novelraw Chapter 211: Sword Name Across a Thousand Mountains
Chapter 211: Sword Name Across a Thousand Mountains
"Protect Your Highness!"
Seeing this, the eight guards immediately flashed in front of Bei Chen, their battle blades cleaving the void.
The blood-colored blade light went straight towards the black hole that was gradually baring its fangs in the Universe.
The moment the blade light struck the black hole, the light began to twist.
The straight blade light bent from the middle like playdough, twisted into a vortex, and then shattered with a bang.
The condensed energy ultimately failed to withstand the black hole’s tearing.
Most of the shattered blade light was absorbed by the black hole, while the remainder was flung to the periphery by the rapidly rotating black hole, forming a blood-colored halo outside the black hole.
"Crown Prince Your Highness, retreat first!"
Seeing this, the guards, with solemn expressions, protected Bei Chen and retreated.
Facing a black hole.
This is one of the most common and difficult-to-deal-with wonders in the Universe; even with Star Realm cultivation, one cannot be careless.
Once completely trapped in the black hole’s death circle, unless one’s Space Law cultivation has powerful Void Breaking or twisting abilities, there will be no chance of escape.
The black hole that Piroa failed to fully release in the Secret Realm was now truly unfolding within the Qidala Empire’s territory.
Everyone’s first reaction upon seeing a black hole: retreat!
No matter what, first retreat from the black hole’s death circle.
"Nonsense!"
Bei Chen’s eyes narrowed, and he pushed the guards away with a backhand, stating firmly, "Everyone ignore the black hole, focus all efforts on capturing the Heavenly Sword Sect remnants!"
A black hole?
For a Star Realm Peak expert, such a thing poses no serious threat.
Releasing a black hole is proof that the opponent intends to flee.
Since you want to run, doesn’t that further prove your insufficient combat power and your reluctance to face a direct confrontation?
Hahahaha!
This battle is a sure win!
"The rise of the Empire rests on this battle!"
"Whoever captures this person will be rewarded with 100 million Star Domains and 100 million energy stones!"
The surrounding guards were still hesitating.
But the Star Realm Experts accompanying from afar already showed hungry gazes.
100 million Star Domains as territory is almost 30% of the Qidala Empire’s territory.
To obtain 100 million Star Domains without having to fight or clash with surrounding Empires, becoming one of the most important forces in the Qingxuan Realm, how astonishing is that?
As for 100 million energy stones, that is an even greater fortune!
So immense... that even Star Realm Peak Experts would have their hearts pound!
Cosmic Bank’s four-star customer requirement is only 10 million energy stone deposits.
100 million?
Although it doesn’t reach five-star, it is far, far wealthier than ninety-nine percent of Star Realm Peak Experts.
This must be an enormous fortune that can only be accumulated by possessing vast territories!
...On the other side.
Ao Mengmeng closely watched the battle.
Although she couldn’t participate, the expression on her small face was even more nervous than Qin Mu’s.
After all.
This was Qin Mu’s first time facing a siege battle in the Universe.
Without any combat experience, she relied entirely on her to control the situation; if she made a mistake, Qin Mu could fall here at any moment.
"Quick~!"
"Now use Sword Shatters Star River, try to raid three light years to the upper left, and shake off the pursuers!"
The thousand mountain sword in Qin Mu’s hand trembled slightly.
Nine Illusion Bodies flickered simultaneously.
However, the solidified space around them, even when cut open, was extremely viscous.
The distance that could normally be breached with a single sword strike was now impossible to achieve.
One raid only managed to break through a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers.
Just enough to run into two Star Realm Level Experts coming head-on.
Bang bang!
Without any superfluous words.
The two experts of the Qidala Empire swung their blades, and six Illusion Bodies instantly shattered.
"Oh dear."
Ao Mengmeng exclaimed in fright: "This princess said staying here was dangerous! Hurry, hurry, use Phantom Body to flash again, and switch to Star Crossing movement."
In actual combat.
It is extremely dangerous to let an expert grasp the Void Breaking distance.
