Chapter 36: Three Tests

Shi Xuan and Zhang Lai successively walked onto the open martial arts stage.

"Zhang Lai in the lower prison hall, please advise."

"Please advise in Shimono Xuan."

The two of them retreated for a few battles, ready to start the battle.

On the battlefield, a stick of incense began to ignite.

Zhang Lai entered the Tianhua Sect three years ago, and the fifth-order water spirit master of the Ning Yuan Realm was subordinate to the disciple of the Prison Hall, this person was infected by the atmosphere of the Prison Hall, and he was arrogant, but as a water spirit master who was higher than Shi Xuan's fifth-order, he was indeed a difficult opponent.

Shi Xuan clearly saw that Zhang Lai's whole body exuded the unique aura of a water spirit master, and in an instant, Zhang Lai's side turned into a stormy wave, and a river-like surging weak water rolled towards Shi Xuan, as soon as he made a move, he didn't give Shi Xuan a chance at all.

Shi Xuan knew that the water element's restraint on him did not use the fire shield body, but chose to push the speed to the extreme to avoid the opponent's torrent, seeing the opponent's hurricane-like figure, Zhang Laiwan smiled, "How long can you hide, see the move?"

A huge wave vortex formed around Shi Xuan, and the wild wolf's waves swirled wildly into his endless waves.

At this moment, Shi Xuan seemed to be wrapped in a ball of cotton, but his strength could not be released, his true fire had not been used until now, he had been waiting for the opportunity, and now even if he urged the real fire, there was no threat at all.

He tried his best to stabilize his body and not let himself be swept away by his waves, although the opponent's move was extremely controllable, but obviously he could not completely defeat him.

Seeing Shi Xuan, who was as stable as Mount Tai, his waves did not sweep him away, "Look at my frozen seal."

The swirling water enveloped Shi Xuan again, and in an instant, Shi Xuan was frozen, and suddenly it turned into a huge ice lump and fixed there.

Cheers erupted from under the platform, and someone shouted: "This is too weak, and even the spiritual skills have not been released until now, and they have been defeated all at once."

At this moment, the incense has just been lit for a while, "I didn't expect it to be so weak, and I tried my best as soon as I came out", Zhang Lai didn't expect to freeze him so easily.

At this moment, a trace of cracks appeared in the huge ice sculpture, and there seemed to be a huge fire light inside, and with a bang, a huge explosion followed, and in an instant, the fire light carried countless broken ice and swept the entire martial arts platform.

A flame figure jumping several feet high fell from the sky, and instantly came to Zhang Lai's side, Zhang Lai didn't even have time to retract his joy of victory, Shi Xuan's terrifying punch knocked him away with a single punch, and slammed it on the martial arts platform, leaving a distant trace on the ground.

And his protective water shield was broken in an instant, this move Shi Xuan had been brewing for a long time, urging Tianlong Bo Tianduel with all his strength, and with his divine fist, he hit an amazing explosion, and even a piece of ice wanted to trap him, Zhang Lai didn't take him seriously, this punch was at least five times more powerful by Tianlong Botian Duel.

Looking at Zhang Lai, who fell the stage, a large number of boos broke out below, "I'll just say, how can a battle that even the head of the sect pay attention to be so watery?"

Jiang Heng's eyes fluctuated a little, and Lin Zixu also said, "This strength is okay."

"I'll just say, Shi Xuan still has a chance to teach him a lesson for us", Dai Mengli said happily.

"Don't be too happy, Zhang Lai is just careless, one move is not enough to defeat him, but it will anger him, and the next thing is the good show", Jiang Heng said.

Zhang Lai on the ground was extremely annoyed, the other party's sudden outburst made him suffer a big loss, fortunately his water shield dissolved most of the power, otherwise he would have suffered, this punch is amazing.

"Good boy, I made a note of this punch, and you will feel good next", Zhang Lai's whole body was wrapped in a stronger water shield again, and he didn't want to be knocked away again.

"What's so proud of the frightened bird, watch me break your turtle shell", Shi Xuan shouted.

He erupted again and came to his side, this time Zhang Lai faced Shi Xuan Tianlong Bo Tianduel's five-fold bonus of breaking the air and seven slashes, Xueliang's big knife burst out on the field with terrifying aura, and one after another huge sword shadows slashed towards Zhang Lai, his figure exploded again, and the huge impact force was difficult to stop even if he was a water shield.

