Unreliable Sword Immortal.

"Ding! Your teammate, Sword Saint Lou Jialan, has logged off!"

"Ding! Your teammate, Sword Saint Lou Jialan, has logged in!"

"Ding! Your teammate, Sword Saint Lou Jialan, has entered a special state; team-up effects are disabled!"

The system notification suddenly sounded.

"Junior sister, what's wrong? Are you about to awaken? Why haven't you given me the team-up special effects yet?!"

When Lu Chao saw Lou Jialan's performance, he knew that the unreliable system had come out on strong. He wasn't too surprised, after all, this Qinglan Sword Saint had been tormented a lot during this period, and his original personality had been altered many times, so it wasn't surprising that he had awakened.

"After awakening, my junior sister will definitely have an independent personality and independent thoughts, becoming an AI player. I wonder if she'll still recognize me as her senior brother. Oh well, never mind her, let's take care of the four sect leaders first!"

Lu Chaoding looked at the corpse of the Great Luo Sword Sect leader again. After she was killed, her body remained, kneeling on the ground, but she was lifeless and could not speak like a player.

"If the leaders of the four major sword sects are all so easy to kill, this battle won't take much effort!"

Lu Chaoding was filled with fighting spirit at this moment, so he ignored Lou Jialan and rode the Black Saber-toothed Tiger, choosing Hua Mantian, the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect, as his target and continuing to unleash the [Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal].

To Lu Chaoding's surprise, the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect was able to fight back after being attacked. Every time Lu Chaoding hit her, she would immediately retaliate. Moreover, her damage was surprisingly high, and she could even ignore the blessing of luck and reduce Lu Chaoding's health.

Thus, Lu Chao withstood 10 rounds of the "Twelve Hates of the Sword Immortal" from this level 120 expert, but failed to kill her; instead, he was the one who was killed!

"Ding! Your health is depleted. Dragon Transformation triggered. You are about to enter your second form, [Dragon Form]!"

"Ding! You have entered [Dragon Form]. Your health has increased to 200%, all buffs and debuffs have been cleared, and you immediately gain the ability to move!"

"Ding! Your health has reached the threshold and cannot be increased further!"

"Ding! This transformation will last for one hour. After the transformation ends, you will immediately revert to your first form with full health!"

With the system notification, Lu Chaoding's body immediately expanded. Five breaths later, he transformed into a giant dragon-man who was nine zhang tall. He was called a dragon-man because although he still maintained a human body shape, he had a pair of golden dragon horns on his forehead, his body was covered with a layer of golden dragon scales, and a huge dragon tail grew from his back.

His physique was extremely robust, like a god or a demon. However, he concealed his Earth Prayer and Heavenly Authority Ring. His health and resilience bars were instantly restored to full, and his luck bar was also full.

"Good heavens, you actually forced me to transform! No wonder you're a level 120 expert, you really have some skills!!"

Lu Chao spoke, his voice booming like thunder. He checked his status and realized that his speed advantage was gone. Although he had one turn to act, it was inserted after his transformation. After his turn, it would probably be the turn of the four sword sect leaders or Lou Jialan to launch an attack.

"Lou Jialan is acting strangely all the time now, and I don't know when she'll awaken. I guess I can't rely on her anymore. I hope I don't mess things up!"

Lu Chaoding's spirits lifted, and he used the [Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal] again, targeting Hua Mantian, the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect.

This NPC had withstood ten rounds of Lu Chao's "Twelve Hates of the Sword Immortal" attack and was already low on health. Lu Chao finished him off with another round, finally killing him. His corpse knelt down.

Next, it was Hua Manting, the leader of the Qinglian Sword Sect, who took action. This level 120 Linglong Sword Saint grabbed a long sword from the void and shouted, "Supreme Heavenly Demon and Lou Jialan, since you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame me for being ruthless. Behold my Linglong Sword Intent, kill!"

After saying that, the old woman's figure suddenly split in two, and then the two figures attacked Lu Chaoding and Lou Jialan at the same time.

Lu Chao stood still, enduring the attacks. He only felt a blur before his eyes and was slashed by a sword. The pain was not strong, and he did not know where he was slashed. His health bar shrank slightly, but his luck value did not decrease, and his health bar was immediately replenished.

However, Lou Jialan, who was next to Lu Chao, was not so lucky. While she was still performing the madness, her right arm was severed and her health bar dropped by half.

