"break!"
Yang Qi moved his hands, and two fierce attacks directly met the oncoming sword light. The powerful sword light was directly blocked by Yang Qi.
"Nine-star Martial Emperor Late Stage!"
Through the might just now, Yang Qi has judged that the might of the sword light is comparable to the attack of a late-stage Nine-Star Martial Emperor. If it were an ordinary late-stage Nine-Star Martial Emperor, under the suppression of the sword sound, and then facing the incoming sword light attack, I am afraid it would not be so easy to resist.
Unfortunately, the sword light encountered Yang Qi. Such a powerful attack could not pose any threat to Yang Qi and was easily blocked.
After blocking the incoming attack, Yang Qi continued to move towards the depths of the formation. As Yang Qi continued to go deeper into the formation, the power of the incoming sword light and the effect of the sword sound continued to increase. According to Yang Qi's estimation, the power in the depths of the formation was such that an ordinary late-stage Nine-Star Martial Emperor practitioner could not pass through it.
Looking at the formation in front of him, Yang Qi thought to himself, "I never thought that the first test would be so difficult."
Although the test in front of him was not difficult at all for Yang Qi, and could not pose any threat, it would not be easy for other late-stage Nine-Star Martial Emperor practitioners to pass it. The practitioners who could pass it were definitely top-notch in the late-stage Nine-Star Martial Emperor.
“It seems that what the cave master really wants to screen out are probably not those practitioners with very high cultivation levels.” Yang Qi’s expression condensed, and a thought flashed through his mind.
In fact, it was not strange for the cave owner to have such an idea. After all, the path that practitioners in the late Nine-Star Martial Emperor had taken was basically fixed. Even many practitioners in the late Nine-Star Martial Emperor were preparing to break through to the peak level of Martial Emperor. Some practitioners had entered the late Nine-Star Martial Emperor for many years and had no hope of breaking through to the peak level of Martial Emperor, and their potential was exhausted.
Therefore, when many strong men are selecting successors, they will not choose practitioners in the late Nine-Star Martial Emperor stage, because the plasticity of practitioners at this level is too low. In comparison, those practitioners with lower cultivation levels and good talent and potential are more plastic and more suitable as successors.
Obviously, the owner of the cave probably also had this consideration, so the test that the Nine-Star Martial Emperor late-stage practitioners had to take was obviously quite difficult. At least ordinary Nine-Star Martial Emperor late-stage practitioners had little hope of passing even this first test.
However, Yang Qi was obviously not an ordinary late-stage Nine-Star Martial Emperor practitioner, so this test was not a challenge for Yang Qi. This situation was also within Yang Qi's expectations. After all, although the strong man who left the ruins was at the level of Sword Emperor, Yang Qi's own strength and means were enough to fight against the Sword Emperor.
If this Sword Emperor was still alive, Yang Qi would not be his opponent, but the means deployed by the other party after his death would hardly pose a threat to Yang Qi. It was reasonable that he passed the test set by the other party without any difficulty. After all, even the owner of this cave would not have thought that a cultivator in the late stage of the Nine-Star Martial Emperor would actually have the strength and means of the third level of the peak Martial Emperor.
After a period of time, Yang Qi also knew that the test in front of him was the suppression of the sword sound and the attack of the sword light. There was no other test method. Yang Qi did not stay any longer and sped up the speed of passing through the formation. The so-called test was not difficult for Yang Qi, so in just a moment, Yang Qi passed through the formation directly.
After passing through the formation, Yang Qi saw a passage. He walked along the passage and soon came to a wide square. However, dozens of practitioners had already gathered on the square.
As Yang Qi expected, the practitioners gathered here were mainly low- to mid-level Martial Emperors. Although there were also high-level Martial Emperors, their number was much smaller. As for the Nine-Star Martial Emperors, including Yang Qi, there were only six in total.
The practitioners in the square did not pay much attention to Yang Qi's arrival. After all, during this period of time, practitioners came and left from time to time. Instead of wasting time paying attention to other practitioners, it is better to try to pass the test in front of them, so as to go deeper into the cave and obtain precious opportunities.
Yang Qi quickly looked around the square in front of him and soon discovered that there were nine huge stone tablets standing around the square. Each of the stone tablets contained peculiar sword fluctuations.
"Talent in swordsmanship?"
Sensing the fluctuations of the sword energy on the stone tablet, Yang Qi's expression froze, and he immediately understood that this test was probably testing the practitioner's talent and potential in sword energy.
After all, the owner of the cave is a Sword Emperor, and his most powerful inheritance is the sword path. Although practitioners who follow the sword path have been preliminarily screened before entering the cave, in fact, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary practitioners who follow the sword path to reach the peak level of the Martial Emperor, or even go further in the sword path, and even become the Sword Emperor.
The talent and potential in spiritual practice determines the practitioner's future achievements, while the talent and potential in kendo determines how far the practitioner can go on the path of kendo.
As a powerful person at the level of Sword Emperor, it is only natural for him to choose someone with extraordinary talent and potential in swordsmanship when selecting his successor.
"but… "
Looking at the nine stone tablets on the square, Yang Qi frowned slightly, thinking to himself, "Why did the cave owner leave so many stone tablets?"
Yang Qi was not surprised that the cave master selected practitioners with great talent and potential in swordsmanship, but the cave master left so many stone tablets, and the swordsmanship fluctuations on the stone tablets obviously had no connection, which made Yang Qi a little puzzled.
Perhaps even if ordinary practitioners below the peak of the Martial Emperor feel that the sword fluctuations on these stone tablets are not related, they will think that they are not broad-minded enough to see through the connection. But Yang Qi himself has the sword inheritance of a Sword Emperor-level strongman, and his own vision and knowledge are also extremely high. He can be sure that the sword fluctuations on these stone tablets have no connection at all, and they are definitely not swords from the same source.
What is the meaning of the cave owner leaving behind these unrelated sword fluctuations
Even Yang Qi, for a moment, couldn't figure out the purpose of the cave master setting this test.
After carefully observing the nine stone tablets, Yang Qi did not find any clues. He had to try to comprehend the sword fluctuations on the stone tablets.