Chapter 497: 497,【Slash! Sword! Art!】
 

Somewhere in the Heavenly Dust Continent, Ji Li and Lin Chan were seated silently, eyes closed in deep meditation, absorbing and gaining insights.

The moment they saw the sword formed by the clouds that spanned the whole continent, they experienced an enlightenment, understanding many things.

Dressed in a Daoist robe, Gu Xiaoman stood beside the two women. She raised her head to look at the sword in the sky. As she did so, her fair neck and the beautifully curved jawline were revealed.

She, already slim in build, looked especially beautiful in profile.

This sword gave her something to ponder upon as well.

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In the Ink Sea, Yan Li, cloaked in black and holding The Sword Qi is Near, looked at the cloud-formed sword in the sky and laughed.

“Congratulations, little junior brother!”

Yan Li raised his right hand, placing The Sword Qi is Near horizontally in front of him, and asked, “My old friend, are you ready?”

The Sword Qi is Near let out a clear, ringing sound like a sword’s hum.

“Very well,” laughed Yan Li, before he swung a sword stroke in the air.

Sword Qi roamed unlimited miles, triggering huge waves in the Ink Sea, all pointing towards an unnamed small island.

The overwhelming Sword Qi reached an astonishing speed, piercing the small island’s dense forest and instantly reaching a certain spot in the center of the island.

In the center of the island, a tall shadow stood – the Supreme Lord of the Foreign Race.

The Sword Qi was near. He raised his right hand and pushed forward, stopping the Sword Qi in midair. It was unable to advance any further.

It was like a still image, yet time had not stopped.

Seconds later, swirling black flames ignited in front of the Supreme Lord.

The flames were somewhat similar to Lu Xun’s Divine Fire, but they were different too.

The flames enveloped the Sword Qi, burning ferociously, seemingly forming a column of fire.

The Supreme Lord grasped firmly. The Sword Qi was nearly exhausted but it left a shallow slash on the back of his right hand.

The wound was not deep, and blood oozed out slowly. Nonetheless, he was injured.

“An excellent sword stroke,” the Supreme Lord said, his voice androgynous as ever.

“I did not expect such a formidable figure from the Heavenly Dust Continent.” He floated up gently and then landed in the center of an altar on the island.

He recollected the prominent Great Cultivators in the Heavenly Dust Continent and judged by the just released sword, he quickly guessed who was behind it.

“Are you Demon Sect’s Yan Li?” the Supreme Lord asked.

His voice echoed in the entire Ink Sea, sounding like a rolling thunder.

A hundred li away, Yan Li ignored him, his sword horizontally in front of him and just swung the second sword.

He came to kill, not for conversation.

The high rank members of the foreign race from Ink Sea gathered and fiercely moved towards Yan Li. The numbers of Foreign Race was terrifying.

They grouped in the air, thick as locusts, resembling a flock of birds.

Compared to this, Yan Li, alone with One Sword, seemed so lonely.

However, no one knew why his aura felt superior.

He intended to battle the entire Ink Sea all by himself!

“Go,” Yan Li said calmly, and The Sword Qi is Near immediately flew out.

The next moment, it appeared in the midst of the crowd.

It was a pitch-black night.

The sky was dark, and the moon and the stars were not visible.

The sea was also black, just like ink painting.

Between the sky and the sea, only the glistening Sword Qi was visible!

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In a secluded place in West State.

The cloud-formed sword in the sky gradually dissipated, but its impact on the Sword Cultivators of the entire Heavenly Dust Continent continued.

Lu Xun sat in cross-legged meditation, eyes tightly shut, once again sinking into his dream state.

The scene in this dream was one he was familiar with.

He once again found himself in that suffocating darkness, with the three elongated eyes above the sky.

The previous dream was torn apart when he swung a resolute sword at the sky, giving the impression that it had ended.

But this time it was different.

Or to put it more accurately, the previous dream wasn’t completed!

It was not just a single stroke that he swung. To be precise, he swung this resolute sword as many as fifteen times!

Lu Xun, who kept falling, was crazily swinging his sword towards the dome.

One sword, two swords, three swords…

This was the Broken Sword Technique, which required a life price – the Broken Sword Technique could be used at most three times with one life!

At this moment, Lu Xun seemed like a bystander. He stood aside, watching himself swing his sword in the dream, and counting how many times he swung.

“Fifteen swords, a total of fifteen swings!” Lu Xun’s eyes widened.

Impossible! How could it be possible to swing fifteen swords!

The Broken Sword Technique doesn’t mean the stronger you are, the more times you can swing.

The number of uses is relatively fixed.

The master had said that if it was the initial Broken Sword Technique, it would be harmless to the human body, mainly because it would impose a heavy burden on the sword.

The “Partridge Sky” was broken in this way.

And if the Broken Sword Technique is really pushed to the extreme, it is the fusion of human and sword, and the human body will be damaged too!

There was probably a trace of the Power of Heavenly Path in this Broken Sword Technique, which was clearly at its limit!

Which is to say, if Lu Xun wanted to swing 15 swords, it would be the equivalent of consuming 5 resurrections.

But where did he get five resurrections?

He only has total of 3 resurrection opportunities.

Now, he only has two left.

Which is to say, he could currently swing a maximum of 6 swords, and even in a full State, he could only swing 9!

But the reality just proved that this might not be as simple as a dream.

“Where is the problem?” Lu Xun couldn’t figure it out.

He found that he might have overlooked something from the beginning.

Or to say, when he first crossed over, some details were overlooked.

But now he didn’t know whether he really overlooked it, or was secretly influenced by something.

Just as he was about to ponder deeply about this, he no longer had the time to think.

Because in the dream, after swinging 15 swords, the three narrow eyes on the dome of the sky finally distorted.

The world fell into endless chaos.

Light and darkness intertwined, spinning, swallowing…

In the end, Lu Xun was also dragged into it.

Then, the whole world seemed to explode!

At this exact moment, Lu Xun opened his eyes and woke up!

When he opened his eyes, he could distinctly feel something flowing into his body.

He instinctively observed his Qi Sea and indeed, within his Qi Sea, there was an added dark stream of Qi.

It was the Sword Fate of the Ink Sea!

The dark flow of Qi intertwined with the other five flows, forming a Qi sword!

A complete sword, formed by the convergence of Sword Fates!

Then, they didn’t stay in the Qi Sea, but flowed into Lu Xun’s Sword Heart.

The little sword inside the Sword Heart, it absorbed them completely!

This little sword was originally semi-transparent, it was glowing, but it seemed empty inside.

Now, it has finally been filled!

“Is it a coincidence?” Lu Xun wondered in his heart.

Reason told him that this couldn’t be a coincidence!

On his cultivation journey, there were too many fortuitous coincidences.

Fortuitous coincidence in cultivating Body Refining Sword, fortuitous coincidence in generating Heart Sword, fortuitous coincidence in absorbing Sword Fate, and for some reason, every Sword Dao breakthrough could cause phenomena in the world…

Too many coincidences gather together, it became unusual.

Unfortunately, time was running out now, and he could not afford to think.

He must go to the Ink Sea immediately to support Senior Yanli.

“I’ll think about it on the way,” Lu Xun decided in his heart.

“Fourth Senior Sister, you stay in the West State,” Lu Xun told Mao Nanbei loudly.

The situation there was extraordinary, he did not plan to take Mao Nanbei with him.

Mao Nanbei wanted to catch up to Lu Xun, but she just couldn’t match his speed.

“Little Junior Brother!” She called out, and then whispered, “Be careful of everything…”

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