Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 420 - 396 Peril of the Sword Pond_2

"I... I’m alright, not dead yet."

Liu Ling’s response brought a sigh of relief to everyone.

Qin Qing was also secretly surprised that she didn’t die, considering she was indeed lucky.

However, Liu Ling had no choice but to give up now.

"Hongxue, Liu Huang, Senior Qin... you all continue, I’m out!" said Liu Ling as she stepped back.

No matter what, she had consumed a Sword Fruit this time.

Although she couldn’t enter the Sword Cleansing Celestial Pond, the Sword Fruit alone was a huge opportunity.

Actually, this was precisely what Liu Ling originally intended.

Being able to obtain a Sword Fruit was satisfying enough, and when the chance to endure the baptism was in front of her, how could she not try to compete for it?

So, even now as she failed, there was nothing to regret.

Preserving her life was what mattered most.

This trip to the Sword Pavilion, gaining a Sword Fruit and the trials on the path of the Sword Pond, would surely benefit her for a lifetime.

Before long, Liu Huang also chose to give up.

She, too, had numerous sword injuries.

While Qin Qing, Cang Yuan, Zhu Linglong, and Liu Hongxue were still persevering.

Further away, Pei Fulong was also moving forward step by step...

It wouldn’t be long now!

"Just the last thirty feet!"

Qin Qing looked ahead.

The sword qi within those thirty feet was dense, like schools of fish in the depths of the sea.

Yet beyond that, the area in the middle of the water, the sword qi there wasn’t as chaotic.

There was the core area of the Sword Cleansing Celestial Pond...

The chance for the Sword Pond’s baptism was right in front of them!

One step!

Ten feet!

Just ten steps to reach the central core area.

Qin Qing looked at Liu Hongxue beside him, her gaze meeting his.

They both exchanged an encouraging look.

The last thirty feet were also the final ten steps.

Yet these ten steps were more challenging than all the paths they had taken before.

Eight more feet!

Qin Qing took a deep breath internally and stepped out the third step.

Seven feet.

He continued to stimulate Spiritual Power, using Sword Qi to resist the Sword Technique Prohibition around him.

Additionally, the Sword Intent naturally erupting from the Sword Fruit played a significant role...

"Fourth step!"

Only six feet left!

Victory was getting closer...

And right then, the increasing sounds of agony from afar began to rise.

Some were severely wounded and fled.

But more were unable to escape in time and were directly wiped out by the Sword Technique Prohibition...

Cang Yuan and Zhu Linglong were under tremendous pressure.

Both of them had already sustained multiple sword injuries.

And Liu Hongxue’s situation was even worse than Cang Yuan and Zhu Linglong’s; her sword injuries were more severe.

"Are we really going to give up here?"

Liu Hongxue felt enormous pressure as countless dense sword qi surrounded her, like symbols ready to reap lives at any moment.

She didn’t even know whether stepping forward once more would face her with world-shattering danger.

At this moment, Qin Qing turned his head and looked at Liu Hongxue, who had fallen a step behind.

"Hongxue!" Qin Qing called out and then waved his hand.

Liu Hongxue instinctively reached out to catch what he threw.

It was a Sword Fruit.

"Consume another Sword Fruit!" said Qin Qing.

Qin Qing knew the uses of Sword Fruit, but he also knew that Liu Hongxue could only withstand the Sword Intent of two Sword Fruits at most.

Consuming a Sword Fruit was not only helpful, it also held risks.

After Qin Qing consumed three Sword Fruits, he felt he was close to the threshold. The Sword Intent generated by the Sword Fruit was not just external but also internal. Once out of control, it would wreak havoc inside the body, causing Sword Qi to explode and instantaneously tear the person apart.

Liu Hongxue took the Sword Fruit, touched by a surge of warmth in her heart.

Then she consumed the Sword Fruit.

Immediately, a powerful oppressive sensation emerged from within her.

The fierce Sword Intent almost caused Liu Hongxue to lose control.

However, she soon managed to rein it in, and then she felt considerably lighter...

Quickly, she took another step forward.

Qin Qing smiled and threw two Sword Fruits each to Cang Yuan and Zhu Linglong.

Zhu Linglong and Cang Yuan caught the Sword Fruits.

They both swallowed one Sword Fruit immediately, while they held the other one in their hands...

Consuming two Sword Fruits directly meant they had to endure the Sword Intent of both, escalating the danger significantly.

So they chose to consume one first, digesting and understanding it slowly, and when there was no choice but to take the second Sword Fruit for the next step, they would use it.

As for Qin Qing, he gave only one Sword Fruit to Liu Hongxue, yet two to Cang Yuan and Zhu Linglong.

That was because both Zhu Linglong and Cang Yuan had a far deeper comprehension of swordsmanship than Liu Hongxue.

Having already consumed one Sword Fruit, Liu Hongxue certainly couldn’t handle two more.

Whereas Zhu Linglong and Cang Yuan could adjust the absorption of the Sword Fruit through their own swordsmanship insights...

Time continued to pass.

Yet the last thirty feet were traversed extremely slowly.

Especially the last fifteen feet.

Each step took a significant amount of time.

At last, Qin Qing was the first to take the final step forward.

He reached the core area!

This was the Sword Pond’s core area, and upon entering, Qin Qing felt as though he had entered a different world.

The howling Sword Qi was no more.

Instead, there was a mysterious tranquility.

Moreover, the Spiritual Energy around was abundant.

Even...

The water rippled with a seven-colored soft wave, a sign of highly concentrated Spiritual Power appearing as a rainbow light.

Spiritual Energy condensed into liquid.

His whole body bathed in Spiritual Energy...

Besides Spiritual Energy, there was another special force.