I Have a Swordheart, Illuminating Thousands of Miles of Mountains and Rivers!

Chen Fan sprinted all the way, heading straight for Black Mountain.

About half an hour later, he arrived at the foot of Black Mountain.

This speed was undeniably fast, but the road up the mountain was exceptionally difficult.

Chen Fan looked up at Black Mountain, and saw a Black Willow at its peak, blotting out the sky and supporting the heavens.

That Black Willow was rooted in the entire Black Mountain, changing its terrain and plant distribution. No matter which direction Chen Fan took up the mountain, it was all dense vegetation and undulating ridges!

"Are you afraid of me, you damned tree demon?"

"Why not clear a path and fight me head-on?"

Chen Fan shouted loudly, then hacked his way through thorns and brambles, heading straight for the summit of Black Mountain.

"You may call this one Willow Lord."

"The battle has already begun, and you are unaware!"

A rumbling sound came from the peak of Black Mountain, deafening, like thunder rolling in!

As soon as Willow Lord's voice fell, Chen Fan felt the earth shake. One after another, tree trunks as thick as coiling dragons drilled out of the ground, directly wrapping around Chen Fan's legs.

The Bloodfiend True Qi in Chen Fan's body burst out, the terrifying Bloodfiend True Qi was extremely corrosive, directly corroding the willow roots that were entangling him into a pool of black water!

The entire Black Mountain was silent, without demons, without beasts, and even the birds had disappeared.

Chen Fan saw some dried corpses of beasts on the ground, and knew that all the creatures of the entire Black Mountain had become Willow Lord's nourishment!

Even the vegetation was controlled by it. If it wanted to destroy these plants, it could do so in an instant.

Chen Fan waved the Meteorite Iron Blade in his hand, the terrifying blade energy carrying boundless killing intent, and everything in its path was cut by the blade!

Boom boom boom!

Countless black roots drilled out of the ground, and above the sky, countless Black Willow Branches fell from the sky, covering the earth. The roots and branches enveloped Chen Fan together, turning into layers of airtight nets, wanting to trap Chen Fan to death within!

Chen Fan activated the Blood Fiend Art, and terrifying Bloodfiend True Qi burst out of his body, directly shattering the net that enveloped him!

"Don't embarrass yourself with such petty tricks."

"I originally thought your main body would be terrifying, and your strength would far exceed me, a human martial artist who has just entered the Divine Aperture Realm."

"But since I arrived in Black Mountain, you have used all kinds of methods to trap me at the foot of the mountain, not allowing me to go up the mountain. From this, it seems you are nothing more than this."

"You are afraid that I will go up the mountain and uproot you, you are afraid of me!"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Fan laughed wildly, waving the Meteorite Iron Blade in his hand to cut off all the obstacles in front of him, and then ran wildly towards the peak of Black Mountain!

Halfway up the mountain, countless humanoid tree demons and all kinds of demons transformed from black branches and leaves and black roots appeared in front of Chen Fan, pouncing on Chen Fan!

"Get out of my way!"

Chen Fan attached Bloodfiend True Qi to the Meteorite Iron Blade, used Heaven and Earth One-Blade Slash, condensed Blade Intent, and slashed out one blade after another. The terrifying blade energy swept across all directions, and the mountains and rivers collapsed wherever it went, and the woven myriad of demons were all killed!

Chen Fan carried the blade and walked towards the top of the mountain step by step. He didn't know how long he had fought, and he didn't know how many various demons and monsters woven from Willow Lord's roots and branches he had killed.

He was now bloodshot, and he only felt that the number of these demons and monsters seemed to never decrease, and the closer he got to the mountain peak, the stronger these demons and monsters became.

Now Chen Fan only felt countless demons and monsters at the peak of the Divine Treasury Realm attacking him. Even though he was a Divine Aperture Realm martial artist who had opened up thirty-six acupoints, he felt that he was gradually unable to bear it.

