I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 114 Enemies meeting are filled with intense hatred

The next day, the five members of the Linjiang No. 1 Middle School team gathered outside the camp gate.

When Leon saw that Ye Qingzhou had a dark blue bracelet on her left arm, he assumed it was a love token from some girl. He immediately raised his eyebrows and secretly gave Ye Qingzhou a thumbs up.

Ye Qingzhou couldn't figure out what this idiot was thinking about again, and he was too lazy to care.

"Check your luggage, then let's go."

"Um."

All five of them brought enough food and water for three days. Although the Divine Feather Sword Sect was only about seven or eight kilometers away from the camp, they could make a round trip in a day.

But when traveling, it's always good to be prepared.

On the way, Miao Yi talked about the situation of the other rookie teams.

"Huang Dengfeng's team is currently ranked first in points. I heard that they hunted down a wolf king, dissected all the usable materials, brought them back to the camp, and sold them to Instructor Weng, obtaining a large number of martial arts points."

"Is there a ranking for this cave exploration mission?"

Leon was utterly puzzled.

Miao Yi explained, "These rankings were all done privately by us top university freshmen. Although the official organization didn't assign any tasks or rank us, everyone has a competitive spirit, so we're all secretly vying for dominance now."

Ye Qingzhou sighed, "Indeed, wherever there are people, there is a world of intrigue."

Xu Yuebing found it unbelievable: "The Wolf King should have the strength of a professional-level martial artist at the upper three stages, right? How did Huang Dengfeng and the others manage to hunt it down successfully?"

"I helped them kill them."

"you!!!"

Xu Yuebing gritted her teeth and glared at Ye Qingzhou: "Aren't you just letting an outsider benefit for nothing?"

"No, I received the money."

"!!!"

Xu Yuebing was so angry that she didn't want to talk. She felt that talking to Ye Qingzhou about collective honor and bringing glory to the school would be like casting pearls before swine.

All this guy cares about is money, money, money!

What a greedy person!

Leon suddenly realized, "So it was you who did it, Master Ye. That makes no difference."

The five of them traveled on and soon arrived at the location of the Divine Feather Sword Sect.

The once magnificent sect is now nothing but ruins; all its glory and prominence have faded into silence with the passage of time.

But time cannot dispel the proud and unparalleled sword intent of this place. As Ye Qingzhou stepped into it, he seemed to hear in his mind that countless sword heroes from countless years ago had shed their sweat and fought fiercely here.

Various kinds of sword intent have long been deeply embedded in this land, remaining fresh and enduring.

"The secret of the Heart Sword is indeed incredibly useful; it even allows me to sense ancient sword intent from a long time ago."

Ye Qingzhou's eyes lit up, and he immediately hurried along the direction from which the strongest sword intent came.

The place he was going to was the forbidden area of ​​the Sword Sect, marked with the words "inauspicious place" on the map.

The entrance to the forbidden area is a cave, like the gaping maw of a gluttonous beast, capable of devouring everything in this world.

The rows of sharp swords stuck in the ground resembled the teeth of a giant beast; even though they were rusty, they still emitted a chilling gleam.

On the broken stone tablet, which is now only half intact, the character "禁" (forbidden) carved with a sword is also only half remaining.

The font was still strange, yet it was easy to understand at a glance. Clearly, it was a divine message left by a master to warn later generations not to enter without permission.

The closer you get to the forbidden area, the more instinctively you feel a chill run down your spine.

However, all five were highly skilled and daring, and young and impetuous, so they encouraged each other and followed behind Ye Qingzhou, beginning to venture deeper into the forbidden area to find out what was going on.

The tunnel was dark and the eyes could not see anything.

Leon took the lead, raising his left arm and shouting, "Break the seal, my left hand, Leon, come!"

The Breath of Thunder transforms vital energy into lightning, forming a ball of light that hangs above everyone's heads, instantly illuminating the road ahead.

Miao Yi's eyes twitched: "You're making a beginner-level lightning-based martial skill sound like a high-level lightning-based ultimate move. Can you stop being so childish?"

"Heh, I like it, so what?"

Leon looked at Miao Yi with a provocative gaze. Recently, due to his cultivation of the Dragon's Breath, his physique had become increasingly powerful, and he had long wanted to get revenge on Miao Yi.

"Stop arguing, let's keep going."