To Lu Chaoding's surprise, Lou Jialan's severed arm flew two zhang away, landed, and quickly turned into light, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Lou Jialan, still acting strangely, lost his right arm and showed no signs of it growing back, yet he remained standing there shivering in a daze.

"Hmm, this Linglong Sword Immortal's attacks can cause permanent damage? Wounds won't heal? Can she cripple someone?"

Lu Chao narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself that Hua Manting was quite skilled. He was also glad that he had good fortune, otherwise, even if his attribute values ​​were not reduced, it would be inconvenient for him to move around after having his arms or legs cut off.

Next, it was Hua Mandi, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect, who launched an attack. The NPC laughed and suddenly took out a long sword and stabbed it into her own body. Her health bar immediately began to decrease.

"The Blood Regeneration Technique! Return, return!"

Hua Manting, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect, shouted loudly, then spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood seemed to possess a spirit, automatically splitting into two streams, which flew towards the corpses of Hua Manlou, the leader of the Great Luo Sword Sect, and Hua Mantian, the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect, and finally entered their brows.

The next moment, the two corpses actually came to life. Health bars and stamina bars appeared above their heads, indicating that they had been resurrected.

"They're really playing games like this! No wonder Lou Jialan said they were difficult to deal with!"

Lu Chao frowned.

Fortunately, after reviving her two companions, the turn of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect leader was over. It seemed that Lou Jialan's speed was the same as theirs, and it was Lou Jialan's turn to act next.

Lou Jialan trembled violently as if struck by lightning, unable to move. Two minutes later, her turn ended automatically due to timeout, and Lu Chaoding began his turn again.

After observing the four sword sect leaders on the other side, who were almost at full strength, Lu Chaoding chose the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect as his target this time.

Among the four sect leaders, this leader of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect had the highest health and defense, and also possessed a passive ability to reduce damage. It took Lu Chao a full twenty rounds to kill him.

After killing the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect, Lu Chaoding then attacked the leader of the Great Luo Sword Sect, killing him in ten rounds.

Next, it was Lu Chaoding's turn again. He chose to continue attacking the leader of the Qinglian Sword Sect and killed him in ten rounds as well.

At this point, three of the four major sword sect leaders had knelt down, leaving only the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect.

"This NPC can retaliate and ignores the protection of luck. If I don't kill him, I'll be killed by his counterattack first. So, I have no choice but to fight him to the death..."

Lu Chao sighed. After thinking for a moment, he decided not to use the "Twelve Hates of the Sword Immortal" to attack the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect. Instead, he leisurely sat down on the ground and used the "Gaze Sword Technique" to glare at him, waiting for the round to expire.

"-64"

"-64"

"-64"

……

Damage numbers kept appearing above the head of the Hongchen Sword Sect leader, and her maximum health was decreasing.

Lu Chaoding's speed was extremely high, and it was always his turn. Time slowly passed, and an hour later, Lu Chaoding's dragon form automatically deactivated, and he returned to his human form.

Another hour passed, and Lou Jialan finally stopped the absurd antics.

She touched her severed right arm, looked up at Lu Chaoding with a puzzled expression, and slowly said, "Supreme Heavenly Demon? Reliable Sect Leader! What... what are you doing..."

Lu Chaoding was also at ease at this moment. While looking at the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect, he said, "Junior Sister, you've finally woken up. Do you still recognize me?"

Lou Jialan was silent for a moment, then said, "I recognize you. I have a great fondness for you. According to the setting, I should worship you endlessly and even submit to you to become your wife, but... that's impossible. My reason tells me that I don't like you, and I will not become your wife. You are not my type, so you'd better not have any improper thoughts."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chaoding knew that Lou Jialan had indeed awakened. He sighed helplessly and said, "You're not my type either. To tell you the truth, this sect leader has a hundred wives; I don't need another one!"

"That would be best!"

Lou Jialan paused, then said, "You actually managed to kill the leaders of the four major sword sects all by yourself. If you can kill the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect, they will be finished."

"Isn't that right?" Lu Chao retorted. "What can you do to help?"

Lou Jialan shook her head and said, "I can't help..."

She suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Maybe this can help. Let me draw the team privilege first!"

After speaking, the newly awakened AI player reached out and grabbed at the void, but Lu Chaoding received a system notification: "Ding, affected by the Azure Mist Sword Intent, team members (maximum of three) have received the sword intent buff, doubling the power of sword intent-type skills!"

After the system notification ended, the damage numbers appearing above the Hongchen Sword Sect leader's head immediately changed. Instead of decreasing 64 health points per second, they decreased 128 health points per second.

