In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 252 Su Yuan: It feels just like coming home!
"I am your military training instructor. My surname is Zhao. You can call me Lao Zhao or Instructor Zhao."

On the morning of September 1st, the summer heat had not yet completely dissipated, and the sun was high in the sky.

Su Yuan and his classmates lined up on the playground.

Before them stood a burly, middle-aged man in military uniform, carrying a massive sword shaped like a door panel on his back. He was giving a stern lecture.

Su Yuan had not expected that the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect would have a military training program.

Because he simply couldn't imagine what kind of military training content could be useful to him, a dignified Foundation Establishment Ancestor.

Standing at attention? Folding blankets? Running drills? Being caught in a surprise inspection at night? Or perhaps practicing marksmanship?

They're all completely easy.

However, Su Yuan soon realized that the military training at Zhuxie University was only the same as the military training in his previous life.

"Sword cultivators must have backbone!"

Instructor Zhao shouted in a deep voice:
"There are 59 freshmen present, who are the best group of freshmen selected from all departments."

"According to the newly promoted Nascent Soul Severing True Monarch, your potential index is all above 3.0."

After a pause, Instructor Zhao said coldly:

"But I don't agree with this so-called potential index."

“Among you, there are even some peerless geniuses with a potential index of 10.0 or even higher, but so what?”

"Without truly experiencing the battlefield, the bloody fighting, and the intrigue with the enemy, even the greatest potential cannot be realized."

"True warriors cannot be raised in a greenhouse. From this moment on, you are my soldiers! For the next twenty days, all operations will be under my command!"

"Next, I will take you into the small world directly under the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect, the Absolute Sword World."

"The world of Absolute Sword is filled with dangers everywhere, but also with opportunities that many freshmen cannot obtain even after a year of study."

"Don't expect me to help you in the secret realm. I will only set strict requirements and orders time and time again, and then record your performance as an observer."

"Unless faced with a life-or-death crisis, this instructor will never intervene, even if someone is seriously injured and on the verge of death!"

Upon hearing these words, all the freshmen present felt a chill run down their spines.

Instructor Zhao has made it very clear that this military training is not a safety competition involving wearing protective gear such as light shields, but a real combat exercise.

Aside from having someone to back you up in times of life-or-death crisis, it's no different from stepping into a foreign land surrounded by enemies.

Based on the year-end exam content that Bai Tianji had revealed to him, Su Yuan quickly understood the purpose of the military training.

This is a rehearsal for the year-end exams.

I just don't know what kind of opportunity Instructor Zhao was referring to.

After the speech, Instructor Zhao led the students to a building called "Boundary Hall".

Upon entering, the building was completely empty, with only heavy doors embedded in the walls.

There are different signs on the gate, one of which has a sign that reads "Absolute Sword".

Su Yuan glanced at the many gates and, without needing anyone to explain, already guessed what they were for.

These are clearly entrances to small and medium-sized worlds controlled by the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect.

Instructor Zhao's explanation also confirmed Su Yuan's conjecture.

According to Instructor Zhao, the Ten Great Immortal Sects have mastered the technology to merge the small and medium-sized worlds with the main world of the Blue Star Federation.

Once merged, the two worlds will be one in space, and can be reached in a second through a specific passage.

Just listening to it broadened Su Yuan's horizons.

Although this technology can only be used on small and medium-sized worlds, as the technology develops, perhaps all the regions that once belonged to the ancient cultivation world will be reunited with Earth.

With the help of the staff, the gate to the world of Absolute Sword slowly opened.

Behind the door was a deep, dark spatial passage. Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyue, and Xiao Kong huddled together and stepped into the world of Absolute Sword.

After a blur, a brand new world appeared before Su Yuan.

But looking around, Su Yuan felt that the world before him was dark and desolate, the light source was pitifully weak, there were ruins everywhere, and an indescribable stench of decay and blood wafted towards him.

This extreme sense of deathly silence caused Qi Hanyue, Chen Nuoyi, and Xiao Kong to frown deeply.

Although Chi Le'an appeared calm, her gaze toward the world was filled with pity.

Those students who had not yet broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage fared even worse; the discomfort of simply stepping into the new world made them turn pale.

As for Su Yuan?

Upon entering this world steeped in demonic energy, he felt no discomfort whatsoever; on the contrary, it was as if he had returned home.

"The world of Absolute Sword was already a dead world when it was discovered."

Instructor Zhao's voice slowly rang out.

"Based on the archaeologists' investigation, we have a general understanding of the historical process of the world of Absolute Sword after the revival of spiritual energy."

Before the spiritual energy revival, human civilization in this world was still in the agricultural era, without a unified government, and the various small countries were constantly at war.

"After the spiritual energy revival, a swordsman unexpectedly obtained the legacy of a sword demon buried in this world."

"Unsurprisingly, this person was possessed by the sword demon hidden within the legacy."

"From this point on, the sword demon used the entire world as his resources to retrace the path of immortality, gradually enslaving the entire world."

"From mortals to cultivators, everyone in this world has been refined into sword slaves, like walking corpses, who only know how to spontaneously seize and protect all the inheritances of sword techniques."

"The world of Absolute Sword, devoid of life, has become utterly silent."

"When the Blue Star Federation exploration team arrived, the sword demon had already left this world, and the only useful things in this dead world were the wandering sword slaves."

"Therefore, the sect buried many sword techniques in the world of Absolute Sword, and had sword slaves guard them."

After hearing the history of the world of Peerless Sword, Su Yuan and the others fell silent.

Although they already knew that the world outside the Blue Star Federation was mostly occupied by the demonic path, many people still fell into a long silence after witnessing the bleak situation of the Absolute Sword World.

An entire world, sacrificed at will, just to satisfy the needs of one person.

Hearing about something and seeing it with your own eyes are two completely different feelings.

Compared to the Sword Demon who left this world, Su Yuan is still too young.

After giving a brief introduction to the world of Absolute Sword, Instructor Zhao looked at the fifty-nine students present.

"Your primary task is only one: survival!"

"The nature of sword slaves is to covet all sword power. You must always be on guard against their attacks."

"Only by ensuring your survival can you be qualified to pursue the sword path inheritance hidden in the world of Absolute Sword."

"The higher the level of the swordsmanship inheritance, the more sword slaves will guard that inheritance."

After a pause, Instructor Zhao's voice deepened slightly as he said:
"Before leaving, the sword demon left a message on a stone tablet, saying that he had left behind a sword legacy in this world for someone with the right destiny to obtain."

“The sect’s cultivators have investigated the Sword of Absolute World many times, but have not found anything. However, you should not let your guard down. If you notice anything unusual, you can report it to me.”

The students unanimously agreed.

Next, Instructor Zhao taught the students how to find water sources, where the best places to set up camp, and other basic survival skills for the wild.

Just as everyone had finished setting up their camp and connected the psionic lamps, a rustling sound suddenly came from the surrounding darkness.

The enemy is coming.

(End of this chapter)