Demonic Soul Blade

"Looking for death? Then I'll grant your wish. After I kill you, I'll find that brat as well," Jie Ming said coldly.

With that, the long sword in his hand flashed, killing the white-clothed man before him with a single strike.

The people from the Yinluo Sect were furious. If anything happened to this sealed long blade, none of them would have an easy time of it.

After killing the white-clothed man, Jie Ming ordered, "Notify the other disciples immediately. Search this entire area, and send out his portrait as well. We must capture that brat."

"Yes." The Yinluo Sect members immediately took action.

Some of their people had yet to catch up. There were several dozen of them in total.

After escaping, Jiang Chen arrived in a secluded area. Only after seeing that no one had followed him did he let out a sigh of relief.

The Yinluo Sect had more than a dozen Martial Master Realm experts, and Jie Ming was a Martial Master Realm expert as well. Jiang Chen had no confidence in dealing with them, so he had not engaged them.

If there had only been a few ordinary Martial Master Realm experts, Jiang Chen would still have dared to fight.

I wonder what's inside this storage pouch. I'll take a look, Jiang Chen thought.

He opened the storage pouch, and was instantly stunned. There were at least several hundred thousand spirit stones inside, along with quite a few other materials. Altogether, they were worth no less than several hundred thousand spirit stones.

Jiang Chen also found a long box inside.

He took out the long box.

When he opened it, a simple, ancient long blade lay inside. It looked as though it had weathered the passage of countless years, like an antique.

How could such a battered long blade be kept in such a beautiful box? Jiang Chen wondered.

This was precisely the item the Yinluo Sect wanted back.

Suddenly, the Sky Devouring Pearl inside Jiang Chen's body trembled, and a stream of black Demonic Energy shot onto the long blade.

In an instant, the long blade in Jiang Chen's hand trembled, broke free of his grasp, and flew into the air.

"What?" Jiang Chen's expression changed.

He did not understand why the Sky Devouring Pearl had suddenly released a force that had caused the long blade to behave this way.

The long blade now radiated astonishing Demonic Energy.

Jiang Chen sensed that the long blade was extremely dangerous.

He wanted to flee. This long blade was far too bizarre.

But at that moment, Jiang Chen actually received an intention from the Sky Devouring Pearl: he was to accept the blade.

"You want me to accept this long blade?" Jiang Chen actually understood what the Sky Devouring Pearl meant.

Jiang Chen was horrified. Could it be that the Sky Devouring Pearl has a consciousness of its own?

However, the reason Jiang Chen possessed such powerful cultivation was also because of the Sky Devouring Pearl.

Even if something was wrong with it, Jiang Chen had no power to resist.

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

Soon, the rust on the surface of the long blade fell away, yet it continued to radiate Demonic Energy.

Then it dropped to the ground.

The Sky Devouring Pearl indicated that Jiang Chen should acknowledge the blade as his master with his blood.

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

In an instant, the demonic blade absorbed the blood.

Jiang Chen then sensed that he had formed a faint connection with the demonic blade.

The long blade before him was actually a demonic blade.

"Demonic Soul Blade?" Jiang Chen somehow knew that the long blade before him was called the Demonic Soul Blade.

He also discovered that it had nine seals, of which only one had currently been removed.

Yet even with only one seal undone, its power was already equivalent to that of a Fourth-tier Spirit Weapon. Among Fourth-tier Spirit Weapons, it was still an exceptionally powerful one.

Moreover, the Demonic Soul Blade was an Ancient Demonic Weapon and was extremely durable.

Unless it encountered a Spirit Weapon of the same level, it would be very difficult to destroy even while sealed.

"An Ancient Demonic Weapon, the Demonic Soul Blade... This long blade actually has such an origin." Jiang Chen was shocked.

What a fine blade. Jiang Chen was delighted.

The more Jiang Chen looked at the Demonic Soul Blade, the more satisfied he became.

This Spirit Weapon seemed to be a Demonic Path Spirit Weapon. If activated with Demonic Energy, its power would be even greater.

Jiang Chen cultivated the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art, and the true qi in his body could be transformed into Demonic Energy. It was originally a demonic cultivation technique.

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

The so-called righteous path and demonic path merely differed in their methods of cultivation, as well as the attributes of their spiritual energy.

In many respects, they still had much in common.

Good and evil could not be distinguished simply by whether one belonged to the righteous or demonic path.

The true qi cultivated through the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art could shift between the righteous and demonic paths.

