Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

"This... He’s unbelievably strong!"

"What the hell was that?!"

"The renowned Mad Demon Xu Biao couldn’t even take a single one of Gu Yun’s attacks!"

"That so-called Mad Demon is a damn joke!"

After a moment of stunned silence, a roar of shock erupted from the crowd. It was unbelievable.

"Gu Yun has improved way too fast!"

"He took out the Mad Demon in one blow!"

A middle-aged Cultivator named Ji Ba, who had a handlebar mustache, cried out in shock.

He himself had been in the Inner Sect for decades. Now in his sixties, he was only at the True Martial Realm Third Layer.

’Judging by the power of Gu Yun’s True Yuan, he must be at the True Martial Realm Sixth Layer!’

’And his combat prowess is on another level!’

"What a monster!"

"It looks like Gu Yun is guaranteed a spot in this year’s Inner Sect Grand Competition!"

The Profound Celestial Sect’s Inner Sect Grand Competition...

...was held once every fifty years, open to any Inner Sect Disciple under the age of one hundred and fifty.

It was a highly prestigious event with incredibly generous rewards.

Generally, a genius disciple who broke through to the True Martial Realm before the age of fifty would only get two chances to participate in the competition after entering the Inner Sect.

Now that the Sect had dealt with its enemy, the Ancient Nether Sect, the Inner Sect Grand Competition was set to be held as scheduled.

The next one was in two years.

"Hiss!"

"It hurts so much!"

"I under... I underestimated him!"

Xu Biao struggled to get up from the dusty, cracked crater, his body wracked with pain.

’I never thought he’d be this strong,’ he thought. He, Xu Biao, couldn’t even withstand a single attack!

His face burned with shame as he remembered his earlier boasts.

It felt as if his face had been slammed into the dirt,

and slapped again and again.

Then stomped on for good measure.

But it wasn’t over yet.

A sonorous voice, thick with True Yuan, echoed from the sky.

"Excellent!"

A streak of light shot across the sky like a golden meteor and descended. The newcomer, a handsome man with a commanding presence, hovered in the air. He wore a golden robe and carried a longsword on his back.

"No way!"

"An expert from the Profound Celestial List is here!"

"Huh?!"

"That’s Song Fuchuan, ranked ninety-eighth on the Profound Celestial List!"

"It’s really him!"

"Song Fuchuan of Gold Dao Peak!"

The crowd of Inner Sect Disciples erupted as if they had just spotted a celebrity, their voices rising in a clamor of excited shouts.

Don’t be fooled by his rank being near the bottom.

The Profound Celestial List was composed of the top one hundred experts in the Inner Sect.

In other words,

Song Fuchuan was ranked ninety-eighth out of three thousand Inner Sect Disciples.

His True Essence Cultivation had reached the True Martial Realm Seventh Layer, and with his formidable Sword Technique, he could even fight against an expert at the True Martial Realm Eighth Layer.

With such strength, he could have founded his own minor sect and become its patriarch anywhere in the vast Eastern Profound Domain!

"I didn’t expect it to be so lively in front of the Profound Celestial Tower today!"

"Junior Brother Gu, with such a lively crowd, it would be a waste not to exchange a few pointers, wouldn’t it?"

The moment he finished speaking,

Song Fuchuan’s cultivation—at the True Martial Realm Seventh Layer and as deep as an abyss—erupted from him. His entire being transformed into what felt like a pillar of Heaven-Reaching Sword Qi, shooting into the clouds.

The terrifying Sword Momentum exerted a dreadful pressure on everyone nearby.

They scrambled back, clearing a wide open space.

In the next instant,

"ZING!"

A dazzling, brilliant golden sword light illuminated the world. The majestic and sharp Sword Momentum,

accompanied by the crisp ring of a sword, surged between heaven and earth.

As the blade tore across the sky, its Sword Momentum ripped through the void, unleashing what felt like ten million terrifying torrents of Sword Qi to press down upon the world.

It ripped through the firmament, slashing violently toward Gu Yun!

