Chapter 594

Su Ming did not stand on ceremony and immediately tucked Bu Jue's gift into his pocket.

"Then I shall accept it," he said with a faint smile.

Afterward, he immediately scanned the data of this sword embryo.

【Meteor Sword Embryo (Lower-tier Diamond)】

【A sword embryo with extremely high plasticity, nearly perfect. It only requires one final step to be processed into a sword, and any material can be added to grant it different characteristics.】

Not bad, quite generous indeed.

Su Ming turned around, back to the crowd, and immediately performed a sublimation.

The appearance of the sword embryo changed slightly; the entire Meteor Sword Embryo instantly transformed into a dark green fluorite material, crystal clear and translucent.

【Meteorite Mineral Sword Embryo (Mid-tier Diamond)】

【A flawless sword embryo that only requires one final step to be processed into a sword. If special materials are hammered and fused into it, the affix effects will be enhanced.】

Su Ming immediately stored it in his personal space, all in one go, smooth and fluid.

However, he had no time to forge it into a sword now, as the competition was about to begin.

"Su Ming, put on this garment to represent our Black Slaughter."

As she spoke, Fang Mifeng handed over a black robe.

The robe was long and fit Su Ming's frame perfectly, with two ancient characters inscribed on the chest—Black Slaughter.

After Su Ming put it on, his entire aura changed, like an assassin king with oppressive killing intent and natural authority.

Because in his past life, he was a God of Slaughter who often wore black and operated in the darkness.

This instantly changed aura caused everyone in the arena to freeze for a moment, involuntarily.

Su Ming hurriedly restrained his gaze.

"Ahem, President, where is the competition venue?" he asked.

Jiang Tianchi also seemed to have seen an illusion in that instant.

He realized that this newcomer... was not simple.

But he felt no worry.

After all, he was one of his own... what was there to fear?

"Follow me."

With that, Jiang Tianchi opened the map and teleported everyone to the competition site at once!

The competition site was right in the Heavenly Tower Realm.

There were hundreds of square battlefield platforms.

Each one covered several thousand square meters and was built from hard profound silver ore.

The surrounding area had countless seats, arranged from low to high, forming tiered trapezoids.

Only high-tier guilds and powerful, influential people were qualified to sit and watch on-site.

Su Ming, standing among them, felt small, for the scene was too grand.

In the sky, there were many broadcast cameras that would live-stream the competition on all television stations and channels in the Dragon Nation.

This battle would be watched not only by class-changers but even by those ordinary people in the outside world.

Because this was a visual feast.

You wouldn't see a competition like this anywhere else.

Every newcomer would fight to the death with all their might, just for that final top-tier reward.

For the winners, the reward was even secondary; beyond the reward, you would gain the attention of numerous factions, potentially rising to prominence.

The surroundings were packed with people; all the demon-hunting guilds of the Dragon Nation had teleported over with their contestants, preparing and giving final instructions.

Su Ming also saw the people from the Profound Mirror Guild in the crowd.

They wore cold sneers, staring at him with ill intent.

Su Ming merely returned a light, breezy smile, which made them feel somewhat annoyed.

"Don't mind them," Jiang Tianchi said, stepping forward.

"Kid, I've already registered you; after the competition starts, you will be teleported into the battlefield."

"Don't worry, I registered you under a title, not your real name, so you can avoid the Zhang family's investigation. Anyway, you've changed to the new Moon-Slicing Swordsman title now," he said with thoughtful concern.

"Just fight with all your might and leave no regrets."

"But I must say, this title of yours is a bit cool. Which dungeon did you get it from?" he joked, patting Su Ming on the shoulder.

Su Ming was speechless.

Thousand-Flow Blade Venerable, your professional title is much cooler than mine, okay!

"Before the battle starts, you can rest in a private lounge," Fang Mifeng said.

"We will be seated over there to cheer you on," Wan Tie said, pointing to a row of seats in the distance.

"Su Ming, good luck!" Bu Jue also shouted.

Her father had used his connections to get her a spectator spot.

"Alright," Su Ming replied.

Zai Da had a cold expression and said nothing; his gaze remained locked on those few seats of the Profound Mirror Guild in the distance.

Su Ming always felt that this guy was going to cause trouble.

Afterward, Su Ming was immediately teleported to the individual lounge for competition contestants.

The room was not large, but it had a healing pool that could cure wounds, and a wooden dummy for him to practice his skills.

Through the window, one could see the battlefield outside.

He did not hesitate and opened the Advent Shop directly.

"Need to hurry and buy a branch as a weapon," Su Ming carefully selected.

【Sandalwood Branch: Extremely hard, fragrant; whether used as decoration or to act cool, it is an excellent fine product. Price: 28 Advent Coins】

【Willow Branch: Slender, soft, and tough; very useful for whipping enemies or partners. Price: 2 Advent Coins】

【Withered Branch Sword: A perfect branch; its thickness, shape, and branching are just right. It is most suitable for pretending to be a hidden master, but it is very fragile. Price: 1 Advent Coin】

【...】

Su Ming didn't expect there to be so many types of branches, which dazzled his eyes.

He didn't hesitate for long and decisively chose the 【Withered Branch Sword】, spending 1 Advent Coin.

The branch landed in his hand; it had no grade at all, it was completely bottom-tier!

But the shape was indeed perfect.

Su Ming performed a sublimation directly.

【Sublimation successful!】

【Branch Sword (Lower-tier Bronze)】

【A slender branch; its strength is no different from an ordinary branch, but its appearance is truly too cool, almost a perfect branch sword, so it barely reached a bronze quality rating.】

【Affix · Hidden Master?: After equipping this sword, your intimidation increases by 10%】

Su Ming was very satisfied and swung it a few times; it was extremely light.

He came to the training dummy and activated a skill.

Swish!

He slashed with the branch, and the dummy instantly shattered, then gathered again under the shroud of phantom light.

Under Su Ming's powerful attribute bonuses, even an ordinary, fragile branch could easily shatter a gold-grade weapon.

So this branch was more than enough.

"Tsk, the branch's power is this great too?" Su Ming was slightly surprised.

"The Origin Sword Body talent is truly too fierce."

"Plus the passive skill Sword Martial Communion, the sharpness of all sword-type weapons increases; even a branch has sharpness."

"Looks like I'm destined not to be low-key; I'll have to forcibly suppress the skill power."

Su Ming sighed.