After a brief scan, Lin Huang noticed that there were quite a number of Nuance sword marks — more than a thousand in total.
However, Lin Huang did not underestimate them at all. He knew that for a genius like Great Heaven to take a fancy to these sword marks and leave them in his inheritance as part of the Trial, they were definitely not left behind by ordinary sword cultivators.
According to Sword11, as long as his Divine Telekinesis touched these sword marks, his consciousness would be pulled into them, and he would then have a battle of consciousness with the Sword Dao in the mark space.
If the sword mark itself contained the first level of Nuance, then he would only be able to use Nuance level Sword Intent in the sword mark space.
Only by defeating all the Nuance Sword Dao in the Sword Dao could he sense level-2 Consonance Sword Dao. Similarly, only by defeating all the Consonance Sword Dao in the Sword Dao could he sense level-3 Illumination Sword Dao. The rest of the rules were the same.
Of course, he could also choose not to follow the rules of the trial and ignore the prompts he sensed. He could simply use his Divine Telekinesis to touch other sword marks that had no prompts. However, if he accidentally touched a sword mark that contained Sword Dao true meaning or Sword Dao heavenly rule, it was not impossible for him to be killed instantly.
Naturally, Lin Huang, who had learned the shape from Sword11, chose to play by the rules of the game.
Glancing at the sword marks that he could sense, Lin Huang quickly locked onto his target for the first trial.
It was a hair-thin sword mark that was almost invisible.
"This looks pretty weak. Let's try it out and see how difficult it is."
Although his Sword Dao was already level-6 Deva, Lin Huang did not let his guard down in the face of the level-1 Sword Dao trial. After all, he would be limited to level-1, and the nature of the Sword Dao in the sword mark was unknown.
After deciding on his target for the first round of the assessment, Lin Huang quickly extended his Divine Telekinesis and touched the hair-thin sword mark.
The next moment, Lin Huang's consciousness shook, and when he came back to his senses, he found himself in a dense forest.
He quickly checked the strength of his consciousness. Not only was his Sword Dao suppressed to level-1 Nuance, but his combat strength was also suppressed to the first rank of holy fire-level, white flame-level. Not only that, but he could no longer sense any skills, secret skills, Divine Abilities, or Divine Skills that were not related to Sword Dao.
At the same time, Lin Huang noticed that there was a narrow silver blade in his hand. It was a grade-3 sword relic.
After sensing his own condition, Lin Huang's mind suddenly had an additional piece of information. It was the specific rules of the trial.
He immediately understood that his Sword Dao and combat strength had been suppressed to the same level as his opponent. Moreover, the sword relic that he was using was automatically generated according to the level of his opponent's weapon and the form of his weapon that he was used to. Even the trial scene was suitable for the owner of the saber intent in the saber mark.
There was only one way to pass the trial, and that was to kill the opponents created by this trial space.
If a trial-taker was killed by an opponent in this space, their consciousness would dissipate as well, adding another corpse to Swordfiend Abyss.
However, if the trial-taker really felt that he was no match for his opponent, he could choose to surrender and give up on the trial. Of course, that was if he could shout "I surrender" in time. If he chose to give up, he would lose the right to participate in the subsequent trials and be sent out of Swordfiend Abyss.
This was probably why Sword11 was able to leave alive.
After Lin Huang used a few seconds to digest the rules of the trial, a figure finally materialized about ten meters away from him.
Lin Huang looked over. It was a woman in black. She was petite and had short, black hair that fell to her ears. The weapons in her hands were a pair of narrow, delicate daggers that were less than 30 centimeters long.
With just one look, Lin Huang could tell that she was a speed-type or dexterity-type sword cultivator.
Just as Lin Huang was sizing up his opponent, the woman in black was sizing up Lin Huang as well.
Neither of them moved because there was a five-second protection period before the battle began.
This five-second protection period was actually set up for the trial-takers to have some buffer time to adapt to the changes in their bodies.
During the protection period, both trial-takers would not be harmed at all, and they would not be able to move or attack.
