NOVEL WEB Chapter 874 Chapter 875: Sword Tomb Opens
874 Chapter 875: Sword Tomb Opens
Days passed on Sword Peak without incident, until several days later.
At Second Peak, Li Xiaobai released Li Chen and others. This small team of people was all made of promising talents, able to quickly grasp his intentions, just like Chen Yuan, and could even add and perfect his ideas.
"Chen Yuan, from now on, you and Li Chen will manage Second Peak together. The territory here will be expanded and become larger. It will be too much for you to handle alone," Li Xiaobai said.
"Yes, we will obey all instructions from Senior Brother!" Chen Yuan looked at Li Chen and said respectfully.
He felt a sense of crisis in his heart. It seemed that his senior brother was taking this opportunity to spur him, to ensure he worked hard. Li Chen's presence was there to keep him aware of potential crises and to always self-reflect. His Senior Brother was truly considerate.
"Thank you, Sect Master Li! I will do my utmost to assist Senior Brother Chen in managing all affairs of Second Peak," Li Chen said excitedly, even though he was bound by Li Xiaobai in the end, he had still entered the fold of Second Peak and was given an authoritative position second only to one. Sect Master Li indeed valued him greatly!
"Brother Chen this way, please. Let me explain the rules of Second Peak to you. We have many checkpoints here, and the lavatory is the first essential place to go…" Chen Yuan took Li Chen aside and began explaining his duties.
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Chen. I hadn't realized there were so many intricacies in managing Second Peak. If not understood, it could indeed lead to serious issues. The responsibility is great and the road is long!" Li Chen nodded frequently, his demeanor utterly respectful.
Seeing the two talking joyfully, Li Xiaobai nodded in satisfaction. Now that Second Peak had these two promising figures, cultivators captured later could be confidently handed over to them for reform through labor.
"Boom!"
The mountain suddenly trembled, and an iron-blooded, fierce aura quickly spread throughout the sect, accompanied by the clanging sound of metal, as if the entire Sword Sect had transformed into an ancient battlefield with armored cavalry and swords clashing.
Simultaneously, a massive fissure split open halfway up the towering Sword Peak, and the oppressive feeling of a thousand troops emanated from within it.
The Sword Tomb, it had opened!
"The Sword Tomb has opened, gauge your strength!" Ying Diao's voice spread throughout the sect, pulling back the disciples who were stunned by the event.
"Who would dare to go there!"
"Exactly, just standing at the foot of the mountain, I felt my hair stand on end. If someone really went into the Sword Tomb, they would probably die on the spot, right?"
"I don't want to die young!"
"You should understand, the Sword Tomb sits halfway up the mountain. It's not just for Human Immortal Realm cultivators, even the Earth Immortal Realm brothers would find it difficult to reach. Moreover, now that the Sword Tomb is open, the Sword Intent enveloping the Sword Peak has risen a level, and it's not something we can covet."
"However, just staying at the foot and pondering the Sword Intent from the tomb might lead to new insights!"
Inside the sect, disciples discussed it energetically. None dared to ascend. Most cultivators kept their distance. The Sword Intent within the tomb was indeed formidable, with a significant sense of historical depth. Getting close for insights could be hugely beneficial, but they dared not take the risk. As good as opportunities were, one must survive to enjoy them.
"Quick, look, a Senior Brother is going up!"
"It's an Earth Immortal Realm Senior Brother, the seventieth-ranked genius on the leaderboard!"
Below, a disciple shouted in alarm, and at that moment in the crowd, a young man in yellow robes stepped onto a flying sword and headed straight for the Sword Tomb at the mountainside, as if entering a land unoccupied by others. This disciple, Li Xiaobai, recognized him as an elite disciple from the sect, having briefly met him once before in the Sect Master Hall.
"Clang!"
The young man in yellow, like a swordsman immortal, rode the flying sword soaring skyward, seemingly unharmed by the Sword Intent on the Sword Peak, but it was at that huge crack on the mountainside that numerous visibly fierce Sword Qi suddenly emerged, swirling like a millstone, moving to envelop him in a killing motion.
"Open!"
The young man in yellow, seemingly prepared, shouted abruptly, with his hands forming a sword-finger gesture also counterattacking with Sword Intent. Beneath him, his flying sword emitted a sky-reaching sword light, shattering the encirclement of the Sword Qi and creating an opening through which he then flashed and disappeared into the great crack.
The whole process was done in one smooth motion, leaving the onlooking disciples completely dumbfounded.
"Damn, he just went in like that, it feels somewhat unreal!"
"I feel like I could do it too."
"Wanna try?"
The disciples watched with great envy, the smooth actions of the young man in yellow arousing a sense of luck within them. If they too could ride the flying sword upward and then tear through the Sword Qi millstone like that young man, could they also successfully enter the Sword Tomb?
In the void, dozens of light trails burst forth, as many cultivators who deemed themselves fairly powerful rose into the sky, imitating the young man in yellow and rushing onto Sword Peak.
But it was only a short breath of time when the dozens of flying swords in the void suddenly began to wobble like they were drunk. The next second, those dozens of cultivators plunged straight to the ground, the fierce Sword Qi leaving crisscrossing wounds on their bodies, blood spraying, turning them into spattered blood gourds.
"Quickly retreat!"
"The Sword Intent on this Sword Peak has become more terrifying. If we get close, we might get hurt by the Sword Intent!"
"I told you, Brother Chen in yellow is not ordinary at all. It looked easy, but the Sword Intent on this Sword Peak is extremely terrifying and not something average cultivators can withstand."
"Yes, now the Sword Peak is like a battlefield, with an Iron-blood Aura spreading, where even the first hundred steps are not accessible to disciples in the Human Immortal Realm!"
"It seems today we are destined to have no fate with the Sword Sect."
Below Sword Peak, the disciples retreated like a tide, fearful that the terrifying aura from the great crack would erupt once more and bring them innocent calamity.
Li Xiaobai witnessed the entire process, his golden war chariot manifested below him, turned into a golden ray of light and directly rushed into Sword Peak.
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Just upon entering Sword Peak, the System had already increased by 10,000 points, a stark contrast to the previous Sword Intent.
However, for Li Xiaobai, whose defensive power had already stepped into the Earth Immortal Realm, these were merely light showers.
The golden ray of light surged along the mountainside, leaving the disciples below speechless with astonishment. Compared to that cultivator in yellow, this one seemed even more fierce!
Reaching one third of the way up, Li Xiaobai saw the dozens of disciples previously wounded by the Sword Intent collapsed on the ground. Without a second thought, he slapped his Jade Gourd, taking them inside, and then continued with unabated momentum, charging into the Sword Tomb through the Sword Qi Millstone in the void, disappearing from view.