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That sword was originally mediocre. There were no bright spots nor any true qi fluctuations. However, the moment it came into contact with the nail, a terrifying energy exploded from within the blade. With a sharp explosive sound, the sword qi gushed forward!
"What?"
Tang Chen's heart skipped a beat. He clearly didn't feel any fluctuations from the sword ray that came from Ming Yu just now, but at this moment, the cold sword aura gave him goosebumps!
"Clang!"
The first Armor Break nail was instantly chopped into pieces, followed by a sword light. The second, the third, the fourth …
One by one, the spikes were all blown away until the ninth spike was also broken by Ming Yu's sword radiance. The sword qi torrent rushed towards Tang Chen and stuck close to his face, leaving behind a trail of blood!
Although the sword beam did not heavily injure Tang Chen, the intense sword aura that was mixed within the sword beam made Tang Chen's heart beat wildly and his heart palpitate.
"I... Defeated? "
Tang Chen covered his face with his right hand while trembling. The blood and pain on his face were telling him how real everything was!
If that sword strike had missed by a bit and landed on Tang Chen's neck, Tang Chen's head might have fallen to the ground!
It was Ming Yu who showed mercy and let him go!
Tang Chen looked at Ming Yu in fear. He noticed that Ming Yu's eyes were extremely sharp and he didn't dare to look straight at him. He subconsciously lowered his head.
Originally, when Ming Yu had absorbed the Bone Refining Purple Flame a month ago and displayed amazing perseverance, Tang Chen had thought that Ming Yu was just a punching bag with super endurance. But now, he discovered that Ming Yu's perseverance and his strength were proportional.
"That sword strike of yours seemed ordinary, but in reality, what martial skill did you use?" Tang Chen asked subconsciously.
"No."
Ming Yu shook his head and smiled: "I did not use any martial skills for that strike just now."
"No …" "It's not like that …" Tang Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He didn't believe it, so how could he believe it?
In the past, Tang Chen was most confident in his hidden weapon ability, but now, Ming Yu had defeated him in a single strike without using any martial skills.
"..." "Hahahaha!"
Tang Chen smiled miserably as his legs went weak and he kneeled on the ground. He was obviously laughing, but at the same time, tears of sorrow flowed down his face.
Ming Yu, on the other hand, did not have any pity. People like Tang Chen were usually aloof and felt that they were invincible. However, after suffering a slight setback, he felt that he was more miserable than anyone else and was terrifyingly fragile.
This kind of person deserved to be looked down upon.
"This Ming Yu, he actually destroyed all of Tang Chen's confidence with one sword strike."
The rest of the elite disciples were shocked as they looked at the young man with a sword in his hand. They were unable to calm down for a long time.
Everything happened in a split-second, from the moment Wu Tie's sword was unleashed to the moment the Nine Layer Armor Piercing Steel Nail was shattered, all the way to the moment Tang Chen was injured by Ming Yu. Who would have thought that Ming Yu's seemingly simple sword move would be able to slash out such a magnificent and elegant posture?
They once again looked at the figure in the field, their gazes now different.
The teenager who was dressed in cloth clothes and holding a Longsword was upright, like a drawn sword, he began to reveal his edge to everyone!
The light that rose from the ranks of the Flame Refinement Clan geniuses!
The ten Great Elders looked at Ming Yu with different expressions.
Faang Lingjun looked astonished. He originally thought that Ming Yu had defeated Ye Ying by chance, but now that he saw Ming Yu's sword attack, he finally understood that Ming Yu had the strength to do so!
At this moment, Soong Yuanyuan's expression changed again and again. The way she looked at Ming Yu was completely different.
One month ago, he had only mentioned Ming Yu a few sentences, but now Ming Yu had directly revealed the true meaning of "condensing" before his eyes. His comprehension ability had already surpassed Soong Yuanyuan's imagination!
Only now did she realize that not only did Ming Yu have perseverance, he also had the talent to comprehend.
As early as two months ago, Soong Yuanyuan had told Meng Ruyan the meaning of the word "Consolidate". Meng Ruyan had been quite accomplished in this one month, but now, Ming Yu's performance was no worse than Meng Ruyan's.
This meant that Ming Yu could still barely catch up with Meng Ruyan, even without considering the fact that Ming Yu had an innate talent like his bloodline and genes.
Unknowingly, Soong Yuanyuan had started to pay more attention to Ming Yu.
"Earlier, we might have underestimated him."
The elders looked at Ming Yu with admiration. They were all martial elders with a lot of experience, how could they not see the true meaning of the word 'solidify' in Ming Yu's sword?
Being able to start controlling the mysteries of 'Condensation' at such a young age, even though it could not be considered perfect, it was still very skilled. This degree of mastery was already worthy of the praise of the Elders.
The few Great Elders discussed for a while. They all felt that Ming Yu's current potential could be ranked among the top seven elites in advance.
After all, the first few experts were almost all experts at the second level of Core Controlling Stage. Their martial skills were terrifying, and their combat power overflowed into the heavens.
Ming Yu's ability to comprehend the way of the sword on his own and become the seventh in everyone's hearts was already a pretty good evaluation.
"Alright, this time's Cultivating Tower battle is over. Everyone, do you have any other objections?" Witch asked again.
This time, everyone quieted down and no one questioned anything anymore. Tang Chen, who was previously unconvinced in his heart, was now standing behind many of the elite disciples. He lowered his head and covered his face.
"Since that's the case, then come with me and soak in Flame Refinement Pool now."
As soon as Witch's voice fell, he rode his flying mount to the skies. Soong Yuanyuan and Faang Lingjun, along with the Witch, walked shoulder to shoulder as they led the top ten disciples in Cultivating Tower into the Flame Refinement Pool.
