Watching Ye Chen''s movements, Lu Jia had his mouth wide open.


    Previously, Ye Chen, in the Spirit Sea Realm midterm, achieved the speed of the Dun pill level and struck a Blood Igniting Fruit with the starting speed of the Dun pill level, which already made Lu Jia disbelieve.


    Now, Ye Chen was directly chasing after a Blood Igniting Fruit with thete speed of the Dun pill level, whichpletely left Lu Jia stunned in ce!


    Although Lu Jia had never seen it before, he had heard that there were disciples of exceptional talent in Tai''a Sword Sect who could reach the early Dun pill level speed while being in the midterm of the Spirit Sea Realm.


    But to say that someone in the midterm of the Spirit Sea Realm could reach thete Dun pill level speed, even after Lu Jia had cultivated for hundreds of years in the Tai''a Sword Sect, he had never heard of any disciple capable of this, not even in rumors!


    Perhaps only the strongest among all the sects on the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, the "Heavenly Sacred Pce," with its demon-level geniuses, could achieve such a feat.


    Could this young man, Ye Chen, really catch up with a Blood Igniting Fruit that flies at thete Dun pill level speed while he is just in the midterm of the Spirit Sea Realm?


    Could he be another demon-level genius?!


    Thinking this, Lu Jia''s gaze was now entirely fixed on Ye Chen.


    Boom!


    Just as Lu Jia focused all his attention on Ye Chen, and while the fruit at thete Dun pill level speed burst forth, flying out of the grove toward the rolling evil aura outside, an odd, clear, and crisp sound suddenly emitted from Ye Chen''s body.


    It was the cry of the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast Dharma Idol Phantom!


    Swoosh!


    Almost instantly, fiery true qi burst forth around Ye Chen''s body, and the indescribably mysterious Vermilion Bird Dharma Idol Phantom enveloped his entire form.


    After that, Ye Chen, like a huge Vermilion Bird slicing through the void, suddenly pierced through space and appeared behind the rapidly fleeing Blood Igniting Fruit withte Dun pill level flying speed.


    Then, with a touch of the ck Fire Sword in Ye Chen''s hand, there was a "bang," and the fruit, at its ultimate speed, exploded on impact.


    That explosion left Lu Jia, who had been watching Ye Chen attentively,pletely thunderstruck.


    Ye Chen, the one he had previously reminded to strike the weakest area Blood Igniting Fruit, had actually seeded in hitting one at thete Dun pill level speed!


    Ye Chen actually possessed the speed to overtake cultivators in thete Dun pill level with just his midterm Spirit Sea Realm cultivation!


    "Ye Chen, just what kind of a demon are you from!" eximed Lu Jia.


    Lu Jia looked up at Elder Xiao Supreme Elder, previously thinking he had brought a disciple who relied on connections to cultivate in the Divine Sword ce.


    Now, it seemed nothing of the sort; this friend Ye Chen hadpletely surpassed all the Tai''a Sword Sect''s Spirit Sea disciples!


    Even among the Tai''a Sword Sect''s Dun pill realm disciples, aside from the truly powerful in theter stages, there were probably only a few who couldpare with him.


    And yet, Ye Chen was only in the midterm of the Spirit Sea Realm!


    Lu Jia looked up at Elder Xiao Supreme Elder, who also had a shock in his eyes.


    Previously, when Elder Xiao was in Tai''a City, and he heard that Ye Chen had overpowered Liu Zheng in the mid Dun pill level, he knew that Ye Chen''s strength was incredibly formidable, but that was only hearsay, which paled inparison to the shock of witnessing it with his own eyes.


    Ye Chen had taken action only twice, and he had already made Elder Xiao Supreme Elder feel as if he was witnessing the genuine demon-level geniuses from the First Holy Temple of the Heavenly Sacred Pce right before him.


    Moreover, the indescribably mysterious Dharma Idol Phantom around Ye Chen left Elder Xiao Supreme Elder extremely astonished.


    "Excellent, truly excellent!"


    "Qingqing, you''ve really found a rare talent for the Heavenly Sacred Pce!" Elder Xiao Supreme Elder''s eyes sparkled as he looked at Ye Chen and nodded in admiration.


    "Elder Xiao, my judgment is never wrong!" Mu Qingqing also proudly lifted her little head, her beautiful eyes curved into smiles.


    The young girl even murmured to herself: "Ye Chen''s capabilities are not just limited to these! Even without cultivating in the Heavenly Sacred Pce, he is this formidable. If he cultivates in the Divine Sword for another month and then goes on to cultivate in the Heavenly Sacred Pce, it''s very likely he could surpass most of the demon-level geniuses from the First Holy Temple!"


    "Humph, grandpa and the other Envoys would be shocked to the core if they knew the kind of talent I picked for the Heavenly Sacred Pce this time!"


    The girl couldn''t help but imagine the scenario when she would return to the Heavenly Sacred Pce in a few months, her lips curling into a smile as she pondered.


    "The second Blood Igniting Fruit!"


    After striking another Blood Igniting Fruit and feeling another faint red aura envelop him, Ye Chen''s eyes shone even brighter.


    Blood Igniting Fruit!


    Strike a hundred Blood Igniting Fruits quickly and enter the Divine Sword!


