With the Sky Slashing Sword on his back, Chu Xingyun withdrew from the Black Sky-Drowning Formation and put away the 3,000 ninth-grade spirit stones.
If it had been a spirit stone below the eighth grade, it would have been a defective product after expending so much energy.
However, ninth-grade spirit stones were different. As long as one did not expend too much energy in one go, the energy in the spirit stone could slowly recover.
Therefore, although the energy of the spirit stones consumed during the entire refining process was worth hundreds of billions of spirit stones, in reality, Chu Xingyun did not suffer any losses.
With a little time, these ninth-grade spirit stones would be restored to their perfect state without any loss.
After leaving the secret cultivation room, Chu Xingyun did not immediately leave the underground world. Instead, he found a stalactite forest and began to test the new characteristics of the Sky Slashing Sword.
The Nanming Academy's hundred-person trial was getting closer and closer. If he did not familiarize himself with the new characteristics of the Sky Slashing Sword as soon as possible, he might not be able to pass the trial.
If it was just a simple competition, Chu Xingyun was actually not worried. With his current strength, it would be difficult for him to find an opponent at the same level. The only difference was how many moves his opponent could withstand.
However, in the hundred-person trial, each battle would only last for three breaths. One could only make three moves at most. If one could not win within three moves within three breaths of time, it would be considered a failure.
Such conditions were really too harsh. However … Nanming Academy had always been like this. Chu Xingyun had nothing to complain about.
Harsh conditions were never wrong. As long as fairness and impartiality were guaranteed, there would be no problems.
Clang!
With a sword hum, the Sky Slashing Sword was unsheathed.
Chu Xingyun swung his sword at a stalagmite ten steps away.
This sword was driven purely by spiritual energy. Therefore, the wind created by the sword was also invisible like spiritual energy.
Puff …
With a light sound, a cloud of white powder flew up from the stalagmite's waist. The blazing sword wind had obviously scraped away the accumulated dust on the stalagmite's surface, but it did not leave much of a mark.
Chu Xingyun pulled his sword back and swung it again without a word. However, this time, it was not the spirit qi in his lower dantian that drove the Sky Slashing Sword, but the wind energy in his middle dantian.
Whoosh … Whoosh!
Amidst the shrill whimpers, a golden gust of wind whistled out. It was extraordinarily fast, and it scraped against the stalagmite in the blink of an eye, producing a low buzzing sound.
Looking at it from a close distance, although this sword wind had once again scraped off a layer of white lime, it still did not leave a deep mark.
Chu Xingyun's long sword circled around once again. He did not stop as he sent out a third slash. This time, the Sky Slashing Sword was driven by the Nirvana Flame that originated from his Phoenix bloodline.
Phew …
With a swing of the sword, a tongue of flame shot out from the tip of the Sky Slashing Sword. In an instant, the stalagmite was burned pitch-black.
Chu Xingyun had used three different types of energy, but without exception, he hadn't been able to leave a deep mark on the stalagmite.
If it were any other sword, the test would have ended at this point. Different types of swords required different types of energy to control.
However, the Sky Slashing Sword, which had been fused with the Rainbow Meteoric Metal, was different. It could be controlled regardless of the user's attributes.
After taking a deep breath, Chu Xingyun started to circulate the energy in his body in anticipation.
First, it was the spiritual energy in his lower dantian. Next, it was the wind-based energy in his middle dantian. Finally, it was the Nirvana Flame that rose above his heart. The three types of energy poured into the Sky Slashing Sword one after another.
As the three types of energy poured in, the blade of the Sky Slashing Sword lit up. As a golden-red glow flickered, Chu Xingyun sent out a slash.
The wind aided the fire, and the fire borrowed the might of the wind. With the enhancement of the spiritual energy, the wind and fire energies whistled as they slashed against the stalagmite.
Crack …
Amidst a dull sound, a palm-sized fragment of the sturdy stalagmite was cut off.
Chu Xingyun was pleasantly surprised and disappointed at the same time.
He was pleasantly surprised that with the mutual enhancement of the wind and fire energies, the might of the sword-wind had increased threefold!
The sword-wind, which had originally only been able to cut through the surface of the hard shell, was now able to cut off a palm-sized fragment.
If it landed on a human body without a weapon or armor to block it, wouldn't that person's tendons and bones be broken?
What disappointed Chu Xingyun was that although the might of this sword wind had pleasantly surprised him, there was always a fear of comparison.
He recalled the joint attack of the Mysterious Underworld Celestial Ruler and the White Tiger Celestial Ruler. An entire continent with a radius of 10,000 miles and a thickness of 100 miles had been forcibly cut off and sent flying.
How could Chu Xingyun not be disappointed when he thought about the huge continent and the palm-sized fragment in front of him?
Chu Xingyun walked over to the sturdy stalagmite and waved the Sky Slashing Sword a few times in annoyance. Wherever the blade passed, the stalagmite was cut into dozens of pieces like tofu and fell to the ground.
Compared to the blade that could cut through iron like mud, the might of the sword-wind was far inferior.
After taking a deep breath, Chu Xingyun knew that although it was not impossible to pass the trial of 100 people with his current realm, the probability was too small.
Although he believed that he would not be defeated, if his opponent was focused on resisting or dodging, he would not be able to defeat his opponent in three moves within three breaths of time.
Although the power of the wind and fire elements had increased by three times under the enhancement of each other, the power was still limited.
In order to ensure that he would pass, Chu Xingyun had to reach a higher level in the Sword Principle.
Now, Chu Xingyun had reached the Heart Sword Realm and the Sword Intent Realm. With a clear mind, he had achieved the Hinayana Sword Principle.
The power of the Hinayana Sword Principle was needless to say. With the Hinayana Sword Principle, Chu Xingyun could compete with any Nirvana Realm expert and would not be easily defeated.
However, although the Hinayana Sword Principle was strong, it was not enough to make Chu Xingyun invincible and invincible in the Nirvana Realm. It was even more impossible for him to defeat his opponent in three moves.
If he wanted to truly dominate the Nirvana Realm and defeat a Nirvana Realm expert in three moves, he had to break through to the third realm of the Nine Realms of the Sword Principle — the Qi Sword Realm!
The so-called Qi Sword Realm was to condense the sword wind from the Hinayana Sword Principle into a line and turn the sword wind into sword qi.
No matter how strong the sword wind was, it was only so. It was mainly due to the power of the Nirvana Flame that it could send a palm-sized fragment flying. It had little to do with the sword wind.
However, once the sword wind was condensed into sword qi, everything would be completely different.
The Sword Qi could cut through iron as if it were mud. Unless one was a Martial Emperor or had an Imperial Weapon to protect himself, he would be injured or crippled. If he was careless and hit a vital point, he would be killed by the Sword Qi!
Sword qi was the symbol of a super expert. Within ten steps, everything was within the killing range of the sword qi.
It could be said that sword qi was the most important symbol to distinguish between experts and weaklings.
If one did not even know how to use sword qi, one should not brag about how strong they were.
As for those who could use sword qi, no matter how humble they were, they were feared by everyone.
There were countless warriors above the Nirvana Realm.
In this Qiankun World, only Nirvana Realm experts who had mastered sword qi could be considered true Nirvana Realm experts.
However, sword qi was not so easy to master.
Without a hundred years of hard work and research, it would be impossible for one to even understand what Sword Qi was and how it was produced, needless to say, cultivate and grasp it …
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