“Yi, Hu Niu, your teeth have become more powerful again!” Ling Han exclaimed in surprise. Previously, even though Hu Niu’s little white teeth were also forceful, but they definitely were not as astonishing as they were now.
“Hehe, after absorbing the electricity, Niu became more powerful!” Hu Niu said proudly, and began to take big bites again. Soon, she had bitten a hole the size of a human face on that brick, and buried her whole face in.
“No wonder her bites on Lord Rabbit’s behind have become more and more painful.” Rabbit could not help but rub its backside, its mouth twitching.
Ling Han swept a glance at it, and said, “You are a freak too. After being bitten by Hu Niu so many times, not one bit of flesh has fallen off. You’re definitely the first.”
“That’s right!” Rabbit could not help but look proud of itself. “Lord Rabbit’s ancestor is a prodigy, and could claim to be an emperor among Demonic Beasts, invincible in his generation. With the effects of his bloodline, Lord Rabbit is naturally a monster!”
As they spoke, Hu Niu’s whole body had disappeared into the hole that she had chewed out of the brick. Then, with a putong, the tiny feet that had been protruding outside suddenly disappeared.
“Ling Han, Niu dropped down!” Hu Niu said delicately.
The little girl had only chewed out a hole about the size of her own body, but that was all right. How could anyone in the Flower Blossom Tier not be capable of twisting his bones? Ling Han used a powerful technique to squeeze his skeleton, and instantly, every bone in his body gave off a qiang, qiang, qiang sound, like a gong was being beaten.
There was nothing to be done. He had cultivated the Indestructible Heaven Scroll, and the toughness of his skeleton was comparable to precious metal of the same level, so it was still slightly difficult for him to change the shape of his body.
He stretched out his body so that it became thin, then slipped down through the hole that Hu Niu had chewed out. Rabbit had a slim figure, and had long since hopped down.
It was unlike what Ling Han had expected. He had initially thought that there was a secret room underneath here, where the thing that Zi Xue Xian had left behind years ago was, but who would have imagined that this was actually a passage. The way ahead was completely black, and who knew where this passageway headed to.
“Really, wasn’t it just leaving a letter or something like that? Does it have to be so complicated?” Ling Han mocked the situation as he advanced through the passageway.
He looked closely, and could see there were obcure patterns on all four walls of the passage and the floor. They were of a very high level; at least, they were above the level that he had been in his last life.
“This should have been set up by the Thunder Empress after she had ascended to the Shattering Void Tier. No wonder I was unable to destroy the mountain rock just now; since it had been refined by a Shattering Void Tier ultimate cultivator, how could it be destroyed with my current capability?”
‘Still, Hu Niu’s teeth is really getting more and more powerful!’ Ling Han mused; the little girl’s unique ability was endlessly displayed, and furthermore, it was getting more and more amazing.
In the past, her little stomach was a bottomless pit, but that was only eating some food, and furthermore, there was an ending point, but now, she could absorb easily even electricity on the level of the Deity Transformation Tier.
In the past, her teeth were indeed sharp, possessing destructive power on the level of twenty Stars of the Flower Blossom Tier when she herself was only in the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, but that was only a breach of an entire cultivation Tier. Now, though, she could even chew through the cave dwelling that a Shattering Void Tier ultimate cultivator had set up—even if more than ten thousand years had passed, and the strength was completely uncomparable to when it was newly set up, Ling Han could only slice out a crack after so much effort. With such a comparison, Hu Niu’s monstrous strength could clearly be seen.
Yet Ling Han was worried. This little girl was getting increasingly stronger; was it because that human-shaped Spirit Base in her Dantian had awakened? He absolutely did not think that it was a Spirit Base, but a spiritual form that had its own consciousness and will!
When he imagined that Hu Niu could possibly become a completely different person one day, an absolute stranger, Ling Han shivered, and his heart felt pained.
Hu Niu’s little nose sniffed. She clapped her hands, and exclaimed, “Ling Han! Ling Han! Something in front smells nice!”
