The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 232, 247, Sword Six! Sword Annihilates the Void!

After scraping off some powder from both "Nourishing Essence Pills" and tasting them to confirm there were no problems, Lu Chen dived down into the cold pool, returned to the Cold Dragon's Nest, and then returned to the Twin Dragon World from the Cold Dragon's Nest.

He gave two Nourishing Essence Pills to Rong'er and Mo Chou.

Their cultivation levels were the weakest. Even though their cultivation efficiency greatly increased in the Twin Dragons World, their foundation was still too weak compared to the martial artists in the Twin Dragons World. Even if they cultivated together with Lu Chen, it would be difficult for them to catch up in cultivation.

I need to take some elixirs to replenish my strength.

Even the cheapest low-grade pills produced by the Heavenly Court are considered highly nourishing for mortal martial artists.

However, on the other hand, as long as a martial artist cultivates internal energy and develops true qi, then no matter how low their cultivation level is, they can be considered to have entered the "refining essence into qi" stage of cultivation.

The Nourishing Essence Pill is specifically for cultivators in the Refining Essence into Qi stage.

In short, after Rong'er and Mo Chou each took a pill, their cultivation levels instantly increased by three years—this three years was calculated based on their cultivation efficiency in the Twin Dragons World.

With this surge in cultivation, they were able to use the flying swords crafted by Lu Chen to pierce more than 500 steps from a distance.

Although she still can't compare to Li Xiuning and Lian Rou, who can fly eight or nine hundred steps with their swords, let alone Dugu Feng, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan, she has at least greatly narrowed the gap with them.

The next period of time.

Lu Chen would visit the Cold Dragon's Nest every few days to absorb the calamity energy.

After absorbing its full energy, it returned to the Twin Dragon World to refine the essence and cultivate other skills.

Occasionally, they would leave the Cold Dragon's lair to search for traces of demons in the vicinity, attempting to hunt down a few demons and offer them as sacrifices in exchange for some elixirs.

Unfortunately, it wasn't what he had imagined.

The world of Journey to the West is not filled with demons.

At least in the mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes where the spiritual energy is average and there is no evil aura, there is no trace of demons.

There are at most a few slightly supernatural wild beasts.

But those beasts, which could be killed even by ordinary hunters, could hardly be considered demons.

Yes, Lu Chen also encountered mortals.

The mortals in the Journey to the West world are mostly not that special, much like those in the Twin Dragons and Condor Heroes worlds.

Of course, there are also many people who know kung fu, especially ordinary people like hunters, whose kung fu skills are quite good.

However, they all practiced external martial arts, following a powerful and forceful style, and were basically skilled in using weapons; none of them were willing to fight unarmed.

The strongest hunter Lu Chen encountered had the strength to lift a thousand pounds with both arms, could chase after ibex on foot in the mountains and forests, and could kill a tiger single-handedly with a spear.

He claimed that he accidentally ate a strange fruit when he was a child, which made him as light as a swallow and extremely strong - this can be considered a characteristic of the Journey to the West world, where even in areas with low spiritual energy, some rare and precious materials are occasionally born.

If ordinary people eat it, they will have extraordinary encounters like hunters. Some will become incredibly strong, while others will be able to avoid water and fire, or control water and fire, and so on.

If a wild beast eats it, it will transform into a monster with special abilities. If it is lucky enough to gain wisdom, it may even grow into a demon.

Although such extraordinary encounters are extremely rare, the vastness of the Journey to the West world cannot be ignored.

Rivers like the Tongtian River, which are 800 li wide from east to west and flow for tens of millions of li from north to south, exist only in mythology in the world of Legend of the Condor Heroes and Twin Dragons.

That said, the world of Journey to the West seems to be a mythological world after all...

In short, in such a vast world, even if opportunities are scarce, the total number of lucky people who have extraordinary encounters must be quite astonishing.

In addition, through his conversation with the hunter who was quite capable and knowledgeable, Lu Chen received some news that surprised him.

More than two thousand miles west of the Cold Dragon's Nest lies the "Great Wei Kingdom" in the southern region of Tongtian River.

He remembered that when he first obtained the Heavenly Soldier Talisman, he received a message asking for help, saying that there was a demon causing trouble in Chitong County, Guishan Prefecture, Great Wei Kingdom, and begging the immortal master to help subdue the demon.

The message for help was sent to Lao Zhong, but unfortunately Lao Zhong had passed away more than ten years ago, and Lu Chen, who inherited the Heavenly Soldier Talisman, was unable to leave the Earth's core at the time, so he could only do nothing to help.

Now that nearly three months have passed, the request for help should have expired.

But Lu Chen still decided that once his cultivation level improved further, he would go and take a look at the Great Wei Kingdom.

In fact, to conceal his identity as an outsider, he is currently using the guise of being a successor of the Void Sword Sect.

Previously, during his conversations with Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue, he had already figured out the location of Lingxu Mountain, where the Void Sword Sect's dojo was located.

It is located to the west of the Cold Cave, and is only about 20,000 li away from the Cold Cave.

He also needs to go and take over the Void Sword Sect's training grounds.

