The Almighty Sword Domain

The Outside Field Exams Begin

In these past three days, Yang Ye had not cultivated the Sword Control Technique, and he had placed all his attention on the Finger Sword Qi and the Energy Separating Sword Technique. Although the Sword Control Technique was extremely formidable, it could not be of any use in a short period of time, in fact, he had already learned both of these techniques, and it could be useful during the exam.

Three days of time passed in the blink of an eye.

The Outer Court Trials were not held at the training ground, and instead were held at the Peak Trials. The peak of the Trials was a small peak that was originally quiet and extremely cold. However, if the day of the Outer Court Trials arrived, then this peak would be the most crowded place in the entire Sword Sect.

Early in the morning, the sky had just been a little bright when about 3,000 young men stood in the large square at the Peak of the Examination. These youths were around 17 years old, there were even some younger ones. Although they were young, no one dared to look down on them because they were geniuses who came from the cities around the Sword Sect.

It was no exaggeration to call them geniuses as it was extremely difficult to reach the sixth rank of the Mortal Realm before the age of 17. Otherwise, not only would about 3,000 people come to participate in the Outer Court Trials.from among the population of several million in the cities surrounding the Sword Sect.

As he stood in the middle of the crowd, Yang Ye stared at the excited and happy expressions of the young men, and he could only sigh with emotion in his heart. He was like these youths when he had just arrived at the Sword Sect. However, after he experienced the life of the Labour Disciple, no matter if it was his mentality or any other aspect, everything had matured. So, he would definitely not be as excited and happy as the youths around him.

According to him, being an inner court disciple was his true goal. He did not reach for anything beyond his reach, and it was precisely because he was extremely confident in his own abilities.

As the sun gradually rose into the sky and the sunlight shone on the Peak Examination, three Elders of the Outer Court appeared on the platform in front of the square. When they saw the appearance of these three elders, all of the youths under the stage instantly became agitated. They did not become agitated because of these elders, and it was precisely because the test was about to begin.

As he stared at the 3,000 youths under the platform, Cao Huo frowned slightly, and his gaze swept from left to right before he sighed in a low voice in the end. “There are only 3,200 more people this year, and far fewer than last year. If this continues, our Sword Sect will have no successor!”

Feng Yu nodded as he stood beside him and said, “Yes, I heard there are around 100,000 geniuses participating during the Outer Court Examination of the Origin School. Both palaces also had several tens of thousands, and even the other two sects had over ten thousand geniuses. However, our Sword Sect only has a few thousand. If this continues, and if we don't reduce the recruitment standard, then the outer court of our Sword Sect will probably be in an embarrassing state of not having anyone in it!”

“Lowering standards is just a temporary help!” Elder Qian shook his head and said, “If standards are lowered, then the Sword Sect will only deteriorate in every generation and will ultimately be unable to avoid becoming a second-rate power. I think we should strive to obtain resources, and if a disciple of the Sword Sect can kill his way to the Ascension Rank, then we will be able to obtain a few more cities. With that, a situation like this would definitely turn around!”

When then they heard him mention the Ascension Rank, Feng Yu and Cao Huo immediately sighed lightly, and Cao Huo said with a bitter laugh, “Sister Qian, he said, how could the Sect Master and the others not be aware of this principle? However, how difficult was it to enter the Ascension Rankings? Is there any one of the geniuses in the Ascension Rankings who is not heaven-defying? Especially the geniuses from the Imperial Academy and the Origin School, even we might not necessarily be able to gain any advantage against them!”

Feng Yu sighed and said, “I didn't think my Sword Sect was so prosperous a hundred years ago. At that time, even the Origin School should avoid the tip of our swords. I never expected that it would decline to such a state after a hundred years.

Elder Qian revealed a bitter smile as well when he heard this, and then he said, “Ya. In the past ten years or so, ever since Fairy Su entered the Ascension Rank, there has actually not been a single disciple who can enter the Ascension Rank, causing our Sword Sect to face such a situation. Basically, we all failed years ago!”

Cao Huo swept the people under the platform with his gaze, and then he said, “I heard that a 16-year-old young man from Snow River City who had reached the ninth rank of the Mortal Realm would participate in the examination. If he had not used medicinal pills and other external powers to increase his cultivation, then reaching the ninth rank of the Mortal Realm at 16 would definitely have made him a monstrous genius of our Sword Sect!

Feng Yu nodded and said, “I've also heard of him. The young man seemed to be named Jiang Yuan. Supposedly, he was known as the most outstanding genius of Snow River City in the past 100 years. If the rumors were true, then after the people in the Outer Court Ranking became inner court disciples, this child might be able to become the number one expert in the outer court!”

Elder Qian smiled with mockery beside him. The most incredible genius in 100 years? Was it more terrifying than Yang Ye's Profound Energy golden element? If the others knew that Yang Ye had the golden element of Profound Energy, then that peak master and all the elders of the Sword Sect would be shocked. However, he would not tell them about it because he respected Yang Ye's choice.

Meanwhile, Cao Huo raised his head to stare at the sun above him, then he said, "Sister Feng, you are leading the first stage!"

When he heard this, Feng Yu adjusted his mental state before taking a few steps forward. He looked at the slightly immature young man below while a wisp of satisfied expression floated into the appearance in his eyes. He raised his hand, causing the originally slightly boisterous voice from below to instantly disappear, and everyone fell silent.

Feng Yu said, “Everything, I am the Elder of the Outer Court, Feng Yu. You can all call me Elder Feng. I am one of the elders who will be leading the test this time. First, I represent the Sword Sect in welcoming all of you. Secondly, congratulations on being able to stand here proving that you are amazing. Even if you are unable to become an outer court disciple of the Sword Sect, your achievements in the future will definitely be extraordinary….

