39: Desperately plundering Earth-level sword spirits, achieving the Great Perfection of Body Tempering.

Seeing that he successfully suppressed and killed a Vengeful Spirit and glancing at the new attributes he plundered, the fear instantly vanished, replaced by joy.

"Come on!" Jiang Yan yelled, his eyes quickly scanning the surroundings.

Seeing a companion suppressed and killed, the Vengeful Spirits weren't angry; instead, they began to feel fear and floated back toward the cluster of tombstones.

In the dark night, distinguishing Vengeful Spirits was harder than threading a needle. The night was their protective color; without careful scrutiny, one really couldn't see anything.

Jiang Yan's Spiritual Qi output was frantic, and the Talismans around him spun incessantly.

But after spinning for a long time, not a single Vengeful Spirit was bumped out by him.

'Something's wrong. There were clearly dozens just now. How did they all disappear in an instant?'

He didn't dare be careless, but the spinning speed of the Talismans slowed down significantly.

After careful observation, he was certain that those Vengeful Spirits had actually all fled.

'What's the situation?'

He didn't quite understand, so he simply stopped trying to.

Just as he turned back to leave the dense forest, a coffin seemed to catch the corner of his eye.

He turned back again to see a pitch-black coffin resting atop a pillar over a meter high.

Seeing such a hair-raising scene, he quickly took out five feathers to extend his time.

Once the five feathers were in place, he walked toward the black coffin with a swaggering gait.

As the saying goes, "The ruthless fear the unreasonable, the unreasonable fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don't value their lives."

As long as he wasn't afraid, then the thing inside should be afraid of him.

"Bang..."

A thud sounded from inside the black coffin, making him feel a bit uncertain.

'Damn it, a Zombie above the third realm isn't going to jump out, is it?'

In this Secret Realm, Jiang Yan wouldn't find anything strange anymore.

"Clatter..."

The stone pillar beneath the coffin crumbled into countless tiny fragments and fell away rapidly, and another thud came from the coffin above.

"Creak..."

A sound like an old wooden door being gently pushed open came from the coffin, and then a corner of the pitch-black coffin was exposed.

'Is this bastard coming out of seclusion?'

Jiang Yan swallowed hard, and the soul suppressing talismans surrounding him suddenly began to spin.

"Bang!"

The black coffin burst open, and an Ancient Corpse dressed in a white shroud and covered in wrinkles slowly opened its eyes.

At the same moment the Ancient Corpse opened its eyes, the stone pillar below instantly turned to powder.

The Ancient Corpse slowly stood up and exhaled an extremely foul stench of decay.

This disgusted Jiang Yan, who had originally intended to pull out a Talisman and suppress the Zombie immediately.

"F*ck your ancestors!" Jiang Yan cursed while retching.

"Roar!"

The Zombie let out a low growl and lunged at Jiang Yan.

Sensing that disgusting smell, Jiang Yan kicked out in mid-air and immediately threw a Talisman.

The Zombie was kicked down, but as it got up, a soul suppressing talisman instantly stuck to its body.

"Scared the hell out of me. I thought it was a red-clothed one, but after all that, it's just a white shroud." Jiang Yan grumbled as he walked toward the Zombie.

Although this was his first actual combat experience, he was very satisfied with the overall result.

Just as he was about to finish off the Zombie, the sound of a sword's hum came from inside the coffin.

"This is..." Jiang Yan's mouth opened slightly, his words trailing off in extreme surprise.

A silver longsword, about four feet two inches long and over an inch and a half wide. The blade had dragon-shaped patterns and a slender fuller in the middle, with a hilt shaped like a dragon's tail.

The moment he saw this longsword, Jiang Yan was completely stunned.

Li Yi had introduced him to Magical Artifacts, Magic Treasures, Spiritual Artifacts, Spirit Treasures, and so on, with Spirit Treasures being the best.

Although Li Yi didn't have a Spirit Treasure, he did have a Spiritual Artifact. When Jiang Yan saw that longsword, he almost started drooling.

At that time, Li Yi had said that in the entire sect, he was the only one with a Spiritual Artifact, and its power was equivalent to a Nascent Soul Realm powerhouse.

He had also asked then, "What does a Spirit Treasure look like? How powerful is it?"

Li Yi had smiled and said, "A Spirit Treasure has its own divine charm. It hums when still, flashes with a faint silver light, and its power is unknown to anyone."

'Divine charm, sword hums, flashing silver light!'

Jiang Yan's hands trembled with excitement; he didn't even know what words to use to describe it.

'Holy mother of... this is... a Spirit Treasure!'

Jiang Yan excitedly lunged at the coffin, fearing this Spirit Treasure longsword would escape.

"Bang!"

The pitch-black coffin was crushed to pieces by Jiang Yan, but the feeling in his hand was real.

"Hum..."

