In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 93, Killing the Crystal Man, Sword Linglong

"Captain, I've found Linglong."

Zhou Yu's voice reached my ears.

Lin Ran exited his cultivation state, removed his spiritual energy shield, and immediately sensed an aura filled with sword intent in the distance.

inside the car.

Ling Qiqi changed into her everyday clothes, with her tail sticking out through a hole in the clothes, making no attempt to conceal her features.

Zhou Yu was still wearing a large cloak that covered her entire body, and with the hood up, she could completely hide herself.

Nangong Yu was still wearing that conservative nun's habit, but Lin Ran knew just how comfortable the body under the nun's habit was.

"Let's go together."

Everyone got off the bus.

Immediately, one could see the giant sword piercing the sky in the distance, as well as the massive sword blades all around, also pointing towards the sky.

Centered around the largest greatsword, the remaining blades are arranged in a circle, totaling nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine blades!

One of the eight most dangerous places: Sword Forest!

Looking at it from a distance, Lin Ran felt a slight stinging in his eyes. This was the sword energy naturally emitted by the greatsword, not a deliberate attack on a specific unit.

Lin Ran used her spiritual energy to dispel the sword energy and looked at an area not far away where the sword energy had condensed into a ball.

Jian Linglong was inside the vortex of sword energy, but there was no response in the team chat, so no one knew what had happened.

There were some alien races around, and their location was somewhat special, attracting a large amount of spiritual energy, which was washing away the sword energy vortex.

Unlike the alien races we've seen before, these alien races are made entirely of crystal, and come in many different colors, seemingly from some kind of mineral that has come to life.

It is led by a humanoid creature with a body covered in yellowish-brown crystals.

The leader is at the mid-stage of the third tier, there are four others at the early stage of the third tier, and the remaining dozens of alien races are all at the second tier.

Zhou Yu stepped forward and said:

"Captain, they seem to be refining the sword energy, trying to forge the Sword Exquisite into something."

Lin Ran nodded, her expression remaining calm.

"Kill them all."

A glint flashed in Lin Ran's eyes as he slowed his attack. A thick, bright silver blade appeared out of thin air and lunged at the leading crystal figure.

boom!

A barrier appeared out of thin air, blocking the path of the sharp blade's attack.

Zhou Yu closed her eyes and then opened them again; her eyes had turned into slowly rotating gray vortexes.

A grand, cold, and ruthless syllable suddenly resounded.

"curse!"

A cold, sticky force, brimming with resentment and madness, enveloped the shield.

"Hehe...haha...ouch...ah!!!"

Countless crazed, grotesque, and twisted human faces appeared out of thin air, absorbing the power of the barrier and splitting and growing in a disorderly manner.

In just two seconds, the barrier shattered, but the power of the curse did not dissipate. Along with the broken shield, it covered all the crystal figures.

The crystal man at the head suddenly stood up, turned around and rushed into the air. His transparent fist grew to tens of meters in diameter and slammed down hard on the bright silver blade.

puff~

The blade suddenly trembled, shrinking by half out of thin air. The remaining power turned transparent, as if entering another dimension, passing through the translucent crystal, and piercing straight into the crystal man's head.

The crystal man's head exploded instantly, his body melted, twisted, and deformed, eventually becoming an irregular crystal that fell to the ground.

Lin Ran scanned the crystal man several times with his mental energy and confirmed that the crystal man was dead.

He then activated the Eight Gates Formation and charged towards another crystal figure.

rear.

Ling Qiqi skipped and hopped among the crystal figures, her heart-shaped pupils turning pink.

The approaching crystal beings involuntarily stopped moving and then turned to attack the other crystal beings.

The humanoid figure behind Nangong Yu had its hands behind its back, with only a pair of cold, indifferent, and aloof eyes looking down at the crystal figure below as if it were dust.

A soft white light enveloped a crystal figure, freezing its movements. It then turned and knelt before Nangong Yu, its body rapidly expanding until it transformed into an irregular piece of crystal.

Outside the battlefield, Zhou Yu's grey, swirling eyes surveyed the entire scene. Without the need to worry about the curse's side effects, she was the strongest support! Without a doubt!

Lin Ran rushed in front of a third-tier crystal human. Just as the latter was about to retaliate, a curse suddenly descended, causing its aura to plummet and its movements to become stiff.

Then Lin Ran punched him squarely in the chest, shattering him into pieces.

Ling Qiqi controlled many crystal people. Whenever a crystal person tried to break free of her control, a curse would descend and kill the crystal person instantly!

Since the strongest Tier 3 Crystal Man was instantly killed, the remaining Crystal Men were unable to put up an effective resistance and were soon slaughtered by Lin Ran and his group!

After the crystal figures died, the spiritual energy surrounding the sword aura vortex dissipated, but Jian Linglong still did not respond.

Lin Ran temporarily sealed the side effects of the curse and pulled out a wisp of sword energy from the vortex of sword energy.

The sword energy was aggressive, but it was impossible to sense Jian Linglong's state through it.

We will not force our way in, just in case Jian Linglong is in some kind of transformative state.

"Be on guard around."

Immediately, Zhou Yu set up a curse to conceal their aura, while Nangong Yu and Ling Qiqi each withdrew their power.

Lin Ran stepped forward and put one hand into the vortex of sword energy. Immediately, there were clanging sounds of sword energy colliding with his palm.

He took out a crystal inscribed with sword techniques, placed it between his eyebrows, and read the information.

[Entry successful]

[Kendo Beginner LV1: 1/500]

Lin Ran suddenly understood and began to analyze a particular sword aura.

The powerful mental energy instantly analyzed and understood the sword energy.

[Kendo Beginner, Experience +1000]

[Kendo Beginner LV1→LV2: 500/1000]

Lin Ran continued to analyze the sword energy, gaining experience rapidly, taking advantage of the strong mental power.

On average, one sword aura can be analyzed every few seconds.

An hour later.

【Sword Dao Third Step - Sword Intent LV1: 10/500】

Lin Ran opened her eyes and stared at the vortex of sword energy to analyze it.

The massive amount of sword energy vanished rapidly, revealing its interior.

Lin Ran saw Jian Linglong, who was sitting cross-legged opposite a long sword that was entirely radiating blood color.

There was an eye on the hilt of the longsword, filled with greed and murderous intent.

Jian Linglong's brows were furrowed, as if she were in great pain. Between her brows was a small, bright silver sword, half of which had turned blood red.

Lin Ran understood.

Jian Linglong encountered a demonic sword, and after some unknown events, she became entangled with it.

When the blood sword between Jian Linglong's brows is completely stained with blood, she will become the puppet of the demonic sword.

Even if the erosion stops now, Jian Linglong's sword heart has been corrupted. Without sufficient perseverance, her path of swordsmanship will be cut off!

Lin Ran looked at the Demon Sword. The sword was surrounded by sword intent, stronger than Jian Linglong's, but only slightly stronger.

The current solution is,

He destroyed the soul within the demonic sword, replaced its sword intent, and helped Jian Linglong restore her sword heart.

There are two options for restoration: one is to restore Jian Linglong to its original state, and the other is to completely dye it with his color.

Lin Ran fell silent.

Then we discussed the "rules of time".

The same rules as the Eight Gates Formation can be seen in Jian Linglong.

What a coincidence...

So, was this Lin's arrangement?

What does she want to do?

(End of this chapter)