Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 320 Spiritual Weapon, Ame-no-Murakumo Sword

The Ame-no-Murakumo sword in Yagyu Osamu's hand was also knocked away.

Upon seeing this, Guan Shaoqing immediately raised his hand and grabbed at the air.

The Ame-no-Murakumo sword, which had been knocked away from Yagyu Osamu's hand, suddenly seemed to be drawn and flew into Guan Shaoqing's hand from a distance.

Upon acquiring the Kusanagi Sword, Guan Shaoqing immediately felt an astonishingly powerful killing force emanating from the sword. This killing force was so strong that it almost completely surpassed the Golden Core level and approached the Martial Saint's Nascent Soul level.

No wonder it became one of the three great treasures of Japan.

This Kusanagi sword is indeed extraordinary; no wonder Yagyu Osamu was able to use its power to block his attack.

However, although the Kusanagi Sword is powerful, it is not easy to completely master it. Unless one's strength can completely suppress the power of the Kusanagi Sword, even a Golden Core level expert will inevitably be affected by the killing power of the Kusanagi Sword over time.

Over time, they will inevitably lose their minds completely and become sword slaves dominated by the killing power of the Kusanagi Sword.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Emperor of Japan, despite possessing a divine sword like the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, did not keep it in his own hands.

The same reason applies to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the national advisor of the Sakura Kingdom. If he hadn't known the drawbacks of the Kusanagi Sword and knew that he couldn't control it, how could he have left such a powerful divine weapon to himself?

However, Guan Shaoqing's strength was sufficient to fully master the Kusanagi Sword.

Feel the powerful killing force emanating from the Kusanagi Sword in your hand.

Without the slightest hesitation, Guan Shaoqing directly channeled his martial arts true blood into the Heavenly Cloud Sword.

"boom--!"

The martial arts blood was injected into the Kusanagi Sword, and instantly collided with the killing power within the Kusanagi Sword.

The killing power within the Kusanagi Sword seemed to possess its own consciousness, and the moment the Martial Dao True Blood entered the Kusanagi Sword, it took the initiative to rush towards the Martial Dao True Blood, as if it wanted to completely crush and obliterate it.

Visible blood-red sword light and fiery red martial arts blood power erupted from the Kusanagi Sword.

Two powerful forces collided and intertwined violently within the Kusanagi Sword.

The killing power within the Kusanagi Sword is also extremely strong.

Guan Shaoqing discovered that even when he unleashed the full power of his martial arts bloodline, he was still somewhat unable to overcome the killing power within the Kusanagi Sword.

Endless killing power and martial arts blood power erupted from the Kusanagi Sword, directly staining the heavens and earth red, as if blood had stained and enveloped everything, or as if a raging fire had burned it. The terrifying killing power and martial arts blood power swept across an area of ​​thousands of meters.

"This is it! He's going to completely master the Kusanagi Sword!"

At this moment, Yagyu Osamu, who had already regained his footing, couldn't help but shrink his pupils violently upon seeing this scene. He could clearly see that Guan Shaoqing wanted to completely subdue and master the Kusanagi Sword.

The crowd gathered on the ground below stared wide-eyed at the sky in astonishment.

Guan Shaoqing ignored Liu Shengxu and the others present, and continued to fully circulate his martial arts true blood to suppress the killing power within the Kusanagi Sword. Unexpectedly, the killing power within the Kusanagi Sword was so strong that it was no weaker than his martial arts true blood when it erupted.

Seeing this, Guan Shaoqing did not continue to use his martial arts true blood to suppress the killing power within the Heavenly Cloud Sword. Instead, he began to circulate his internal magic power to activate the Thunder Talisman.

"Thorn-"

A thunderclap suddenly rang out.

A dazzling purple lightning bolt suddenly burst forth from Guan Shaoqing's hand and pierced into the Kusanagi Sword.

Inside the Kusanagi Sword, the killing power that was originally fighting against Guan Shaoqing's martial arts true blood power was instantly shattered with a "poof" when struck by the purple lightning.

Seeing this, Guan Shaoqing pressed his advantage and channeled his inner power and the power of the Thunder Talisman into the Kusanagi Sword with several bolts of lightning.

Within the Kusanagi Sword, the killing power was instantly and completely shattered, and it was even nearly struck by lightning and scattered on the spot.

It should be noted that the lightning power unleashed by Guan Shaoqing at the ninth-grade mastery level of the Lightning Thunder Fist is a genuine Martial Saint-level power. Although the killing power within the Kusanagi Sword is powerful, and can be said to be infinitely close to the Martial Saint level, it is undoubtedly not enough when facing the power of a true Martial Saint.