A sword hum sounded, and a wound was instantly sliced into Jiang Yan's finger.

"Sh*t, this is bad!"

Jiang Yan quickly gripped the hilt, and a killing intent filled with chilling coldness instantly enveloped him.

"It really is a Spirit Treasure; it even has self-awareness!"

At this moment, the longsword wanted to break free from Jiang Yan, but he gripped it tightly, making it impossible to escape.

"Kid, nothing that gets into my hands can ever escape," Jiang Yan said proudly.

But the next moment, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Roars like a dragon echoed from within the longsword, sounding like an angry dragon's roar, shaking Jiang Yan until he bled from his seven orifices.

Countless images flashed through his mind; he almost saw his ancestors.

'Even if I die, I'm taking you with me!'

"Ah...!"

Jiang Yan roared in anger, gripping the longsword and stabbing it forcefully into the ground.

"Boom!"

A massive explosion, accompanied by a wave of sound, instantly rippled out from around Jiang Yan.

Countless stone tablets in the dense forest shattered, surrounding trees fell, and even that eerie red mist thinned significantly.

"Break for me!"

Jiang Yan no longer intended to keep this Spirit Treasure; since it wanted his life, he would just snap it.

Under the massive prying pressure, the longsword gradually began to bend, and then the ground started to tremble.

"Heh, I have ten thousand years of life span. I'm gambling with you today!"

As Jiang Yan spoke, he pulled out a Life-Burning Talisman with his left hand and immediately began to ignite it.

As the Life-Burning Talisman was activated, the blood Qi in Jiang Yan's body surged, and his immense life force immediately converted into power.

Sensing danger, the Sword Spirit within the Spirit Treasure longsword was instantly activated, and shockwaves rapidly spread from around the sword.

"You little thing, you think I can't handle you?"

Jiang Yan pressed down hard with both hands, immediately causing the longsword to bend ninety degrees.

Sensing its own spiritual form was about to dissipate, the Sword Spirit within the Spirit Treasure longsword immediately stopped struggling, as if it were about to submit.

Jiang Yan didn't know what the Sword Spirit was thinking; he just wanted to destroy this Spirit Treasure longsword now.

If it dared to fight him to the death, then he'd show it a real fight; after all, he had a powerful tool like the Life-Burning Talisman.

The Life-Burning Talisman was originally a high-grade Talisman among Talismans, but because it dominantly burned life span in exchange for great power, most people wouldn't use it, so it was changed to intermediate.

After Jiang Yan learned the Life-Burning Talisman, he treated it as his final trump card.

Even when he was chased by the Thunder Cloud Tiger, he hadn't dared to use the Life-Burning Talisman, as he believed in his own escape methods.

But this Spirit Treasure longsword was different; it really could kill Jiang Yan. If he were to let go, the Sword Spirit would kill Jiang Yan directly and then use his corpse to nourish itself.

"Hum! Hum! Hum!"

The Spirit Treasure longsword let out humming sounds of pleading; it stopped all resistance, and even the sound of an artifact's cry appeared.

Jiang Yan didn't let go; he continued to press down hard, his methods becoming even more brutal.

"Hum! Hum..."

The Sword Spirit began to tremble. It was now filled with regret; it had been nourishing itself perfectly well, so why did it have to provoke a guy like this?

"Resist! Why aren't you resisting anymore?"

Jiang Yan pressed harder and harder, even taking out another Life-Burning Talisman with his left hand.

The sword's humming continued, but it didn't dare to offer any resistance.

"Not resisting anymore, are you? Then break!"

As Jiang Yan spoke, the Life-Burning Talisman in his left hand immediately began to burn.

Feeling his life span draining and his power increasing, he gripped the hilt with both hands, and a massive force instantly exploded.

"Bang!"

"Clatter!"

"Ah...!"

The Spirit Treasure longsword shattered instantly, and a piercing shriek rang out from the broken sword, dissipating into the world.

[Suppressed and killed Earth-Grade Sword Spirit. Gained EXP: 35,000, life span: 5,891 years]

[Current EXP: 125.11%]

[Successful Level Up]

[Current EXP: 25.11%]

[Plundered Earth-Grade Sword Spirit dao intent 2.5]

[Plundered Earth-Grade Sword Spirit Talent: Sword Dao Growth]

[Plundered Earth-Grade Sword Spirit Sword Intent: Sword Heart Clarity]

[Plundered Earth-Grade Sword Spirit Legacy: Nine Dragons Sword]

[Suppressing Artifact Spirit LV1 (1/800)]

"Haha, haha..."

Seeing the plundered rewards pop up, Jiang Yan laughed out loud.

And as his laughter stopped, waves of warm current surged wildly within his body, and his original Physique underwent a qualitative change once again.

'Refining exceeds thirty; it really is Body Tempering Perfection!'