On this day, the people waiting outside suddenly discovered that the numbers on the invisible barrier were flashing rapidly. From one to ten, there wasn't much of a pause. After that, it continued to rise, from eleven to fourteen, and finally to fifteen.
"It's Ye Chen. Ye Chen is challenging the Sword World again."
Apart from the Azure Sky Sword Emperor, no one else could reach the fifteenth level of the Sword World. Apart from the Azure Sky Sword Emperor, there was only Ye Chen who created a miracle a week ago.
In the fifteenth level of the Sword World, Ye Chen had already killed seventy-four swordsmen, thirty-two more than the previous time. His improvement was obvious.
Chi Chi!
Swinging his sword, sword light swept out. At the price of losing his left arm, Ye Chen killed another six swordsmen, bringing the total number of kills to eighty.
Eighty-one!
Eighty-two!
Eighty-three!
Hu!
Ye Chen's head suddenly flew up. A swordsman leaped up and chopped off Ye Chen's head. However, Ye Chen, who had lost his head, took advantage of the fact that his body had yet to dissipate to stab the swordsman's heart.
Eighty-four!
This was the second time that Ye Chen challenged the fifteenth level of the Sword World. The first time, it was forty-two. This time, it was eighty-four. The improvement was huge.
Challenging the Sword World was too exhausting. Just like the previous time, Ye Chen didn't continue. Instead, he sat cross-legged in the void and rested.
"Failed!"
After a long time, no numbers flashed. Everyone knew that Ye Chen had failed again. Some even stood up and left this place. Some of them had been waiting here all along, and some had joined later. Those who joined later actually wanted to see Ye Chen and see if he had grown three heads and six arms. However, Ye Chen still didn't come out. They immediately knew that they wouldn't be able to see him in person for a short period of time. Instead of waiting here in vain, they might as well find something proper to do.
"Let's go! The fifteenth floor isn't that easy to pass. The higher you go in the Sword World, the harder it is to pass. Ye Chen has only raised his Sword Domain to the third level. I dare to bet that he won't be able to pass through the fifteenth floor without three to five months of training. "
"That makes sense. Every level of the Sword Domain requires one to grasp more details. Otherwise, the Azure Sky Sword Emperor wouldn't have been stuck at the third level of the Sword Domain for so many years."
"Go! I still want to wait. "
Of course, there were also people who didn't change their minds.
"Idiot, just wait here for nothing! What a waste of time. "
This time, instead of waiting for a week, Ye Chen went to challenge the Sword World after only three days.
Failure.
It was another failure.
But something worthy of gratification was that Ye Chen had killed 156 swordsmen in the 15th level of the Sword World, and he was only eight away from doubling the number. Moreover, the Sword Domain showed a trace of budding.
Another three days passed.
Ye Chen had killed 258 swordsmen.
…
Two hundred and eighty five swordsmen!
Three hundred swordsmen!
In the blink of an eye, it had already been 20 days since Ye Chen had arrived here. During the first ten days, his improvement was extremely great, but during the last few days, his improvement became slower and slower.
Ye Chen knew that he was almost at his limit. Not to mention doubling the number of swordsmen, it was as difficult as ascending the heavens to be able to kill a few more every time. The extent of his improvement was getting smaller and smaller.
On the 24th day.
Ye Chen had killed 333 swordsmen. When he killed the 333 swordsmen, Ye Chen faintly felt that the Sword Domain had stirred. But he was helpless as he was instantly killed.
"This won't do. As time passes, this budding will gradually weaken. In the end, I might lose this rare opportunity to break through. I absolutely can't waste it."
Without resting, Ye Chen's eyes were red as he tried to enter the Sword World again.
From the first level to the 14th level, Ye Chen had to expend several times more energy than usual. This was because he was too tired. This kind of fatigue wasn't physical, but mental. The potential that people often talked about was actually the potential of the heart and soul. When the heart was strong enough, it could ignore the weakness of the body and burst out with power that far exceeded the past. Now, Ye Chen's mind was very tired, and so was his body.
As a result, when he reached the 15th level, Ye Chen had only killed the 15th swordsman, but he already felt powerless.
"Explode for me!"
Ye Chen roared. The treasured sword was like an exploding star. The sword light that was thrust out was extremely fast and ruthless. Each move and style contained great power.
Pfff, pfff, pfff, pfff!
A row of swordsmen fell. They didn't even feel how they were stabbed.
But to Ye Chen, this wasn't enough. More swordsmen rushed up.
"Ah!"
At this moment, Ye Chen was in a state of extreme selflessness. His treasured sword was constantly stabbing and slashing. His body was like a marionette, flickering and shifting at an extraordinary speed.
Row after row of swordsmen fell. Ye Chen's body emitted a heart-palpitating aura.
The aura was like a saber or a sword, slowly merging into Ye Chen's sword domain.
Just like this, Ye Chen endured one limit after another. The number of swordsmen he killed quickly broke through five hundred, then six hundred, seven hundred. But when seven hundred and twenty people fell, Ye Chen once again felt powerless. This kind of powerlessness came so quickly that Ye Chen's left leg was cut off by a sword, and his body almost fell.