Cheers erupted from below the platform, and some disciples of the other main peaks cheered for Shi Xuan one after another, and they also wanted Shi Xuan to vent their evil anger for them.

Zhang Lai's water shield was broken again, and his sturdy spirit armor emitted strings of terrifying sparks, leaving three sword marks.

"It's such a terrifying strength, I heard that Zhang Lai's spirit armor was only recently forged, and it was a third-order spirit armor, and Shi Xuan's attack actually left such a terrifying sword mark", someone said.

Looking at the sword marks on his body, Zhang Lai was also sweating, he didn't expect the other party's melee to be so terrifying, even if the opponent's spiritual skills were restrained by him, Shi Xuan still broke out a terrifying attack.

Just when Shi Xuan attacked again and again, a terrifying wave rolled up around Zhang Lai, he realized that he couldn't let Shi Xuan get close, Shi Xuan was swept away by the sudden wave in an instant, and he was able to freeze his body from a distance, after opening the distance, a wall of water formed behind Zhang Lai, and then a water knife formed above his head, and it suddenly froze into an ice blade, shooting towards Shi Xuan frantically.

Looking at the ice blades flying in the sky, Shi Xuan summoned a fire shield to resist, the other party's ice blades were very powerful, he didn't dare to be careless, a knock knock sound came out, and these ice arrows hit his body and turned into powder.

At this time, a huge flame hand instantly grabbed Zhang Lai, who was casting ice archery, and pulled it over, Zhang Lai hurriedly urged the water shield of the whole body to resist, and finally broke free from the shackles of Shi Xuan's flame giant hand halfway, but what was waiting for him was a large piece of ruthless and endless flame meteors, each flame was the size of a watermelon, Shi Xuan saw the opportunity to be a flame meteor shower, Zhang Lai's fire shield melted instantly, and he rolled in pain with the fire all over his body, Shi Xuan continuously launched a flame strike, and soon Zhang Lai's place was full of fire, Shi Xuan and Tianlong Botian Decisive Bonus, the power of this flame meteor was extremely terrifying, even if Zhang Lai summoned weak water several times to resist, it was useless。

A stick of incense on the edge of the venue had burned out at this moment, but their battle continued, neither side admitted defeat, and Shi Xuan's flame meteor finally ended.

At this moment, the flames were burning brightly, and Zhang Lai, who was smoking all over the ground, finally extinguished the flames on his body, and at this moment, his sturdy spirit armor made a crackling sound, and it shattered all at once.

"Ah, bastard, I'll fight with you", Zhang Lai suffered a huge loss this time, in addition to being humiliated, he also lost the spirit armor, which he spent a lot of money to obtain, if he lost the game, Xie Tianxing didn't know how to punish him.

His waves struck again, and terrifying ice rings formed under Shi Xuan's feet, and half-meter ice spikes rose out, and the slightest mistake was pierced through his feet.

Shi Xuan used the wood-burning shackles to pull the broadsword and spin wildly around the field, cutting off a large piece of ice spikes in a moment.

He set off a wall of fire and killed Zhang Lai, Zhang Lai also set off a wall of water and hit him, water and fire blended together for a while, and finally fell silent, Shi Xuan, who was close again, was no longer given a chance by him, like a dragon-like figure, wandering on the field, as if a real dragon went out to sea, his silver fist gathered a terrible fire spirit, and punched out this time Zhang Lai had no spirit armor, and he couldn't withstand such a terrifying punch at all, he fell off the martial arts arena with the flames.

Only Shi Xuan was left standing on the field again, and he instantly released a huge circle of fire around his body, and the huge circle of fire continued to spread, directly sweeping away the countless remnants of ice and flames on the field, and the flames on his body were like the god of fire descending into the world.

The people under the venue immediately cheered, not to mention Shi Xuan's victory over the strong with the weak, he taught the disciples of the Prison Hall for everyone, which made everyone very happy.

"Brother Shi Xuan really didn't disappoint me, you look at the charcoal on the ground, they also have a day of eating ashes in the prison hall", Dai Mengli said happily.

"Hey, it's rare that my sister is so happy, this kid has two brushes", Lin Zixu is rare to praise.

"His fire elemental affinity is indeed very strong, this flame spirit skill must be of a very high grade, and I don't know where he got it from", Jiang Heng felt this wonderful battle.

