This was Jun Changxiao’s third time drawing the Unsheathed Blade. Perhaps due to his cultivation improvement, the imposing, weighty aura that burst forth upon unsheathing was even stronger than at Death Valley!
The flashing light was so intense that the five disciples could barely open their eyes.
After a moment…
The light dimmed, and everything returned to calm.
Jun Changxiao stood proudly, the unsealed Unsheathed Blade now revealed. The blade was forty meters long, emanating a weighty aura!
Two words: Magnificent!
The Multi-Eyed Snakes that had been shooting forward like a rain of arrows froze in midair under the suppression of this powerful aura, their eyes revealing humanized terror.
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao waved his hand, his black hair dancing in the wind as the forty-meter blade dragged trailing light and swept forward mercilessly.
“Splurt!”
“Splurt!”
The Multi-Eyed Snakes, frozen by some special power, were harvested like weeds!
“Swish!”
Sect Master Jun swung the Unsheathed Blade again, directly slashing toward the gathered snake swarm, and began stirring wildly—just like a blender!
The Multi-Eyed Snakes suppressed by the Pressure Aura couldn’t move at all. What awaited them was death, or even being torn into eight pieces!
Splurt!
Splurt!
Sect Master Jun, having entered show-off mode, frequently swung the Unsheathed Blade. The nearly hundred thousand Multi-Eyed Snakes could only become pitiful lambs waiting for slaughter!
Ye Xingchen exclaimed in shock, “What kind of divine weapon is this!”
He wasn’t concerned about Jun Changxiao’s frenzied slaughter. What concerned him was the aura permeating the surroundings—it had the ability to disturb the mind.
The Multi-Eyed Snakes couldn’t move because they were clearly being suppressed!
At the Wuwang level, one could gather spiritual念 to form a defensive qi wall around oneself.
A Wuhuang could transform spiritual energy into an aura of pressure, thereby intimidating opponents and making them unable to move an inch.
A single blade possessing such ability was truly inconceivable!
Ye Xingchen tried hard to recall the past, but still couldn’t think of any divine weapon on the Xingyun Continent with such capabilities—unless… it came from the Upper Realm!
…
“Swish! Swish!”
Blade light flashed, cold and merciless!
The suppressed Multi-Eyed Snakes and Multi-Eyed Snake Kings were quickly slaughtered almost completely.
Blood and minced flesh scattered everywhere, and the stench in the air grew even more intense.
The side quest’s time limit continued counting down.
With less than twenty seconds remaining, all nearly hundred thousand Multi-Eyed Snakes in the enormous cavern had been completely eliminated.
Jun Changxiao dragged the forty-meter blade, his entire body shrouded in a weighty aura. To Li Qingyang and the others, he seemed like a War God standing in an invincible position!
“Ding! Side Quest completed. Host receives 2000 Contribution Points.”
“Ding! Sect Contribution Points: 6911/5000.”
“Ding! Sect Contribution Points overflow…”
The System said, “Not bad, not bad—a single side quest gave 2000 Contribution Points.”
“Not bad?”
Jun Changxiao cursed internally, “I only have two Unsealing Talismans, and I just wasted one. If you don’t give me 5000 Contribution Points, I’m definitely at a loss!”
Time-Limited Quest plus Elite Quest.
This made him realize that upon completing the quest, the rewards would definitely be generous.
Under normal circumstances, it would be absolutely impossible to eliminate so many Multi-Eyed Snakes within two minutes, so Jun Changxiao had used the Unsheathed Blade without hesitation.
Now, receiving only 2000 Contribution Points—he was truly at a huge loss!
“If I had known this…”
Jun Changxiao said in despair, “I might as well have let the quest fail.”
“Ding! Congratulations Host for completing Elite Quest. You receive: Experience Talisman ×1, Supreme-Grade Aptitude Transformation Elixir ×1!”
“Ding! Congratulations Host for completing Time-Limited Quest. You receive: Mid-Grade Formation Aptitude Elixir ×1, Mid-Grade Sword Dao Aptitude Elixir ×1!”
Subsequent notification sounds transmitted.
Jun Changxiao, who had been in despair, immediately froze.
Sometimes, one shouldn’t speak too soon.
Because even protagonists can get face-slapped at light speed!
If it’s this kind of face-slapping, Sect Master Jun would definitely be like those readers who hope authors will face-slap them with extra chapters—he’d add a time limit: Slap my face for a hundred thousand years!
The System said, “Still feel you’re at a loss?”
