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Low-level?
Or intermediate-level?
If it was low-level, Su Jingxing was confident that he could defeat it.
But if it was intermediate-level, escaping would be a better option.
What level was the Mountain Dragon Salamander King at?
Su Jingxing’s intuition told him that it had yet to reach the intermediate-level.
Of course, judging from the overwhelming influence earlier, it certainly was not far from becoming an intermediate Beast King.
Once the Mountain Dragon Salamander King became an intermediate Beast King, the Ten Miles Fragrance Forest would probably become a forbidden land or a death zone!
“Lwonder if the Sifang Prefecture Army knows about this?” Su Jingxing murmured and continued flying back to Changyang Prefecture.
‘The information that the Mountain Dragon Salamander King was about to break through to the intermediate-level had to be reported to the Sifang Prefecture online as soon as he got back.
It would be too troublesome if he were to head there with his true identity.
As there was no need to hurry, Su Jingxing wasn’t flying fast.
Flying high in the sky, he wasn’t afraid of being discovered either.
On the way, he took out the Wandering Dragon Saber and tried to subdue it.
This broad saber that Liu Chenglong had used when he was alive had reappeared after more than 400 years.
However, it was dull and there were even rust stains on some parts.
It was a little inconvenient to carry and wield it as it was the length of a person.
Su Jingxing first injected true energy into the blade, but he was blocked and could not carry on with the infusion.
When he condensed his soul power and invaded with his mental power, it was also blocked by a strong and invisible force.
It felt as if Wandering Dragon Saber had been sealed. The door hadn’t even been opened, so how could he enter?
“Yes, the ‘door is locked. A ‘key’ is needed to open it!”
With a thought, Su Jingxing released the Sishui Horned Dragon and wrapped it around the Wandering Dragon Saber.
Buzz!
The air shook, and a crisp vibration reverberated through the air.
‘The Wandering Dragon Saber, which had no reaction a moment ago, was now trembling violently. It released terrifying power that interfered with the space and produced ripples.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Amidst the rhythmic strange sounds, the saber that was the length of a person suddenly shortened and shrunk.
The dull surface shone again.
The pieces of rust fell off automatically and turned into dust.
Roar!
Accompanied by a dragon’s cry, Su Jingxing’s consciousness easily entered the saber and came into contact with an active sentience. Under the guidance of this sentience, he found the core of the Wandering Dragon Saber and engraved a mental imprint that belonged to Su Jingxing.
Roar!
The dragon’s cry sounded again.
Su Jingxing raised the saber. A dragon-shaped imprint could be seen swimming on the blade with the naked eye. On both sides of the saber hilt, dragon claws were spread open, and the dragon pearl at the top emitted a brilliant radiance.
Swish!
Saber beam bloomed.
Instead of infusing true energy into it, he only used the Wandering Dragon Saber’s own strength to swing lightly and slash out a streak of saber energy that tore through the air and extended for more than 10 meters.
It descended from the sky at a neither fast nor slow speed.
Ordinary people could see it with their vision.
From the side, one could clearly see a streak of translucent saber energy descending from the sky and slicing through a mountain that was filled with cliff faces.
With a strange sound, the translucent saber energy sliced diagonally into the mountain.
Crack!
Boom!
The mountain moved.
Small half that was sliced off slid down the blade.
Even though it only slid halfway before stopping, the might of this strike still surprised Su Jingxing.
Take Thunderbolt for example. The might of a spirit weapon was something a treasure weapon could not compare to.
By infusing true energy into a treasure weapon, one could fight against martial artists in the lower ranks or the middle ranks.
But if one were to fight against a martial artist in the top ranks, it was not that there would be no killing and wounding effect, but that the lethality and destructive power would be truly limited.
Su Jingxing didn’t dare to use Thunderbolt because of its limited energy.
‘This Wandering Dragon Saber just happened to supplement its weakness!
“As expected of a spirit weapon that specializes in killing…”
Su Jingxing murmured as he held the Wandering Dragon Saber in his hand to sense everything about this spirit weapon.
Although he had subdued it thanks to the Sishui Horned Dragon, he still had to get used to it for a while before he could wield it around like Thunderbolt.
It couldn’t be helped. The Wandering Dragon Saber was different from Thunderbolt.
The latter had been severely injured before. Su Jingxing had relied on the Three Yin Candles Blood to slowly help it recover. He had already adapted to it in the process of feeding it the Three Yin Candles Blood.
‘The Wandering Dragon Saber was different.
This spirit weapon was intact and undamaged. It was unknown how long it had been since it was in the possession of the Mountain Dragon Salamander King.
The mental imprint that Liu Chenglong had placed on it had long disappeared over time.
‘The Wandering Dragon Saber had experienced a window period.
Now that Su Jingxing had subdued it again, they both had to get familiar with each other.
So.
While flying in the sky above the no man’s land, Su Jingxing swung the Wandering Dragon Saber from time to time and slashed out streaks of saber energy.
