Chapter 721: Xuan Qiu and Qin Yuehan!
Next, the third batch’s test began.
In this batch, many fierce individuals appeared as well. For example, Xuan Long, the second prince of the Black Wyrm Dynasty, and Luo Qingying of the Luo Clan. They all displayed impressive strength and successfully cleared the path in about half an hour.
The fourth batch, fifth batch, and sixth batch followed one after another.
Batch after batch of cultivators underwent the test. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of cultivators had been eliminated, and the foot of the mountain became noticeably more open.
By the ninth batch, it was still not Li Yun’s turn.
However, it was Fatty Chu and Zhu Heng’s turn.
To Li Yun’s surprise, Fatty Chu’s speed was incredibly fast. He was not slowed down by his physique at all. Compared to Wang Lie, his speed was not even slightly inferior.
Similar to Fan Wuhen, Fatty Chu stayed for one breath in the first illusion, ten breaths in the second illusion, and more than three hundred breaths in the third illusion.
But strangely, in the fourth illusion, Fatty Chu did not stay for even a single breath and charged straight through.
In the end, he spent a little more than half an hour to successfully reach the summit.
In his batch of examinees, he happened to rank third.
In contrast, Zhu Heng’s performance was much worse. Fortunately, he managed to reach the summit just before the one-hour limit, successfully passing the first stage of the assessment.
Next, in the tenth batch, it was finally Li Yun’s turn.
Not only Li Yun, but Yan Shuo, Qi Ren, Xuan Qiu, the fifth prince of the Black Wyrm Dynasty, as well as Qin Yuehan and the others, were all selected for this batch.
"Interesting."
A faint smile appeared on Xuan Qiu’s face as he glanced at Li Yun and the others. He sneered and said, "You pieces of trash following Fatty Chu are truly unlucky to be in the same batch as this prince. It seems you are destined to be eliminated early in this test."
"Li Yun, I did not expect you to actually reach Profound Origin Immortal Mountain."
Qin Yuehan did not speak aloud, but a bone-chilling coldness burst from his eyes. He muttered to himself, "If someone like you is allowed to grow, you will become a problem for me. To prevent that from happening, I must find a way to get you eliminated."
"It seems there are quite a few people who want to deal with me in this test."
Li Yun felt the gazes of Xuan Qiu and Qin Yuehan.
His expression remained calm.
Whether it was Xuan Qiu or Qin Yuehan, if they did not act, it would be fine. But once they did, he would certainly make them pay the price.
"Begin."
Under Daoist Scarlet Brow’s indifferent voice, the tenth batch of the test began.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
As Daoist Scarlet Brow’s voice faded, all the cultivators simultaneously unleashed their fastest speeds and rushed forward.
A full ten thousand cultivators made the mountain path incredibly crowded at once.
However, everyone’s speed soon slowed down in unison.
The difference was that some cultivators were barely affected, while others slowed by several levels at once.
This was because the moment everyone stepped onto the mountain path, a powerful pressure descended upon them.
"Will pressure?"
Li Yun’s heart stirred.
This Heart Refining Road was somewhat similar to the Heaven Ascending Ladder he had encountered in the True Dragon Ancient Realm back then. The difference was that the Heart Refining Road tested pure willpower and had nothing to do with strength.
Not only that, but the stronger one’s strength was, the stronger the will oppression one faced.
From this perspective, the Heart Refining Road was quite fair.
"This level of will pressure is simply too weak."
In the next moment, Li Yun shook his head.
The will pressure here was only equivalent to the pressure emitted by an expert at the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm. It was far inferior to the pressure of the golden-robed elder from the Supreme Heaven Sword Sect.
And Li Yun had once endured even Dao Resonance Realm will.
This small amount of will pressure naturally could not affect him.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
His speed was completely unaffected.
While using Aurora Step, his speed was not inferior to that of a 9th level Heavenly Core Realm expert, allowing him to directly enter the ranks of the first echelon.
Although he could only be counted among the last few of the dozens of people in the first echelon, he was still in the first echelon.
"How is this brat’s speed so fast?"
Xuan Qiu and Qin Yuehan were both greatly shocked.
They had completely failed to anticipate that Li Yun could possess such speed.
One of them was at the 8th level of Heavenly Core Realm, and the other was at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm, yet their speed was only about the same as Li Yun’s. In fact, Xuan Qiu’s speed was even slightly slower than Li Yun’s.
"Damn brat, get lost."
A fierce glint flashed in Xuan Qiu’s eyes.
Having always been arrogant, he naturally could not tolerate a 1st level Heavenly Core Realm brat rushing ahead of him, especially when that person was someone he disliked.
He suddenly threw a punch, and black mist permeated the air. The black mist formed the phantom of a Black Wyrm, which roared and smashed toward Li Yun.
Although the Profound Origin Immortal Sect had stipulated that killing was forbidden during the trials, it never said that one could not scheme against others. In fact, as long as no one was killed, the Profound Origin Immortal Sect was even willing to see such competition.
"Hmph."
Li Yun snorted coldly.
He casually swung his sword to block the attack, then swung his sword again.
Dream Bubble.
A hazy and brilliant light spread out, causing Xuan Qiu’s eyes to glaze over. His entire body immediately fell into a state of distraction and confusion.