At this moment, the other disciples of the Torture Prison Hall carried Zhang Lai away with a disgraced face, he suffered a lot of injuries, at this time, Xie Tianxing, who was watching the battle on the stage, did not look very good, not because Zhang Lai lost and embarrassed him, but he felt that so many disciples of the Tianhua Sect were disgusted with the disciples of their Torture Prison Hall, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Senior Brother Xie, it's time for your disciples in the Prison Hall to restrain yourself, you see that if you continue like this, you will soon provoke the anger of the public", Dai Tiande said to Xie Tianxing.

"What my brother taught me is that I will restrain them when I go back," Xie Tianxing said.

"Quiet, Shi Xuan, you have completed the first test, you are qualified for the second test, the tenth-level heavenly step of the mountain after tomorrow is your test, today you go back to rest, and participate in the second test early tomorrow morning", Dai Tiande left with a few elders after speaking.

"Did you see those black-faced guys in the Torture Prison Hall just now? On weekdays, they were powerful, but this time the old face was gone, and a fifth-order disciple was actually beaten so embarrassed by a newcomer who had just stepped into the Ning Yuan Realm," someone said with a smile.

"This time it's up to them how arrogant they are."

The laughter of the people in the square dispersed, and the face of the prison hall was about to be lost.

Shi Xuan stepped off the stage and came to Dai Mengli, "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life and completed my senior sister's task."

"Haha, did you see him burned into a piece of charcoal? This time it's time for them to take a break, they did a good job, and they have won a great victory," Dai Mengli said happily.

"You hurry up and go back and take a rest, tomorrow's tenth-level heavenly step is not a joke", Jiang Heng was a little worried.

"What is the tenth-level heavenly step, what are you so afraid of?" Shi Xuan was puzzled.

"These ten heavenly steps are a strange thing that my Tianhua Sect has stood for thousands of years, and it is rumored that it is a ten-step ladder set up by the ancestor of the Kai faction, which contains some marks of the ancestor master, even after thousands of years, his coercion still exists, and it is even more difficult to step on the ten steps", Jiang Heng introduced.

"Yes, almost all disciples of the first order can easily go up to him, and in the second order, you can feel a huge pressure, and the pressure of each order in the future will increase several times, and it will be a nightmare to step on the tenth order," Dai Mengli said.

"So there are so many disciples of Tianhua Sect, has anyone successfully stepped on the tenth order?"

At this time, Lin Zixu also looked at Jiang Heng on the side in embarrassment, Dai Mengli also nodded, and said: "In the entire Tianhua Sect, now only Senior Brother Jiang Heng has successfully ascended to the tenth heavenly step, and Senior Brother Lin and I have stopped at the ninth order", Dai Mengli said.

Shi Xuan was instantly in awe of this senior brother at this moment, "This, Senior Uncle Xie also thinks too highly of me", Shi Xuan was a little speechless.

"Actually, Senior Brother Shi Xuan, you are not hopeless, your talent is actually not lower than any of the three of us present, when we challenged, it was about the same strength as you, and it was not anything else that wanted to step into the last order, it was completely unyielding perseverance and endurance, this is where Master Xie wants to inspect you, if you want to overcome the nightmare in your body, you need this kind of perseverance, Master Xie did not mean to make it difficult for you", Jiang Heng taught.

"I see, I thought he was just trying to make things difficult for me", Shi Xuan was ashamed.

"Let's go back and get ready," Dai Mengli said.

Shi Xuan said goodbye to the three of them and went back to prepare for tomorrow's test. Today's victory can be regarded as a lot of confidence for himself, although the road is difficult, but he has not stopped.

After a night of adjustment, Shi Xuan adjusted himself to the most recent state, the tenth-level Heavenly Rank should not be underestimated, and only the senior brother of the entire Tianhua Sect had successfully challenged at this stage, one could imagine the hardships involved.

Shi Xuan can say that since he stepped into the cultivation, he has never been arrogant, he knows his ability, as a dual element high affinity, he has an unparalleled talent in the world, and many potential powers he has never discovered him, this Heavenly Rank challenge has undoubtedly given him this opportunity.

In the early morning of the next day, the light of the sun once again passed through the clouds, Shi Xuan felt the incomparably rich aura of the Tianhua Sect, this place was very suitable for the cultivation of the spirit master, it was the place he dreamed of, he cherished the time he spent here, and he only needed to complete the remaining two tests in front of him, and he could continue to practice here.

"These difficulties are like those fogs before dawn, when the sun rises, they will disappear, as long as I still have a breath, I must overcome these difficulties", Shi Xuan's gaze at the moment was resolute, he had a desperate determination.

