Body Killing Blade

Chapter 30: Body Killing Blade

On this day, Ning Ye spoke with Xu Yanwen and Chi Wanning for a long time.

He did not manage to secure an opportunity to enter the Green Wood Hall, but that did not matter; he had already successfully left a deep impression in Chi Wanning's heart. And as long as Xu Yanwen still wanted to use him to elevate his own status, he would come looking for him again and again to bolster his reputation.

This was good.

Today was the day Zhang Liekuang would test Ning Ye's Killing Heart Blade.

In the open space in front of the small hut.

Zhang Liekuang stood with his hands behind his back: "Come. This time there are no illusions, only your master. Attack me. If you have truly reached the point where your killing intent is governed by your heart and you see the enemy as the only reality, then even when facing me, you can summon the intent to kill."

"Yes!" Ning Ye bowed and replied.

Zhang Liekuang was right. Once one reached the stage where killing was governed by the heart, the barrier of being unable to summon killing intent against one's own people would vanish; as long as one willed it, the killing intent would arise.

However, as Zhang Liekuang said this, he unleashed his aura to the fullest.

With a cultivation at the peak of the Myriad Laws realm, when he exerted his full power, he felt like a towering mountain standing before Ning Ye, suppressing his spirit. It felt as if he were facing an invincible god, an opponent who could crush him with a single finger.

Facing such an existence, how could one summon the intent to kill?

Once fear took root, any thought of killing would likely evaporate.

Yet, this was the test. A true warrior was one who dared to raise their killing blade no matter how strong the opponent was.

Ning Ye murmured to himself: "So, it means to draw the blade."

"What?" Zhang Liekuang did not understand what he meant and felt slightly stunned.

But Ning Ye had already drawn his blade.

The blade emerged, cold light flared, and his killing intent surged wildly!

Kill!

A blood-colored blade glow stabbed directly toward the spot three inches below Zhang Liekuang's navel.

This was the Guanyuan Acupoint, the place that governed primordial energy, and even more so, the place that locked qi, stored essence, and contained power.

A vital point!

Once the killing intent was unleashed, one must strike at the vitals!

The blade struck without retreat, carrying all of Ning Ye's hatred and killing intent, surging forth as if he truly intended to kill Zhang Liekuang with a single blow.

In that instant, even Zhang Liekuang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and shout, "Good!"

Puff!

The blood-colored blade glow struck Zhang Liekuang's Guanyuan Acupoint dead center. The next moment, the blade shattered into pieces.

Ning Ye could even feel that Zhang Liekuang hadn't used any defensive techniques at all, resisting the strike easily with his physical body alone.

Perhaps that was the only reason a blood-colored mark could be left there.

This was something Zhang Liekuang had left intentionally, just like last time.

Ning Ye sheathed his blade.

Never mind that the blade was broken; even if it hadn't been, there would be no point in attacking again.

The Killing Heart Blade tested the heart first. Once the heart reached the state, the blade was formed; further attacks were meaningless.

After a moment, Zhang Liekuang nodded: "Not bad, you have indeed succeeded. Your Killing Heart Blade is now perfected. To improve further, you will need your own cultivation."

Every immortal technique, cultivation method, and spell had its own ordinary limit.

This ordinary limit only represented the peak under standard conditions, but it would change as a cultivator's cultivation and insights deepened. However, that was a personal matter, no longer related to the technique itself.

Thus, Ning Ye's Killing Heart Blade could be said to be perfected, but it could also be said that he had just reached a starting point. Where he went from here would depend on his own path.

The next moment, Zhang Liekuang flicked his finger at Ning Ye again.

Golden light entered his mind, and three characters appeared in Ning Ye's sea of consciousness: Body Killing Blade.

Zhang Liekuang said: "The Killing Heart Blade focuses on the will. When the killing heart rises, the blade intent is absolute. It is the foundation of the Seven Kills, and precisely because of this, it doesn't actually possess much destructive power. True combat strength must begin with the Body Killing Blade. To kill with the body, one must prioritize muscle and bone aptitude; only with a strong physique can it be effective. This is a true combat technique for refining the body. Once mastered, every part of your body—hair and skin alike—becomes a weapon. There is nothing in this world that cannot be killed. Reflect on this well yourself."

Having said that, he vanished.

Ning Ye remained standing in place, feeling the essence of the Body Killing Blade.