Ming Yu and the rest immediately jumped onto their flying beasts and followed closely behind the three strongest elders. Soon, they disappeared from the Cultivating Tower, leaving behind the Great Elder and the eliminated disciples.
No one noticed that in front of the Cultivating Tower, there was a beautiful woman looking up at the sky. She watched Ming Yu's figure amidst the crowd as they walked further and further away, and her brows furrowed deeply.
This person was none other than one of the Grand Elders, Shu Yue.
She raised her head and took a deep breath, trying to calm her heart. However, she still had too much unwillingness and resentment!
From Lu Feng's words, Shu Yue already knew about Ming Yu's talent. She knew that Ming Yu's potential was not as simple as it appeared now! From the beginning, Shu Yue felt that Ming Yu was a mystery. There were too many things in his body that were worth exploring, and too many things that were worth using for themselves!
Now that Ming Yu had entered the Flame Refinement Pool, he would become more and more powerful, and more and more worth being used.
However, this piece of fat before him would never belong to him.
The more she thought about it, the more unbalanced Shu Yue was. Jealousy and greed were growing crazily in her heart.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk …"
Unknowingly, a strand of dark red aura seeped out from Shu Yue's left sleeve. It even gave out a faint but undetectable creepy laughter. That did not belong to Shu Yue at all, but an extremely evil energy that seemed to want to devour everything!
"Master, what are you looking at?" Shu Yue heard the voice of a disciple.
Shu Yue's expression changed from cloudy to normal, and the blood-black aura around her sleeves disappeared in a flash.
"It's fine. Let's go."
Shu Yue turned around with an elegant expression and smiled at her disciple. Then, she quickly led her disciple away from this place.
"..."
Flame Refinement Clan, the edge of the crevice.
The huge crevice was like a masterpiece created by nature. The red-gold magma flowed like a river, and even though there was a thousand meters between the surface and the ground, one could still feel the explosive heat from the magma.
Above the ground, there was a flight of stairs that led downwards. There was a grand formation installed, and once the seal was unsealed, one could descend down the flight of stairs, all the way to the bottom of the crevice.
The passageway continued all the way until it reached the end of the tunnel, about a hundred meters above the magma.
This place was a space of its own, with a circumference of a hundred meters. In the middle of this space was a puddle of pure golden water, with a circumference of fifty meters. It occupied half of this area.
If one looked closely, they would see that this wasn't some pond water but an extremely concentrated fire attribute energy. This fire attribute energy essence was far too dense, so it directly condensed into liquid water!
This fire type energy did not appear out of nowhere, but because in the middle of the puddles in this region, there were a few extremely small springs that connected to the magma river that flowed continuously below them.
Countless years ago, a small amount of volatile energy from the magma river gradually broke through the rock wall and spread to the top of the rock stratum.
The scorching pure magma energy condensed again midway, and after a long period of evolution, it gradually formed a dense amount of Flame Essence Energy, and eventually all settled down here.
And this place was precisely the treasure trove that was discovered by the Flame God Sect higher ups. It was named: Flame Refinement Pool.
The essence energy within the Flame Refinement Pool was extremely rich to begin with. If he could absorb it, not only would it strengthen his physique, it would also stimulate his potential and deepen it further!
Because of this, there were countless elite disciples who wanted to immerse themselves in the water.
Generally speaking, every time a disciple soaked their Flame Refinement Pool, a large portion of the energy would be absorbed. Only after a year did the essence energy in their Flame Refinement Pool fill up, just in time to welcome the next batch of elite disciples to soak in it.
At this time, several figures were already standing at the edge of the Flame Refinement Pool.
Witch, Soong Yuanyuan, Faang Lingjun and ten other elite disciples, including Ming Yu, were gathered here.
Ming Yu stared at the magnificent Flame Essence Energy in front of him and was extremely excited. After a while, he would be able to refine a Infinite True Fire and condense a Infinite True Fire aura within this Flame Refinement Pool!
"Next up, you will be soaking in Flame Refinement Pool. Flame Refinement Pool only has this place, and will only produce this energy every year. How much energy you can absorb and how much energy you can get will all be up to you."
Witch turned around to look at the ten elite disciples, and warned them: "Flame Refinement Pool's immersion time will usually be ten days to one month, if you think that you can't endure it midway, you must withdraw ahead of time, because, not only is bragging hard enough, it will also be counterproductive, causing great harm to your bodies, do you understand?"
Everyone nodded, and took note of Witch's words.
According to the Witch, the energy in the Flame Refinement Pool was not divided evenly among everyone, so in the end, they would even snatch the energy, and see who could absorb even more.
Everyone couldn't help but rub their hands together, eager to give it a try!
"Oh right, I told you to go back and prepare the tight suit just now. Have you brought it with you?" Witch asked again.
"Ready."
One of the elite disciples answered, but then quickly said with doubt: "But, Elder Wu, why do you want us to prepare some spare clothes, we don't need to change our clothes right now."
"The energy in the Flame Refinement Pool is too hot, and will burn all of the clothes on your body to ashes. If you want to save the money on clothes, feel that it's not a problem to take off your clothes and jump in under the stares of everyone, you can also do the same."
"Ugh …"
That disciple was instantly at a loss for words, and everyone instantly came to a realization.
That's right, the Flame Refinement Pool is so hot, how is it possible for the clothes to still exist? After all, there's only one place, and ten people are soaking together in the Flame Refinement Pool, it's hard to avoid being a little awkward, so I might as well just jump in. After absorbing the energy on the shore, we can negotiate with the rest of them to close their eyes and then go out and change their clothes.