Jiang Chen looked at the boulder before him, then circulated the Demonic Energy in his body. Gripping the Demonic Soul Blade, he struck down.

A black Blade Qi Slash shot out.

"Boom!" The huge boulder before him was instantly cleaved in two.

Such astonishing power also consumed one-fifth of the spiritual energy in Jiang Chen's body.

Clearly, activating the Demonic Soul Blade placed an enormous burden on Jiang Chen's current cultivation.

"What powerful might. With such destructive power, it should be comparable to the strength of a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert, right? However, it consumes far too much spiritual energy, which places certain limits on it. If I enter the Martial Master Realm, the amount of true qi in my body will increase, and using the Demonic Soul Blade will become much easier." Jiang Chen thought to himself.

Jiang Chen now had another means at his disposal.

He wondered how that white-clothed cultivator was doing. The man had actually given him such a precious Demonic Soul Blade, so Jiang Chen truly had to thank him.

The people from the Yinluo Sect saw what I look like. I'll probably have plenty of trouble from them in the future, Jiang Chen thought.

The people from the Yinluo Sect had most likely pursued the white-clothed cultivator because of this Demonic Soul Blade.

But now that it has fallen into my hands, there's no reason for me to return it.

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

His current goal was to enter the Martial Master Realm as quickly as possible.

Before long, Jiang Chen saw a group of people from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

This team had ten people and was fighting a third-tier, First-Level Unicorn Rhinoceros.

The Unicorn Rhinoceros had thick hide and coarse flesh, immense strength, and was difficult to deal with.

However, this Bloodfire Mercenary team was led by a Second-Level Martial Master Realm expert. The others were all at the Martial Artist Realm.

They worked together to restrain the Unicorn Rhinoceros, after which the Second-Level Martial Master Realm expert attacked its weak points.

Soon, the Unicorn Rhinoceros was gravely wounded and could be killed at any moment.

However, at that moment, a sharp arrow shot over, targeting the Second-Level Martial Master Realm mercenary captain.

No one had expected such a shocking turn of events.

Without the slightest warning, the sharp arrow pierced the squad leader's head with a splat.

The Second-Level Martial Master Realm mercenary captain collapsed on the spot and died instantly.

"What? There's an enemy!" The other mercenaries were stricken with terror.

They had never expected someone to launch a sneak attack from hiding.

Before they could determine where the enemy was, three more sounds tore through the air.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

Three screams rang out, and three more Martial Artist Realm mercenaries were struck.

"The enemy's over there!" The group finally saw the direction from which the cold arrows had come.

They hurriedly drew their bows and fired toward Jiang Chen.

The one who had launched the sneak attack was Jiang Chen.

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

Countless arrows shot toward Jiang Chen. His figure flickered, and he swiftly left his original position, using Traceless Steps. His movements were like phantoms, and these people could do nothing to him.

"Damn it..."

The group was enraged when they saw that they could not hit Jiang Chen.

However, Jiang Chen was too fast. He charged straight to their front in an instant.

When the group saw Jiang Chen rush over, they also took up their Spirit Weapons and tried to kill him.

"Splatter, splatter..." Blade light erupted in all directions.

Before Jiang Chen, these Martial Artist Realm mercenaries had no power to fight back and were directly killed by him.

Even in death, they could not understand how such a formidable team of theirs had been slaughtered by a Martial Artist Realm Tenth Level brat.

After the Bloodfire Mercenary Group members died, the Unicorn Rhinoceros broke free of its restraints and tried to flee.

But how could Jiang Chen possibly allow the Unicorn Rhinoceros before him to escape?

"Draw Sword Slash!" A powerful blade light instantly struck the Unicorn Rhinoceros. Its body toppled over, completely losing all signs of life.

Jiang Chen felt no psychological pressure after killing the Bloodfire Mercenary Group members. He had, in a sense, eliminated a menace for the people.

Jiang Chen then began circulating the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art. In an instant, a powerful suction force emerged from his body, swallowing the blood-qi power within the corpses of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group members who had just died.

The blood-qi power within the Unicorn Rhinoceros was also drawn out.

"Pfft." Jiang Chen's aura erupted in an instant. He had entered the Martial Master Realm, First Level.

Feeling the vast spiritual power within his body, delight flashed across Jiang Chen's face. He had finally entered the Martial Master Realm. In Qingyue Town, he now belonged to the ranks of absolute experts.