If we can establish a firm foothold, we might have to bring Xiao Feng'er and the others over to cultivate here—in ordinary areas of the Journey to the West world, the spiritual energy is not stronger than in the Twin Dragons world, and the cultivation efficiency is about the same.

However, a place that can be chosen by cultivators as a training ground must be a place where spiritual energy gathers and is abundant.

Cultivating in that kind of place would definitely be faster than cultivating in the Twin Dragons World.

Since they are all west of the Cold Cave, we can conveniently stop by the Great Wei Kingdom on our way to Lingxu Mountain to see if the demons have been dealt with.

unconsciously.

I have been on the surface of the Journey to the West for over a month now.

this day.

Lu Chen then went to the Cold Dragon's Nest to absorb the energy of the Cold Calamity.

After absorbing the full energy, he suddenly felt something and instead of returning to the Twin Dragons World, he stayed there to refine the tribulation energy.

As the calamity energy is refined.

An extremely cold aura emanated from Lu Chen and spread outwards.

As the cold air spreads.

Inside the icy cave, snowflakes first fell from the sky, then condensed into ice crystals.

In the end, every inch of the entire cold cave, every corner, was completely filled with ice crystals that appeared out of nowhere.

Lu Chen, who was sitting cross-legged on the ice couch, was also encased in a thick layer of ice.

However, as Lu Chen slowly opened his eyes from the depths of the ice, all the ice crystals melted away and transformed into a chilling aura, flowing into Lu Chen's body like rivers flowing into the sea.

Lu Chen mastered the Frost Calamity Sword.

By this point, he had mastered the seven calamity swords: wind, water, fire, thunder, cold, earthquake, and meteorite.

The moment the seventh type of Cold Calamity Sword was completed.

Deep within his consciousness, the sword intent of Zhuxian shone brightly, and "Sword Six" was unlocked.

Lu Chen carefully comprehended the new "Sword Six Imprint," a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

Sword Six is ​​named "Void".

By comprehending and cultivating the Six Marks of the Sword, one can make the sword light travel freely through the void in the form of teleportation and flashing, appearing suddenly from any incredible angle.

When mastered to a high level, Lu Chen himself can move freely through the void, flying and flashing as one with the sword light.

But this is still just the basic application of Sword Six.

The true power of this sword lies in its ability to cleave through the void.

It can cleave a void in two, causing it to collapse completely into nothingness.

Just like the icy pool where the Cold Dragon's lair is located, if Lu Chen were to cultivate to the point where he could cleave through the void and cleave the space where the icy pool is located with a single sword strike, then this space would rapidly collapse and disappear. Moreover, this kind of disappearance at the spatial level would leave no trace.

The surrounding space will automatically fill the missing space, while the cold pool will appear as if it never existed. This world will also permanently lose this part of the space, and the overall size of the world will therefore become permanently smaller.

As for the extent of the "void" that the Void Sword can destroy...

That depends on one's cultivation level.

If one's cultivation is sufficient, it is not impossible to cleave the entire Journey to the West world into nothingness with a single sword strike.

This sword strike is undoubtedly a world-destroying sword, and also the most terrifying and thorough end!
"Even I'm a little scared of this sword strike!"

Lu Chen shook his head, sighed for a moment, then smiled and muttered to himself:

"With the unlocking of Sword 6, the freedom of movement for the Zhuxian Sword Intent has been further enhanced..."

This time, the freedom of the Zhuxian Sword Intent to traverse between the two realms has been greatly upgraded once again.

Now, if he wants to establish a "return point," he no longer needs to stay in the same place for a whole month.

If the cumulative time spent in a certain place exceeds seven days, that place can be considered a new return point.

And this ability can be traced back to the past.

In other words, since his first time traveling through time, all the places where he had spent a total of seven days in the worlds of Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Twin Dragons, and Journey to the West have become his new return points!
In the world of Journey to the West, he has already stayed in two places for more than seven days in total.

One is the black stone mountain deep in the Earth's lungs.

The other one is this Cold Dragon's Nest.

"Ha, that's perfect! In the future, if I want to go deep into the Earth's core to absorb the calamity energy and search for minerals, I won't need to get a guiding artifact first and then slowly fly there. I can just teleport directly. It's the same with the Cold Cave. Even if I go to Lingxu Mountain in the future, I can arrive at the Cold Cave in an instant if I want to cultivate there."

Lu Chen was overjoyed.

……

Half a day later, in the evening.

Two thousand three hundred li west of the Cold Dragon's Nest lies the Great Wei Kingdom, Guishan Commandery, Chitong County.

Lu Chen arrived at a restaurant, went inside, sat in a private room on the second floor, ordered a table full of signature dishes and a jar of their signature wine, gave the waiter a small piece of silver, and asked directly:

"I heard that three months ago, a demon was causing trouble in Chitong County. I wonder what kind of demon it was? Has it been dealt with?"

"Thank you for the reward, sir!"

