Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

But the Endless Demon Sea has no shortage of demon beasts, and new demon beasts keep pouring in from the direction of the Black Sea.

Lin Zhao left this area of ​​the sea and headed towards the deeper waters, closer to the Black Sea.

He wanted to push the Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace to the third-tier top grade in one go, so that he could truly stand at the peak of Core Formation.

Several years have passed just like that.

Lin Zhao had no idea how she had gotten through the past few years.

The malevolent aura emanating from him was so thick it was almost tangible; when he stood on the sea, the water beneath his feet was tinged with a faint blood-red hue.

More than three hundred third-tier demonic beasts have been hunted, and the number of ordinary demonic beasts is countless.

The storage bag was filled with demon cores and materials. The Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace was only one step away from becoming a top-grade third-tier magic weapon.

Perhaps it was that previous life-or-death crisis that unleashed his potential, which allowed him to pull through.

After the fear and rage of being hunted by Nascent Soul cultivators, he threw himself into the most frenzied hunt.

Every day is a battle, every day we face countless monsters.

There was no rest, no pause.

During the long battle, he gradually felt his mind was clearer than ever before.

Thoughts on "sword and intent" welled up from the bottom of my heart like a spring.

A sword is a weapon of killing. But a sword should also be a weapon of protection.

Sword intent is a person's will, thoughts, beliefs, and courage—an inner force that desires to change the status quo and break free from constraints.

It is the human heart.

With a three-foot sword in hand, one can carry out one's own will, thereby influencing or even changing the rules of the outside world.

Whether for killing or for protection, a sword that cannot kill is meaningless.

To change the rules of the outside world, you need sufficient power.

Lin Zhao's sword intent was growing.

The sword energy was sharper, the sword light was faster, and the trajectory of each sword strike was cleaner and more precise.

The endless blood energy attracted something from the depths of the Black Sea.

Tidal Giant Ape, a peak third-tier monster.

The thing came riding the waves, its body swirling with blue wind and thunder. With each stomp, lightning struck the sea from beneath its feet, shattering and reforming the waves.

The giant ape was hundreds of feet tall, its body covered in long, dark blue fur, with tiny arcs of electricity crackling at the tips of its hairs.

Its eyes were a deep blue, and its pupils seemed to be churning with storms.

The waves it commanded were overwhelming, and dark thunderclouds surged overhead, obscuring half the sky.

Thunder and lightning exploded around it, and the booming sound could make people's eardrums hurt even from dozens of miles away.

Among peak-tier third-order demonic beasts, it may not be the largest in size, but it is definitely among the most destructive.

Its every appearance brings annihilation to countless mortals and low-level cultivators.

In the endless sea of ​​demons, it is a natural disaster.

Lin Zhao hovered in mid-air, watching the giant ape of the sea tide walk step by step from the direction of the Black Sea.

On the sea behind the giant ape, a storm was gathering.

Dark clouds surged in from all directions, piling up above its head, with lightning rolling within the clouds, illuminating its ferocious face.

Without any probing, the two sides immediately took action.

Tide Giant Ape attacks first.

It slammed its fist into the sea, creating a crater hundreds of feet deep, which then formed a massive tsunami that rushed toward Lin Zhao, accompanied by wind and thunder.

Purple arcs of electricity crackled on the crests of the tsunami waves, while countless sharp wind blades were embedded within the waves.

Lin Zhao took the hit head-on.

The five elements of sword energy surged from his body, and the five-colored sword light collided with the wind, thunder, and waves.

The waves were leveled by the sword energy, the lightning was cut down, and the wind blades were shredded.

The giant ape of the sea tide once again rode the seawater and stirred up even bigger waves, so Lin Zhao slashed back with even stronger sword energy.

The sword energy and the waves collided violently, blasting one huge crater after another into the sea.

The Five Elements Sword Qi and the Three Fiends Sword Qi took turns attacking. The Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Formation trapped the tide, while the Three Fiends Sword Qi specifically targeted the giant ape.

