A sinister smile crept into Yunya's eyes; the duel of masters he had been anticipating was taking place inside the gatehouse.
As Yun Feng watched Yun Peng and Yun Feng enter one after another, determined to enter the top three, she took a deep breath and then pressed down on the cloud, heading straight into the gate.
The enormous gate opened wide, like a ferocious beast with its jaws wide open, swallowing everyone before slowly closing.
Inside the main hall, the sect leader watched as everyone disappeared, then waved his wide sleeves, and an illusory scene appeared before them.
"Gentlemen, the final selection process for core disciples is now beginning!"
Xu Long's eyes lit up slightly; it was as if a giant gaping hole had opened up in the gray sky.
It was as if a pair of eyes were observing him from beyond the blurry sky.
Upon entering the building, one immediately senses that the space is being artificially controlled.
The fragmented space created by the sect leader was much more solid than that Deacon Hall.
Just as he had warned his disciples before, they should not hesitate to take the lead in the selection process and should not hide their methods in this space.
After entering the fragmented space, Xu Long quickly glanced at the jade tablet in his hand, which contained the coordinates of twenty-five people.
He knew that the disciples within this space could also see him, and perhaps some were heading towards his location.
The selection process involved choosing twelve people from twenty-five, which required them to quickly defeat anyone they saw.
Xu Long was confident that he had made it to the finals, but he knew that the sect leader wanted to select the top five from these twelve people.
Only the top five are truly the candidates for the Journey to the Vast Sea.
Lost in thought, his will swept across the jade tablet, and a cultivator very close to him had already arrived.
Xu Long's expression hardened, and a glint of light appeared in his eyes as a streak of light shot towards him from the air.
The figure within the streak of light moved with incredible speed, and the trailing light ahead of it was equally swift and powerful.
As the streak of light approached in an instant, Xu Long was unable to change his form, and the power emanating from the streak of light was already being released.
While in mid-air, he could only spread out one palm and slap it hard against the incoming streak of light.
After a resounding clang of metal, Xu Long paused mid-air.
Like trees swaying in a hurricane, it swayed violently.
The force of the palm strike that landed on the flowing light was instantly released.
Like a raging torrent, it crashed heavily in front of Xu Long, but after a moment of swaying, Xu Long returned to normal.
After the clash of metal, the flowing light was thwarted and dissipated into a wisp of pure energy that swirled away.
The figure within the escape light behind him was momentarily stopped, and as the pure energy swirled back, it hovered uncertainly above his head.
At this moment, he thought to himself: What a powerful body! It actually dared to take my sword strike head-on!
The two figures in the air stopped. After Xu Long struck out with his palm, he flipped his wrist, and a burst of energy caused his robes to tremble.
The opponent had used about 100% of their Magic Power in that sword strike, and the sudden attack by the opposing cultivator clearly indicated an intention to achieve a swift victory.
But now that the other party has attacked, how could Xu Long let him go?
The floating figure slowly turned around, and a solid magic seal quickly formed in its hand.
The moment the magic seal was formed, it was instantly unleashed in Xu Long's hands.
Before the cultivator opposite could react, he felt himself being overwhelmed by a powerful aura.
With a single sweep of his True Spirit, he knew that the opponent's magic seal was already approaching. Knowing that he could not avoid this magic seal, he urged the pure energy swirling above his head.
The dispersed pure energy instantly condensed again, and as the flowing light within it condensed, Xu Long's magic seal was already right in front of him.
At this moment, the cultivator was secretly surprised. He was, after all, a Xuanxian Immortal Realm cultivator, and had attacked Xu Long the instant he discovered him in the fragmented space.
He thought his speed was extremely fast, but to his surprise, Xu Long first shattered his flowing light with a palm strike.
When he came to his senses again, the opponent's magic seal was already in front of him. Only then did he realize what speed truly meant.
The stream of light formed from the pure energy was clearly very light, and its movement even carried a strong wind.
The solid magic seal was blocked by the stream of light as it attacked, and Xu Long behind it was not slow at all.
After the will activated the magic seal, a sword light flashed out in an instant.
Buzz!
A crisp sword sound rang out in the arena.
The Mystic Immortal cultivator felt a tremor in his heart; the sound of the sword made him sense something was amiss.
When the sword rang out, his True Spirit was unable to perceive the source of the danger.
His brows furrowed instantly, and regardless of where the sword light came from, he quickly formed a hand seal in front of his chest.
A hand seal instantly condensed on his chest, accompanied by a gust of wind.
The Mystic Immortal cultivator unleashed a magic seal above his head, which acted like a shield, firmly protecting him from below.
However, at this moment, a glint of sword light was reflected in the eyes of the Mystic Immortal cultivator. After the Mystic Immortal Dharma Seal was unleashed, the speed of the sword light increased by three times.
The beam of sword light split into dozens of sword energies as it shot through the air.
After dozens of sword energies erupted, the sword light magnified instantly in the pupils of the Mystic Immortal cultivator.
The sounds of "bang bang bang" echoed overhead as the sword energy struck the magic seal like heavy hammers.
The summoned magic seal cracked repeatedly with a dull sound.
As the cracks spread, even the Mystic Immortal cultivators felt a tremor in their hearts.
Before he could react, after the sword energy passed, the enlarged sword light in his eyes shot out.
A deafening roar erupted in the arena. The sword light was incredibly swift when it came, but it felt as heavy as a mountain when it reached us.
The shattered seal deformed instantly, and then suddenly broke apart an inch after the sword light fell.
The energy of the seal had already been released, but the sword light still had some strength remaining above his head.
The Mystic Immortal cultivator below was horrified. He had been thinking of escaping when the sword light came, and now his body was flying backward like a cannonball.
However, the sword light still possessed considerable power and continued its pursuit, a sharp edge appearing above the Mystic Immortal cultivator's head.
In his haste, he didn't have time to think things through and threw out a talisman in an instant.
The pale yellow talisman looked extremely ancient, as if it had been sealed away for a long time.
When it was thrown out of the arena, it immediately caught Xu Long's attention.
Xu Long narrowed his eyes from behind; the patterns engraved on the talisman were something he had never seen before.
I don't know where this guy got it from, but now is not the time to ponder it.
Upon seeing the talisman appear, Xu Long's will urged the sword light to increase by three times, slashing down on the Mystic Immortal cultivator's body in an instant.
With a "whoosh," the talisman thrown into the air instantly grew ten times larger, as if forming a wall that surrounded the Mystic Immortal cultivator.
The sword light, having gathered its power, suddenly struck the talisman, but the talisman only curled slightly.
As if using softness to overcome hardness, it completely concealed the power of the sword light within the talisman.
The Mystic Immortal cultivator behind him, having unleashed his talisman, dared not linger any longer and vanished from the sword light in a flash.
Xu Long frowned, and as his will followed the sword light down, he sensed something unusual about the talisman.