Ling Han smiled, and forcefully dispersed his worries. He strode forwards, and said, “This nose of yours is really good!”
“That’s right, Niu is the most awesome!”
The passage soon ended, and a wall appeared in front of them. It was very wide and tall. On the wall, there were innumerable small squares. There was a human face on every small square. They were both male and female, old and young, and as many as nine hundred and ninety-nine faces.
By the side of the wall, there was a small pool of electricity. A lotus flower actually bloomed inside the pool of electricity. The lotus flower had born fruit, but what it bore was not a lotus seed head, but a round fruit about the size of a human hand. It was currently flickering with purple-colored light.
The fragrance had precisely originated from the fruit.
The pool of electricity had just about dried up, so they could clearly see that the lotus flower’s roots were stuck in the bottom of the electricity pool. The roots were reddish purple in color.
“Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder!” Ling Han gasped in surprise.
Indeed, the Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder had evolved after so many years, and he could see that it had reached the important moment in which it would transform into a Spirit. The fruit that the lotus flower had born was the Thunder Spirit. The moment it ripened, the fruit would split open, and the Thunder Spirit would be born. From then onwards, it would freely move unfettered in the world, and become a real living thing.
But at this moment, the Thunder Spirit had born a fruit of Dao, and it was precisely the moment when its defenses were the weakest. If one were to pluck it and eat it, he would be able to obtain good fortune, and gain unimaginable benefits.
This was a life born from nature. It was unimaginably nutritious, and even Shattering Void Tier ultimate cultivators would be enticed.
Ling Han, too, felt a rush of excitement, and temporarily forgot the matter about the wall as his whole focus was concentrated on that Thunder Lotus.
Peng, peng, peng. However, the sound of footsteps were heard from behind them.
Chapter 648 - Sword Maniac, Lu Yuan Shen
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Though the hole that Hu Niu chewed out was small, it was not a problem for a Flower Blossom Tier cultivator. After transcending mortality, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake if one wanted to temporarily change his physical frame?
Ling Han turned around, and saw a man stride towards them. Though it was a dark space, he was exuding divine light. He was tall and slender. His brows, eyes, and nose looked like swords. Even his lips looked like two swords stuck together.
Such a man should give off an incomparably bizarre feeling!
Wasn’t that so? His whole body looked like it was about to become a sword. But when all these features were on him, it gave off an incomrapable feeling of harmony. There was absolutely nothing strange. On the other hand, he seemed to have an indescribable charm to him.
Moreover, others would usually store their weapon in their Spatial Spirit Tools, and simply summon it out if they needed to use it. He, meanwhile, held it in his hand as if he could not leave it even for one second.
He was practically a sword maniac!
That man naturally saw Ling Han, Hu Niu, and Rabbit as well. However, his eyes merely swept over them once. They turned to focus on that Thunder Lotus, and he calmly said, “You all may leave.”
“F***, who do you think you are to dare to shoo away your Lord Ra
bbit?” Rabbit was instantly pissed off.
The man actually did not get angry, nor did he become astonished from seeing a Demonic Beast speak. Instead, he said in deadpan voice, “I am Lu Yuan Shen, nicknamed Sword Maniac. I am currently designing a Thunder-aligned Sword Technique, called Exploding Thunder Sword Technique. I need this Thunder Fruit to refine my sword intent.”
He really was called Sword Maniac; could it not be so lacking in creativity?
Ling Han mocked him internally, but said out loud, “You want to refine your Sword Spirit, but I, too, need to refine my body of lightning, so I cannot let you have it.”
“Then, there’s nothing to be done. I can only kill you; you naturally would not need the Thunder Fruit by then!” Lu Yuan Shen said calmly without the slightest bit of anger in his tone. In his eyes, Ling Han could not see any killing intent. It was as if this was something very ordinary to him.
He was indeed a Sword Maniac—his whole heart was focused on the sword!
