“Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess, I shall challenge you.”
The Black River Sword Saint Lord couldn’t defeat Li Fuchen, but it didn’t mean that he couldn’t defeat the Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess.
He was different from the Yin Yang Sword Saint Lord, he had connected with one streak of the black river sword dao source power.
Before he even went on stage, his sword light was already far ahead and blasted at the Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess. The black wave was illusory and real at the same time.
“Come then.”
The Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess brandished her sword and there were red leaves that appeared from the void. The red leaves floated randomly and wherever the leaves went, there was killing intent.
Bang Bang Bang…
The red leaves shattered while the black wave exploded.
They had both connected with the source power. Right now, they were contesting with burst strength and whose sword art was superior.
The four other stages also had people challenging them.
The challengers were basically pinnacle sword dao saint lords. They had no chance of getting into the top five, but they wanted to use this opportunity to spar with unparalleled sword dao saint lords. During normal times, they wouldn’t even have the chance to encounter unparalleled sword dao saint lords. Even if they encountered them, the unparalleled sword dao saint lords might not want to spar with them.
“I am Star Revolve Sword Saint Lord. Please give me some guidance.”
At Li Fuchen’s stage, a pinnacle sword dao saint lord came over.
“Come.” Li Fuchen nodded.
After gathering courage, the Star Revolve Sword Saint Lord attacked Li Fuchen.
His sword art was like the revolution of a star river and was absolutely beautiful.
Li Fuchen genuinely wanted an exchange but he didn’t wish to spend too much time either. With a single point of his finger, he pointed out the flaw of the sword move.
Even in defeat, the Star Revolve Sword Saint Lord wasn’t unhappy. Instead, he cupped his fist, “Many thanks.”
If a sword move had a flaw, it meant it wasn’t perfect. An imperfect sword move couldn’t be pushed to the quasi-supreme rate.
As time flowed by, no one else challenged the four other stages. Right now, the Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess and the Black River Sword Saint Lord were still in a bitter battle.
The duo were rather evenly matched and it wouldn’t be that easy to settle with a victory.
Perhaps it was due to her victory over the Yin Yang Sword Saint Lord earlier, the Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess gained momentum as she fought harder. Two hours later, she broke through the Black River Sword Saint Lord’s defense and drew a sword wound on his body.
In a true battle for life and death, being struck once meant nothing. However, this was the Sword Saint Meet and being inferior meant defeat.
The Black River Sword Saint Lord was unwilling to accept the outcome and carried on to challenge the Shadow Stalk Sword Saint Lord.
However, the Shadow Stalk Sword Saint Lord was even stronger than the Red Leaf Sword Saint Lord. He took just 15 minutes to defeat the Black River Sword Saint Lord.
Ultimately, the top five participants of the Sword Saint Meet were decided. They were Li Fuchen, the Wind Cloud Sword Saint Lord, the Heartless Sword Saint Lord, the Shadow Stalk Sword Saint Lord, and the Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess.
“Unparalleled sword dao saint lords are truly incredible and worthy of their titles. Just by watching their fights, I gained plenty of inspiration.”
“The quasi-supreme rate sword arts contained the primal aura. Inspirations would be naturally produced by watching them long enough.”
The Sword Saint Meet wasn’t too intense, but it allowed the audience to see the next realm clearly.
“All five of you are to make preparations. We shall depart for the Tiger Imperial Star Domain’s Sword Star City in three days.”
The White Rainbow Heaven Lord smiled as his eyes paused on Li Fuchen for a moment.
“It is rare to see such a powerful sword dao saint lord. Perhaps, he will be able to enter the 3rd ring of the Sword Pool to cultivate.”
Back then, the Sacred Heart Sword Saint Lord was only able to enter the 8th ring of the Sword Pool. The Wind Cloud Sword Saint Lord and the others were only able to stay at the outermost 10th ring.
However, the Sacred Heart Sword Saint Lord had yet to connect with the source power back then.
Three days later, inside a secret hall of the Swordsmen Guild.
“This is a star domain teleportation array. It will require 1 billion peak-grade spirit stones to teleport each individual. Once the five of you reach the Sword Star City, someone will receive you there. I shall not be going.”
The White Rainbow Heaven Lord was able to afford 1 billion peak-grade spirit stones, but it wasn’t necessary.
