Entering the second round! The sword spirit inheritance in the lotus pod

"It really is a disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect?!" Jiang Tianyou exclaimed, springing up from his seat like a small female snake whose tail had been stepped on.

Jiang Tianyou hadn't expected Xiao Ming and the others from the Spirit Sword Sect to rush over in such a short time.

However, he then started to laugh.

"Li Changfeng, don't get too smug," Jiang Tianyou chuckled, "whether you can enter the second round of competition mainly depends on how many tokens each sect's disciples have collected."

"Your Spirit Sword Sect's disciples returned quite quickly, but the number of tokens they collected definitely isn't as many as the others."

"Shut up!" Li Changfeng turned around and snapped in displeasure, "My direct disciple Xiao Ming is extraordinary; he must have collected a great many tokens, and entering the second round of competition is a foregone conclusion!"

"Oh, quite confident, are we?" Jiang Tianyou let out a dry laugh, "Confidence is a good thing, but I just worry your disciples don't have that much strength. In my opinion, your Spirit Sword Sect, like my Famous Sword Villa, will probably still be at the bottom of this Eight Sects Tournament."

Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng was furious. He wanted to retort but had no good argument.

After all, Jiang Tianyou was right; whether they could enter the second round depended on how many tokens Xiao Ming and the other two had collected.

What if disciples from other branch sects rushed over... Just then.

"Dong ~"

Another bell rang.

Sect Leader Lü Ziyang of the Qingtian Sword Sect stood up and announced loudly, "Time is up! This Sect Leader declares that the Blood Sword Hall and the Spirit Sword Sect will enter the second round of competition. The remaining six branch sects are all eliminated!"

After saying this, Lü Ziyang himself felt very strange.

The Spirit Sword Sect entered the second round of competition just like that?

Why did it feel so odd?

And after his voice spread, the Arena erupted in an uproar!

What's going on?!

How could a weak sect like the Spirit Sword Sect enter the second round of competition?

What were the disciples of the other six sects doing, that they couldn't even compare to the Spirit Sword Sect!

At this moment.

Several sect leaders of the branch sects showed expressions of anger.

Angry at their own disciples, furious that they weren't living up to expectations!

It was one thing to be unable to compare to the always-powerful Blood Sword Hall; everyone had nothing to say about that. But now, they couldn't even compare to the Spirit Sword Sect. If this got out, it would be utterly laughable!

And Jiang Tianyou, who had originally been making sarcastic remarks, was stunned once again.

The Spirit Sword Sect is going to enter the second round of competition... This... This shouldn't be happening!

"The disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect have always been weak, only slightly better than my Famous Sword Villa, but I never expected them to achieve such a feat..."

Jiang Tianyou's heart was churning. He looked at the excited Li Changfeng beside him, his expression extremely complex, and at the same time, he muttered to himself,

"This Eight Sects Tournament, the Spirit Sword Sect is going to make a big name for itself..."

Li Changfeng noticed Jiang Tianyou's unusual state, turned his head, and laughed wildly, "How about it, Old Man Jiang, are you still unconvinced?"

"I told you long ago, our Spirit Sword Sect is different from before; we will definitely amaze everyone in this tournament!"

With that.

Li Changfeng burst into another fit of triumphant laughter.

In contrast, Jiang Tianyou fell silent.

In previous Eight Sects Tournaments, the rankings of the Spirit Sword Sect and the Famous Sword Villa were always similar, both at the very bottom. This had given Jiang Tianyou a sense of kinship with Li Changfeng's Spirit Sword Sect, a feeling of being in the same boat.

However.

Now, the Spirit Sword Sect had soared, actually reaching the top two, and could even participate in the second round of competition. This result instantly made Jiang Tianyou feel emo.

Uncomfortable!

His heart felt blocked, an indescribable discomfort!

Looking at Li Changfeng, who was now triumphantly shedding years of humiliation, Jiang Tianyou felt even worse than if his own sect had been wiped out!

It wasn't just Jiang Tianyou who was shocked.

The sect leaders of the other branch sects, and even the high-ranking officials of the Qingtian Sword Sect, were extremely astonished when they saw Xiao Ming and the others break through the encirclement, and expressions of deep doubt appeared on all their faces.

"The disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect were actually able to surpass other sects and safely enter the second round of competition. This is truly astonishing!"

"Isn't that the truth!"

"My Giant Sword Sect actually couldn't compare to the Spirit Sword Sect. I refuse to accept this!"

"I refuse to accept it too!"

"I don't know what the disciples of the other sects were doing; they all moved slowly, allowing the Spirit Sword Sect to exploit the loophole!"

As everyone spoke, they suddenly felt something was amiss.

Time had passed, so why hadn't they seen disciples from other sects rush out yet?

Even if they couldn't enter the second round of competition, they should at least show themselves, right?

After a while longer, no other sect teams appeared.

At this point, everyone couldn't sit still.

Sect Leader Lü Ziyang of the Qingtian Sword Sect frowned, then turned to an elder in the Transformation Domain Realm and ordered, "You personally go to the Demon Beast Forest and see what the situation is inside."

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

With that, the elder shot up and flew into the forest in an instant.

It didn't take long for the elder to fly back, his face solemn.

"How is it?" Lü Ziyang asked.

"The situation is very bad!" the elder said in a deep voice, "I investigated and found that all six remaining sect teams have been killed!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, the many sect leaders of the branch sects present immediately couldn't sit still, and one by one, they flew towards the forest in a hurry.