"The power of the Eye Sword Technique has doubled!"

Lu Chaoding had a sudden realization: of all the skills he had mastered, only the [Gaze Sword Technique] was related to sword intent. This time, its power was doubled, making the battle much easier.

"Go, senior brother! I'm injured and can only cheer you on from behind! Please make sure to kill those four and give me the fragments of their Hongchen Dao Box. With six fragments in hand, I can open the Hongchen Ancient Path and leave this hellish place."

After speaking, Lou Jialan sat down cross-legged on the ground.

Lu Chaoding, however, became somewhat interested. While continuing to stare at the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect, he asked, "Junior Sister, what is the Hongchen Ancient Path?"

Lou Jialan said, "The Ancient Path of the Primordial Dust is a special secret realm, containing great secrets and seemingly holding an opportunity to surpass the Primordial Chaos Realm. Numerous high-level NPCs are active within it, making it extremely difficult for ordinary players to make any progress!"

"Really? Are you sure that possessing just six fragments of the Hongchen Dao Box will allow you to open the Hongchen Ancient Path?"

"Sure!"

"Alright, junior sister, you can watch from the back. This battle will take quite a while to finish!"

Lu Chaoding continued to use his gaze sword technique. In his mind, he should wait until the cooldown time of the Treasure Dragon transformation was over, that is, 24 hours, before attacking the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect. That would be the safest way to ensure that he would not fail.

While waiting, since he had nothing else to do, he used his gaze sword technique to reduce the maximum health of the Hongchen Sword Sect leader.

Time passed, and finally, Lu Chaoding survived 24 hours. He checked his own status and found that the Baolong transformation had completely cooled down. In other words, even if Lu Chaoding were killed again, he would transform into Baolong again.

"I have two lives now! I can finally fight without restraint!"

Lu Chaoding felt he was about to burst with frustration. He stood up, drew his sword, and began to attack the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect.

Despite Lu Chao's use of the Eye Sword Technique to reduce the Hongchen Sword Sect Leader's health, he still failed to kill him even after using the [Sword Immortal Twelve Hatreds] ten times. Instead, he was killed first and passively entered the Treasure Dragon form.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened next. Lu Chaoding successfully killed the leader of the Hongchen Sword Sect. At this point, all four sect leaders knelt down, and their corpses turned into light and disappeared. Then, four treasure chests appeared.

"It's finally over!"

Lu Chao stretched and opened the four treasure chests, obtaining four tokens, six fragments of the Hongchen Dao Box, and four thousand jade items.

"Four thousand jade artifacts, wow, we're rich this time."

Lu Chao was overjoyed. He immediately used the newly acquired Sword Intent Jade to upgrade the [Gaze Sword Technique] by four levels, reaching LV10. From then on, he could lock onto a target with his gaze, and the target would lose 1024 health points per second.

Furthermore, the [Gaze Sword Technique] has unlocked a new special effect: it is also effective against targets such as buildings and mechanical units.

Of the six fragments of the Hongchen Dao Box, Lu Chao kept one and gave the remaining five to Lou Jialan.

Lou Jialan was overjoyed. She already had six fragments of the Hongchen Dao Box. She immediately closed her eyes, sat cross-legged, and said she was going into seclusion.

As for the tokens dropped by the four sect leaders, they are the tokens of the Great Luo Sword Sect, the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, the Hongchen Sword Sect, and the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect. Holding them at the four sects' mountain gates allows one to assume the position of sect leader.

After the battle space shattered, Lu Chaoding, who was holding four tokens, received a system notification: "Ding, you have defeated the leaders of the four major sword sects, namely Da Luo, Qing Lian, Hong Chen, and Tian Mo, and achieved a hidden achievement. Congratulations on obtaining the title of Lord of Shu Mountain."

"Ding! You have become the Lord of the Shu Mountain Domain! You are rewarded with a top-grade jade mine (delivered to Kaopu Mountain) and a random five-star Shu Mountain Sword (delivered to your storage space). Your fame will spread throughout the Shu Mountain region, known to all. The leaders of various sects in the Shu Mountain Sword Domain will successively travel to Kaopu Mountain to offer their congratulations. Explore for more privileges!"

"Huh? I've become the Lord of the Shu Mountain Domain!"

Lu Chaoding looked at the four tokens in his hand. He decided to first make a trip to the four sects' headquarters to take up his post as sect leader and, incidentally, plunder the treasures of the four sects. It would surely be a pleasant journey.

(End of this chapter)