Demonic Soul Blade

"You're asking for death, so I'll grant it. After I kill you, I'll find that brat," Jie Ming said coldly.

After speaking, he used his long sword to kill the man in white before him with a single strike.

At this moment, the Yinluo Sect disciples were furious. If this sealed long saber were lost, none of them would fare well.

After killing the man in white, Jie Ming ordered, "Immediately notify the other disciples to search this area. Send out his portrait as well. We must capture that brat."

"Yes." The Yinluo Sect disciples sprang into action.

Some of their people had not yet caught up. There were dozens of them in total.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen had escaped and arrived at a secluded area. Seeing that no one was following him, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

The Yinluo Sect had over a dozen Martial Master Realm experts, and Jie Ming himself was a Martial Master Realm expert. Jiang Chen didn't have the confidence to engage them.

If it were just a few ordinary Martial Master Realm experts, Jiang Chen would have dared to fight.

"I wonder what's inside this storage bag. Let's take a look," Jiang Chen thought.

He opened the storage bag and was immediately stunned. Inside were at least over a hundred thousand spirit stones, along with many other materials. The total value was easily over a hundred thousand spirit stones.

Jiang Chen also found a long box inside.

Jiang Chen then took out the long box.

When he opened it, he saw an ancient long saber lying inside. The long saber looked very old, like an antique.

"How could such a dilapidated long saber be kept in such a beautiful box?" Jiang Chen wondered.

This long saber was precisely what the Yinluo Sect wanted back.

Suddenly, at this moment, the Sky Devouring Pearl within Jiang Chen's body trembled, and a black demonic energy shot out and struck the long saber.

Instantly, the long saber in Jiang Chen's hand trembled, detached from his grip, and flew up.

"What?" Jiang Chen's expression changed.

He didn't understand how the Sky Devouring Pearl within his body had suddenly emitted a force that caused the saber to behave this way.

The long saber was now emitting astonishing demonic energy.

Jiang Chen felt the long saber was extremely dangerous.

He wanted to escape from here. What a strange long saber.

But at this moment, Jiang Chen actually received a telepathic message from the Sky Devouring Pearl, instructing him to accept the saber.

"Let me accept this long saber?" Jiang Chen could actually understand the Sky Devouring Pearl's meaning.

Jiang Chen was greatly alarmed. Did the Sky Devouring Pearl have its own consciousness?

However, Jiang Chen's current powerful cultivation was also due to the Sky Devouring Pearl.

Even if something was wrong with the Sky Devouring Pearl, Jiang Chen couldn't resist it.

He felt that the Sky Devouring Pearl had an extraordinary origin.

Soon, the rust on the surface of the long saber fell off, and it continued to emit demonic energy.

Then it fell to the ground.

The Sky Devouring Pearl signaled Jiang Chen to drip blood to recognize it as his master.

Jiang Chen had no choice but to comply, letting some blood fall onto the demonic saber.

Instantly, the demonic saber absorbed the blood.

Jiang Chen then felt a connection form between himself and the demonic saber.

The long saber before him was actually a demonic saber.

"Demonic Soul Blade?" Jiang Chen actually learned that the long saber before him was called the Demonic Soul Blade.

He also discovered that it had nine seals, and only one seal had been broken so far.

However, even with only one seal broken, its power was equivalent to that of a Fourth-tier Spirit Weapon, and it was an extremely powerful one among Fourth-tier Spirit Weapons.

Furthermore, the Demonic Soul Blade was an Ancient Demonic Weapon and was very sturdy.

As long as it didn't encounter a spirit weapon of the same level, it would be difficult to destroy, even with its seals.

"Demonic Soul Blade, Ancient Demonic Weapon. This long saber actually has such an origin," Jiang Chen was inwardly shocked.

"Good saber," Jiang Chen was overjoyed.

Looking at the Demonic Soul Blade before him, Jiang Chen became more and more satisfied.

This spirit weapon seemed to be a Demonic Path Spirit Weapon. Its power would be even greater if activated with demonic energy.

The Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art that Jiang Chen practiced allowed his true qi to transform into demonic energy. This was originally a demonic cultivation technique.

The Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon itself belonged to the demonic path.

The so-called righteous path and demonic path differed only in their cultivation methods and the attributes of their spiritual energy.

In many aspects, there were still many similarities.

One should not distinguish between good and evil based on the righteous or demonic path.

The Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art allows the true qi within the body to switch between righteous and demonic paths.

Jiang Chen looked at the giant rock before him, then activated the demonic energy within his body. Wielding the Demonic Soul Blade, he slashed out.

A black blade energy shot forth.

