400: Master the way of killing!

Xiao Shi knew very well.

The items he had acquired this time were undoubtedly among the highest quality and most outstanding Saint Grade items!

It was only during The Primordial Martial Era that he had the chance to eliminate so many Saints at once, and only through such extensive killing could high-quality Saint Grade items drop.

This was something impossible to achieve on Tianwu Continent.

Although all these items were in a reset state.

Most of them could be used directly in The Primordial Martial Era, and even if they weren't brought back, it wouldn't have a significant impact.

Immediately.

As Xiao Shi absorbed all three different Sources of Dao.

The amount of Sources of Dao permeating his body suddenly surged.

It directly increased by nearly three times his original amount!

"I wonder with this amount of Sources of Dao..."

"Can I successfully achieve Grasping the Dao?"

Xiao Shi's heart was filled with anticipation.

He could clearly feel that the Sources of Dao now permeating his body were extremely abundant.

He held the Enlightenment Stone in one hand, and with the enlightenment boost provided by the Enlightenment Stone, he began to gradually transform the Sources of Dao within him towards the direction of Dao.

Normally, transforming Sources of Dao into Dao mainly depends on two aspects.

First, the quantity of Sources of Dao.

The more powerful the Dao, the more Sources of Dao are usually required.

Second, comprehension.

This kind of comprehension was not the type Xiao Shi had previously enhanced through various elixirs, but a comprehension specifically aimed at "Dao"!

Usually, the stronger one's comprehension of "Dao" is.

The less Sources of Dao are needed for the transformation of Sources of Dao.

For example, for an ordinary person to transform Sources of Dao into Dao.

One thousand Sources of Dao are needed.

Then, a person with strong comprehension in Dao might only need seven hundred Sources of Dao, or even less, to transform Sources of Dao into Dao.

And the comprehension of Dao usually has no means of improvement.

It basically depends on one's own affinity for Dao.

For example, Xiao Shi had a very high affinity for the Dao of Slaughter.

Therefore, the Sources of Dao he needed would naturally be much less than that of an ordinary person.

Coupled with the boost from the Enlightenment Stone... Xiao Shi felt that he had every hope of directly achieving Grasping the Dao with the Sources of Dao he currently possessed!

At this moment, he was completely immersed in the transformation of Sources of Dao.

His entire mind was drawn in by the transformation.

A surging and intense killing intent continuously emanated from him.

As a result, whispers of slaughter echoed in Xiao Shi's ears.

He only felt that the killing intent in his heart was completely ignited at this moment.

An urgent impulse to annihilate everything appeared!

However, his reason was still intact.

He reined in the killing intent on his body.

Thus keeping this killing intent under control, preventing it from spiraling out of control.

Xiao Shi knew.

This was the choice he faced regarding the "Dao of Slaughter" at present.

Typically, any category of Dao has many different branches.

For example, the Dao of Karma.

There is The Dao of Goodness, the Dao of Evil, and also the Dao of Emotion, and so on.

The branches of the Dao of Slaughter are also numerous.

Currently, Xiao Shi had chosen the controllable Dao of Slaughter among the two branches: controllable Dao of Slaughter and uncontrollable Dao of Slaughter.

Although he knew.

The uncontrollable Dao of Slaughter would be more powerful than the controllable Dao of Slaughter.

This uncontrollable Dao of Slaughter, once the killing intent on one's body is ignited, would enter a state of berserk killing.

In this state, one's entire strength would experience an extremely significant increase, but one would lose rationality and thus lose control.

One's own perception would also be distorted, and one would feel that all things in heaven and earth could be killed!

No bottom line, no principles.

This clearly went against Xiao Shi's consistent style of action.

He naturally would not choose such a Dao of Slaughter.

And after making the choice between controllable and uncontrollable.

Xiao Shi soon faced more choices within the controllable Dao of Slaughter.

Compared to other types of Dao.

The branches of the Dao of Slaughter were actually not very numerous.

Before transforming the Dao of Slaughter, Xiao Shi already had his ideal Dao of Slaughter in mind.

"My Dao of Slaughter... should focus on the number of kills."

"After all, ever since I became a martial artist, I have been constantly slaughtering."

"In every stage and every realm of my journey as a martial artist, I have engaged in extensive slaughter."

"Therefore, the most suitable for me must be the Dao of Slaughter that primarily focuses on the number of kills!"

With a clear direction in mind.

