Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: True Martial Demon-Slaying Sword Technique

The moment Xu Yunfan tore through the barrier of the Divine Martial Realm, three shadowy figures flashed out from behind the rubble. Like vipers striking from the shadows, their long-hidden killing intent was finally revealed.

Xu Yunfan watched them with cold eyes, utterly unsurprised. This made the three figures pause, momentarily stunned.

In the next instant, the purple-robed elder flashed a savage grin, his bone-white teeth glinting coldly under the dim sky. With a flick of his wrist, he unfurled his Ten Thousand Souls Banner. A ghostly domain one thousand zhang wide instantly spread out, filled with howling yin winds and the wails of a myriad of ghosts. Countless resentful souls transformed into pitch-black chains that snaked toward Xu Yunfan.

The purple-robed elder frowned. The suppression from this world was too strong. Outside, a single wave of his Ten Thousand Souls Banner could transform a hundred-li radius into a ghostly domain.

"Leave your Divine Martial Dao Foundation behind."

Before his words had even faded, the purple-robed elder’s pupils contracted. He looked down at his Dantian.

A profound-black longsword had pierced straight through it at some unknown point. The Black Tortoise Illusion coiled around the blade opened its maw, and with a single breath, it devoured the ghostly qi from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner like a receding tide.

"Ugh...?!"

The purple-robed elder’s face contorted. Before he could react, Xu Yunfan coldly withdrew the blade. With a vicious twist, he shattered the elder’s Dantian Qi Sea. The man’s True Essence gushed out like a burst dam.

"I was waiting for you rats, trying to steal my Dao Foundation."

Xu Yunfan’s voice was frigid. As he activated his Innate Divine Power Fighting Character Technique, a three-headed, six-armed Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect erupted into being behind him. All six arms formed the Demon Suppression Seal in unison. Instantly, brilliant golden light flooded the world as a majestic Demon Suppression force crashed down like the very heavens were falling.

Though he had hidden his true strength, he cultivated the Ten Extremes Martial Arts, practiced the Ten Thousand Laws Return to the Stream, and had mastered the Profound Celestial Treasure Talisman. For him, manifesting a simple Martial Dao Dharma Aspect was child’s play.

"True Martial Demon Suppressing Sword—Exorcize Demons and Evil!"

The sword’s light hung in the air like the overturned Celestial River. A tortoise and snake intertwined upon the True Martial Sword as its Sword Intent drew upon the Power of Heaven and Earth within the Divine Martial Realm. A boundless torrent of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi rushed in, forming a hundred-zhang-long Profound Gold Sword Gang that slashed toward the two remaining Black-robed Cultivators.

The faces of the two men paled. One summoned an ancient bronze mirror that glowed with an eerie light, attempting to refract the Sword Gang. The other formed a hand seal, channeling the Earth Veins. The ground beneath him roiled, erupting into a thousand-zhang-tall rock wall to defend against the attack.

However, the True Martial Demon Suppressing Sword was a slaughtering art from the True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture, further empowered by Xu Yunfan’s Dou Character Technique. As the Sword Gang passed, the ancient bronze mirror shattered with a CRACK! The mystical power within it vanished, the Magical Treasure’s Spiritual Light extinguished.

The thousand-zhang rock wall was sliced apart as if it were tofu. The Sword Qi, its momentum unchecked, proceeded to cleave one of the Black-robed Cultivators in two at the waist!

"Damn it! How is he so strong?!"

The last Black-robed Cultivator was horrified. He shot backward, flinging three crimson Talismans from his sleeve as he retreated. The Talismans ignited, transforming into three blood-red flood dragons that lunged at Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan snorted. He swept the True Martial Sword in a horizontal arc. The blade tore a visible, turbulent white wake through the air. Before the blood-red flood dragons could even get close, his Sword Intent shredded them to pieces.

Xu Yunfan withdrew his sword, his Magical Power continuing to be channeled at an extremely low frequency.

Then, he raised his sword and swung down.

"True Martial Demon Suppressing Sword—Slaying Karma!"

As he unleashed the sword, its light descended like Celestial Punishment. The Black-robed Cultivator’s Protective Gang Qi shattered like paper mache. He hastily crushed a Life-Saving Jade Talisman, his body transforming into a bloody shadow to flee. But the sword light clung to him like his own shadow. The blade fell, the bloody shadow scattered, and with a final scream, the cultivator’s body disintegrated, leaving only a wisp of a remnant soul fleeing in terror.

"Trying to run?"

