【Ding! Congratulations on completing the daily mission of swinging your sword ten thousand times. The first form of the Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent Legacy Card has been unsealed: Charging Form.】
【Form Note: Designate a weapon to charge power anytime, anywhere. Every half shichen, the power of the sword intent doubles. If the power reaches the weapon's limit, the charge will automatically stop. The sword intent can only be released once, automatically locking onto the enemy and cannot be evaded. Once used, it must be charged again.】
Just as Ye Lin, his head spinning, teeth chattering, and arms sore and weak, completed his ten-thousandth sword swing, the game notification sound suddenly rang in his ears.
“Heh... It's just swinging a sword ten thousand times... nothing more.”
Hearing that the mission was finally complete, Ye Lin's mind relaxed, and he fell directly to the ground from exhaustion and went to sleep.
It wasn't until more than two shichen later that he slowly woke up from his deep sleep.
“Awesome. Getting such a divine skill from swinging a sword ten thousand times is definitely not a loss.”
Seeing how powerful the 【Charging Form】 was, Ye Lin couldn't help but let a smile surface on his face.
Designating a weapon to charge power anytime, anywhere, with its power doubling every half a shichen—when combined with the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda's thousand-fold time acceleration, this was practically a super-lethal skill.
The only slight pity was that the long sword in his hand was only mid-grade, so the upper limit of the charge wasn't very high.
Moreover, because this was a sword legacy, it could only be used with sword-type weapons. Otherwise, if he could directly use the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda to charge it, he would probably be able to insta-kill the Heavenly Dao of this world with a single strike after waiting a few years.
“Whatever, a mid-grade spirit weapon can suffice for now. I shouldn't be too picky.”
Without dwelling on it further, Ye Lin directly designated that mid-grade spirit sword to begin charging.
If his words were heard by other Qi Condensation Stage cultivators of the Tianyuan Dynasty, they would surely all itch to punch him.
“Damn it, most of the Foundation Establishment ancestors in our clans can only afford low-grade spirit weapons, yet you, a mere Qi Condensation cultivator, are already using a mid-grade spirit weapon, and you're still complaining?
“If you don't want it, you can give it to us! We'll take it home and revere it as our clan's ultimate treasure!”
After setting the mid-grade spirit sword to charge, Ye Lin shifted his mind and immediately exited the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda.
It wasn't that he didn't want to stay in the pagoda to accelerate his cultivation, but although only about half a minute had passed in the outside world, he had already stayed inside the pagoda for over four shichen, and his stomach was starting to rumble.
“It seems that if I want to go into long-term secluded cultivation in the future, I'll need to stock up on more water and food.”
After making a mental note of this, he lay on the wooden bed and began to think about the high-martial world and the game world.
Although he had been busy cultivating and grinding various achievements since entering the game, he had never forgotten that he came to the game world to acquire enough strength to change his tragic fate as cannon fodder in the high-martial world.
Of course, he could also just stay in this real game world, lying low and cultivating without ever returning to the high-martial world.
In that case, ten years later in the high-martial world—which would be 3,650 years later in this world—when the protagonist Ye Tian and the other players logged into the Heavenly Desolation Continent, he could make his move and settle all scores with Ye Tian.
By then, he would definitely be able to instantly kill the so-called Chosen One.
“But I'm no pushover. A man lives to stand tall, otherwise what's the point of cultivating immortality?”
Raising his right hand above his head and clenching his fingers into a fist, a look of determination immediately flashed in Ye Lin's eyes.
Between Ye Tian and him, there would ultimately be a life-and-death struggle; there was absolutely no room for reconciliation.
The sooner he resolved the entanglement with Ye Tian, the sooner his state of mind would become clear and untroubled.
And with 【Time Walker】 and the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda as his safety nets, he wasn't afraid of the Blue Planet's Heavenly Dao forcibly intervening.
However, to ensure he could settle the score once and for all, he decided to prepare more powerful methods before returning to the Blue Planet.
“Once the freshman trial ends and I complete the class change mission for the 【Lord of Heaven's Punishment】, I'll make a trip back.” After thinking it over, Ye Lin finalized his plan.
After all, one day on the Blue Planet was a year in the game world. Spending an extra minute on the Blue Planet meant he would lose out on the time needed to grind at least one reward.
Currently, he was the only player in the game, so he had to seize the time to grind out various achievement rewards. How could he have time to waste back on the Blue Planet? Therefore, it was best to settle their grudge once and for all.
