Chapter 617 - 537: What Are You Babbling About? Watch Me Activate the Immortal Slaying Sword Directly!

Chapter 617: Chapter 537: What Are You Babbling About? Watch Me Activate the Immortal Slaying Sword Directly!

"It’s truly an impressive achievement."

Hearing the introduction from the Profound Skill Celestial Monarch, Su Yuan sincerely remarked.

After a pause, he eagerly asked:

"Can the Immortal Slaying Sword be launched at any time near the weak points of the Cosmic Boundary Wall to intimidate the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity?"

The Profound Skill Celestial Monarch nodded and then said:

"However, before launching the Immortal Slaying Sword, we need a thorough discussion on who will be the Sword Holder."

"Su Yuan, although we greatly trust your abilities, being a Sword Holder is not solely based on capability."

"Even an ordinary person can instantly activate the Immortal Slaying Sword, so what’s truly important about being a Sword Holder is having a firm Dao Heart to dare press this button that may destroy the Cultivation Civilization."

Celestial Monarch Wuluo also nodded in agreement:

"Indeed, not just anyone can be the Sword Holder; Su Yuan, you need to consider it carefully."

"The psychological and moral pressure of launching the Immortal Slaying Sword is truly immense. Without exaggeration, a qualified Sword Holder basically has self-destructive tendencies akin to a super Demon."

Su Yuan listened silently to the elders’ advice and fell into contemplation.

I know you all are saying this out of goodwill, but after hearing your advice, why do I feel I’m even more suited to be the Sword Holder?

I don’t have any strong self-destructive tendencies.

But launching the Immortal Slaying Sword to pierce the Cosmic Boundary Wall offers substantial mission rewards!

If it weren’t for my suspicion that the dog system has issues, I would have activated it the moment I got control over the Immortal Slaying Sword.

However, Su Yuan didn’t voice these thoughts but instead feigned deep understanding and then asked:

"Senior Profound Art, may I ask, how should the Sword Holder be selected specifically? What are the selection criteria?"

The Profound Skill Celestial Monarch organized his words and said:

"We’ve prepared a meticulous selection process for this."

"Simply put, we will first screen suitable candidates from the people of Blue Star, then have them gathered at Taixu University."

"At Taixu University, there’s a simplified version of the Taixu Illusion Realm, recently built by Chu Lanxi, where candidates will face various extreme scenarios in virtual reality and make corresponding choices."

"Out of a thousand candidates, only the one who scores the highest and gains the approval of all judges can officially become the Sword Holder."

Su Yuan nodded and casually said:

"With so many candidates, I’m sure they won’t miss me. Senior Profound Art, why not count me in and let me do some tests inside."

"By the way, when does the final selection begin?"

The Profound Skill Celestial Monarch replied without doubt:

"If you want to try, then try. As for the selection time, it’s set for this afternoon."

"In the time we’ve spent constructing the Immortal Slaying Sword, we’ve already completed a large-scale preliminary selection and chosen precisely one thousand two hundred and twenty-nine suitable candidates."

Su Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

Launching the Immortal Slaying Sword and forming a deterrent to the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity is best done as soon as possible.

"Senior Profound Art, are any of those candidates familiar to me?"

Su Yuan curiously asked.

"You should know Xuan Haoran, Leng Qianliu, and Motis, but besides those three, none of your other friends made it."

"As you know, although you’re an evil Demon, most of the cadres in the Primordial Sect are still considered good people."

The Profound Skill Celestial Monarch replied.

Su Yuan: "..."

You’re essentially saying I am the Demon here!

Hmm, wait for me to become the only suitable candidate, then see how I slap you in the face.

No... emerging from a bunch of potential Demons doesn’t more clearly prove the Profound Skill Celestial Monarch is right?

Hmph! Really annoying!

Su Yuan pursed his lips, toured the Divine Artisan Palace with the two Celestial Monarchs, and when the time seemed about right, he headed to Taixu University with them.

The Profound Skill Celestial Monarch, Celestial Monarch Wuluo, and the Divinity Transformation Cultivators on Blue Star served as judges for this selection of candidates.

In the plaza of Taixu University, one thousand two hundred and thirty login pods were neatly arrayed, and in front of the judges’ seating at the plaza’s edge, there was a large virtual screen allowing judges to see each candidate’s performance in the virtual Illusion Realm in real time.

The judges were mostly familiar faces to Su Yuan.

Three Demon Venerables from the Mystic World were present, along with Gui Yuan and several members of Blue Star’s Ten Great Celestial Monarchs.

The only one somewhat unfamiliar to Su Yuan was the recently returned Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarch, the Observing Heaven Pavilion Master.

He was a middle-aged man with deep silver eyes.

However, Su Yuan wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with him, as his son Xuan Haoran worked in the Primordial Sect.

When the judges were all in place, following an order from Celestial Monarch Wuluo, all the candidates entered the login pods, officially beginning the selection.

An hour later.

After watching the candidates’ performances in virtual reality and looking at the printed results from the computer, the judges fell silent.

Among the one thousand two hundred and thirty candidates, Su Yuan’s results were by far the most outstanding.

The standard for assessing the results of this selection was actually quite simple.

First, they used the personality data of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity provided by Gui Yuan to create a model and simulate his choices in various scenarios.

The candidates needed to make timely choices when faced with an attack from the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity, whether to intimidate, remain silent, or directly pierce the Cosmic Boundary Wall in a desperate move.

Only by making the right choice could the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity be careful, not daring to strike against the Blue Star Federation.

If the Sword Holder were too weak or had their true nature seen through by the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity, he would then start a violent assault against Blue Star without hesitation.

Most candidates had results showing an 80% chance that the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity ignored the deterrence of the Immortal Slaying Sword and would directly destroy Blue Star.

Another part of the candidates with slightly better results could at most reduce this probability to about 68%.

However, Su Yuan was different.

Su Yuan’s results were unparalleled.

If he became the Sword Holder, the probability of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity ignoring deterrence and destroying Blue Star would be... 0%!

At first glance, this seemed to be a very promising result.

But beyond this 0% probability, there’s another scoring criteria.

That is the candidate’s likelihood of resolutely activating the Immortal Slaying Sword in extreme situations.

Most candidates had scores indicating a 30% to 50% probability.

And Su Yuan?

He had a probability of 100% to activate the Immortal Slaying Sword!

If anything went wrong, he would instantly press the button to destroy the world without hesitation or restraint.

No matter how swift the simulated strike from the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity was, it couldn’t surpass the speed at which Su Yuan pressed the button.

As for those less extreme scenarios, would Su Yuan press it?

Yes! He would!

This guy seemed to treat world destruction with utter disregard!

To say the least, there was an element of impatience in his demeanor!

"Su Yuan’s condition has worsened."

Celestial Monarch Wuluo, after staring at Su Yuan’s report card for a long time, finally conveyed his feelings helplessly.