As soon as Ye Qingzhou spoke, the two immediately fell silent, and the group continued forward, soon arriving at an open area.

The ground beneath my feet was no longer soft mud, but a flat and solid stone path.

What appeared before everyone was a cluster of buildings that resembled an ancient small county town, but many parts of it had been buried by mud and sand.

Xu Yuebing reminded everyone, "This place is said to have sunk underground because of a battle between powerful individuals. There are many strange dangers here, so please be careful."

Ye Qingzhou looked around, and especially when he saw the huge sword mark that had cut across the entire town, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: "Judging from the remaining traces of the battle, the battle back then must have been extremely fierce, which is why the sky collapsed and the earth caved in. Such formidable strength is truly admirable."

Leon chimed in, "Yes, such powerful individuals are something I can't wait to witness in person. A peerless genius like myself would surely benefit greatly from it."

Miao Yi bluntly told him, "Save your breath. They could blow you to death with a single breath. If you actually encountered one, you'd probably be crying louder than anyone else."

"You bastard, do you want a beating?"

Leon's hand rested on the hilt of his sword, his eyes bloodshot.

Miao Yi, equally enraged, felt a surge of malice rising within him, as if the classmate before him were his father's murderer: "Fine, then fight! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

"wake up!"

Ye Qingzhou let out a sharp shout and simultaneously activated his Heart Sword to sever the evil thoughts in the hearts of the two.

As soon as the evil thought disappeared, the two regained their senses instantly, and were then both startled.

"What happened to me just now?"

"Why do I want to kill that bastard Miao Yi?"

"Damn it, you piece of trash, who are you calling a piece of trash?"

An invisible, dark red aura began to erode their minds once again, amplifying their negative emotions.

What started as a minor argument or conflict, like a powder keg, was ignited by a single sentence, and exploded at the slightest touch.

Clang~

Flying Frost was drawn from its sheath, its cold light radiating in all directions, illuminating an area of ​​five zhang around it.

Under the flash of the sword, Leon and Miao Yi finally calmed down, then both felt a chill run down their spines: "What on earth is going on?"

"This is so weird, how did we get infected?"

"Could it be poisoning?"

This power targeting the mind is truly bizarre and unpredictable, making it impossible to defend against.

The unknown often means fear.

The two then looked at Ye Qingzhou, Xu Yuebing, and Zhu Jinfeng: "Why are you all alright?"

Ye Qingzhou and Xu Yuebing both possess the Heart Sword Secret Technique, which hones their minds day and night, giving them extremely high resistance to attacks such as mental illusions.

As for Zhu Jinfeng, she also cultivated a high-quality mental technique and possessed the Heavenly Phoenix True Spirit, so this kind of attack targeting the mind was equally ineffective against her.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

All around the five people came vicious and ferocious roars, the sound waves gradually rising and turning into a raging tide that surged forth.

"It's the Sword Demon!"

"Be careful, everyone. Although these sword demons are entirely formed from primordial energy, they are real beings until they are destroyed."

"How can there be so many?"

The group of sword demons before them wore the robes of sword sect disciples, and their appearance resembled dried corpses. Their empty eyes no longer contained eyes; instead, they were filled with two bloodthirsty red lights.

They must be disciples of the Sword Sect who died here, transformed from resentment and obsession, using primordial energy as their vessel, impossible to kill or annihilate completely.

The low-level sword demons possessed the strength of elite-level martial arts apprentices, but their numbers were enormous, numbering in the hundreds. They surrounded the area from all directions, almost completely filling the street.

Several of the mid-level sword demons were exceptionally tall, and the energy fluctuations they emitted had reached the level of geniuses.

Zhu Jinfeng brandished the Danchi Sword in her hand and successively killed more than a dozen low-level sword ghosts, but it was no use at all. The sword ghosts were formed from primordial energy, with resentment and obsession as their core, and they were endless and could not be killed at all.

Xu Yuebing's Snowdrift Sword unleashed several frost-covered sword energies, and she used the martial skill Snow Walk to make the ground instantly slippery, causing a large number of the charging sword demons to slip and fall.

Zhu Jinfeng seized the opportunity to deliver the finishing blow, slashing out with her sword, flames following in its wake.

The two women, one wielding ice and the other fire, worked together with perfect coordination, instantly inflicting heavy damage on a large number of sword demons.

