novelraw Chapter 213 : I'm Useful Too!
Chapter 213 : I'm Useful Too!
Since this thing couldn't be killed no matter how hard they fought, and its vitality was so tenacious, it was the perfect opportunity to try out the second layer of the Sword Immortal Technique she had comprehended during battle. She would use it as the honored first experimental guinea pig.
A sword comes from the west, an immortal flies from beyond the sky.
The girl retreated instead of advancing. With a flick of her wrist, sword intent flowed through her hand like the bright moon, with thousands of flowing lights. A huge sword appeared in the sky, falling almost instantly. A sharp sound of armor piercing and flesh tearing rang out as it violently pierced through the Scorpion King's body, erupting in an intense bright light.
"Boom!" The beast demon's body was instantly shattered by this terrifying energy, disintegrating into countless grains of yellow earth, falling onto the desolate sand.
"Whoa, what just flew by? I only saw the sky suddenly burst into a blinding light, then a huge boom, and then... the beast demon died???" A disciple exclaimed in shock. "This wasn't an ordinary beast demon. The mighty late Divine Transformation stage Scorpion King was actually killed by just one sword strike? Did I see that wrong?"
"That's way off the charts. Is this a sword technique that a Nascent Soul stage cultivator can use??"
"What level of sword technique is this, top-grade?"
"Can an ordinary top-grade sword technique have such power? I use a top-grade sword technique, want me to demonstrate for you? Don't laugh, this must be at least earth-grade, maybe even the legendary heaven-grade!"
"If I heard correctly just now, this was the Sword Immortal Technique, and only the second layer?"
"Only the second layer?? You're not joking, right? Whose second layer sword technique has the power to instantly kill a late Divine Transformation stage beast demon?! Although we had worn down that Scorpion King quite a bit, it was still at the late Divine Transformation stage. Just its physical defense alone shouldn't be easily broken by a Nascent Soul disciple!"
"The two sides clearly weren't even in the same league..."
"The power of this single sword strike could completely destroy a peak early Divine Transformation stage beast demon at full strength, and this is just the second layer of the sword technique... The heaven-grade lower-tier sword technique my master cultivates is only about this powerful." Someone said in disbelief, murmuring in shock, "But my master is a Divine Transformation stage elder! The same sword technique will display different power in the hands of cultivators at different levels. For her to unleash such powerful sword intent at the Nascent Soul stage means this sword technique must be of an even higher grade. Could it be... a heaven-grade middle-tier sword technique?!"
There were only a handful of heaven-grade sword techniques in the entire Spirit Abyss Continent, and most of them were incomplete heaven-grade sword techniques or heaven-grade lower-tier sword techniques. Heaven-grade middle-tier and above sword techniques were practically extinct.
It was said that in the cultivation world at its peak ten thousand years ago, there were even higher-level sword techniques above heaven-grade. Unfortunately, these had long been lost in the current cultivation world. They didn't even dare to imagine them.
Everyone was completely shocked by Chu Sang's single sword strike. After a moment of dead silence, heated discussions broke out, even reaching a fever pitch. Someone in the crowd was waving their arms excitedly, "Ahhh Sang Sang is awesome!"
"Sister Sang is so strong! The strongest!"
"No wonder she led Lingqing Sect to win first place in the sect competition back then, causing the Eight Great Immortal Sects to officially become the Nine Great Immortal Sects! Such strength is truly admirable!"
"Damn, she's so strong. Why isn't she a disciple of our Tianyan Sect..."
Tantai Ming and Si Kou Qiu were even more excited, cheering loudly for their Little Junior Sister. Did you see that? Did you see that! This was their Lingqing Sect's Little Junior Sister, killing a late Divine Transformation stage Scorpion King with a single sword strike. All those so-called number one geniuses of the cultivation world could step aside. They all paled in comparison to their Little Junior Sister!
Chu Sang gripped her long sword tightly, a flash of surprise in her eyes. Even she hadn't expected the second layer of the Sword Immortal Technique to have such powerful might!
When she had used the first layer back then, it was already astonishing. The second layer was several times stronger than the first. If she could cultivate it to the highest level, how strong would it be?
Chu Sang's eyes sparkled with excitement. Although she had never encountered the legendary heaven-grade sword techniques, the Sword Immortal Technique was definitely not inferior to heaven-grade. It might even be the highest-tier heaven-grade sword technique!
While the sword technique was strong, the difficulty of advancing each level was also ridiculously high. It had been about half a year since she comprehended the first layer to the second layer. Her cultivation breakthrough during this period was already considered rapid compared to other disciples. She had frequently gone down the mountain for intense training to consolidate her realm, yet she had only advanced one level.
