The swordsmen on the Sword-Testing Platform were shocked. Arrows didn't have eyes. Hundreds of archers shooting together would definitely cover the entire Sword-Testing Stage.
A first-rate swordsman might be able to block a crossbow shot, but it was impossible for him to block a volley of hundreds of crossbows. It was very likely that he would be turned into a sieve the moment they met.
As soon as the Yun Nation's Emperor's voice fell, all the swordsmen turned around and scattered, using their fastest speed to jump off the Sword-Testing Stage.
The top swordsmen surrounding Gao Zhengyang no longer cared about killing Gao Zhengyang. They hastily withdrew their swords and retreated. However, Gao Zhengyang's swordsmanship was so fierce that no one dared to turn their backs to him.
Lu Chuan, Xu Zhifei and the rest all pointed their swords at Gao Zhengyang and slowly retreated. The current situation was very delicate. If Gao Zhengyang pursued madly, he would definitely be able to entangle one of them.
When the crossbow bolts were fired, they could only be buried with Gao Zhengyang.
The top swordsmen were cursing in their hearts. If they joined hands, they would definitely be able to kill Gao Zhengyang.
Unfortunately, the Yun Nation's Emperor was meddlesome and insisted on killing people with crossbows. In front of the guests from various countries, the Emperor did not have any bearing at all. How contemptible.
Gao Zhengyang, who was standing in the center of the Sword-Testing Stage, had no intention of chasing after anyone. The Yun Nation's Emperor would not have any misgivings about chasing after other swordsmen.
It would be better to face thousands of arrows alone and focus on dealing with them.
Gao Zhengyang winked at Ao Zhen at the corner of the Sword-Testing Stage, reminding her to get away from the dangerous place as soon as possible. He discovered the miraculousness of the Heaven Sword Token and did not have the time to discuss with Ao Zhen. It also dragged Ao Zhen into the whirlpool.
Fortunately, he was everyone's target at this time, so he had no time to care about Ao Zhen.
Ao Zhen understood Gao Zhengyang's gaze. Actually, she wasn't worried about Gao Zhengyang's safety. She just couldn't figure out what was going on and didn't know how to cooperate with Gao Zhengyang.
Now it was simple. Just stay away from them and don't drag them down.
After Ao Zhen jumped off the Sword-Testing Stage, she went to Feng Qingling's side. Although Gao Zhengyang did not say anything, something must have happened between him and Feng Qingling.
Ao Zhen knew Gao Zhengyang too well. This man was both heartless and sentimental. When he saw a beautiful woman, he couldn't help but flirt with her. He just didn't know what Feng Qingling thought of Gao Zhengyang.
Feng Qingling did not notice that Ao Zhen had come over quietly. She couldn't understand what was wrong with Gao Zhengyang. She couldn't think of any way to save him.
Just as she was panicking, she heard someone whisper in her ear, "You seem to be very worried about Gao Zhengyang?"
Feng Qingling was startled. She hurriedly turned her head and saw the heroic female swordsman, Virtuous Maiden Sword, staring at her coldly.
"I …"
Feng Qingling originally wanted to explain, but on second thought, she was a dignified princess, so why would she need to explain anything to a female swordsman of the pugilistic world? Her face darkened. "This has nothing to do with you."
Ao Zhen wasn't angry. She looked ahead leisurely and said, "This time, Gao Zhengyang is dead for sure!"
Feng Qingling's face turned even paler. She clenched her fists tightly in her long sleeves. She really wanted to punch this female swordsman to death. She wanted to refute, but she felt that it was meaningless. She could only bite her lips tightly and not say a word. She prayed for a miracle in her heart!
She didn't know Gao Zhengyang for a long time, but unknowingly, Gao Zhengyang had already left a deep impression in her heart. Feng Qingling didn't know it at first. But seeing that Gao Zhengyang was about to die, she suddenly realized that Gao Zhengyang was actually so important in her heart!
Ao Zhen saw everything. She was a little jealous, but also a little amused. Feng Qingling was a pure-blooded Phoenix Princess after all, but she was taken down by Gao Zhengyang so easily!
