The trunk of the tree was so thick that it would take dozens of people to wrap their arms around it. It was more than a hundred zhang tall, and the huge tree crown was like a dark green canopy that covered a radius of several hundred zhang. Such towering and ancient trees could be seen everywhere.
They were shaped like sharp swords that were at least one zhang tall. They were greenish-black, straight and tough, and pointed to the sky. Vaguely, there seemed to be traces of sharpness. The surrounding grass could be seen everywhere.
There were also millstone-sized saw-toothed leaves that twined in circles. The thick vines that were as thick as an arm or a leg and had a greenish-black skin that seemed to have dark red blood vessels inside them crawling all over the thick tree trunk.
This was the forest of the Immemorial World. It was an extremely ancient and primitive forest.
The sun of the Immemorial World hung high in the sky, illuminating the earth. The blazing light was like countless sharp swords that shot down, penetrating through the canopy of the towering trees, through the dense branches and leaves, and through the countless gaps. It scattered on the ancient and primitive grass of the forest, forming countless mottled silhouettes.
A tranquil aura spread through the forest, as if it was emitted from the giant trees, the grass, and the vines. It added a bit of mystery to this ancient and primitive forest.
A figure leisurely appeared, and the grass in front of him naturally parted a little.
Chu Mu's fingers gently stroked the grass, and he was slightly surprised. The grass of the Immemorial World was sharp and tough, and was actually not inferior to a middle grade sword. In other words, if this grass was brought back to the Ancient Sword Continent and slightly modified, it could become a middle grade Mystic Sword.
However, such grass could be found all over the ground.
Chu Mu's footsteps were silent. His arrival did not cause any changes in the aura of this ancient and primitive forest, because he had perfectly concealed his aura.
The condensation of the Intent Star allowed Chu Mu to use the Hidden Edge Art to the extreme.
Why did Chu Mu leave the Sky Edge Sword Palace and come to this ancient and primitive forest?
It was very simple. It was for the Sword Venerate's test.
As expected, the Sword Venerate's test in the Immemorial World was completely different from the one in the Ancient Sword Continent.
The Sword Venerate's test in the Ancient Sword Continent was to fight an opponent in the Hundred Saints Alliance's branch palace, and defeat that opponent to become a Sword Venerate.
The Sword Venerate's test in the Immemorial World was much more difficult and dangerous.
This was because the Sword Saint examination in the Immemorial World required one to truly kill a powerful enemy. As for what kind of powerful enemy it was, it wasn't certain. The examination would be randomly selected.
Chu Mu had drawn a new assessment mission. The content of the assessment was to enter the dark forest to the north of the Sky Edge Sword Palace and find and kill a group of human Evil Swordsmen. There were a total of five of them.
There were both good and evil swordsmen of the human race, and they had existed since ancient times.
Sword practitioners of the righteous path absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to temper their bodies. They stepped onto the path of the sword and fought against the heavens. However, sword practitioners of the evil path were different. They were a group of evil existences who had lost themselves in the pursuit of power. They killed many, consumed blood, and refined souls. In order to increase their own strength, they would do anything. There were even some sword practitioners of the evil path who had become neither human nor ghost.
Recently, these five swordsmen of the evil path had attacked several times. They had massacred the humans living near the dark forest and sucked their blood and marrow dry. This had caused quite a bit of panic. This matter was reported to the Sky Edge Sword Palace. After the Sword Of Gojoseon of the Sky Edge Sword Palace had checked the corpses, he concluded that there were at least five evil swordsmen who had committed the crime. They were all in the Origin Realm, and their sword intent and profound had not yet reached the second transformation.
Therefore, it became a mission. However, the disciples of the Sky Edge Sword Palace who had accepted the mission never returned. However, the five swordsmen of the evil path seemed to know that their whereabouts had been exposed, so they hid in the dark forest and never appeared again.
Therefore, this mission was upgraded to a Sword Venerate Assessment Mission. If the swordsmen of the assessment were unable to complete this mission, the mission would be upgraded again and become an Elite Disciple Mission.
The dark forest was very big. Finding the five evil swordsmen of the evil path was like finding a needle in a haystack. If the five swordsmen of the evil path were determined to hide, even a few Sword Of Gojoseon would not be able to find them.
Chu Mu restrained his aura, but released his spiritual consciousness. It covered a hundred meter radius. Even the smallest speck of dust could be detected by Chu Mu's spiritual consciousness. Even the slightest movement could not escape from Chu Mu's spiritual consciousness.
The Sword Venerate Assessment Mission was randomly selected. It would be the mission that was chosen. If one wanted to change the mission, they would have to give up the mission. They would have to wait another three months before they could apply for the assessment again.
Chu Mu's agreement with the head instructor was close. There was only a little more than a day left. Chu Mu still had to complete the mission in a little more than a day to become a Sword Venerate. Only then would he have completed the mission and obtained the benefits he deserved.
When Chu Mu had drawn this mission, Ji Tianxiang had frowned. He knew that the difficulty of this mission did not lie in the five swordsmen's strength. That was because he believed that with Chu Mu's fourth cycle sword intent and profundity, it would not be difficult for him to deal with five first cycle sword intent and profundity Corrupt swordsmen.