It was hard to say when she might reach the ninth layer grand perfection of the Sword Immortal Technique.
Like ordinary desert mad scorpions, the Scorpion King could continuously revive. However, that sword strike had dealt too much damage, so its revival time was considerably slower. After about half an incense stick's time, fierce winds and yellow sand swirled on the ground, and the Scorpion King's limbs gradually took shape.
Fighting like this indefinitely wasn't a solution. After all, this place was the scorpions' territory. In terms of a war of attrition, they definitely couldn't outlast them. They needed to come up with a foolproof plan.
Right! Water overcomes earth. But even so, they would need very strong water spiritual power...
A melodious music sounded. Tang Yanling stepped forward, holding the Cold Moon Immortal Zither. During their days of training, she had become increasingly in sync with her new zither, approaching the state of unity between person and instrument. Even though her current strength wasn't high, she could still exert some of the zither's extraordinary power.
Seeing this, the Phantom Sound Sect disciples also came forward to help.
Among them were many water spirit root cultivators. Working together, they indeed managed to suppress the Scorpion King's revival speed. But! This was still far from enough!
Chu Sang thought of the Water Spirit Pearl she had obtained from the Water Beast King's palace earlier. She quickly retreated to Tang Yanling's side and asked, "Second Senior Sister, how's your research on that Water Spirit Pearl going? Can you use the water spiritual power from it?"
With her exceptional talent as a top-grade water spirit root, figuring out the operational principles of the Water Spirit Pearl wasn't difficult for Tang Yanling. She nodded, "We can give it a try."
She took out the spirit pearl.
Strong, vigorous blue spiritual power soon surged forth, even causing the Scorpion King, which was reconstructing its body not far away, to feel a great fear. As the surging blue spiritual power poured in, the previously quiet celestial zither seemed to have seen something delicious. It became extremely excited and energetic, directly rushing to the space above the pearl to absorb spiritual power.
As it absorbed more spiritual power, the patterns on the zither actually revealed a bright silver-blue moonlight. The surrounding light grew increasingly brilliant, transforming into a faint, ethereal figure—was it the zither spirit?!
Previously, the Cold Moon Immortal Zither could barely coalesce a zither spirit, but due to damage to the zither body, that spirit form was very weak and ethereal, indistinct. Its features couldn't be clearly seen, only a vague outline. Moreover, the outline was extremely weak, almost translucent, as if a gust of wind could scatter it at any moment...
That's why they were barely able to suppress it in their previous battle.
The Cold Moon Immortal Zither at its peak naturally couldn't have just that level of power.
With the influx of large amounts of vigorous spiritual energy, that ethereal figure became increasingly clear. Its body outline grew sharper, almost materializing into a physical spirit form!
When Chu Sang saw the zither spirit's true appearance, she couldn't help but secretly exclaim.
It's so beautiful.
Silver hair, blue eyes, cold and stunningly beautiful, with unparalleled grace.
The wide sleeves were embroidered with intricate and complex moonlight patterns.
Like a celestial maiden from the ninth heaven, or a fairy under the moon, she was of the same type as Second Senior Sister. But due to being a spirit form, she had an additional ethereal and aloof air, as if she were a person in a painting that could be admired from afar but not approached.
Thinking that they had violently beaten up such a peerlessly beautiful woman a few days ago, they inexplicably felt a bit guilty. Karma Burns the Three Realms wiped its face, muttering, "I should have gone easier on her back then."
Primordial Soul-Chaser, "...Mm."
"Hmph, you guys could actually lay hands on such a peerlessly beautiful big sister. You're too brutal, not knowing how to cherish beauty at all!" Mystic Spirit Sword cupped its face and sighed. "Not like me. I'm the most good-tempered sword spirit among you spirits, never doing such violent things. Isn't that right, Sang Sang! So next time you go out to fight, remember to bring me along! Don't just always take those two and leave me alone. It's so lonely!!!"
"Tch, you have no attack power. What's the point of bringing you out?" Karma Burns the Three Realms said disdainfully. "I even doubt if you're really a sword. You're not exciting at all in a fight, useless."
"Who says that? I... I'm useful too...!!!" Mystic Spirit Sword tried to defend itself.
"You're so noisy. Can you shut up?" The zither spirit looked over coldly, raising her chin haughtily. Her cold voice was like jade beads striking a tray. She clearly didn't like them very much.
The beautiful big sister might look good, but her temper didn't seem very nice.
Well, they had just beaten her up a few days ago. Of course her temper wouldn't be good.
She wasn't taking personal revenge only out of consideration for her new master.
