311: Super top-level martial arts items

The Martial Demon Realm Expert is dead!

His death was horrific.

His body was riddled with countless weapons, leaving no part intact.

He was sliced into innumerable fragments.

The Evil Energy User's Demonic Body Clone could indeed only unleash the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash once in a short period, but besides the Evil Energy User's Demonic Body Clone, Xiao Shi's main body could also use the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash.

Therefore, when Xiao Shi's main body appeared,

and unleashed the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash,

it instantly cut the heavily injured Martial Demon Realm Expert into countless fragments.

This also made Xiao Shi realize that to kill a Martial Demon Realm Expert at his current stage, relying solely on one body was still somewhat insufficient.

Of course,

what he displayed this time was not his full combat power.

After all, he primarily fought with the Evil Energy User's Demonic Body Clone, with the main body only coming in at the last moment to finish things off.

If both the main body and the Demonic Body Clone had attacked simultaneously... then the combat power he unleashed would have been his true strongest combat power!

Xiao Shi gazed at the numerous fragments of flesh and blood on the ground.

He suddenly realized... that after killing him, no items had dropped!

"This isn't right!"

He instantly sensed something was amiss.

Normally, if no items dropped after a kill, there was only one possibility... that the opponent wasn't dead!

Xiao Shi immediately inspected the many shattered pieces of flesh and blood.

After a careful examination,

he detected a faint trace of life from these shattered fragments of flesh and blood, and at the same time, he sensed a wisp of residual Soul Consciousness hidden within them.

These residual Soul Consciousness were extremely weak.

But if he ignored these fragments of flesh and blood,

he believed the residual Soul Consciousness within them would gradually recover.

"In other words..."

"He hasn't truly died yet!"

Xiao Shi's eyes gleamed with surprise.

He had never expected a Martial Demon Realm Expert to be so difficult to kill!

He had been sliced into countless fragments,

yet there were still signs of life.

If it weren't for the lack of item drops, Xiao Shi would have certainly believed his opponent was dead.

He hadn't expected... that even though the opponent had been sliced into many fragments, he was still alive.

"Then, to completely eliminate him, I must thoroughly erase the residual Soul Consciousness within these fragments of flesh and blood."

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi immediately used his Soul Consciousness to swiftly scan over these fragments of flesh and blood, erasing all the residual Soul Consciousness within them.

He made sure there were no omissions.

Only then,

did this Martial Demon Realm Expert truly die.

"Looking at it this way..."

"In the future, when I face a Martial Demon Realm Expert, I must ensure that I thoroughly kill him, leaving no trace of residual Soul Consciousness, otherwise, the opponent might recover using that trace."

Xiao Shi pondered this thoughtfully.

However, he wasn't too worried about this aspect.

After all, as long as he killed a target, items would definitely drop.

If no items dropped, it meant the opponent wasn't dead.

This way, he wouldn't have to specifically verify death like others.

He could simply tell whether the opponent was dead or not by the presence or absence of item drops.

Through this battle with the Martial Demon Realm Expert,

Xiao Shi clearly perceived several unique aspects of the Martial Demon Realm.

Firstly, the Martial Demon Realm Expert's Soul Consciousness was completely integrated with his body, which meant that every attack he made would carry a Soul Consciousness impact.

Even the simplest punch,

would contain a soul-based attack.

This was something absolutely impossible to achieve in the Martial Soul Realm.

In the Martial Soul Realm, Soul Consciousness attacks and other power attacks were independent.

The two were difficult to combine and unleash simultaneously.

Only upon reaching the Martial Demon Realm could the two be fully integrated.

Secondly, all aspects of the Martial Demon Realm Expert were greatly enhanced.

Whether it was their attack or speed,

Xiao Shi felt that there were no obvious shortcomings.

All of them were extremely powerful.

Thirdly, the power of the Martial Demon Realm would manifest in different systems for different individuals.

For example, the Martial Demon Realm Expert Xiao Shi faced this time, his power primarily originated from the Demonic Runes on his body.

This kind of Demonic Rune was a unique system to him.

It was not the same as other Martial Demon Realm Experts.

For instance, Xiang Zizhen, also a Martial Demon Realm Expert, did not have this Demonic Rune system.

However, the specific situation would only become clearer after he himself broke through to the Martial Demon Realm.

Fourthly, the Martial Demon Realm Expert was difficult to kill!

If Xiao Shi had been unable to unleash the second Thousand Weapon Dao Slash this time, he would definitely not have been able to kill this Martial Demon Realm Expert.

