by Tuoba Liuyun
The heavenly blade suddenly turned around, and with an unbelievable speed, it fiercely hacked horizontally. Light flashed as fast as lightning, bringing along the extremely powerful blade intent and directly chopped off the puppet's head, rolling a few rounds on the ground.
"Puppets are still puppets after all. Even if you have my appearance, all of my strength, speed, and martial skills, so what? Can you block this saber with your Qi?"
Chu Yun looked around and realized that the black dagger that the puppet threw to him had lost its power and fell to the ground.
This clearly showed that it could not imitate its own blade intent, much less use Qi to control its blade.
This kind of method that exceeded common sense, was something that not many people in the entire TaiGan Continent understood. This puppet could not be replicated, it was completely within common sense.
If it could even imitate Saber Intent and Imperial Sword Qi, then it would truly be terrifying!
"This trial should have passed, right?"
Chu Yun was filled with anticipation. With the puppet's head missing, he should no longer have the ability to follow up on the battle.
Although it was somewhat troublesome and troublesome, he was still able to get through this trial without any surprises.
"Hmm? Why hasn't there been any change? "
Chu Yun was a little doubtful. Logically speaking, after this round, shouldn't he immediately enter the next round?
But it was still this empty room, and the scene before him, without the slightest change.
Just as Chu Yun was filled with suspicions, he saw that the puppet actually stood up miraculously, and mechanically reached out to pick up its head, putting it back on its head. It still had that lifeless expression on its face, and there was no light in its eyes.
He actually didn't die?
Chu Yun frowned, he then used his Qi to control the blade and cut the puppet into eight pieces, and smashed it into pieces.
However, after a short period of time, the puppet returned to its original form.
"Isn't this passing the test?"
Chu Yun quickly found the crux of the matter. He realized that killing the puppets with his blade wasn't enough to pass the test.
The question was, what was the real purpose of this trial, and how could it be considered to be passed?
After carefully thinking for a while, he still could not think of an answer. Chu Yun had completely lost all patience, and in his heart, an endless killing intent suddenly rose.
"Boom!" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! "Boom!"
Chu Yun was like a madman, continuously punching and kicking. Every punch contained the power to shake the heaven and earth, shattering mountains, all falling onto the puppet's body.
Of course, when Chu Yun punched, he was also affected by the power of the puppet.
However, Chu Yun seemed to not be able to feel any pain at all. Killing intent surged in his eyes, and no matter how many injuries he had sustained or how many bones he had shattered, he continued to attack with all his might.
"Die!" "Die!"
Chu Yun released a low growl from his throat, as if he wanted to use his unparalleled strength to directly crush the puppet.
He was likrapped bird, struggling desperately to break free from the ropes.
He had always been in this room that waundred meters square, and it had made him very upset.
Chu Yun and the puppet's physical body were both exceptionally strong, their fighting strength was extremely terrifying, after clashing against each other, it was like two fierce beasts fighting each other, causing the entire sky and earth to tremble, the space seemed to shatter.
"Chi!"
Because Chu Yun used his strength too frequently, the skin on his hands split open, and fresh blood sprayed out in all directions.
However, his figure never stopped. It was as if he never knew how tired he was!
"Bam!"
After the last punch was thrown, Chu Yun and the puppet were both knocked out powerlessly and fell to the ground.
Chu Yun's injuries were extremely serious, and even breathing had become extremely difficult. The wounds on his body were numerous, and deep enough to see bones;
On the other side, the puppet was not much better off than Chu Yun, but because it did not feel any pain, it could not actually feel Chu Yun's pain.
It took an entire day for Chu Yun to completely recover from his injuries.
At the same time, he calmed his emotions and started to think again about how to pass the trial.
Since he was going to use the Imperial Qi blade to slay the puppet, what was the purpose of this trial if it was not considered a pass?
Aside from Saber Intent, the golem knew that defeating it was akin to defeating one's own body. Naturally, the difficulty could be imagined.
Furthermore, what did it take to defeat it?
Wait!
A flash of clarity suddenly flashed across Chu Yun's mind, as if he had vaguely grasped onto something.
This puppet was obviously his own body. The requirement for this stage was most likely to allow him to surpass his own limits by defeating the puppet!
How could it be easy to surpass oneself?
But since this was the requirement, then there must be a way to pass!
The first test is to let me defeat the inner demons and increase my willpower.
The second stage is to allow me to surpass myself and reach a new limit.
It should be right!
In this world, the hardest thing to defeat was yourself.
Regardless of how talented a cultivator was, he would always have weaknesses and weaknesses.
Most of the time, you don't even know what your weaknesses and weaknesses are. Only by finding them acutely and thoroughly defeating yourself can you take control of your destiny.
It wasn't easy for it to defeat its own self. It required a great deal of courage and determination, and it was very likely that this was the test.
After thinking it through, Chu Yun's mind was clear.
