Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 139 The Assessment: Full Power Unleashed (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Old Yu, you're going to be washing your hair upside down for a month now."

Outside the Sword Palace, many Sword Palace cultivators let out joyful laughter.

Old Yu, who had been teased, wiped his face, somewhat speechless.

"There are only a little over a thousand people, yet someone has reached the Heavenly level rating. I actually encountered such a rare occurrence."

Someone turned and looked in a certain direction in the void, and said:

"It seems like there hasn't been a newcomer with a Heaven-level rating for over sixty years. I remember that Sword Saint Baiyuan was looking for a closed-door disciple. I wonder if he's interested."

"It's hard to say. For someone at the level of Sword Saint Baiyuan, a disciple's talent and aptitude are not the most crucial factors. If fate allows, they might even be able to take on a disciple with a Xuan-level rating."

"really."

Inside the Sword Palace, after everyone had finished their tests, the starlight disappeared, and everyone opened their eyes. Immediately, someone shouted:
"Abnormal, it actually has a Heaven-level rating."

"That's really perverted!"

Su Yu, like the others, secretly agreed.

Because the Sword Palace's scoring standard is based on the ancient era's standards for geniuses, those who can reach the Heavenly level would be considered geniuses in ancient times, each possessing the appearance of an immortal.

A rating of Earth-level indicates the potential to become an Earth Immortal, while a rating of Heaven-level doesn't guarantee becoming a Heaven Immortal, but the probability is certainly quite high.

Someone said in an envious tone:

"According to the previous rules, almost 100% of the time, the second tier of the Heavenly Rank evaluation is achieved, and half of them can reach the first tier. The tenth-tier Immortal Sword is within reach."

These words immediately drew envy from countless people.

The second tier of rewards includes flying swords of at least the eighth tier and at most the ninth tier. If you choose a sword technique, it will be either at the profound level or the sect-defining level.

If you're in the top tier, you'll have at least a top-tier sword technique and a tenth-tier immortal sword; any one of these will allow you to dominate the world.

Su Yu's plan is to strive for the second tier, try to get a high score, and then choosing a basic sword technique at the sect level will be enough.

As for the top tier, he wasn't very confident.

The truth is, I am not a true sword cultivator, and I don't even have a sword heart. This puts me at a great disadvantage in the Sword Palace, and my chances of entering the first tier are too slim.

The whispers among the crowd lasted less than a minute before the clear, resonant sound of the bells rang out again from the hall, their booming voices echoing in their ears once more:

"Sword Palace Second Stage: Real Combat"

As soon as he finished speaking, another beam of light descended from the dome, enveloping everyone. Then the beam of light twisted, and everyone disappeared, leaving the palace instantly empty.

When she stepped back onto solid ground, Su Yu found herself in a separate space.

Beneath your feet is a platform where starlight is condensed, and the edge of the platform is a layer of transparent light film. Beyond the light screen are vast stars, as if you are in the starry sky.

A beam of light stands opposite the platform, with a 60-second countdown.

At the same time, a light screen appeared in front of us, displaying the rules of actual combat.

Su Yu carefully examined the rules and had a thorough understanding of them.

The rules are simple: the Sword Palace will select five illusions of contestants of varying strengths from previous contestants, and prohibit all non-sword techniques, including magical abilities and even equipment attributes and spell characteristics. Only by using the standard flying swords provided by the Sword Palace to defeat the five opponents can one advance to the next stage.

It's worth mentioning that after defeating five opponents in a row, you pass the first stage of the assessment, at which point you can choose whether to continue the assessment.

If you leave now, you will be placed in the third tier and will receive either a seventh-tier flying sword or a basic sword technique of exquisite level.

If they don't leave, they will continue to undergo the second level of assessment, which is much more difficult.

After reading the information, Su Yu reached out and grabbed at it. Starlight gathered in front of him and transformed into two flying swords.

Starlight (Seventh Tier): A divine weapon, a flying sword formed from the power of stars.

属性：攻击力1000-1000，攻击速度600-600，御剑速度600-600，剑诀加成70%。

There are only basic attributes, no additional spells or extra traits, it's a completely blank slate, everyone is the same to ensure absolute fairness.

Su Yu infused his magic power into the flying swords and refined them. With a thought, the two flying swords dispersed and transformed into starlight, merging into his body. He opened his mouth slightly and spat out two beams of starlight, which quickly condensed into flying swords that hovered in front of him.

At the same time, starlight shone from his body, and a continuous stream of starlight rose from within him, forming a crystalline light curtain that adhered to his body surface.

This light barrier is a manifestation of his own basic attributes. The amount of defense points in the light barrier is equal to the amount of his own health and strength.

Su Yu currently has over 800,000 units of Qi and Blood, and her Light Barrier Defense also has over 800,000 units.

With a physical constitution of 10200, the defense strength is also 10200.

The assessment does not allow the use of Taoist techniques, magical treasures, or magical robes for defense, but one's own vital energy and physique are considered personal talents and can be used.

To ensure absolute fairness, individual attributes are manifested and will not be affected by equipment-added attributes or characteristics. The sixty-second countdown passed in the blink of an eye, and spatial ripples spread out from the pillar of light, revealing a figure out of thin air.

When the beam of light disappeared, the figure solidified, revealing a young man.

As soon as the man appeared, he summoned two Star Swords and slashed at Su Yu. Just as he was about to reach her, the two swords flashed and split into more than forty sword energies that crashed down. At the same time, he made a grasping motion with both hands and condensed two blazing white sword energies that swept over her.

Su Yu immediately understood the speed and strength of her opponent's flying sword. She pointed to the Starlight Twin Swords and met them head-on. With a twist of her twin swords, she wrapped them around her opponent's twin swords and fiercely sparred with them, sparks flying everywhere.

