Chapter 701 - 690: The Annihilation of Ten Thousand Spirits

What if he doesn’t walk away?

Would Mo Kui meet the same fate as the Twelve Sword Stars?

"Still hesitating!"

Ding Ling originally intended to subdue Mo Kui, making him the Sword Spirit of the Giant Que Sword. After all, Mo Kui was exceptionally strong. If he became the Sword Spirit, the Giant Que Sword would surely transform into a peerless Demon Sword!

But with Ding Ling’s Observing People Skill at full level, just a few glances at Mo Kui revealed his untamable nature, highly rebellious, and if weaker, he might even backstab the sword bearer at any time.

In that case.

Ding Ling snorted; the next instant, a torrent of Spirit Killing Sword plunged from the sky, crashing into Wuming’s Sea of Consciousness with a roar, targeting Mo Kui.

Mo Kui sensed it, roared in anger, and fought desperately, but was still annihilated by the ninety-fold augmented torrent of Spirit Killing Sword.

Profound Yin Sword Armor!

With a thought, Ding Ling activated the Sword Armor, which followed the Spirit Killing Sword torrent, protecting Wuming’s Sea of Consciousness.

In the Sea of Consciousness, chaos reigned, as if it would collapse and shatter at any moment, but stabilized immediately with the entry of the Profound Yin Sword Armor.

Whoosh!

Mo Kui was annihilated, leaving behind a stream of light like a meteor tail.

It was swallowed by the Sword Spirit in one gulp.

In an instant.

A Demon Dao Swordsmanship technique entered Ding Ling’s mind, and upon a brief recollection, he mastered it at full level.

[Agility +0.6]

It was a Shattering Level skill.

Ding Ling scanned the other Sword Spirits in the Sword Pool, and without further thought, another torrent of Spirit Killing Sword spread over it.

Pop! Pop!

One by one, Residual Spirits vanished like bubbles, destroyed and gone.

One after another, beams of Spiritual Light appeared in the depths and above of the Sword Pool.

The Sword Spirit emerged from Wuming’s Sea of Consciousness, opened its mouth, and sucked in the rolling Spiritual Light.

Then.

[Dragon Flash Swordsmanship Full Level]

[Agility +0.2]

[Mountain Guardian Swordsmanship Full Level]

[Agility +0.3]

[Yuefei Swordsmanship Full Level]

[Longhu Swordsmanship Full Level]

[Inverted Scale Piercing Sword Full Level]

[Thrusting Sword Skill Full Level]

...

The Sword Pool was like a Sword Sea, the Residual Spirits within countless.

Ding Ling wiped out tens of thousands in one breath.

The sword skills obtained exceeded eight thousand.

Though over ninety percent of the sword skills could not provide Attribute Points.

The tiny portion that did provide Agility Points.

Resulted in an agility increase of +10.2 overall.

[Agility: 149.8]

Unknowingly, agility was approaching the world’s limit value.

In addition.

[Martial Arts Melting Furnace Progress: 21%]

Previously, it was 5%.

It jumped a full sixteen percentage points.

This gain came from acquiring the Ten Thousand Dao Forest, Profound Yin Twelve Swords, Wudang Secret Skill, Demon Dao Swordsmanship, and the myriad of sword skills just collected!

The Ten Thousand Dao Forest, Profound Yin Twelve Swords, and Demon Dao Swordsmanship were all considered world-class Supreme Skills, the other Wudang Secret Skills were also of exceptional quality.

Thus, this sudden 16% advance.

"Excellent."

Ding Ling surveyed the Sword Sea.

Perhaps because too many spirits were slain.

Ding Ling could no longer find other spirits easily.

He didn’t bother looking anymore.

Instead, he turned to explore other areas of the Sword Realm to slay spirits.

Regrettably.

Most of the spirits in other regions were in forms like Sword Scorpions and Sword Crocodiles, and the sword skills obtained were basically the same as those from the Sword Pool.

For instance, the Sword Crocodile.

Several were slain in the Sword Pool, yielding the ’Sword Crocodile Escape Swordsmanship’; killing more Sword Crocodiles resulted in the same swordsmanship.

This showed the swordsmanship was unique to this species.

