Saber Art Fusion, Strength Greatly Increased

As all the wealthy merchants departed, the eerie youth's lips curled into a terrifying smile.

Suddenly, his neck twitched, twisting at an impossible angle like a snake's. A pair of dark, sinister eyes landed on Jiang Dao.

"You're from the Jiang family?"

As the youth's gaze fell upon him, Jiang Dao's hair stood on end uncontrollably, as if a nameless, ferocious beast had suddenly fixed its gaze on him. His body reacted instinctively, every muscle tensing.

He gripped the hilt of his saber tightly, his voice low. "Yes, who are you?"

"The Jiang family, heh heh... No one leaves without my permission!"

The eerie youth chuckled.

Jiang Dao's heart sank rapidly.

"But how has my Jiang family offended you?"

"Yes, last night you killed one of my Malevolent Spirits."

The eerie youth said calmly.

Jiang Dao's pupils contracted.

Was this youth controlling that rotten Malevolent Spirit?

He quickly turned and fled, leaving the area, his mind churning. His fingers were so tight around the saber's hilt that he almost crushed it.

This was trouble!

The very thing he feared had happened! The Malevolent Spirit he killed had a master.

The eerie youth watched Jiang Dao's retreating back, his neck swaying as if boneless, emitting an unspeakable strangeness and a faint stench of decay. He watched Jiang Dao with a sinister grin.

"M-Master, since he offended you, why let him go?"

General Gongsun, standing beside him, asked nervously.

The eerie youth's dark eyes swept over General Gongsun, his voice chillingly strange, "Don't you think it's fun to let someone despair slowly before killing them?"

General Gongsun shivered.

A cat playing with a mouse!

This was a classic cat-and-mouse game!

But he never imagined that the eldest son of the Jiang family, Jiang Dao, would be so fierce as to kill a Malevolent Spirit?

Had he also become one of those eerie beings?

Jiang Dao returned home quickly, his expression extremely grim.

Jiang Dalong immediately came to meet him. Noticing Jiang Dao's expression, his heart jolted. "Dao'er, has something else happened?"

"No, Father, don't worry!"

Jiang Dao shook his head dully. "Don't rush to leave today. We'll stay in the city for two more days and see."

He didn't want to reveal the truth now, to avoid causing further panic.

In the current situation, Jiang Dao had clearly become the backbone of the entire family. Any news from him could cause an uproar, so he had to endure.

But Jiang Dalong, with his keen insight, saw that Jiang Dao was preoccupied and became uneasy again.

He hesitated slightly. "Dao'er, I plan to gather all the wealthy merchants, influential families, and respected individuals in the city tomorrow to our home to discuss countermeasures. If the authorities still insist on sealing the city, we'll join forces and break out. We'll rebel if we have to. I don't believe the authorities can stop so many of us."

He was prepared to go all out, no matter the cost, to leave Hengzhou.

Jiang Dao's heart was heavy, and he nodded gently. "Everything will be as Father arranges!"

Only he knew that such measures would be useless, because the youth on the city wall just now was clearly no ordinary person.

With 'them' backing the authorities, gathering more people would likely be futile.

But for now, it was better than doing nothing.

Jiang Dao bid farewell to Jiang Dalong and found Pang Lin again.

"Master Pang, I want to find more secret manuals. Are there any auctions in the city? Could you keep an eye out for me?"

Jiang Dao asked.

"Young Master wants to find other secret manuals? Alright, but the city is in chaos recently, so I doubt these auctions can continue to operate. I'll go take a look myself this afternoon."

Pang Lin replied.

"Thank you, Master Pang!"

Jiang Dao said.

Afterwards, he returned to his room and opened his status panel again.

Four of his martial arts had reached the realm of 120 years, but only the Wind Chasing Saber was still at the 60-year realm.

Looking at the Wind Chasing Saber, he hesitated slightly and fell into thought.

He wondered if he could integrate the Wind Chasing Saber into the Blood Shadow Saber Art.

These two saber arts were originally unrelated, but he had practiced one for 120 years and the other for 60 years. His understanding of both had reached the pinnacle of perfection, so even merging them was a highly probable outcome.

The profound essence of the Wind Chasing Saber Art could be summarized in one word: speed.

Fast as a gale!

So fast it outran the wind!

As for the Blood Shadow Saber Art, its essence was primarily slaughter.

All forty-nine forms existed solely for the purpose of killing.

Jiang Dao sat cross-legged on his bed, running simulations in his mind.

The two saber arts transformed into countless pieces of information, intertwining and merging in his mind, evolving one by one. He stripped away overlapping and complex movements, retaining only the essence, and based on his own understanding, added many new movements that would be impossible for ordinary people to perform.

After all, even the creators of these two martial arts could never have practiced them for 60 or 120 years.

But Jiang Dao had.

Therefore, standing on the shoulders of his predecessors and merging them was extremely smooth.

Two hours passed.

Jiang Dao opened his eyes again, a hint of fatigue flashing within them.

A brand new saber art materialized in his mind.

At the same time, the text on the panel began to change.

The two saber arts gradually blurred and disappeared, merging into one, transforming into a new saber art.

Swish!

Blood Shadow Soulchaser Blade (Beginner) [Modifiable].

Jiang Dao breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face. He immediately focused his intent and clicked on it.

The text behind Blood Shadow Soulchaser Blade began to change rapidly.

Ten years!

Twenty years!

Thirty years!

Soon, it reached sixty years!

Buzz!

An incredibly vast power surged forth from Jiang Dao's limbs and bones, vast and mighty, extending to every corner of his body. Every muscle was filled with this immense strength.

His comprehension of the saber art instantly leaped forward by several stages.

And as the Blood Shadow Soulchaser Blade was modified to the sixty-year realm, all the stats on the panel also changed.

Strength: 2.8

Speed: 2.4

Spirit: 1.3

"My spirit increased?"

Suddenly, Jiang Dao noticed the subtle change on the panel.

His spirit had always been 1.2 before, but now it had directly become 1.3, an increase of 0.1.

"Could merging martial arts also incidentally boost one's spirit?"

He pondered this in his heart.

But no matter what!

After cultivating the Blood Shadow Soulchaser Blade to 60 years, his strength had once again surged several times over.

He brought his five fingers together and suddenly swept them out.

Whoosh!

The air let out a piercing whistling sound, its momentum terrifying, like a bloody afterimage flashing past.

A palpable killing intent emanated!

The merged martial art, in terms of both speed and killing intent, was far superior to before.

"The level of this martial art is definitely no less than the Mad Demon Staff Art. If I can continue to merge other saber arts, perhaps an unprecedented saber art will be created by me."

Jiang Dao's eyes gleamed.

He vaguely saw a completely different path ahead.

By cultivating and merging various saber arts one by one, perhaps he could become a Saber Saint of his generation.

As evening approached.

Pang Lin finally arrived from outside, his face beaming with excitement, bringing news that greatly surprised Jiang Dao.

"Young Master, I've just inquired at several auction houses, and it turns out that the Dragon City Auction House has a cultivation technique!"

Pang Lin said excitedly.

"What? A cultivation technique?"