The waiter took the loose change, thanked him, and then said with lingering fear:

"Three months ago, a demon did indeed appear in the county. It was said to be a wild boar that had become a spirit, occupied a mine, and devoured all the miners and the mine owner's family. The county magistrate invited two highly skilled monks and led the county soldiers to subdue the demon, but they suffered a great defeat. The two monks never returned, and the county soldiers were also wiped out."

"Some suggested inviting a celestial master to subdue the demon, but when they lit incense left by a celestial master more than ten years ago and prayed, they received no response. Fortunately, two celestial masters from Divine Beast Mountain happened to pass by and killed the demon."

"The immortal master from Divine Beast Mountain?"

Lu Chen's expression was a bit strange, thinking to himself, "Could it be such a coincidence?"

Just then, the waiter said with a look of admiration:

"That's right. One of the two immortal masters was surnamed Li, a beautiful female immortal master, and the other was surnamed Hong, a powerful male immortal master. They passed through the county a little over two months ago and, hearing that a demon was causing trouble, they went and killed the demon..."

"..."

Lu Chen was speechless.

Unexpectedly, Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue, who were considered somewhat incompetent in his eyes, were already revered immortal masters in the eyes of ordinary people.

But then again.

In the world of Journey to the West, there are ruthless demons like the Golden-Winged Roc who can devour an entire country, but there are also weak demons that mortals can defeat.

The difference in strength between demons is so great that it can be described as heaven and earth.

The wild boar demon that seized the mines and ate people in Chitong County was certainly not the weakest of the lesser demons.

For ordinary people without powerful superhuman strength, this is already an irresistible ferocious demon.

However, for Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue, who are skilled in various techniques, capable of collecting evil lightning from the depths of the earth's lungs, and even able to hold their own against the Han Chi, these are just minor demons that can be easily slaughtered.

This matter was not even worth mentioning to them, and they never mentioned it when they spoke with Lu Chen.

Then again.

Upon careful reflection on the performances of Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue, it's clear that neither of them were weak.

The white crane that Li Xinzhu transformed into could probably peck Bi Xuan to death in a single encounter.

Hong Yue, transformed into a fierce tiger, would be no different from tearing apart Bi Xuanye or an ordinary mortal who doesn't know martial arts.

The reason why Lu Chen thinks everyone else is weak is simply because his strength has increased too quickly.

After killing Bi Xuan and defeating the Turks, he gained more than 70,000 strands of tribulation energy in one go. Even though he maintained restraint and only cultivated 500 strands a day, his strength was still advancing by leaps and bounds every day.

Then he jumped to the depths of the Journey to the West world's core, absorbed the energy of the Heavenly Calamity, and forged the Heavenly Calamity Sword.

On the day the Four Sword Spirits reached perfection, Dugu Feng and the other three formed an array, and each of their attacks possessed the power of Bi Xuan's near-death breakthrough. Lu Chen, who had previously been unable to block that near-death attack, was now able to hold his ground against the continuous onslaught of sword energy and sword light from all directions.

He also inherited the Void Sword Sect's legacy, and the swords he forged, when infused with the blood of the sword body, possessed power far surpassing that of the Void Sword Sect's founder.

He then successfully refined his liver, gaining the power of wind and thunder.

This was Lu Chen a little over a month ago.

Back then, he already thought everyone was weak. Now, more than a month has passed, and he has refined more than 10,000 strands of killing tribulation energy, including the tribulation energy used to kill the Cold Dragon. His sword body, true energy, and heart sword cultivation have all improved significantly.

Fei Jian also used Taiyi Refined Gold to upgrade a "White Rainbow Sword" and used "Frosty Dragon Blood" to temper an Ice Sword. Today, he also forged the Frosty Calamity Sword, completing the collection of seven Calamity Swords and unlocking "Sword Six"...

Today, even if Lu Chen were to encounter an elder-level expert from the Divine Beast Mountain, he would probably think the opponent was too weak.

So it's not that other cultivators are bad, it's just that Lu Chen's progress is really unreasonable.

Especially when there is an abundance of various forms of calamity energy.

Without any elixirs or precious medicines, and without a cultivation ground abundant with spiritual energy, one's strength can advance by leaps and bounds.

As Lu Chen drank, he pondered carefully, realizing that he might have underestimated himself before.

With his current strength, he might already be qualified to take the exam for the Heavenly Court's regular soldiers, and become a powerful heavenly soldier who can set up a net of heaven and earth and cheer for the gods when the Heavenly Court is fighting against the peerless demons, acting as the atmosphere group.

I'm actually quite excited about it.

Since there were no more demons here, Lu Chen didn't stay any longer.

After dinner, he traveled through the night, flying westward toward Lingxu Mountain.

It is about 20,000 li away from Lingxu Mountain.

A mere 20,000 li is nothing; with the speed of the Land-Sinking Wind and Thunder Wings, it can be reached in just over three hours.

"The Great Sage Equal to Heaven can travel 108,000 li in a single somersault, and the Golden-Winged Roc can travel 90,000 li with a single flap of its wings, and 180,000 li with both wings... Compared to these two flying champions, I am still far behind... I guess I will have to wait until I have mastered 'Sword Six. Void' to a certain level, and my physical body can merge with the sword light and traverse the void before I can compete with them."

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