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Chapter 680: Chapter 680: Third Stage of the Assessment Task

The complexity of the Qingyun Sword Array exceeded Song Jian’s imagination, as he had never seen such a massive sword formation before. Even the Sword Array Master at the Sword Array Hall who held the title of a high-level Sword Array Master couldn’t set up such a huge formation;

However, after Song Jian had used the Book of Fusion to upgrade his Sword Array skills, he gradually grasped the intricacies of this massive formation;

“This sword formation is truly profound, and even with my current level, I cannot set up such a massive sword formation!” Song Jian exclaimed, “However, if it’s just about destroying it, it’s not as difficult as I thought!”

Song Jian took out a blank Sword Stone from his package. With a thought, a silver Rune Blade flew out and quickly began to inscribe on the Sword Stone;

Various auxiliary materials continuously poured into the Sword Stone, and in no time, Song Jian created a Sword Qi Stone that emitted a faint golden glow.

This was merely an ordinary Sunburn-level Sword Qi Stone. With Song Jian’s current strength, it only took him a few seconds to make it.

“To build a skyscraper, it might take years, countless materials and manpower. But to destroy it, you only need to blow up a few key support points!” Song Jian muttered to himself and quickly made several more Sunburn-level Sword Qi Stones;

“For such a profound sword formation, even a high-level Sword Array Master can hardly set it up, but if you want to break it, just a few Sword Qi Stones that a junior Sword Array Master can make will do.” Song Jian whispered.

He raised his right hand, and the newly made Sunburn-level Sword Qi Stones quickly rose into the air. They disappeared into the invisible Sword Array in the sky. In no time, these Sword Qi Stones had become identical to the other ones in the Qingyun Sword Array, appearing faintly in the void;

Seeing all the Sword Qi Stones had integrated into the Sword Array, Song Jian’s mouth curved slightly upward, and he gently shouted, “Break!”

Boom!

There was a loud noise, and the void suddenly trembled. Liu Qingyun’s face changed drastically, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out, his eyes filled with horror.

“How is it possible…” Liu Qingyun muttered to himself;

“Break, break, break!” Song Jian whispered as the void shook violently. The sky full of azure Sword Qi instantly shattered inch by inch.

Without the support of Qingyun Peak’s power, Liu Qingyun alone couldn’t maintain such an immense Sword Array.’

A look of despair appeared in Liu Qingyun’s eyes as he lowered his head and stared at Song Jian. His hands couldn’t help but tremble;

“The biggest mistake I made in my life was taking you as my disciple!”

Song Jian shook his head slightly and said, “No, the worst thing you did was to let me into the Sword Array Hall!”

Although Song Jian had previously masked his intentions, Liu Qingyun had never trusted him. After all, no matter how it was explained, anyone would doubt how he could destroy the entire Blackwind Mountain by himself.

But at that time, there was no evidence. According to the sect’s rules, Song Jian should have either been promoted to an inner disciple or become a personal disciple of an elder. However, Liu Qingyun was already suspicious of Song Jian, so naturally, he wouldn’t let him be in a place where he couldn’t keep an eye on him. So, he took Song Jian as his personal disciple and kept him under close observation.

Although Song Jian had become Liu Qingyun’s personal disciple, Liu did not teach him for a single day, and did not pass on any Qingyun Sword Sect sword techniques to him. Despite receiving the same benefits as other personal disciples, he was actually being closely monitored by Liu Qingyun.

If Song Jian could have quietly stayed by Liu Qingyun’s side for a few years, he might have won his trust, but Song Jian didn’t have that much time to waste, so he had to find another way;

Subsequently, Song Jian began to learn sword formations, which Liu Qingyun readily accepted. After all, for ordinary people to study the way of Sword Array, it was extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming. Some people spent their whole lives without achieving anything remarkable;

Even when it was later reported that Song Jian had become a formal Sword Array Master in just over a month, Liu Qingyun didn’t take it seriously;

Because Liu Qingyun was a Sword Array Grandmaster, he naturally understood the mysteries of Sword Arrays. Song Jian hadn’t even reached the first level of combat power, so to study more advanced Sword Arrays would be impossible for him.

However, Liu Qingyun never expected that the one thing he least cared about would become the key to the destruction of the entire Qingyun Sword Sect;

“I hate this!”

As the azure Sword Qi in the sky dispersed, Liu Qingyun was hit by the backlash of the Sword Array. His whole body appeared as if it was made of porcelain, with fine cracks appearing on the surface of his body;

Thud~

With a muffled sound, Liu Qingyun’s entire body exploded into a cloud of blood, not leaving behind a complete corpse;

“Hahahaha~” the Abyssal Demon Lord laughed wildly. With Liu Qingyun’s protection gone, the entire Qingyun Sword Sect was nothing more than a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered in its eyes, just nourishment to restore its strength;

Abyssal creatures, like a dark tide, surged from the foot of the mountain in the direction of Qingyun Peak. In no time, the entire Qingyun Peak was occupied by Abyssal creatures, and the whole mountain was filled with the roars and howls of these monsters.

With the Sect Leader dead and the sect occupied by Abyssal creatures, almost all the disciples became sacrifices for the Abyssal Demon Lord to restore its strength. Only a handful of people managed to break through the encirclement of the Abyssal creatures and escape;

Regarding these few insignificant beings, the Abyssal Demon Lord didn’t care at all, as its eyes were always on the elders in the Qingyun Hall.

At the moment when Liu Qingyun died, Song Jian received a system prompt;

System: Liu Qingyun is dead, your contribution value is 78%;

System: Qingyun Sword Sect is destroyed, your contribution value is 61%;

System: You complete the second phase of the First-Level Combat Power Assessment Task;

System: The third phase of the First-Level Combat Power Assessment Task is released, and you need to kill a Third-Level Combat Power expert in this world;

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After reading the system prompt, Song Jian almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. This ghostly task had a third phase, and it was about killing a Third-Level Combat Power expert;

“Do you have any misunderstanding about third-level combat power experts?” Song Jian couldn’t help but roar loudly, “This is my first-level combat power assessment!”

Although Song Jian’s current strength was completely capable of fighting head-on with a First-Level Combat Power expert, no matter what, he was just an occupation without even reaching the First-Level Combat Power. Even if a Third-Level Combat Power expert stood still, didn’t fight back and let Song Jian hit him, the speed of the damage Song Jian could inflict would not be as fast as the automatic recovery of the expert;

System: Then, do you have any misunderstandings about the SS-Level Assessment Task?

“Double-S Level difficulty means sending me to my death?” Song Jian sneered;

System: Assessment tasks will not issue certain death missions. Sometimes, seemingly difficult tasks only require a change of mindset.

Song Jian was taken aback, and as if understanding something, he turned his head and looked at the Abyssal Demon Lord, who was constantly devouring the vitality of the Qingyun Sword Sect disciples. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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