Chapter 719 – You Refuse? Then Pay With Your Entire Race! (1/2)
“I really underestimated the strength of a Half-Saint!” Yang Ye spoke in a low voice as he stood on an enormous rock and gazed at Chi Huo’s corpse.
Earlier, he’d intended to launch a surprise attack when Chi Huo entered the volcano, but Chi Huo was too vigilant. Under such circ.u.mstances, he couldn’t accomplish a surprise attack at all. However, he didn’t want to give up on killing Chi Huo. So, he showed himself and clashed with Chi Huo, yet he’d lost that collision! However, it was within his expectations, and thus he immediately retreated.
After he left through the mouth of the volcano, he’d thought that he could rely on the Half-Saint Sword Servant to take Chi Huo by surprise, but he hadn’t expected that Chi Huo would be that vigilant and refused to give him any openings. So, he had no other choice but to launch a frontal a.s.sault. However, he hadn’t imagined that Chi Huo would still be able to resist the joint forces of the Sword Servant and himself even when Chi Huo’s cultivation had been suppressed to the Monarch Realm.
At that moment, he realized that he’d really underestimated the true strength of a Half-Saint!
The Sword Spirit said, “Half-Saints are considered to be existences at the peak of this world. Even though there are differences in strength between Half-Saints, even the weakest Half-Saint isn’t that easy to kill. If you don’t utilize Intent Ignition, then you’ll only be able to resist a Half-Saint for a while. But you’ll definitely lose if the fight drags on. Even if you activate Intent Ignition and attain the ninth rank of the Monarch Realm, it’ll still be impossible for you to kill a Half-Saint in a head-on collision if that Half-Saint is fighting you seriously. Moreover, the battle will mostly end with your defeat if it drags on!”
Yang Ye nodded and said, “I understand. There’s quite a gap between me and a Half-Saint. I’m merely able to protect myself from a Half-Saint at most.”
She said, “It’s very good that you’re able to realize all of that!”
Yang Ye suddenly asked, “How strong are you right now?” The Sword Spirit had never really fought in the past, so he didn’t know how strong she was. But when she did on both occasions earlier, it allowed him to realize that she wasn’t just strong, she was very strong!
She replied, “You can’t defeat me!”
Yang Ye was stunned and asked, “Are you a Half-Saint?”
She shook her head, “I’m at the Monarch Realm at most.”
“Then….”
She answered, “How would you fight me if we fought? The Heavenrend Drawing Technique? Can you execute that strongest attack of yours without me?”
Yang Ye was at a loss for words.
Yang Ye fell silent because he suddenly realized that he relied too much on Heavenrend, and he needed the ancient sheath to execute it. If he were to lose the ancient sheath in the future, then how would he fight Half-Saints?
“You possess too few sword techniques!” She suddenly spoke, “Or I should say that you possess too few formidable sword techniques. Relying solely on Heavenrend is insufficient in the end.”
“You’re absolutely correct!” Yang Ye said, “That technique you executed earlier wasn’t bad. Teach it to me!”
She glanced at him, “It wasn’t that I refused to teach it to you before this, but I didn’t know how to utilize it in the past. Perhaps it was because I’ve come close to my main body after arriving at the Hallowed Grounds, and it allowed a huge portion of my memories to recover. So, a few formidable sword techniques appeared within my mind.” When she spoke up to this point, she suddenly asked, “Do you think your attainments in the Sword Dao are very formidable/”
Yang Ye didn’t understand why she would ask such a question, but he hesitated for a moment before he said, “It should be alright!”
She shook her head in response and said, “Your path is still very long. You can only be considered to have started on the path at most. Let’s put that aside for now. I’ll transmit that sword technique into your mind for you to have a look!” As she spoke, she flicked her finger, and a ray of light shot into Yang Ye’s head.
A block of information appeared in his mind.
Tri-Apex Sword Technique, the Mortal Sword. This technique required Sword Unification. The man is the sword, and the sword is the man. Make the sword a part of the body and give true life to the sword….
The Sword Spirit said, “Cultivating this sword technique will be much easier for you because your attainment in the Sword Dao has fully surpa.s.sed Sword Unification. You only need to familiarize yourself with the circulation pathways of this sword technique, and the combination of intent, energy, and spirit when executing it. You’ll be able to execute it once you’re done. However, you have to constantly practice it if you want it to grow stronger.”
Yang Ye opened his eyes, stretched out his hand, and a sword appeared in hi grasp. He instantly felt like the sword was a part of his body. But it wasn’t long before he realized that it wasn’t that simple. Because he didn’t just have to attain Sword Unification when executing this technique, he had to circulate his Spiritual Energy, Soul Energy, Sword Intent, and profound energy.
In short, it wasn’t something that could be accomplished in a few days.
He asked, “It’s called the Tri-Apex Sword Technique, so there should be 2 more, right?”
“Don’t reach beyond your grasp!” She walked over to Chi Huo’s corpse and said, “Even though it isn’t very difficult for you to cultivate the Mortal Sword, the other 2 techniques aren’t techniques that you can cultivate right now. Moreover, you don’t have the time to slowly cultivate them. So just train well in the Mortal Sword for now!”
As she spoke, she flicked her finger, and then rays of light entered Chi Huo’s corpse.
Yang Ye glanced at the Sword Spirit. He noticed that she was slightly different than before. However, even he couldn’t put a finger on exactly what was different about her. It was just a feeling!
Yang Ye shook his head and stopped thinking about all of that. Because regardless of how she changed, they were on the same boat, so he just had to be a little more vigilant!
One day later, the Sword Spirit finished refining Chi Huo’s corpse into a Sword Servant, and it was Yang Ye’s turn to take control of Chi Huo’s corpse.
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