The zither spirit waved her slender hand, and purer spiritual power wrapped in sound attacks rushed towards the not-yet-fully-formed Scorpion King, finally ending it... No, it wasn't over yet. Suddenly, another vortex appeared under everyone's feet. Thinking that another behemoth was about to appear, they gripped their swords tightly, on high alert. However, they saw a palace slowly emerging from beneath the yellow sand.
So the beast king's palace was here!
It must have been hidden by some secret technique before. The Sand Scorpion King was probably guarding the palace. After defeating the Sand Scorpion King, the palace appeared.
After sweeping through the palace, the teams headed together towards the nearest Wind Valley.
The lightning, ice, wind, light, and darkness regions outside the five great elemental regions of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were even more dangerous. After all, variant spirit roots were rare in the cultivation world. They had hardly ever encountered cultivators with variant spirit roots and were more easily caught off guard by beast demons with these attributes.
As soon as they entered Wind Valley, they encountered attacks from countless bird and beast demons.
With the boost of wind-attribute spiritual power, the beast demons were extremely fast and fierce. They were on a completely different level from the birds and beasts they usually encountered during their mountain training!
Fortunately, they had been training frantically for days without rest in the Endless Desolate Region earlier. Everyone's strength had improved, and the team's overall strength was much greater than before. When faced with sudden dangerous situations, they could quickly adjust their state and fight more and more skillfully. They also encountered disciples from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect who were also struggling on their journey. After integrating their teams, they continued on their way.
After crossing the mountain ranges at the border of two regions with great difficulty, everyone suddenly stopped, no longer pressing forward.
Ahead...
There was no road?
Tantai Ming, who was at the very front, almost couldn't stop in time and nearly tumbled down with the loose rocks under his feet. Fortunately, Chu Sang pulled him back in time, saving his life.
Yes, there was no road ahead.
Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
This was the first time they had encountered such a situation.
Behind the towering, undulating mountains was a cliff, an endless cliff. It was as if the entire world had been cut open with a knife. They couldn't see clearly what was on the other side. Layer upon layer of misty white fog obscured their view of what lay ahead.
Even using magical tools, they couldn't see through the mist to determine if there was a road beyond and where it might lead.
Chu Sang tried to probe the path with her divine sense, but as soon as her divine sense touched the mist, it felt as if countless wind blades were cutting it, causing a dull pain. She immediately withdrew her divine sense and frowned slightly.
"Why don't we just fly over on our swords? There must be a road on the other side!" a Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciple suggested.
"No, there are too many flying beast demons in Wind Valley. There might be beast demons hiding in this mist. If we rashly fly up on our swords, our ability to react in midair is far inferior to these naturally wind-riding beast demons. We would definitely be at a disadvantage and could easily suffer casualties," Shang Ziling said solemnly. "I brought you out from the sect for training intact, and I must also bring you back safely. None of you can come to harm."
Lin Qi, usually carefree like a happy little dog, nodded seriously, "Big Senior Sister is right. The mist obscures our vision. We can't see the path clearly, and there might be bird demons lurking to attack. Taking risks in this situation is far too dangerous. It would be no different from delivering ourselves to them on a silver platter."
Everyone present also calmed down. When facing dangers during outside training, they had to think things through thoroughly. Otherwise, they could easily lose their lives. Every year, there were countless cultivators who fell in the cultivation world. Most of the nameless small cultivators didn't even know where they died.
Everyone's mood was a bit heavy, but not a single person thought of retreating. After all, this matter concerned the entire cultivation world. If a great war were to break out between the cultivation world and the demon race in the future, they could bring first-hand intelligence back to their sects. They might even be able to prevent a bloodbath if the cultivation world was caught unprepared.
"Sigh, looks like it's up to me in the end." Sword cultivators could only fight at the front, but when it came to critical moments requiring some cheating artifacts, they had to rely on tool refiners.
Su Chen'an observed everyone's dispirited looks for a while before unhurriedly taking out a small box.
The small box changed and split into multiple layers in his hand.
He casually threw it towards the cliff ahead. Suddenly, layer upon layer of stairs appeared in the cliff.
However... why were these things transparent?
If someone had poor eyesight and missed a step, wouldn't they fall straight down to meet their ancestors?
"Fifth Senior Brother, since you could make this kind of magical treasure, couldn't you have made it solid?" Chu Sang said, speechless.
"Actually, my original intention in making it was to play pranks on people." Like some mischief, for example, if a junior brother or sister accidentally damaged one of his magical tools again, he would take the opportunity to get revenge... no, educate them a bit!
"......"
It had to be said that Fifth Senior Brother's peculiar sense of humor was really strange.