"Om-"

At this moment, the entire blade of the Kusanagi sword vibrated violently and began to sing.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Shaoqing felt a clear sense of submission and begging for mercy coming from the Kusanagi Sword.

The Kusanagi Sword has actually given birth to a sword spirit!
This is clearly a magical artifact!
Guan Shaoqing was startled, but then overjoyed.

Now I have a weapon.

No wonder the Kusanagi Sword possesses such immense killing power; it turns out it's a spiritual weapon. What is a spiritual weapon?

This is something that completely transcends the level of magical artifacts. Not only is it incredibly powerful, but it has also developed a certain level of intelligence. It can recognize its master and truly be manipulated at will.

Most importantly, once a spiritual artifact recognizes its master, it can grow alongside the cultivator.

In other words, if Guan Shaoqing masters the Kusanagi Sword, it will grow alongside him and improve as his cultivation and strength increase. If Guan Shaoqing becomes an immortal through the righteous path, the Kusanagi Sword can also evolve into an immortal artifact along with him.

In short, spiritual weapons are not only powerful and possess a certain level of intelligence, making them easier to control, but they are also weapons that can evolve over time.

Any magical artifact is something that can only be obtained by chance. Magical artifacts can be crafted by finding materials, but magical artifacts truly depend on fate. If one is lucky, a magical artifact in one's possession may evolve into a magical artifact, but this chance is probably no different from the odds of an ordinary person winning the lottery in later generations.

Guan Shaoqing was immediately delighted, never expecting that the Kusanagi Sword was actually a spiritual weapon.

This was an unexpected surprise.

He just happened to not have a suitable weapon yet.

The arrival of the Kusanagi Sword was perfectly timed.

This divine weapon from the land of cherry blossoms will now belong to Guan Shaoqing.

They sensed the voice of surrender and pleading emanating from within the Kusanagi Sword.

Guan Shaoqing then cast a spell, flicking a drop of his blood from his fingertip onto the Kusanagi Sword.

Recognize the Lord with a drop of blood.

This also falls under the category of contractual means.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Kusanagi Sword immediately absorbed Guan Shaoqing's drop of blood and recognized him as its master. This was because the thunderous power Guan Shaoqing had unleashed with the Thunder Talisman had completely subdued it; such power was simply beyond its ability to withstand.

As the Heavenly Cloud Sword obediently absorbed Guan Shaoqing's blood, it accepted the contract and recognized Guan Shaoqing as its master.

Guan Shaoqing instantly felt a connection with the Kusanagi Sword, as if he could control it at will with a single thought, as if it were his own arm.

After acknowledging Guan Shaoqing as its master, the killing power of the Kusanagi Sword obediently subsided.

Guan Shaoqing then withdrew the power of thunder and the power of martial arts blood from his body.

Everything returned to calm.

Guan Shaoqing now had a rather honest and reliable sword called the Kusanagi Sword.

"This is?!"

Upon seeing this, Liu Shengxu's expression changed drastically. He could clearly see that Guan Shaoqing had completely subdued the Heavenly Cloud Sword.

Yagyu Osamu knew all too well how terrifying the power of the Kusanagi Sword was; even he felt a chill run down his spine.

As a result, Guan Shaoqing has now subdued the Kusanagi Sword. With Guan Shaoqing's already terrifying strength combined with the power of the Kusanagi Sword, who in the entire Sakura Country can defeat him?
Think about this.

Despair crept onto Liu Shengxu's face. He had originally hoped to use this battle with Guan Shaoqing to unleash his potential and break through to the Martial Saint realm, but now that he was truly facing Guan Shaoqing, he realized just how powerful his enemy was.

At this moment, Guan Shaoqing also slowly spoke.

"This sword is good, but in your Sakura Country, it is a divine sword that has been tarnished. From now on, it will be my sword."

Swish!
The words fell.

Guan Shaoqing also raised his hand and swung his sword at Liu Shengxu. A brilliant blood-red sword light instantly burst forth from the Kusanagi Sword and slashed directly at him.

"puff--"

The sword light fell.

Liu Shengxu's figure also completely turned into blood mist and exploded in the air.

At the instant Yagyu's body exploded, all of his vital essence was absorbed by the Ama-no-Murakumo sword.

This is also the ability of the Kusanagi Sword: it can absorb the essence of living beings to strengthen itself, and the killing power within it comes from this.

This is a sword of utter slaughter and vampire.

(End of this chapter)