Chapter 99: Leaving a Name at Jian Ge (Part 1)

  The marionette swordsman and the black long sword in his hand are all made of a kind of black metal, giving people a sense of thickness and depth.

  The first floor of Jian Ge, the puppet swordsmen inside have a strength equivalent to that of a mid-level cultivator in the Xian Tian realm.

  An ordinary warrior who has just entered the Xiantian realm, obviously not as powerful as a puppet swordsman, to break through the obstruction of three puppet swordsmen, the difficulty is obviously not low.

  However, the puppet swordsmen lack intelligence, while humans possess intellect. The rules of the trial are to pass through the passage, not to defeat the three puppet swordsmen, obviously emphasizing the warrior's skills.

  Ma Zhenru stood beside the passageway and said, "After entering the passageway, it's not just allowed to move forward. As long as you don't exit the passageway, you can move freely inside. The first puppet swordsman is five meters after entering the passageway, the second and third puppet swordsmen are five meters before leaving the passageway. The distance between them is ten meters. Only when you approach within three meters of them will they attack. They will stop until you leave the passageway range. The Sword Pavilion challenge begins now. First up, Yang Dingjun."

  The ranking of the five is determined by the order in which they signed up at the Outer Sect's Personnel Pavilion after breaking through to the Xiantian realm.

  The first is Yang Dingjun, followed by Bai Zhanhe, Lin Wuying, Ma Tao and Xuan Tian.

  Yang Dingjun walked out of the five people, walked to the front of the passage, suddenly stopped his footsteps, turned around and looked at Xuan Tian, saying: "Huang Tian, dare you or not to make a bet with me."

  Xuantian glanced at him and said, "Not interested!"

  "What? You don't dare?" Yang Dingjun said with a disdainful gaze.

  If it were an ordinary inner door disciple, he would not dare to make a bet with another inner door disciple in front of an inner door elder. However, Yang Dingjun was obviously not an ordinary inner door disciple.

  His older brother, Yang Tianjun, is one of the top ten disciples in the inner sect. Later on, he may become a senior figure in the inner sect. Yang Dingjun's own potential is even higher than his brother's. His family is still a strong eighth-grade family with great potential. If either Yang Dingjun or Yang Tianjun reaches the Ninth Heaven of Xiantian Realm, their family will be promoted to seventh grade.

  If Yang Dingjun is an outer door disciple, his status is nothing to worry about. Once he becomes an inner door disciple, his identity will be different from the ordinary. As long as he doesn't do anything too excessive, the elder of the inner door will also give him face.

  Yang Dingjun saw that Xuan Tian didn't respond, so he continued to mock: "Huang Tian, do you want to be a turtle with its head shrunk into its crotch?"

  Bai Zhanhe, Lin Wuying and Ma Tao all furrowed their brows. Yang Dingjun was being a bit too overbearing.

  Xuantian's gaze became a few degrees more serious, and he said: "Since you're determined to look for trouble, let's draw the line!"

  Yang Dingjun curled up the corner of his mouth, revealing a satisfied smile, and said: "Let's compare, who can rush to the highest floor in the Sword Pavilion, whoever loses, after the assessment is over, on the square outside, let the other party slap an ear, Master Ma and several fellow disciples present can bear witness, no cheating allowed."

  Xuantian broke through the Pre-Heavenly realm after leaving the sect, so he definitely hasn't cultivated the Xuan rank yet. Yang Dingjun was full of confidence, and he had cultivated the 'Nine Turns Xuan Yang Technique' to the second layer, which was superior to Xuantian, absolutely no problem.

  At the Outer Disciple Ranking Competition, he was robbed of first place by Xuan Tian. Yang Dingjun had been holding a grudge ever since. Now that they were both entering the Inner Disciple together, if he could slap Xuan Tian in the face on the Tianjian Plaza, in front of everyone, it would be enough to make Xuan Tian lose all dignity. His heart would naturally feel relieved then.