In his eyes, killing was not killing. It was simply sweeping away any obstructions on his path. Naturally, there was no killing intent circulating inside him, because there would definitely be no one out on a jog who discovered a stone blocking their path, yet would exude killing intent whilst planning to move the stone away.
And Ling Han currently was such a stone.
Ling Han summoned the Demon Birth Sword, and sighed internally. It looked like he would not be able to avoid this fight.
“What a fine sword!” Lu Yuan Shen stared at the Demon Birth Sword, his eyes lighting up instantly. He could not help but say, “Can you let me study this sword for a while?”
Ling Han’s face twitched. ‘We are about to fight, and you have obviously declared your intention to kill me, yet you actually want me to lend you my sword to study. Is there something wrong with your brain?’ He shook his head, and said, “No!”
“Why not?” Lu Yuan Shen looked confused. In his eyes, treasured swords should be appreciated, and should gain the admiration of all swordsmen in the world.
Ling Han was rendered speechless. In the face of someone with such spine-chillingly low intellect, what should he say? A thought streaked in his mind, and he said, “If you defeat me, I’ll let you admire it. Otherwise, how would you be qualified?”
Lu Yuan Shen stared blankly, then nodded in quick succession, and said, “True, true. Such a treasured sword should not be admired by the common men. I must first prove my own ability!”
He, too, drew his sword, and what surprised Ling Han was that this guy’s sword was actually made of wood.
“Hahahaha!” Rabbit directly held its stomach in uproarious laughter. It flopped down on its behind on the ground, and kicked its back paws in laughter. “Lord Rabbit is about to die from laughing. There is actually someone that would use a wooden sword; are you planning to kill or chase off ghosts?”
Yet there was not the slightest change in expression on Lu Yuan Shen’s face. He held the sword in hand, and the woodenness on his face completely disappeared. His brows and lips stretched out and heroic spirit flourished. The sword intent all over his body became stronger.
Ling Han did not dare to be the slightest bit careless. Although his personality was a bit strange, his accomplishment in the sword arts could possibly be shockingly high. That was because there was usually only a slight difference between a genius and a maniac and a weirdo.
“This is my self-invented Oaken Three Swords,” Lu Yuan Shen said. He lightly shook the wooden sword, and immediately, a few dozen illusionary images appeared. Those were the afterimages he had left behind after making his sword vibrate too fast.
Ling Han was astonished. One had to know that when the speed of wielding the sword reached a certain extent, a bottleneck would appear—the so-called limit. That was because there was a maximum limit to one’s Origin Power, and there were also limitations to one’s body. It was not possible that one’s bones and muscles could support high frequency vibration.
Body Arts were one solution as they could strengthen one’s physique, and allow one to have the capability to break through these limits.
But, Lu Yuan Shen obviously did not cultivate any Body Arts, yet was capable of surpassing his limits. This was naturally inconceivable.
That was right. Why did he use a wooden sword? That was because a wooden sword was light. Otherwise, if it was a treasured sword forged from Level Six or Seven precious metal, it would at least weigh over a hundred kilograms. Meanwhile, a wooden sword would, at most, weigh one or two kilograms. With high frequency vibration, there would naturally be a world of difference in the burden caused by the two.
Ling Han breathed in deeply. Mysterious Three Thousand was already prepared and ready, and he said, “Then, let me experience it.”
Lu Yuan Shen struck. Xiu, his whole body moved with his sword, and he instantly arrived in front of Ling Han. As his sword swept over, it was like a deity had descended. He waved out with his sword, and endless sparks of light showered, resplendent and bright. It could not be described with words.
Ling Han huffed lightly, and the Mysterious Three Thousand shot out.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, xiu. Peng, peng, peng, peng!
The sparks from the swords clashed, and an astonishing light shone. In the aftermath, a shock wave swept out, and collided with this tiny little cave’s walls. Thankfully, this cave had been refined by a Shattering Void Tier ultimate cultivator. If not, they would have both definitely been buried alive.
