Chapter 145: Who’s The Strongest, Ye Guan, Ye Xuan, or Yang Ye?
Ye Guan entered the Profound Tower, leaving the Tower Keeper frozen where he stood, seemingly in deep thought.
Should I inform the Main Academy? He was hesitant. The Main Guanxuan Academy would definitely send someone here to take care of Ye Guan if he informed them about Ye Guan’s intrusion into the Profound Tower.
Unfortunately, Ye Guan could easily kill him before the powerhouses of the Main Guanxuan Academy arrived at the Profound World. If the Main Guanxuan Academy ended up underestimating Ye Guan’s strength, the Tower Keeper would perish along with the powerhouses that the Main Guanxuan Academy would send.
There was also a huge chance that Ye Guan would survive, even if the Main Guanxuan Academy decided to send powerful powerhouses to kill Ye Guan. After all, a Great Sword Sovereign was Ye Guan’s backer.
In other words, a mere Tower Keeper like him could die easily in a clash between Ye Guan and the Main Guanxuan Academy. In addition, Ye Guan would definitely take revenge on him.
The Tower Keeper sighed deeply. He gave up on the idea of informing the Main Guanxuan Academy. The risk was simply too great for him to bear. He was just here to do his job, so there was absolutely zero need for him to put his life on the line.
Furthermore, Ye Guan even gave him three million gold spiritual crystals!
Forget it! I’ll be corrupt just this once! The Tower Keeper put the storage ring away.
He looked around warily before turning around to leave.
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Ye Guan immediately headed to the Emperor-rank Trial Layer. Emperor was the second highest rank the Profound Tower could offer, second only to the God-rank Trial Layer.
Ye Guan chose the combat trial because he had to go through numerous life-and-death battles! Ye Guan entered the teleportation array, and he was whisked away to a massive square-shaped stone platform.
The square-shaped platform was surrounded by an abyss that was so deep it was impossible to see the bottom of it from the top.
A white fog had also enveloped the abyss.
A pair of cranes would fly by from time to time, making the place seem even more eerie. Ye Guan looked around and saw more than ten square-shaped stone platforms around him.
Ye Guan turned and saw a massive stone stele in the distance.
Two words were emblazoned on the stone stele—Trial Peak.
Ye Guan was astonished.
It seemed that he was standing on a tournament platform that was quite advanced.
Meanwhile, the Tower Keeper’s face changed.
“Emperor-rank combat trial? Is he crazy?” he muttered before disappearing.
Ye Guan was in awe of Trial Peak.
Rumble!
The rift in space was abruptly torn open in front of Ye Guan.
A mysterious blue light swept across him, and a phantom appeared moments later.
Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed upon seeing the sword in the phantom’s hand. It’s a swordsman!
Swoosh!
The phantom abruptly vanished.
Ye Guan’s face changed. Instant Death Strike! The phantom had just performed Ye Guan’s Instant Death Strike, and it was a sword move that shattered the spacetime rules.
Ye Guan’s heart was gripped by shock. He didn’t have the luxury to think about his next move as his figure blurred and retreated frantically. However, the phantom’s sword was still chasing after him.
Ye Guan came to a halt and thrust his sword toward the oncoming attack.
Boom!
A loud noise echoed throughout the Trial Peak.
Ye Guan and the phantom were sent flying by at least thirty meters, but they weren’t idle while in mid-air. The two slashed out with their hands, sending a wave of sword force toward each other.
Clang!
A dazzling explosion of sword light erupted, and the space was pervaded with the pair’s powerful sword aura. The space near the explosion was ruthlessly torn apart.
However, the two weren’t done just yet, as they both disappeared at the same time.
Swoosh!
Two beams of sword light streaked across the tournament square like two bolts of lightning.
Boom!
There was yet again another dazzling explosion and a strange scene soon unfolded on the tournament platform. Two blurry figures were charging and retreating while their flying swords imbued with sword energy incessantly collided with each other.
The peculiar scene lasted for an entire minute before the two finally disengaged.
However, their flying swords were still fighting each other in mid-air.
Ye Guan had suffered about ten slash wounds from the exchange, and his gaze turned heavy as he stared deeply at the phantom in the distance. The exchange just now had told Ye Guan one thing—the phantom knew what Ye Guan knew, and it didn’t know what Ye Guan didn’t know.
However, the phantom was becoming stronger and faster over time.
