36: Chapter 36 Top Ten!

"The Annihilation Sword Dao! The Soul-Binding Sword Dao! The Defensive Sword Dao!"

Su Ming gazed at the four intersecting figures in the void, his brows tightly locked and his expression grave.

In terms of ultimate slaughter, none of these three individual sword daos could compare to the Destruction Sword Dao of the previous black-clothed swordsman.

However, the three swordsmen cooperated with incomparable tacit understanding; their offense, defense, restraint, and complementary connections were entirely flawless.

A single sword dao might not be able to suppress Ganie, but it was a different story when the three joined forces.

At this moment, Ganie was firmly suppressed by the three of them, completely falling into a disadvantage and barely able to maneuver and protect himself.

"Ganie!"

Su Ming spoke with a hint of worry.

Amidst the sky-full of sword light wrapping around the slaughter, upon hearing Su Ming's voice, Ganie tightened his grip on yuanhong with his right hand, merely shaking his head slightly without calling out for help.

"Be ready at all times," Su Ming turned his head to look at Wawan and the other two by his side, instructing them in a low voice, "The moment Ganie can no longer hold on, step forward immediately to back him up."

"Rest assured, Divine Lord, we will certainly ensure Ganie remains safe and sound," the three responded in unison, their gazes fixed straight on the distant battlefield.

In the center of the battlefield, Ganie fought three opponents alone, sword light crisscrossing around his body.

Every single exchange with the swordsmen was rapidly deduced and simulated within his mind.

Su Ming quietly overlooked the battle situation, quickly seeing through Ganie's intentions, and could not help but be rendered speechless for a moment.

He truly hadn't expected Ganie to be this daring; trapped in a mortal deadlock surrounded from three sides, instead of rushing to break out, he was actually using the joint onslaught of the three swordsmen to temper his sword dao on the spot.

In a mere dozens of rounds, all three sword daos had been completely comprehended and figured out by Ganie.

The time was ripe!

A wisp of piercing sharpness suddenly flashed across the depths of Ganie's eyes, and the aura around his body changed drastically in an instant.

No longer defending passively, he lightly stepped down, shattering the void, and his figure suddenly slanted and swayed, flowing like clouds and water to dodge the sky-full of Annihilation sword qi. Abandoning frontal entanglement, he lunged straight for the Soul-Binding swordsman responsible for spiritual restraint!

Seeing this, the Soul-Binding swordsman panicked inwardly and immediately activated a secret technique, causing tens of thousands of gloomy soul threads to intertwine and flutter, attempting to pierce the void and imprison Ganie's soul.

But Ganie had long anticipated this; an invisible sword dao barrier instantly spread out around his body, steadily isolating all soul threads and sword qi, making it utterly impossible for them to get within half an inch of him.

"Hundred-Mile Flying Sword!"

As a low shout fell, yuanhong left its sheath, transforming into a dazzling stream of light that sped through the air, heading straight for the center of the Soul-Binding swordsman's brow!

The Defensive swordsman on the side hastily raised his hand, his long sword flying out in an attempt to block yuanhong.

The Annihilation swordsman on the other side saw this and immediately slashed sideways with his horizontal sword; the gray, desolate sword light wrapped in destructive power went straight for Ganie's retreat route, attempting to force him to fall back and save himself.

But his movements had long been fully calculated by Ganie.

Ganie flipped his wrist, condensing a sword with his bare hands. A long sword purely formed from the origin of sword dao materialized out of thin air, and with a precise flick, it steadily parried the Annihilation sword light.

At the same time, yuanhong pierced through the void, accurately penetrating the body of the Soul-Binding swordsman.

The Soul-Binding swordsman's pupils shrank drastically, his face filled with disbelief. Before he could emit the slightest sound, his body violently transformed into a sky-full of black mist, completely dissipating into the void.

One less in an instant!

The remaining two swordsmen were both shocked and angry, their killing intent surging explosively.

The Annihilation Sword Dao and the Defensive Sword Dao instantly merged into one, condensing a massive, heavy gray-black giant sword. Enveloping the power of dual sword daos, it chopped down from above, attempting to slay Ganie in a single strike.

Facing the onslaught of the two, Ganie did not dodge or evade, guiding emptily with one hand to recall the yuanhong sword.

"Zongheng Universe!"

A majestic sword dao aura erupted explosively, the pressure around Ganie's body climbing layer by layer. His white robes billowed in the wind, and his sword intent swept across the entire battlefield.

A clashing roar shook the four directions!

A crisp shattering sound followed closely after; that gray-black giant sword, which fused the power of two major sword daos, was actually forcefully split apart by a single sword strike from yuanhong!

