Blade Slices Demonic Monk, Body Refinement Eighth Level

After slaying the five men, Su Yun spent a moment looting their belongings.

Afterward, he headed deeper into West Glow Mountain.

This time, no one dared to come and waylay him.

Before long, several figures descended upon the spot where the five had fallen.

"I never expected the Five Tigers of Red Mountain, who acted so high and mighty, to all be dead!"

"Hiss! Look at these wounds; they must have been killed by a single blade strike. What terrifying strength!"

"Look here, this high-grade human-tier treasure blade is shattered all over the ground, seemingly pulverized in one blow."

As the crowd gazed at the scene before them, their expressions turned wary, filled with shock and suspicion.

"Everyone, I don't want the Crimson Blood Fruit anymore. I have no fortune to enjoy such a treasure. I shall take my leave."

A moment later, someone spoke with a grave expression, intending to depart from this place of trouble.

After all, no matter how good the treasure was, one had to be alive to claim it!

"Since that is the case, I am leaving too!"

"Let's go together; I won't be getting involved in this matter."

Seeing others leave, the rest of the crowd also made up their minds.

Before long, not a single person remained at the scene.

Some time later.

Su Yun arrived in the depths of West Glow Mountain.

It was eerily quiet here.

The air carried a faint scent of blood.

Su Yun's expression flickered, and he continued to push deeper.

"Hm?"

At a certain moment, he saw an old monk sitting cross-legged on a bluestone ahead, eyes closed and hands pressed together.

The old monk looked very aged, his frame thin and hunched, with long white eyebrows and a benevolent face.

However, Su Yun sensed an extremely dense Sha Qi emanating from him!

Clearly, this was no old monk who lived on a vegetarian diet and chanted sutras, but a demonic monk.

As soon as Su Yun took a step forward, he saw figures leaping out from all around.

More than a dozen masked martial artists, holding a large blood-colored net, lunged to shroud Su Yun!

Sshhh!

Su Yun drew his blade and swung, a blood-red blade light erupting like a dragon soaring into the sky.

The ten-zhang-wide blood-colored net was pulverized by his single strike!

"All at the ninth stage of Body Tempering?"

At this moment, watching the masked martial artists with their surging blood energy, Su Yun narrowed his eyes.

These martial artists all carried dense Sha Qi within their bodies, and their eyes were filled with killing intent.

Meanwhile, in the bushes nearby, piles of shriveled martial artist corpses lay discarded.

"Amitabha!"

"This old monk has been waiting here for a long time and was just about to leave."

"I never expected to encounter a young talent like you, little benefactor."

"It truly brings me joy."

At this, the white-browed monk stared at Su Yun with fierce, malevolent eyes and grinned.

"If I can use the blood of this little benefactor to refine pills, it will surely cause my cultivation to soar!"

He could sense that although Su Yun was only at the sixth stage of Body Tempering, his physique was incredibly powerful, his blood energy roaring like thunder.

He was a rare and precious human medicine!

"Refining pills with blood?"

Su Yun looked at him and then spoke.

"Was it you who leaked the news about the Crimson Blood Fruit?"

"To lure people here and reap the rewards of the fisherman?"

"Indeed. Little benefactor is sharp-minded, truly worthy of the name of a young talent."

"It is only a pity that today, you shall become this old monk's human treasure pill to aid my cultivation!"

"Yin Servants, take him down."

The old monk said no more, his expression indifferent as he issued his command.

"Yes!"

Over a dozen masked martial artists at the ninth stage of Body Tempering spoke with icy coldness, immediately charging toward Su Yun to kill him.

"Extreme Shadow Fiend Blade!"

Su Yun surveyed his surroundings with cold eyes, gripping his blade and swinging it!

Sha Qi, cold as ice, spilled out from his body, instantly eroding everything in all directions.

Streaks of blood-colored blade light swept out like a surging wave of blood, engulfing every masked martial artist.

"Ah!"

For a moment, screams rose one after another.

Blood and bone splattered across the ground.

The martial artists present were all killed!

"The little benefactor is quite ruthless."

I do not know when, but the white-browed old monk had already stood up, his aura robust as he spoke with icy coldness.

A blood-red flower bloomed between his brows, looking quite demonic.

And his aura was no longer that of the Body Tempering realm, but the Profound Origin realm!

"Blood Severing Palm!"

The next moment.

The old monk soared into the air, the bluestone beneath him shattering as he struck out with a palm toward Su Yun!

Su Yun did not retreat but advanced instead, throwing his black blade and plunging it straight into the ground.

Then, he crossed a distance of ten feet and threw a punch!

Seeing this, the old monk could not help but sneer.

"The junior has guts, daring to clash with me using only your physical body?"

Crack!

However, to the old monk's surprise, the bones in his right hand were shattered by Su Yun's punch.

Dazzling blood splattered from his right palm.

"Hm?"

"Your Body Tempering technique has actually reached such a level!?"

The old monk retreated a few steps, his mind shaken.

He looked at his trembling palm, which was not only soaked in blood but also tinged with a faint golden glow.

"I am looking forward more and more to the human treasure pill I will refine from your bones and blood!"

Collecting his thoughts, the white-browed old monk laughed loudly.

Then, the blood flower on his brow brightened.

The bodies of the dozen masked martial artists who had already died rapidly shriveled up.

