130: Chaotic Sword Technique - Merciless Water and Fire

"For every additional trial passed, the rewards will double."

"The limit for Saints that the Human Realm can accommodate is the limit of the third heaven. Therefore, there shouldn't be many trials left," Li Jiangchen calculated.

The Sacred Spirit Palace is where the Origin of the Human Realm gathers; the rewards for passing the trials must be incredibly generous.

If I use a million years of Demon, refine a chaos true crystal, and fuse it into a Move, my combat strength will certainly see a qualitative leap.

At the very least, neither Dugu Sword Saint nor Ancestor Guihai has mastered such a Move.

By then, the probability of clearing the stage will surely increase significantly.

With this thought in mind, Li Jiangchen's eyes hardened. I'll bet on it!

Demon burned.

Countless gray light spots appeared in the Void Realm, seemingly containing the aura of all Profound Truths in the world.

They gathered into a cluster, gradually transforming into a treasure orb resembling Chaos amber.

As soon as it appeared, it faintly emitted pressure, suppressing the Profound Truths permeating the air, rendering their auras invisible.

"I hope you don't disappoint me..."

The moment Li Jiangchen grasped the chaos true crystal, his Spiritual Sense seemed to escape into a space of Chaos.

Light spots of eleven different colors floated all around, emitting distinct auras of Profound Truths.

They sometimes gathered into swords, and sometimes transformed into fists and kicks.

Each manifestation contained at least two auras of Profound Truths.

Li Jiangchen sat cross-legged. Demon burned.

[In the first year, you hold the chaos true crystal and capture the fused Chaos particles. You perceive a trace of the power of Water and Fire Fusion.]

[In the second year, you hold the chaos true crystal and capture the fused Chaos particles. You perceive a trace of the power of Wind and Thunder gathering.]

[In the thousandth year, the moment the chaos true crystal dissipates, you comprehend the power of Water and Fire Fusion. The Fusion degree of the Water and Fire Profound Truths reaches 30%, and you create the Chaos Sword Technique — Water and Fire Ruthlessness.]

Li Jiangchen opened his eyes. The corners of his mouth lifted, forming an arc.

With a flick of his finger, the Fire and Water Profound Truths, which were originally distinct in the Void Realm, slowly merged, transforming into a streak of crimson-blue Sword Light, exuding an aura of destruction.

Move — Water and Fire Ruthlessness.

Flicking his finger, the crimson-blue light streaked across the Void Realm, causing the space to tremble and crack open a fissure.

"Tearing space, the standard combat strength of the third heaven. And this is merely the power of my 30% comprehension of Water and Fire Fusion," Li Jiangchen's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

The comprehension level of the Water and Fire attributes was only at the Perfection of the first heaven. Yet, when fused, their power reached the third heaven.

"I took too big a step just now when trying to comprehend the Fusion of Chaos Profound Truths; I attempted to fuse eleven types of Profound Truths, and as a result, I made no progress after hundreds of years of hard cultivation, wasting quite a bit of the chaos true crystal's effect. If I had focused on comprehending the Dao of Water and Fire Fusion, the Fusion degree would surely have been over 50%, and my combat strength would have been even stronger."

"The chaos true crystal... it really is a good thing."

"It's a pity that it's too expensive and costs too much life."

A million years—and that was only painstakingly accumulated after slaying several Yao Race Saints. To condense a hundred or eighty of them, I'm afraid slaughtering the entire Yao Race in the Human Realm wouldn't be enough.

"However, it should be enough to deal with what's in front of me."

Whoosh! The space oscillated, a fissure was born, and a bizarre, twisted figure appeared.

Countless sinister, ghastly bones grew on its long, slender arms, with dark green ghostly flames burning at the tips. Its back split open, and a pair of white bone wings emerged from it.

"A traitor among the Twelve Saint Witches..." Li Jiangchen looked at the twisted face hidden among the white bones; the flesh was festering, bones were constantly proliferating, and it emitted an aura mixed with that of the Witch Race and creatures of the White Bone Realm.

"To defect to the White Bone Realm, even if it means breaking through to the third heaven, only to become such a monster... truly foolish."

Roar!

As if sensing Li Jiangchen's mockery, the white bones on Lone Eagle's arms grew wildly, with sharp spikes gathering into a forest, raining down.