After waking up from his selfless state, Ye Chen saw more than ten swords with sharp sword light stabbing towards him. No matter how he dodged or blocked, he couldn't avoid this assassination. Although the sword domain could slightly distort the opponent's sword trajectory, at least half of the swords would still land on his body.
The outcome was already decided.
Ye Chen's eyes were very calm. This didn't mean that he had a way to deal with it. His powerful soul allowed him to maintain absolute focus no matter what.
"Deviate!"
"A little more!"
"Deviate a little more!"
The speed of the swords was very fast. Ordinary people wouldn't even have time to react. But in Ye Chen's perception, the swords stabbing towards him were getting slower and slower, showing signs of coming to a stop.
An inconceivable scene occurred. All the swords really stopped, maintaining a distance of three feet from Ye Chen.
Clang clang clang!
In the next moment, the swords that had stopped stabbed forward again. However, the trajectories of the swords were greatly deviated. When the swords collided, resplendent sparks erupted.
The sparks couldn't get close to Ye Chen. Their trajectories were distorted, and they erupted outwards. On the other hand, Ye Chen was like a sword god. No sword in his hand, but a sword in his heart.
Third-level sword domain, completed!
Ha!
After losing a leg, Ye Chen couldn't move quickly. But it didn't matter. At this moment, there was no need for him to dodge. Before anyone's sword could stab him, he would stab them to death.
Third-level sword domain represented a new realm. The core profundity was to have a sword in your heart and not have a sword in your hand.
Having no sword in his hand meant that he had no weaknesses. Having a sword in his heart meant that he could always block his opponent's attack with his sword. Nothing could be faster than the speed of the heart. With a thought in his heart, the sword stabbed out. At this moment, his body and heart had completely fused together.
Since a long time ago, Ye Chen had learned that there were three realms when it came to sword attacks. The first realm was called Sword Control with the Body, the second was Sword Control with Qi, and the third was Sword Control with Intent.
Body was the physical strength of the body. Everyone had this realm, but there weren't many who were proficient in it. Some people wasted a lot of energy, but their sword speed wasn't ideal. Some people could casually increase their sword speed to a frightening level. This was the gap in technique. It needed to be tempered hundreds and thousands of times in order to improve.
Sword Control with Qi was much better than Sword Control with the Body. Before the body moved, Qi had already been released. This Qi was the energy within a martial artist's body. Although many people had high cultivation, they might not have grasped the technique of Sword Control with Qi. Gathering Zhen Yuan in the palm and then striking with the sword wasn't called Sword Control with Qi. At most, it was just an enhanced version of Sword Control with the body. This was because the main idea of Sword Control with Qi was to use Qi as the main force, and the body as a support. Physical strength was used as a support. Under such circumstances, the sword would be much faster than others.
Finally, Sword Control with Intent. This intent was the will. Will was formless. It was precisely because it was formless that the sword speed could reach an unfathomable level. No one could block it.
And the so-called Sword Control with Intent was to use the heart to control the sword. A strong will was actually a strong heart. Will was formless, and the heart was also formless.
Sword Domain had reached the third layer. Ye Chen's sword realm had impressively reached Sword Control with Intent. In other words, it was the highest realm of Sword Control with Heart. When the sword pierced out, nothing could block it.
Pu Pu Pu Pu Pu!
A horrifying scene occurred. No matter how fast the sword attacks of the sword artists were, no matter how ingenious they were, Ye Chen would always be able to kill them before they could. In fact, Ye Chen didn't even release his Sword Domain to the limit. It was because the sword artists of the fifteenth layer weren't worthy of him using his full strength. He only needed to use Sword Control with Heart to deal with them.
One thousand sword artists were all dead. Ye Chen stood on the mountain peak.
"Sigh, let's wait a few more days. It's not a solution to keep waiting like this. If he wants to challenge the Sword World for a year, won't I be waiting for a year in vain?"
In the outside world, some extremely patient people finally couldn't wait any longer. It wasn't that they didn't have patience. On the contrary, they were very patient. Otherwise, they wouldn't have waited until now. But first and foremost, they were sword artists. They needed to increase their strength in order to survive. Their time wasn't used to wait.
"They're right. Within three to five months, it'll be very difficult for Ye Chen to pass the fifteenth layer. He might not even be able to accomplish it in a year."
"I won't wait any longer. What's the point of waiting for a few more days? Everyone, farewell."
As he spoke, one of the swordsmen stood up and was about to leave.
However, he suddenly stopped.
"Look, the sixteenth layer. He has reached the sixteenth layer."
This person pointed at the invisible barrier. His eyes were wide open and his face was filled with disbelief.
"The sixteenth layer?"
Everyone turned to look at him.
"It really is the sixteenth layer."
"This!"
Everyone looked at each other and held their breath.
"Impossible, the seventeenth layer."
After around the time to drink a cup of tea, a new ancient character flickered on the invisible barrier — "Seventeen."
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