  As for him losing? Yang Dingjun hadn't even considered it, in his opinion, this was impossible.

  Xuantian smiled slightly and said: "It's settled with just one word!"

  "Okay, hahaha!"

  Yang Dingjun burst out laughing and charged forward, instantly entering the passage ahead, starting his journey.

  Just as he approached the first puppet swordsman, three meters in front of him, the puppet swordsman's lifeless eyes suddenly shone brightly, and the black long sword in his hand slashed towards Yang Dingjun, with a dazzling sword light bursting out.

  Wow!

  Yang Dingjun didn't draw his sword, but instead moved at incredible speed, throwing a punch that struck the puppet swordsman's chest before the latter could even complete its slash.

  Bang! A loud noise!

  The puppet swordsman was punched by Yang Dingjun and flew backward, with a very eye-catching fist print on his chest. In an instant, the puppet swordsman flew back ten meters and collided with another puppet swordsman, both of them fell to the ground.

  Yang Dingjun's fist flew the puppet swordsman, his body didn't stop for a moment, and he continued to charge forward. When the two puppet swordsmen fell down, Yang Dingjun's fist slammed onto the third puppet swordsman, directly blasting him out of the passageway.

  At this moment, Yang Dingjun's body burst forward, and in the next second, he appeared on the other side of the passage, turned around, and looked at Xuan Tian with a provocative gaze, his lips curled up, revealing a disdainful snort.

  "Too violent!"

  "What terrifying strength!"

  "He's simply a destructive machine! My strength can't even withstand one of his punches, let alone when he uses his sword!"

  Bai Zhanhe, Lin Wuying and Ma Tao were all stunned, greatly surprised by Yang Dingjun's strength. They couldn't help but glance at Xuan Tian and start worrying about him.

  Xuantian's expression didn't change, his face calm and serene, nobody knew what he was thinking. In fact, Xuantian hadn't even considered Yang Dingjun's power worthy of attention, but instead deliberately showed a disdainful expression, clearly uninterested.

  Ma Zhenru's face smiled with satisfaction, and the genius had a proud temperament. Ma Zhenru didn't mind at all. When he was young, he also looked down on others, disdainful of most of the inner door disciples. In fact, in the end, only a few geniuses surpassed him, while others couldn't compare to him.

  Among the fellow disciples of the same batch, some have become outer door attendants, some have become inner door attendants, and some have become outer door elders. Those who can become inner door elders are rare, but he, Ma Zhenru, is one of them.

  So, a genius's temper is unimportant, what matters is the genius's talent and strength. Yang Dingjun obviously made Ma Zhenru very satisfied.

  The puppet swordsmen were very resilient, as long as they weren't smashed to pieces, they would quickly recover. The three puppet swordsmen soon got back up and returned to their original positions.

  "Second, Bai Zhanghe."

  Bai Zhanhe rushed to the front of the passage at an extremely fast speed, charging into the passage. The first puppet swordsman swung his sword down, but Bai Zhanhe's speed was too fast and he didn't hit him. Bai Zhanhe directly passed by the side of the first puppet swordsman and quickly rushed to the front of the second and third puppet swordsmen, three meters away.

  Two dazzling sword lights suddenly appeared, and the second and third puppet swordsmen instantly struck out. Two attacks, Bai Zhanghe relied on his agility to avoid, his long sword flashed out of its scabbard, his body dodged to the right, avoiding the attack from the left puppet swordsman, and parried the sword light that came from the right puppet swordsman with one sword, his body close to the wall on the right, flashing past.

  The next second, on the other side of the passage, the three puppet swordsmen immediately stopped their pursuit, successfully passing through.

  Ma Zhen nodded in satisfaction and then shouted: "Third, Lin Wuying."

