69: Ninety-nine Swords Violent Clear

While Chu Wuchen's words caused a stir of exclamations and discussions, there was no lack of mocking and ridicule.

"Where did this cripple come from? He doesn't even have arms, yet he's spouting such arrogant words. Do you know how fast this Ice Armor Puppet is?"

Closer to the arena, a black-clothed man with sinister eyes sneered.

Everyone else looked at Chu Wuchen with disdain and contempt.

"This person actually carries two Earth-Grade fire crystal stone longswords on his back. He doesn't even have arms, what kind of Sword Cultivator is he pretending to be?"

"And he's boasting that he's going to practice his swordplay with this Ice Armor Puppet. If he's so capable, then go up there!"

Not a single person among the onlookers believed what Chu Wuchen said.

The Ice and Fire Secret Realm opens once every ten years, and due to its exorbitant three million entry fee, the various Sect forces send in only their own Prodigies.

The names of the top 100 on the Leizhou Prodigy Ranking were known by heart by everyone.

Although they had never seen Chu Wuchen, they had never heard of any Prodigy on the Leizhou Prodigy Ranking who was a cripple with both arms missing!

Even Lu Kong, the 9th ranked on the heaven's chosen ranking, had been defeated by the Ice Armor Puppet.

It was even more impossible for this cripple to withstand a single move from the Ice Armor Puppet.

"Senior Brother Chu... perhaps, let's just forget it."

Yu Ruoxue tugged at Chu Wuchen's empty sleeve.

Chu Wuchen was several years older than Yu Ruoxue, so Yu Ruoxue called him Senior Brother, but in reality, Yu Ruoxue didn't know much about Chu Wuchen's strength.

She had just witnessed the Ice Armor Warrior's thunderous strike, and her heart had skipped a beat from fright.

The 77th ranked on the heaven's chosen ranking was instantly killed!

The 9th ranked on the heaven's chosen ranking was now unconscious, his life unknown.

In her perception, Chu Wuchen could absolutely not be an opponent for this Ice Armor Warrior.

Chu Wuchen was Revered Master Chu Qinglian's younger brother, so Yu Ruoxue certainly wouldn't let him go to his death.

"Don't worry, I have a sense of propriety."

Chu Wuchen ignored everyone's gazes around him, stepped into the Void Realm, and walked onto the arena step by step.

To everyone's surprise, Chu Wuchen even bowed to the Ice Armor Warrior.

"I am Chu Wuchen, Senior, please excuse my offense."

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ling'er's deepest conjecture coincided with Chu Wuchen's thoughts.

This Ice Armor Warrior didn't seem like a Puppet; it was more like the remnant Soul of a fallen warrior from an ancient battlefield. Although it didn't have a complete consciousness, it might have retained a trace of sentience.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the unmoving Ice Armor Warrior actually raised its head.

Its hollow eyes looked at Chu Wuchen.

Still no sign of joy or sorrow, no emotion whatsoever, but Chu Wuchen distinctly felt his Divine Soul being briefly scanned.

"Senior, behold my sword!"

Chu Wuchen did not use the fire crystal stone longsword on his back. Instead, he summoned nine yellow-grade longswords from his storage ring, which were one Rank lower in quality than the Earth-Grade fire crystal stone longsword.

He controlled the swords with his Divine Soul, and each sword emitted a subtle Sword Intent.

Clang!

The Ice Armor Warrior showed no mercy, unleashing a terrifying sword move no weaker than the previous two strikes.

On the sword move, there was not only Sword Intent but also sharp killing intent! And shocking Battle Intent!

Its speed was faster than lightning!

Chu Wuchen dared not be negligent in the slightest, and he, too, went all out!

His nine swords, imbued with Sword Intent, protected him impenetrably. Under the amplification of Sword Intent, these nine longswords did not shatter when struck by the Ice Armor Warrior, but merely flew back, scattered and disoriented.

Chu Wuchen simultaneously manipulated nine swords, clashing with the Ice Armor Warrior one after another.

Although he was in constant peril, he managed to barely hold his ground!