He was led by a disciple of the Tianhua Sect to the back mountain of a main peak, and the Heavenly Rank Peak was famous for the existence of the Heavenly Rank.

It is said that the patriarch of the Tianhua Sect specially created this ten-level heavenly step in order to test the disciples who worshiped under his disciple, and he injected a wisp of his spiritual imprint into it, and every disciple who entered the Tianhua Sect had to challenge the heavenly step once, so as to test the perseverance and endurance of a disciple, and it can also be seen how much potential a person has.

In history, there have been many disciples who have thoroughly stimulated their potential strength in the process of challenge, so that they can ride the dust in the future cultivation process, from the original obscurity to the later strength of the refinement.

It can be said that this Heavenly Tier challenge is also a huge opportunity for the challenger, and if he succeeds in unleashing his potential, it is definitely worth the fight.

Shi Xuan and the others soon came to the back mountain of the Heavenly Ladder Peak, where there is a heavenly step that goes straight to the top of the mountain, this heavenly step has a total of one hundred steps, and there is a platform for every tenth step, Shi Xuan only needs to reach the tenth order this time.

Shi Xuan carefully observed the Heavenly Ladder Peak, as soon as he arrived here, he felt an inexplicable pressure, this pressure came from the depths of his soul, "Is this the pressure of a great sage-level powerhouse? Even after thousands of years, it has not subsided", Shi Xuan seemed to see a towering Terran powerhouse on the top of the peak looking down on the Tianhua Sect silently.

At this time, the Heavenly Rank Peak had already gathered a lot of disciples from the Heavenly Rank Peak, and they heard that the master uncle was going to come here to observe the disciples challenging the Heavenly Rank, so they all came to join in the fun.

Soon Jiang Heng and the other three also came here, and they also wanted to witness Shi Xuan's potential.

"Have you heard?this newcomer is called Shi Xuan, he defeated the fifth-order disciple of the Torture Prison Hall yesterday, and today he is going to challenge the tenth-order Heavenly Order", someone was discussing.

"Tenth Order, no one has succeeded in these years, the last time was five years ago, no one has succeeded except Senior Brother Jiang Heng", some people were surprised.

"Who said it wasn't, even Senior Brother Lin and Senior Sister Dai stopped at the ninth order, and Senior Uncle Xie actually asked Shi Xuan to challenge the tenth heavenly order, is this obviously difficult?"

"The people in the prison hall are really excessive, bullying a newcomer", some people feel that the people in the prison hall are too bullying, relying on the power in their hands.

Shi Xuan looked at this heavenly step seriously, it looked plain from a distance, but Shi Xuan obviously felt a strange Dao rhyme in it, this is something left by a great sage, and it has its own uniqueness.

Not long after, several divine rainbows crossed the sky and landed on the Heavenly Ladder Peak, and in the Tianhua Sect, only these figures above the elder level dared to fly with spiritual weapons inside the sect.

Dai Tiande, Xie Tianxing and other seniors came to watch the challenge. All the disciples said respectfully, "I have seen the head of the sect and the elders."

"Shi Xuan, are you ready to challenge the Heavenly Steps?" Xie Tianxing looked at Shi Xuan in front of the Heavenly Steps.

"Kid Shi Xuan is ready," Shi Xuan said.

"The second heavenly step is my master's masterpiece, every Tianhua Sect disciple has to challenge, this is the ancestral master's test for you, the tenth level of the heavenly step is not simple, but with your talent, the old man is not a bully you, in this process how much you can feel depends on your talent, for thousands of years, there is no shortage of ordinary disciples in it to get a great opportunity to soar into the sky, you have to grasp your own destiny", Xie Tianxing said.

Everyone fell silent, quietly watching Shi Xuan's challenge, they also wanted to see if this young man could have a miracle.

Shi Xuan walked towards the heavenly step instead, he was not stupid enough to rely on speed to break through, as others said, the first order can basically step up as long as he is a spirit master, there is not too much pressure, and when he reaches the second order, Shi Xuan obviously feels some pressure, this strength is at least five times that of the first order, but he also stepped on it without surprise.

At the third level, this strength is almost the limit of mortals, but as spirit masters, they don't have much difficulty as long as they urge spiritual power. Fourth-order Shi Xuan felt as if his body was being tied with a huge shackle, even lifting his legs was extremely difficult, and a blazing power came from his dantian, and this feeling weakened.

