"Fellow Daoists!"
The purple-robed Foundation Establishment elder in charge of recruiting disciples stepped onto the stage.
At this point, registration has ended.
Lu Xuan estimated that there were at least several hundred to a thousand late-stage Qi Refining cultivators participating in the trial assessment, all of whom were outstanding individuals among the independent cultivators.
It included almost all the cultivators in the Tianhai Sect and Tianhai Kingdom, covering an area of tens of thousands of miles, including all the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.
Thousands of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators competed for fifty disciple slots.
It can be described as one in a hundred.
It seems that victory is impossible without a fierce battle.
Lu Xuan had long been mentally prepared for this.
Then, the purple-robed Foundation Establishment elder on the stage announced the assessment rules.
It's very simple.
It's a one-on-one duel.
It's still a battle without rules!
It involves thousands of cultivators fighting together, and the fifty strongest late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who emerge victorious become the newly admitted inner disciples of the Tianhai Sect.
Yes, they are inner disciples.
They skipped directly from being registered disciples and outer disciples to becoming inner disciples, and would be eligible to participate in the quota assessment for entering the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm in the future.
Above the inner disciples are the true disciples of the Foundation Establishment Guardians, Stewards, and Hall Masters!
The direct disciple of the Core Formation Elder.
The sect leader's disciple!
Among them, the direct disciples of the Core Formation Elder hold the highest status.
It is higher than that of a typical Foundation Establishment Steward.
The status of a Core Formation Elder's personal disciple is similar to that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment mid-stage disciple. In fact, their future prospects are even higher.
In Tianhai Sect, the stewards, worshippers, and hall masters of each peak are all cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Once you reach the late Foundation Establishment stage, you can serve as an outer sect elder!
The inner sect elders are all cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
Core Formation cultivators are all the masters of their respective peaks.
As far as Lu Xuan knew, Tianhai Sect had nine peaks.
There might be nine peak masters at the Core Formation stage!
These were just guesses for Lu Xuan.
Soon, at the old man's command...
The thousands of independent cultivators in the huge square quickly began to fight each other without any rules.
The sounds of explosions, such as "boom," were incessant.
"Come on, fellow Daoist, you'd better get out of here sooner!" A pockmarked young cultivator, relying on his Qi Refining eleventh level cultivation, wanted to eliminate Lu Xuan.
"Arrogant! You've asked for trouble!" Lu Xuan shouted coldly. He had originally planned to hide in this secluded corner and wait until the very end to make his move and decide the outcome. He hadn't expected that this pockmarked cultivator would also have his eye on this spot.
With a "bang".
Lu Xuan directly used that semi-top-grade magic artifact, the mirror.
While others might be reluctant to part with spirit stones, Lu Xuan would naturally not be stingy with anything.
What he needs now is to conserve his mana to deal with other powerful late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.
With a "whoosh".
Caught off guard, the pockmarked cultivator opposite was struck through the dantian by Lu Xuan's semi-top-grade magic artifact, the mirror, and died instantly.
They dealt with the invading pockmarked monk.
Lu Xuan remained in the corner; he wasn't going to go out and deal with these newbies, letting them wear him down first.
The late-stage Qi Refining cultivators nearby, seeing that Lu Xuan possessed a magical artifact that appeared to be a top-grade magic weapon, dared not cause him any trouble.
However, some people are confident that they are strong enough to seize Lu Xuan's magical artifact.
Sure enough, a middle-aged man in black robes, at the great perfection of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, charged towards Lu Xuan, his body radiating murderous intent, wielding an ordinary high-grade magic weapon.
"Hand over your top-grade magic weapon, and I might spare your life!"
Lu Xuan sneered upon seeing this:
"I hope you won't steal other people's magical artifacts in your next life."
"go!"
Lu Xuan took out thirty low-grade spirit stones and filled all the grooves on the semi-top-grade magic artifact mirror!
Now, the mirror artifact in Lu Xuan's hand directly unleashed the power of a truly top-grade artifact.
With a single strike, the middle-aged man in black robes opposite him was pierced by the black light, and his ordinary high-grade magic weapon was also destroyed.
This scene stunned the nearby late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and for a moment no one dared to cause trouble for Lu Xuan anymore.
Lu Xuan continued meditating in the corner, secretly concentrating all his attention to avoid being attacked by a master.
As more and more cultivators in the huge plaza were eliminated, a small number of them perished on the spot.
Most of them, seeing that they were no match for the enemy, fled and gave up the assessment.
At this moment, there are still about two or three hundred powerful late-stage Qi Refining cultivators left in the square, two-thirds of whom are cultivators at the twelfth level of Qi Refining!
Soon, three cultivators, seemingly from the same group and at the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, attacked Lu Xuan together.
They thought Lu Xuan was just a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and even with the help of top-grade magic artifacts, he couldn't possibly be their match!
Unexpectedly, Lu Xuan made a move in an instant, killing the first Qi Refining Grand Perfection cultivator. The remaining two were incredibly ruthless and did not back down.
One of them said, "Senior brother, his magical power is limited. At most, he can activate a top-grade magic weapon once or twice. If we join forces, we can definitely take him down!"
Judging from their attire, Lu Xuan realized that they were probably cultivators from a nearby small sect, who had come here to try their luck in the assessment.
It turns out that both of them possessed a high-grade magic artifact, which explains why they dared to cause trouble for Lu Xuan.
However, they clearly underestimated Lu Xuan's strength.
"go!"
With the help of the spirit stone.
Lu Xuan didn't need to expend much magic power at all.
It directly and generously unleashed eight or nine beams of black light.
The two cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining on the other side were no match for them.
In no time, it vanished into thin air. It could no longer be arrogant.
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