Xie Changsheng took a deep breath, and said angrily, "Don't always be in such a preaching tone, okay?"
Xie Rou laughed, with a cold radiance on her face, she looked at Xie Changsheng provocatively, and said, "If you don't want to be taught a lesson by me, at least you have surpassed me in practice now, and I'll let you beat me."
Xie Changsheng clenched his fists, his face turned pale, and he said angrily, "I will definitely surpass you."
Xie Rou still smiled and said: "That's the best, otherwise, if you can't even beat one of Li Lingjun's retainers in the future, it will be a real embarrassment."
Xie Changsheng bowed his head and stopped talking. At this time, Duanmulian on the stage had already finished all the rules of the sword sacrifice trial.
The eyes of most people focused on He Zhaoxi again.
Among all the students who participated in the sword sacrificial trial, He Zhaoxi, Zhang Yi, and Su Qin had the highest cultivation bases, and they were all above the middle-rank of the third realm. Maybe Zhang Yi and Su Qin would be closer to the upper-rank of the third realm than him, but The gap here will not be too big, and the green vine dry glory formula that He Zhaoxi has cultivated may have unimaginable magical effects.
In terms of physical strength, it was obvious that He Zhaoxi, who had spent a lot of time on self-cultivation, wanted to be stronger.
Under such rules, He Zhaoxi is naturally the most likely to win.
However, among the many people watching He Zhaoxi at this moment, Mo Chen didn't think so.
He knew that he would definitely surprise everyone in this trial of sword sacrifice.
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All the students who participated in the sword sacrifice trial began to walk along the mountain road towards the entrance of the sword sacrifice canyon.
No one checked whether they had hidden food on them, because in the next three days, all the students in the Sword Sacrifice Canyon would not be able to see the top due to the cover of the formation, and would even get lost inside and walk a lot more It's a waste of time, but the spectators above can see their every move clearly on the suspended platform.
Ding Ning followed in the middle of the team, and the descending mountain path became wider and wider, but in the end it did not go straight to the bottom of the canyon. What appeared in front of them was a cliff with a drop of about ten feet.
There are hundreds of cyan vines hanging from the bottom of the cliff.
Even though he hadn't seen the sword sacrifice trial of the Ivy Sword Academy, Ding Ning guessed that all the students who participated in the trial would fall into the canyon through such vines. As long as there was a slight time difference, the magic circle below would naturally will separate them.
Duanmu Lian, who walked to the edge of the cliff in front of him, didn't have any nonsense, and said solemnly and coldly: "Everyone chooses a vine to go down, and there is an interval of 20 breaths before and after."
"You have to be careful."
Nangong Caishu looked at Ding Ning, and said in a worried voice, "Don't be impatient."
Ding Ning knew the true meaning of her words, so he smiled slightly and said, "You too, run away if you can't beat it, no one knows what will happen in the end of this long-term trial."
Nangong Caishu reflected on the meaning of Ding Ning's words. Seeing that the students in front of her had started to slide down one by one, she glanced at Ding Ning, "Are you first or me first?"
Ding Ning said, "I'll be ready first."
Nangong Caishu looked at him and said seriously: "I hope you can always be ahead of me."
Ding Ning smiled slightly, "I accept your good words."
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When it was Ding Ning's turn, Ding Ning moved very slowly and carefully.
He squatted down, grasped the vines with both hands, hung his body down, then clamped the vines with his feet like climbing a bamboo pole, and slid down slowly.
The watching figure slowly fell into the forest below, and Nangong Caishu, who arrived at the edge of the cliff behind him, was full of deep worry in his eyes.
After all, no matter how talented and comprehensible one is, some body movements and reactions still take time to practice.
Ding Ning's movements at this moment are too clumsy compared to any other practitioners.
However, for Ding Ning at this moment, the most difficult thing is to look as clumsy as possible, so as not to let so many spectators see that he is too agile.
After all, today's battle is no better than the battle against so many people in the dark alley that day. This is the first stop that officially appears in front of Changling practitioners, and he can't be unscrupulous.
His feet landed steadily, and after confirming that the grass below could bear his own weight, he began to look at the surrounding scene.
Looking down from the top, this canyon full of various giant vines is clear, but it is divided into countless maze-like passages by numerous small bushes and giant vines. However, at this moment, it really falls into it, stepping on the bottom of the canyon The soft ground, but he saw a thin mist everywhere.
And this mist is not an ordinary white mist, but a strange light blue color.
This kind of fog doesn't seem to hinder things in the distance, but it has a strange refraction effect, which makes everything around it slightly distorted and hazy.
The surrounding vines are also quite different than when looking down from above.
When looking down from above, it seems that there are some gaps between some trees and vines, but standing inside, you can see that the trees and vines are all airtight, with only some arch-like passages.
There was silence in the ears. The students who came down at the same time as him should not be far away from him, but they didn't hear any footsteps. It seems that the magic circle inside has the effect of isolating the sound. In this way, It is difficult to avoid and chase some enemies through sound, and the chance of encountering battles suddenly increases, and the difficulty of hunting beasts also increases greatly.
According to the detailed rules Duanmulian said before, after entering this canyon, if you don't leave immediately, it will be considered a violation to wait here, so Ding Ning started to move, walking towards an arch-like gap in front, and at the same time he closed his eyes slightly. Close your eyes and start to perceive quietly.
He felt that the vitality of heaven and earth here was really disordered. Under the interference of some unique vitality absorbed and released by countless green vines around, the vitality of heaven and earth inside was like countless chaotic swords floating in it.