In the Arena.

Xiao Ming's expression was surprised, and he subconsciously looked at Young Master Xueyi, just as Young Master Xueyi's gaze met his.

After the two exchanged glances, they both withdrew their gazes.

"I only eliminated the True Martial Sword Sect, the Giant Sword Sect, and the Silent Extinction Sword School's three sect teams. The remaining three must have been done by Young Master Xueyi!" Xiao Ming instantly made a judgment.

"The guys from the Spirit Sword Sect are not ordinary; they actually eliminated three sect teams too," Young Master Xueyi also thought to himself, "It seems the Spirit Sword Sect is not as weak as I imagined."

While they were pondering.

The sect leaders of those branch sects all flew back, but their faces were ashen, so gloomy they looked like they could drip water!

Their ugly expressions were as if they had eaten excrement and then gotten it stuck in their teeth.

They had all discovered the mutilated corpses of their disciples, and the state of the bodies was more gruesome than the last.

The disciples sent to participate in the Eight Sects Tournament were all elites among elites of their respective sects, yet unexpectedly, every single one of them was killed, utterly annihilated!

This tournament resulted in immense losses for all sects!

Especially Zhou Tianquan, the sect leader of the True Martial Sword Sect, whose face was exceptionally grim!

Because he had originally thought that his disciple Shen Bingqing would display great power, forcefully enter the next round, and coincidentally teach the Spirit Sword Sect a lesson to get even.

However, he never expected that Shen Bingqing and the other two would all be annihilated. Yet, Xiao Ming and the two others from the Spirit Sword Sect were alive and kicking, full of vigor.

This stark contrast made Zhou Tianquan both furious and enraged, almost causing him to go berserk on the spot.

"The cruelty of this Eight Sects Tournament far exceeded this Sect Leader's expectations," Lü Ziyang sighed, then announced loudly,

"Although only two sect teams survived and safely returned to the Arena, the number of collected tokens has lost its significance."

"But!"

"The tokens collected by the Blood Sword Hall and the Spirit Sword Sect still need to be brought out for inspection, for subsequent assessment."

As he spoke, Lü Ziyang's gaze swept over Young Master Xueyi and Xiao Ming and the others in turn.

Young Master Xueyi hesitated for a moment, then took out two storage bags and poured out all the tokens inside.

Lü Ziyang's eyes swept over them, confirmed the number of tokens, and nodded slightly, "The Blood Sword Hall collected quite a few tokens, over nine hundred."

"What about your Spirit Sword Sect?"

Lü Ziyang looked at Xiao Ming and the other two.

Xiao Ming smiled slightly and poured out all the tokens from his spatial ring. Lin Feng and Wang Hao also took out the tokens they had collected.

Clatter!

With a series of loud clanging sounds, the tokens brought out by Xiao Ming and the other two directly piled up into a small mound of iron!

Just a glance was enough to confirm that the number of tokens collected by Xiao Ming and the others was more than three times that of Young Master Xueyi!

Seeing this situation, everyone was startled.

Even Lü Ziyang's eyes widened.

"So many tokens, probably over three thousand," Lü Ziyang exclaimed in surprise, "I never expected the Spirit Sword Sect to possess such strength; it's truly eye-opening!"

At this moment.

Zhou Tianquan, who had always been at odds with the Spirit Sword Sect, stood up and angrily said, "The Spirit Sword Sect absolutely could not have collected so many tokens in half a day. They must have killed disciples from other sects to obtain so many!"

"Please, Sect Leader Lü, thoroughly investigate this matter and give justice to our respective sects!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the sect leaders of the branch sects simultaneously looked at Lü Ziyang.

Lü Ziyang, however, remained expressionless and said indifferently, "Sect Leader Zhou, you say that the Spirit Sword Sect massacred disciples of other sects. Do you have evidence?"

"This... I have no evidence," Zhou Tianquan said sheepishly.

"Don't speak nonsense about things for which you have no evidence!" Lü Ziyang said with displeasure, "Moreover, I, this Sect Leader, said before that during the tournament, we would not consider the means, only the results!"

"If you are not satisfied that your disciples were killed, then you can only blame your True Martial Sword Sect for being too weak!"

With that.

Lü Ziyang again looked at Xiao Ming and the others in the Arena, and asked with a gentle expression, "I, this Sect Leader, ask you, which of your disciples obtained the azure spirit lotus seedpod?"

"This disciple obtained it."

Xiao Ming stepped forward and stood out.

Then, he took out the fist-sized azure lotus seedpod from his spatial ring.

"Good! Very good!" Lü Ziyang clapped his hands and laughed, "I, this Sect Leader, said before that any disciple who obtains the azure spirit lotus seedpod will receive an additional reward."

"And the reward is the inheritance within the azure spirit lotus seedpod!"

With that, Lü Ziyang continuously formed hand seals and shot streaks of spiritual light towards the azure spirit lotus seedpod in Xiao Ming's hand.

And after absorbing numerous spiritual light incantations, the azure spirit lotus seedpod immediately burst forth with brilliant light. Subsequently, a terrifying sword intent surged out from within!

The sword intent soared to the sky, causing the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to rumble ceaselessly!

At the same time, a giant azure lotus phantom formed above Xiao Ming's head.

The phantom floated in the air, actually exuding a terrifying power comparable to a Transformation Domain Realm expert!