Besides his strong vitality,

Martial Demon Realm Experts possessed high resistance to attacks below their own level.

It was inherently unrealistic for a Martial Soul Realm practitioner to kill a Martial Demon Realm Expert.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also noticed that

the Martial Demon Realm Expert no longer possessed a Life Soul.

But then again,

the Demonic Body Clone that was formed upon breaking through to the Martial Demon Realm was itself composed of the Life Soul.

It could be said that the Demonic Body Clone was an advanced version of the Life Soul.

Although he no longer had a second life like the Life Soul,

the Martial Demon Realm Expert's soul had completely merged into every piece of his flesh and blood, just like this Martial Demon Realm Expert this time; even if Xiao Shi shattered his body, residual Soul Consciousness still existed within his flesh and blood.

If the residual Soul Consciousness within these pieces of flesh and blood could not be cleared in time,

then these Martial Demon Realm Experts, even if their bodies were shattered, would still possess the ability to revive.

"Although I still struggle a bit when facing Martial Demon Realm Experts now, I believe that once I break through to the Martial Demon Realm, resolving such Martial Demon Realm Experts will be very simple."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

Of course, this was only limited to the first stage of the Martial Demon Realm.

He knew that

within the Martial Demon Realm, there would be three different types of Martial Demon Realm Experts.

The first type is the weakest Martial Demon Realm Expert, which is when the Demonic Body Clone or the main body is killed by others; this kind of Martial Demon Realm Expert is only slightly stronger than the Martial Soul Realm.

The second type is a Martial Demon Realm Expert who has separated a Demonic Body Clone but has not eliminated it; this is also the most common type of Martial Demon Realm Expert. The Martial Demon Realm Expert Xiao Shi faced this time was clearly in this stage.

The third type is a Martial Demon Realm Expert who has either eliminated or integrated the Demonic Body Clone, which is the strongest type of Martial Demon Realm Expert.

Although they are all Martial Demon Realm Experts, the strength of these three types of Martial Demon Realm Experts differs vastly!

In fact, even when facing a first-stage Martial Demon Realm Expert, Xiao Shi couldn't guarantee a sure victory.

Just like this Martial Demon Realm Expert this time,

if he had unleashed all of his powerful killing moves under the burst of Demonic Runes,

Xiao Shi would have also fallen into great danger.

This made him realize... that even when facing a Martial Demon Realm Expert, he might not necessarily be able to guarantee a win.

Of course,

once he broke through to the Martial Demon Realm, he believed this problem would no longer exist.

Originally, in this combat plan,

Xiao Shi intended to use the Martial Emperor Belt to form an emperor soul and see its effects.

But when he remembered that this was the Imperial Domain,

to be safe,

he still chose not to form an emperor soul.

He was worried that once he formed an emperor soul, it would cause some huge commotion within the Imperial Domain.

After all, the Imperial Domain... was the domain of the Martial Emperor!

Even though the Martial Emperor had fallen, the rules he left behind still existed.

Once an emperor soul appeared here,

it was very likely to cause some significant commotion.

If it were detected by the Great Wu Dynasty, it would be troublesome then.

Xiao Shi felt it was necessary to play it safe here.

Unless absolutely necessary,

the emperor soul and the Martial Emperor aura formed by the martial emperor mask were best not to be used easily here.

However, using other abilities of the Emperors Armor, he believed, would not have much impact.

The soul deterrence from the Martial Emperor Belt that Xiao Shi unleashed this time had a good effect.

This was even with the opponent's soul level being higher than his own.

He believed that once he broke through to the Martial Demon Realm, with equal soul levels, the effect of soul deterrence would be even better.

"It's about time to leave!"

Xiao Shi knew that the commotion from their battle this time would certainly not escape the other nine kings in Evil Beast Mountain.

He believed these nine kings were already rushing towards this location.

He had to leave this place before they arrived.

Immediately,

he picked up the items dropped on the ground.

He entered the Dark Moon Form, which was difficult for Soul Consciousness to detect.

He left this place at an astonishing speed.

While running, Xiao Shi examined the items that had dropped this time.

This was his first kill of a Martial Demon Realm Expert!

It was possible that the highest quality Martial Demon Grade item would drop.

It was also possible that a Saint Grade item would drop.

Xiao Shi was full of anticipation for this.

For him,

he naturally hoped for a Saint Grade item to drop.

After all, Saint Grade items were already extremely rare.

Even within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda, Saint Grade treasures only appeared on the eleventh floor.

