you belong to, there will always be good people and bad people.
For example, the demon tribes such as Qingyu, Black Dog, Qingqing, and Chiqi belong to the ranks of good people in Su Anran's opinion.
In Su Anran's view, humans such as Mu Qingfeng, Yang Qi and others belong to the bad guys.
Perhaps it can be said that because the two sides have different positions, so the camps are different, and naturally there is an antagonistic relationship with each other. However, this kind of thing is originally a matter of free mental confirmation and a subjective judgment factor. So the so-called good and bad
, must be judged based on Su Anran's likes and dislikes.
The demon girl swordsman is indeed powerful enough, and the other party did not take the initiative to provoke Su Anran, so it is not difficult to understand that Su Anran does not want to conflict with the other party for the time being. But if there is a conflict between them,
Of course, Su Anran can't really hide Shi Lezhi's trump card. He will still use it without hesitation when it is time to use it. After all, Taiyi Valley's education policy for Su Anran is to survive the present first and then discuss it later.
in the future.
As for Shi Lezhi, she would not oppose Su Anran's decision.
So Su Anran didn't want her to take action so soon. Of course, she was happy not to take action for the time being, because once she did, she would not be able to pester Su Anran for a long time. This was also difficult for Shi Lezhi to accept.
of.
Therefore, the two souls quickly left this area and explored other places.
Try to avoid being in the same area as the demon girl as much as possible to avoid unnecessary accidents.