If it hadn’t been for the Martial God Inheritance that he had obtained recently, which allowed him to become familiar with many attack patterns from many different cultivators, Ye Guan reckoned that he would have long lost against the phantom.
To make matters worse, the phantom had an infinite amount of profound energy, so it could manipulate its sword with its profound energy indefinitely.
Swoosh!
The space in front of Ye Guan was split open, and a sword came flying out.
Instant Death Strike!
Ye Guan narrowed his eyes and sent a flying sword toward the oncoming attack before disappearing.
The phantom let go of its sword and disappeared as well.
Ye Guan reappeared behind the phantom, but the phantom vanished and reappeared behind Ye Guan.
Slash!
The phantom slashed out toward Ye Guan’s head.
Ye Guan remained calm and whipped around, but the phantom disappeared and reappeared behind him. However, Ye Guan turned right back and thrust his sword toward the phantom behind him!
Predict my moves, and I’ll predict yours! Yes, let’s keep doing that!
Ye Guan’s sword struck nothing but air, and Ye Guan’s pupils constricted.
He knew that he had lost, and just in time, he felt the tip of a sword pushing against the back of his head.
The phantom didn’t pierce Ye Guan’s head. It walked over to one side and bowed slightly to Ye Guan before standing upright once more and taking a stance with its sword, seemingly waiting for Ye Guan to make a move.
Ye Guan stared deeply at the phantom before closing his eyes. Ye Guan had done his best to outsmart the phantom, but the phantom would always be one step ahead of him.
It was the Stream of Consciousness fighting style!
It was an exhausting fighting style that required one to constantly predict and outsmart one’s opponent during battle. One’s combat sense, reaction time, and speed had to be able to keep up with each other.
Ye Guan was thrilled at the discovery. He was convinced that he would be able to push himself to his limits and perhaps go even further beyond.
Ye Guan consumed a spiritual pill. Moments later, he got up and vanished.
Swoosh!
He was soon locked in an intense battle against the phantom. They fought fiercely with their swords zigzagging across the tournament square, leaving behind nothing but dazzling trails of sword light.
The strangest thing about their fight was that the two of them would sometimes disappear and reappear at the same time without making any moves.
The Tower Keeper’s expression turned solemn upon witnessing the scene unfolding in front of him.
The Emperor-rank Combat Trial was a special layer of the Profound Tower, as it was created by the extremely powerful Martial Court. It was built with two purposes in mind—research and talent discovery.
The Immortal Treasures Pavilion wasn’t just a money-making business, it also cultivated its own talents!
Many years ago, the Martial Court had used a massive amount of resources to create a special array that would first assess the challenger before producing a mirror image of the same cultivation realm as the challenger.
However, the array wouldn’t have become special if it were only capable of producing mirror images. Of course, there was more than what met the eyes. The mirror image created by the special array had two special abilities—it was an extremely fast learner, and it could reproduce the fighting styles and techniques of the challengers that it had encountered.
In other words, every mirror image in the Emperor-rank Combat Trial contained many years of knowledge and wisdom. Until now, no one had been able to last for more than a minute against the mirror image—not a single person!
Every challenger so far had to be carried out before a minute went by.
However, Ye Guan was actually capable of exchanging moves with the terrifying phantom that had been haunting the Emperor-rank Trial!
He was also moving so fast that the Tower Keeper couldn’t quite keep up with his movement.
The Tower Keeper fell silent. He’s a heaven-defying talent! Should I gamble on him?
The Tower Keeper despaired upon recalling that Ye Guan’s enemy was the Chosen One. In addition, the entire Immortal Treasures Pavilion had chosen to take the Chosen One’s side. If he took a gamble on Ye Guan, wouldn’t he become an enemy of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion?
The risk was simply too big!
The Tower Keeper sighed.
Meanwhile, Ye Guan was still locked in a fierce battle against the phantom. His heart was empty, nary a single thought, as he was entirely focused on the battle and kept his spirits high. He didn’t dare to be negligent. The phantom was just too terrifying!
Just like that, three days passed. Ye Guan had spent every day over the past three days fighting the phantom. He didn’t sustain any injuries, and the phantom remained unscathed as well.
On the fourth day, Ye Guan threw his sword at the phantom with his right hand. The moment he let go of the sword, he charged forward and slammed his knee against the phantom.
The phantom was stunned by the unexpected move, but it reacted quickly and retreated. However, Ye Guan immediately seized the opportunity in front of him and charged at the phantom with his fist.