"Boom." The giant rock in front of him was instantly split in half.

Such astonishing power also depleted one-fifth of the spirit energy within Jiang Chen's body.

It was evident that activating the Demonic Soul Blade placed a significant burden on Jiang Chen's current cultivation.

"What immense power, this destructive force must be comparable to a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert. However, it demands too much spirit energy, which is a limitation. If I could break through to the Martial Master Realm, my true qi would increase, and using the Demonic Soul Blade would be much easier," Jiang Chen thought to himself.

Jiang Chen had gained another method.

He wondered how the white-robed cultivator was doing. To give him such a precious Demonic Soul Blade just now, Jiang Chen was truly grateful.

"If people from the Yinluo Sect see me like this, I might encounter a lot of trouble in the future," Jiang Chen thought.

The Yinluo Sect people were likely chasing the white-robed cultivator because of this Demonic Soul Blade.

"But now that it's in my hands, there's no reason to return it."

Jiang Chen's figure flickered rapidly, and he quickly left the area.

His current goal was to quickly advance to the Martial Master Realm.

Soon, Jiang Chen spotted a group from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

This team consisted of ten people, and they were currently dealing with a third-tier, first-level Unicorn Rhinoceros.

The Unicorn Rhinoceros had tough skin and flesh, and possessed immense strength, making it difficult to handle.

However, this team of Bloodfire Mercenaries was led by someone at the Martial Master Realm, Second Level, while the others were all at the Martial Artist Realm.

They worked together to trap the Unicorn Rhinoceros, then the Martial Master Realm, Second Level expert made his move, attacking the beast's weak points.

Soon, the Unicorn Rhinoceros was heavily wounded and on the verge of being killed.

But just then, an arrow shot out, its target being the Martial Master Realm, Second Level mercenary captain.

No one expected such a sudden turn of events.

Completely unprepared, thwack, the arrow instantly struck the captain's head.

The Martial Master Realm, Second Level captain fell to the ground, dead on the spot.

"What? Enemies!" The other mercenaries were greatly alarmed.

They hadn't expected someone to be sniping them.

Before they could even figure out the enemy's location, three more whistling sounds tore through the air.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

Three screams followed. Three more Martial Artist Realm mercenaries were directly hit.

"The enemy is this way!" The group finally saw the direction from which the arrows were coming.

They all drew their bows and shot towards Jiang Chen's position.

It turned out that the one sniping was Jiang Chen.

Killing a Martial Master Realm, Second Level expert with a single arrow would make things much easier for Jiang Chen.

As numerous arrows flew towards him, Jiang Chen's figure flashed, and he quickly moved away from his original spot, employing Traceless Steps. His movements were like phantoms, and these people were utterly incapable of harming him.

"Damn it..."

Seeing that they couldn't hit Jiang Chen, everyone was enraged.

However, Jiang Chen's speed was incredible. He instantly charged in front of them.

Seeing Jiang Chen charging towards them, the mercenaries also drew their Spirit Weapons, intending to kill him.

"Pfft, pfft..." Blade lights flashed everywhere.

In front of Jiang Chen, these Martial Artist Realm mercenaries had no power to fight back and were directly cut down by him.

To their dying moments, they couldn't understand how their formidable team could be annihilated by a mere youngster at the Martial Artist Realm Tenth Level.

At this point, with the Bloodfire Mercenary Group dead, the Unicorn Rhinoceros broke free from its restraints and tried to escape.

But how could Jiang Chen possibly let the Unicorn Rhinoceros escape?

"Draw Sword Slash." A powerful blade light instantly struck the Unicorn Rhinoceros. The beast's body collapsed, and it lost all signs of life.

Jiang Chen felt no psychological pressure in killing the Bloodfire Mercenary Group; it was akin to eliminating a scourge for the people.

Then, Jiang Chen began to circulate the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art. Instantly, a powerful suction force emanated from his body, devouring the blood energy from the corpses of the fallen Bloodfire Mercenary Group members on the ground.

The blood energy from the Unicorn Rhinoceros was also drawn out.

"Pfft." Jiang Chen's aura instantly erupted. He had broken through to the Martial Master Realm, First Level.

Sensing the vast spiritual energy within his body, a look of joy flashed across Jiang Chen's face. Finally, he had entered the Martial Master Realm. In Qingyue Town, he was now considered an absolute powerhouse.

With this, Jiang Chen felt even more confident about the upcoming journey to the Dragon King Secret Realm.

After packing his belongings, Jiang Chen's figure flickered, and he left the area.

