122: Female Killer Star

【You looked around and saw that some people were passionate, some were furious, and some were filled with killing intent. You immediately understood—it seemed everyone's illusionary experience was different.】

【The welcoming Disciple smiled as he scanned everyone, then pointed at a few people: “You, you, and you—eliminated! The rest of you pass.”】

【The few people who were called out lowered their heads in shame and left the main hall.】

【Judging by the killing aura emanating from them, it could be guessed that they had gradually lost their minds in the illusion and done things detrimental to the Heavenly Sword Sect.】

【“This Heart-Questioning Array is too terrifying; everything experienced changed according to one's own desires,” someone exclaimed in a low, trembling voice.

【“The Heavenly Sword Sect's Heart-Questioning Array is still gentle. I heard that some major powers' trials are comparable to time dial, capable of truly presenting your past and future,” someone nearby whispered in response.】

【You listened to the discussions around you, recalling your recent experience, and felt a lingering fear.】

【However, the Heavenly Sword Sect's Heart-Questioning Array truly couldn't compare to the Canglan Holy Land's “time dial.”】

【The Canglan Holy Land's “time dial” was truly terrifying, involving the Law of time and space, almost like genuinely making one experience the past and future.】

【This “Heart-Questioning Array,” however, was different. It could only confuse the mind, allowing people's wishes to come true, like a vivid daydream.】

【You had indeed thought about becoming the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect.】

【But strangely, why didn't you think about seeking revenge in the illusion?】

【Logically, you should have wanted to control the Heavenly Sword Sect, expand your power, and then seek revenge against the Liu Clan Immortal Family.】

【Unable to figure it out, you didn't dwell on it; passing the assessment was enough.】

【Soon, you arrived at the final stage: drawing lots for a competition.】

【The rules were simple: all Loose Cultivators would draw lots to duel, and the loser would be eliminated.】

【This method involved a significant element of Luck.】

【However, in the Cultivation world, Luck is often related to destiny, so Luck is also considered part of one's strength.】

【Because you had the System disguise you as an Innate Early Stage Cultivator before the simulation, as long as you didn't make a move, you would appear to be at this cultivation Realm no matter how you looked.】

【Moreover, there were many Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts that could hide one's cultivation, so no one would suspect you.】

【In fact, most of the Loose Cultivators present, as long as they didn't make a move, probably couldn't discern each other's true Realm.】

【After more than a hundred Loose Cultivators finished drawing lots, you saw that you had drawn “Number Six.”】

【Coincidentally, Pang Jia, who was beside you, also drew Number Six!】

【This meant you would duel Pang Jia.】

【This made you a little depressed; you didn't want to eliminate him.】

【Pang Jia looked at your number plate and also frowned: “Brother Qin, what do we do now? I don't want to eliminate you.”】

【“How about we find someone to swap lots?” You had a flash of inspiration.】

【“Hahaha,” a burly man with a scar on his face laughed as he looked at you, “Give me a hundred Spirit Stones, and I'll swap with you, how about it?”】

【You recognized him as Xu Zhentian; his Aptitude test showed him to have a Low Grade Miscellaneous Spiritual Root.】

【You swept him with your Divine Sense and found that he was over forty years old and already at the Qi Refining Late Stage.】

【To cultivate to the Qi Refining Late Stage at this age without some opportunities and means was very difficult; it seemed this person was not to be trifled with.】

【And Pang Jia was also at Qi Refining Late Stage; you were worried that Pang Jia might not be able to defeat him.】

【So you said: “I'll give you a hundred Spirit Stones; you swap with him.”】

【The meaning was clear: you wanted to fight Xu Zhentian.】

【Xu Zhentian was startled at first, then burst into laughter: “Hahaha...”】

【In his opinion, you were so young that you were, at most, at Qi Refining Middle Stage.】

【Pang Jia looked at you seriously: “Are you confident?”】

【“Don't worry, I'll definitely win,” you transmitted to him.】

【After hearing this, Pang Jia shook his head speechlessly. Under your repeated urging, he exchanged number plates with Xu Zhentian.】