Blood Fiend tore through the protective demonic aura, Earth Fiend suppressed the body, and Heaven Fiend ripped through flesh and blood.

The giant ape roared, pounding its chest with its arms, and a surge of wind and thunder erupted around it.

The dark clouds pressed down even lower, and lightning struck down like rain, each bolt as thick as a bucket.

The sea surface was cleaved and rippled, with white mist rising everywhere.

Lin Zhao fully unleashed the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.

Five-colored sword energy spread across seventy miles, the sword formation activated, slashing lightning into the sea and splitting and shredding the waves.

The dark clouds were forcibly torn apart by the sword energy, dispersing them one by one.

The battle lasted for ten days and ten nights.

The Five Elements Sword Qi and the Three Fiends Sword Qi took turns attacking, and magical treasures and demonic beast powers clashed wildly.

Countless sword energies and lightning storms raged across this sea area.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky and were then dispersed, the sea surface sank and rose again, and giant waves hundreds of feet high appeared one after another.

Shockwaves exploded outwards one after another, unleashing a storm of multicolored, destructive spiritual energy that swept across hundreds of miles.

The surrounding spiritual energy went completely out of control, triggering a terrifying spiritual tsunami that covered an area of ​​nearly a thousand miles.

The Tide Giant Ape is not weak among the peak third-tier demonic beasts. It rides countless lightning waves, and every attack carries the power to shatter the heavens and the earth.

But now Lin Zhao is even more powerful.

He grew stronger with each battle.

The Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace blocked all attacks, its third-tier superior defensive magic treasure withstanding the bombardment of wind, thunder, and waves.

The spiritual liquid from the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool continuously replenished his magical power, making him stronger and stronger as he fought.

The Three Fiends Sword Technique counters the giant ape's recovery and defense, while the Great Five Elements Sword Formation suppresses its storms and waves.

But the Gigantopithecus's vitality is terrifyingly tenacious.

It stood on the waves, never falling, its body covered in wounds, its dark blue fur stained dark red with blood.

But its deep blue eyes remained fixed on Lin Zhao, showing no sign of backing down.

Lin Zhao took a deep breath and withdrew all the overflowing sword energy.

Then he clasped his hands together, and the Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Formation unfolded once more. The five-colored sword energies merged in the sky, transforming into silvery-white Heavenly Gang Sword Energy.

The Heavenly Gang Sword Qi swirled and intertwined.

The Four Symbols Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation was formed once again.

A silver-white Vermilion Bird, hundreds of feet in size, flew out from the sword formation.

The Vermilion Bird's entire body is formed from the Heavenly Gang Sword Qi, and each feather is a miniature version of the Heavenly Gang Sword Qi.

With a flap of its wings, countless silver-white sword energies flew out from the edges of its wings, turning half the sky silver.

The Heavenly Vermilion Bird swooped down and collided head-on with the Ocean Tide Giant Ape.

The silvery-white sword energy collided with the deep blue wind and thunder power, exploding in a blinding white light.

The giant ape slammed its fists at the Vermilion Bird, while the Vermilion Bird lashed out with its claws at the giant ape.

The two clashed fiercely at sea, creating towering waves thousands of feet high.

Before long, the Heavenly Vermilion Bird suppressed the Tide Giant Ape. It was completely entangled by the Vermilion Bird, the wind and thunder were shattered by the sword light, and the waves were flattened by the Heavenly Vermilion Bird's sword energy.

The giant ape was forced to retreat repeatedly, its footsteps creating deep craters, hundreds of feet deep, in the waves beneath its feet.

Lin Zhao then used the Divine Fiend Sword Qi by taking advantage of the situation.

From the Divine Soul Sword Tower within his sea of ​​consciousness, a dark golden divine sword aura flew out.

The sword blade shimmered with four different lights simultaneously, making it Lin Zhao's strongest attack method besides fourth-tier magic weapons.