Chapter 7 Shattering a Copper Man with One Punch, Unparalleled Domineering Aura!
The Azure Cloud Hall was also divided into two major departments: the inner and outer halls.
The inner sect department was responsible for monitoring and testing candidates for promotion to Core Disciples. It was truly of the utmost importance.
The outer sect department was responsible for the assessment of some outer sect disciples promoting to the inner sect. The number of people was not large.
Lin Xuan swept a glance over them; there were only a dozen or so outer sect disciples. After all, two hundred sect contribution points and the Qi Refining Tenth Heaven Great Circle Realm were not things ordinary people could achieve.
At this moment, Lin Xuan, wearing a green robe, walked to the registration desk of the Azure Cloud Hall's outer sect department.
"Senior Brother, I want to undertake the inner sect disciple assessment test!"
After speaking, Lin Xuan handed over his identity token.
The person at the registration desk was an inner sect disciple wearing a blue long robe, with a slightly thin figure. After accepting Lin Xuan's identity token, he probed it with his divine consciousness.
"Lin Xuan, outer sect disciple, orphan status. Entered Nine Heavens Holy Land eight years ago. Promoted to Qi Refining Third Heaven at Xiuyun Peak three years ago and became an outer sect disciple. None of the missions accepted have failed. Sect contribution points: sixty... two thousand... five hundred and twenty points!"
When this inner sect disciple responsible for registration saw the string of sect contribution points behind Lin Xuan's name, his pupils constricted, and his tone became somewhat trembling.
He had managed the outer sect disciples here for many years and had never seen an outer sect disciple with so many sect contribution points.
It could be said that even some inner sect disciples who had accumulated contribution points for decades did not have as many as Lin Xuan.
When this Inner Sect Senior Brother responsible for verifying identities spoke these words, the surrounding outer sect disciples at the Qi Refining Realm naturally heard that astronomical figure of sect contribution points clearly.
"I wonder how Junior Brother obtained these contribution points?"
Senior Brother Wang Wen, who was responsible for the verification, could not help but ask out of curiosity.
"I just got lucky in the Northern Wilderness Mountain Range and encountered a large patch of Green Leaf White Lotuses!" Lin Xuan replied.
Hearing Lin Xuan speak like this, the Senior Brother responsible for verifying identities did not ask further. Everyone had their own opportunities.
In the Nine Heavens Holy Land, he had also met a few people who had obtained the inheritance of some Great Emperor. Such opportunities could be met but not sought!
The surrounding outer sect disciples also looked at Lin Xuan with faces full of envy.
After the identity verification was completed, Lin Xuan and the other nineteen outer sect disciples all received an assessment token.
They needed to pass three checkpoints. Only by scoring above the passing mark in every checkpoint could they successfully advance to the inner sect.
The first checkpoint was the Three Hundred Ninety-Six Copper Man Formation. Obtaining the Apricot Yellow Flag in the center of the Copper Man Formation would be considered passing!
Each Copper Man was cast from refined copper and engraved with profound strengthening runes. Furthermore, they followed the positional rules of a certain formation, making their power even greater.
It could be said that every Copper Man possessed the strength of the Qi Refining Tenth Heaven Realm and body strength of nearly ten thousand jin.
One could say that wanting to pass this Bronze Formation was not something an ordinary Qi Refining Great Circle cultivator could do.
Boom...
After verifying their identities, the nineteen people stood separately on one side of the bluestone square. Accompanied by nineteen booming sounds, nineteen bronze iron gates descended from the sky and smashed fiercely in front of them.
Above the bronze iron gates were two huge, ferocious beast heads, looking as if they wanted to devour everyone.
Behind every iron gate were three hundred and ninety-six Copper Men. This was the first checkpoint they had to undergo.
Immediately after, the huge bronze gates suddenly opened. Each one connected to a small dimensional space.
Through the gap in the portal, one could clearly see more than three hundred bronze giants, each a zhang tall, standing on a stretch of gloomy earth with their heads bowed.
