novelraw Chapter 126 : Refining!
Chapter 126 : Refining!
Chapter 126: Refining!
Upon witnessing this scene—
Xu Zhengyang’s eyes surged with battle intent as he exclaimed excitedly, “Since all three of these sword lights are corporeal...
Let’s see what happens—
If I smash one of them!”
As he spoke—
Xu Zhengyang’s Martial Qi exploded. The iron staff howled through the air, each heavy strike hammering down upon the Extreme Shadow Sword.
A series of clang clang metallic crashes rang out!
Though the Extreme Shadow Sword was a Tier 2 magical treasure—
Its power lay in its speed and sharpness, not durability. How could it withstand Xu Zhengyang’s brute force assault?
Precisely because of that—
After several furious exchanges, the Extreme Shadow Sword could no longer bear it. It abandoned its pursuit of Lu Wangshu and began fleeing in all directions!
“Where do you think you’re going?!” Xu Zhengyang would never let it escape!
Before his words had even faded—
Walls of earth sprang up from the ground, quickly transforming into stone, blocking the sword’s path!
Given the sword’s sharpness—
Whether it was earth or stone, it could pierce through them with a single thrust!
But when Xu Zhengyang also cast a Gravity Spell upon this particular doppelgänger of the Extreme Shadow Sword—
With the combined effects—
Its speed drastically dropped, and Xu Zhengyang easily caught up, slamming the iron staff down once again with brutal force!
Clang! Clang! Clang...
With each resounding impact, the spiritual light on the sword’s surface began to flicker and dissipate under the assault!
Xu Zhengyang grew even more exhilarated with every blow!
Just as he was about to beat this sword into scrap—
Suddenly—
The other two swords that had been entangled with Zhang Yutong beneath the Cold Pool burst from the water and shot straight at Xu Zhengyang!
“Senior Brother Xu, watch out!”
Yang Hong shouted as he swiftly drew the Seven Star Technique-Breaking Sword on his back, intercepting one of the flying swords!
Under Chen Qiang’s training, Yang Hong’s martial skills had advanced by leaps and bounds!
Though the Extreme Shadow Sword was a Tier 2 magical treasure—
Yang Hong fought without regard for his own life, facing death head-on, and managed to intercept one of the sword lights, locking into fierce combat with it!
“At last, they’re all here!”
Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang sneered and simultaneously cast three Divine Binding Mantras, targeting the threefold incarnations of the Extreme Shadow Sword!
Without specific magical power, the Divine Binding Mantra had limited effect—it only worked as a surprise.
Once the target was prepared, it rarely succeeded.
Xu Zhengyang had no idea what kind of connection existed between the three flying swords, so he had not acted recklessly.
Until now!
With all three Extreme Shadow Swords within range, he simultaneously targeted them and activated the Divine Binding Mantra!
...
Under the effect of the Divine Binding Mantra, the connection between the three Extreme Shadow Swords was instantly severed!
The one that had just slain the Armored Crocodile and was now engaged with Yang Hong—
The one that had submerged to kill Zhang Yutong beneath the Cold Pool—
All of them suddenly dropped to the ground like kites with severed strings!
“What’s going on?”
Yang Hong was baffled. The flying sword had just had him on the brink of death—
Why had it suddenly...
Collapsed?
Though Yang Hong didn’t know what had happened, he wasn’t stupid. He quickly pulled out a stack of Sealing Talismans from his storage pouch—
And plastered them all over the fallen sword!
...
At the same time—
Surveying the battlefield, Xu Zhengyang looked coldly at the Extreme Shadow Sword before him—its spiritual glow now fading and its blade slightly deformed—and sneered, “So you really are the original body!”
As he spoke—
Before the sword could break free from the Divine Binding Mantra, Xu Zhengyang took the central seat—
Commanding the various Computing Units within 6090 to assist him in forcibly refining the Extreme Shadow Sword!
Though the sword’s previous owner had been a Tier 2 cultivator—
After becoming a sword spirit, most of his cultivation had dissipated—
Only his memories and a portion of his magic power remained.
But a magical treasure lacked meridians and could not cultivate. The remaining magic was like water without a source—
Use it once, and it was gone.
That was why—
When the Extreme Shadow Sword sensed that Xu Zhengyang had severed its connection with the doppelgängers and intended to refine it—
A gaunt old man in a black Daoist robe appeared in Xu Zhengyang’s Sea of Consciousness, laughing wildly, “Hahahaha!
All these years—
Those brats never amounted to anything, merely coveting my secret arts.
Never expected—
The first to attempt refining me would be an outer sect junior!”
As he spoke—
The old man’s expression turned cold. “If this were a sword duel, I might’ve spared your life.
But since you’ve connected your soul with mine...
Don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
With that—
The sword spirit’s soul form exploded into a sky-reaching tornado!
Intent on shredding Xu Zhengyang’s Sea of Consciousness apart!
Even a broken ship still has three pounds of nails.
Let alone that the former master of the Extreme Shadow Sword was once a Tier 2 cultivator?
Even with most of his cultivation gone, a crazed counterattack was not something a Tier 1 cultivator could endure!
“Let me teach you, brat!
The Azure Peak Sword Sect’s sect-defining technique, the Heavenly Clarity Sword Canon, has only eight characters.
‘Better shattered jade than intact tile!!’”
The tornado roared with madness, then surged like collapsing mountains and toppling pillars—
Charging toward Xu Zhengyang’s Sea of Consciousness with apocalyptic force!
“Hahahaha, good—bring it on!!”
Xu Zhengyang laughed heartily, manifesting a Divine Will Avatar in his Sea of Consciousness.
Then—
With a wave of his hand, eighteen sinister-looking Xuan Yin Soul-Piercing Needles floated around his avatar!
“These are Xuan Yin Soul-Piercing Needles, crafted to pierce the soul!
Let’s see—
How many of my needles your rootless soul can withstand!”
As soon as he finished speaking—
Xu Zhengyang’s thought moved, and the eighteen Xuan Yin Soul-Piercing Needles connected end-to-end, forming a ghostly streak that shot straight at the massive tornado!
Everything in the Sea of Consciousness was conjured—
Thus—
Though the needles were small, they were not weak!
The moment the first needle pierced the tornado, the previously unstoppable whirlwind visibly faltered!
Yet Xu Zhengyang had not one, but eighteen needles!
Even if each was forged from the soul of a Tier 1 cultivator—
The sword spirit was but a remnant soul. Quantity made up for quality!
Because of this—
After the relentless strikes, the tornado that was once the sword spirit now barely held its form—
Its might reduced to a mere fraction of its former glory!
“Hahahaha!
To force me to this point, you’re quite the prodigy among Tier 1 cultivators!
If you can withstand this next move—
Then what of it if I acknowledge you as my master?”
The sword spirit cackled madly.
At that moment—
The tornado formed from his soul appeared high above Xu Zhengyang’s Sea of Consciousness!
Just as it prepared to wreak havoc—
Xu Zhengyang’s Divine Will Avatar smiled at it and said, “Senior, I’ll be accepting your favor.”
As he finished—
The roaring 6090 behind Xu Zhengyang instantly fell silent.
Xu Zhengyang had successfully refined the Extreme Shadow Sword, becoming the new master of this Tier 2 flying sword!