And on the eleventh floor, there were only three display stands in total.

In other words,

the eleventh floor would at most feature three Saint Grade treasures.

And since Xiao Shi had last exchanged for a fragment of the celestial compass on the eleventh floor, the display stand that originally belonged to the fragment of the celestial compass had remained vacant, and the treasure within it had not been replenished.

This also made Xiao Shi realize that

the Myriad Treasure Pagoda's replenishment time for treasures of different grades would also vary.

For example, the Blood Martial Grade treasures Xiao Shi had exchanged for earliest,

had long since been replenished.

New treasures had appeared.

But the display stand for the fragment of the celestial compass remained vacant to this day.

Presumably, it would still take some time for new Saint Grade treasures to appear.

Therefore, if the item dropped this time was a Saint Grade item, such a gain would be immensely significant for Xiao Shi.

Since he had the Myriad Treasure Pagoda,

Xiao Shi had never lacked treasures for his own realm.

Even if the items dropped from killing were not suitable for him, he could exchange them within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

But as his realm improved, and treasures became scarcer,

when he reached the Saint Realm, it would be difficult for him to continue exchanging for treasures within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

After all, the Myriad Treasure Pagoda currently only had two Saint Grade treasures left.

And they might not even be suitable for him.

At the same time, with the current number of Saints on Tianwu Continent being less than a hundred, killing Saints in the future would not be an easy task.

This made Xiao Shi realize in advance that

Saint Grade items

would be very rare!

Therefore, if he could obtain a Saint Grade item now, it would undoubtedly be the most ideal situation.

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi immediately focused his gaze on the item in his hand.

Related item information then appeared in his vision.

【Name: Hand of Refinement】

【Type: Severed Limb】

【Grade: Martial Soul Grade】

【Introduction: It belonged to a renowned Martial Soul Realm Expert. This expert's greatest wish throughout his life was to be able to refine a region and achieve Sainthood. However, his lifespan was nearing its end, leaving him with no time. At the very end of his life, he integrated his lifelong pursuit of regional refinement into this arm. The person holding this arm can use it to forcibly perform a partial regional refinement.】

【Remark 1: This is an extremely overbearing and unsolvable refinement, imbued with a Martial Soul Realm Expert's lifelong pursuit and obsession.】

【Remark 2: To use this arm, one must possess a tenacious will, otherwise, it will be difficult to withstand the impact of the will within the arm.】

【Remark 3: Once the refinement is completed, this arm will also disappear; it can only perform one refinement.】

...Xiao Shi looked at the item information in his vision.

Although he failed to drop a Saint Grade item,

the value and function of this item would absolutely not be less than a Saint Grade item!

This was a super-top-tier Martial Demon Grade item.

Its function... was to aid Martial Demon Realm Experts in refining regions!

In other words,

this was an item that could help him quickly become a Saint!

Such an item,

was unprecedented across the entire Tianwu Continent.

Even though Xiao Shi currently didn't have much concept of Martial Demon Realm Experts refining regions, he could still imagine that such refinement was certainly not simple.

It would require a lot of time and effort.

This could be seen from Xiang Zizhen's struggle with the Martial Pavilion this time.

And with this Hand of Refinement, he could directly complete the regional refinement.

And it was an extremely overbearing, unsolvable type of refinement.

This was terrifying!

Of course,

Xiao Shi also knew that

this kind of refinement would probably only be able to refine a portion of a region, and it would be impossible to instantly complete the refinement of an entire region.

But even so,

the value of this treasure was still incredibly astonishing.

If it appeared on Tianwu Continent, it would certainly cause incredibly frantic snatch(scrambling).

Xiao Shi was very satisfied with this gain.

The value of this treasure was absolutely no less than a Saint Grade item.

At the same time, regarding the Martial Demon Realm,

he no longer needed to worry about the Emperors Armor not dropping for a long time.

He had already obtained the Martial Demon Realm's Emperors Armor.

As long as he became the strongest Martial Demon Realm Expert, he could immediately break through to the Saint Realm without any delay.

Of course,

regional refinement was also a major problem for Xiao Shi.

However, that step was still somewhat distant for now.

Currently, the most important thing for him was to first help Xiang Zizhen conquer the Nan Dou Region and enable him to become a Saint.

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi's speed involuntarily increased a bit.

In his Dark Moon Form,

even the nine Martial Soul Realm Experts in Evil Beast Mountain could not detect his whereabouts.

He successfully escaped Evil Beast Mountain and returned to Four Symbols City.