I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 198 The Seven Giants and the Golden Jade Book

On the vast wasteland, two giants, each hundreds of feet tall, were engaged in a fierce battle.

One of the giants had seven heads, wore an unknown animal skin around his waist, and wielded a huge axe with great force.

The other giant was slightly shorter, but had three heads and six arms. He wore a five-colored flame armor and held a sword, a spear, and a halberd on each of his six arms.

This person was none other than Xiao Wuji, who had displayed the divine powers of "Heaven and Earth Manifestation" and "Three Heads and Six Arms".

After wandering in the wilderness for more than a decade, Xiao Wuji finally found several ancient giants, which he had been dreaming of. The one in front of him was the strongest ancient giant he had ever encountered, whose strength was definitely above the Integration Stage.

Moreover, he possesses the innate supernatural power of an immortal body, his intelligence is no less than that of an ordinary person, and his fighting instincts are so strong that even Xiao Wuji cannot defeat him.

This wasn't the first time Xiao Wuji had fought him, but without using many treasures, his body-refining techniques alone were insufficient to kill him. Seeing this, Xiao Wuji was also somewhat tempted, treating him as a whetstone, only retreating when he was exhausted.

For Xiao Wuji, one may not personally comprehend the Dao, but one must learn how to use it and integrate the various laws of the Dao in battle.

With a single sword strike, wind, fire, thunder, and lightning follow; with a single spear thrust, the five elements are born and die, flowing endlessly; with a single halberd strike, yin and yang are separated, and dawn and dusk are severed.

With a halberd and a spear working together, they blocked the giant axe that the seven-headed giant was about to strike. Thunderbolts shot out from the six pupils, directly shattering three of the giant's heads. With the Immortal Execution Sword in hand, they sliced ​​through the giant's abdomen with a single blow.

"Roar!!!"

But the next moment, the giant's four heads roared in unison, and with a burst of strength from their arms, they cleaved Xiao Wuji backward.

Boom boom boom! ! !
Xiao Wuji's body was forced back more than ten steps, leaving dozens of terrifying craters nearly a hundred meters in size on the ground.

Before Xiao Wuji could rush forward again, he saw that the giant's shattered head was regenerating flesh and bones, and the wound on its abdomen was squeezed together by the immense force, instantly healing completely.

"An immortal body, that's really cheating!"

Xiao Wuji muttered a couple of things to himself, then charged forward without hesitation to fight. His Divine Demon Body Refining Technique was also quite good; he could even regenerate from a drop of blood, so he was naturally unafraid of pain.

Xiao Wuji swung the Heavenly Saint Rift Halberd in his hand, without activating its divine power, and smashed it fiercely towards the seven-headed giant. The sword in his hand moved faster and faster with each strike.

Xiao Wuji fought with increasing ferocity, reaching a state of selflessness where he even forgot to use the laws of the Great Dao, relying solely on his divine and demonic body to fight, and even the strange fire armor on his body dissipated.

Golden lightning crackled around him, purple lightning shot from his eyes, and golden flames emanated from his feet, creating several afterimages that surrounded and attacked him.

The "Chasing the Sun" supernatural power is among the top 100 supernatural powers in the Wilderness World. It is said to have been created by Kuafu. If one cultivates it to perfection, the speed can reach the limit of the Heavenly Dao. However, throughout history, only Kuafu has been able to cultivate to that level.

This escape technique doesn't require many resources; instead, it emphasizes aptitude and comprehension. Xiao Wuji was only able to get started with it thanks to a simulator, and even then, his speed far surpassed that of the "Three Thousand Thunder Movements" technique, which he had refined several times.

When he used the "Three Thousand Thunderclaps" technique, he could only create six afterimages at most, but now he can easily create nine.

However, the "Three Thousand Thunder Movements" is a Qi Refining technique, which is much easier to cultivate than these divine and demonic abilities.

