"Good."
Instead of retreating, Li Yun’s eyes lit up brilliantly. He had only just comprehended his Sword Domain, and this was the perfect chance to test it against a genuine expert.
Whoosh!
Streams of sword intent spread out from him, and a silvery domain formed rapidly and stretched dozens of meters in every direction. Exactly three thousand Violet Thunder Swords flew out of his sword-nurturing gourd at the same moment, and inside the Sword Domain they moved freely, answering his will perfectly.
"Slash."
At his command, all three thousand Violet Thunder Swords rose together and converged into an enormous blade in front of him, which then crashed straight into Lei Xuankong’s lightning sword.
At the same time, Li Yun lifted the Profound Origin Sword in his hand, his gaze sharpened, and another peerless Sword Qi erupted.
Boom!
The giant sword formed from three thousand Violet Thunder Swords and the Sword Qi from the Profound Origin Sword struck the Heavenly Thunder Judgment Sword at almost exactly the same instant.
The collision produced a deafening explosion, the arena shook violently, and terrifying energy fluctuations spread outward and drove many spectators back. Several of the weaker cultivators felt their minds tremble simply from sensing the power involved.
Then something astonishing happened. Lei Xuankong’s attack stalled, and the lightning sword shuddered violently before finally breaking apart, while Li Yun remained standing exactly where he had been.
He had blocked the strike, and from beginning to end he had not used even half of his true strength, since much of the work had been handled by his newly comprehended Sword Domain.
"A Sword Domain."
Someone cried out suddenly.
"That’s actually a Sword Domain."
"How is that possible?"
"Li Yun comprehended a Sword Domain while still in the Heavenly Core Realm."
The entire crowd erupted, and shock covered every face. A domain was not something an ordinary genius could casually grasp.
Within the whole Genius Training Camp, only a small number of cultivators possessed a domain of any kind, and those people were almost all monsters ranked near the very top, with several of them capable of challenging experts at the 4th level of Spirit Manifestation Realm. Yet Li Yun had managed it while still at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm.
"This is outrageous."
"There are hundreds of cultivators at the 3rd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm in this camp, and nearly a hundred have reached the perfection stage."
"Yet only a handful of them have domains."
"Comprehending a domain at the 3rd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm is already considered monstrous."
"But Li Yun has done it before even reaching the Spirit Manifestation Realm."
"What kind of talent is that?"
Lei Xuankong’s expression changed completely as well.
"A Sword Domain..."
He understood better than most how difficult comprehending a domain truly was.
He had stayed at the 3rd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm for a long time now and still had no clear direction toward forming one, yet Li Yun had already succeeded while stuck in the Heavenly Core Realm. If someone with talent like that were allowed to keep growing...
Killing intent flared in Lei Xuankong’s eyes, because he could not allow that future to arrive.
"Die."
He attacked again.
"Heaven and Earth Thunder Tribulation."
The lightning snakes coiled around his body shot outward all at once, each one swelling rapidly into an enormous pillar of lightning until hundreds of them filled the sky, and then every pillar came crashing down toward Li Yun together.
"He’s gone insane."
"Lei Xuankong is really trying to kill him."
"He’s attempting murder openly, inside the training camp."
"Does he honestly think the Profound Origin Immortal Sect will stay quiet if Li Yun dies?"
"A genius who comprehended a Sword Domain in the Heavenly Core Realm is priceless. If someone like that were killed, the Profound Origin Immortal Sect might genuinely lose its mind."
On the arena, Li Yun’s expression turned ruthless, because Lei Xuankong was no longer merely trying to teach him a lesson and the killing intent was unmistakable.
’Since you want me dead, there’s no reason for me to show mercy.’
Li Yun tightened his grip on his sword, and his expression settled into perfect calm. Slaughter Sword Intent was beginning to rise from his body when...
"Lei Xuankong, do you really believe there’s nobody here from the Profound Origin Immortal Sect?"
Just as Li Yun prepared to strike back, a clear voice rang out and a streak of Sword Qi crossed the sky. Its aura was majestic, carrying overwhelming sword momentum as it descended from far away.
Boom!
The hundreds of lightning pillars shattered in an instant, and Lei Xuankong himself was caught by the remaining Sword Qi and hurled backward.
A young man in simple white robes appeared immediately afterward, a white silk headband across his forehead, his appearance elegant and his eyes clear and spirited. His speed was astonishing, and within a single flash he stood at the center of the arena.
"Bai Yuchen."
"It’s actually Bai Yuchen."
"He came in person."
"He ranks seventh in the Genius Training Camp, and his strength is on a completely different level from Lei Xuankong’s."
"Of course he’d step in. He and Li Yun belong to the same sect, so if Lei Xuankong killed Li Yun right in front of him, Bai Yuchen would have no way to explain himself either."
His arrival let many people breathe out in relief, though astonishment followed right behind it, because top-ten figures like Bai Yuchen rarely showed themselves to ordinary members and spent nearly all their time cultivating. Today, however, he had come out personally.
"Bai Yuchen." Lei Xuankong’s expression turned grim. "Are you really going to involve yourself in a quarrel between me and this boy? You’re ranked in the top ten of the Genius Training Camp, and you’ve come out in person for a Heavenly Core Realm cultivator?"
Bai Yuchen’s expression stayed refined, but his eyes were extremely cold.
"If I don’t come out, am I supposed to stand there and watch you kill someone from my Profound Origin Immortal Sect?" He looked at Lei Xuankong with complete indifference. "If this were only a sparring match or a dispute over pride, I wouldn’t care. But you tried to kill a fellow disciple of mine. Don’t you think you’ve gotten a little too arrogant?"

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