When Feng Qingling regained her memory, how would she view her relationship with Gao Zhengyang!
"Shoot!"
The Imperial Guard commander didn't think so much. He only wanted to kill Gao Zhengyang as soon as possible and complete the Emperor's order.
With a command, the hundreds of archers in a semicircle shot at the same time.
The arrows were as dense as rain, and they whistled as they flew towards Gao Zhengyang.
The Sword-Testing Stage wasn't big, and the archers' shooting distance was more than a hundred steps away. The arrows covered the entire Sword-Testing Stage, not giving Gao Zhengyang any space to dodge.
All the swordsmen widened their eyes, wanting to see how Gao Zhengyang would deal with the array of arrows. This was also the most threatening force for swordsmen.
Even the unparalleled swordsmen would be weak and powerless when facing an organized army. Once surrounded by the army, it meant certain death.
All the swordsmen felt that Gao Zhengyang was dead for sure. The only difference was how long he could resist. Judging from the power of Gao Zhengyang's sword technique, he shouldn't be killed so easily.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Gao Zhengyang was looking up at the moon.
The bright moon in the sky was perfect and flawless, radiating brilliance. This made Gao Zhengyang think of the Bright Moon Sword Master.
The reason why he suddenly attacked the Emperor was because he discovered a trace of the Bright Moon Sword Intent on the Sky Sword Token.
The laws of the Sword World were extremely strict, and all extraordinary powers were restricted. Only swords were the most suitable for the laws of this world, and only then could they fully display their individual powers.
Gao Zhengyang had realized this a long time ago. Even with the Four Sages as One, he could only barely maintain one part of his physical power and one part of his spiritual power.
The rest, such as his vitality and Yang Spirit, were completely restricted by the powerful laws, losing their extraordinary power and the foundation to dominate everything.
Normally, all the swordsmen in the Sword World had to follow the laws of this world.
For example, this Sword Test Assembly, where the world's top swordsmen gathered, had to follow the rules set by the Emperor of the Yun Nation to compete in sword skills.
Gao Zhengyang originally planned to follow the rules of the competition. After all, he definitely couldn't resist the Yun Nation's army alone.
However, the sword intent on the Sky Sword Token made him change his mind.
Strictly speaking, the Sky Sword Token was similar to the Blood God Flag, relying on absorbing the blood essence and divine qi of experts to increase one's own power.
As long as one left a blood essence imprint on the Sky Sword Token, they tacitly acknowledged the Sky Sword Token as their master. Of course, this was not a strict master-servant contract. It was just that people in the Sword World would constantly provide the Sky Sword Token with blood essence, vitality, and even spiritual power.
Their thoughts and actions would all be recorded by the Sky Sword Token.
No matter what, Gao Zhengyang wouldn't share his power and thoughts with an uncontrollable artifact.
However, the sword intent on the Sky Sword Token was the key to breaking the Sword World's trial. Gao Zhengyang naturally couldn't give up.
Since the Sky Sword Token needed other people's blood essence to activate, Gao Zhengyang might as well directly snatch it and help it complete this task.
In any case, there were so many swordsmen present. As long as he killed them all, he could activate the Sky Sword Token.
To Gao Zhengyang's surprise, the powerful sword essence of the Heavenly Sword Token resonated slightly with him. The sudden change also prevented him from killing the Yun Nation's Emperor in one strike. This caused the situation to go out of control.
The only good news was that after killing the Ghost King, the sword intent resonance on the Sky Sword Token grew stronger. Through the resonance, Gao Zhengyang also obtained many of the profound mysteries of the Sky Sword Token. He also gained a deeper understanding of the Sword World's laws.
Simply put, the Sword World's laws were a strange world set up for sword trials. This world was real and boundless. For hundreds of thousands of years, the living beings in the Sword World multiplied. Without the interference of the Sword Master, the Sword World gradually transformed into a real world.
The Sky Sword Token was the sword testing artifact left behind by the Sword Master. However, as time passed, the number of experts entering the Sword World's trial decreased. The number of Sky Sword Tokens also decreased gradually.