After figuring out the requirements to pass this trial, Chu Yun was actually not in a hurry to pass.
This was because if one were to think from a different angle, this puppet was simply the best sparring partner!
Firstly, he could not kill it. If he got tired, he could just call a truce. Secondly, this puppet had an invincible body, great strength, agility, and was proficient in all sorts of martial skills. He could not find sucerfect opponent when he was facing the enemy normally!
It would be a waste to not use sucerfect sparring partner!
Chu Yun laughed, channeled his entire strength, and took the initiative to pounce towards the puppet.
His fists shook the mountains and rivers, and his momentum shocked the world.
Chu Yun released everything he had and fought against the puppets. He did not hold back at all, using all his strength in every attack.
"Boom!" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! "Boom!"
The entire space was filled with the muffled sound of fists hitting flesh.
Because Chu Yun's physique was just too tyrannical, when facing off against enemies, he would usually solve the problem with a single strike. This way, although he could be considered powerful, it would inevitably mask some of his problems. However, when it came to puppets, he could easily find all of his weaknesses and see through them.
It was like practicing his fist art in a mirror. Any tiny flaws could be seen in the mirror.
Chu Yun battled against the puppet for a whole day and night, until he could no longer muster any strength, before he stopped.
"Awesome! Awesome!"
Chu Yun laid on the ground, his voice hoarse, but the smile on his face was extremely excited, because after a bloody battle, he had understood his limits.
The next day, Chu Yun once again lively stood up, and fought with the puppet.
This time, there was an obvious imp
rovement!
The battle continued for two days before Chu Yun finally collapsed onto the ground exhausted.
This feeling reminded Chu Yun of the scene when he sparred with the Great Sage in the valley of Jade Emperor Island.
At that time, he was completely exhausted from being tormented by the Great Sage every day. Only when he could not muster up any strength did he give up.
Even though it was tough and tiring, the speed at which he was improving was unbelievably fast!
Now that he was facing a puppet that was almost the same as him, Chu Yun's battle was even more unbridled. In battle, he would definitely not miss a single detail.
Even if it was just a small blemish, Chu Yun wanted to fix it and do his best.
This waare opportunity for him to improve. He had to grasp it well.
After ten or so battles, Chu Yun was already able to fight consecutively with the puppets for three days and still had some strength left. Time and time again, he had surpassed his limits and surpassed himself.
In the process of breaking through his limits, Chu Yun constantly found his flaws and shortcomings.
Not only had his movement skills, techniques, and combat experience increased, even the Hand of the Flipping Cloud, Consecutive Qi Explosion, Secret Great Hand Seal, and Berserk Dragon Blade Art had become more adept.
Adding on the fact that he was constantly injured and recovering, just this process alone was something that Chu Yun had experienced countless of times.
In this cycle, Chu Yun's body, flesh, and bones all became harder than before.
"The fundamental reason for this trial is that its goal is not for me to kill the puppet, but to use the puppet to allow me to continuously surpass myself and increase my battle prowess!"
Chu Yun's expression was abnormally excited, the two trials that he had been through, each of them were priceless.
If it hadn't been for Dragon-Seizing Gate, even after a few more years, he probably wouldn't have been able to truly defeat Demonheart and surpass himself!
"Bro, I can't bear to hit you so hard now."
Chu Yun looked at the puppet in front of him, a smile hanging from the corners of his mouth, as he said indifferently: "But I have already reached the peak of my abilities, plus I still have to rush to the Sword and Saber Tomb, so I have no choice but to bid you farewell!"
With that said, Chu Yun rushed towards the puppet once again.
This time, he still unreservedly raised his aura to its peak. The Hand of the Flipping Cloud s, the secret sect's hand seals, the chain of exploding auras … It was all displayed in one go!
The battle continued for three days and three nights. Finally, on the early morning of the fourth day, Chu Yun and the puppet lost all their strength and fell to the ground.
He had already drained the last bit of energy in his body, and now Chu Yun didn't even have the strength to lift his pinky.
He had broken through his limits again, this time for the last time!
Very quickly, the surroundings became blurry.
The puppet that had accompanied him for so many months was also slowly disappearing.
Chu Yun revealed a smile, he knew very clearly that he had finally passed!
Chapter 167 - Gift of the 'Door of Dragon'
"If it wasn't because I had reached the peak of my cultivation, I really wouldn't have been able to continue improving. Sigh, where can I find sucerfect sparring partner? "
Chu Yun looked at the gradually disappearing puppet, and could not help but exclaim.
In these few months, Chu Yun's improvement was extremely fast, which also allowed him to deeply experience the benefits brought by the Dragon Gate's imprisonment.
At the same time, it also caused Chu Yun to be filled with anticipation towards the unknown third trial.
The first trial was to test one's willpower and kill one's heart demon.
The second stage was to fight with himself and break through.
Then what would the third trial be like?
The empty room completely disappeared, and a new scene appeared in front of him.