Xiao Shi resolutely chose the Dao of Slaughter he desired, following his inner inclination.

Buzz!

In an instant.

The many Sources of Dao present in Xiao Shi's body all collapsed inwards, constantly converging to form Dao.

His body was like an hourglass, rapidly taking shape under the collapse and condensation of these Sources of Dao.

The entire process went smoother than Xiao Shi had imagined.

He didn't feel any difficulty at all.

Nor did he encounter the problem of insufficient Sources of Dao to condense them into Dao.

At this moment, scenes of his past killings began to flash through his mind.

From the first kill.

All the way to the most recent kill.

These scenes constantly intertwined and overlapped, like musical notes, forming a beautiful melody of slaughter!

A powerful will of slaughter continuously emerged from Xiao Shi's body.

Buzz!

The moment he opened his eyes.

Two crimson Dao patterns of slaughter immediately appeared in his eyes!

Terrifying Dao power continuously spread out from his body, causing the desolate mountain where he was located to tremble violently.

A sense of power that was hard to describe.

Made Xiao Shi feel that he could easily crush his former Saint self from a moment ago.

"Success!"

His heart was filled with excitement.

He had successfully transformed Sources of Dao into his first Dao, the Dao of Slaughter!

He had also, in one fell swoop, ascended from a Saint to the first realm of the Upper Three Realms of Martial Dao, the Dao Lord Realm!

...At the same time.

The incident of all Saints in the Blood Extension Lower Kingdom being killed had already caused a huge stir within the Martial Dynasty!

It caused an unprecedented earthquake throughout the entire Martial Dynasty!

After all, such an event had never occurred since the establishment of the entire Martial Dynasty.

While this greatly shocked the Dao Lords and Demigods, they also pondered over the perpetrator of this deed.

"It can be confirmed..."

"The mastermind is definitely a rogue cultivator from outside our Martial Dynasty."

"His main method is a mysterious and unpredictable corpse control ability, first by stealing the corpses of Saints, and then by controlling the corpses to carry out slaughter!"

"From the intelligence we currently have, the opponent mainly uses three abilities: dream, corpse control, and self-detonation."

"Although the Saint who appeared on the surface has self-detonated and died, it can be confirmed that this person was most likely a pawn of the mastermind, not the one who orchestrated all of this."

At this moment, all the Demigods and Dao Lords of the Martial Dynasty gathered together.

They discussed the matter at hand.

For them.

The most urgent task was to find the mastermind as quickly as possible!

"The mastermind is very likely not just one person..."

Demigod Tianxian's finger gently tapped the table.

"Such an operation cannot be completed by one person alone."

"I heard that some rogue cultivator Saints have recently appeared in various countries?"

"I suspect..."

"These rogue cultivator Saints are very likely here to act as informants."

"Currently, we need to first control these rogue cultivator Saints; perhaps we can obtain some clues from them."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

In the past, their attitude towards these rogue cultivators was not very concerned.

Allowing them to enter and exit the Martial Dynasty freely.

After all, they didn't think much of these rogue cultivators.

They never believed that these rogue cultivators could cause any trouble within the Martial Dynasty.

But they never expected... this time they would be conspired against by these rogue cultivators, leading to the slaughter of all Saints in a Lower Kingdom!

"How to find these rogue cultivators behind the scenes, I am not worried about; what I am worried about is..."

"This matter might awaken the Martial Ancestor..."

One of the Demigods expressed concern.

Even though this matter had caused a huge stir.

In the eyes of Demigods, this was still merely a matter at the Saint level; given their status, matters of this level were not worth their excessive attention and importance.

If it weren't for the fact that too many Saints were killed this time.

They wouldn't even bother to show up.

But the awakening of the Martial Ancestor was a major event that made them extremely nervous and serious.

Regarding this.

Even Demigod Tianxian, as the leader of these Demigods, frowned slightly, showing worry.

He knew very well.

The rule prohibiting the death of beings above the Saint level was personally established by the Martial Ancestor.

Although the Martial Ancestor fell into a deep sleep not long after establishing this rule.

These Demigods were all very aware of the Martial Ancestor's emphasis on this matter.

Now that so many Saints had died... it would inevitably provoke the Martial Ancestor, causing him to awaken from his slumber.

Sometimes, the more one worries about something, the more likely it is to happen.

Just as these several Demigods were feeling worried about this.

A terrifying will suddenly rose from within the Martial Dynasty.

