1366 Lin Huang’s Plan (1/2)

Upon Lin Huang's order, in less than three minutes, more than 360 Sword Servants were all present and lined up in the square in front of the Great Heaven Palace.

The ten bodyguards, Sword1 to Sword10, stood in the first row while the remaining Sword Servants were arranged in the order of their serial number.

Lin Huang noticed that Sword11's position behind Sword1 was vacant. Sword1 obviously also noticed it and his expression was rather sour.

Fortunately, except for the position of Sword11, there were no empty spaces for the other positions.

After everyone had arrived, the Sword Servants silently waited for the arrival of the new swordmaster. Except for a few who were distracted by Sword11's empty position, most of them turned their attention to the doors of the Great Heaven Palace. After all, as far as they were concerned, these doors had not been opened for more than 300,000 years.

Everyone originally thought that the new swordmaster would have had to take some time to dress up, so they would have to wait.

However, after the arrival of the last Sword Servant, in less than ten seconds, the doors of the Great Heaven Palace opened on their own.

When the Sword Servants heard the sound of the Palace doors opening, all eyes were drawn to that direction and they stared intently at the great doors.

Lin Huang had not even changed his clothes. He wore his original black robe and slowly walked out of the Palace.

After he came to a halt, he glanced around the assembly. Only then did he uncover his hood, take off his mask, and reveal his true face.

With a faint smile on his face, Lin Huang introduced himself calmly to the group of Sword Servants, ”Hello everyone, my name is Lin Huang.”

In reality, before he came out of the Great Heaven Palace, Lin Huang was a little nervous. After all, the three hundred over Sword Servants in front of him were all high-level heavenly gods and there were even quite a few who were peak ninth-rank heavenly god powerhouses. After he found a place to stand, however, he saw a lot of familiar faces and the feeling of nervousness left him. He had fought against the vast majority of Sword Servants in the crowd; they were no strangers to him.

”Hail Lord Swordmaster!”

All of the Sword Servants shouted in unison.

Many Sword Servants in the formation had battled Lin Huang. At that time their feelings were very complicated.

Most of them had doubts about Lin Huang during the Competitive Trial and felt that his chances of successfully passing the final assessments were slim. Lin Huang's abilities at the time were indeed far from sufficient to obtain the Great Heaven inheritance; at best he was equivalent to a weaker version of Sword10.

However, at this present moment, the numerous Sword Servants who no longer had any restrictions on their combat strength could clearly sense that Lin Huang had mastered a variety of Rule Bending Powers and his Sword Dao had been elevated to the second level of Sword Dao true meaning—True Meaning Level! His ability now could not be compared to his ability then. It was no surprise that he had been able to pass Sword1's level.

Just as Lin Huang smiled, not knowing what to say, Sword1 spoke.

”Lord Swordmaster, except for Sword11, all the Sword Servants are present!

”Sword11 violated swordmaster Great Heaven's prohibition and defected without permission out of the Great Heaven Palace's Trial space. As your subordinate, I will capture him personally and punish him according to the regulations!”

”I know about Sword11, I don't consider him a defector.” Lin Huang looked at Sword1, and his words surprised most of the people that were present.

Because Sword11 had not been in the Trial space, Lin Huang, as a participant, could not have possibly seen him there.

”I met Sword11 in the Great Heaven Territory. For many years, he has been in the Great Heaven Territory gathering information about various sword cultivators. He chose Sword Dao cultivators whom he thought were able to stand a chance in obtaining the Great Heaven inheritance and allowed them to participate in the Great Heaven Trial.