This arrangement is useless to practitioners above the sixth realm. It is entirely possible to use the true essence and heaven and earth vitality accumulated in the body to directly open a vitality channel to communicate with the heaven and earth outside the formation. However, for students of their level As far as it is concerned, it is enough.
Looking down from the suspended viewing platform between the rattan bridges above, the entrance of the Sword Festival Canyon is crowded with people.
Because nearly a hundred students slid along the vines and fell within the range of several miles at a time, for the people watching the ceremony above, this area is now full of people.
There are even four or five students walking forward in an area of tens of feet, but at such a close distance, they are not aware of each other, which makes the whole scene a bit ridiculous.
Xie Rou's gaze followed Ding Ning all the time.
At this moment, less than ten feet away from Ding Ning, there is a student of Ivy Sword Academy.
This Ivy Sword Academy student is named Zhao Qing.
He is from Zhao Diping Lake. He passed the examination and entered the Qingteng Sword Academy in the eighth year of Yuanwu. He was admitted to the hospital two years earlier than Nangong Caishu. Similarly, it is still impossible to break through to the third realm.
However, any place of practice in Changling has stricter assessments for candidates from Zhao, Han, and Wei who were not previously part of the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty. Zhao Qing's ability to enter the Ivy Sword Academy is naturally higher than the general Ivy Sword Academy. students are better.
The strength of his arms is naturally many times greater than that of ordinary teenagers of the same age.
This is due to his natural physique. His father was originally a well-known strongman in Zhaodi.
The strength of his arms is naturally superior to that of ordinary people, so he can use many swords and swordsmanship that ordinary people cannot use.
Therefore, he usually uses a broad sword that weighs several times more than ordinary long swords, and the swordsmanship he cultivates is also the wild wind sword scripture.
An extremely heavy sword with a wind-like speed, its power is naturally astonishing.
So deep in Zhao Qing's heart, he didn't think that he had no hope of winning.
Because he had already experienced the trial of sword sacrifice, he knew very well that this was not a contest where whoever walked faster would win. He even walked more carefully and slowly than Ding Ning.
The moment he walked slowly through an arch-like gap, several green vines suddenly stretched out from among the bushes behind him without a sound, and quickly approached his back.
When these living ivy were still a few feet away from his back, the extremely vigilant Zhao Qing finally came to his senses, shouted sharply, pulled out the broadsword he was carrying with his right hand like lightning, and swung it backwards with his backhand. .
There were several popping sounds.
These several green vines were all shaken into countless blue crumbs by his sword.
It's just that before he could breathe a sigh of relief, another ivy stabbed fiercely like a sword in the forest beside him.
The surface of this green vine shone with a cold light that was different from the few green vines just now.
Zhao Qing realized something, and his face changed suddenly.
There was another sharp shout from his mouth, and the true energy in his body poured into the broad sword in his hand without being stingy.
Several straight rune lines on the body of the broad sword in his hand lit up, and a snow-white sword energy shone from the whole body.
The sword aura at the front end of the broad sword was particularly strong, a mass of several feet square, giving the impression that he was not using a sword, but rather an axe.
With a bang, the swords and vines intersected, and there was a sound like gold and iron colliding.
His body shook slightly, and this obviously different ivy was cut off by his sword.
However, at this moment, a chill suddenly appeared in his heart.
He subconsciously looked down at his feet.
The fallen leaves under his feet suddenly jumped up like boiling.
Several tiny vines wrapped around his ankles in an instant, causing his body to lose balance and fall forward.
The broadsword in his hand flashed again, slashing at his feet.
With a few puffs, the vines under his feet were all cut off by him, but at the same time, he was unable to stop the several vines that shot again in front of him in time.
He was dragged on the ground for several feet, and then hit the tree wall. He was bound more and more tightly by more vines. Not to mention swinging a sword, it became more and more difficult for him to breathe, and his face was suffocated. flushed.
Zhao Qing let out a mournful cry.
He was extremely unwilling, but he knew that the only thing he could do at this time was to stand still and stop struggling.
"Why is the sword sacrifice trial this year so much more difficult than previous years?"
When such doubts flashed uncontrollably in his mind, the exclamation of many people also sounded in the Sword Sacrifice Valley, but they were all isolated by the unique formation.
Looking down from the viewing platform in mid-air, at this time, the mountains and forests around the entrance of the Sword Festival Canyon have turned into a boiling green sea.
Many people were fighting in panic, countless broken branches and leaves of vines were flying, and there were also many people who were already entangled like him and couldn't move. They could only accept the result of failure at the beginning.
All the students of the Ivy Sword Academy who were in it had the same thoughts as him at the moment.
Why is this year's sword sacrifice trial so difficult
In previous years, in this kind of area, it was impossible to have the kind of particularly powerful vines that they habitually called the Vine King.
However, this year, not only does it seem that the number of attack points that will be attacked has greatly increased, it seems that every attack point will have such a vine king.
Di Qingmei, who was standing on the edge of the viewing platform, had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth at the moment.
He naturally understood the shock and bewilderment in the hearts of these students at this moment, because this change came from his instruction.
Regardless of the difficulty, it is fair to everyone, but this can better ensure that people like He Zhaoxi, who he wants to win, will win.
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On the other side of the viewing platform, Xie Rou frowned slightly.
Compared to other places, Ding Ning's route seems to be relatively calm.
But at this moment, she saw a slight movement in the wall-like vine forest beside Ding Ning.
The several vines that were originally hanging softly suddenly poured into some kind of power and became hard, like several small swords, they began to stab out quietly.