Zhang Liekuang was right. Compared to the Killing Heart Blade, the Body Killing Blade was an immortal technique in the true sense—a sharp tool for taking lives.

The "body" refers to the physical flesh.

The Body Killing Blade trains the physical body, and it destroys the physical body as well.

Once the Body Killing Blade is mastered, the body becomes as hard as refined steel. Hands, feet, elbows, knees, and even a single strand of hair can become a blade.

Precisely because of this, those who practice the Body Killing Blade cannot use weapons until they reach perfection; they must grow accustomed to fighting with their physical bodies.

Only when one has cultivated to the point where every movement is a weapon, and one dares to slash at all things and all laws, can one be said to have attained the way of the body.

It says "dares to slash," not "can slash."

It means regardless of whether one can or cannot, the only question is whether one dares.

Where there is a will, there is courage; where there is a body, there is slaughter!

According to standard logic, the completion of the Killing Heart Blade should place one at the middle stage of the Cang Xiang Realm, while the completion of the Body Killing Blade should place one at the peak of the Cang Xiang Realm.

Ning Ye possesses excellent determination and comprehension, his hatred remains unceasing and his killing intent undiminished. Thus, even though he has yet to complete the fourth level of his foundational cultivation method, he has already mastered the Killing Heart Blade, meaning his combat prowess has outpaced his cultivation level.

However, the Body Killing Blade places great emphasis on one's physical constitution and talent. Since Ning Ye's physical aptitude is merely average, he requires spiritual herbs to assist in body tempering if he wishes to improve rapidly.

He does have spirit stones, but he cannot use those from the Heavenly Mechanism Sect. He could earn money through the Talisman Dao, but Zhang Liekuang would certainly disapprove of that.

Given Zhang Liekuang's temperament, if one wants to use spiritual herbs for body tempering, that is fine, but it must be through resources earned by one's own struggle and slaughter, not through business dealings.

This is the consensus held by the vast majority of cultivators.

Considering that he currently lacks the necessary conditions to complete some of his plans, Ning Ye decided to head out.

Although his cultivation is only at the third level, he possesses quite a few techniques.

Most importantly, his third-level cultivation is already sufficient for him to utilize most of the methods he used back in the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, so his practical combat ability far exceeds his current cultivation level.

After settling his mind to practice the Body Killing Blade for half a month and confirming that he had basically mastered it, Ning Ye headed toward the Seven Killings Cave.

"You want to go out and seek opportunities?" Hearing Ning Ye's request, Zhang Liekuang was both surprised and unsurprised.

Going out to seek opportunities is something every cultivation disciple must inevitably experience. For this reason, the major immortal sects often arrange tasks for their disciples, most of which are combat-oriented.

Though the method is old-fashioned, it is essential.

Disciples grow through combat and also obtain opportunities through combat.

What surprised him was Ning Ye's approach.

"You aren't taking a mission?" Zhang Liekuang confirmed once more.

"Yes, no mission. I will act independently," Ning Ye reiterated.

"Why?"

"Because this disciple believes that I will surely gain something."

Because the major immortal sects manage the Nine Continents, they post lists for their disciples every day. Most of the time, these involve maintaining order, eliminating monsters, and completing tasks to earn sect contributions.

However, it is also stipulated that if one obtains resources exceeding one's own level while executing a mission, they must be handed over, and the sect will issue additional rewards based on the harvest.

The nine major sects do not care about ordinary gains, but they are determined to acquire precious resources that even great experts might not be able to obtain. Such precious opportunities are not necessarily obtained only by those with great strength.

Precisely because of this, the nine major sects have established a set of specialized monitoring methods. Even so, every year, cases still occur where disciples encounter fortuitous events but conceal them, only to be discovered later.

If one wants to keep their gains without handing them over, the best method is to act independently.

The downside of this approach is that there will be no sect contributions, but the benefit is that the sect will not audit you.

Hearing Ning Ye's words at this moment, Zhang Liekuang gave a light snort: "Your ability isn't much, but your ambition is quite large."

Ning Ye replied: "I cultivate the Seven Kill Blade; my ambition is higher than the heavens."

The Seven Kill Blade, the final blade is the Heaven Killing Blade.

If one can even sever the heavens, what else is there that one dares not sever?

Those who cultivate the Seven Kill Blade, at the very least, do not lose to others in terms of boldness and dominance.

Zhang Liekuang was very satisfied with Ning Ye's answer: "Since that is the case, go. Do not linger; return quickly!"

"Yes!"