After Ye Guan entered the Xuan Tower, the tower guardian elder stood in place, deep in thought.
Should he notify the main academy?
He was very hesitant!
If he notified the main academy, they would certainly send people to deal with Ye Guan. That was without question. But before the main academy’s people arrived, Ye Guan might kill him first. And if the main academy underestimated Ye Guan’s strength and sent people who were not strong enough, they might be completely wiped out.
Even if the main academy sent very powerful people, Ye Guan might still not die. After all, there was a great Sword Emperor behind this fellow!
But he, a mere tower guardian, would definitely die!
Ye Guan might not dare to take revenge on the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, but he would certainly dare to take revenge on him!
Thinking of this, the tower guardian elder let out a low sigh!
He decided to give up on notifying the main academy!
The risk was far too great!
He was just a hired worker. There was really no need to risk his life. Moreover, Ye Guan had given him four million gold crystals!
Forget it!
He would be corrupt just this once!
The tower guardian elder put away the storage ring, glanced around, then turned and left.
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Inside the Xuan Tower, Ye Guan went straight to the Emperor-level cultivation floor. This Emperor-level floor was currently the highest cultivation level in the Xuan Realm, apart from the God-level floor.
And what he chose was actual combat!
What he needed now was real fighting, the kind that could make him feel the danger of death!
After entering the teleportation array, Ye Guan arrived on a huge square stone platform. The platform was enormous, nearly ten thousand zhang in both length and width. Around the platform was a bottomless abyss of ten thousand zhang, completely shrouded in white mist, its depths invisible. In the distance, pairs of immortal cranes occasionally soared past, making the scene look like a true fairyland!
Farther away, more than a dozen similar fighting platforms could vaguely be seen.
Ye Guan withdrew his gaze and turned to look nearby. Outside the fighting platform stood a hundred-zhang stone tablet. On the tablet were three huge characters: Trial Peak!
Seeing this place, Ye Guan was somewhat shocked!
This fighting platform really looked advanced!
Outside, the tower guardian elder’s expression suddenly changed. “Emperor level? Has he gone mad?”
With that, he disappeared from the spot.
On Trial Peak, Ye Guan was still looking around, sighing that the scenery was nice. At that moment, the space not far in front of him suddenly trembled slightly. At the same time, a mysterious blue light swept over his body. The next instant, a phantom appeared opposite him, holding a sword in its hand!
Seeing this, Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed slightly. It was actually a sword cultivator!
At that moment, the phantom suddenly vanished from its place!
Ye Guan’s expression changed dramatically in an instant!
Instant-kill sword!
This fellow was actually using an instant-kill sword!
Moreover, this one sword directly broke the rules!
Ye Guan was greatly shocked. He had no time to think further. His body suddenly trembled and he retreated. However, just as he moved back, a flying sword chased after him!
Ye Guan did not retreat anymore. He thrust out a sword directly!
Bang!
A loud explosion rang out. Ye Guan and the phantom both flew back at the same time!
They retreated dozens of zhang in that instant. As they retreated, both of them unleashed their flying swords at the same moment!
Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Two flying swords sliced through the air in the field. The moment the two swords met, a burst of sword light erupted. Sword energy splashed everywhere, tearing the surrounding space apart. At the same time, both of them vanished from their spots!
In the field, two streaks of sword light flashed past like thunder!
Boom!
Suddenly, a wave of sword light exploded outward!
Then came a strange scene on the fighting platform. Two afterimages kept flickering. Around those afterimages, flying swords crisscrossed and sword energy sprayed in all directions!
After a full quarter of an hour, both retreated at the same time!
During the retreat, several flying swords sliced through the field!
At this moment, more than a dozen sword wounds covered Ye Guan’s entire body!
Ye Guan looked at the distant phantom, his expression grave.
He discovered that whatever he knew, the phantom also knew. And whatever he did not know, the phantom still knew!
On top of that, the phantom grew stronger the longer they fought. Its reactions and speed became faster and faster!
If he had not inherited the Martial God’s legacy and possessed countless battle scenes in his mind, he would definitely not be this phantom’s match!
Most importantly, the phantom had no problem of running out of profound energy. It could use flying swords endlessly.
But he could not!
At that moment, the phantom suddenly vanished from its place!
Sizzle!
The space in front of Ye Guan suddenly split open. A sword stabbed out!
Instant-kill sword!
Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed. He stepped forward. As he stepped, a flying sword suddenly shot out. However, he himself had already disappeared from the spot!
In front of him, the phantom suddenly released its grip on the sword. At the same time, it vanished again. The instant it disappeared, Ye Guan appeared behind it. But when Ye Guan stopped, the phantom appeared behind him!
Sizzle!
A sword stabbed straight toward the back of Ye Guan’s neck!
Ye Guan’s expression remained calm. He suddenly turned around. The moment he turned, the phantom strangely vanished and reappeared behind him. However, when Ye Guan turned, he did not strike with his sword. Instead, he turned again and thrust out a sword!
You predict me!
I predict you!
Crazy prediction!
This sword thrust out, yet Ye Guan’s sword still missed!
Because the phantom had already vanished!
Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He knew he had lost!
The moment this thought appeared, a sword was already pressed against the back of his head.
The phantom did not stab down. It retreated to the side, gave Ye Guan a slight bow, then stood with sword in hand, as if waiting for Ye Guan to continue.
Ye Guan looked at the phantom. He slowly closed his eyes.
The opponent’s thinking was above his. No matter how he predicted, the opponent could predict his prediction!