Other species displayed similar traits.

Ding Ling had essentially slain them all in the Sword Sea.

He couldn’t be bothered to kill more.

Since it was pointless to kill them.

He turned towards the Sword Mountain territory, releasing the Sword Spirit.

Whoosh!

The Sword Spirit opened its mouth, devouring the Spiritual Light, its aura visibly skyrocketing.

It seemed it wouldn’t take long.

The Sword Spirit would reach the Peak of Great Perfection.

By then.

It should be enough to step into the Grain Avoidance Realm as a Sword Spirit, able to live freely between heaven and earth without needing to consume Sword Thought, etc., for sustenance.

"Zhang Sanfeng."

The Sword Spirit was the lord of this domain; through its eyes, Ding Ling saw everything clearly.

In the far realm, Zhang Sanfeng was still sitting cross-legged, surrounded by rotating Dao Rhyme, his aura and realm had risen to an extraordinarily high level.

"Truly a prodigy of the ages."

Ding Ling marveled silently, standing in place as he waited for the Sword Spirit to finish devouring the Spiritual Light.

He inquired of Wuming about Bai Suzhen.

Wuming provided more detail than Little Zhao had.

But the details were still limited.

Ding Ling had become much stronger now, the Sword Spirit had also stepped into the Realm of Great Perfection, allowing him to see far into the Sword Realm through the Sword Spirit’s eyes.

He once again spotted the serpent-shaped gap.

"Bai Suzhen was taken by a spirit in the form of a python into that serpent-shaped gap?"

Ding Ling was uncertain and curious.

Bai Suzhen...

A python?

He thought of "New Legend of White Snake".

But this Bai Suzhen was clearly not that Bai Suzhen, why was she involved with the Snake Spirit?

Ding Ling was puzzled, glanced at the Sword Spirit, instructed Wuming to stay put, and then took Little Zhao’s hand, their figures shifting as the landscapes flashed beneath their feet.

Moments later.

Ding Ling arrived at the side of the serpent-shaped gap.

"Hiss hiss!"

Giant python spirits emerged and hissed at Ding Ling, their eyes glaring fiercely as if ready to devour anyone.

Ding Ling’s wrist turned slightly, the Emperor’s Sword unsheathed with a clang!

A Sword Qi extended a thousand feet, and with a crack!

Hundreds of Snake Spirits were instantly annihilated.

Various beams of Spiritual Light wavered in the void.

Ding Ling captured them, and the next instant, they merged into his body.

Granting him mastery of another skill.

[Snake Technique Full Level]

[Agility +0.2]

It was a technique related to speed used by the Snake Spirits.

All these Snake Spirits knew this skill.

Thus, despite many being slaughtered, only this one skill was obtained.

"Should I go in and take a look."

After exterminating all the Snake Spirits.

Ding Ling paused at the serpent-shaped gap, peering inside.

A blood moon hung in the sky, enveloped in mist with occasionally bizarre, twisted figures darting through it.

Beneath the high sky, the ground was filled with withered wood like a forest, clusters of rotting God Grass, and the smell of decay continuously assaulted Ding Ling’s nose, exceedingly foul beyond compare.

"What kind of ghostly place is this? Connected to the Sword Realm?!"

Ding Ling was puzzled, thinking a bit, he decided to enter this realm. After all, Bai Suzhen was a rare friend he couldn’t ignore.

Thus.

He instructed Little Zhao to wait in place before entering this world.

Profound Yin Sword Armor!

Upon entering, Ding Ling immediately activated the armor.

The Sword Armor’s protection was unparalleled in the world, and being ninety-fold augmented, its might was boundless to the extreme.

Ding Ling didn’t believe anyone could breach this sword armor quickly.

Ding Ling had numerous Body Protection Skills.

But the Emperor’s Sword could only enhance skills and techniques related to Sword Intent and Sword Qi.

Therefore.

Ding Ling could only use the Spirit Killing Sword, Profound Yin Sword Armor, and other sword-related skills and techniques.

Click, click!

As Ding Ling stepped into this realm.

The whole world seemed to boil over.

Countless bizarre creatures surged towards him as if to submerge and destroy him.