Sword Heart Trial, Soul-Searching Questions! (Bonus Chapter for Hu Zhong Ri Yue 294/1300)

Hmm?

Players actually had a chance to claim the Peerless Good Sword?

In Ye Weiming's memory, the Peerless Good Sword was a divine weapon practically soul-bound to Bu Jingyun. There absolutely could not be any accidents during its recognition of a master. Based on his understanding of the system, it would surely spare no effort at a time like this to prevent players from sabotaging Bu Jingyun's acquisition of the sword.

Even if a player truly gained the Peerless Good Sword's approval, the system would find every possible way—even resorting to compensating them—to ensure that the sword ultimately ended up in Bu Jingyun's hands, so the subsequent plot would not stray too far from the original story.

With that preconceived notion in mind, the system's encouragement for all players to compete for the sword was rather baffling.

Still, Ye Weiming knew this was not the time to investigate the reason behind it. Opportunity did not knock twice. Since the chance was right before him, even knowing there might be a trap, he, like every other player around him, unhesitatingly cut open his arm and let his blood splash onto the floor of the Sword Pool.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!..."

As the blood of the hundred-plus players present flowed into the furnace at the center of the Sword Pool, just like the blood of the "Three Poisons" before it, the raging flames within burned even more fiercely. Blossoms of sparks erupted one after another, shooting into the sky before scattering in every direction like fireworks celebrating the birth of a divine sword.

A moment later, Ye Weiming suddenly noticed subtle changes in the scene around him. The traces of battle on the ground had vanished, and more than ninety percent of the NPCs and players had disappeared as well. Looking around, only