Chapter 1573: 363 Chapter 4
She even felt that she wasn’t seeing a sword being wielded, but rather witnessing commonfolk at work: an old farmer tilling the land, a fisherman casting his net, and a blacksmith forging iron…
Each sword stroke seemed to represent a profession of the commonfolk, yet these professions paradoxically gave her the illusion of being akin to certain paths of Immortal Cultivation.
Vaguely, she even felt this sword strike resonated with the universe!
This, after all, was Cao Zhen’s true Sword Dao!
This sword, although exquisite, she had moves equally exquisite in her past life, some even more mysterious.
What was truly terrifying about this sword was its Sword Intent!
The Black Lotus Demon watched, as if faintly blending with the universe, the descending sword, his pupils suddenly contracted, a boundless fear welled up in his heart, making him feel at the brink of collapse.
People did not categorize Swordsmanship like spells into Yellow Grade or Mysterious Rank; besides the fact that the same Swordsmanship may include many different potent sword moves, many Swordsmanship techniques were themselves spells, and because some people merged Swordsmanship with spellcasting, they could not be divided like Yellow Grade or Mysterious Rank.
However, this Swordsmanship, though just a single strike, definitely reached the power of Yellow Level Upper Grade spells, even stronger!
Filled with fright in his heart, the demonic energy within the Black Lotus Demon surged wildly, gathering around him, forming the shape of a closed lotus flower.
Upon the lotus flower, there were strange patterns exuding an ancient aura.
The next moment, Cao Zhen’s sword fell heavily onto the black lotus, instantly producing a sound reminiscent of two meteorites from the heavens colliding in the void.
Suddenly, cracks appeared visibly across the black lotus.
“Bang!”
Just one sword strike, and the lotus shattered with a boom.
The terrifying Sword Qi seemed endless, piercing into the Black Lotus Demon’s body, wreaking havoc crazily.
His meridians and internal organs, already pierced, exploded instantly!
In just a breath, his life force was completely severed.
“The Black Lotus is dead!”
The Ghost Tomb Devil was frightened; the two of them together were defeated so quickly, now he was alone, then…
Not giving him a chance to act, Cao Zhen already turned around, and from the void, a purple thunderbolt descended.
The thunderbolt fell, striking down chain after chain, and further caused the blood and energy in the Ghost Tomb Devil’s body to churn. Following this, Cao Zhen flew down in front of the Ghost Tomb Devil, stabbing with the sharp sword in his hand.
“Bang!”
A dull sound was heard, and the Ghost Tomb Devil fell. Simultaneously, a jasper-like key flew from his body.
They were not wrong; indeed, killing them allowed retrieval of the key.
Cao Zhen waved his hand, instantly sending a jet of water to wash away the blood on the key, then reached out to grab it.
Suddenly, in the next moment, a voice called out.
“Wait a moment…”
The voice was filled with urgency.
As this voice fell, a humanoid shadow appeared in the void. The other’s face was blurry, but it vaguely felt somewhat aged.
Cao Zhen looked up at the shadow before him, asking calmly: “Before asking me to stop, shouldn’t you first tell me who you are?”
“I am the Formation Spirit of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect!” The shadow in the void looked at Cao Zhen and suddenly asked, “You have come here, do you not desire the treasures left behind by the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect?”
“Treasures, we can naturally take, but…” Cao Zhen pointed to the light screen still present outside the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. “But before that, shouldn’t you first remove the Formation?”
Actually, he felt that he could forcibly break through this light screen.
After all, the current era has limitations, and he was incredibly close to this limit, while the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect’s Great Formation, speaking of the power of the light screen, is also limited. With a full attack, it is not impossible to break this Great Formation.
The Formation Spirit heard this, gently shook its head, and said: “I cannot break this Formation. This Formation can only be broken by yourselves.
Moreover, breaking it is very simple, but before that, I want to ask you one thing.”
The Formation Spirit did not pay attention to the other two behind, but rather asked Cao Zhen: “Do you come from a Great Teaching?”
Cao Zhen shook his head decisively and said: “No, the Immortal Sect I belong to is a Sect.”
“A Sect?” The Formation Spirit was evidently taken aback, seemingly not expecting that the other party only came from a Sect, and thereafter its shadow gently trembled, as if trembling uncontrollably due to excessive excitement.
“A Sect, very well. You have such strength; then your Sect must be quite strong too. In this era, the strongest power is the force during the Longevity Period.”
It seemed to be talking to Cao Zhen, yet it was also like it was talking to itself. It said, its voice suddenly raised a pitch, asking Cao Zhen: “Would you like your Sect to become a Great Teaching? You should know how much advantage there is once a Sect becomes a Great Teaching!”
“Naturally.” Cao Zhen nodded slightly, but then shook his head and said, “But our Sect is still far from becoming a Great Teaching. We need at least ten thousand years, unless we obtain the Instant Millennium Pearl, but I don’t know where there is an Instant Millennium Pearl.”
The Formation Spirit pointed to itself and said: “You don’t need to know where it is; I have an Instant Millennium Pearl here.”