95: The Demon-Slaying Sword is upgraded to a mid-grade spiritual weapon.

“As expected, to deal with this type of soul, soul-attacking Divine Abilities are superior. It wasn’t in vain that I consumed ten thousand years of Demon cultivation to accumulate the power of Divine Abilities, elevating the Crimson Evil Eye Technique to a Second-Rank Divine Ability.”

Li Jiangchen sighed, then with a pull of his palm, the gray crystal that had fallen to the ground landed in his hand.

This was a sword soul crystal, similar to an inner core, the essence within a sword soul’s body.

Threads of Sword Intent emerged from within, even more intense than the Peerless Grade sword heart stone from before.

“Unfortunately, even if I absorb this sword soul crystal, I still cannot condense the Heavenly Sword Aspect, it would just be a waste.”

Suddenly, the demon slaying sword in his hand trembled, conveying a sense of longing.

“You want to devour this item?” Li Jiangchen asked, puzzled.

The demon slaying sword hummed softly, its blade trembling violently.

“So be it.”

The next moment, the demon slaying sword slashed out a Sword Qi, instantly shattering the sword soul crystal. Gray Sword Intent permeated the air, all of it being devoured by the demon slaying sword.

After a few breaths, the demon slaying sword trembled intensely, spiritual light spontaneously generated, and its Aura subtly reached the limit of a half-Spiritual Artifact.

Such a scene made Li Jiangchen's eyes light up.

After devouring the sword soul crystal, the demon slaying sword was actually about to Breakthrough to the Spiritual Artifact level.

Upon closer thought, it made sense. The demon slaying sword had been nurtured for a long time by the Willow Tree Demon, who had been elevated to the Demon King level, and had been continuously fed Heaven And Earth Treasure. The sword's Materials had long undergone a drastic transformation.

The only surprise was that Flying Sword could also devour sword soul crystals.

‘Is this a unique ability of the demon slaying sword...’ A guess surfaced in Li Jiangchen’s mind.

After a cup of tea’s time, the demon slaying sword was filled with spiritual charm, exuding an Aura. With the surging Sword Intent, it transformed into a verdant swimming Dragon and actively fell into Li Jiangchen’s palm.

Immediately, a piece of information entered his mind.

【Slaughtering Primordial Spirit Devouring Sword: First-Rank Divine Ability, can devour the essence of Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts, refine spiritual charm, and enhance its own grade.】

“So it is, this is a unique ability of the demon slaying sword.” A smile appeared on Li Jiangchen’s face.

This way, as long as enough Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts were fed to it, the grade of the demon slaying sword would increase like a rocket, and there would be no situation where it couldn't keep up in the future.

With this thought, Li Jiangchen immediately opened his Demon Nation. Black mist permeated the air, and Magical Artifacts piled up like mountains, with remnants of spiritual light shining upon them.

These were precisely the Spiritual Armor, nine dragons leaving fire cover, and Dragon Bone Spiritual Spear obtained earlier.

These Spiritual Artifacts were considerably damaged, perfect to be fed to the demon slaying sword.

Whoosh—

The demon slaying sword transformed into a sword light and vanished into the pile. Its blade emitted spiritual light and landed among the Magical Artifacts. Instantly, the Magical Artifacts melted, turning into a pool of metallic liquid. Threads of spiritual charm evaporated and were all devoured by the demon slaying sword.

In the blink of an eye, the piled-up Magical Artifacts disappeared completely.

The demon slaying sword’s Aura was significantly stronger, its pressure approaching the Medium Grade level.

Immediately, it flew to several Spiritual Artifacts and once again unleashed the Slaughtering Primordial Spirit Devouring Sword. The Spiritual Artifacts let out mournful cries, spiritual light surged from their bodies, and they resisted with difficulty.

Spiritual Artifacts possessed sentience, making them much harder to devour than Magical Artifacts.

But after a cup of tea’s time, they still shattered one after another, their spiritual charm completely gone, reduced to scrap metal.

The demon slaying sword’s Aura suddenly surged, breaking through to the Medium Grade level. Sword light surged, and it actually transformed into a sword-holding boy with Dragon horns on his forehead and delicate features.

Only High Grade Spiritual Artifacts were supposed to give birth to artifact spirits, but the demon slaying sword gave birth to one upon Breakthrough to Medium Grade, showing its potential.

“Greetings, Master.” The sword-holding boy respectfully said, holding his sword.

“Good, good, good. Back then, I refined you with my heart's blood, vowing to slay all Demons in the world, and named you the demon slaying sword. So, I shall call you Demon Slaying Boy.”

“Thank you, Master, for the name.”

Medium Grade Spiritual Artifacts were extraordinary; even the Grandmasters he had slain previously didn't possess one, at most they had Low Grade ones.

Now, with the demon slaying sword in hand, Li Jiangchen’s sword moves greatly increased in power. If he encountered a Grandmaster again, he could slay them even without the aid of multiple Domains and Formation power.