However, the moment the huge bronze gates opened, all the bronze giants suddenly raised their heads. Their scarlet eyes abruptly lit up, and a violent aura scattered outwards, causing people to look on in fear.
Lin Xuan entered without the slightest hesitation.
The rules of this first checkpoint only generally stated that one had to defeat these bronze giants. They did not say that one could not devour the demon cores that maintained their activity.
Although these demon cores were only First Rank Great Circle demon cores, if one calculated the total of over three hundred, they would still be somewhat useful. After all, it was better than nothing.
"This kid is too confident. He dares to rashly rush into the Copper Man Formation without activating a body-protecting magic treasure. He really is not afraid of death!"
To Lin Xuan's side, a young man with a rather fair face placed two Spirit Recovery Pills into his mouth with a grave expression.
He very cautiously activated a First Rank defensive shield he had borrowed from the Treasure Pavilion. It was a small golden shield less than half a meter in diameter that circled around him with great spirituality.
Aside from him, the others also made some adjustments.
At this moment, Lin Xuan stepped into the bronze gate.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Instantly, eight bronze giants surrounded him from all directions. Each one held a chain long saber across its chest and hacked down fiercely.
"Heh!"
Lin Xuan let out a cold sneer.
A pair of Wings of Creation, a zhang wide, suddenly spread open. A powerful fluctuation of spiritual energy swept out toward the surroundings.
At the same time, Lin Xuan moved his feet. As if teleporting, his figure vanished from the spot into thin air.
Bang!
When Lin Xuan appeared again, he was already behind the head of one of the bronze giants.
He raised his hand and let it fall!
A massive force of several hundred thousand jin poured out like toppling mountains and overturning seas, directly blasting apart the bronze giant in front of him!
It was like a clap of thunder exploding in the firmament. That bronze giant seemed like a human-shaped explosive barrel as it detonated with a boom!
Furthermore, the aftershocks of the energy from Lin Xuan's palm swept up the eight bronze giants rushing up from the surroundings.
The bodies of those bronze giants, who had scarlet eyes and held chain long sabers, became covered in cracks. In the next moment, the formation brands on the surface of their bodies were completely damaged.
In less than half a breath of time, the bronze iron armor on these bronze giants began to peel off piece by piece.
In just the blink of an eye, the eight bronze giants that had surrounded Lin Xuan turned into eight demon cores hovering in the air.
"Great Devouring Technique!"
Lin Xuan opened his mouth slightly. Under the influence of the Great Devouring Technique, the demon cores melted into a stream of pure power and were swallowed into his abdomen.
The surging spiritual energy was carved up completely by the cellular particles within Lin Xuan's body.
Lin Xuan discovered that ever since he broke through to the Second Heaven of the Creation Divine Dragon Art, the amplification effect of these Qi Refining stage demon cores on his cellular particles was already negligible.
Boom! Boom!
At the same time, more and more bronze giants surrounded him. Each one looked ferocious as they fearlessly raised their chain long sabers and charged toward Lin Xuan to kill him.
The Wings of Creation behind Lin Xuan flapped suddenly, and his figure vanished from the spot into thin air. When he appeared again, he was already within the Copper Man Formation. Wherever he passed, countless Copper Men exploded one after another.
They turned into demon cores floating in mid-air, which were then swallowed into his abdomen, becoming nutrients for the cellular particles within Lin Xuan's body.
A quarter of an hour later.
A full three hundred and ninety-five Copper Men had been blasted into copper slag by Lin Xuan. Only that solitary Apricot Yellow Flag remained, swaying in the wind, looking extremely desolate.
Lin Xuan opened his mouth and swallowed an apricot-sized demon core into his abdomen as if eating a jelly bean. The demon core transformed into violent spiritual energy, which was instantly devoured completely by the cellular particles within his body.
Next, Lin Xuan moved quickly to pull up the Apricot Yellow Flag and walked out of the first assessment checkpoint!