This time, Chen Xiaojun did not completely dodge, because the two horse bodies swept in from left and right. He misjudged, turned his right side, and slashed his sword horizontally to the right, but his left arm was still grazed by the fierce wind. A cut opened, and blood likewise spilled.
After two or three exchanges, although Chen Xiaojun dodged them all, several more bloody scratches had appeared on him.
"There's still no way around it. In the end, I still have to use that move!"
His right hand propped the sword diagonally against the ground. He took the scabbard out of his Soul Tool and slowly sheathed the blade, then closed his eyes. He knew his eyes could not keep up.
After charging past, the Pegasus wheeled around and sprinted at him again. A horse's shadow flashed by, reaching a speed almost invisible to the naked eye—"Extreme Speed Sky-Piercing."
It was not stupid. On the contrary, it was very intelligent and keenly instinctive. Seeing this one-meter-three child close his eyes, it sensed danger. He might break "Light Splitting Shadow Severing," so it chose another skill, "Extreme Speed Sky-Piercing."
It had to be said that this Pegasus's aptitude was indeed impressive. Aside from Divine Gale Thorns, it had awakened and comprehended the vast majority of innate skills below the ten-thousand-year level. Its aptitude was extremely high. Fortunately, it did not seem to have any long-range attack skills, or perhaps it had not yet trained to the point of long-range control.
"Light Splitting Shadow Severing" was a combination of wind and light. It made greater use of light-manipulation techniques to create visual interference, then used the two attributes to conjure phantom avatars.
This time, however, "Extreme Speed Sky-Piercing" pushed the Pegasus's speed to the extreme. At that moment, the rhombus gemstone flashed with silver light, giving the Pegasus a faint Space Attribute and causing the space along its path to split open in tiny cracks. It sent chills down one's spine, and its power was enormous.
But this skill had extremely severe side effects. It required an exceptionally powerful physique and abundant Soul Power to protect the user. In truth, with its strength, even at its peak it would suffer backlash and injury. "Space is King" was not just an empty saying, let alone at this moment.
As an upper-tier top-grade soul beast with thousand-year cultivation, it had rudimentary intelligence. It knew it would not survive today. What it wanted, from beginning to end, was mutual destruction.
At the moment of the Decisive Battle, the atmosphere was suffocating!
Chen Yu stared fixedly. During this time, he tried several times to release his Soul Power, but lowered his hand again.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Xiaojun raised his hand. The sword was already out of its sheath. The sound of the blade vanished in an instant, cold light flickered, and it struck terror into the heart. The sword light was like a rainbow, cutting across the sky, dazzling and mesmerizing.
Sword Drawing Technique!
At this moment, drawing the sword from its sheath truly meant either you died or I did. It was an indomitable spirit, a courage that feared no hardship, a resolute attitude!
The grace of this sword made Chen Yu, the only spectator, fix his gaze upon it, speechless!
As cold radiance flickered, pieces of flesh and blood from the neck flew splattering over. It fell, no longer neighing, nor capable of neighing!
This sword—in speed, force, feel, and precision—was not off by the slightest bit. One strike, one kill!
Several breaths later, Chen Xiaojun could not help but vomit a mouthful of blood.
Though the Pegasus was dead, the destructive force that had stirred up space still pressed forward relentlessly, and it was not easy to take.
Not far away, along with the death of this Pegasus, a faint ring of purple light gradually rose from its body. The purple light rippled ethereally in the air, as if it might disperse at any moment.
A six-year-old child, a rank 10 Soul Scholar, had sniped head-on a fifteen-hundred-year upper-tier ninth-grade top soul beast, even if it had been injured.
Not to mention whether there had ever been one in the distant past, in the past few centuries, there had absolutely been no one like him!
As a Titled Douluo, Chen Yu could not stop his whole body from trembling. It was excitement, lingering fear, exhilaration, and also relief.
If this were described like a fantasy novel, Chen Yu would not have been able to resist throwing back his head and roaring, "My grandson has the makings of a great emperor!"
Chen Yu calmed himself slightly, flew to Chen Xiaojun, and handed him a pill and a box of medicinal paste.
"This Thousand Year Soul Ring has a two-hour time limit. Don't rush. Treat your injuries first. This is an Ancient Dust Pill, a high-grade healing pill. Not only does it have powerful effects for stopping bleeding and healing wounds, it can also rapidly restore Soul Power. This is Sword Spirit Balm. Its medicinal properties are gentle, and it works wonders when applied externally to wounds. It promotes blood circulation, disperses stasis, reduces swelling, and relieves pain. These two are inherited medicines of our Chen Clan, and they suit us swordsmen very well."
The Ancient Dust Pill's appearance was made up of reddish-yellow granules, an irregular spherical shape. Its surface had fine particles and sword-shaped patterns, as if many small swords were swimming inside it.