In the middle of the cave was a dried up pool, which was filled with moss and filled with skeletons.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
Chu Yun rested for a long time before he managed to recover part of his strength. He stood up and walked around the dried up pool, his eyes warily looking at the skeleton inside.
Was the third trial a battle against these skeletons?
After a while, there was still no movement from the skeletons.
"It doesn't look like it."
Chu Yun shook his head and walked out of the cave.
He wanted to thoroughly understand the terrain around him, because staying in an unknown environment would cause a sense of insecurity from the bottom of his heart.
Chu Yun walked along the road in front of him.
Just when Chu Yun was worried that he would get lost, the area in front of him suddenly opened up. He excitedly sped up and walked forward, but was instantly startled by the scene in front of him.
This was a wide cave with a dried up pool in the middle.
He had actually returned to his original spot!
Chu Yun's pupils intensely shrank. He was one hundred percent sure that this was the cave he had just stayed in, because there was still a pool of blood on the ground.
There were only two paths in the cave. He walked into the front and one in the back, but came out from the back. This meant that the cave did not lead to two ends, but rather to an extremely strange circle.
No matter how he walked, he could only circle around the circular cave.
"Is there no entrance to this cave?"
Chu Yun was extremely suspicious. This time, he walked towards the road behind him and intentionally made some markings along the way.
Unexpectedly, after a circle, he returned to the starting point.
Chu Yun had no choice but to submit to reality. It seemed that he had been set up in the cave for this trial.
But, what was this trial exactly?
Chu Yun took a few steps forward, and looked at the skeleton in the dried up pond again, as though he was thinking about something.
Could the secret be in this pool?
Or on these skeletons?
As if it could feel Chu Yun's gaze, the dried up pool started to emit a dense wave, and the dense nature spirit energy automatically gathered in the pool.
From the first drop, it gradually turned into a vast ocean. The torrential waves surged endlessly, slapping the sky until it emitted sizzling sounds.
Chu Yun's expression turned cold, and thought in his heart: Could it be that you want me to jump into this test?
Looking at the dried up bones, an idea suddenly surfaced in Chu Yun's mind. These bones must be the bones of the warriors that had broken through to the third trial, and it was unknown how many years they had existed for.
Their skeletons were actually in the pool. This meant that they had failed and died here.
Was he going to follow the path they had taken and jump into the pool?
After some hesitation, Chu Yun finally decided to investigate further.
This was the assessment barrier of the Dragon-Seizing Gate, noopeless situation. Since the designer had designed this barrier, it meant that there must be a way to clear it.
It was impossible for anyone to come up with a question without a solution to it.
Chu Yun took a deep breath, leaped up, and fiercely jumped into the pond.
"Boom!"
Bang!! With a loud noise, like a meteorite falling to the ground, it was as if a drop of water had suddenly dropped into a vast ocean. The dense spirit energy flowing from all directions completely drowned Chu Yun.
Chu Yun's pupils contracted intensely as he felt an endless amount of spirit energy gush into his body.
This speed was simply too fast. He was unable to struggle at all and was firmly locked in place.
The speed at which the spirit qi was being channeled was extremely fast, making Chu Yun unable to resist it.
"Boom!" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! "Boom!"
Chu Yun felt as if his brain was exploding, as if someone was beating his head with a gigantic hammer.
Not only that, many parts of his skin were also on the verge of rupturing.
No one could withstand such a violent infusion of spiritual energy. It was like forcefully filling a small bottle with water. If the amount of water inside exceeded the bottle's endurance limit, the bottle would definitely explode.
Right now, Chu Yun was just that small bottle. Endless amounts of spirit energy was being poured into his body, and he had no other choice but to grit his teeth and use all of his power to refine the spirit energy that had entered his body.
However, how could the speed of his refinement compare with the speed of the spiritual energy's influx?
"Damn it, are they trying to blow my body up?"
A sense of crisis surfaced in Chu Yun's heart, and he could not help but growl.
He wanted to resist, but he didn't have the power to break out of the pool.
The surrounding spiritual energy was like an invisible mountain pressing down on his body, rendering him unable to move.
"Bam!"
The skin on Chu Yun's back immediately ruptured, and a large amount of fresh blood sprayed out.
The amount of spirit energy that had been poured into his body was simply too enormous. Even with Chu Yun's strong physique, he was unable to endure sucerrifying amount.
"This is my limit, my limit!"
Chu Yun's face turned sinister as he roared.
He knew very well that if he couldn't escape from this pool, what awaited him would be the end result of his spiritual energy bursting!
"Buzz!"
With a light sound, hundreds of engravings lit up around the pool, just like a fish swimming in water, rippling unceasingly.
Following the flickering of the mysterious patterns in the pond, the limitless amount of spirit energy surged again, pressing Chu Yun down onto the ground. He laid down on the bottom of the pond, beside the bones, and his position was no different from before.
