Divine Seal: From a Heavy Sword to Slicing Through the Holy Demon Continent

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The sound of my heart beating was very clear.

Long Haoyu gritted his teeth, his forehead instantly covered in a layer of cold sweat.

Even their breathing sounds became incredibly heavy at that moment.

Before his eyes, he seemed to see a phantom of his own heart struggling to beat.

Deep within his body, a monstrous power was being stirred, stimulating and ravaging his limbs and bones.

At the same time, a golden light shot out from his body.

The golden light and the hazy fog quickly came into a standoff.

"Stick to it!"

At this moment, the Shadow Instructor gave a soft shout: "The cultivation to perfect yourself is to continuously refine your body with the dormant power within you."

"At the same time, it is also a process for you to deepen your understanding and control over it. If you can't persevere, you won't be able to unleash and understand its true power!"

Long Haoyu remained silent.

At this point, he had no way to make a sound.

The stinging pain throughout his limbs made him feel like he was going to faint several times.

If he hadn't already died countless times in the Shadow Space, experiencing all sorts of bizarre ways to die, he wouldn't have been able to withstand it now.

The struggle between the gray mist and the golden light, just as the shadow instructor had said, was constantly feeding back into and tempering his body.

The two are merging together, yet neither likes the other and both want to gain absolute control.

Long Haoyu's face grew paler and paler, his expression shifting between ferocity and relief.

Despite enduring the most intense wave of stinging pain, Long Haoyu's mind began to clear.

Feeling the two powers within him, he awakened and activated the bloodline of the dormant, heaven-defying demonic dragon within him, which seemed to have some resemblance to activating the innate spiritual power within his body.

Finally, the golden light fused with the gray weapon, the gold tinged with a hazy, ethereal grayness, and within that hazy grayness, a sacred golden light emerged.

A superficial understanding settled in Long Haoyu's mind, and he felt a little emotional: "Looking at it this way, it seems like I'm experiencing a very different kind of sacred awakening ahead of time."

"But in our current state, it seems we're still a long way from being in control, as the instructor said!"

Chapter 32 Demon Slayer

Long Haoyu felt the changes in his own body.

It was probably because, with the help of the Shadow Instructor, the power of his bloodline was activated for the first time.

The body is still the same one. There has been no breakthrough in spiritual power, but there seems to be a huge improvement in physical strength.

This feeling was similar to when he first fought the scorpion-tailed lizard, when he was in a very profound state.

Now, with the dormant power within his bloodline being activated, he is as if he doesn't need to be passively activated in times of crisis, but is actively in this profound state.

But after actually trying to draw upon the power within his body to temper his physical form, Long Haoyu realized how far-fetched it was that he initially thought drawing upon such power would be easy.

"A portion of the power within you has now been drawn out, but you are, after all, a human body."

"Your instincts are mostly human instincts. Your next training will involve integrating the instincts from your Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon bloodline into your body."

The shadow instructor suddenly spoke, looking at the golden-gray aura that had fused together above Long Haoyu's head.

"Now, the power you wield will be very distinct. Outsiders can tell at a glance that you have demon blood from your actions."

"When you can imprint these instincts into your body, you can switch between them at will. All of them."

"I call this kind of training—Demon Control!"

The words fall.

The shadow that had maintained a perfect self began to change.

Just like the golden-gray aura that appeared above Long Haoyu's head at this moment, but the next second the golden-gray aura turned into pure gold.

Bathed in pure gold, the Shadow Instructor was like an embodiment of light, his entire body enveloped in a sacred aura.

But the next second, the pure golden aura turned pure gray, and bathed in such power, the shadow instructor seemed like a demon crawling out of hell.

Seamless switching, exhibiting a silky smooth feel.

Long Haoyu looked at him seriously, realizing he couldn't switch between the two roles as easily as the Shadow Instructor.

But as he was bathed in the golden-gray airflow, he sensed that the Shadow Instructor had changed a lot.

If he felt palpitations when he first saw the Shadow Instructor activate his perfect self state, he now felt a sense of familiarity when looking at the Shadow Instructor.

As Long Haoyu pondered the words that Instructor Shadow had just spoken, he roughly understood what the so-called 'Demon Control' training was all about.

He completely controlled the bloodline power of the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan, preventing himself from being affected by it, yet he could use its power with ease.

This is equivalent to the path he is taking as a punishing knight, using overwhelming strength to sweep away all enemies.

Cultivation is the same; it uses the simplest and most brutal method to suppress all the power that belongs to oneself.

Ultimately, it stands tall, overlooking these forces.

"I understand. The inner spiritual power cultivation you mentioned is similar to these."