Chen Xiaojun took it and swallowed it right away. The surging fluctuations of Soul Power, his aura, and his blood rapidly calmed down, and his Soul Power slowly began recovering as well. Then he applied the white Sword Spirit Balm. The medicinal smell was not pungent. At first it felt cool, and the wound immediately stopped bleeding. His skin did not itch, and it scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye. It felt comfortable when applied, gentle and non-irritating!
One hour passed, and Chen Xiaojun had no more problems.
"Xiao'er, this Pegasus soul beast, a fifteen-hundred-year First Soul Ring—to absorb a First Soul Ring of such a high age, at least for the past few centuries, I have never heard of it. You must be careful. If the absorption doesn't go smoothly, stop at once. If I notice anything wrong, I will also forcibly interrupt you!"
A lustrous white Sword God Pearl appeared. A faint lustrous white light lit up from Chen Xiaojun's hands as he sat cross-legged with five centers facing the sky. He beckoned toward the soul ring produced by the Pegasus, and that soul ring drifted over, circling around Chen Xiaojun's body.
As the soul ring's power entered his body, he only felt a terrifying, explosive force madly burst open inside him.
It was a vast hot current filled with sharpness that suddenly poured into his body, filling his limbs, bones, and every part of him. That hot current had already begun scorching his body like blazing flames.
Under the first powerful impact, Chen Xiaojun only felt as if his body were about to burst apart. The intense pain made him directly spray out a mouthful of blood.
"Xiao'er, quick, circulate the Upright Sword Qi Technique!"
Chen Xiaojun immediately circulated the Upright Sword Qi Technique at high speed. The Soul Power that had originally filled his meridians was forcibly guided along the Small Circulatory Cycle route of the Upright Sword Qi Technique through every part of his body.
At this moment, an enormous suction force came from the Lower Soul Nest. Most of the Soul Power poured over like a tide passing through a floodgate.
Because the Soul Nest had not yet fully opened, the surging Soul Power formed a vortex-like airflow at the mouth of the Lower Soul Nest and was rapidly sucked into the crack passage of the Soul Nest. It was just like a funnel, and the Lower Soul Nest at the bottom opening was like a bottomless pit, only taking in and never letting out.
At the same time, another portion of energy separated out from this hot current and was also rapidly absorbed by his meridians, ceaselessly repairing Chen Xiaojun's body. It should have been the Pegasus's physical body essence. Originally, essence that exceeded the age limit also carried a certain danger, but it just happened to coincide with his physical body tearing apart. Instead, it was rapidly absorbed and used for repair. And so, destruction, repair, annihilation, creation—the cycle repeated over and over.
Inside the Upper Soul Nest, Mental Power surged over as well. Only, before the Pegasus's remnant soul consciousness had time to launch an assault, it let out a mournful cry and was likewise mostly sucked away. The remaining scattered Mental Power turned into specks of starlight and was swallowed by the Mental Sea of Consciousness.
Remnant souls were what people in his previous life called the will of living beings. Scientifically, they were called bioelectricity, brain waves, and the like.
The stronger and more spiritual an animal was, the more of this remnant soul remained after death. In this world, the stronger a soul beast was, or the more top-tier a soul beast was, the stronger the resentment of the remnant soul within its soul ring after death.
Though the Pegasus was an upper-tier powerful soul beast, it was, after all, only fifteen hundred years old, and was easily absorbed by the Sword God Pearl.
In the Lower Soul Nest, the first Sword God Pearl, faint white yet seemingly transparent, radiated dazzling light. More and more Soul Power poured in, and around the Sword God Pearl, a cyclone like an airflow nebula also formed.
The Soul Power spun faster and faster. Amid the light, a divine sword slowly formed, generating at a speed visible to the naked eye until the divine sword took shape and no longer absorbed anything.
At this moment, Chen Xiaojun had already calmed down. The hot current was no longer scorching. The Upright Sword Qi Technique circulated like sheep force moving slowly, like the Du channel rising and the Ren channel descending, cycling again and again to form a perfect Small Circulatory Cycle. Slowly, the swelling feeling in his body disappeared, and a warm, comfortable sensation arose spontaneously.
He felt that his five viscera and six bowels, spine, limbs, and all parts of his physical body had become much stronger. He felt his physical body quality had doubled. Do not look down on a single doubling; for example, the effect produced by three hundred jin of strength and six hundred jin was completely worlds apart.
And the meridians in his body, which had never been expanded because his internal breath had been weak, were also widened and toughened. A feeling of complete transformation arose spontaneously.
Two hours passed. The purple soul ring faintly dispersed, dropping its final wisp of pale purple light. When it completely merged into his body, Chen Xiaojun finally opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. White light shone out, illuminating Chen Xiaojun's body until it seemed translucent.
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