Chapter 530: 530 His heart was suddenly excited
Xia Youchen must have been very pleased with the outcome; his mummified face revealed a hint of triumph and satisfaction.
In fact, with his strength, he was unable to control so many Exotic Beasts at once before. Those Beast Blood Pearls had been extracted one by one from the Exotic Beasts over nearly a thousand years. Now, he could command the thousands of Exotic Beasts all at once, thanks to the authority of the Ancient Fierce Beast Qiongqi.
His thousand years of waiting had not been in vain; he had finally achieved his desire. He would become the most powerful Beast Taming Sword Saint in the history of the Holy Court Continent.
Chenxing Academy, just wait. Soon, I will eradicate you completely, forever erasing you from this world.
The majestic scene before him filled Xia Youchen with arrogance and murderous intent.
"Be careful, he just ordered the Exotic Beasts to kill us all. We need to break out." The others could not understand Xia Youchen’s chant and were secretly panicking at the sight of the Exotic Beasts’ actions, unsure of what to do. Mu Hanyan, however, understood the implication of Xia Youchen’s words and swiftly alerted the others.
"What!" The young swordsmen’s faces paled.
"If it were just these Exotic Beasts, perhaps there would be hope. But Xia Youchen... even Qu Fengting had no chance to resist him. How could we possibly break out?" a swordsman said, his face full of despair. Faced with absolute power, the unassailable will shake even the firmest will and wear away all courage. He was prepared to wait for death.
"Didn’t you hear what he said? Only if we die from the attack of the Exotic Beasts will our Essence Blood truly belong to Qiongqi. If he kills or injures us, the effect will be greatly diminished, so he won’t make a move," Mu Hanyan immediately explained.
Mu Hanyan did not understand Beast Taming Technique, nor did she know why this was the case, but with her past cultivation as a Sword Saint, she knew that the higher the cultivation, the stronger a swordsman’s spiritual power. For Basic-level Swordsmen, the use of spiritual power might not be evident, but from Sword Master and above, whether practicing higher Cultivation Techniques or comprehending stronger sword techniques, greater spiritual power is required. To have a lingering will after death like Mu Tianlie, or to exist forever with an undying soul like Star Illusion Thousand Machine or Xia Youchen, incredibly strong spiritual power is necessary.
Qiongqi was currently in a Wandering Soul state. Xia Youchen wanted to enhance its power, and to eventually recover himself through the contract; what he needed was not just Essence Blood as commonly believed but also their spiritual power. Thus, it was necessary for the Exotic Beasts to personally act to completely absorb their spiritual power.
Of course, this was just her guess. Whether it was true, it was currently impossible to prove.
"Right, how could I forget that? We will fight our way out!" The swordsman recalled what Xia Youchen had said. No longer feeling the absolute despair of being unable to resist, his courage was now doubled.
Before the Exotic Beasts even launched their attack, the remaining hundred or more swordsmen tightly grasped their longswords and charged towards the entrance of the cliff fissure. By using the terrain, they could at least delay for a while, which was better than simply waiting for death.
Ah! Xia Youchen was surprised to see Mu Hanyan.
Of course, Mu Hanyan’s words to the young swordsmen did not escape his ears.
His earlier chanting was in the legendary Spirit Summoning Beast Language, an ancient language that had long vanished from the annals of history. Initially, it was by chance that he learned a bit from a fragment of ancient books and, supported by his own cultivation as a Sword Saint, he had mastered the Beast Taming Technique.
He had thought that no one in the world would understand Spirit Summoning Beast Language anymore, but unexpectedly, someone could understand his words of the contract.
Who exactly was this person, and how could they possibly understand Spirit Summoning Beast Language? Xia Youchen’s heart suddenly surged with excitement.