The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 741 - 739: Breaking into the 20th Level!

Chapter 741: Chapter 739: Breaking into the 20th Level!

In the Wooden Puppet Alley.

Lin Bai’s thunderbolt-like power knocked the last wooden human in front of him to the ground.

Nineteenth stage, broken!

Lin Bai said with a slight smile, "Dad, it seems you weren’t that great after all. You were stuck at the nineteenth stage and couldn’t go on."

I’m much better than you. I guess I can only stop at the twentieth stage."

Lin Bai smiled faintly.

Now that he had broken through the nineteenth stage, Lin Bai wasn’t happy just because he was two stages ahead of He Qian.

He Qian was competitive and wanted to trample on Lin Bai, but Lin Bai didn’t take him seriously at all.

The only goal for Lin Bai was to surpass Lin Duo’s record of that year. In this way, when he found Lin Duo later, he would be able to brag to him.

"Haha, I really want to know, Dad, what will your expression be when you find out I’ve surpassed your result in the Wooden Puppet Alley?" Lin Bai said, laughing with anticipatory delight.

But then, Lin Bai’s smile gradually hardened, and his eyes became gloomy.

"Dad, I will find you."

"Find you, find mother."

Lin Bai said decisively.

When he thought of Lin Duo, Lin Bai felt a touch of desolation.

He saw other families harmoniously living together, parents being kind, children being filial. How could Lin Bai not feel envious?

Since stepping into the Martial Art, Lin Bai had always been alone, just as he once told Bai Xiaoxiao in his residence, "I do not want you to follow me, wander about, and live a drifting life."

This was, in fact, Lin Bai’s plight.

After Lin Bai left Lingxi City, he no longer had a home of his own.

He only had the Spirit Sword Sect, but no bloodline to tie him down.

Lin Bai wanted a home tied by blood, but there wasn’t one.

Since awakening his Martial Soul, Lin Bai had been wandering, living a drifting life.

He ran when it was dangerous, and he went where there were opportunities. He had no permanent living place and was always on the run.

Lin Bai wanted to find Lin Duo quickly and have a father-son reunion.

For any danger, for any enemy, a family could fight it together.

"Keep going. Now that I have surpassed Dad’s achievement."

"Let’s see how much I can surpass Dad!"

Lin Bai showed a wicked smile and immediately turned his attention to the wooden human of the twentieth stage.

Elsewhere.

"Lin Bai has already ventured into the twentieth stage."

"What about He Qian?"

"What stage is He Qian on?"

Many warriors turn their eyes to the Wooden Puppet Alley where He Qian was.

"How is it still the seventeenth stage? It’s been more than a few breaths, and He Qian hasn’t broken through the seventeenth stage yet?"

"He Qian’s True Qi is already running low. I can tell that his sword skills and agility have slowed down."

"Yes, defeating more than seventeenth half-step Divine Pill Realm wooden human is equivalent to beating more than seventeenth half-step Divine Pill Realm warriors. This is too difficult."

Many warriors exclaimed in shock.

After a few more breaths.

He Qian finally broke through the seventeenth stage.

But at this moment, He Qian’s pristine white robe was soaked in his own blood. He was severely injured with multiple wounds all over his body.

He Qian crawled on the ground, using his sword to stand up.

The Elder of the Wooden Puppet Alley said, "He Qian, you’ve reached your limit. Don’t try any more stages."

He Qian had a pale face and blood was oozing continuously from his wounds. He asked in a cold voice, "What stage is Lin Bai on now?"

The Elder of the Wooden Puppet Alley glanced at Lin Bai and said, "He is on the twentieth stage."

He Qian gritted his teeth and roared, "If he can reach the twentieth stage, why can’t I? Continue!"

The elder of Wooden Puppet Alley shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "He Qian, what’s the point of this? Competing in such a manner is a taboo for warriors. Lin Bai is a monstrous genius, why must you assert your dominance against him?"

"Monstrous genius, am I not one?" He Qian scoffed. "Whatever Lin Bai can do, I can do too!"

"Continue!"

He Qian roared.

The elder of Wooden Puppet Alley intended to discourage He Qian initially, but upon hearing He Qian’s determination, he could only sigh lightly and activate the mechanism for the next eighteen stages.

Clap! Clap! Clap!—

With the eighteen stages activated, He Qian clenched his teeth and red-eyed, plunged straight into the wooden humans.

He broke out his sword skills, continuously striking the wooden humans down.

However, He Qian’s swordsmanship was gradually weakening, his pace slowing down.

"Alas, He Qian’s True Qi is nearly exhausted."

"Yes, his swordsmanship is getting weaker, and his pace is slowing down."

"Before, He Qian could strike down a wooden human with a single blow, but now it takes him three to accomplish the same. His speed couldn’t keep up, so while he could knock down one wooden human, he would get hit by others."

"He’s desperately fighting."

"Big brother He Qian, stop fighting."

Many warriors reluctantly watched He Qian and spoke.

It seemed like today the title of the first genius in Tianding City and the First Sword Cultivator would be passed to another.

Inside the eighteen stages, He Qian, bathed in his own blood, had defeated eighty wooden humans.

At this moment, He Qian staggered and was directly knocked to the ground, lying prostrate on his back.

A wooden human ruthlessly swung a sword down toward him.

If this blow struck him, He Qian would certainly be torn apart on the spot.

The elder of Wooden Puppet Alley startled, he rushed forward and crumbled the wooden human confronting He Qian into dust in the blink of an eye, and grabbed He Qian, leaving the Alley.

The mechanism stopped and all the wooden dolls became still in an instant in the Alley, they moved not in the least.

He Qian furiously bellowed, "Elder, what are you doing, I can still fight, I haven’t lost yet!"

"I can break through the eighteen stages, I can do it."

The elder of Wooden Puppet Alley shook his head and said, "He Qian, you have already reached your limit by breaking through the seventeen stages. Even if you still have the ability to defeat twenty more wooden humans, you cannot pass the eighteen stages."

"Seventeen stages are the current limit for you."

The elder of Wooden Puppet Alley spoke with firm conviction.

He Qian looked dispirited. Although he didn’t want to believe what the elder of Wooden Puppet Alley said, it was a fact.

In fact, how could He Qian not know in his heart?

Seventeen stages were his limit. He couldn’t break through the eighteenth stage.

"Lin Bai has broken through the nineteenth stage!"

"He broke through the nineteenth stage in just three breaths?"

"Truly a sight to behold."

"Something is not right, looking at Lin Bai, it seems like he wants to continue his challenge."

"This twentieth stage, there are as many as two hundred wooden humans inside. And it’s customary, there might appear some special wooden humans... Can Lin Bai truly overcome this challenge?"

"Unknown, since the establishment of Wooden Puppet Alley, no warrior has ever reached the twentieth stage!"

"Therefore, nobody knows what exactly are these special wooden humans inside the twentieth stage."

At this moment, every warrior in front of Wooden Doll Alley Square gathered around the alley where Lin Bai was.

The twentieth stage.

No one has ever reached the height of the twentieth stage.

Wooden Puppet Alley, located in Tianding City, had been there for over a thousand years.

Over the course of one thousand years, no one had ever made it to the twentieth stage!

Today, a warrior was finally able to step into the twentieth stage!

As for what kind of special wooden humans were inside the twentieth stage, it would finally come into the limelight today.

All the warriors gazed intently into the twentieth stage. Although they knew they were unable to pass it, they were eager to see what kind of special wooden humans were inside and how strong they were.