High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

"You have a lot of secrets, but that's none of my business."

"As long as you remain loyal to the human race, those secrets are nothing. I will protect you from any trouble."

"only..."

"If one day you betray humanity, I might take action myself."

Despite Principal Shi's cheerful demeanor, he exerted immense pressure on Chen Mo.

"You might be wondering why an old man who has exhausted his Grandmaster's essence would come here."

Shi Jinshi pressed his palm against his chest, and a drop of golden liquid appeared in his palm.

"Open your mouth, and I will heal your wounds."

"What's this?" Chen Mo looked up at the drop of golden liquid in Shi Jinshi's palm and asked curiously.

"Just eat it, what would an old man do to you?"

Shi Jinshi rolled his eyes. He couldn't very well say that he had used his Grandmaster's essence to heal him, could he?

"Oh." Chen Mo obediently opened his mouth, and a drop of golden liquid fell in.

Instantly, a gentle yet powerful energy coursed through Chen Mo's body, rapidly repairing his injuries.

"Lie still and leave the rest to me."

Seeing that Chen Mo's injuries were beginning to heal rapidly, Shi Jinshi nodded in satisfaction.

"Principal Shi, that's a level thirteen Grandmaster-level Abyss Demon, you..."

Liu Yun, who came along, hesitated. The old headmaster was only at most level twelve, and facing the Abyss Demon would be suicide.

Shi Jinshi didn't speak, but turned to look at the injured students and martial artists, a smile playing on his lips.

"You little brats, you don't think this little bit of hardship will bring down this old man, do you?"

"They're just level 13 Abyss Demons. Even at level 12, I could kill them."

"Not to mention, I haven't wasted these past ten years!"

After saying that, an incredibly terrifying aura erupted from Shi Jinshi's body, and a golden Tang-style horizontal sword appeared out of thin air!

"The Fiercely Slashing Golden Lion Blade?!"

As the garrison commander of the mountain city's deep rift, Xu Youwu naturally recognized this renowned weapon.

Why is it said that Shi Jinshi ranks among the top among the hundreds of grandmasters in the Great Xia Dynasty?

Besides his terrifying strength, there's also his master-level weapon.

Using its own life core as the main component, supplemented by materials and life cores from a master-level abyssal beast, this powerful weapon will eventually be forged.

While a Grandmaster's Life Martial Artifact can greatly increase a Grandmaster's strength, its shattering can also cause a Grandmaster's realm to drop, and in severe cases, it may even lead to their death.

Therefore, very few masters would choose to do this.

Only the most ruthless and desperate criminals would make such a choice.

That just so happens that Shi Jinshi is such a desperate criminal.

"Wait, wasn't the Fierce Lion-Slaying Blade originally black...?"

Liu Yun had witnessed Shi Jinshi's mastery of martial arts. This Tang Dynasty sword used to be black, so why has it turned gold now?

Moreover... this gold color is exactly the same as the color of the Grandmaster's essence.

Have you ever heard of a secret technique?

Shi Jinshi was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He turned to look at the stunned crowd and asked.

"Sword nurturing technique".

"I, Shi Jinshi, have established my own school, using the essence of a grandmaster to nurture a grandmaster's life force, ultimately achieving a grandmaster-level sword-nurturing technique."

"I originally wanted to test its power on an Abyss Warrior who had reached the fourteenth level of the King Body, but alas, I have no choice but to use it now."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. So all this time, you old man haven't recovered your Grandmaster strength for so many years, and you've been researching these things?

Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

"Don't worry, I don't need to use up all the Grandmaster's essence consumed by the Blade Nurturing Technique to deal with these Abyss Demons. At most, I'll just use up all the 'momentum' I've accumulated."

"I'll try to see if I can train my sword faster after I recover my Grandmaster level."

Shi Jinshi grabbed the golden Tang sword floating in front of him...

No, it's the Fierce Slash Golden Lion Blade!

"Old buddy, don't embarrass me."

Shi Jinshi gently stroked the Tang Hengdao in his hand with a look of affection, and drew it from its sheath.

The moment Tang Heng drew his sword, everyone felt the surrounding light dim, and the sharp sword aura pressed down on Chen Mo so much that he couldn't even breathe.

"You little brats who use knives, keep a close eye on them, you old man!"

"I don't expect you to grasp the full extent of this old man's strike. Even grasping just one ten-thousandth of it would be enough for you to use it up to the fourth rank."

"Fierce Slash Blade Technique!"

"Severing Heaven and Earth!"

bass!

The moment this sword was unleashed, the world lost its color!

Everything around him turned grayish-white under this slash, and Chen Mo even had the illusion that time had stopped flowing.

During the moment of stillness, only that golden blade of energy cleaved through everything!

"Phew..." Shi Jinshi let out a long breath and put the Fierce Lion-Slaying Blade back into its sheath.

"it's over."

As soon as Shi Jinshi uttered those words, time began to flow again.

The abyssal demons that were about to get up also stopped in place, as if they had been frozen.

"Is it over?"

Gu Feng was covered in cold sweat. This Shi Jinshi looked like he could slice his old man into sashimi with one slice.

The gold color on the Fierce Lion-Slaying Blade quickly faded, eventually turning back into the pure black Tang Dynasty horizontal sword.

Shi Jinshi's aura surged the moment the Fierce Slash Golden Lion Blade turned back to black, returning him to the thirteenth-level Grandmaster realm!

"Of course, it's just a few abyssal demons, yet it scared you little brats like this."

Shi Jinshi let out a domineering snort and sat cross-legged on the city wall.

"See?"

Following the direction Shi Jinshi pointed, everyone's gaze fell upon the several abyssal demons.

While everyone was still wondering, the bodies of those abyssal demons were split in two and fell to the ground, turning into purplish-red, foul-smelling mud.

"The way to kill the Abyss Demons is simple: find their 'life core' and then sever it with a single strike."

"The only difficulty is finding the life core; everything else is very simple."

Chen Mo looked at Shi Jinshi with a strange expression. Why did it feel like this old man was showing off?

And the installation was very successful...

"You old codger, you're showing off again, aren't you?"

Qiu Wushuang suddenly appeared beside Shi Jinshi, looking at him with some disdain.

"So what? I've been holding it in for so many years, can't I even have some fun?"

Shi Jinshi glanced at Qiu Wushuang but didn't say anything more.

If he hadn't just recovered to the Grandmaster realm and hadn't used up all his sword energy, he definitely wouldn't have been afraid of this woman.

Yes, definitely!

"Stop whining like a girl, it's not over yet, here we go again."

Qiu Wushuang drew his long sword from his waist and looked at the Road of No Return, a thousand miles away, and said.

"Seriously, when is this going to end?"

Shi Jinshi sighed helplessly; these newly emerged abyssal demons made it difficult for him to maintain his cool demeanor.

"You've just recovered to the Grandmaster level, so you should focus on recuperation. You can leave them to me."

"A bunch of brainless monsters, they're nothing."

As Qiu Wushuang spoke, she lifted her foot, intending to go forward to meet the enemy.