Chapter 2539

Lang Yi never expected that his words perfectly described Yun Ling’s performance. Yun Ling was indeed challenging opponents of a higher realm.

Yun Ling had already reached the peak of the Golden Immortal stage. He only needed a catalyst to break through to the early stage of the Immortal King. When he saw Chao He, he felt a sense of destiny. He believed this person might be his opportunity. Therefore, as soon as Elder Bai announced the start of the match, Yun Ling launched his attack immediately.

Yun Ling’s speed was incredibly fast. Lang Yi, being a swift swordsman himself, always preferred to settle matters with rapid strikes. However, the technique displayed by Yun Ling before him was truly astonishingly fast.

Yun Ling was also a swordsman. It was evident that he could be considered a swift swordsman as well. But Lang Yi noticed that Yun Ling’s speed seemed different from his own.

"Lang Yi, why do I feel that this Yun Ling is also a swift swordsman?" Ping Chuan watched and asked softly.

"His speed is different from mine. My speed incorporates wind elements, but his incorporates light elements. Have you noticed?" Lang Yi observed clearly.

"Light elements." Ping Chuan also realized it.

Wind itself is traceless and unpredictable. As a swift swordsman, Lang Yi incorporated wind elements into his swordsmanship, adding a layer of unpredictability. Because it was swift swordplay, many people accepted this aspect. Generally, swift swordplay was understood as being as fast as the wind.

However, no one had ever incorporated light elements.

The speed of light was incomparable to that of wind. The speed of light was so fast that one could not even imagine it. Since many people lived under the light, they knew that although light seemed to have no speed, its actual speed was impossible for anyone to chase.

So, although everyone knew light was fast, no one tried to chase it. It was simply impossible to achieve.

Yet, Yun Ling was using swift swordplay infused with light elements.

"You have lost." As Yun Ling’s words fell, his sword pressed against Chao He’s throat.

"I have lost." Chao He admitted his defeat. He had originally believed that as an Immortal King, he would naturally win. But he never expected that the child before him, full of youthful innocence, was a swordsman. Moreover, he was a true swordsman.

"The first round, Azure Sovereign Sect wins," Elder Bai announced.

After Elder Bai’s announcement, Yun Ling sat cross-legged on the ground immediately. The surrounding spiritual energy rushed toward him.

"Senior Brother Tian Yun, Cui Wan, take all the disciples up to guard her," Zhu Yanyi said urgently upon seeing this. It was obvious that Yun Ling was about to break through.

Ouyang Tianyun, Hong Lian, and Cui Wan, along with nine other senior and junior brothers and sisters, went up and surrounded Yun Ling in the center.

Although no one here dared to attack Yun Ling, they still needed to protect him.

"This child is about to break through," the Immortal Emperor stated.

The Immortal Empress nodded slightly beside him. "This child has always been diligent. After realizing that light elements could be fused into the sword dao, his sword cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. Now it seems his breakthrough is going quite well."

The Immortal Emperor nodded slightly. "His swordsmanship is excellent, and it is light-element swift swordplay. His future is boundless."

The Immortal Empress glanced at the Immortal Emperor. "He is not a pure sword cultivator. Besides, he practices swordsmanship for self-protection and to protect the junior brothers and sisters of the Azure Sovereign Sect."

Hearing this, the Immortal Emperor seemed to remember this fact and said unconsciously, "Right. The Azure Sovereign Sect seems to be a medical and pill cultivation sect. Sword cultivation is just auxiliary."

Jian Wuhua, hearing this, looked at the Immortal Emperor with a resentful expression. "Your Majesty, can you please not talk about this topic? It hurts my heart to hear."

"Why does it hurt your heart?" Zhang Yixing asked curiously from the side.

"How can it not hurt? This is such a good seed for sword cultivation. But listen to this—it is merely auxiliary sword cultivation. Their main business is medical and pill cultivation. How can I, a pure sword cultivator, remain calm?" Jian Wuhua sighed deeply.

The Immortal Emperor laughed. "The Azure Sovereign Sect has many talents. If you are discouraged by this, you had better not go to the Azure Sovereign Sect in the future.

Do you know that there are many types of talisman cultivators among the disciples of the Azure Sovereign Sect? Not only sword cultivators, but also blade cultivators, spell cultivators, and so on. Basically, they all have them, and each learns them very excellently. To say nothing of others, look at the children currently protecting Yun Ling. They are just like that."

Jian Wuhua naturally knew Cui Wan and the others. "Are they also mainly medical and pill cultivators?"

"Yes," the Immortal Emperor said seriously. "However, Cui Wan’s auxiliary cultivation is sword cultivation. Her main cultivation is medical cultivation. And that Gong Jue, her main cultivation is pill cultivation, but her auxiliary cultivation is mystery cultivation. Moreover, they practice each type of talisman cultivation very well. Their purpose is actually very simple: self-protection, and incidentally, protecting all the junior brothers and sisters of the Azure Sovereign Sect."

The leaders of the five major sects did not know what to say. After a while, Zhang Yixing said, "If that is the case, the Azure Sovereign Sect might challenge our Medicine King Valley."

The Immortal Emperor smiled. "You will know the final result when you go down."

The spiritual energy around Yun Ling became denser and denser. Thunder rumbled in the sky, indicating that he was about to undergo a tribulation.

After passing the tribulation, he would break through to the early stage of the Immortal King.

Looking at the clouds above, just as everyone was getting a bit impatient, the lightning struck down.

Seeing this, the surrounding disciples began to act.

Every time a tribulation lightning appeared, there were a total of nine bolts. In fact, the first eight were just preludes. The truly important one was the ninth. So, Cui Wan and the others acted to help deflect the first eight bolts of lightning away from Yun Ling. Yun Ling’s task was to fully withstand that last bolt of lightning.

With Ouyang Tianyun and the others present, the first eight bolts were not difficult. They were quickly dealt with. After the eight bolts were handled, Cui Wan and the others retreated a few meters each. Then, the ninth bolt struck Yun Ling directly.

Yun Ling needed to endure this bolt physically, then guide the lightning into his body to strengthen his physique, break through his bottleneck, shatter his barriers, and thus enter the early stage of the Immortal King.

It truly took two days for Yun Ling to consume the energy. When Yun Ling finally opened his eyes, two days had passed.

During these two days, Zhu Yanyi had Silver Fox bring some delicacies to distribute to the various sects present. There was no other way. After all, her disciple had occupied the challenge platform, so some basic etiquette had to be maintained. They could not let other sects complain about them.

The other sects had originally been unhappy in their hearts. However, with the exchange of delicacies, they did not say anything more. After all, one could not miss such an opportunity for promotion. It was also heaven’s will. Besides, the Immortal Emperor and the leaders of the five major sects on the judging platform had said nothing. Even if they had grievances, they could not say anything, let alone hold a grudge.

So, the matter was let go of, intentionally or unintentionally, by everyone.

After all, two days was nothing for Immortal Realm cultivators whose lifespans were thousands of years, or even infinite.