With the slowdown, the sword light transformed from the body of the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword has time to fly to the second sword light and crush it after shattering the first one.
"Next, wonât there be three sword lights?" Li Yuanba speculated in his heart and prepared accordingly, strengthening the Sword Intent imbued in the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword.
Contrary to his expectations, this time there were four sword lights.
This startled himâif the sword lights doubled with each appearance, it wouldnât take many rounds before the sword lights reached a terrifying number.
He didnât know how many rounds other Sword Cultivators could withstand, so he braced himself for the battle.
This time, he once again divided the sword light, splitting the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword into four sword lights to resist the four trial sword lights.
He understood that the more sword lights split from the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword, excluding the main sword body, the lesser the power of the divided sword lights.
This is why Sword Cultivators rarely use divided sword lights; they use them only against weaker foes to increase attack efficiency.
Due to the enhanced infusement of Sword Intent in the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword, even when divided into four sword lights, the energy-converted three sword lights still had the power to withstand the trial sword lights.
The key factor was the role of the âSupreme Yang Sword Intentâ. Although its power wasnât as strong as the âVoid-breaking Sword Intentâ, the âSupreme Yang Sword Intentâ was still a very potent Sword Intent.
The original Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword shattered the first sword light, then swiftly crushed the remaining three trial sword lights.
Then, as Li Yuanbaâs mind shifted slightly, the Sword Intent on the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword changed to âVoid-breaking Sword Intentâ.
He activated the âDivine Eye Sightâ; its visible range was only within his eyes, but it allowed him to see the sword lights appearing before him more clearly and make more precise judgments.
"Divide!" Li Yuanba uttered softly, and the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword split into eight sword lights, with the âVoid-breaking Sword Intentâ also divided into eight parts.
At this point, eight sword lights appeared in the void, flying towards him.
He was slightly surprised this time, as the eight sword lights came in the form of the Eight-direction Formation.
This was much more challenging to deal with than ordinary eight sword lights, and most frustrating was that the power of the eight sword lights remained unaffected by the increased division.
The sword lightâs power was still at the Nascent Soul Early Stage Middle Level somehow unaffected by the division of sword lights.
He even suspected that the power of the Nascent Soul Early Stage Middle Level sword light was determined by the trial based on his realm.
These eight sword lights were almost equivalent to eight Nascent Soul Early Stage Middle Level Sword Cultivators striking simultaneously, infusing the formation expertise into their attacks.
"Slash!" A fierce gleam flashed in Li Yuanbaâs eyes as he manipulated the eight sword lights to transform into the Reverse Eight-direction Formation, rushing into the Eight-direction Formation.
He countered the eight trial sword lights arranged in the Eight-direction Formation with a method for breaking formations, yet ultimately breaking the formation required his sword light to shatter the trial sword lights.
Without the method for breaking formations, even if he wanted to confront the trial sword lights with his Lifebound Flying Sword, he wouldnât be able to touch them.
The eight trial sword lights clashed with the eight âVoid-breaking Sword Intentâ sword lights, slicing through the eight trial sword lights and dissipating them into fragmented light points.
Li Yuanba exhaled slowly and retrieved the âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ.
He had no choice; he could no longer continue battling this way, as even if he could continually divide his sword lights, once divided into sixteen, they definitely wouldnât withstand the sword lights with the power of Nascent Soul Early Stage Middle Level.
He didnât know how other Sword Cultivators were handling it, but he chose to use the âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ.
With a slight mental shift, forty-eight energy-converted flying swords flew out from the âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ. None were Fourth-grade Flying Swords, but they were all second or third-grade energy-converted flying swords.
Though these were second or third-grade energy-converted flying swords, the Sword Intents infused within carried a trace of Nascent Soul Early Stage Sword Intent, almost touching the edge of Nascent Soul Early Stage power.
At this moment, sixteen sword lights appeared in the void of the trial space, flying at him in two Eight-direction Formations.
With a wave of his hand, the forty-eight energy-converted flying swords, under his Divine Sense control, engaged in two Reverse Eight-direction Formations.
Each trial sword light was blocked by three energy-converted flying swords, with the three flying swords forming a Three Talents Formation.
With his Spirit, without needing to worry about other enemies and being free from other attacks, he could fully exert his Spirit to divide it up to a hundredfold, controlling a hundred energy-converted flying swords.
In Nascent Soul Level combat, such Spirit division into a hundredfold is absolutely inadvisable as each energy-converted flying sword contains too little Spirit.
In battles against cultivators, if the opponent has a Spirit-related Cultivation Technique, they could completely finish off the Spirit contained in Li Yuanbaâs energy-converted flying sword with a single Spirit attack.
But in this trial, thereâs no need to worry about such problems, so Li Yuanba boldly divided his Spirit.
The forty-eight energy-converted flying swords forming Three Talents Formations to confront trial sword lights still couldnât truly counter them, only delaying for a breathâs worth of time at the cost of scattering themselves.
A single breath was sufficient for Li Yuanba to drive the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword to shatter all sixteen trial sword lights.
"Thirty-two trial sword lights!" Li Yuanba spoke slowly, reminding himself.
He once again summoned ninety-six energy-converted flying swords from the âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ, keeping it within the range of a hundred energy-converted flying swords, he could precisely control them with his Spirit to form formations, facing the trial sword lights with Three Talents Formations.
Meanwhile, his Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword divided into eight sword lights all blessed with âVoid-breaking Sword Intentâ.
The thirty-two trial sword lights were dealt with effortlessly under his full display.
Yet his expression grew increasingly serious, knowing that the upcoming trials marked the beginning of trouble.
"Sixty-four trial sword lights!" he said slowly.
From âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ emerged sixty-four energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords, each carrying the real power of Nascent Soul Early Stage.
Even the trial sword lights couldnât quickly strike back against these energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords, which ranked second among the Ten Thousand Sword Peakâs energy-converted flying swords.
Sixty-four trial sword lights shot out in formation through the void.
The Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword, moving at top speed, first slashed through a node in the formation of sixty-four trial sword lights, breaking the formation.
With this, the sixty-four energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords were matched against the trial sword lights, with each energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Sword engaged in a duel in the sky.
Clearly, the sixty-four energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords comparably weaker, but the Fourth Grade Xingyi Sword wreaked havoc, backed by the obstruction of the sixty-four energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords sufficient to clear out the sixty-four trial sword lights.
Li Yuanba assessed the state of the sixty-four energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords, having consumed about one-third of their energy, indicating that they may only last one or two more rounds.
âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ wasnât conducive to prolonged combat, at least not in its current state.
The real power of âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ lay in the moment of a thousand swords firing in unison, overwhelming enemies with sheer quantity, enhanced by the Great Cultivatorâs âVoid-breaking Sword Intentâ, creating an extremely terrifying explosive destructive force in an instant.
However, to enable âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ for prolonged combat requires a lengthier nurturing period.
The energy-converted Fourth Grade Flying Swords hadnât spent enough time in âTen Thousand Sword Peakâ to undergo adequate nurturing.
"One hundred twenty-eight sword lights!" Li Yuanba spoke slowly.