The Martial Emperor with Dragon Blood

Chapter 858: Chapter 859: Stunning Performance

The time for the trial passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, two days had passed, with more than half the time gone.

Poof!

A sound of water bursting arose as a giant sea monster leapt out wildly. Three Azure Light sword beams crisscrossed in the air, bombarding the sea monster’s body, causing it to explode. A demon core burst out from the air.

The three of Lu Yang stood atop the sea, expressionless, letting the waves rise and fall around them. As they looked at the utterly dead sea monster, Lu Yang sucked in his hand, drawing the demon core into his palm.

"With the three of us joined together, any sea monster must be slain by us. In the two days that have passed, we’ve already collected 70 demon cores, averaging over 20 cores each," Lu Yang said.

Lu Yang tossed the demon core into his Sumeru ring. His eyes flashed with iciness as he continued, "Among the disciples participating in the trial, none can easily deal with the sea monsters. Ye Mo is even less capable. But to ensure we take the top three places, we need to kill a few more."

Saying this, Lu Yang led his two companions further into the depths of the sea.

"As long as we stop Ye Mo from becoming a formal disciple this time, we can obtain a large number of Heavenly Profound Pills, and we might even advance to the Qiankun Second Transformation, adding space power to our bodies for short-range spatial movement."

With the thought of not only becoming formal disciples again but also acquiring a large number of Heavenly Profound Pills, their motivation to kill sea monsters was immense.

"This seems like the spot where we first entered the sea. Isn’t that Jiang Yuan, Ye Mo’s companion?"

As the three of Lu Yang were about to head into the sea’s depths, they found Jiang Yuan standing motionless as if he’d been scared stiff.

"Where is Ye Mo?"

"Maybe he was eaten by a sea monster, and that guy got scared stiff. Let’s ignore them and go kill more sea monsters. Once the trial is over, those demon cores will all be ours. We’ve definitely secured the top three spots."

Finished speaking, the three retracted their gazes and headed further into the sea’s depths.

Meanwhile, deep under the sea at that very moment, Ye Mo was surrounded by sea monsters of all types, trying to tear him to pieces.

"Immortal-Slaying Divine Fist!"

With a roar, Ye Mo swung his arms repeatedly. In an instant, fists rained down, striking in all directions.

In a flash, the sea water for ten-odd yards around surged from the power of the fists, creating layers of water pressure.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The water pressure pounded over, crushing the bodies of the sea monsters, which immediately turned into clouds of blood mist, and the demon cores exploded out.

"If it weren’t for helping Jiang Yuan advance, I really wouldn’t be interested in killing you."

After collecting the demon cores, Ye Mo continued diving deeper, having slain all the sea monsters below. Naturally, Jiang Yuan wouldn’t be in any danger.

Ye Mo knew he wouldn’t stay at the Heavenly Sword Society for long. Perhaps once he found some news about the Ancient Azure Dragon Clan, he would immediately go searching. But of course, he first had to advance to the Cosmos Realm. Only upon reaching the Cosmos Realm could he truly have the power to protect himself.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that if he refined all of the Eight-part Heavenly Dragons, it would be enough for him to break through to the Cosmos Realm.

While Lu Yang and the others teamed up to easily kill a sea monster, some servant disciples faced extreme difficulty just killing one. But Ye Mo, facing a group of sea monsters, was able to move without restraint, even diving into the deep sea to kill.

On the plaza, many disciples were focused on looking at the sky. In the sky, many images were shown, images of servant disciples struggling to kill sea monsters in the trial. Some disciples simply couldn’t resist the sea monsters, so Elder Sword Child directly teleported them out, which meant they were eliminated from the trial.

As the trial was nearing its end, a white silhouette descended from the sky, causing an uproar.

"Senior Sister Qingtai, no, the Sect Leader is actually here to watch the trial?"

"I think it’s eighty percent likely she’s here to see Ye Mo. Ye Mo is the person entrusted by the former Sect Leader. Though his strength is insufficient, he helped Senior Sister Qingtai ascend to Sect Leader."

"But I’ve been watching all the images for a long time and haven’t seen the one called Ye Mo, not sure how he’s performing."

Many disciples started discussing this. However, with Liu Qingtai’s arrival, they did not salute, as it was a rule she set upon assuming her position, a rule that many disciples appreciated about her way of doing things.

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

Elder Sword Child saw Liu Qingtai approaching and also bowed slightly.

"Elder Sword Child, no need to stand on ceremony with me. Qingtai has what she has now thanks to your training. By the way, has there been any disciple who has stood out?"

Qingtai quickly said, not directly asking about Ye Mo.

"The outstanding ones are still those Martial Artists of the Qiankun First Transformation."

Elder Sword Child pointed to an image in the sky, where Lu Yang’s team was shown teaming up to kill sea monsters. "These disciples, though demoted from official members to servant disciples, have improved in both strength and mentality through months of dedication. Compared to those other demoted official members, their performance is outstanding."

"Oh? How many demon cores have they managed to get by teaming up?"

Liu Qingtai asked curiously.

"The three of them have killed over 100 demon beasts altogether, averaging more than 30 demon cores each. Though I set the standard for advancement at gathering 20 beast cores in three days, they’ve far exceeded that," Elder Sword Child said with a trace of admiration in his eyes watching Lu Yang’s group slay the demon beasts.

"Indeed, not bad."

Liu Qingtai scanned around, seemingly searching for Ye Mo’s image, "By the way, Elder Sword Child, why haven’t I seen Ye Mo?"

Upon hearing this, Elder Sword Child wasn’t surprised, assuming Liu Qingtai mostly came for Ye Mo.

"I also find it strange. We haven’t been able to locate an image of Ye Mo. Since Qingtai wishes to see, I’ll search carefully again."

Elder Sword Child spoke, his mind delving into the Star Sea Space to probe. As he glanced above the sea, he still couldn’t find a trace of Ye Mo. Then, he directly penetrated his mind into the sea bed and finally discovered Ye Mo.

"How is this possible?"

Elder Sword Child exclaimed in astonishment.

"What’s going on?"

Liu Qingtai asked.

"This Ye Mo has actually entered the seabed alone."

Elder Sword Child said, waving his big hand, causing an enormous image to appear in the sky.

In the light screen, Ye Mo appeared in the deep sea, continuously diving deeper. A moment later, in the deep sea, a formidable group of sea monsters swarmed toward him.

"Besides you, I have never seen anyone else who dares to dive into the seabed to kill sea monsters, especially when encountering a dozen sea monsters. Even on the sea surface, facing such a number would be fatal for any servant disciple."

As Elder Sword Child’s words fell, Ye Mo’s Demon Dragon Longsword in his hand swung several times, and a dozen sea monsters burst into misty blood.

All the formal members were left dumbfounded, eyes wide open as they watched the sky-coded image.

Even Liu Qingtai’s eyes quivered, and her face showed an expression of shock.