Seeing this immensely powerful Sword Qi bearing down on him, pressing across the sky,

Gu Yun was furious.

’Is everyone from Gold Dao Peak this shameless?’ he thought.

"Why?!"

"Why do you people keep provoking me?!"

"I’ll remember this!"

"Anyone who provokes me... will die!"

A vicious glint flashed in Gu Yun’s eyes. A Heaven-Reaching Sword Qi erupted from him, and a terrifying Sword Momentum, approaching the Perfection Level, threatened to shatter the very sky.

With a wave of his hand, a long blade shimmering with crackling lightning appeared in his grasp.

"Starfire Spreads!"

The temperature of the surrounding air skyrocketed as terrifying flames erupted, burning and distorting the void.

Then, endless motes of starfire converged, turning the surrounding void into a crimson sea of flames!

The sky-spanning sea of fire then coalesced into a terrifying, thousand-foot-long torrent of flaming Sword Qi.

This flaming Sword Qi incinerated the void, causing the air itself to detonate.

In an instant, it generated a majestic and overwhelming presence, vast and primal,

as if it would tear apart and incinerate the entire sky.

The dazzling firelight soared above the clouds, like a blazing sun intent on burning the heavens!

"BOOM!"

The saber’s light, imbued with ultimate Fire Momentum, slammed into the formidable golden sword light.

An earth-shattering explosion erupted instantly, unleashing a terrifying storm of True Yuan.

A powerful shockwave blasted outward, sweeping across a radius of thousands of feet!

At the epicenter of the collision, space itself seemed to collapse. A terrifying, pitch-black void bled into reality, a sight that chilled observers to the bone.

The terrifying aftershocks ripped through the ground, tearing countless jagged cracks across the solid stone floor for hundreds of feet in every direction, like the claws of an angry dragon!

The next moment, the ultimate flame Sword Momentum incinerated the golden Sword Qi that had been bearing down from above.

It then burned through the void itself and continued on, tearing through the air like a meteor from the outer heavens as it hurtled unstoppably toward Song Fuchuan!

In that same instant, Song Fuchuan’s pupils contracted. His attack, which was comparable to the power of a True Martial Realm Seventh Layer Peak expert, had been completely incinerated.

’Are all the Inner Sect Disciples this strong nowadays?’ he wondered.

’This is monstrous!’

If he, a True Martial Cultivator who had lived for nearly a century, was this shocked, what must the others be thinking?!

He watched as the Sword Qi, like a blazing dragon descending from the heavens, hurtled toward him.

Not daring to let his guard down for even a second, a formidable Sword Momentum erupted from him like a volcano.

In a flash, Song Fuchuan formed a hand seal.

"Six Swords Unite!"

In the void,

six golden sword phantoms suddenly materialized, each one radiating a formidable Sword Momentum.

The six phantoms, which seemed capable of suppressing the void itself, began to spin rapidly, radiating a brilliant golden light.

They then merged into a single Giant Sword of golden light that radiated an immense Sword Qi, terrifying all who beheld it.

The golden Giant Sword then pierced through the void, crashing with incomparably fierce momentum into the blazing Sword Qi.

Instantly, the flaming saber light and the golden sword light intertwined, erupting in a blinding radiance.

The powerful explosion made the surrounding space churn like a tsunami as terrifying shockwaves swept out in all directions!

"Holy shit!"

"Senior Brother Gu is actually this strong!"

"He’s strong enough to challenge the experts on the Profound Celestial List!"

"Senior Brothers, seeing a prodigy like this... I think I’m going to fall into depression!"

"Junior Brother, there’s no need for that!"

"The Great Dao lies at your own feet."

The disciples, watching from thousands of feet away, were utterly astounded to see Gu Yun unleash such divine power.

After the two terrifying attacks annihilated each other in the void,

Gu Yun moved like lightning, as fast as a thunderclap. In an instant, he crossed the void and appeared directly in front of Song Fuchuan.

A sharp, electric glint flashed in his eyes, like a bolt of lightning tearing through the firmament, piercing both heaven and earth!