This Sky Sword Token was only activated because the Sword Realm's nomological test detected that an outsider expert had entered. After absorbing enough blood essence and divine energy, the Sky Sword Token would be completely activated. All the trial-takers would be sent to the Sky Sword Platform. The Sword Master would evaluate them and give them corresponding rewards.
Because the Sword World was real, the trial-takers would completely die after being killed. Unless the trial-takers had rank thirteen divine might, they would not be able to resist the Sword World's laws.
The Nether King that Gao Zhengyang killed was the Nether Sword Monarch. Unfortunately, he, a rank eleven Divine Monarch, was killed by Gao Zhengyang in one sword strike because his memories were clouded.
To Gao Zhengyang, the way to break out of this situation was very simple, which was to kill a few more trial-takers as soon as possible. Once he collected enough blood essence, he would be able to leave this damned place.
When he was fighting with the swordsmen just now, Gao Zhengyang did not use his full strength because he was busy comprehending the mysteries of the Sky Sword Token and had no time to be distracted.
Lu Chuan, Wang Fei and Xu Zhifei were also trial-takers. According to their true cultivation, they were all Divine Monarch level experts. Although they did not awaken their memories, their sword skills and strength had reached the peak of this world.
Even if it was one on one, Gao Zhengyang did not have the absolute advantage and it would be hard for him to easily kill the other party.
What was worse was that before Gao Zhengyang could fully comprehend the Sky Sword Token, the Cloud Nation Emperor had already ordered his army to attack.
The situation had become extremely bad! If they were not careful, Gao Zhengyang might also die here with a grievance.
When the crossbow arrows were fired, Gao Zhengyang's blood and Qi surged and exploded, but it stimulated the Sky Sword Token, which further stimulated the sword intent within.
A trace of invisible sword intent instantly connected Gao Zhengyang with the bright moon in the sky.
At the same time, a perfect and flawless divine moon also shone into Gao Zhengyang's sea of consciousness.
The laws of the Sword Realm were sealed, and Gao Zhengyang's sea of consciousness was completely dark, including his saint core. Everything was sealed.
The divine moon emitted a gentle silver glow, but it shone into his sea of consciousness, allowing his saint core to see the light again.
"Bright Moon Sword Master …"
Gao Zhengyang suddenly realized that the Sky Sword Token contained the sword intent of the Bright Moon Sword Master. This trace of sword intent resonated with the sword intent of the Bright Moon Sword Master in his heart, which stimulated his saint core.
The Bright Moon Sword Master was a rank thirteen peerless Divine Master with supreme power. It was impossible for Gao Zhengyang to comprehend the essence of the Bright Moon Sword Master in such a short time.
He only remembered the proud and lonely divine moon that illuminated the nine heavens. Just this trace of sword intent was enough for him.
Therefore, when the crossbow arrows were fired, Gao Zhengyang looked up at the moon. He wasn't pretending or waiting for death, but at the most crucial moment, the sword intent in his heart sprouted and resonated with the full moon in the sky.
The Bright Moon Sword Master's sword intent was all on the full moon.
In such a short time, Gao Zhengyang could only comprehend the full moon stance. Using the Sky Sword Token's sword intent to describe it, the full moon was the divine moon, and this stance was a divine moon filling the sky.
What was a divine moon? It was perfect and flawless, lacking both inside and outside. What was a divine moon? It shone in the nine heavens, high and divine. What was a divine moon? It was bright and bright, dispelling darkness. What was a divine moon? It looked round but was sharp, cold and sharp.
After Gao Zhengyang comprehended this stance, a divine moon filling the sky, all sorts of profound sword intents surged out like raging waves, almost drowning his consciousness.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely be intimidated by the sword intents and lose all consciousness.
But Gao Zhengyang wasn't deceived. His Bright Saint Heart reflected all the sword intents, and he calmly organized all the sword intents and integrated them into his own power system.
Gao Zhengyang had cultivated the Limitless Sword Scripture, the Flying Celestial Sword Art, and Yan Shisan's sword arts.