The true difficulty was finding the whereabouts of the five swordsmen of the evil path.
Chu Mu only had a day to go back and forth. To find the five swordsmen of the evil path in the dark forest was like finding a needle in a haystack. It was practically impossible.
Ji Tianxiang had even seen the scene of Chu Mu's failure.
At that time, he had wanted to use some of his power and connections to have Chu Mu change the mission. But Chu Mu had refused.
Chu Mu had his own persistence. Furthermore, it was not impossible for him to complete this mission in a day.
Furthermore, passing the Ten Directional Sword Formation had given him twelve thousand seven hundred Sky Edge coins. Adding on the six thousand from before, Chu Mu now had over nineteen thousand Sky Edge coins.
Entering the Dream Recall Pavilion only required ten thousand Sky Edge coins. Even if he couldn't complete the mission and couldn't complete his agreement with the head instructor, Chu Mu could still use the money he had earned to enter the Dream Recall Pavilion.
However, between the two, Chu Mu was more inclined to complete his agreement with the head instructor.
There was no other reason than his conviction.
The dark forest was silent. There wasn't even any wind. But Chu Mu knew that this place was filled with danger. That was because there were primordial vicious beasts living in the dark forest. These primordial vicious beasts all had their own territories. They were usually hidden and would not casually appear.
"The dark forest is huge. It will be difficult for me to find five Corrupt swordsmen by myself." Chu Mu's thoughts rapidly spun. "Those Corrupt swordsmen absorb blood and bone marrow to cultivate. Since that's the case, why don't I have them come to find me?"
If he wanted the Corrupt swordsmen to come find him, he would first have to create a large enough commotion. Furthermore, he couldn't display too much strength. Otherwise, it would scare them away.
With a thought, Chu Mu made his decision.
With a thought, a fierce aura was released from Chu Mu's body. In an instant, it swept out like a storm, attacking in all directions and causing the surrounding grass to bend and sway.
The strength of this aura had reached the level of first cycle sword intent and first cycle profound.
The sharp aura was not concealed at all. It soared into the sky, wreaking havoc in all directions. It was extremely ostentatious, as if it was afraid others wouldn't know there was someone here. Even thousands of meters away, they could sense this aura.
The hidden ancient beast was immediately alerted. To it, humans were like delicacies.
Rustling sounds could be heard. Not far away, the tall grass was crushed, leaving behind a long trail. Chu Mu immediately sensed a vicious aura surging over, bringing with it a bone-chilling coldness.
It was a python, an ancient python. Its body was as thick as a bucket, and its body was covered in colorful markings. Its eyes were green, and its forked tongue was wildly flicking.
From the vicious aura emitted by this python, Chu Mu immediately knew that this was a high-tier vicious beast. It was equivalent to a human Origin Realm swordsman, and the kind that had reached the peak.
As soon as the python appeared, it immediately stared at Chu Mu and launched an attack. Its thick body spun and shot out like a huge crossbow, causing the sound of wind breaking to resound.
Chu Mu shifted his feet and easily dodged the python's surprise attack. The terrifying wind was extremely sharp and sliced towards him, but it was blocked by the protective sword aura outside of Chu Mu's skin.
The python was very experienced in battle. When its surprise attack failed, it swung its thick tail like a steel whip. The wind broke through the air, causing an earth-shattering roar to resound.
Although this python was powerful, Chu Mu could easily kill it if he wanted to. However, he had to control his strength and couldn't appear too strong.
Pretending to be in a difficult situation as he dodged the python's tail whip, Chu Mu pulled out his sword and counterattacked. He and the python became entangled in a fierce fight.
This python's body was as thick as a bucket, and it was about twenty meters long. Every time it attacked, it would cause a huge commotion. Waves of sound spread out, and the intense collision of auras could be felt even further away.
In order to increase the commotion, Chu Mu retreated as he fought with the python. Wherever he went, the grass would be destroyed. Sword Aura would sweep through the air, and even the trunks of the giant trees would be left with slash marks, causing wood chips to fly everywhere.
A high rank Archaic Vicious Beast already possessed a considerable amount of intelligence. However, this python didn't know that its opponent was suppressing most of his strength, using only a small part of his strength to fight with it. His goal was to create a bigger commotion.
After a quarter of an hour, the area within a thousand meters was destroyed. Chu Mu was still fighting with the python.
A high-tier Direbeast's body was incomparably tyrannical, and its strength was even more terrifying. A flick of this python's tail was enough to shake a towering tree that required dozens of people to wrap their arms around it. If a tree that required dozens of people to wrap their arms around it was hit by the python's tail, a crack would appear on the tree trunk. After another hit, the tree would slowly fall down with creaking sounds.
Rumble!
When such a thick tree fell, it heavily smashed into the ground, causing dust to fly. The commotion was unbelievably great. The ground within a radius of several tens of thousands of meters shook because of it.
However, Chu Mu felt that this commotion wasn't big enough. He needed a bigger commotion. Thus, he turned his gaze to a towering tree that required dozens of people to wrap their arms around it. He imagined that if such a towering tree fell to the ground without any obstacles, what kind of vibration would that heavy blow bring? What kind of commotion would that cause …
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