The faces of the Demigods, led by Demigod Tianxian, instantly changed drastically.

Even with their Demigod cultivation, in front of this will, they all felt a sense of insignificance.

A sense of humility, as if mortals meeting a deity.

The mere appearance of this will made them unable to help but want to kneel... On the other hand.

The news of Xiao Shi single-handedly wiping out the Saints of the Blood Extension Lower Kingdom also reached the Half-Step Dao Lords who had entered The Primordial Martial Era from other eras.

The moment they learned of this news.

Their expressions all stiffened, and their entire bodies turned to stone on the spot.

An indescribable storm surged within their hearts!

They were all well aware of the difficulty of killing Saints in The Primordial Martial Era.

In the previous few resets.

Some of them had even chosen the identity of Killing Palm Dao.

However, over three hundred years, there was absolutely no opportunity to kill a Saint!

But now... Xiao Shi had been here for less than five years, yet he had single-handedly eliminated all the Saints of the Blood Extension Lower Kingdom!

This left them all dumbfounded.

They subconsciously wondered if the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord was secretly helping Xiao Shi?

But upon closer thought.

Even the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord couldn't achieve this.

They began to inquire about Xiao Shi's killing process and methods.

Upon learning that Xiao Shi had actually used Saint corpses to kill these Saints, their hearts were once again subjected to an incredibly violent shock.

Most of them immediately sent a message to the Half-Step Dao Lord from the Martial Corpse Era, demanding to know why she was helping Xiao Shi.

The Half-Step Dao Lord from the Martial Corpse Era was first bewildered by their questioning.

Then, upon learning that Xiao Shi had used numerous Saint corpses to kill the Saints of the Blood Extension Lower Kingdom, the shock she experienced in her heart instantly became a hundred, even a thousand times more intense than that of others!!!

"Impossible!!!"

She cried out in disbelief.

As a person from the Martial Corpse Era, she knew better than anyone that controlling corpses was not an easy task.

Even she... could at most control eight corpses of Saint strength!

It was utterly impossible to control forty to fifty corpses of Saint strength!

And it wasn't just that she couldn't do it.

Even in her Martial Corpse Era, she had never heard of anyone being able to control so many Saint corpses simultaneously.

Theoretically speaking.

Only the legendary Crimson Refining Secret Skill had the hope of achieving this step.

But that was only theoretical.

After all, even someone who mastered the Crimson Refining Secret Skill would find it difficult to refine so many Saint Grade Crimson Refining Corpses.

Therefore, when she learned of this matter, the shock she experienced was far greater than that of others.

"Could it be that future generations have reached this level in corpse refining!?"

She couldn't help but speculate in her heart.

At the same time, she informed the others that this matter had nothing to do with her.

Although she was very reluctant to admit it.

She knew clearly.

This person from a future era had completely surpassed her, a Saint from the Martial Corpse Era, in terms of corpse control!

And just as they were shocked by this.

The silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord also conveyed a message to them at this time.

"The Martial Dynasty intends to control us rogue cultivators; everyone had better find a way to leave the Martial Dynasty as soon as possible!"

Everyone was startled upon hearing this.

They instantly realized that this was a measure taken by the Martial Dynasty after Xiao Shi had killed those Saints.

"Damn it!!"

Their hearts all sank.

They immediately used their respective methods to escape the Martial Dynasty.

They knew deeply that once they were controlled by the Martial Dynasty, it would be difficult for them to achieve anything in the next three hundred years.

None of them dared to delay even for a moment.

They immediately left the Martial Dynasty.

They all had their own means.

They successfully escaped the Martial Dynasty in time, before the Dao Lords within the Martial Dynasty could act.

And after they left the Martial Dynasty.

A strong surge of anger rose in each of their hearts.

They felt that they had been implicated by Xiao Shi for no reason.

They all developed hatred towards Xiao Shi.

And more importantly... once they left the Martial Dynasty, they would no longer be able to achieve Grasping the Dao in their respective ways.

No matter how they achieved Grasping the Dao, it had to be done within the Martial Dynasty.

Once they left the Martial Dynasty.

They would no longer have any chance to achieve Grasping the Dao.

This immediately caused their hearts to surge with anger.

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.

Such an unprovoked disaster had already made them mortal enemies with Xiao Shi!

Especially if they couldn't enter the Martial Dynasty for the next two hundred years, then this reset would be completely in vain!