After taking the treasures from the stone coffin, Li Jiangchen continued to the next stone chamber.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw a black-armored giant battling a six-winged silver-armored monster.

The black-armored giant was surrounded by qi force. Every move he made possessed immense power, clearly a rare Body Refining Grandmaster.

With his strength, a single punch could shatter mountains.

However, those fierce punches only left a few indentations on the six-winged silver-armored monster’s body, without even shattering its form.

“Six-Winged Flying Zombie.” Li Jiangchen immediately recognized it.

According to the Demon Flood Dragon King’s previous introduction, this was a type of Yin monster, with thick skin and flesh, immense strength, and comparable to a Body Refining Grandmaster.

Seeing an outsider enter, the black-armored giant let out a puzzled sound, then loudly said, “Little Sword King, I didn’t expect you to be here too.”

Hearing this, Li Jiangchen remained silent.

The black-armored giant continued, “My name is Chujiang. I’ve long heard that Little Sword King, at the Quenching Fiend Realm, can contend against Grandmasters.

Seeing you today, you are indeed extraordinary.

How about we join forces to kill this fiend and split the treasures in the coffin?”

‘King Chujiang...’ Li Jiangchen vaguely remembered this name.

This person was a Loose Cultivator rogue knight, known for his righteousness and willingness to fight injustice.

Similar to Li Jiangchen, he had offended many major powers, including the Four Seas Alliance.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Li Jiangchen immediately agreed, injecting his True Essence into the demon slaying sword and slashing out.

“Heaven Punisher, Slash.”

The Sword Qi transformed into a thin line, suddenly landing on the Six-Winged Flying Zombie’s body, erupting with a roar, sparks flying everywhere, and sending it flying.

“Such a tough body.” Li Jiangchen frowned slightly.

The Six-Winged Flying Zombie subtly sensed a threat from Li Jiangchen and actually tried to shake off King Chujiang, its dark, sharp claws pouncing forward.

Seeing this, Li Jiangchen’s palm was surrounded by Astral Essence. He unleashed the Chaotic Heaven Fist, and a powerful qi force punch landed on the Six-Winged Flying Zombie’s chest. Its sternum immediately caved in, and it flew backward at an even faster speed.

“I didn’t expect, Little Sword King, that besides the way of the sword, you are also proficient in Body Refining.” King Chujiang showed surprise.

That single punch just now possessed the power of a Grandmaster.

“Brother Chu, please block it for me first. This Li will set up a Formation to encircle and kill this fiend.”

“Alright.”

King Chujiang agreed, qi force swirling around his body. His body rapidly expanded, transforming into a peerless ferocious ape that pounced forward, completely suppressing the Six-Winged Flying Zombie.

At the same time, Li Jiangchen threw out the Five Elements Yin and Yang Reversal Formation diagram. The Immortal Sword Domain, superimposed with the Demon Nation, formed an extremely powerful force field, like Mount Tai pressing down, directly suppressing the Six-Winged Flying Zombie.

Five Flying Swords streaked through the Void Realm, the leader being the chixiao sword, which had been promoted to a Spiritual Artifact.

Under the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, the five sword lights merged into one, forming a crimson giant sword, carrying an unstoppable Aura, descending from the sky, piercing through the Six-Winged Flying Zombie’s body. The Sword Qi erupted, instantly blasting it into a bloody mist.

An inner core the size of a fist appeared in the bloody mist. The pervasive bloody mist subtly began to coalesce, and the Six-Winged Flying Zombie actually showed signs of reviving.

Whoosh-

An Astral Essence large hand swept out, grabbing the inner core. Instantly, the bloody mist lost its vitality and turned into a pool of blood.

“Little Sword King has great skill.” King Chujiang laughed, then looked at the dispersing bloody mist and said, “This monster actually has a trace of an immortal characteristic. This is the ability of a Pseudo-Saint Immortal Realm.”

“Pseudo-Saint Immortal Realm?” Li Jiangchen asked, puzzled.

“That’s right, the three Realms of Pseudo-Saint are Fate Reversal, Undying, and Sub-Saint, three major levels.

Fate Reversal is when the nascent form of the Dharma Aspect condensed from the Divine Soul is refined into a physical entity. This is Heaven-Defying change of fate, hence called Fate Reversal.

Undying is condensing an immortal body. When Cultivated to a profound level, one can Rebirth from a drop of blood.

This six-winged monster has a bit of that flavor.

As for Sub-Saint, these are the people closest to a Martial Saint. They are just one step away from the saint dao and can completely transform.” King Chujiang explained.

“I see.” Li Jiangchen nodded.

His combat power was comparable to a Grandmaster, but his Realm was not there yet, so he didn’t fully understand higher-level powers.

Hiss-

The stone coffin opened, and a black flame drifted out, yet it emitted astonishing coldness. Layers of frost permeated, and the stone coffin turned into ice.