He only stopped swinging the saber after entering the territory of Changyang Prefecture.
Moments later, he retracted his consciousness and revealed a delighted expression.
The distance was like an arm’s length, soon.
Boom!
Aloud bang suddenly came from the mountains on his right.
The aftershocks of the sound rolled in all directions.
“What powerful energy fluctuations!”
Su Jingxing stopped in his tracks and raised his eyebrows when he sensed the intense fluctuations coming from his right.
Boom!
Another explosion echoed through the air.
Before Su Jingxing could sense it, a cold, violent, and fierce fluctuation had already rushed towards him from the right.
Swish!
Su Jingxing moved to avoid the impact.
His gaze locked onto the two figures that were coming at him. One of them was surprisingly the elder of the Hundred Flower Valley whom he had just met. The long-haired woman whose Martial Art True Intent was a huge peony flower. Her name seemed to be Yan Zi?
The other person was the black-robed man who had fought with Yan Zi previously. However, most of the black robe on the black-robed man’s body had been torn apart, revealing his true appearance. An aged, sinister, vicious face with three ugly scars on it.
‘The two of them were in an extremely strange state.
This was especially true for Yan Zi. Her originally pretty face had lost all color. Even her flesh seemed to have been reduced by more than half. She was all skin and bones, terrifyingly thin.
As for the black-robed old man, his original Martial Art True Intent, which was the three-headed snake, had now become three snakes. Or rather, his Martial Art True Intent was actually three snakes.
Combining them together was just a cover-up.
‘When it came to a true life-and-death duel, three unconnected giant snakes would appear and dance around to attack the opponent.
For example, right now, of the three giant snakes, one was clinging tightly onto Yan Zi’s peony flower and wouldn’t let go no matter how much the peony flower shook and released shockwaves. Its huge mouth bit onto the flower core, and its body trembled as it endured the waves of impact.
Another was wrapped around Yan Zi’s body, tying her up. The giant mouth bit Yan Zi’s neck from behind.
The last one hovered above the black-robed old man’s head. It opened its huge mouth, and its upper body kept extending and contracting as if it was devouring something.
Su Jingxing watched carefully. With every breath the snake took, Yan Zi’s face turned paler. Her body trembled and she became even thinner.
Even though Yan Zi was resisting and her true essence was surging, it was pitifully little.
“Eaten?”
Su Jingxing was shocked.
He recalled the corpse of the Hundred Flower Valley disciple he had previously transported.
That corpse was a mummy.
In Yan Zi’s current state, it wouldn’t be long before she would also become a mummy!
The murderer has been found!
He’s actually this black-robed old man who had turned a person into a mummy using a martial art.
What kind of martial art is this? It is definitely a heretic art.
Yan Zi was no match for him and was caught. Before long, she would turn into a mummy.
Seeing this, Su Jingxing was shocked and decisively distanced himself.
Still the same reason.
‘When the Hundred Flower Valley fought with others, as long as they did not implicate the innocent, it had nothing to do with Su Jingxing.
But.
Su Jingxing didn’t want to participate in the death match between the two of them. After the black-robed old man discovered Su Jingxing, he quickly pounced towards him.
He only left behind a giant snake wrapped around Yan Zi’s Martial Art True Intent.
‘The other two flew out and tore through the air, pouncing towards Su Jingxing.
Their speed was extremely fast.
Alarms went off in Su Jingxing’s mind. He had just released the Sishui Horned Dragon to protect his body and it was bitten by the two giant snakes.
One bit the black horned dragon’s tail, while the other bit the dragon’s neck.
Then, Su Jingxing felt a terrifying suction force absorbing his mental power, true energy, physical strength, and essence energy through the Sishui Horned Dragon!
This fellow wants to eat me!
Su Jingxing was alarmed and furious. He instinctively brandished the Wandering Dragon Saber and slashed down at the black-robed old man.
Boom!
The air exploded and swept through the air.
‘The Wandering Dragon Saber that was infused with true energy shone brightly. The saber energy was like a whip as it struck its target in a few milliseconds.
Pu!
The black-robed old man who had just arrived in front of Su Jingxing had his light barrier shattered. Blood spurted from his mouth as he flew backward uncontrollably.
After suffering heavy injuries, the two giant snakes that were biting the Sishui Horned Dragon immediately twisted their bodies and escaped.
Whoosh!
Su Jingxing, who had regained his freedom, did not escape. Instead, he raised his saber and charged at the black-robed old man.
Since the old fellow wanted to eat him, would Su Jingxing run away just like that?!
Buzz~
His transcendent body was activated, and a faint golden glow appeared on his body.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
‘The Heaven Trampling True Energy in his dantian circulated crazily. He gathered it into his hands and infused it into the Wandering Dragon Saber.
Boom boom boom!
The air exploded as streaks of saber energy slashed out.
Intense fluctuations tore through the air, extending over 20 meters.