Immediately after, streaks of blood-colored smoke rose from the bodies of these masked martial artists and were inhaled by the old monk in one breath.

As the blood smoke entered his body, the white-browed old monk's aura grew at an astonishing speed!

"Heh heh heh!"

"Kid, I will slowly drain the essence blood from your body, then refine you into a human treasure pill to help me step into a higher realm!"

Having absorbed the blood smoke, the old monk became extremely eerie, sneering with a sinister expression.

"Are you finished with your last words?"

At this moment, Su Yun's figure flickered as he picked up his black blade and slowly tightened his grip.

The next instant, a powerful momentum erupted from his body, instantly sweeping across all directions!

Under the influence of this momentum, the surrounding trees were covered in cracks.

They showed signs of shattering at any moment.

At this time, feeling the immense pressure, the white-browed old monk broke into a cold sweat, his expression filled with extreme terror.

"This is... Blade Intent?"

"Impossible! You only have the cultivation of the sixth stage of Body Tempering; how could you possibly comprehend Blade Intent!?"

He was no mere rogue cultivator, but a demonic cultivator of the Demonic Fiend Palace, so he naturally knew something about Blade Intent.

But it was precisely because he understood it that he found it impossible to believe!

To comprehend Blade Intent at only the sixth stage of Body Tempering was simply too inconceivable.

Even among the outer sect disciples of the Mystic Blade Sect, it seems very few have grasped the Blade Intent, right?

"Slash!"

Yet at this moment, Su Yun had already lunged forward with his blade!

Ten roaring, blood-colored blade beams, bolstered by the power of his Blade Intent, became terrifyingly formidable.

These blade beams, like ten crimson dragons, spat out boundless Sha Qi as they descended upon the old monk!

Before the blade light even touched the old monk's body, he felt as if his very skin were beginning to burn.

Caught off guard, he could only raise his palms to meet the blow head-on.

BOOM!

In an instant, the blade beams swept across.

Debris flew everywhere!

"Pfft!!"

The old monk coughed up blood and collapsed, sliced in two at the waist by the blade beams. His hands were shattered, and his aura grew incredibly faint.

On the ground, ten deep blade marks remained.

He lay in a pool of blood, his eyelids trembling, before his breath faded away entirely.

[Extreme Shadow Fiend Blade, first kill of a Tongxuan Realm demonic cultivator. Expression excited, spiritual light surges, comprehension of Blade Intent rises to a new level.]

[Blade Intent realm successfully increased to thirty percent!]

At this moment, a vast amount of insights regarding blade techniques erupted within Su Yun's mind.

He calmed his heart and carefully absorbed them.

Meanwhile, the aura of Blade Intent emanating from his body grew increasingly dense and powerful.

After some time.

With a flick of his mind, he pointed his finger to unleash a blade strike.

CRACK!

In an instant, an ancient tree a hundred meters away was severed at the waist by the blade light and crashed to the ground with a thunderous roar.

"Not bad, the power of my blade technique has increased significantly!"

Su Yun nodded in satisfaction.

He then walked over to the old monk and searched him for a while.

"Hmm? Nothing at all?"

Su Yun frowned.

This old monk was at the Tongxuan Realm and had over a dozen Body Tempering ninth-stage martial artists under his command.

How could he be so destitute, possessing no treasures whatsoever?

Su Yun carefully searched the surrounding area.

Finally, amidst a pile of rubble, he found a peculiar ring.

"Could this be a spatial ring?"

Su Yun's expression turned to one of pleasant surprise.

He slipped the ring onto his finger and attempted to inject his mental energy into it.

Hum!

The next moment, his eyes lit up as he perceived a storage space of approximately ten cubic meters.

"It really is a spatial ring!"

Su Yun's expression shifted, and he immediately began searching for treasures within the storage space.

It was piled with quite a few items.

Banknotes, medicinal pills, and various ancient texts.

Among them was a manual titled Human Body Alchemy Method, which was likely the demonic technique the evil monk used to refine pills with blood.

Beyond that, there were two crimson fruits!

"These must be the Crimson Blood Fruits."

Su Yun took out the two fruits and examined them closely.

"It seems the Crimson Blood Fruits did indeed appear on West Glow Mountain, but this evil monk got there first and plucked them long ago."

Sure enough, Su Yun wandered around West Glow Mountain afterward but could not find any Crimson Blood Fruit trees.

He surmised that after obtaining the fruits, the evil monk had completely destroyed the trees.

He then found a secluded spot and began his seclusion, intending to refine these two Crimson Blood Fruits.

"I want to see for myself what makes these the most effective heavenly treasures for the Body Tempering Realm."

"What are its specific effects, exactly?"

Calming his mind, Su Yun swallowed a Crimson Blood Fruit in one gulp.

BOOM!

In an instant, a surge of immense energy erupted within his body.

Su Yun settled his focus and began to refine it continuously.

Breathing Technique has detected a massive amount of pure energy. Absorption rate accelerating; cultivation efficiency has skyrocketed!

Night fell, bringing gusts of cold wind as the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Silver radiance spilled over the mountains and rivers like cascading waves, shrouding all living things.

On a desolate mountain.

Su Yun slowly opened his eyes.

By now, he had already refined two Crimson Blood Fruits.

And his cultivation had successfully broken through to the eighth stage of Body Refining!