Soon, just as what happened in history, Qiu Changtian put forward his famous conclusion that the Demon Cult could not control the neutral monks, and that they would surely rush into the secret realm all at once.
As a result, Shushan also relaxed the restrictions, telling the peak masters and elders that anyone who wanted to enter the secret realm could do so without having to worry about the difficulty of the trial.
An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo were originally in the team entering the secret realm. Seeing that the Kunlun team had already set off, with Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian at the front, the two of them directly used the combination of man and sword and rushed towards the golden light in the sky.
As the sky and the earth spun, the two of them appeared in mid-air.
Below me was a vast sea of clouds, stretching as far as the eye could see; above me was a fragile sky, which was now riddled with holes. Stars had smashed through the sky and fallen straight down, and water from the Milky Way had been pouring back, making it seem as tragic as the end of the world.
An Zhisu was so shocked by this scene that she was speechless for a moment, but Ling Yunpo had expected this, so he just held his senior sister's hand tightly and kept scanning the surroundings with his spiritual sense.
Suddenly, an old man appeared in front of him. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes fell behind Ling Yunpo, and he frowned and asked:
"Master of Taiyin Sword?"
"Hello, senior." Ling Yunpo immediately saluted.
"Since you are the Taiyin Sword Master, the secret test of Qibao Xuanyuan this time must be changed." The old man thought for a moment and said, "With the help of Taiyin Suming Sword, this kind of ordinary natural disaster cannot kill you."
"How about this: any cultivator who is within ten thousand feet of you will receive a message from the secret realm. If they can kill you, the Taiyin Sword Master, they will directly obtain the position of the Master of the Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden... Well, this is very good, let's do it this way."
"How can this be!" An Zhisu was shocked and angry. Ling Yunpo was also shocked and said quickly, "This is unfair! We are all here to participate in the trial, how can we be treated differently like this?"
“Oh, young man, you don’t know this.” The old man said leisurely, “Our Qibao Xuanyuan secret realm tests nothing but fortune and luck.”
"Unfortunately, I had some grievances with someone in the past, and that enemy happened to be the owner of the Taiyin Suming Sword. So I am not happy with you and want to increase the difficulty for you. You can only blame your bad luck."
Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu were speechless, only to hear the old man say:
"Of course, if you can survive the rounds of sieges around you and become one of the twelve people who survived, you can take the Master of Qibao Xuanyuan. How about that? I've left you a way out, hahahaha..."
The old man disappeared with a loud laugh, and An Zhisu was silent for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed.
Ling Yunpo immediately knew that An Zhisu had received a message from the secret realm, and asked quickly:
"Senior Sister, what did the message say?"
"I told you your exact location." An Zhisu said quickly, "I also told you that as long as I kill you, I will automatically get the position of the master of Qibao Xuanyuan."
Ling Yunpo's expression suddenly changed, and his spiritual sense quickly swept around.
"There's no one around." An Zhisu continued, "We were lucky enough not to encounter any hostile monks."
"I'm afraid not." Ling Yunpo frowned and said, "I have the title of Taiyin Sword Master, so the enemy will definitely not underestimate me. If they get within ten thousand feet of me and receive the message from the secret realm, will they rush over to fight me in a one-on-one duel? They will definitely call their friends to besiege me, so that they can have a better chance of success!"
"What should we do then?" An Zhisu also became nervous.
Even though she was born with a swordsmanship and was not afraid of danger, she also knew that two fists could not beat four hands.
The two of them might be able to deal with four, eight, or even more than ten people, but what if there are thirty or forty enemies?
Even if they launch a volley of flying swords, unless they have some magical weapon with 360-degree defense, they will be stabbed to death by the flying swords!
"Let's go first!" Ling Yunpo said quickly, "The most urgent thing is to find out the time interval for secret realm communications!"
The two flew forward quickly on their swords. With Ling Yunpo's guidance, An Zhisu quickly calculated that the secret realm transmission was three times per incense stick, which was about once every five minutes.
In just five minutes, even if the two of them used their full strength to fly their swords, they could not fly a distance of ten thousand feet.
"That is to say." An Zhisu said quickly, "If someone is within the secret realm's communication range, from the time we receive the message to the next communication, even if we stand still, we can't escape from the communication range!"
"Sister, that's not how we calculate it." Ling Yunpo comforted her, "We should calculate the speed difference between us and the other party, and see how long it will take to increase the distance to more than ten thousand feet."
"Seven Killing Sword Technique is mainly about speed, and its speed should be much faster than other sword-controlling techniques." An Zhisu continued, "But it can only be so fast. If the opponent is chasing closely behind, it will take a long time to increase the distance to more than 10,000 feet."
"And if we just run away, it will become a competition of energy consumption." Ling Yunpo also said worriedly, "I'm afraid that the old man has some tricks up his sleeve, so we can't just run away, we have to kill him!"
Speaking of killing, An Zhisu immediately calmed down, his eyebrows raised, murderous aura overflowing, staring and asking:
"How?"
"Senior Sister, please follow me." Ling Yunpo nodded.
He took An Zhisu and quickly descended from the clouds and entered the range of the storm.
There was a heavy rain under the clouds, and thick water-based spiritual energy filled the air in all directions, greatly obstructing both vision and spiritual consciousness.
However, the scanning of Kunlun Mirror was completely unimpeded, so Ling Yunpo just took An Zhisu to fly slowly diagonally downward, while scanning and confirming the surrounding situation.
"The message has been sent." An Zhisu suddenly said.
"Let's go!" Ling Yunpo immediately turned around, and together with An Zhisu, he merged into one with the sword and quickly killed towards the rear.
About three or four minutes later, near the clouds, they met a dozen cultivators - they were neither from the orthodox sect nor from the evil sect, but Nascent Soul cultivators from a neutral sect.
Seeing that many people looked panicked the moment they saw him, Ling Yunpo immediately knew that these people were banding together to hunt him down, and quickly communicated with An Zhisu in secret:
"I'll be on your left and you'll be on your right. Let's end this fight as soon as possible!"
After saying that, the two of them went in separate directions and attacked the dozen or so monks.
Senior Sister An's swordsmanship was still superb and sophisticated. With the help of the ultra-fast speed of the unity of man and sword, she first made a big detour to escape from the opponent's field of vision, and then attacked from the rear, killing two or three enemies in an instant.
Those Yuanying cultivators wanted to snipe An Zhisu, but they found that the opponent's speed was so amazing that they couldn't lock onto An Zhisu's figure for a while. They were in chaos - some began to perform large-scale Taoist magic, while others tried to keep their distance. There was no coordination at all.
Ling Yunpo's fighting style is even more brutal. Relying on his abundant and powerful true energy and the high level of the Taiyin Suming Sword, he doesn't care about Taoism or magic weapons, he just rushes in and kills.
After a fierce killing spree, none of the dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators escaped. They were all chopped into white light by the two men and eliminated.