If one sword failed to block, another would swiftly rush forward. The Ice Armor Warrior's figure was forced to stop ten meters in front of Chu Wuchen, unable to advance at all as it was repeatedly struck by the nine Flying Swords!

"This, how is this possible!"

"This crippled kid, he wasn't instantly killed?"

Although Chu Wuchen was at a disadvantage on the stage, only able to clumsily parry and struggle to protect himself, appearing to be in full retreat.

But even so, he had already lasted on stage for over ten breaths of time, which was enough to show that his strength had far surpassed Lu Kong, the 9th ranked on the heaven's chosen ranking.

It was simply unbelievable.

"Nine swords aren't enough, again!"

Under the intense and continuous frequent impacts, Chu Wuchen's Divine Soul was tempered like a piece of Artifact Refining Materials being repeatedly hammered, constantly getting refined.

After only ten breaths of combat, his Divine Soul's strength had become much tougher.

Another nine swords were summoned, and a full eighteen yellow-grade longswords wildly attacked the Ice Armor Warrior.

And the Ice Armor Warrior seemed to sense something, as the swordplay in its hand actually sped up considerably.

Clang! Clang!

The Ice Armor Warrior fought eighteen swords with one, still suppressing Chu Wuchen and putting him at a disadvantage.

"Not enough, again!"

A pained expression appeared on Chu Wuchen's face as he once again summoned nine longswords. A full twenty-seven swords, all imbued with strong Sword Intent, attacked the Ice Armor Warrior from all directions.

The Ice Armor Warrior was actually forced back two steps.

"Look! The Ice Armor Puppet retreated!"

"Impossible, I must have seen wrong."

"What is the origin of this kid? Could he be a reclusive Genius from the Imperial Sword Sect?"

To outsiders, Chu Wuchen seemed to temporarily gain the upper hand, but only Chu Wuchen himself knew how much pain his Divine Soul was in at that moment.

If not for his Sword Soul Saint Body, he would have likely suffered Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering under such intense combat.

"Look, it's swordplay!"

"This Ice Armor Puppet actually knows swordplay!"

The Ice Armor Warrior was forced to use swordplay for the first time. The profundity of this swordplay far surpassed the Sect swordplay of the Qingyang Sword Sect, and it was very likely an Earth-Rank Sword Art.

Chu Wuchen became ruthless, immediately swallowing three Soul Condensing Pills to stabilize his Divine Soul.

"Why is he taking medicine? Isn't that against the rules?"

In the crowd, a large man over two meters tall grumbled.

Everyone else gave him a look as if he were an idiot.

In internal Sect competitions, taking medicine was certainly against the rules, but this was a Secret Realm! It was a fight to the death!

How could there be so many rules!

The battle between Chu Wuchen and the Ice Armor Warrior grew more and more intense!

Until the very end, it even stirred up a violent spiritual energy vortex, and the Sword Intent even contained the power to tear apart gazes, causing the onlookers' eyes to bleed.

Yet, they were unwilling to close their eyes.

Watching such a top-tier Sword Cultivator duel was of immense benefit to them!

The landing point of each sword was unexpected, yet seemed entirely appropriate.

The Ice Armor Warrior, alone with its sword, fought Chu Wuchen's sword array with peerless swordplay, each strike filled with a violent beauty.

Countless times, Chu Wuchen was almost decapitated, yet he blocked it again and again.

The longswords he summoned also gradually increased from twenty-seven to thirty-six, forty-five... ninety-nine!

"Ninety-nine Sword Array, kill!"

Chu Wuchen's ninety-nine yellow-grade longswords, in an unadorned manner, repeatedly stabbed the Ice Armor Warrior's front, one sword after another.

Each sword was faster than the last!

Each sword had more power than the last!

"Slash!"

Finally, the last sword completely pierced through the Ice Armor Warrior's head, and countless Flying Swords subsequently pierced through its body. The Ice Armor Warrior crashed down, breaking into pieces.

It transformed into specks of spiritual energy phantom and vanished.

The Ice Armor Warrior, dead!

Everyone's mouths hung wide open, unable to believe what they had just witnessed!

This Ice Armor Puppet, which guarded the Secret Realm trial, actually died?