After speaking for a long time, Feng Yu went straight to the point and said, “Test is divided into three stages. The first stage will test the foundation of your cultivation. The purpose of this stage was to eliminate those who increased their cultivation through the use of medicinal pills or those who had unstable cultivation. Now, I will exude my impressive cultivation strength in the King Realm, and those who are able to endure to the end will be considered to have passed!

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Yu's figure flashed, and he flashed into the sky above the youths. Following which, the Profound Energy within his body circulated, and strands of terrifying aura surged out from his body explosively. In the end, it pressed down like a hill towards all the youths below.

Some youths were caught off guard, and they instantly fell to the ground under the force of this pressure. In less than 15 minutes, nearly half of the participants had collapsed to the ground, and people were still collapsing.

When they saw that half the young man had fainted, elder Qian's and elder Cao Huo's brows furrowed as the quality of these participants was extremely poor!

A group of green-robed youths were watching the youths in the square from afar. There were about 50 young men in this group, and Liu Qingyu who was about to fight Yang Yu in the life and death arena was among them. However, surprisingly, as someone ranked 19th in the Outer Court Rankings, Liu Qingyu was actually not in front of the group.

If the Outer Court Elder were here, that elder would definitely feel that it was normal since these 50 outer court disciples were all disciples at the rank. They were the most elite group of disciples in the outer court. Thus, Liu Qingyu could only be considered ordinary among this group of people.

When he saw that half of the youth had fainted after less than 15 minutes had passed, a young man in the lead who had a black mole shook his head and said, “No matter in terms of the amount of quality, no matter what, the outer court disciple this.time is too much inferior to the people of our years. How boring! It's boring! I hope the 'most outstanding genius in 100 years' from Snow River City doesn't disappoint me!

A round-faced young man beside a young man with a black mole shook his head and said, “Unexpectedly during our year, only about 1,000 youths from among the 5,000 participating youths fainted at the first stage. But based on the current situation, there would probably be 2,000 youths from this batch collapsing, and if Elder Feng did not hold back, then that number would probably increase even higher! As for the so-called genius, if he really reached the ninth rank of the Mortal Realm as the rumors say, then he could be considered a monstrous genius!

"A terrible genius?" The young man in black mode laughed with ridicule and said, “Even if he reached the First Heaven Realm at the age of 16, he cannot call himself a monstrous genius in the outer court. Because with that demonic woman here, how could anyone in the outer court dare to call herself a monstrous genius?

When she heard the words 'demon woman', the expressions of the surrounding youths changed, and a dense fear surfaced in their eyes. After a while, the young man with a round face bitterly laughed and said, “That demonic woman snatched the first position in the Outer Court Rank as soon as she arrived at the Sword Sect, and I heard that he often challenged outsiders.court elders in battle. Natural talent like that…. Others say that we are monstrous geniuses, yet when we are compared to him, we are much inferior!

The young man with the black mole also let out a light sigh. “Under his radiance, our second and third in the Outer Court Rankings were almost ignored by the elders. We have to work hard, otherwise, when we meet him again, he might ignore us just like he ignored the other disciples!”

The young man with a round face nodded in agreement. They were geniuses among geniuses, yet after meeting that demonic woman, they did not dare to call themselves geniuses anymore because that demonic woman had completely weakened their spirit.

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In the square, Yang Ye remained calm and was not affected by the pressure at all. His foundation was very solid, and he even experienced a life and death battle. Moreover, he had been subjected to pressure from Spirit Realm experts, so when faced with the pressure emitted by an expert at the King Realm and under the condition of Cao Huo holding back, he was unable to, he's not affected at all.

Suddenly, Yang Ye opened her eyes and looked to the right. Right now, there was a young man around 16 years old on his right, and the young man was staring at him. The young man was wearing a beautiful white robe and had a handsome appearance. Although the young man's appearance was slightly immature, his entire body was covered with a rich disposition, and the arrogant expression on his face was not completely hidden.

Of course, most importantly, the young man was like Yang Ye. He was completely unaffected by the pressure emitted by the Realm King expert, and this caused Yang Ye to be slightly shocked in his heart.

When he saw Yang Ye looking at him, Jiang Yuan immediately withdrew his gaze and said in a low voice, “It seems that not all of these Outer Court Exam participants are trash. It is good there are some grasses that are slightly better as a contrast, otherwise, it will be too boring!”

Yang Ye withdrew his gaze as well, then he closed his eyes and rested his mind once more. Perhaps the strength of the young man was not bad, but it was completely meaningless to Yang Ye.

After an hour had passed, Feng Yu held back his imposing aura before turning around and flashing onto the platform. When he realized that the expanse of youth had collapsed on the ground and only a thousand youths were left, Feng Yu shook his head slightly and sighed lightly. He had already restrained himself, yet he had never expected that so many would still be eliminated, so it was clear how he felt at the moment.

As soon as Feng Yu restrained his imposing aura, many people immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Yang Ye shook his head inside when he saw this. If Elder Feng continued for a while longer or slightly strengthened the pressure he emitted, there would probably be more people fainting.

As he stared at the youths who had fainted around him, a wisp of insulting grin appeared at the corner of Jiang Yuan's mouth, and he said in a light voice, “Junk! All of you cannot even endure the imposing aura of a King Realm expert!” As soon as he finished, he turned to look at Yang Ye, and he revealed a teasing smile.

Yang Ye frowned when he saw the young man's expression. There really are a lot of idiots looking for trouble!

Meanwhile, Elder Qian took a few steps forward, and he looked at the remaining 1,000 youths as he said, “Those who have fainted, immediately head to the side, saying, those who are still standing should immediately meditate and rest. The second stage will start in an hour!”