【You also handed a bag of Spirit Stones to Xu Zhentian.】

【Xu Zhentian weighed the bag of Spirit Stones, then grinned: “Looks like you really have some goods.”】

【You ignored him and turned to watch the matches on the arena.】

【Most of these Loose Cultivators were at Qi Refining Middle Stage or Late Stage; their fights seemed like child's play in your eyes.】

【However, the next match silenced the entire audience—】

【A cold-faced young woman, looking barely in her early twenties, leaped onto the arena.】

【Her opponent was an old man with a face full of wrinkles, who, upon seeing her, said with a lecherous smile: “Little girl, you're quite pretty. Why don't you follow this old man and become a Cauldron for warming the bed...”】

【These words instantly enraged the woman! Her eyes turned cold, and she raised her hand—】

【A Spiritual Artifact, the “Spiritual Light Sword” Flying Sword, unsheathed with a clang, transforming into a dazzling stream of light that shot straight at the old man's heart!】

【Only then did the old man realize with horror that this woman was actually a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!】

【He was scared Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, hastily conjuring two shield Magical Artifacts to block in front of him, while simultaneously fully circulating his Spiritual Qi to condense a protective shield.】

【But it was all too late!】

【“Bang—Crack!”】

【The Spiritual Light Sword shattered the first shield like cutting tofu, its momentum undiminished, instantly piercing through the Spiritual Qi shield and directly impaling the old man's chest!】

【The old man's eyes widened. He looked down in disbelief at the bloody hole in his chest and fell to the ground with a thud.】

【The woman's expression was blank. She flicked her finger, shooting out a fireball that incinerated the corpse into ashes, not even bothering to pick up the qiankun bag.】

【The welcoming Disciple turned a blind eye to this—in the Cultivation world's competitions, life and death were left to fate.】

【This scene left the entire audience silent, a chill running down their spines.】

【“Fortunately, I didn't draw this fiendess...”】

【“That old man just had a foul mouth; he kicked an iron plate.”】

【“Nonsense! If you dare to be disrespectful to a Foundation Establishment Senior, what else is it but seeking death?”】

【You stood silently to the side, recalling that during the Spiritual Root Aptitude test—this woman was named Lan Yuting, a Low Grade Miscellaneous Spiritual Root.】

【How could such a young Foundation Establishment Cultivator have a Low Grade Miscellaneous Spiritual Root? Could it be... that Spiritual Roots and Aptitude could also be faked?】

【Soon, it was your turn and Xu Zhentian's.】

【He strode onto the arena, hooked a finger at you, and sneered: “You didn't take the path to Heaven, but you broke into the gate of Hell! Don't blame me for being ruthless!”】

【You could tell he was eyeing your Spirit Stones and couldn't be bothered with idle talk, so you said faintly: “Have you ever heard the saying, 'Villains die from talking too much'?”】

【Xu Zhentian grinned, then roared: “Raging Sand Slash!”】

【A ghost-head saber, as wide as a door panel, unsheathed with a clang, bringing a whistling gale as it chopped down!】

【This saber strike was powerful and heavy, enough to split stone tablets!】

【However, you remained motionless.】

【Only when the blade was close to your face did you casually raise your right hand, and with a soft “snap,” you firmly clamped the blade with two fingers!】

【Xu Zhentian's pupils constricted. He desperately tried to move the saber, but it was as if it were welded to a mountain, not budging an inch!】

【You exerted a slight force with your fingertips— “Crack!” The saber, forged from fine steel, shattered with a clang!】

【Before he could react, you casually flicked your left hand, and a condensed stream of true essence shot out, instantly piercing his Dantian!】

【Xu Zhentian froze in place, looking down in disbelief at the bloody hole in his abdomen, then collapsed with a thud, dead.】

【The entire arena was silent!】

【After a few breaths, gasps of surprise suddenly erupted:】

【“Another Foundation Establishment Senior!”】

【“No wonder he said that earlier... so he really is from another continent...”】

【“Could it be that he used a secret technique to disguise his Spiritual Root Aptitude? Otherwise, how could he reach Foundation Establishment so young?”】

【Lan Yuting, not far away, also glanced at you, frowning slightly, seemingly lost in thought.】