Jun Changxiao grinned. “Not at a loss—super profit!”
One Unsealing Talisman not only preserved the spirit stone vein and gained him 2000 Contribution Points, but also yielded so many rewards.
Indeed, super profit!
Forget the rest—just one Experience Talisman as a reward was enough to make Jun Changxiao smile until his mouth wouldn’t close, not to mention the Mid-Grade Formation Aptitude Elixir and Mid-Grade Sword Dao Aptitude Elixir!
“Hahaha!”
“Ahahaha!”
Jun Changxiao burst into laughter, laughing until his face contorted.
Li Qingyang and the others looked completely bewildered, wondering why the Sect Master was suddenly laughing so maniacally again for no apparent reason.
Whoosh!
The Unsheathed Blade shrank, returning once more to its miniature form.
Just as Jun Changxiao sheathed the blade, his entire body seemed instantly drained, and he collapsed limply.
The Unsheathed Blade was undeniably powerful, but its disadvantage was also obvious—after use, one must be weakened for thirty minutes.
“Don’t… don’t just stand there…” Jun Changxiao said. “Hurry up and collect the beast cores.”
Li Qingyang and the others received the order. They first used stone blocks to cover the venomous blood, then collected the beast cores scattered everywhere into their spatial rings.
Apart from the Multi-Eyed Snake Kings’ beast cores being of higher grade, the others were too low in level and too small in size to have any real value.
But Jun Changxiao wasn’t picky. After all, the sect still had an Incubation Chamber. If they found any fierce beast eggs in the future, these could be used to increase mutation rates.
The System said, “Host is thinking quite far ahead!”
…
Thirty minutes later.
Jun Changxiao’s weakness subsided. He leaped up with a whoosh and ordered, “You all continue mining spirit stones.”
With the Multi-Eyed Snake swarm completely eliminated, the cavern had become very safe.
Li Qingyang and the others could fully devote themselves to extraction, mining out natural spirit stones one after another.
Sect Master Jun’s consciousness merged with his spatial ring, and he took out the Experience Talisman he had just obtained. Without a moment’s hesitation, he crushed it.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Instantly, surging, magnificent momentum permeated his surroundings and enveloped the entire cavern.
Li Qingyang and the others, who were in the middle of mining, immediately changed expression and turned their heads, secretly thinking, “Is the Sect Master about to break through?”
“Ding! Host successfully breaks through to Eighth Rank Wuzong!”
“Ding! Host successfully breaks through to Ninth Rank Wuzong!”
When the notification sounds rang in his ears, the spiritual energy within Jun Changxiao’s spiritual core and qi spiral underwent tremendous changes, becoming even more refined and powerful than before!
“Phew!”
Jun Changxiao exhaled a breath of turbid air. The momentum permeating his surroundings withdrew inward, and he couldn’t help but say, “That feels amazing.”
“…”
Li Qingyang and the others’ mouths twitched.
Having just eliminated a swarm of Multi-Eyed Snakes in the cavern, how did the Sect Master suddenly break through? And judging from his aura, he seemed to have already reached an extremely high Wuzong level!
Correct.
He was only one step away from Peak Wuzong.
“Based on previous patterns, when I enter Peak Wuzong, an Epic Quest should trigger, right?” Jun Changxiao thought silently.
“Swish!”
With a thought, he retrieved the two elixirs representing formation dao and sword dao—the Mid-Grade Aptitude Elixirs—and drank them one after another.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
In a moment, countless pieces of knowledge related to formations and sword dao appeared in Sect Master Jun’s sea of consciousness.
Especially when he thought about the Ling Sword Divine Formula, he experienced a sudden enlightenment!
The System said, “With Host’s current understanding of sword dao, as long as your martial path enters Peak Wuzong and breaks through to the next major realm, you can become one of the extremely rare Sword-Martial Dual Kings on the Xingyun Continent.”
“Is that so?”
Jun Changxiao responded casually.
This careless, indifferent reply—if heard by those who dual-cultivate sword and martial arts—would definitely make them rush over regardless of everything, grab him by the throat, and roar, “Do you know how rare Sword-Martial Dual Kings are? Can’t you show even a little shock!”
There was no helping it.
Those who become Sword-Martial Dual Kings all undergo tremendous trials and cultivation. Because they personally experience it, they know its preciousness.
Sect Master Jun relied on drinking aptitude elixirs to improve. Having not experienced that hardship, he naturally found it difficult to understand just how remarkable it was!
Sigh.
Players who cheat are just that impressive.
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