As for the sword energy and sword aura coming at him, he didn't even blink, letting them strike the light barrier on his body. The sword energy shattered, and the sword aura wrapped around his neck and pulled hard, but sparks flew everywhere, and it couldn't even break through his defense.

The Supreme Dragon Bone grants +8000 Physique, and the Earth Vein Spirit Fish grants +2000 Physique, bringing the total defense strength to over 10,000.

The Starlight Sword lacks armor penetration and damage reduction properties, while the opponent's Condensed Sword into Threads technique has only achieved a minor degree of success, with +2 armor penetration. This only deducts 20% of the defense strength granted by 2000 Constitution, leaving the remaining damage completely insufficient to break through the defense strength granted by 8000 Constitution, not even enough to cut through the skin.

If they can't even break through the defenses, the outcome is self-evident.

Su Yu used her magical power advantage to forcefully distort her opponent's sword path with a series of violent sparring attacks. Then, with even better skills, she steadily expanded her advantage and ultimately won.

The opponent was defeated in less than a minute, and a beam of starlight fell, restoring all statuses, including the cooldown of the sword moves used earlier.

After a 60-second countdown, the second opponent appeared.

As soon as the two clashed, Su Yu knew in his heart that the opponent was slightly stronger than in the previous round, but only slightly stronger. He still defeated her using the same moves, and it even took the same amount of time.

Sixty seconds later, the third opponent appeared.

This opponent was significantly stronger, on par with him. It took Su Yu almost two minutes to find an opportunity to gain the upper hand, and then he steadily expanded his advantage until he won.

This is the abnormal aspect of his talent—it's terrifyingly stable. Once he gains the upper hand, he can maintain it indefinitely, and the opponent can only turn the tide by unleashing their ultimate move.

At this moment, it is a sword duel, which restricts the use of burst methods such as Taoist magic and magical treasures. He knows all the burst methods of swordsmanship very well, and he can basically do them all.

If you unleash your power, I will unleash mine; if you have sword energy, I will have sword energy; if you can split your sword light, I will also split my sword light; if you can forcibly combine two swords, I can also combine two swords; if you can set up a sword net, I will also set up a sword net.

Aside from these types of bursts of power, the core of swordsmanship still lies in basic skills and techniques.

If one's physical strength, vitality, and magical power far surpass those of the enemy, he cannot possibly lose unless the opponent's basic skills are overwhelmingly superior.

The fourth opponent's swordsmanship was clearly superior to Su Yu's, but not by much.

Faced with such an opponent, Su Yu's tactic was to defend instead of attack. No one could be as consistent and error-free as him; as long as someone made a mistake, there would be an opportunity.

It took him almost six minutes to find an opportunity to gain the upper hand against this opponent, and he finally managed to defeat him in the eighth minute.

The fifth and final opponent was far superior to him in swordsmanship, but not to the point of overwhelming him.

The opponents in the Sword Palace assessment are all carefully selected based on their individual strength, with the difficulty gradually increasing. By the third opponent, they are already evenly matched, the fourth opponent is slightly stronger, and the fifth opponent is much stronger than themselves.

To stand out, you must defeat two opponents who are stronger than you in succession.

This allows no room for falsehood; it requires a very solid foundation to achieve.

If you're even slightly weak, it's absolutely impossible to defeat a stronger opponent in two consecutive rounds.

Faced with an opponent who was clearly stronger than himself, Su Yu had only one tactic: to wear him down, and then rely on his superior defense and mana to wear him down.

Using offense as a substitute for defense, Su Yu expended a great deal of mana from the very beginning, going all out. Under his command, the four flying swords clashed back and forth, constantly releasing sword energy in a fierce collision.

Then, two sword rainbows were simultaneously condensed and thrown out, forcing the opponent to also condense two sword energies to meet the attack. Lightning flashed back and forth like whips, and the sword energies exploded violently with each collision.

At the same time, he openly and legitimately gathered Gengjin sword energy to set up a sword net, forcing his opponents to also expend a lot of magic power to set up their own sword nets.

With such high-intensity firepower, the gap in swordsmanship skills can be minimized to the greatest extent. However, the mana consumption will be very high, with nearly two hundred mana consumed per second, but he has one hundred thousand mana, which is enough to withstand it.

His opponent, however, did not possess such powerful magic. Although he held the absolute upper hand in the exchange of blows and his magic consumption was not as great as his, even with such a strong advantage, his magic consumption was still very high when he went all out.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle for nearly five minutes. Su Yu's mana was nearly half depleted, and her opponent could no longer hold on, forcing her to activate the Sword Net formation prematurely.

Su Yu didn't even blink, letting hundreds of sword energies rise up and form a sword energy tornado that frantically cut around him, but none of them could break through his defenses. He didn't activate his sword net either, but continued his high-intensity attack.

A tornado of sword energy sliced ​​through no less than ten thousand swords, yet it couldn't even break through the defenses.

His opponent's mentality was clearly affected; he could sense that his opponent's previously stable state had become slightly unstable.

Although this won't give him the upper hand, the change in mindset has indeed relieved some of his pressure.

Moreover, as time went on, their mana dwindled, and their opponents' mental state became increasingly volatile, causing them to become impatient.

Su Yu remained completely unaffected by her opponent, maintaining a high-pressure offensive regardless of how impatient or how the opponent changed tactics.

Less than twenty seconds after the sword aura tornado failed to achieve any results, the opponent's offensive suddenly slowed down, and the high-pressure offensive that had been maintained suddenly changed to a defensive posture.

(End of this chapter)