Not long after, another team from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group discovered the situation here. All ten of them had been slaughtered, and beside them lay the mangled corpse of a Unicorn Rhinoceros, its valuable materials completely stripped away.

"Damn it, someone actually killed our people? Investigate immediately, find out who it was," Chen Luo said coldly.

He hadn't expected Chen Luo of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group to show up here.

A while ago, the outpost he was stationed at had been robbed, resulting in heavy losses.

When headquarters learned of this, the Group Leader was furious.

There was no other way. To compensate for the losses, his outpost had been diligently hunting Demonic Beasts in the Great Desolate Mountain Range to earn more spirit stones.

Another task was to investigate the identity of that mysterious masked man. There had been no leads for a long time.

However, Jiang Chen's previous incident was still under investigation, and he believed a result would be reached soon.

They had already dispatched people to gather information in several surrounding towns.

"Captain, we've received news from the outpost. There's an update on that kid from Snake King Valley," a mercenary ran over and said to Chen Luo.

"Oh? There's news? What's his background?" Chen Luo asked.

He had been in a bad mood after losing ten men, but hearing news about Jiang Chen improved his mood slightly.

This was finally some good news.

"That kid is a genius from the Jiang Family in Qingyue Town, named Jiang Chen. He's eighteen years old and won first place in this year's family competition. He's the Jiang Family's top genius, currently at the Martial Artist Realm Tenth Level."

"Previously, this Jiang Chen was a decent genius in the Jiang Family, but a while ago, his dantian was crippled by a disciple of the Chaohai Sect named Liu Yun. For some unknown reason, Jiang Chen's cultivation didn't disappear, and his cultivation progressed much faster, ultimately winning first place in the family competition and becoming the Jiang Family's top genius."

"Before the Jiang Family competition, Jiang Chen wasn't well-known, and many people didn't even know of his existence. But after the family competition, many people became aware of him, which is why we were able to quickly gather information about Jiang Chen," the subordinate explained.

"So, he's from the Jiang Family. Very good. If Jiang Chen dares to kill our people, then the Jiang Family will pay a heavy price," Chen Luo said coldly.

"What about the situation with the Hall Master?" Chen Luo asked.

"We're not sure. We came to inform you immediately after receiving the news. Of course, someone else has already delivered this information to the Hall Master. If the Hall Master has any decisions, he should make arrangements," the subordinate replied.

"Understood. Someone killed our people, and we must track down this enemy, otherwise, our lives will be difficult once we return to the outpost," Chen Luo said coldly.

Lately, they had been experiencing one misfortune after another.

First, some of their men were killed by Jiang Chen, then their outpost was attacked, and their treasury was looted.

Now, another team had died.

"Everyone, search with me and see if we can find any clues," Chen Luo said.

They were unaware that Jiang Chen was also the one who had previously attacked their outpost.

While searching, the Bloodfire Mercenary Group soon encountered people from the Yinluo Sect.

"Halt," the Yinluo Sect members shouted coldly.

The Yinluo Sect's strength was far greater than that of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group. Coupled with their status as a major power, they possessed a sense of superiority over the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

The Bloodfire Mercenary Group recognized them as members of the Yinluo Sect from their attire.

The Yinluo Sect was one of the three major sects in Beihai Commandery, with countless experts within their ranks. If they truly wanted to deal with the Bloodfire Mercenary Group, it wouldn't be difficult.

Not to mention, Chen Luo was currently only a captain at the Martial Master Realm.

"May I ask what business the esteemed members of the Yinluo Sect have?" Chen Luo asked with a fawning smile.

"Who are you?" Jie Ming asked coldly.

"We are from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group. I am Squad Leader Chen Luo," Chen Luo replied respectfully.

Chen Luo was only at the Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level, while Jie Ming was at the Martial Master Realm, Ninth Level. Furthermore, Jie Ming's team had several individuals whose strength was not inferior to Chen Luo's.

Chen Luo didn't dare to act tough at this moment.

"So, you are mercenaries. It's like this, we are looking for someone. Have you seen this person?" Jie Ming produced a portrait, which clearly depicted Jiang Chen.

They had seen Jiang Chen before and were able to draw his likeness.

"It's him!" Chen Luo was also surprised upon seeing Jiang Chen's portrait.

"What? You've seen him? Quickly, where is he?" Jie Ming immediately asked.

Judging by Chen Luo's reaction, he had clearly seen Jiang Chen.

"Esteemed sir, to tell you the truth, we are also looking for this kid. He killed many of our men previously, and he is an enemy of our Bloodfire Mercenary Group," Chen Luo said.

"Could it be that this person is currently in the Great Desolate Mountain Range?" Chen Luo inquired.