Time passed in the blink of an eye. When the tenth hour came, Su Li stood up and dragged her seemingly broken body to the eighth step without the reminder of the voice in the nothingness.
Whoosh –
The scene changed, and what came into view was the same high platform as before.
Su Li walked to the weapon rack and picked up a long sword. She turned into a residual shadow and rushed to the middle-aged man without saying a word.
His desperate stance was exactly the same as the previous six times.
The existence in the nothingness looked coldly at the blood rain on the high platform, and a cold light flashed in its eyes. It thought that Su Li would die at the fifth step, but it didn't expect that this woman's toughness was far beyond its imagination. Unconsciously, she had persisted to the eighth step.
"I've already used half of the sword intent left behind in the inheritance, yet a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator managed to survive until now. Where did this monster come from? This is simply … absurd! "
It muttered to itself with anger and shock. There was a limit to changing the inheritance rules of the Star Road, and it was quite dangerous for him. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he did not want to take that risk.
"Let's wait and see. If it really comes to that, I won't allow anyone to take my things!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
On the high platform, the two of them turned into afterimages and flickered crazily. Sword shadows were unceasing, and blood rained down. It was hard to tell whose blood it was.
Su Li waved the long sword and released the control from time to time. She pinched the formula with both hands and switched between Ao Sword Skills and Cuixing Skills seamlessly and freely. She was much more skillful than when she set foot on the Star Path.
If Su Li's waving of the sword was just at the beginning of the rudimentary realm, as she fought with all her strength again and again, her sword was quickly polished and became smooth and perfect.
The existence in the darkness sensed this change, and its expression became even more gloomy.
Shua!
The middle-aged man took a step back, flicked his wrist, and changed the momentum of his sword. The dense purple sword light instantly turned into a sword net, and enveloped him.
Killing move!
Su Li's eyes sharpened. She held the sword backhand and turned it upward. The whole sword body immediately turned into a rotating afterimage, breaking upward in the shape of a cone.
"Cuixing, the sixth move, break!"
In an instant, a violent gust of wind blew in the field, and Su Li's figure was also swept in. She couldn't sense it clearly.
The existence in the darkness stared at the two parties that were about to collide and smiled. Even in such a situation, he still wanted to comprehend a trace of Sword Intent and chose to face the killing move head-on. He was truly foolish to the extreme. No matter how good his talent was, it would still be a waste.
It turned around and gradually disappeared into the depths of the void. It was not even prepared to watch the ending.
It would be strange if he didn't die after forcefully fighting to the death in that exhausted state.
Just then —
"Boom!!"
A strong wind pressure suddenly spread out, and in the blink of an eye, the net of swords was torn to shreds. The middle-aged man was also torn to shreds, and the pieces of his corpse even splashed to the feet of the incorporeal being.
"She won?!"
The being in the void was shocked. He suddenly turned around and looked at the eighth stone step, just in time to see Zi Yan fall from the sky, his clothes in tatters and his body covered in blood. Just like the previous two steps, he fell on the stone step and fainted from his heavy injuries.
"How did you win?"
The existence in the nothingness looked terrible, and he felt thirsty. He thought that Su Li would die, so he didn't watch the battle carefully.
"Luck? Or … this woman has been hiding her true strength all along?! "
He muttered to himself, and then he growled, "Impossible! Even practitioners in Yuanying Realm may not be able to pass such a test, let alone practitioners in Zhuji Realm … I don't believe it! "
He widened his eyes and stared at Su Li, who was lying motionless on the stone step. He didn't miss the slightest detail. In the shock and absent-mindedness, he forgot to continue to lie about the healing time. He didn't realize it until Su Li woke up. At this time, more than 60 hours had passed.
"You … you … did a good job. It's not easy to come here. The healing time of the first step is only 60 hours, and you have spent 30 hours. Ten hours later, go to the ninth step! "
Ignoring the severe pain, Su Li propped up her body with her arms and barely sat up. Her tone was full of suppressed anger, "Ten hours? Why don't you just ask me to die? "
Seeing that she finally showed her emotions, the being in the dark subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. This time, she was really at her limit.
It was hateful that he had been hiding his true strength and deceiving her before. Fortunately, there was still a long way to go. Even if she didn't die on the ninth step, she definitely couldn't survive the test of the tenth step. There would be no accident!
Thinking of this, he calmed down and continued to disguise his deep voice. He snorted coldly, "I have given you a chance. You can't go back on your words when you come here!"
"… You!"
Su Li's bloodstained face was full of anger. She said with hatred, "I now suspect that this Star Path was deliberately set by a destructive predecessor to kill the younger generation! I want to invite the arbitration of the Star Path! "
The being in the nothingness changed his expression slightly. Then he remembered that Su Li was only in Zhuji Realm, and her soul body couldn't reach the perfect realm of Tianhun. The arbitration couldn't see through her. What was there to be afraid of?