The expressions of the remaining two swordsmen changed drastically, intense terror finally welling up in the depths of their eyes as the urge to retreat arose in their hearts.

But Ganie had already grasped the overall situation; how could he possibly give them a moment to catch their breath?

"Hundred-Step Flying Sword!"

yuanhong pierced through the air once more, its speed surging several times faster than before. Wherever it passed, the void shattered inch by inch, leaving behind pitch-black, narrow spatial rifts.

A deafening explosion resounded across the battlefield!

Innumerable fine sword scars burst across the bodies of the two figures, their bodies turning illusory inch by inch before completely dissipating, both body and soul destroyed.

In the blink of an eye, the three surrounding swordsmen had all fallen.

The dust on the battlefield settled, and Ganie put away his sword and stood upright, his posture remaining as straight as ever.

The entire scene was dead silent.

Even Su Ming, who had watched the entire battle from the sidelines, was stunned on the spot, filled with astonishment.

In a mere minute, Ganie, who had been firmly suppressed by the three of them just a moment ago, staged an instantaneous comeback, consecutively slaying three enemies and ending the battle.

The reversal of the battle situation was so rapid that it left people dizzy, feeling like a dream.

In the void, three clusters of light suffused with the pure origin of sword dao slowly emerged, floating quietly in place.

Ganie raised his hand to put away the light clusters, turned, and stepped back to Su Ming's side, respectfully offering all three sword dao light clusters.

"Divine Lord."

Su Ming glanced at the light clusters and waved his hand casually, his tone indifferent, "You won this battle single-handedly; these sword dao origins naturally belong to you."

Ganie nodded slightly, no longer declining. He immediately sat cross-legged, took out one of the light clusters, and calmly comprehended the true meaning of the sword dao within.

...

Meanwhile,

all testers sensed a vibration coming from their tokens.

This was the commotion that only appeared after the rankings of the top ten changed.

Gu Qingfeng stared at the names on the void leaderboard, his eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

"Is this fellow Su Ming really this fierce?" Gu Qingfeng looked at Su Ming's rank, his eyes full of surprise.

At this moment, Su Ming's rank had already reached tenth place, and the gap between him and the ninth place was not large. As long as he pushed a bit harder, he might just break through to ninth place.

Others might not be very clear about Su Ming's situation, but he knew it very well.

Precisely because of this, he was so shocked upon seeing Su Ming ranked in the top ten.

Gu Qingfeng's expression gradually grew grave as he muttered in a low voice inwardly, "I cannot fall behind too much either. It seems I must set off for that fortuitous encounter mentioned by the clan as soon as possible."

Having made up his mind, he scanned the surrounding environment and immediately led his subordinate dependents to gallop toward the depths of the secret realm.

In another area of the secret realm, Liu Hongfeng's expression had also turned gloomy to the extreme.

Staring fixedly at the two characters "Su Ming" occupying tenth place on the leaderboard, he couldn't help cursing in a low voice, "Dammit! That fellow squeezing into the top one thousand was already pure luck. By what right has he entered the top ten?!"

"Could it be that I, Liu Hongfeng, am going to lose to a commoner with no background today?!"

At this moment, Liu Hongfeng was ranked 630th, which was already not low.

But compared to Su Ming, the gap was like a natural chasm.

The reward of 500,000 divine crystals was secondary; if he truly suffered defeat here and lost to Su Ming, his inner pride and face would have nowhere to rest, leaving his heart filled with nothing but unwillingness and jealousy.

Not only the testers, but people outside the trial also noticed this dark horse, Su Ming.

Luo Li gazed at the void leaderboard, her eyes filled with emotion as she praised sincerely, "Older Sister Mu, your vision is truly too sharp."

Mu Qingge, standing to the side, flickered her gaze slightly, violent waves surging in the depths of her heart as well.

She had indeed been optimistic about Su Ming's potential, but she had only estimated that he would stop at the top hundred. The position of the top ten was a height she had never dared to extravagantly hope for.

The Canglan Star Domain was vast and boundless, and Blue Star was merely an inconspicuous planet among them. In all past openings of the Hanging Secret Realm, the highest Blue Star had ever ranked was fifteenth place.

Yet now, Su Ming had actually broken Blue Star's record since ancient times in one fell swoop!

Mu Qingge reined in the shock in her heart, dense solemnity and importance surging in the depths of her eyes.

"After returning, I must properly discuss this with those old fellows," she whispered to herself, "Such a genius must never be buried in vain. If he is meticulously nurtured, perhaps not long from now, he really might be able to seize that opportunity."