Ding! You had successfully passed the Peerless Good Sword's Sword Heart trial, gained the Peerless Good Sword's recognition, and successfully obtained the Peerless Good Sword Sword Heart!
As the system notification rang out, the Peerless Good Sword in Ye Weiming's grasp immediately transformed into countless motes of light and merged into his flesh and blood.
At the same time, an invisible force of repulsion suddenly rose from the furnace flames, "pushing" Ye Weiming out from the heart of the Sword Pool. After flipping through the air, he landed steadily on the ground.
Then, the surrounding scene changed as well.
The gigantic Peerless Good Sword that Ye Weiming had shattered with a single palm strike still stood perfectly intact amid the flames at the center of the Sword Pool, completely enveloped by soaring fire.
A great number of powerful NPCs had gathered around it: Sword Master, Ao Tian, Bu Jingyun, Duan Lang, Jian Chen, Madam Ao, and countless experts from Sword Forging Manor. Every one of them wore a solemn expression.
More than half of the hundred-plus players who had previously been pulled into the instance had also been teleported out, appearing where they had stood before entering the trial realm, their faces filled with confusion.
A small half had yet to emerge. Presumably, they had either been slain by the fiery Sword Master during the trial or burned to death by the blazing flames.
After a brief moment of silence, people immediately began shouting over one another.
"Damn! My trial mission had only just started. Why was I suddenly teleported out?"
"Exactly! I'd only just started fighting the Sword Master. I hadn't even lost yet, so why was I kicked out?"
"Good thing, too. I nearly lost to the Sword Master's sword. Wasn't this the system's player protection mechanism?"
"Say,