Even so, they were still unable to turn the tide of the battle; at best, they could only restrain the enemy's attack to a certain extent and prolong their lives.

Xu Yuebing cried out in alarm, "There are too many of them! We can't hold out for long! We need to break through as soon as possible!"

Leon and Miao Yi were back to back, struggling to fend off the surging tide of enemies.

"Master Ye, should we escape?"

"no need."

Ye Qingzhou finished charging up his power, his figure soaring into the air, his sword energy transforming into a sky full of lightning.

Bathed in lightning, Ye Qingzhou was like a god descending to earth, revealing for the first time the unparalleled power of lightning: "This sword is called Jingzhe (Awakening of Insects)."

Thunderous power, divine might, the awakening of insects!

This is divine thunder!

Rumble~

With a single sword strike, lightning strikes down from the heavens, cleansing the world of all evil and restoring a bright and clear world.

Lightning swept across the land, and hundreds of sword ghosts fell like wheat being harvested. Even the mid-level sword ghosts who were hiding among the ghosts, trying to sneak up and launch a surprise attack, were completely annihilated by Ye Qingzhou's divine sword before they could even draw their swords.

With resentment and obsession severed, the ghostly body formed from vital energy vanished into thin air.

Ye Qingzhou landed gracefully, sheathing his sword: "Let's continue on. The sword demons here will probably gather again in about fifteen minutes."

"Holy crap, Master Ye, you still haven't wiped them out?"

Ye Qingzhou shook his head: "If we can't eliminate the source, it's all a waste of effort no matter how we cut them down. However, they should be trapped here by an array, so we just need to leave."

The group then resumed their journey, continuing deeper into the forbidden area.

It seemed that because of the increased danger level, not many people had come here. The five of them had a very fruitful exploration, and they found quite a few cultivation techniques, pills, and even some strange treasures.

"Wait, it looks like someone's been here before?"

Holding a Miao knife, Miao Yi noticed several footprints on the ground: "The other party must have just left not long ago."

There is no doubt that the "disobedient" rebellious students were not limited to the five of them; there were other martial arts upstarts who had also ventured deep into the forbidden area.

…………

At this moment, deep within the Sword Sect's secret realm.

Four giant swords, one blue, one red, one black, and one white, stood like pillars of heaven in the four directions, each engraved with the patterns of the four sacred spirits.

The Azure Dragon Sword is arrayed in the east.

The Vermilion Bird Swords are arrayed in the south.

The swords of Xuanwu are arrayed in the north.

The White Tiger Sword is arrayed in the west.

The Four Saints Sealing Evil Formation is usually used by the Sword Sect to suppress powerful evil spirits.

At this moment, at the very center of the great formation, sealed off was a middle-aged man dressed in a wide-sleeved robe. His eyebrows were like swords, and his temperament was refined. He did not look like a bad person at all.

However, four huge iron chains bound his hands and feet, trapping him there and making it difficult for him to break free.

The man's body was covered with deep, bone-revealing sword wounds, from which blood continuously gushed, flowing to the ground and even seeping out of the formation, spreading in all directions.

Countless blood-red streams, like spider webs, spread out continuously, turning the forbidden area into a hideous and terrifying ghost realm.

Or rather, it is precisely because of this man's existence that this place has become a forbidden zone.

"Hahaha, Tianhong, you risked your life to seek the demon, but in the end, it was all in vain!"

The man trapped in the Four Saints Sealing Evil Formation twisted his once handsome and otherworldly face, revealing a grotesque and arrogant blood-red face, as if trying to break free from his body and regain his freedom.

Despite several attempts, it was difficult to break free.

After all, this was a "body prison" meticulously constructed by Elder Tianhong Sword Lord of the Sword Sect using his own martial bones and flesh.

"Blood food! I want more blood food!"

"Blood River Demon Lord, I have brought the blood food you requested."

Outside the great formation, several figures suddenly appeared. The tall Song Xin was throwing four martial arts newcomers, who were bound hand and foot, in front of the Blood River Demon Lord.

"Hahaha, very good, very good. Once this Demon Lord is freed, I will reward him handsomely."

Blood River Demon Lord saw four living, breathing people with twisted, bloody faces. He excitedly leaped off the corpse of Heavenly Sword Lord again, drooling over the "sacrifices" on the ground, especially one of the beautiful girls with a curvaceous figure.