"As I master the use of these powers within myself and continuously refine myself to integrate them, the day I complete my divine awakening should be the moment I can officially use my inner spiritual power?"

Long Haoyu asked, and then proceeded to analyze the 'cultivation' of the evening in an orderly manner.

"That's the logic, but this kind of tempering will never end."

"Until you surpass the true peak, reaching a state of overwhelming power that can disregard the enhancement brought by bloodline power!"

That's how the shadow instructor explained it.

Long Haoyu was not surprised; on the contrary, he was quite excited.

If such a perfect self were to come to an end so soon, that wouldn't be what he needed.

Slightly excited, he closed his eyes and once again entered the cultivation process where he was constantly battling and being tempered by the golden-gray energy.

At the same time, through this process of cultivation and refinement, he constantly tried to understand and explore the application of the two powers.

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Time flows like autumn water, eastward and never to return.

Long Haoyu meditated on Mount Odin during the day, occasionally joining his younger brother and father in their sparring, and meditated in the shadow space at night.

In the blink of an eye, nine months had passed quietly, and his spiritual power had been refined countless times.

The application of internal power, including the use of simulated internal spiritual power, has reached a certain level.

On this day, Long Xingyu, who had arrived at Mount Odin, did not allow Long Haoyu to continue meditating, nor did he engage in actual combat with Long Haochen.

With his hands clasped behind his back, he exuded the air of an elderly father.

"Haoyu, Haochen, this year's training will come to a temporary end."

“Especially Haoyu, you reached 100 points of spiritual power nine months ago and have been practicing meditation for so long. It’s time to complete the quasi-knight assessment.”

"And Haochen, your spiritual power also reached 100 points three months ago. Although your progress in meditation is a little behind your brother's, it's enough for you to go together."

"Once you complete the preliminary knight assessment, I will begin the real knight training for you two brothers!"

At this point, a near-mad fervor shone in Long Xingyu's eyes, a tangible manifestation of his thirst for power.

Both brothers understood what Long Xingyu meant; it was probably because they had encountered a troublesome little devil like Long Haoyu.

The current development is not what Long Xingyu originally envisioned. In the past year, he has already completed a great deal of knowledge transfer to the two brothers.

The cultivation of external spiritual power, the cultivation of internal spiritual power, the distinction between internal and external spiritual power, and the matter of divine awakening are all mentioned.

Although a year has passed, Long Haochen's admiration for Long Xingyu remains unchanged.

Upon hearing Long Xingyu's words, Long Haochen excitedly asked, "Dad, do you mean that my brother and I can both take the quasi-knight assessment?"

"Once we complete the assessment and bring back the Awakening Stone from the Bright Moon Branch Hall, you can help us with the Divine Awakening and the cultivation of inner spiritual power?"

Long Xingyu nodded: "That's exactly what I mean, so you and your brother can just go directly to the Haoyue Branch Hall to complete the assessment."

With an air of authority, Long Xingyu gave his reply, his gaze falling on Long Haoyu.

Having been stabbed so many times, he now tries even harder to showcase his erudition and strength than before.

Long Haoyu pursed his lips, nodded to indicate that he knew, completely ignoring Long Xingyu's deliberate display of strength, and did not show any envy.

He didn't even feel that Long Xingyu's actions were out of place.

It's not surprising that someone whose father could lead a large army of Qing soldiers would do something like this.

Then, he looked in the direction where Haoyue City should be.

He has been cultivating 'demon control' in the shadow space for nine months, and has also been meditating intensively for nine months in preparation for the sacred awakening of his real body.

It's time to complete the aspiring knight assessment.

It's time to bring back the Awakening Stone, which is used for divine awakening!

Chapter 33 Little brother, you're getting a bit cocky!

A few days later, in Haoyue City.

On the wide streets of Haoyue City, Long Haochen, carrying two fine iron swords, followed closely beside Long Haoyu.

Compared to Odin Town, Bright Moon City, which is already a medium-sized city, is many times more prosperous.

Shops lined both sides of the street, with a constant flow of traffic and bustling crowds, where noisy sounds rose and fell.

Long Haoyu still only had one heavy sword, the blade of which looked like it had been chewed by a dog, making people click their tongues in disdain.

“Brother, Haoyue City is so prosperous! When we become strong, let’s bring Mom to a prosperous city like Haoyue City, okay?” Long Haochen said to Long Haoyu.

Long Haoyu smiled slightly, listening to his younger brother's sincere suggestion, and said gently, "We will definitely bring Mom to the bustling city in the future, but before that, we need to work hard to cultivate!"

"Well, I know!"