Thinking of this, he laughed and said confidently, "You know the arbitration of the Star Path. Well … geniuses are always proud. Since you don't want to admit that you are too weak, you can invite the arbitration if you want. I won't stop you."
Su Li's expression kept changing. She seemed to be struggling. After a while, she didn't make other moves. Instead, she seized the time to meditate and recover from her injury.
Seeing this scene, the being in the nothingness smiled even more, "You can't keep calm. That's a good thing. You are more likely to die if your state of mind is unstable. Let's see how long you can hold on."
Su Li, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone step, looked pale. It was hard to tell whether she was angry or injured. She closed her eyes tightly, but her heart was calm, which was the opposite of the impetuous expression she showed.
Her injury looked more serious. The white bones of her arms were full of cracks, as if they were porcelain that would fall apart. But Su Li knew that her real injury was much lighter than that on the previous step.
After coming out of the illusion of the test, she didn't faint at all. Instead, she had been activating the Ghost Valley Meditation Direction to recover from her injury. She stayed for more than ten hours while the being in the nothingness didn't respond.
If she didn't guess it, the voice in the dark just now would only give her forty hours to heal.
"It's only the ninth step. I haven't figured out how long it can affect the Star Path. My injury and pneuma haven't fully recovered. It's not easy to fall out with it. But … if it goes on like this, even a fool will know that I am pretending."
When ten hours passed, Su Li opened her eyes, and her eyes flickered.
Falling out with it would happen sooner or later. From now on … get less injured.
She took a step forward and stepped into the ninth step. Another fierce battle began on the high platform. But the being in the nothingness saw Su Li's desperate appearance and felt that something was wrong.
How could she still have strength?
Wasn't she seriously injured to the point that her arms were almost broken? How could she still hold the sword?
The fighting puppet didn't feel pain. Didn't she feel pain?
…
With more and more doubts and a more and more ominous premonition, the battle on the ninth step lasted for three days and three nights. It ended with Su Li cutting off one of her arms and piercing the puppet's head.
"Sure enough, she survived again …"
It stared at Su Li, whose arms and legs were separated on the ninth step, and suddenly felt a chill in its heart. What kind of monster did it provoke?
There was even a faint regret in its heart, and it wanted to retreat. But at this point, neither it nor Su Li had a way out.
"It's the tenth step. She … will definitely die!"
It muttered to itself, and its words were full of self-confidence that it didn't even realize.
"Forty hours, the tenth step!"
Su Li opened her eyes, and a cold voice immediately sounded in her ears. This voice was less lively than before, and more mechanical.
"It's not that person … He begins to doubt."
Su Li was thoughtful. She picked up the right arm that was deliberately broken on the ground and reconnected it. She let it dangle on the side of her body, and closed her eyes to continue healing.
Although it was very unreasonable that the healing time was only increased by ten hours, she didn't pretend to be angry as before. Since they had a tacit understanding, some things were not necessary.
"There are different levels of arbitration. Just the gift of the Star Path won't have much influence on him. If I don't force him to make a big mistake, I will definitely die after the arbitration leaves … "
While healing, Su Li secretly pondered.
"Even if that person can affect the test of the Star Path, it will not be too much. Otherwise, if he directly promoted the strength of the puppet to Huashen Realm or even higher, I would have been dead long ago."
"But it is also possible that he is not willing to take risks to deal with me. After all, for him, I am just an inconspicuous one among thousands of practitioners on the Star Path, and it is not worth it."
"But if I go to the last few steps, I may not …"
Su Li's eyes slightly sank, and she silently calculated for a moment in her heart. Then she was silent, and her mind was as calm as a lake without waves.
…
When the hour was up, Su Li silently stepped on the tenth step.
The ninth step to the tenth step was indeed a watershed. The purple sword light in the middle-aged puppet's hand was so dense that it was almost black. Every sword strike would leave a deep mark on the high platform.
Su Li's situation was even more difficult. Every time she dodged and fought back, she almost brushed the edge of the sword edge, leaving crisscrossed scars …
But every time the existence in the dark felt that she was about to be cut by the puppet's sword, Su Li would miraculously survive. No matter how badly she was injured, no matter how much he shortened the healing time, Su Li could continue to stand up and continue the next battle.
The eleventh step, the twelfth step …
Every step was stained with blood.
Su Li didn't know how many times she had bled. From the tenth step, she didn't say a word, but just fought tirelessly. The sword intent imprinted in her heart became clearer and clearer.
Until the end of the sixteenth step, Su Li fell out of the illusion. When she was about to continue to heal, she finally heard the familiar but no longer vigorous voice.
"Enough!"
Su Li was slightly stunned. Looking at the middle-aged man who appeared in the nothingness, the face of gnashing teeth gradually became clear. She sneered. Under the middle-aged man's angry look, she laughed hoarsely and said, "The sixteenth step, you finally can't help it? You are more tolerant than I thought. "
As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man's face was completely gloomy.
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