To him, the sword was born from the heart, and it was sword intent. The sword was qi, and it was sword qi. The sword intent was internal, and the sword qi was external. Controlling the qi with the will and controlling the sword with qi were extremely simple techniques.
If he wasn't restrained by the laws of the Sword World, Gao Zhengyang could create thousands of sword intents with just a glance and kill his enemies.
But in the Sword World, he had to follow the laws of the Sword World. Gao Zhengyang had to control the sword with his body, and then use the sword intent to control the sword qi.
This enlightenment allowed Gao Zhengyang to break through his own barrier, and he mastered the transformation of sword intent into qi, becoming the strongest swordsman in this world.
There were many top-notch swordsmen in the Sword World, and they all had their own sword intents and could control sword qi. But they didn't know the reason why. Although they had sword intents and sword qi, they didn't know the foundation.
Gao Zhengyang's strength was that he had a Bright Saint Heart, and he understood the principle that pride came from the heart technique, and qi came from the will.
This principle wasn't complicated, but how many people had a Bright Saint Heart? Even a Divine-level expert's spirit might be stronger than Gao Zhengyang's, but in terms of the state of mind, they were one level lower.
This level of difference determined that others would never be able to be like Gao Zhengyang, gaining the strongest power in this world with a single epiphany.
"The sword has no end, and the intent is endless!"
When Gao Zhengyang thought of this, he suddenly recovered from his meditative state. The crossbow bolts were already in front of him.
He wasn't in a hurry. A flawless divine moon formed in his heart, and he activated the perfect and endless sword intent. A strand of sword qi was also activated along the Heaven Punishment Sword.
The Heaven Punishment Sword turned in the air, and drew a perfect and flawless arc of light.
It was as if a round moon had suddenly appeared on the Sword Testing Stage.
The crossbow bolts were swept by the perfect sword light, and broke into pieces at the same time, twisting and flying away.
Gao Zhengyang's sword had broken at least dozens of crossbow bolts. He stood where he was without moving, and he wasn't injured at all.
The sword light was like the divine moon in the sky, proud and cold, and sharp within the circle. From the sword moves to the sword qi, and sword intent, they were all one, unattainable, and wonderful.
Everyone around widened their eyes, and many even opened their mouths in shock.
Especially Lu Chuan and the other top-notch swordsmen, they were even more shocked.
The higher one's swordsmanship was, the more they could feel the perfection of Gao Zhengyang's sword. At this stage, the swordsmanship didn't seem to be perfect, and there was no more room for improvement.
Even the proudest swordsman had to admit that this sword was extraordinary, and had reached a profound realm that no one could reach.
To all the top-notch swordsmen, seeing this supreme swordsmanship with their own eyes was both an honor and a fatal blow.
All the swordsmen understood that they would never forget this sword for the rest of their lives. In the future, no matter how hard they tried, they would never be able to get rid of the mark of this sword.
But this path had already been walked to the end by Gao Zhengyang, and he had walked to the peak. The others followed behind, but no matter what, they couldn't surpass Gao Zhengyang. They couldn't even be on par with him.
Even a strong cultivator like Ao Xuan couldn't help but be stunned by Gao Zhengyang's sword intent, and he was dazzled.
Ao Xuan was very clear, and he judged by the standards of a level-eleven cultivator, Gao Zhengyang's sword was also almost perfect. Especially in the Sword Realm, this sword was the strongest swordsmanship.
Being in the Sword Realm, Ao Xuan also had to be restrained by the Sword Realm. He had to admit that although he had been in the Sword Realm for hundreds of years, and his swordsmanship had long been trained to the peak, but compared to Gao Zhengyang, he was still a little lacking.
In the Sword Realm, this little bit was a huge gap that couldn't be made up for.
Ao Xuan felt that he couldn't take Gao Zhengyang's sword. This judgment made him very depressed.
After living for almost 200,000 years, Ao Xuan reckoned that he had already reached the peak of level-eleven in martial arts. Level-Twelve was within his reach. It was just that he didn't want to be in such a hurry to improve his strength.