Because the opponent is not a fool; he will not foolishly chase from behind, but will have companions wait in advance at the location where you intend to Void Breaking.
Space solidification plays a crucial role on the battlefield.
The Dragon Clan took a different path.
Speed!
As long as one is fast, one can come and go freely.
Because space solidification is bidirectional.
If you are restricted, the enemy is also restricted.
As long as your speed is fast, no matter how many enemies there are, they still won’t be able to catch you.
When Ao Mengmeng fought herself, she always relied on instinct; now, directing Qin Mu, she was a bit flustered... On the other side.
Qin Mu was multitasking and had no time to listen to Ao Mengmeng.
"Upgrade!"
"Qing Feng Sword Art!"
[Ding! Detected that Qing Feng Sword Art is a combat experience type Cultivation Technique, and is crudely made with unclear Realm divisions. Do you wish to use the automatic sorting function to optimize it?]
Holy crap!
Qin Mu really didn’t expect the System to play tricks at this moment.
"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me if you can upgrade it!"
[Yes! But this System needs to remind the host, if Qing Feng Sword Art is not optimized, it will automatically be divided into levels by Realm.]
Hiss!
"No!"
Qin Mu knew it wouldn’t work without thinking.
If it’s divided by Star Realm, wouldn’t that mean the initial stage is likely Star Rank?
How could one upgrade point, only gaining perfect combat experience at the Star Rank, be enough?
If.
Even worse, if it started from apprentice, wouldn’t that be an instant explosion?
"Optimize, optimize!"
Qin Mu didn’t have much choice now.
[Ding! Qing Feng Sword Art optimization complete.]
[All perfect battle techniques below Divine Rank have been integrated into Qing Feng Sword Art Star Realm Chapter.]
[Above Divine Rank, the Cultivation Technique cannot reach perfection and has been integrated into Qing Feng Sword Art Divine Rank Incomplete Chapter.]
"Upgrade, Qing Feng Sword Art Star Realm Chapter!"
No matter if it’s a black cat or a white cat, catch the mouse first.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for comprehending the perfect-level battle method, Qing Feng Sword Art Star Realm Chapter.]
Hmm?
No Rank notification?
Just as Qin Mu was dazed, a massive amount of combat experience flooded into his mind.
Time.
At this moment, it seemed to stand still.
Before his eyes.
Countless scenes of sword swings flashed by, countless types of Martial Artists, Mentalists, sword techniques, blade techniques, spear techniques, Domains, Laws, and other combat skills were etched into his mind.
Starry skies, mountains and rivers, black holes, stars, neutron stars, Secret Realms, and even battlefields in various unique places in the Universe became Qin Mu’s incredibly familiar training grounds.
To achieve perfection.
One must not only understand oneself, but also understand the enemy and the battlefield.
One must even understand the opponent’s personality, preferences, predict the landing points of their moves, and even find weaknesses in their Soul as an additional way to strike the opponent.
Using every conceivable method.
That is combat.
At this moment, Qin Mu had mastered everything about combat.
"thousand mountain sword!"
Qin Mu looked at the Divine Weapon in his hand, and that feeling was as if this sword had been with him in battle since birth.
Familiar.
So familiar it couldn’t be more familiar.
In fact, Qin Mu now felt that using the thousand mountain sword was even more skilled than commanding his own arm.
This.
It was entirely from Green Peak’s hundreds of millions of years of diligent practice.
Now, it had all transformed into Qin Mu’s experience.
"Awesome!"
"Absolutely awesome!"
Hahahahaha.
Qin Mu cheered in his heart.
Worth it!
One upgrade point, settling all combat experience below Divine Rank, all of it perfect level!
What does that mean?
Before becoming a god, no matter how his combat power increased, he could unleash it one hundred percent and achieve near perfection!
The most perfect state requires knowing a lot of information about the opponent in advance, which is not easy.
Near perfection.
That is the limit that both sides can achieve in an encounter.
Even more terrifying is.
The Divine Weapon, thousand mountain sword.
Qin Mu no longer needed to find any methods to practice it.
He knew it all!
The thousand mountain sword, below Divine Rank, could manifest in three Realms.