This was the consciousness-flow fighting style!
This style was at least a hundred times more tiring than ordinary fighting, because you had to keep counter-predicting constantly. Most importantly, your reaction and sword speed also had to keep up.
In other words, consciousness, reaction, and speed all had to match. Any one missing would not work!
Yet Ye Guan became even more excited!
Limits!
Under this kind of training, he could not only reach his own limits but might even surpass them!
Ye Guan took out a recovery pill and swallowed it. After a moment, he stood up and vanished from the spot!
Soon, Ye Guan and the phantom clashed again.
The battle was extremely intense. They came and went, with flying swords crisscrossing wildly in the field. The strangest thing was that many times, both appeared in the same place at the same moment but did not attack, then vanished together again.
When the tower guardian elder came in and saw this scene, his face immediately became extremely grave!
Emperor level!
This place was actually quite special, because it had been created by a terrifying Martial Pavilion of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion in the past. One purpose was research, and the other was to discover talent!
The Immortal Treasure Pavilion was not just for making money. They also trained their own geniuses!
Back then, the Martial Pavilion spent a huge amount of resources to create a very special formation here. This formation would scan the trial-taker and create a mirror image of the same realm. Of course, it was far more than that. The mirror image had two extremely terrifying special abilities. First, it had incredibly strong learning ability. It could learn all your battle techniques in the shortest possible time!
Second, it could possess other people’s battle techniques. It recorded the techniques of everyone who had ever fought here!
And this mirror image had been learning for who knows how many years. In any case, it already existed here before he arrived, and since he came, no one had been able to last even a quarter of an hour!
Not a single one!
Everyone who came in was carried out in less than a quarter of an hour!
But now, Ye Guan was actually fighting this mirror image back and forth!
Moreover, their battle was so fast that he could not see clearly, let alone understand it!
The tower guardian elder stared fixedly at Ye Guan below, deep in thought!
This person was so monstrous. Why not gamble on him?
But when he thought of the Child of Destiny, he felt somewhat powerless.
Right now, the entire Immortal Treasure Pavilion was betting on the Child of Destiny. And the Child of Destiny was Ye Guan’s mortal enemy. If he bet on Ye Guan, would that not mean opposing the Immortal Treasure Pavilion?
The risk was too great!
The tower guardian elder let out a low sigh.
Below, Ye Guan was still fighting fiercely with the phantom. At this moment, he had no distracting thoughts. He was fully focused, his spirit highly tense!
Because he dared not slack off even a little!
The phantom’s combat power was truly too terrifying!
In this way, three days passed!
During these three days, Ye Guan fought madly with the phantom every single day. He did not gain any advantage, but the phantom also did not gain any advantage!
On the fourth day, when Ye Guan thrust a sword toward the phantom, he suddenly released the sword with his right hand. He charged forward and drove his knee straight toward the phantom!
The moment Ye Guan released the sword, the phantom was briefly stunned. However, its reaction was also extremely fast. It quickly flashed backward. But at that instant, Ye Guan’s speed suddenly exploded. A fist smashed straight toward the phantom!
At the same time, his flying sword slashed toward the phantom from a very strange angle!
Man and sword separated!
At that moment, the phantom suddenly became illusory. In an instant, dozens of sword lights shot toward him from all directions!
Seeing this, Ye Guan suddenly stopped. His right hand swung his sword rapidly!
Bang bang bang bang!
In an instant, dozens of sword lights were all blocked by him!
At this time, the phantom suddenly pointed two fingers to its brow. The next moment, it pointed toward Ye Guan from afar.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!
In an instant, the space around Ye Guan cracked open. Four flying swords shot out directly!
Ye Guan swung his sword like rain, blocking all four flying swords. But the next moment, more and more flying swords flew out from the surrounding space!
Bang bang bang bang!
Ye Guan retreated while swinging his sword. However, the swords flying out from the surrounding space grew more and more numerous. Gradually, sword wounds began to appear on Ye Guan’s body. At this point, nearly a hundred flying swords surrounded him!
Ye Guan retreated again and again. Finally, after retreating nearly a hundred zhang, he suddenly stopped. By now, nearly a hundred sword wounds covered his body, and his clothes were already dyed red!
But the phantom no longer attacked. It looked at Ye Guan for a moment, then turned with sword in hand and left!
Clearly, it felt there was no point in continuing!
But at that moment, Ye Guan suddenly said, “Wait!”
The phantom stopped. Ye Guan slowly walked toward the phantom. He pointed two fingers forward.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!
In an instant, four flying swords flew out from the space around the phantom and slashed toward it!
The phantom reacted extremely quickly. It swung its sword rapidly, blocking the four flying swords. At that moment, another four flying swords flew out from the surrounding space!
Ye Guan walked slowly toward the phantom. With every step he took, four more flying swords flew out around the phantom. In this way, the flying swords grew more and more numerous.
This time, the phantom swung its sword rapidly and kept retreating!
On the other side, the tower guardian elder watched this scene with a face full of shock. “Learning on the spot?”
Inside the small tower, the mysterious voice suddenly said softly, “Little Tower, how about letting me teach him? I feel that in your hands, he is a bit of a waste of talent!”
The small tower said calmly, “Didn’t you say that no one in this world is qualified to be your disciple? Back then, you did not even look at the little master!”
The mysterious voice fell silent for a long time before saying, “Let me ask you a question. If you put their entire family of three generations in the same era, with no backers, relying only on their own strength, who do you think would become the strongest?”
The small tower fell silent.