He understood that Willow Lord wanted to constantly consume his physical strength, and when he was exhausted, it would kill him in one fell swoop!

"The time is almost up. When I completely turn the tens of thousands of people in Ping An County into my nourishment, my strength will greatly increase. At that time, killing you will be effortless!"

Willow Lord looked down from a high position, its old face appearing from the tree trunk. It looked at Chen Fan, who was constantly fighting at its feet, with a cold smile on its face.

"Time is running out!"

"The time left for me is running out!"

"Damn it!"

Not only did Willow Lord know that time was running out, but Chen Fan also knew that Willow Lord was not giving him much time.

His purpose in coming here to kill Willow Lord was actually a secondary task. How to rescue the tens of thousands of people in Ping An County was the main task.

If the people of Ping An County were all dead, then what would be the point of him killing Willow Lord in the end?

Ping An County.

The Black Willow Branches continued to spread, and as they got closer and closer to everyone, Huang Chengyue and other Brocade Guards, county government yamen runners and constables, including those county soldiers, organized all available forces to take up weapons and chop up all the Black Willow Branches that were extending towards them.

Now that these Black Willow Branches had spread here, their power had been greatly reduced. Although being entangled by them was life-threatening, ordinary adults could completely cut off these hard and flexible Black Willow Branches with weapons!

Lu Xuening was still sitting cross-legged on the roof of the Ping An County Yamen. She sat cross-legged, with the long sword she carried with her placed horizontally in front of her.

Around her body, strands of Sword Qi permeated, and all the Black Willow Branches that tried to approach her were cut to pieces by this Sword Qi!

Moreover, Huang Chengyue was also protecting her. Once she was entangled by the Black Willow Branches, Huang Chengyue would immediately take action and wake her up from her closed-door cultivation state!

"Those Black Willow Branches are covering us, what should we do?"

"Did Master Chen Fan fail?"

"Mother, I don't want to die, waaaah."

"I'm so scared!"

"..."

The Black Willow Branches relentlessly closed in on the crowd. Although everyone was working together to chop down the extending Black Willow Branches, they couldn't chop them down as fast as they spread.

In that moment, panic and sorrow spread through the crowd.

"What is Swordheart Clarity?"

"My master said Swordheart Clarity is when swordsmanship reaches a certain level, the heart becomes clear and transparent, able to clearly perceive the mysteries and essence of swordsmanship. It's a profound realm of the Sword Dao."

"Swordheart Clarity means not being deceived by anything, being able to understand everything, to know safety and danger, fortune and misfortune. As the saying goes, use the sword to prove the Dao, the heart becomes clear, a heroic figure in green robes sings a long song!"

"I have a Swordheart, long sealed by dust, when will the dust be gone and the light be born, illuminating thousands of miles of mountains and rivers!"

"Today, I attain Swordheart Clarity!"

Lu Xuening shouted, sword-shaped marks bursting forth from her eyes. Her sword qi surged, and the acupoints in her body popped open like exploding beans!

She circulated the cultivation method her master had taught her, guiding the world's spiritual energy into her acupoints, through the meridians, and then into her dantian!

Her dantian trembled slightly, and a strand of pure true qi was born from it, then rapidly grew stronger!

Lu Xuening sat cross-legged on the roof of the county government office. At this moment, the Black Willow Branches had already spread in large numbers before her.

With a thought, the thirty-six acupoints around her body shone like thirty-six stars.

Strands of terrifying true qi burst forth, transforming into peerless sword qi, directly shattering the Black Willow Branches!

Then, she stood up, using her acupoints to communicate with the world's spiritual energy, unleashing boundless sword qi, cutting down all the Black Willow Branches within a few miles!

"She succeeded!"

"Xuening has comprehended Swordheart Clarity and entered the Divine Aperture Realm!"

"Brother Lu Fang, this old Huang has not failed your trust, I've raised our daughter into a talent!"

Huang Chengyue looked at the radiant Lu Xuening, and couldn't help but shed tears of joy!