He didn’t have time to check the flood of Skill Level notifications spamming his Attribute Panel.

A cold light flashed in Xu Yunfan’s eyes. The True Martial Sword shot from his grasp. Like a meteor chasing the moon, it instantly pierced the remnant soul, pinning it in the void!

But just then...

"Junior! You forced my hand!!"

The purple-robed elder’s face was a mask of savagery. He had watched Xu Yunfan slay two people in the blink of an eye. The boy’s strength far surpassed the peak of Qi Cultivation Great Perfection; the power behind his sword was practically indistinguishable from that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It was inhuman.

’Are all cultivators who practice the True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture really this monstrous?’

’If I don’t break my seal, I’m going to die here too.’

One’s soul had been utterly annihilated, with no hope of reincarnation. The other was sliced in half, his vitality completely extinguished. Since he died within a Small World Heaven, his only path was to reincarnate for a hundred lifetimes within the Divine Martial Realm, where he might have a sliver of a chance to pursue the Dao once more.

’But by then, would he even be himself anymore?’

The purple-robed elder’s flesh began to writhe violently as his suppressed Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation erupted!

BOOM!

Heaven and earth trembled. The Celestial Dao of the Divine Martial Realm sensed a power that exceeded its limits and instantly descended to suppress it. The purple-robed elder’s skin split and tore, blood streaming from his wounds, yet he ignored it all and frantically deployed his Dao Foundation.

Xu Yunfan raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"Well, well, if it isn’t Daoist Master Zhou Xing of Five Elders Peak. Tell me, friend, aren’t you supposed to be contemplating the principles of the Five Elements of Mutual Generation and Inhibition and walking the constant path of the heavens? Since when did you take up robbery?"

Zhou Xing sneered. "Robbery? This is a fundamental skill of my Saint Sect. We call it ’plundering others to serve as one’s own nourishment.’"

Xu Yunfan was struck speechless. ’I’d forgotten,’ he thought. ’Though many of the True Scriptures the Primordial Sect cultivates sound grand and righteous, their methods are no different from those of Demons.’

A Five Elements Dao Foundation!

In an instant, a five-colored divine light emerged behind Daoist Master Zhou Xing. The Five Elements Power—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—interwove and cycled, forming a small pocket dimension.

Xu Yunfan was truly surprised. ’I can’t underestimate these Foundation Establishment Daoist Masters.’

’With just this Five Elements Dao Foundation, Daoist Master Zhou Xing could probably forge his own Grotto Heaven, unlike others who have to seek one out.’

’Creating your own Grotto Heaven means it would be perfectly attuned to your Dao, which is a massive boon for cultivation.’

In the next instant, a sea of fire blazed, golden spears split the air, towering trees scraped the sky, massive waves surged, and the very earth cracked open. Amid this Five Elements Reincarnation, he briefly managed to resist the suppression of the Celestial Dao and completely envelop Xu Yunfan!

"Junior! Today, I’ll show you the true might of Foundation Establishment! You’re just a mere newcomer to the realm, yet you dare act so arrogantly. I’ve killed plenty of your kind!"

Daoist Master Zhou Xing laughed madly, unleashing the full power of his Five Elements Dao Foundation in an attempt to crush Xu Yunfan.

’Even though I’m being heavily suppressed by this realm,’ he thought, ’it’s more than enough to deal with an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.’

’In the later stages of the Immortal Dao, every minor realm is a world unto itself. Fighting someone a level above you is nearly impossible.’

But Xu Yunfan’s expression remained unchanged. He pushed the Dou Character Technique to its limit. With a flick of his wrist, the True Martial Sword—which he had long since refined—was recalled by his will and flew back into his grasp. He raised the blade, and the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect surrounding him let out a heaven-shaking roar, resonating with the world of the Divine Martial Realm itself.

He was the champion chosen by this realm’s Celestial Dao, blessed with immense Destiny. Naturally, he would not be suppressed by it. However, circulating his full Magical Power would likely trigger a backlash from the Celestial Dao, which could get messy.

He was also using the Turtle Breath Concealing God Technique to avoid any prying eyes.

’Like these three. Apparently, just watching wasn’t enough for them; they had to rush in, screaming for blood.’

Xu Yunfan raised the True Martial Sword.

True Martial Demon Suppressing Sword, final form: True Martial World!

The sword struck, and the world fell silent.

The light from the blade was like the first ray of dawn, tearing through the darkness and flooding the world with light. The illusory tortoise and snake on the True Martial Sword solidified, transforming into a full Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect that suppressed the Five Elements!

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