And his current Law comprehension could only manifest the first Realm.
Relying on perfect combat experience, forcefully pushing it, there was a chance to use a simplified version of the thousand mountain sword’s second Realm.
As for the third Realm, he would need at least 30 layers of Space Fusion Law to push it.
"That’s enough!"
Qin Mu thought to himself.
The thousand mountain sword is a high-grade Divine Weapon, with a maximum Law power amplification of ninety layers.
This is the highest Law comprehension below Divine Rank.
Not all Star Realm Experts can achieve ninety layers; if they could, it would mean they could become a god.
And become a god with an absolutely dominant stance!
Star Domain Level.
Initially mastering space.
Breaking through to Star Realm is the Fusion of space and basic Laws, expanding one’s private Domain, and creating one’s own Small World.
Fusion Law is the foundation for breaking through to Star Realm.
The division of Star Realm Ranks is very simple.
Mastering 1 layer of Fusion Law counts as one tier.
Thereafter, each 1-layer increase in Fusion Law raises the Realm by one tier.
Star Realm Ninth Tier, breaking through to the Peak, usually only looks at whether the Fusion Law has reached 10 layers.
As for basic Laws and Space Law, they must certainly be above 10 layers.
That goes without saying.
After all, all Cultivators Cultivate step by step.
If one can comprehend 10 layers of Fusion Law, other Laws must certainly be higher, and usually much higher.
However, such rules.
Are basically useless for a Genius like Qin Mu.
Who would have thought that a Cultivator who hasn’t even opened a private Domain, who hasn’t spent millions of years trying to create a Small World, has already comprehended Fusion Law?
This... isn’t this seeing a ghost?
...thousand mountain sword.
Mastery of the first Realm is 30 layers.
Mastery of the second Realm reaches 60 layers.
If the third Realm is mastered, it is enough to rival a god!
For a Cultivator with only one Law, a 30-layer amplification is not even enough to fight an ordinary Star Realm Expert.
But... Qin Mu doesn’t just have one Law.
Fusion Law, multiple Space Laws, he knows them all!!
And the thousand mountain sword can amplify all these Laws!
This is the value of a Divine Weapon!
An ordinary Cultivator holding a Divine Weapon is simply like burning a zither to cook a crane, like a swift horse dying in a stable, utterly unable to unleash the Divine Weapon’s strongest form.
Only a Genius holding a Divine Weapon can, with their exceptional talent, make the Divine Weapon unleash power comparable to a god... Mastering the battle technique was instantaneous.
As for the thousand mountain sword, it didn’t require time; why would something one already knows need time?
Before his eyes.
Two Star Realm Experts had already charged forward with their blades.
The one on the left continuously used Void Breaking to pursue, each time covering a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, several times more powerful than Qin Mu’s Void Breaking.
The one on the right used spatial acceleration, rapidly closing in, not a bit slower than the Void Breaking expert beside him.
The distance between them was already not far; now, they were practically face to face.
"Hmph!"
"Heavenly Sword Sect’s Dao Protector~?"
"Nothing special...!"
"Void Breaking, acceleration, very skilled in their use, but your level of comprehension is too low~"
Tsk tsk~
Both of them simultaneously showed contemptuous expressions.
"Only 1 layer?! Or 2 layers? Just barely getting Started, you don’t even know deeper applications~"
"When this lord makes a move, you won’t even be able to block a single blade strike!"
After saying this, both of them simultaneously roared:
"If you don’t want to die, kneel and surrender to this lord, and hand over the Heavenly Sword Legacy~!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Mu showed no reaction, holding his sword in his right hand, horizontally across his chest.
He bent his left finger and gently flicked the sword body.
Ding~~
The clear and melodious sword hum instantly resounded throughout the entire starry sky.
The Universe, by nature, does not transmit sound.
But this sword hum, even the solidified space, could not block in the slightest.
Almost simultaneously.
It rang in everyone’s ears.
"Hiss..."
The distant guards thought they were hallucinating.
"Crown Prince Your Highness, did you... did you hear that sword hum?"