Accompanied by a deafening dragon’s roar, every strike struck the black-robed old man.
Roar!
The black-robed old man’s body manifested the three-headed snake Martial Art True Intent.
The two giant snakes that had escaped a second ago and the one that clung onto Yan Zi were actually summoned back by him. They reappeared and protected his body.
‘The terrifying force that Su Jingxing exerted with every slash was blocked by the three-headed snake.
The remaining small half struck his protective true essence, causing ripples to spread out.
One retreated, and the other forced his way forward.
‘The two of them were pushed more than a thousand meters away in the air, and they continued.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A dull thunder-like sound spread through the sky.
Saber energy that was tens of meters long slashed down without stopping.
The black-robed old man was unable to dodge the frenzied attacks and could only defend passively.
But.
‘What Su Jingxing lacked the least was true energy and strength.
With more than 800 years of cultivation and 20,000 catties of strength, at this moment, with the circulation of the Three Origins Saber Art and the augmentation of the Wandering Dragon Saber, were unleashed without restraint.
100 years of cultivation, 200 years of cultivation, 300 years of cultivation, 400 years of cultivation!
50,000 catties of strength, 100,000 catties of strength, 150,000 catties of strength, 200,000 catties of strength!
Upwind Single Slash!
Sweeping River Army Slash!
Ascending Dragon Overlord Slash!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Slash slash slash!!!
“Ah—”
Unable to escape or avoid the attacks, the black-robed old man passively endured them until the end and roared at the sky in anger.
He couldn’t block them!
Faced with Su Jingxing’s crazy attacks in one breath, he couldn’t block anything at all!
First, his Martial Art True Intent, the three-headed snake was shattered. Without waiting for it to re-materialize, the protective true essence on its body also dissipated. With just a single slash, massive cracks appeared on his well-tempered physical body, and a hideous wound appeared on his shoulder.
When the second saber strike landed, the black-robed old man let out a long roar. With a loud whoosh, his entire body was split into two.
He was split into two by a single slash!
Fresh blood and internal organs splattered through the air and fell to the ground.
[Card+1]
Su Jingxing exhaled.
The next second, he landed and found the two halves of the black-robed old man’s corpse.
He first searched the corpse but did not find anything.
He decisively took out Corpse Dissolving Liquid and poured it all over the corpse.
With a strange sound, ghost fire-like glows appeared above the two halves of the corpse.
Su Jingxing had seen this scene once.
He Quanshui!
The Patriarch of the He Family, He Quanshui, who had joined the Ghost Ride organization, had been like this when he died.
Seeing it again, a bad feeling filled Su Jingxing again.
However, they quickly disappeared this time. This was because the two halves of the black-robed old man’s corpse dissolved into two pools of bloody water at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Someone from Ghost Ride again…”
Su Jingxing calmed his breathing and frowned slightly.
Previously, he had guessed that the murderer who killed the disciple of the Hundred Flower Valley and the black shadow who stole the stone tablet at the Myriad Treasures Court’s auction were most likely the same person.
Now that this person had been found, Su Jingxing had killed him.
Then where was the stone tablet he stole?
He was already dead. There was no chance to interrogate him.
Su Jingxing couldn’t be blamed for this.
The black-robed old man was powerful and cultivated strange martial arts. He even wanted to “eat” Su Jingxing.
Faced with such an opponent in the top ranks, how could Su Jingxing dare to hold back?
Naturally, he had to unleash his full strength!
‘With more than 800 years of true energy cultivation and 200,000 catties of strength, the Three Origins Saber Art, the Wandering Dragon Saber all combined, the black-robed old man was ultimately split into two.
‘Was this result because Su Jingxing was too powerful, or because the black-robed old man was actually ordinary?
Or could it be that the old fellow had expended too much energy fighting Yan Zi previously, that he did not have the strength to resist?
Su Jingxing thought for a moment and threw the matter to the back of his mind.
In any case, he was already dead. No matter what the reason was, it was all in the past.
Swish!
Pushing off the ground, he soared into the air.
As he rushed back in the direction he came from to see if the woman called Yan Zi was dead, Su Jingxing took out the card he had extracted from the black-robed old man’s corpse and held it in his hand to read the information.
A Skill Card!
It was not a Memory Card that he wanted the post, or a True Essence Card.
Instead, it was a Skill Card named the Essence Devouring Technique.
He unlocked the card and absorbed the information.
The Essence Devouring Art had a total of three volumes. The Skill Card only contained the first two volumes of mental cultivation techniques.
It seemed like the black-robed old man had only cultivated two volumes.
The ability of this martial art was one word—devour!
True energy, true essence, internal force, energy, blood energy, essence, spirit, soul power.
It could devour anything in a human’s body!
He had found the cause of death of the Hundred Flower Valley disciple.
Su Jingxing also personally witnessed Yan Zi’s tragic state.
It turned out that both of them had suffered the ravages of the Essence Devouring Art!