After meeting Gao Zhengyang, Ao Xuan suddenly realized that he seemed to have lived for 200,000 years in vain.
However, after the martial arts reached the sage level, a person's heart became the foundation. No matter how hard one trained, it couldn't make up for the weakness of heart.
It could be said that hard training determined the lower limit of martial arts. But the heart determined the upper limit of martial arts.
But how strong was Ao Xuan's will, depression, disappointment, doubt, and these negative emotions wouldn't make him waver. He said to the Yun Nation's Emperor, "Gao Zhengyang seems to have comprehended the Supreme Sword Intent. No matter what, we must get rid of this person!"
The Yun Nation's Emperor was also shocked. Yes, the stronger Gao Zhengyang was, the more he couldn't tolerate him living.
He raised his voice and said, "Pass down my order, kill Gao Zhengyang at all costs. Anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed. "
Just as the Emperor's order was passed down, Gao Zhengyang had already jumped down from the Sword-Testing Platform.
After comprehending the Supreme Sword Intent, Gao Zhengyang's Qinggong also became exquisite and agile, no longer as simple and fierce as before.
Under the cold moonlight, Gao Zhengyang's figure dragged a series of afterimages in the air.
Many crossbowmen didn't need to be ordered to shoot arrows instinctively.
A dense barrage of crossbow arrows blocked Gao Zhengyang's path forward. Gao Zhengyang's response was also very simple. With a wave of the Heavenly Punishment Sword, a divine moon appeared out of thin air.
All the crossbow arrows that were a threat to him were broken and shattered.
Without waiting for the crossbowmen to shoot a second time, Gao Zhengyang had already crossed the distance of a hundred steps and rushed into the middle of the crossbowmen.
The first row of crossbowmen were horrified, but it was too late to retreat. Then, in their horrified eyes, a perfect and flawless silver divine moon was imprinted.
The divine moon-like sword light turned, and there were seven or eight broken corpses and crossbows on the ground.
With a slash of the sword, people and crossbows were both broken. No one could stop it, and there was nowhere to hide.
Gao Zhengyang didn't stop and continued to advance. The crossbowmen didn't have any close combat ability, and he killed through the crossbow formation with a single slash. The truly terrifying opponents were those heavily armored warriors.
The Yun Nation's army was already prepared, and groups of soldiers carrying shields weighing more than a hundred kilograms walked side by side.
A sneer appeared on Gao Zhengyang's face. If it were any other swordsman, they might not be able to defeat this group of heavily armored warriors. But the Heavenly Punishment Sword in his hand was endless.
So what if they had heavy shields and armor?
Without hesitation, Gao Zhengyang rode his sword forward and slashed at the heavy shields.
Under the divine moon-like sword light, the shields were broken, the armor cracked, and the person died.
The other soldiers had already surrounded him from all directions. The Heavenly Punishment Sword in Gao Zhengyang's left hand turned into a divine moon again.
The divine moon spread out horizontally, and everything within several feet of Gao Zhengyang was cut in half.
Gao Zhengyang succeeded in his first slash, and without hesitation, he fully released the sword intent of the divine moon filling the sky.
Tens of millions of soldiers surged forward like a tidal wave, continuously charging at Gao Zhengyang.
The two swords in Gao Zhengyang's hands turned into divine moons, and the cold and perfect sword light was endless.
Wherever the divine moons passed, spears and armor were broken, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Under the horrified gazes of the guests, the divine moon swept through the tens of thousands of imperial guards, sweeping everything in its path.
The tall yellow umbrella that represented the Emperor was also shattered by the divine moon. The head of the Yun Nation's Emperor, which was wearing a crown, flew more than ten feet high.
At this moment, time seemed to freeze. Countless people stared at the flying head in the sky.
All the soldiers who were attacking frantically lost their courage and retreated, revealing Gao Zhengyang in the middle with a sword in hand.
Gao Zhengyang raised his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, and smiled at Yun Yan and the others in the distance. He recited in a clear voice, "With the bright moon in the sky and the sword in hand, I will behead all my enemies in the world!"
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