The Demon Cultivator of the Sword

Chapter 86: Seventy percent sword intent, late Baoyuan realm
The sixth closed stone chamber in the west of Oni Island.

Sikong Sheng smashed the flesh puppet's head with a punch and sneered, his expression full of complacency, arrogance and self-centeredness.

“Although the Ghost Service Land cannot allow me to improve my cultivation from the peak of the late Bao Yuan Realm to the Half-Step True Yuan in one go, it has allowed me to improve my skills from the peak of the tenth level to the eleventh level. I can finally start to refine the True Yuan. In this Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, no one, whether it’s Yan Chihuo or anyone else, can stop me, Sikong Sheng. By then, I will have to go to other domains for training. The geniuses in the Nanzhuo Domain are no longer comparable to me.”

As if thinking of himself winning the first place on the Hidden Dragon List again, the corners of Sikong Sheng's mouth twisted even more, almost to the back of his ears.

At this moment, a change occurred.

The flesh and blood puppet whose head had just been smashed by Sikong Sheng's punch did not disappear directly. Instead, after releasing some green energy and increasing his pure vitality to a certain amount, it turned into a black secret book.

Sikong Sheng raised his hand and sucked the secret book into his hand, flipping it open and reading, "The top level of earth-level light skill - Move in the air and flash step!"

After putting away the secret book, Sikong Sheng smiled.

As far as he knew, among the seven sixth-grade sects in Nanzhuo Territory, none of them had a top-level local light skill.

Even their Hanging Mountain is no exception.

He did have some low-level profound body techniques, but they were created by his ancestor King Cang, and were not something he could practice now.

Now that he has the ability to move in the air and dodge, even his last weakness, which was not a shortcoming, has been made up for.

The seventh closed room in the west.

Gu Yuan didn’t know about the changes in other people, and he didn’t have the energy to guess.

At this moment, the cultivation level of the flesh and blood puppet has reached the half-step true essence, and it is a relatively powerful one.

As for whether he is as powerful as Sikong Sheng in the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition in a year and a half, Gu Yuan doesn't know, but if Yan Chihuo's sword intent is only 60%, even if he can refine half a step of true essence, he will definitely not be a match for this flesh and blood puppet.

And this is already the limit of Gu Yuan.

The reason why I have been able to fight until now is entirely due to my increasingly pure sword intent.

When Gu Yuan first entered the land of ghosts, his sword power had already reached 60% of its peak, but he still lacked some skills in application.

The battle with Lin Yun helped him improve his sword skills.

Now, both his sword intent realm and his application of sword intent have reached the pinnacle of 60% of the peak sword intent. He is only one step away from breaking through 70% of the sword intent and reaching the upper realm of sword intent.

Seventy percent sword intent is terrifying, much more powerful than sixty percent peak sword intent. In comparison, Gu Yuan with seventy percent sword intent does not need many moves to defeat himself with sixty percent peak sword intent.

In addition, Gu Yuan's artistic conception has also been greatly improved. Not only has his artistic conception of wind been pushed to a new height, but his artistic conception of thunder has also risen accordingly.

By performing the Ghost Killing Spirit Technique, Gu Yuan is now able to unleash a power comparable to the eighth move of the Nine Styles of Top-Level Earth-Level Swordsmanship.

If not for this, with such a huge difference in cultivation level, Gu Yuan would have been defeated long ago.

Originally, if he used the middle-grade sword, the Demon-Splitting Sword, which increased its attack power by nearly 20%, he could kill this flesh and blood puppet.

But since Lan Yue Tower has found for him a top-level earth-level sword technique that can be promoted to heaven-level.

Since he didn't have to worry about the secret book, Gu Yuan naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity to challenge his limits.

Three hundred moves!
Five hundred moves!
A thousand moves!

Two thousand moves!
Gu Yuan and the flesh puppet fought for two thousand moves. The sword energy was crisscrossing in the stone room, leaving sword marks ranging from tens of meters long to dozens of meters long and several meters deep. Even the palace restrictions could not be repaired in time. For a moment, Gu Yuan felt stars in his eyes and felt dizzy.

This battle has lasted until now, and Gu Yuan has been able to remain undefeated entirely because of his amazing willpower. Now his sword intent is becoming stronger and stronger, and is showing signs of transformation.

"Dead souls kill souls!"

Golden thunder flashed, and Gu Yuan's sword was faster than the last. Now his only thought was to become stronger and stronger, to surpass the original limit and enter a higher level.

Crack!

The flesh and blood puppet that had been steadily suppressing Gu Yuan suddenly froze, the sword in its hand broke, and then its body was cut into dozens of pieces.

hum!
The Qi spiral in Gu Yuan's Dantian shrank twice in succession, and a dazzling deep blue light burst out. The light filled the entire stone chamber, and the air vibrated like water.

"I've made a breakthrough. I never thought that my sword power would break through first, and my cultivation would break through later."

If his sword intent had not reached 70%, he would have failed no matter how strong the ghost killing spirit was. However, he succeeded. Not only did he become a warrior in the late Baoyuan realm, but he also raised his sword intent to 70%, reaching the upper realm of sword intent.

Before Gu Yuan could be happy for long, a scene similar to the one in the stone chamber where Sikong Sheng was appeared.

The flesh and blood puppet that had just been chopped into dozens of pieces by his sword did not disappear directly. Instead, after releasing some green energy to help Gu Yuan improve his cultivation, it turned into a green secret book.

“Although the difficulty is many times greater than the test in the Tianmeng Battle Hall, there is no need to worry about someone else getting the secret book first.”

When he saw the secret book, Gu Yuan knew that it was the reward for the Ghost Island.

All the secret books produced by the Ghost Island are of the top level.

For example, the Three Soul-stealing Techniques practiced by Gu Yuan and the Heavenly Demon Technique practiced by Murong Qingcheng originated from the Island of Demon Servants.

Gu Yuan's mind moved, and he stretched out his hand and grabbed it through the air.

Whoosh!
The secret book came through the air and landed in Gu Yuan's hands. Gu Yuan lowered his head and took a closer look. The title of the secret book was written with four large bloody characters, "Xuan Yin Sword Technique". These four words were not just simple words. Even from these four words, Gu Yuan felt that he could comprehend an extremely sharp sword technique.

"I hope I can be satisfied."

Although Lanyue Tower has found the secret book for him, this does not prevent him from having new choices. He can choose the one that is more powerful and suits him better.

Even if he was practicing this book, it did not prevent Gu Yuan from accepting the book from Lan Yue Tower.

Because whether Gu Yuan practiced the secret book or not was not important to Lanyue Tower, or to the Xiewang Tower behind them.

What they really need is for Gu Yuan to label himself as Xie Wang Lou, and then demonstrate his own value so that they can invest.

Such situations are not uncommon in the True Spirit Continent.

After all, it is not easy to be the king of the realm of life and death. In addition to having sufficient talent, one also needs to have great luck.

The continuation of a fifth-grade sect requires the birth of a new king of the life and death realm.

This has led to the situation where those fifth-grade sects that only have one King of the Life and Death Realm in charge, in addition to training disciples within their own sect, will also cast a wide net in the True Spirit Continent to recruit and train new talents.

Turning to the first page, there was a line of words written on it, "The top-level earth-level sword technique - Xuanyin Sword Technique, contains the Xuanyin Great Method and Xuanyin Sword Technique. The two are combined into one, and the power is infinite. Separately, they are also the most advanced earth-level martial arts. Note: This sword technique is the basis. Those with strong comprehension can comprehend the mysteries and advance the Xuanyin Sword Technique to the heaven-level sword technique."

(End of this chapter)