    Ye Chen didn''t notice the amazed expressions of Lu Jia and Elder Xiao Supreme Elder; his attention was entirely focused on the countless Blood Igniting Fruits. He wanted to quickly strike enough fruits to enter the Divine Sword.


    This gigantic sword that fell from the heavens, with Divine Blood merely touched to its body, had churned out a vast sea of evil aura, which even after thousands of years had notpletely dissipated.


    The sword might emanating from this enormous sword formed the marvelously unique Blood Igniting Fruit Tree and Blood Igniting Fruits, continuously annihting the Divine Blood Evil Qi.


    Ye Chen could no longer restrain his desire to see what the inside of the Divine Sword looked like, what the forbidden formations within the Divine Sword were like.


    Of course, he wasn''t going to waste too much time on the outside.


    Boom!


    Ye Chen''s Divine Sense had already reached a coverage radius of forty li, and he enveloped countless Blood Igniting Fruit Trees and the fruits hanging from the branches within this range of his Divine Sense.


    He just waited for the Blood Igniting Fruits to fall, ready to strike immediately!


    Whoosh!


    Right after Ye Chen hit the second Blood Igniting Fruit, many more fruits began falling from the Blood Igniting Fruit Grove, and Ye Chen immediately sted towards the one closest to him.


    Bang!


    In the blink of an eye, another Blood Igniting Fruit, which had the speed of ate-Spirit Sea Realm retreat, was struck by Ye Chen.


    The third Blood Igniting Fruit hit!


    Then, without any pause in his movements, Ye Chen flitted through the Blood Igniting Fruit Grove like a flying divine beast, hitting a fruit with every strike.


    Whether it was a Blood Igniting Fruit with the retreat speed ofte-Spinning Pill or the retreat speed of mid-Spinning Pill, not a single attack from Ye Chen missed its mark!


    In just a moment, Ye Chen had hit as many as fifty Blood Igniting Fruits.


    By the end, Lu Jia waspletely numb to the spectacle.


    For other disciples, it would take a lot of time to hit enough Blood Igniting Fruits, but for him, Ye Chen, there was simply no difficulty at all.


    Lu Jia didn''t even need to look to know that when Ye Chen had his sights on one hundred Blood Igniting Fruits, that was when he would hit all one hundred!


    Ye Chen filled Lu Jia with confidence through his absolute strength!


    While Lu Jia''s mind was still processing, the number of Blood Igniting Fruits hit by Ye Chen rose from fifty to as many as sixty or seventy.


    In that moment, he hit more than twenty Blood Igniting Fruits again.


    Ye Chen''s striking speed even caught the attention of the other thirteen Tai''a Sword Sect disciples who were hitting the Blood Igniting Fruits in the grove.


    Eventually, all thirteen Tai''a Sword Sect disciples even stopped their actions and turned to look at Ye Chen.


    When they saw that each of Ye Chen''s strikes hit a Blood Igniting Fruit without fail, that none of the fruits he targeted could escape, like the first Holy Temple disciple Lu Jia, they all gaped in amazement.


    Their own pace at hitting the Blood Igniting Fruits was so slow, but... but this youth who seemed even younger than them was picking them off as easily as picking flowers, one sword strike per fruit!


    Comparing themselves to others, they simply couldn''tpare!


    They were witnessing a demon-level genius right before their eyes!


    Under the astonished gazes of the thirteen Tai''a Sword Sect disciples and Lu Jia, under the nodding approval of Elder Xiao Supreme Elder, and as Mu Qingqing''s beautiful eyes sparkled with amazement while she watched Ye Chen,


    Ny-eight, ny-nine...


    One hundred!


    In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Ye Chen sessfully hit all one hundred required Blood Igniting Fruits in the grove outside the body of the Divine Sword.


    Hum! Hum!


    At this moment, one hundred rays of Blood Igniting Fruit radiance twined around Ye Chen, ranging from his body all the way to the ck Fire Sword in his hand.


    With the ck Fire Sword in hand, its tip pointed downward, and under the reflection of the fiery red glow of the Blood Igniting Fruits, contrasted against the ten-thousand-meter tall towering sword behind him, Ye Chen emanated an odd temperament.


    This temperament caused Mu Qingqing, who had been watching Ye Chen all along, to be momentarily transfixed.


    "One hundred! He hit all of them so quickly!"


    This temperament made both Lu Jia and the thirteen Tai''a Sword Sect disciples unconsciously exim aloud.


    At that moment, Ye Chen finally turned his head, looking towards a gap at the very bottom of the Divine Sword''s body.


    That gap was a ce of damage on the sword''s body, the lowest entry point into the internal space of the Divine Sword.


    "The Divine Sword, a divine artifact sword that fell from the Upper Realm''s Minor Spirit Realm!"


    "I''ll soon enter it for thirty days of cultivation. In these thirty days, I aim to use the forbidden formations inside topletely master my advanced sword formations! Once that''s done, with my perfect mastery of the thirdyer of Sword Intents, I''ll be ready topete with sword cultivators from all over the world at the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Conference!"


    As Ye Chen''s eyes shone brilliantly, he alsomunicated with Phoenix Spirit of the Azure Blue Mansion through his Divine Sense: "Phoenix Spirit senior, I''m now close to this Divine Sword. Can you sense whether this Divine Sword is rted to the great war with the Divine Phoenix n from the Upper Realm?"