"Having lost your original consciousness, possessing the power of the third heaven is nothing but a walking shell." Li Jiangchen did not dodge or evade; he stepped forward, gripping the demon slaying sword. A mysterious aura emanated from his body, and suddenly, a crimson and a blue hue appeared in the Void Realm, condensing at the tip of the sword.

"Water and Fire Ruthlessness!"

With a slash of the sword, a streak of crimson-blue Sword Light transformed into a thin line, instantly slicing across the forest of white bones in front of him at the waist.

Boom! The forest of white bones fell on both sides of Li Jiangchen, and the stirred-up wind made his clothes rustle.

Lone Eagle was about to press forward, but Li Jiangchen was faster. He stomped fiercely, and the Five-colored Escape Light emerged around his body, then, following the spatial fluctuations, he shuttled through the tiny fissures in space.

Whoosh!

A streak of crimson-blue Sword Light slashed out, piercing through the layers of bone armor on Lone Eagle's body and exploding in his chest. Lone Eagle wailed, flying backward, blood spraying across the Void Realm, but his eyes regained a trace of clarity.

"Liars... they are all liars..." Lone Eagle shook his head violently, as if experiencing great pain. The white, sarira-like bone ball on his forehead emitted strange fluctuations, and suddenly the white bones all over his body devoured his flesh. His finger bones transformed into thick, sharp claws, his eyeballs burst, and a long, narrow bone spur grew out of his eye sockets.

His entire body was quickly swallowed by white bones, turning into a hideous mountain of bones.

"The aura is strengthening. Has he completely become a life form of the White Bone Realm..."

The Witch Race cannot enter, unless they are converted into other life forms.

However, it seems that defecting to the White Bone Realm is likely not that easy, and the price is not small.

Clang, clang, clang!

Several consecutive slashes of Water and Fire Ruthlessness were unleashed, striking where the bone mountain was spreading and growing, and bone fragments were scattered everywhere.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the bone mountain collapsed, revealing a gaunt old man in the center, his aura weak, like a candle in the wind.

Lone Eagle's body exuded a foul stench. He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but before he could make a sound, his eyes quickly dimmed, and his aura rapidly dissipated.

The white bone sarira on his forehead darted out, just about to escape, but was seized by Li Jiangchen with a single finger. From it, he felt an extremely pure aura of the White Bone Realm.

"Is this the object that allowed this person to be converted into a life form of the White Bone Realm..."

"It might be useful in the future."

Li Jiangchen tossed this object into his Demon Kingdom.

A voice came from the Void Realm.

"The sixth trial passed. Given that the challenger successfully challenged across levels, the rewards are doubled. Do you wish to participate in the final trial?"

"The final trial..." Li Jiangchen keenly sensed the key point.

The sixth trial was the alienated Bone Saint Lone Eagle of the third heaven; due to losing his original self, his combat strength was still below that of a third heaven Martial Saint in the outside world.

From this, it can be inferred that the strength of the seventh challenger should not exceed the limit of the third heaven.

After some thought, he agreed. A golden Sword Light stepped out from the fissure in the Void Realm, the Sword Light quickly solidified, transforming into the phantom of a man with star-like eyebrows and sword-like eyes, looking grand and imposing.

"Dugu... Sword Saint." Li Jiangchen immediately recognized him.

When he obtained the Void Gold Town-Slaying Sword, he naturally saw the appearance of Dugu Sword Saint.

The Sword Fiend Saint was born from his Saint Remains; although the appearance was similar, the temperament was completely different.

This aura of being transcendent and independent, above heaven and earth, could only belong to the unrivaled Dugu Sword Saint; there was no second person.

"third heaven level... the aura is still far from the limit of the third heaven." Li Jiangchen breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the Dugu Sword Saint looked at Li Jiangchen, his gaze lively, and suddenly spoke: "The aura of the Immortal Sword Body. No... it's the Great Perfection Saint Body!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jiangchen immediately frowned.

The limit of the Immortal Sword Body is the Saint Body. Dugu Sword Saint has never left the Human Realm, so how could he know of the existence of the Great Perfection Saint Body?

Unless... in the ancient era, someone had condensed a Great Perfection Saint Body. And fragments of information were passed down to future generations.