5, 4, 3 … 1.
As soon as the five-second countdown ended, Lin Huang raised his sword. Before he could even move, he saw the woman in black turn around and flee, disappearing into the forest with a few leaps.
"Huh?" Lin Huang thought it was ridiculous. "Shouldn't we fight right away? You can do that? "
However, he instantly understood that his opponent's actions were allowed by the rules.
He could not use telekinesis, but Lin Huang still had his Sword Territory. This was a Sword Dao skill, so it was not banned.
However, the range and power of the Territory were greatly suppressed, and it only had a radius of 1,000 meters.
However, it was enough for this battle.
Seeing that his opponent had disappeared, Lin Huang had no choice but to open up his Sword Dao Territory. He had no time to play hide-and-seek with his opponent.
As soon as his Sword Dao Territory was opened, Lin Huang quickly sensed the woman's hiding place.
She did not run far. She was currently hiding behind the trunk of a large tree, in the direction that she had fled earlier. At the moment, she was only 50 to 60 meters away from him, secretly observing his every move.
The corners of Lin Huang's lips curled up slightly, but he did not approach her rashly. Instead, he leaped up and landed on the branch that the woman had been standing on earlier, pretending to track her position.
However, as soon as his feet landed on the branch, he felt a sudden sense of danger.
A colorless blade gleam appeared in the void without warning, slashing toward Lin Huang like a thread.
Lin Huang swung his sword and slashed, and the dark red blade gleam instantly tore the blade gleam into pieces.
Although his opponent's attack was not strong, it was extremely secretive, and Lin Huang had almost fallen for it.
Behind the tree trunk, the woman saw that her attack had failed, and her expression was slightly regretful. However, this seemed to be within her expectations. She remained where she was and did not move, as if she was waiting patiently for something.
"Thread?" Lin Huang narrowed his eyes slightly. "No, this trial can't use weapons other than knives … That should be a blade gleam!"
"Is that thread the delayed activation of the blade gleam? What an impressive sword technique. " Lin Huang, who had mastered thousands of sword techniques, quickly saw through the method that his opponent had used. "In other words, she set up countless blade gleams that I can't see within this distance of dozens of meters. If I'm not mistaken, this woman should also have a Sword Domain. As soon as I enter the attack range of the blade gleams, her Sword Domain will instantly activate and attack. "
"Before it's activated, the blade gleams that she set up are colorless and shapeless, so I can't break them in advance …" Lin Huang quickly thought of a countermeasure in his mind. "However, it's impossible for the blade gleams to be activated unconditionally in such a sword technique. There must be an energy node to store the energy of her blade gleams. She'll only be able to activate them instantaneously after she activates the node."
"I can't use my telekinesis now, so I can't see the energy node that she set up …" Lin Huang soon came up with a countermeasure. "But I don't need to see it. This is because the easily triggered energy node must be unstable. All I need to do is detonate the energy node that she set up in advance, and the technique will collapse on its own. "
"No matter how unpredictable and irregular the energy node that she set up is, it won't work. I only need one slash to break it! "
Lin Huang's eyes glowed fiercely, and his Sword Dao aura skyrocketed.
The silver sword in his hand began to emit a glaring red glow under the activation of his Life Power.
Within a few seconds, the sword in his hand seemed to have transformed into a red sun.
"Is this fella going all out right from the start?!" The lady in black retreated without hesitation, running away from Lin Huang in a frenzy. She knew that if she were to be hit by the technique, she would be dead meat.
Sensing the lady in black's movement, Lin Huang smirked. His right hand that was holding the sword slashed in the direction that the lady was running in.
As soon as he swung his sword, a red shockwave gushed out of the blade. It was like a tsunami that drowned the lady in an instant, plowing a huge red ravine in the forest.
"The participant has passed the first checkpoint of the Nuance level!"
As soon as the message popped up, Lin Huang knew that he had successfully killed his opponent.
Approximately one to two seconds after the message popped up, Lin Huang's consciousness returned to his body.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
