You call this the way of the sword?

A dozen or so pieces of rock transformed into sharp swords, each heading to the location Yang Qingfeng had anticipated, and exploded simultaneously.

A loud bang.

The entire city was suddenly turned blood red by the explosion.

The terrifying impacts compounded in an instant, bursting forth at an unimaginable speed and spreading outwards.

Deng Penghui had just chased out of the array wall when he was hit headfirst by the impact of the sword explosion.

He had no time to react before he was violently thrown into the air, then flew backwards like a cannonball into the wall, skimming over the city wall and crashing into the wasteland outside the city, sliding dozens of meters away.

During the incident, his hair, equipment, and clothes all exploded. If he hadn't had something to protect him, he would have been killed on the spot.

All of this, from beginning to end, took less than a second.

As Deng Penghui was sent flying backward, Song Yuanshan had already drawn half of his sword.

He was just a hair's breadth away from passing through the wall. It was this tiny margin that allowed him to see the difference between himself and Yang Qingfeng, and incidentally saved his life.

The entire city is filled with tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of otherworldly demons.

Regardless of race or level, all were instantly melted by the sword explosion.

The [Sword Explosion] skill, at only level 23, is not very powerful.

However, Yang Qingfeng has 40 years of experience in Taoism.

With 40 years of cultivation and 330% power, plus the 27x damage amplification from [Sword Control], even a level 29 demon could not withstand it.

Let alone the demons, if it weren't for the special reinforcement of the city's protective array, they would probably have been severely damaged as well.

At this moment, shouts of surprise rang out from outside the city, and kill notifications were flooding the screen!

The candidates remaining on the city wall had no time to pay attention; they were forcibly kept in place, and each of them looked at Yang Qingfeng standing on the battlements, their expressions gradually turning to terror.

Jiang Yuan was not spared.

Sha Yinzhen was no exception.

Even the examiners who were watching from the shadows widened their eyes in disbelief.

With his keen eyesight, he couldn't be mistaken; Yang Qingfeng had only used ordinary gravel, which instantly melted the alien demon upon exploding.

This skill is simply unheard of!

And this damage is simply outrageous!

"Isn't that high-profile enough?"

Yang Qingfeng looked down at the sea of ​​corpses and blood in the city and thought to himself.

He wasn't quite sure of the examiner's specific reaction, but he was certain that the examiner had seen the power of the sword explosion.

If it weren't for the jade staircase scam, Yang Qingfeng wouldn't have been so forceful. But thanks to Qiao Lie, he knew his abilities had been exposed, and no matter how much he was seen through, he had become an outcast.

Since you've already become an oddity in other people's eyes, instead of being timid and hesitant, you might as well be bold and show yourself.

As Qiao Lie said, be a high-profile outlier and strive to bring good fortune to your husband.

Yang Qingfeng wasn't sure if what he did would work, but it didn't matter. The important thing was that he had done everything he could and done his best.

"Senior Brother Qingfeng..."

Jiang Yuan walked to Yang Qingfeng's side and asked with lingering fear, "Is it all... over?"

She steadied herself against the battlements, surveying the bloodshed across the city, her pretty face still etched with shock.

Yang Qingfeng glanced down at her, then looked at the alien rift in the center of the city. "If nothing unexpected happens... right?"

Despite being simultaneously impacted by several sword explosions from all sides, the alien rift remained intact.

Yang Qingfeng knew little about the origin of the alien rift.

All that is known is that the alien rift connects to other realms, and those realms are all filled with deathly demonic energy, collectively known by the world as the alien demon realm.

The arrival of the demon realm remains a mystery to this day.

Otherworldly rifts can appear randomly anywhere and release large numbers of otherworldly demons. If they open in a residential area, they will inevitably cause a disaster.

Therefore, among the five races, the demon race is the most hated, and all demons, ghosts, humans, and gods want to get rid of them as soon as possible.

However, to eliminate the demon race, the source of the death energy must be found, and to find the source of the death energy, one must enter the alien rift.

This is not something I should be worrying about right now.

"Let's go back..."

