Sword Wiping Assembly Domain, Central Zone.

Deer Chasing Plain.

A robust, heroic-looking young man sat on a small hill, a massive halberd horizontally strapped to his back.

He held a map in his hand, his expression somewhat troubled.

"Why is no one here yet? Isn’t this the central area?"

With no fights to be had, he was restless, scratching his head in frustration.

On his waist token, the number eighty-nine glowed brightly.

He was Li Yi.

In such an interesting environment of conflict and rules of combat,

as an extreme warmonger, Li Yi, unable to enter a state of battle, felt anxious every minute and every second, as if he was "wasting his life and time."

"Thinking about it, it was much more exhilarating on the battlefield..."

Recalling his past life, following Old General Xiao in campaigns on the battlefield, the oppressive feeling of thousands of soldiers surging towards him.

A flicker of excitement flashed in Li Yi’s eyes.

Later, by a twist of fate, he stepped into the Cultivation World, and he originally thought that Immortal battles would be very interesting.

However, in reality, there were no Immortal battles here at all.

He had even applied to go to Changping, but because he was joining Demon Subduing Peak, with various assessments ahead, his application could not be approved.

The closest he came to a super battle was probably when someone named Song Yan provoked the Profound Origin Sect several times.

However, in the end, no fight actually broke out.

Usually, sparring on Wipe Sword Peak was just small skirmishes.

Now that he had advanced to Level 9 Qi Refining, this was even more true.

There were hardly any in the Qi Refinement Stage who could truly exchange a few moves with him, and Cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm didn’t bother with him.

He now only wanted to quickly Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm so he could properly exchange a few moves with the Seniors of Demon Subduing Peak.

"How boring."

At the very beginning of the Sword Wiping Assembly, he was teleported to the southwestern edge.

He believed that, due to the advancing rules of the Restriction, everyone would eventually move towards the central area.

So, he fought his way from the southwestern edge to Deer Chasing Plain in the very center of the Sword Wiping Assembly Domain.

However, he was somewhat surprised to find that the number of people in the central area at this time was not large.

After he had defeated everyone, he checked his token, and including the previous unlucky ones, there were only eighty-nine marks.

This left him somewhat dissatisfied.

"Where the hell did all these guys go?!"

He complained.

Extremely bored.

But as soon as he thought that in a few hours, all those who hadn’t been eliminated would engage in a super free-for-all here, he was so excited he wanted to cry.

He rubbed his hands, about to put away the map.

Suddenly, he noticed a mark appearing on the map.

"Hm? Someone!"

Li Yi’s eyes lit up.

The Spiritual Qi fluctuation from the southeast made him spring up from the ground.

He grabbed the large halberd from his back and headed straight for the southeast.

"Eh? Senior Brother Li?"

The Disciple was startled, recognized the newcomer, and his face lit up with joy: "It’s me, do you still remember me? I am..."

"Let’s have a fight first!"

"Hey, no, Senior Brother Li, please show mercy..."

...Eight and a half hours had passed since the Sword-Wiping Tournament began.

The second-to-last movement of the Restriction had already ended.

Now, the area available for Cultivators to move around was only the central Deer Chasing Plain and the four surrounding terrains.

After several fierce battles, only about seventy Cultivators remained.

Some of these were still wandering in the outermost areas, waiting to pick up scraps.

Some were strong individuals who had claimed their own territories in the outer areas of the central region.

And some were lucky individuals who were constantly on the move, and for some unknown reason, were still able to remain within the Domain.

At this moment, to the south.

A dense forest at the edge of the Restriction.

Gu Qingqing was walking north with a nervous expression, occasionally glancing behind her.

To an outsider, this was a lone female Cultivator, guarding against a sneak attack from behind.

Gu Qingqing’s movements attracted the attention of two Cultivators.

"Rustle..."

Suddenly, a rustling of leaves sounded from the ancient trees on both sides.

"...Who?"

Gu Qingqing immediately spoke out, but there was no panic in her voice.

Two figures descended from the trees and stood before Gu Qingqing.

Judging by their attire, they were Disciples of Tongchen Peak.

Gu Qingqing retreated a few steps, appearing to be startled.

"Ah, Junior Sister, don’t be nervous."

One of them spoke smoothly: "I am Chen Youcai, and this is Junior Brother Baihe."

Baihe, beside Chen Youcai, bowed slightly, his face gentle.

"We two have looked out for each other and have fortunately not been eliminated yet."

"I see that Junior Sister’s cultivation is not deep, yet she can travel alone to this point; she must be a person of deep fortune."

The two spoke casually, yet subtly and slowly approached Gu Qingqing.

"Sigh... you say this Sword Wiping Assembly is simply a stage for those Sect Genius Disciples to show off."

"Where do we, the unknown Disciples, fit in?"

"Just right, I wonder if Junior Sister is interested in traveling with us, so we can look out for each other."

The two glanced at each other, a slight sideways look.

Female Cultivator.

Qi Refining Stage 6.

Traveling alone.

The Spiritual Mark on her waist token was only "two."

All these factors combined gave the two the feeling of an easy Spiritual Mark to obtain.

"Junior Sister, where did you come from? Did you not encounter anyone else?"

The Cultivator named Baihe asked, while naturally taking out a map and glancing at it.

It sounded like he was checking the terrain, but in reality, it was just to confirm if there were any other people in the surrounding area.

"Greetings, Senior Brothers."

Gu Qingqing seemed to have lowered her guard; she gently shook her head.

"My name is Gu Qingqing, and I haven’t met any other fellow Disciples on my journey."

How lucky.

Looking at the map, there truly was no one else nearby.

Baihe grinned and whispered.

"Senior Brother Chen, it seems today is our lucky day."

Chen Youcai leisurely walked to Gu Qingqing’s side, a faint Spiritual Light beginning to gather in his palm.

"Junior Sister Gu, today, your two Senior Brothers will teach you a lesson, and that is..."

"Wait."

Gu Qingqing suddenly spoke, a cunning glint in her eyes.

"Qingqing doesn’t understand these things."

She chuckled, revealing two small fangs: "If you have any lessons, go tell them to my Senior Brother Song!"

"Hm?"

Buzz—

A flash of black and white Spiritual Light shot out from who knows where!

This Spiritual Light was too fast, and combined with the two’s attention being fully on Gu Qingqing, they had no time to react.

Hiss.

The Unmoored Boat, empowered by a Lifebound Flying Sword.

The faint protective Spiritual Qi around their bodies was instantly shattered, and the Spiritual Mark jade tokens on their waists fell with a clang.

"Come."

The two jade tokens slowly floated towards Gu Qingqing’s back.

"Who?!"

The two were greatly alarmed, quickly circulating Spiritual Qi to protect themselves, and at the same time, reached for the two jade tokens in the air.

Rustle—

Powerful Sword Qi stirred up fallen leaves everywhere, and a figure appeared behind the two at some unknown moment.

He gently patted their backs.

"Two Senior Brothers, I’ll borrow your Spiritual Marks..."

"I hope you don’t mind."