As the swords’ light surged past, Ling Han and Lu Yuan Shen stood ten meters apart. Their clothes had been damaged, and there was even blood spilled from both of them, but it was nothing serious.
Ling Han felt incomparably astonished; the other was actually capable of taking on the Mysterious Three Thousand.
Though Lu Yuan Shen’s cultivation level was higher, and had reached the fifth layer of the Spiritual Infant Tier, Ling Han had used the Mysterious Three Thousand. Furthermore, it was struck out with the Demon Birth Sword, so it should have been sufficient to sweep aside all contenders in the Spiritual Infant Tier.
Powerful, he was really powerful!
Furthermore, that wooden sword of his was not ordinary, either. It was definitely not made out of any common wood, but rather a very high-level material for it to be able to parry the Demon Birth Sword. More importantly, he had already condensed Sword Ray, and it was definitely nothing so simple as being condensed from merely ten flashes of Sword Qi. It possessed terrifying power.
With all these factors added together, Lu Yuan Shen was capable of parrying the Mysterious Three Thousand.
Yet there was no change in expression on Lu Yuan Shen’s face, as if he was not the slightest bit confused why Ling Han could equal him when he was only in the Flower Blossom Tier cultivator. He only released more sword intent, raised his wooden sword, and another slash was sweeping over.
Ling Han circulated the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven, and used the Demon Fairy Steps. His body suddenly sped up and retreated, letting this slash pass him by.
He held his sword crossed over his chest, getting ready to use 10 000 Techniques Return to One.
Lu Yuan Shen also stopped, his face serious. He stared closely at Ling Han, and as he raised the wooden sword slightly, a green-colored light flickered at the point of his sword. “My third strike, Harassing Slash. No matter how fast your motion technique is, it would be useless. Being locked onto by my sword intent, even if you run to the ends of the earth, this slash will still catch up with you and strike.”
Ling Han was speechless. Couldn’t you f***** come up with a better name?
Chapter 649 - Ximen Jun
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
“Concentrate on the fight, don’t make me mock you!” Ling Han shouted. Accumulating energy for 10 000 Techniques Return to One would only take one to two breaths’ time; moreover, he could activate it no matter how little time he had used to accumulate energy, though the less energy gathered, the less the powe
r released would be.
Lu Yuan Shen flew out, and as his wooden sword swept past, a wide Sword Ray slashed out, exuding a terrifying light.
With a long whistle, Ling Han raised his sword to parry the attack. The moment 10 000 Techniques Return to One was used, twenty-nine flashes of Sword Qi condensed into pseudo-Ray, and with the stimulation of 10 000 Techniques Return to One, this strike could pierce through even the defenses of the Deity Transformation Tier.
It was, after all, a Level Ten Spirit Tool.
Hong!
Pseudo-Ray and True Ray collided, and endless sparks were roused, filling the whole mountain cave.
When the light vanished, both Ling Han and Lu Yuan Shen were visibly wounded. It was obvious that neither of them had gotten the advantage in the last strike.
However, Ling Han’s physique was really too strong; the wounds that he had were much lighter. Furthermore, he had also cultivated the Indestructible Heaven Scroll, so his injuries were currently healing at a very fast rate.
Lu Yuan Shen returned his sword to its sheath, and said, “I am unable to defeat you.”
Ling Han nodded, and said, “It would also be very difficult for me to defeat you.” Currently, his trump card was no longer the Three Styles of Black Origin, but his three Mystical Powers. If he summoned the Setting Sun Bow, and even used an arrow forged from a Level Eight previous metal, with the simultaneous use of all three Mystical Powers, the power was naturally even higher.
Lu Yuan Shen turned around and left, without casting another look at the Thunder Lotus, seeming very free and at ease.
This man was very strange, but met his gains or losses with equanimity. He was only too focused on his sword arts, and could not understand human emotion. His emotional intelligence was really too low, but he could not really be considered as an evil person.
The world was indeed big. There were innumerable able people as well as geniuses. He had never even heard of this Lu Yuan Shen, but the latter had appeared just like that.
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