This gave Jiang Chen even more confidence for his upcoming journey into the Dragon King Secret Realm.

After gathering his things, Jiang Chen's figure flashed, and he left the area.

Not long afterward, another Bloodfire Mercenary Group team discovered what had happened. All ten people had been killed, and there was also the mutilated corpse of a Unicorn Rhinoceros nearby. Every valuable material on it had been taken.

"Damn it! Someone actually killed our people? Investigate it. Find out who did this immediately," Chen Luo said coldly.

Unexpectedly, Chen Luo of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group had also appeared here.

Some time ago, the stronghold where he was stationed had been robbed, suffering heavy losses.

The headquarters had learned of the matter, and the group leader had been furious.

With no other choice, in order to make up for the losses, the stronghold where he was stationed had been working tirelessly to hunt demonic beasts in the Great Desolate Mountain Range and earn more spirit stones.

They were also investigating the identity of that mysterious masked man, but had found no clues during this period.

As for the matter concerning Jiang Chen, it was also under investigation. They believed they would soon have results.

They had already sent people to inquire about news in several nearby towns.

"Captain, a message has come from the stronghold. There's news about that brat from Snake King Valley," a mercenary ran over and said to Chen Luo.

"Hmm? There's news? What's that person's background?" Chen Luo asked.

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

At last, this was some good news.

"That brat is a genius of the Jiang Family in Qingyue Town. His name is Jiang Chen, and he's eighteen this year. At this year's family competition, he took first place. He's the Jiang Family's number-one genius, and his current cultivation is at the Martial Artist Realm Tenth Level."

"Previously, Jiang Chen was merely a fairly talented genius of the Jiang Family. However, some time ago, his dantian was crippled by a Chaohai Sect disciple named Liu Yun. For some unknown reason, Jiang Chen's cultivation did not disappear, and his cultivation speed even increased greatly. He ultimately took first place in the family competition and became the Jiang Family's number-one genius."

"Jiang Chen had not been well-known in the Jiang Family before, and many people had never even heard of him. But after the family competition, many people learned of him, which is why we were able to quickly find information about him," the subordinate said.

"So he's from the Jiang Family. Excellent. Jiang Chen actually dared to kill our people. In that case, the Jiang Family will pay a tremendous price," Chen Luo said coldly.

"What is the situation with the hall master?" Chen Luo asked.

"I'm not sure. As soon as we received the news, we came to notify you. Of course, someone else has delivered this information to the hall master. If the hall master has any decisions, arrangements should be made," the subordinate said.

"Understood. Someone killed our people, so we have to track down this enemy. Otherwise, our days won't be easy after we return to the stronghold," Chen Luo said coldly.

During this period, one misfortune had followed another for them.

First, Jiang Chen had killed some of their people. Then their stronghold had been attacked and their treasury robbed.

Now another team had been wiped out.

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

They did not know that Jiang Chen was also the person who had previously attacked their stronghold.

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

"Stop!" the Yinluo Sect members shouted coldly.

The Yinluo Sect's strength was far greater than that of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group. Moreover, as members of a major power, they possessed a superior attitude toward the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

From their clothing, the Bloodfire Mercenary Group members also realized that they were from the Yinluo Sect.

The Yinluo Sect was one of the Three Great Sects of Beihai Prefecture, with countless experts within the sect. If it truly wanted to deal with the Bloodfire Mercenary Group, it would not be difficult.

Not to mention that Chen Luo was currently only a Martial Master Realm captain.

"May I ask what brings you several lords from the Yinluo Sect here?" Chen Luo asked with a smile.

"Who are you?" Jie Ming said coldly.

"We're from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group. I'm the middle captain, Chen Luo," Chen Luo replied politely.

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 included several people whose strength was no lower than Chen Luo's.

Chen Luo did not dare to act tough at this moment.

"So you're mercenaries. It's like this: we're looking for someone. Have you seen this person?" Jie Ming took out a portrait. It showed Jiang Chen.

They had seen Jiang Chen before and could draw his likeness.

"It's him!" Chen Luo was startled when he saw Jiang Chen's portrait.

"What? You've seen him? Hurry up and tell me where he is!" Jie Ming immediately said.

From Chen Luo's expression, it was obvious that he had seen Jiang Chen.

"My lord, to be honest, we're also looking for this brat. He killed many of our people before and is an enemy of our Bloodfire Mercenary Group," Chen Luo said.

"Could this person also be in the Great Desolate Mountain Range now?" Chen Luo asked.