These seven giants possessed intelligence no less than that of ordinary people, and their fighting instincts were terrifying. The giant axes in their hands were magical artifacts of unknown origin, resembling stacked mountains when viewed from the side, and were equally heavy.

If he hadn't cultivated the Five Thunder Vajra Divine Power, his tiger's mouth would probably have been torn apart. If he had been accidentally hit, his Five Thunder Golden Body, which had only just reached the first level of cultivation, would have been completely unable to withstand it.

Xiao Wuji was unaware of his own state; he only felt somewhat excited, and his sword moved faster and faster. Gradually, he forgot all the sword techniques and even his own principles of swordsmanship.

So much so that the sword in his hand lost all its power, and he wielded it like an ordinary swordsman, seemingly slow but actually fast. He moved as he pleased, as he pleased.

Gradually, he stopped wielding the Heavenly Saint Rift Halberd and the Golden Dragon Spear, as if he had forgotten about them.

But as time passed, the seven-headed giant felt increasing pressure. The same sword, the same swordsmanship that drew upon no spiritual energy, the same ordinary swordsmanship—yet it posed a deadly threat. The sword, not particularly sharp, caused a stinging sensation on his skin even through the weapon.

He roared and mustered all his strength to bring down the giant axe in his hand, but the man easily deflected it, as if it were unaffected by any force.

clang!
clang! clang! !

Xiao Wuji slashed at the giant axe with his sword, actually cutting several chips into it. This would have been an impossible feat in the past, as the axe's hardness was comparable to his Immortal Execution Sword. But now he had done it, and with complete ease.

Suddenly, a silvery-white light appeared on Xiao Wuji's sword blade. In the instant this light appeared, the power and speed of Xiao Wuji's sword strike increased dramatically.

clang!
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
The giant axe snapped in two with a resounding crash, splitting in two at its widest point by Xiao Wuji. The seven six-yang serpent heads were also sliced ​​off by Xiao Wuji in the process.

Bang! Boom!

The giant staggered back half a step before crashing to the ground, dark green blood gushing from its severed neck, staining the earth green.

Xiao Wuji released his grip on the Golden Dragon Spear, and the spear fell to the ground, embedding itself in the giant's body and frantically devouring the giant's remaining life force.

Xiao Wuji glanced at the Zhuxian Sword in his hand, but didn't find any silver light on it. However, Xiao Wuji knew it was real; just now, he had comprehended the most fundamental power of the sword path—the power of the sword!

"The Great Dao is not revealed, so you directly comprehend the power of the sword?"

Sword power is a higher realm than the complete sword path, but it doesn't mean that one must comprehend the complete sword path to grasp sword power. If one's comprehension is high enough, it's not impossible to directly bypass the sword path and comprehend sword power.

Xiao Wuji closed his eyes, sensing the pendant made from the heartwood of the Enlightenment Tea Tree floating in his Purple Mansion, and was overjoyed.

It must have been this pendant that enabled it to comprehend the power of the sword. If it had relied on itself, it might have taken it forever to comprehend it.

Xiao Wuji drew his fully-fed Golden Dragon Spear, plucked a bright green bead from the end of the spear, weighed it in his hand for a moment, and then put it away with satisfaction.

Looking at the mangled corpse on the ground, Xiao Wuji regretted his heavy hand. If he could refine the corpse into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, he would surely gain a powerful cultivator at the Integration level.

Unfortunately, the corpse was incomplete. Even if he repaired it later, it would still leave a fatal flaw. Unless he was willing to use a top-grade pill like the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill, it would ultimately be of little use.

Xiao Wuji flicked his finger, and black sparks landed on the giant's corpse, quickly engulfing it...

Whoosh!
Just as Xiao Wuji was about to pick up the giant axe on the ground to examine it, a white light suddenly shot out from the black flames, looking exceptionally agile.

Xiao Wuji reached out and grabbed it in his palm, then dispersed his body to return to normal human size before looking at the object he had held in his palm.

"This is... the Golden Jade Book..."

(End of this chapter)