When he reached the fifth order, his body began to sweat, even with the help of urging aura, his body seemed to be as heavy as carrying a mountain on his back, and he gritted his teeth and stepped on it with difficulty.

At the sixth order, Shi Xuan's breathing became extremely difficult, as if there were countless resisting demons and then dragging his feet fiercely, preventing him from moving forward.

Many people under the platform were silent, many of these newcomers could only reach the fifth order, and the sixth order had already reached their limit.

"Can he go up, I vaguely remember the scene when I challenged, like a group of demons pulling me into a dark hell", someone recalled.

Shi Xuan's all-round burst of his own strength, wanting to rely on the strength of his body alone is obviously not enough to fight, all the big holes under his feet are shining, and under the urging of the huge force, Shi Xuan once again stepped towards the seventh order with difficulty. Many people below took a breath of cool air, and Shi Xuan had already defeated ninety percent of the rookie disciples at this time.

At this moment, Shi Xuan's whole body was trembling, and a trace of hallucination appeared in front of his eyes, his head seemed to weigh a thousand catties, as if he was about to fall to the ground all of a sudden, the huge pressure was difficult to mobilize even the aura in his body, and the meridians of his whole body trembled under the pull of power.

"No, I can't fall like this, I still have a lot of things to do", Shi Xuan's dantian erupted with blazing energy again, a surging force operated rapidly, the originally blocked meridians lit up again, and his whole body exuded terrifying firelight, he broke out again, his feet seemed to weigh a thousand catties, but he stepped on it without hesitation.

There was already thunderous applause from the audience at this moment, he had come to this point, he was already the pinnacle of the newcomers in the entire Tianhua Sect, and there were no more than ten newcomer disciples who could step into the eighth order.

Even Dai Tiande's eyes are shining at this moment, and this person has already entered his eyes.

At this moment, Shi Xuan, he seemed to be standing in hell, the surroundings were already dark and lightless, only eternal darkness, he seemed to feel the sky and the earth cracking, the roof of the world pressing on his body, as if he was about to fall into hell forever, unable to turn over, his dantian felt like it was about to explode, the blood veins of his whole body were flowing backwards, and there was darkness in front of him.

His staggered body was shaky, and he was about to fall in the next second.

"Shi Xuan, keep the door of your heart, you can overcome the fear in your heart, come on", Jiang Heng seemed to see himself five years ago, he was also like this, but at the last moment he overcame the darkness in his heart and successfully walked up.

Shi Xuan's every organ in his body was struggling at the moment, he was squeezing every trace of strength in his body, he was stimulating his potential, at this time, there seemed to be a faint fountain-like power in his meridians that was gathering, and soon he opened his eyes again, and the warmest sunlight from heaven and earth once again expelled the darkness of hell, and his legs were sold forward again.

At this time, Lin Zixu looked at this stubborn young man blankly at the moment, and he was arrogant and treated Shi Xuan differently at the moment, he knew very well what he was doing at this time, and now this young man has also done it.

"Can he still work miracles?" Dai Mengli looked at stupidly.

"Senior brother, he can come this far, I think he can pass the test", Dai Tiande also felt the perseverance of this child at this moment.

"Let's take a look again, maybe I'm really too harsh", Xie Tianxing began to doubt his decision for the first time.

In this ninth order, Shi Xuan was like purgatory, he felt that he had fallen into a crazy nightmare again, he saw his own demonic situation, he was like a demon in this world ruthlessly killed, countless people he guarded died tragically at his feet, even his closest parents, Yuan Caiwei, and his best friends died tragically at his hands one by one, a demonic monster broke away from his body, flew into the sky and turned into the king of nightmares, he laughed at Shi Xuan madly.

"Loser, you only deserve to be my sacrifice, everything you do is for me, all your efforts have made a wedding dress for me, hahaha, go die", the Nightmare King frantically killed Shi Xuan, wanting to devour him.

Under the stage, everyone looked at Shi Xuan, who had fallen into madness, his eyes were radiating red light at the moment, and his body was full of evil energy, he was in an extremely dangerous situation.

"Senior brother, get ready to make a move, I think he can't hold on", Xie Tianxing said.

"No, wait, you see he still seems to have a chance to turn around," Dai Tiande said.

Shi Xuan shouted: "Die, you don't want to defeat me in the illusion realm, I won't be your sacrifice", Shi Xuan's heart lit up, a pure power spread to his whole body, the evil aura of the nightmare was instantly expelled, and his eyes returned to clarity again.