"Excellent, excellent. Excellent physical constitution and perfect primordial yin. Truly a superior cauldron, perfect for refining a great medicine to help this demon lord break free from the shackles of this cage."

Having been trapped here for ten thousand years, never seeing the light of day, feeling oppressed and miserable, the Blood River Demon Lord is eager to break free of his seal and go to the mortal realm to vent his frustrations.

His desires had been suppressed for so long that he was about to go crazy.

Seeing the blood on the ground seem to have a life of its own, spreading to her ankles and even "crawling" onto her body, Yuan Jingfei was so frightened that she got goosebumps.

"Song Xin, are you crazy? My dad won't let you get away with this!"

"Hehe, since that's the case, then after I become a martial arts master, I'll wipe out your entire Yuan family of Linjiang first."

"Senior Song, please spare me! I can give you money!"

"Heh, I'm not short of money, so give me your life instead."

The students he kidnapped were all martial arts upstarts from Zhicheng Middle School, the second-ranked prestigious school in Linjiang City.

Yuan Jingfei, in particular, is the school beauty of Zhicheng Middle School. She is beautiful and has a great figure, and she also has genius-level strength. Although it is said that her strength is built up by her family with rare and precious items, her actual combat ability is poor.

But this is only because her martial arts will is not up to par. In terms of talent alone, she is not weak, and is even much stronger than Song Xin.

She was once a genius that Song Xin could only look up to.

Now, she has become a sacrifice that Song Xin uses to offer to the evil spirits.

Although Song Xin's cultivation level didn't improve much after the bloodline modification, his actual combat strength was already stronger than many professional martial artists.

It's like a silverback gorilla that never went to elementary school being able to beat many human boxing champions who have graduated from university.

In the martial arts world, strength is strength, and realm is realm. It is not a simple matter of a third-grade elementary school student being stronger than a first-grade elementary school student.

Level and realm are only part of strength.

In addition, it also depends on your internal cultivation level, your external training foundation, your current physical and mental state, and whether you have mastered advanced martial arts techniques.

A real battle isn't about who has the higher rank, but about who can use their power more skillfully and seize the right moment more precisely.

Yuan Jingfei was captured because Song Xin's physique, after being modified through bloodline enhancement, was far stronger than hers.

Song Xin was of mediocre talent. Although he was born into a martial arts family, if Yuan Hao hadn't used Yinglong's perfect flesh and blood to modify his bloodline and improve his talent, he probably would never have been able to reach the level of a martial arts master in his entire life.

This time, in order to gain even greater power, he even went so far as to cooperate with the demons sealed within the forbidden area of ​​the Sword Sect.

In fact, as early as fifteen years ago, when Song Yanhai first explored the Divine Feather Sword Sect, he had already learned of the existence of the Blood River Demon Lord, and deliberately concealed his existence.

To this day, the authorities are unaware that such a terrifying mythical life form exists hidden beneath the forbidden ground.

Otherwise, it wouldn't just be marked as an "inauspicious place".

Once the Blood River Demon Lord breaks out of his cave, he will surely unleash a raging sea of ​​blood in Linjiang City. At that time, the number of people affected will likely reach millions, repeating the tragedy of the mythical creatures wantonly slaughtering the capital of the Chaotic Kingdom.

Just as Yuan Jingfei and the others were in despair, five uninvited guests arrived outside the sealing formation.

"What a coincidence, Song Xin."

Ye Qingzhou walked over slowly: "Perfect, I'll get rid of you, you dead bastard, right here."

"Ye Qingzhou! Help me!"

The moment Yuan Jingfei saw Ye Qingzhou, tears welled up in her eyes, and she wept with joy.

Ye Qingzhou tilted her head: "Who are you? Do I know you?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Jingfei was greatly shocked.

She's supposed to be the school beauty at Zhicheng High School, isn't she? Is she really that inconspicuous?

However, when life and death are at stake, it's not the time to worry about such things.

"Ye Qingzhou, save me! Song Xin wants to help the demon in the formation escape; he's going to sacrifice us all!"

Yuan Jingfei and others made tearful accusations, pointing the finger directly at Song Xin.

When Song Xin saw Ye Qingzhou, it was like meeting an enemy; his eyes blazed with hatred: "Did you kill Yuan Hao and Li Yanxin?"

(End of this chapter)