Just as Yang Qingfeng turned around and jumped off the battlements, he heard someone shout, "There's another one coming!"

Amidst the exclamations of the examinees, a flash of blue light suddenly appeared in the foreign rift.

The light seemed to pierce through from a very distant place, causing strong spatial fluctuations.

This spatial fluctuation manifests as a flowing mirror, reflecting countless incomprehensible images.

Yun Sheng suddenly appears in a certain space.

Her figure rapidly approached, but just as she was about to pass through, she flashed past, as if her spellcasting had been interrupted and she had crossed over to another dimension.

Yang Qingfeng frowned. He couldn't see clearly from a distance, but the actual cultivation he had accumulated over 40 years made his spiritual senses quite sharp.

Although it was only for a very short moment, he sensed a certain familiarity, and the anomaly in the alien rift confirmed his suspicions.

"The third round of assessment was definitely suspicious, but the city's protective formation didn't react. Could this also be part of the assessment... The final act, is it the leader of the Otherworldly Demons?"

Yang Qingfeng's thoughts raced, and he immediately cast the Insight Technique.

At the same time, a faint light flashed, and the spirit sword, specifically designed to strike leaders, emerged from his sleeve.

The ten small spirit swords, once unsheathed, moved with lightning speed, disappearing in an instant at breakneck speed.

At this moment, a bright blue light appeared, and a blue-haired monster with six legs and three tails broke through the spatial barrier and descended upon the plain through the alien rift.

The moment it landed, it raised its head and let out a long howl.

"roar!!"

With just a single howl, the violent impact instantly blasted up flesh and blood everywhere, followed by a powerful pressure that spread rapidly, traversing thousands of meters and shaking the city walls.

The city walls were already dilapidated, and after losing the protection of the city's defensive formation, they were even more shaky. Now, under attack, the walls quickly crumbled.

A violent tremor struck, throwing the examinees into chaos. They cried out in alarm, and some even pulled out teleportation crystals, ready to escape at any moment.

However, no one expected that this shock would come so quickly and end so abruptly.

A sudden scream and shriek echoed through the world, a sound a thousand times more terrified than the examinees themselves.

"What is that?!"

"No, impossible! This is Pingchuan, how could there be such an attack!"

"Ouch, that hurts! It's killing me! Isn't this an exam hall?!"

"Master Daoist, spare me! Ahhhhh, Master Daoist, spare me..."

Before the green-haired monster teleported and landed, Yang Qingfeng's spirit sword was already in place. When the monster unleashed its power and roared without warning, Yang Qingfeng made a decisive move and struck first.

Ten small spirit swords, each carrying 40 years of cultivation and a 27-fold damage amplification, pierced into the blue-haired monster's body, exploding in ten separate ways.

It tore apart their flesh and blood, and severed their tendons and bones.

The sudden burst of intense pain caused it to roll around on the ground, its initial imposing aura shattered into pieces.

At this moment, the green-haired monster looked like a larger demon cat, tumbling, screaming, and begging for mercy in the muddy, blood-red ruins. In particular, its repeated calls of "Daoist Master" sounded both novel and comical to the newcomer.

The city walls, which should have crumbled long ago, have been saved, albeit precariously.

Jiang Yuan stared at the blue-haired monster in astonishment, muttering, "Blue Lion...it's the Demon King Blue Lion."

Upon hearing the words "Demon King," the examinees behind them were even more astonished. "How is that possible?"

"Demon Kings are at least level 70, how could they possibly appear on the Plains Battlefield!"

"Legend has it that the Blue Lion has the ability to traverse space, and it likes to sneak into lower dimensions to eat people..."

"Smuggling...into the country?"

All the candidates looked very unpleasant.

They were the most outstanding newcomers from various regions, yet none of them were so arrogant as to believe they could handle the Demon King.

If the Blue Lions were to attack them, they probably wouldn't be able to withstand even a single blow.

At this moment, Yang Qingfeng, standing at the very front, once again drew everyone's attention.

Looking at Yang Qingfeng's back, everyone had similar thoughts at the same time.

It's him?

Is it him?

Could it be him again?

It seems like it can only be him...