“1 billion peak-grade spirit stones for each individual?” Li Fuchen didn’t expect it to be so expensive to use a star domain teleportation array.
To teleport within star domains, the most expensive teleportations would be a few thousands or tens of thousands. For some shorter teleportations, 5 or 10 peak-grade spirit stones were enough.
Of course, Li Fuchen knew that they weren’t teleporting to an adjacent star domain and to a much further Tiger Imperial Star Domain. Therefore, the teleportation costs were much higher.
Once the five of them stood in the teleportation array, it was activated.
A dazzling pillar of light rushed into the sky and entered the void.
Inside the pillar of light, everyone was immobilized and they couldn’t even circulate their thoughts.
Of course, Li Fuchen was an exception as he could release his spirit soul power. Firstly, he saw a sky of stars flashing by before there was endless darkness and primal spatial zone.
“East Unicorn Continent… That battlefield of insects is a spatial zone between the star domains?”
Between star domains, there was an endlessly dark primal spatial zone. It was very difficult to see any stars within and even if there was any star, it would be those broken stars that deviated from the star domain’s gravity.
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Tiger Imperial Star Domain… Sword Star City.
This was an absolutely grand and giant city. In the center of the city was a giant sword and the sword was surrounded by countless stars.
On one of the plazas in the Sword Star City, there were multiple star domain teleportation arrays. Using these star domain teleportation arrays, one would be able to teleport to various star domains. Of course, other star domains could also teleport people here.
During normal times, not many would use the star domain teleportation arrays to teleport as the cost was way too high. When it was almost time for the Sword Pool to open, the teleportation arrays here would lit up more regularly.
On this afternoon, one of the star domain teleportation arrays lit up and Li Fuchen’s group appeared.
“This is the Sword Star City?”
The five of them lifted their heads and saw the giant sword that reached all the way to the sky. In the surroundings of the sword, countless stars were slowly revolving around it.
“The sword qi here is too concentrated.” The Shadow Stalk Sword Saint Lord immediately noticed the difference.
The Wind Cloud Sword Saint Lord nodded, “The Sword Star City is a swordsmen city. More than half the residents here are swordsmen. With so many swordsmen gathered, it is enough to affect the circulation of heaven dao.”
“Not even half-gods are able to invade this city.” The Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess guessed.
The Heartless Sword Saint Lord commented, “Not even 10 half-gods can bring down the Sword Star City.”
“Offense and defense in unity. Not bad.”
Li Fuchen’s eyes were on the giant sword. His intuition told him that the giant sword was terrifying. If its prowess was released, it could destroy the world.
“You are from the Crosswise River Star Domain right?” As soon as the five of them arrived, a sword dao saint lord came to welcome them.
“That’s right.” The Wind Cloud Sword Saint Lord nodded.
“There is still one month before the Sword Pool opens. I have made arrangements for your accommodations.”
As they conversed, everyone found out that this sword dao saint lord was called Rush Primary Sword Saint Lord and he was a deacon of the Sword Star City’s Swordsmen Guild.
Different from star domain-class swordsmen guilds, the galaxy-class swordsmen guilds also had deacons on top of the regular members. They were responsible for receiving members from all star domains. Because of their job duties, they were paid with peak-grade spirit stones.
Along the way, the five saw large numbers of unparalleled sword saint lords. Some of them felt just like Li Fuchen, unfathomable and immeasurable.
The Rush Primary Sword Saint Lord gave an introduction. “That is the Wind Storm Star Domain’s Primordial Sword Saint Lord. During this period of time, he had already defeated over 90 unparalleled sword dao saint lords. There is a chance for him to enter the 2nd ring of the Sword Pool.”
“2nd ring?” The Red Leaf Sword Saint Lord is curious.
The Rush Primary Sword Saint Lord explained, “The Sword Pool has a total of 10 rings. The smaller the ring, the better the cultivation effects. Normally, being able to enter the 3rd ring to cultivate would mean the most superior unparalleled sword dao saint lord. If anyone could cultivate in the 1st ring, they would be standing on the pinnacle of the sword dao saint lords. There are less than five of such individuals in the entire galaxy.”
“Is that so?” The Red Leaf Sword Saint Lordess turned to look at Li Fuchen and wondered which ring could Li Fuchen enter.