Hu Liena came before the Blood Pool and, under everyone's watchful gaze, grasped the divine sword that symbolized the inheritance of the Asura God position.
A streak of red light burst forth, spiraling around her palm before surging upward. It quickly spread to the crown of her head. Hu Liena's eyes instantly turned crimson, and as the red light descended from the sky, her entire body was shrouded in killing divine light.
Just when everyone thought everything was proceeding smoothly, Hu Liena suddenly cried out in pain. The Asura Divine Sword shook her away, sending her flying.
"What happened?"
Gu Sheng hurriedly moved and caught Hu Liena. From what he sensed, everything was normal. The Asura Divine Sword was almost finished accepting Hu Liena as its chosen successor, yet the process had suddenly been interrupted.
Hu Liena lay weakly in Gu Sheng's arms and said, "I'm not entirely sure either. Just now, a force of rejection came from within this divine sword, and then I was..."
"I'll give it a try. There may still be some remnant of the Rakshasa Divine Sense."
After thinking it over, Bibi Dong spoke up and stepped forward to grip the hilt of the Asura Divine Sword.
The process was exactly the same as before, but just as the red radiance was about to cover her entire body, Bibi Dong suddenly let go and retreated several steps, a trace of suspicion flashing through her eyes.
"Teacher, are you all right?"
Seeing that something was wrong with Bibi Dong, Hu Liena forgot her own condition and hurriedly asked with concern.
Bibi Dong shook her head in confusion. "I'm fine. I sensed that the Asura Divine Sense within the divine sword seemed to be deliberately resisting just now. But strangely, if the Asura Divine Sense possessed that