  Lin Wuying was like Bai Zhanhe, using his lightness skill to quickly rush past the first puppet swordsman. However, his strength was slightly inferior to Bai Zhanhe's, and when the second and third puppet swordsmen joined forces, Lin Wuying became somewhat flustered. In the end, he suffered a minor injury but successfully passed the level.

  "The fourth one, Ma Tao."

  Ma Tao's strength was the weakest, and his agility wasn't good either. He wanted to learn from Bai Zhanhe and Lin Wuying how to quickly rush past the first puppet swordsman, but he was a bit slow and couldn't succeed. He was forced to engage in a fierce battle with the puppet swordsman, and after being knocked back several steps, he lost his footing and stumbled backward step by step. The puppet swordsman launched a series of consecutive attacks, and Ma Tao retreated again and again until he finally exited the passageway. The puppet swordsman immediately withdrew as well.

  Ma Zhenru looked at Ma Tao with a disappointed gaze and said, "Failed to pass the test. The hard training of these few months will have to wait for next time, fifth, Huang Tian."

  Next to Ma Tao, who was extremely disappointed, but when it was Xuan Tian's turn, he still looked at Xuan Tian with a hint of excitement. Similarly, Yang Dingjun, Bai Zhanghe and Lin Wuying on the other side of the tunnel also focused their attention on Xuan Tian.

  Xuantian walked up to the front of the passageway and suddenly took a step forward.

  Whoosh!

  In a flash, in an instant, three sword auras appeared in the passageway, and three puppet swordsmen almost simultaneously slashed out the long swords in their hands.

  However, Xuantian was like an arrow off the string, and in an instant he had traversed from one end of the passageway to the other. The three puppet swordsmen's swords all failed to touch even a thread on Xuantian's clothes.

  Fast! Faster than the speed of three marionette swordsmen drawing their swords!

  "This... can also be done?"

  Bai Zhanhe, Lin Wuying and Ma Tao stared at Xuantian, their eyes wide with shock.

  Yang Dingjun was somewhat surprised, but his mouth was disdainful: "Hmph, using lightness skill to rush over, what kind of real skill is that? The second layer's puppet swordsmen are equivalent to the middle of the second level of the Innate Realm, with a reaction speed that must be much faster. Wanting to use lightness skill to rush through the second layer is absolutely impossible."

  Ma Zhenru's face also showed a hint of surprise, and he thought to himself: "Only in the first stage of the Pre-Heaven realm, yet he has cultivated the lower-grade light skill of the Xuan Stage to the Great Perfection realm? Although it's a bit clever, speed is also a kind of strength. With such attainments in light skills, among the warriors in the first stage of the Pre-Heaven realm, he can be considered top-notch. Hmm, this time's assessment of disciples, except for Ma Ta being slightly inferior, the others are not bad. Lin Wuying can also rank in the middle tier among the warriors in the first stage of the Pre-Heaven realm. Bai Zhanghe and Huang Tian are both top-tier, Yang Dingjun is even comparable to a warrior in the second stage of the Pre-Heaven realm. Two top-notch existences in the same realm, one can fight across levels. Among the five, two geniuses emerged, one top genius, not bad."

  Ma Tiao failed to break through the pass, Ma Zhenru let him leave Jianmen, then brought Xuantian, Yang Dingjun, Bai Zhanghe and Lin Wuying four people to the second layer of Jianmen.

  The second floor of Jian Ge is exactly the same as the first floor, except that the puppet swordsmen in the passage are equivalent to the middle of the second layer of Xian Tian realm, which is more powerful than the puppet swordsmen on the first floor.

  Ma Zhenru stood beside the entrance of the passageway and said, "The second floor of Jian Ge is extremely difficult for you new disciples who have just entered the Xiantian realm. It's rare to see someone who can pass the second floor as soon as they enter the Xiantian realm. Even in a span of three years, it's hard to find one person who can do so. If any of you can pass, it will be enough to shock the entire inner sect. The assessment for the second floor is about to begin. First up, Yang Dingjun."