"Senior Brother Cui, you're here too!"
Seeing that Yang Sheng's trouble had been resolved, Xu Chuan strode towards Cui Jiang, carrying his God-Slaying Saber. He greeted him with a smile, intentionally omitting Yang Sheng's name, wanting to see his reaction.
Su Miaoyin also spotted people from the Jade Pool Holy Land and didn't linger with Xu Chuan any longer.
"Junior Brother Xu, you're here as well."
Cui Jiang and his companions responded with smiles.
Although he and Xu Chuan weren't particularly close, as fellow True Disciples of the Taiyi Holy Land, they wouldn't act too distant.
It was for this reason that he had saved Yang Sheng earlier.
However, Yang Sheng, standing beside them, showed no goodwill towards Xu Chuan.
He had asked Xu Chuan for help moments ago and received no response, so he now harbored resentment towards Xu Chuan.
Xu Chuan, however, remained silent with a smile.
Yang Sheng's reaction was entirely within his expectations.
"Senior Brother Cui, hurry up and prepare. The next round of trials is about to begin."
Cui Jiang nodded, acknowledging Xu Chuan's words.
As soon as Xu Chuan finished speaking.
Rumble.
A deafening sound erupted, and the second round of trials officially commenced.
The area where the sunken demons had appeared previously stirred once more.
Xu Chuan stood alone, wielding his God-Slaying Saber, and gave a slight nod to the other True Disciples of the Holy Lands.
Roar!
A surge of demonic energy shot straight into the sky. This time, it wasn't the sunken demons that appeared, but at least twenty thousand demonic beasts of various species!
They ranged from the lowest-grade Body Tempering realm demonic beasts to the top-tier Divine Ability realm demonic beasts, covering every level!
Demonic beasts were different from demons; their physiques were incredibly robust, far exceeding that of a martial artist of the same realm.
A martial artist of the same realm would have to pay a significant price to slay a demonic beast.
As these demonic beasts approached within a hundred miles, Xu Chuan made his move.
He needed to kill demonic beasts to earn points and redeem rewards.
Currently, he only had a thousand points, which was far from enough to redeem powerful inheritances and rare heavenly treasures!
Moreover, Xu Chuan intended to completely awaken his Martial Dao True Soul during this trial.
This was because his Saber Soul seed was derived from the Killing Saber Technique, condensing a Killing Saber Soul seed.
It required endless slaughter to awaken the Killing Saber Soul.
And in this trial space, there was no shortage of killing.
These tens of thousands of demonic beasts were the best targets for Xu Chuan's slaughter.
"Kill!"
Xu Chuan let out a great roar, raising his God-Slaying Saber high.
A special aura enveloped him within a radius of several miles.
With a mere thought, countless saber energies instantly materialized within this area.
This was his newly developed Saber Domain, born from the synergy of his Saber Soul seed and the Killing Saber Technique.
Within this Saber Domain, all would be subject to attacks from the Killing Saber Qi. Those who could not resist would face only death!
"Die!"
As the single word was uttered!
Within the Saber Domain, all saber energies amplified to their peak, surging upwards instantly.
Countless heart-stopping saber energies hovered in the air, waiting for the moment the demonic beasts stepped into the Saber Domain to be beheaded.
Although Xu Chuan was only at the fifth level of the Divine Ability realm, his saber energy could already rival attacks from the Nirvana realm.
Dealing with these demonic beasts, whose strength did not exceed the Divine Ability realm, was more than enough!
Swish, swish, swish!!!
The saber energies descended like divine justice, instantly reaping over a thousand demonic beasts within the Saber Domain, leaving none alive!
During this process, Xu Chuan noticed something: the corpses of all the demonic beasts he killed vanished instantly, leaving no trace, let alone demonic cores.
Only the steadily rising points and rankings on the leaderboard could prove the number of demonic beasts Xu Chuan had slain.
Xu Chuan, ranked first, with four thousand and fifty points!
In a single strike, over three thousand demonic beasts of various realms fell beneath his saber.
For a moment, the killing intent and malevolent aura emanating from Xu Chuan became extremely dense.
But Xu Chuan knew it was not enough!
To completely awaken the Killing Saber Soul, he needed more slaughter!
However, this scene was witnessed by other martial artists, who were all dumbfounded.
For a moment, the entire trial space fell into absolute silence.
Then, sounds of astonishment erupted.
"Who is this person? How can he possess such strength?"
"I'm not sure, but I saw him addressing the True Disciples of Taiyi Holy Land as fellow disciples earlier, so he must be from Taiyi Holy Land."
"Is this the strength that a Divine Ability realm cultivator should possess? This is too monstrous!"
The strength Xu Chuan displayed completely shocked everyone present.
Even Su Miaoyin watched with her eyes shining brightly.
Many Nirvana realm martial artists were even contemplating whether they could withstand such an attack.
"Damn it, how can he be so strong?"
Yang Sheng, who was following Cui Jiang and the others, saw this scene. While his expression was calm, his heart seethed with rage.
He could not tolerate Xu Chuan being stronger than him!
He had previously awakened a remnant soul of a Half-Emperor and obtained the Supreme Bone, making him confident he could defeat Xu Chuan.
But now, the remnant soul had fallen dormant, the Supreme Bone was lost, and Xu Chuan had even advanced further, his strength becoming terrifyingly immense!
His ambition to crush Xu Chuan had been completely shattered!
"I am not reconciled!"
Yang Sheng roared inwardly.
His hatred for Xu Chuan, and for the scoundrel who had plundered him, intensified!
"Junior Brother Xu has impressive strength!"
Cui Jiang, after witnessing the attack, couldn't help but exclaim.
Then, he hefted his great hammer and charged towards the demonic beasts.
Having already been surpassed by Xu Chuan once, he didn't want to fall too far behind.
Seeing this, the other martial artists also snapped out of their daze and continued their slaughter of the demonic beasts.
Amidst the chaos, besides Xu Chuan, three other individuals were exceptionally brilliant.
One was a young martial artist radiating Dao charm, who, with a mere wave of his hand, caused demonic beasts to fall lifelessly.
Another was a burly youth with a bare torso. He fought his way through the demonic beast horde, and with every punch, dark red runes would appear on his body. With each strike, large numbers of demonic beasts were torn apart.
The last was a young monk wielding a Zen staff, who was extremely peculiar.
As he chanted scriptures, the demonic beasts that attacked him stopped in their tracks and prostrated before him as if listening to Buddhist teachings.
Then, he killed them one by one with his Zen staff, always concluding with a "Amitabha!"
Xu Chuan, not to be outdone, continued his slaughter of the demonic beasts.
With their collective efforts, the demonic beasts within the trial space began to dwindle rapidly.
Before long, they were completely annihilated.
Following the second round of trials, the number of martial artists remaining in the space was once again reduced.
Now, only a little over a thousand individuals remained.
They were basically all martial artists at or above the Divine Ability realm.
Only a few Mortal Transformation realm martial artists had managed to survive this second round of trials by relying on treasures or by hiding in the rear.
As the second round of trials concluded, the rankings on the leaderboard were updated once more.
Xu Chuan, at the forefront, ranked first with eight thousand eight hundred points.
Second was the Dao charm youth, Ling Tian, with seven thousand five hundred points.
Third was the robust youth, Wang Teng, with seven thousand points.
Fourth was the young monk, with six thousand nine hundred points.
Fifth was Cui Jiang, with six thousand five hundred points.
As for Yang Sheng, perhaps due to being disheartened, he had fallen outside the top twenty.
However, this was exactly what Xu Chuan intended.