Suppressing the various thoughts in his mind, Ye Lin sat down to meditate quietly while circulating his cultivation method to alleviate the fatigue from swinging his sword ten thousand times.
The moon faded and the stars thinned as the horizon gradually brightened. The next day arrived quickly.
Early in the morning, after adjusting his cultivation aura to the great perfection of the Body Tempering Realm, just like yesterday, Ye Lin went to the Outer Academy cafeteria and had a hearty breakfast.
Then, he packed some extra food and stored it in the Myriad Treasures Heaven of the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda.
Having done this, he finally rushed to the Outer Academy square where they had gathered yesterday.
At this moment, many freshmen had already gathered on the Outer Academy square. Some were full of energy, looking forward to today's freshman trial, while others wore worried frowns, as if anxious about something.
About fifteen minutes later, Wang Qian, the freshman Deacon from yesterday, appeared before everyone once again.
“I have some very bad news to tell you all,” Wang Qian spoke with a sigh the moment he appeared.
Upon hearing this, the originally noisy surroundings instantly fell silent.
Wang Qian then continued:
“Due to the recent outbreak of demonic chaos everywhere, many Demon Suppressing Guards of the Demon Suppressing Division have died.
“Therefore, the Demon Suppressing Division is currently extremely short-handed. After discussions among the academy's upper echelon, it was ultimately decided to change your freshman trial to assisting the Demon Suppressing Guards in suppressing the demonic chaos.
“In this trial, as long as you assist in killing or personally kill a dark creature, you will be considered to have completed the trial mission. Upon your return, you can directly join the Demon Suppressing Division and become a Demon Suppressing Guard.
“Your disciple tokens will automatically record demon-slaying points when you assist in killing dark creatures. These demon-slaying points can be exchanged for various treasures in the Demon Suppressing Division and the academy.
“Alright, that is all I have to say today. Next, the Demon Suppressing Guards will come to find you. I wish you all good luck.”
Casting a look of pity at everyone, Wang Qian turned and left.
After a brief silence, the crowd erupted into a wave of indignant questioning.
“Are they insane? Something that can be called a 'demonic chaos' must be caused by at least a Qi Condensation Stage evil spirit, yet we are all only at the Body Tempering Realm. Making us assist the Demon Suppressing Guards in suppressing demonic chaos—isn't this just forcing us to go to our deaths?
“You can't put it that way. The Deacon said we are only going as assistants. If we get lucky and end up in a team led by a Foundation Establishment Demon Suppressing Guard, wouldn't we just get a massive amount of demon-slaying points for free?
“Are you a fucking idiot? A Foundation Establishment Demon Suppressing Guard will definitely be dealing with Foundation Establishment evil spirits. If a Body Tempering cultivator like you goes there, an evil spirit could blow you to death with a single breath!
“Damn it, why did they arrange this kind of freshman trial for us? Going means death, and not going also means death. I'm fucking not going today!
“Exactly! Kill us all if you have the guts! The academy's upper echelon takes our lives far too lightly!”
The crowd grew more and more furious as they spoke, but no matter how angry they were, no one stood up to respond to them.
On the edge of the crowd, Ye Lin was also watching all of this.
He hadn't expected that the outrageous rumors those senior disciples were discussing in the Outer Academy cafeteria yesterday were actually true. The academy's upper echelon really seemed brainless, changing the content of the freshman trial to assisting in suppressing the demonic chaos.
“This is definitely unusual. Some major event must have occurred that requires filling the gap with the lives of cultivators,” Ye Lin secretly speculated in his mind.
At this moment, he had finally witnessed a corner of the cruel iceberg of the cultivation world. The lives of ordinary cultivators were completely out of their own hands.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Just as the entire square fell into chaos, dozens of flying daggers suddenly descended from the sky, each one precisely severing a disciple's head.
Every single one of these killed disciples was someone who had just shouted that they would absolutely not participate in the trial, or complained that the academy was too excessive and did not value human lives at all.
This was someone making an example of them to warn the others!
“Since you have come to the Cultivation Academy, you must obey all of the academy's arrangements.
“Now you have two choices. Either obediently go and participate in the freshman trial, which might still give you a sliver of hope to survive, or become a dead soul under my blade right now.”
Just as everyone was filled with terror, a cold voice suddenly rang out from the sky above.
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