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Su Fan walked out of the Forbidden Art Graveyard; today, Ling Rushuang would be bringing food.

He was only three days away from the next time he could use the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder to raise his cultivation.

In three days, he would be a practitioner of the Spirit Sword Realm.

Although he was currently only at the late stage of the Profound Sword Realm, his strength had already surpassed the scope of the Spirit Sword Realm.

Even if he hadn't reached the Void Sword Realm yet, he wasn't far off.

Su Fan didn't have to wait long before he saw Ling Rushuang arrive.

As always, Ling Rushuang set down the food box, picked up the old one, and turned to leave.

Su Fan didn't say anything either.

Now was not the time to ask; once his strength improved to the Void Sword Realm, that would be the time to ask for the reason.

"I won't be coming back for another half a month."

Ling Rushuang left behind those words and walked away.

Su Fan was stunned—she wouldn't be back for half a month?

Carrying the food box back into the Forbidden Art Graveyard, Su Fan continued to consume his lifespan to practice forbidden arts.

"It's time to improve my talent again."

Su Fan pondered; as his talent increased, the daily gains began to grow weaker.

By now, he could only improve his talent by ten percent.

The first time he improved it, the effect had been the best.

Although theoretically, the forbidden art Mend Talent had no upper limit for improving talent.

Ultimately, as talent increased, the effects would weaken, and the lifespan consumed would also increase.

"Since I created the forbidden art Mend Talent, why can't I improve it, or find a way to achieve a massive boost all at once?"

Su Fan was immediately intrigued.

He cast the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique directly, entering a state of epiphany.

After the epiphany, Su Fan entered a sage-like state, rested for a moment, and then continued to seek enlightenment.

After his talent improved, the effects of his epiphanies also increased significantly.

After several epiphanies, Su Fan finally realized a method to drastically improve his talent.

However, there were still some limitations.

But once his talent was boosted this time, it would be enough to rival those monstrous prodigies.

Perhaps even stronger.

"I'll burn a thousand years of lifespan to mend my talent!"

Su Fan was incredibly excited and immediately cast the improved Mend Talent forbidden art, his lifespan burning wildly.

A sensation of comfort from the talent boost washed over him.

His consciousness became more ethereal and sharp, and even his physique underwent a transformation.

With the improved Mend Talent forbidden art, his physique would undergo some transformation while his talent was being boosted.

Boom!

A thousand years of lifespan were consumed, and his talent soared significantly.

This time, Su Fan felt the difference in himself profoundly.

"Is this what it feels like to be a monstrous prodigy?"

"No, my talent now should be thirty percent stronger than those monstrous prodigies!"

Su Fan clenched his fists, feeling that his strength had become even greater than before his talent improved.

"With my current talent, combined with the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique, what technique could I not learn?"

"Not only that, I can even create techniques!"

If one epiphany wasn't enough, then he would just have a few more.

With enough epiphanies, he could naturally create techniques.

Weren't the cultivation methods in this world also created by ancient masters?

Boom!

Su Fan's aura erupted, the Heaven-Shattering Sword Intent surged, and a black longsword manifested.

Forbidden Art, Heaven-Shattering Sword!

At this moment, the power of the Heaven-Shattering Sword appeared even more terrifying.

The sword intent that annihilated everything swirled around Su Fan like a torrent.

The momentum was horrifying!

How could this be something a Profound Sword Realm practitioner is capable of?

BOOM!

Suddenly, the Heaven-Shattering Sword Intent on Su Fan surged once more, and a second black longsword manifested.

"Even if it's not quite at the Void Sword Realm, it shouldn't be far off."

Su Fan retracted the forbidden technique.

This burst of power had consumed several hundred years of his lifespan.

For Su Fan, a mere few hundred years of lifespan didn't even make him blink.

The Void Sword Realm is not just about superficial killing power; it lies in the word "void."

The sword is like nothingness, the slaughter is invisible!

This is the true essence of the Void Sword Realm.

In the past, the Void Sword Realm experts of Sword God Mountain could contend with ordinary Emperor Realm experts of the cultivation world!

This was also the reason why Sword God Mountain was once incredibly powerful.

But nowadays, most Void Sword Realm experts possess the power but lack the form.

Their strength is comparable to King Realm experts, let alone being able to contend with the Emperor Realm.

As someone who cultivates forbidden techniques, Su Fan's strength naturally cannot be judged by conventional logic.

"It is time to cultivate a new forbidden technique."

Su Fan walked into the Forbidden Art Grave Forest and went straight to the large graveyard area in the depths.

The forbidden techniques buried here were clearly stronger.

"Forbidden Technique, Tomb of Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor!"

Su Fan stopped in front of a large grave. Is this a defensive forbidden technique?

Opening the tombstone, a three-foot jade coffin appeared.

Rows of small characters on the jade coffin introduced this forbidden technique.

"Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor: uses lifespan as armor to resist any attack. The more lifespan consumed, the stronger the defense..."

"This forbidden technique is not bad!"

Su Fan nodded. Since he had an offensive forbidden technique, how could he lack a defensive one?

Normally, this kind of forbidden technique is only used at critical moments to save one's life.

But for Su Fan, forbidden techniques can be used anytime, anywhere.

He has absolutely no worries about the issue of lifespan.

Taking out the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip, Su Fan couldn't help but sigh at the power of this defensive forbidden technique after memorizing it.

Burning lifespan to form a layer of defensive armor, and it is omnidirectional.

"Enlightenment!"

Su Fan directly cast the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique to enter a state of enlightenment.

Although with his current talent, it wouldn't take much time to comprehend this forbidden technique.

However, he was used to enlightenment.

Enlightenment is the best way to cultivate.

Waking up from his enlightenment, Su Fan had already mastered the Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor forbidden technique.

His lifespan burned instantly, and a layer of invisible armor clung to his body.

There were no fluctuations whatsoever.

No one would be able to discover that he actually had a layer of invisible protection on him.

Su Fan raised his hand and struck himself with a Heaven-Shattering Sword attack.

Ripples spread out.

An attack nearly comparable to the Void Sword Realm could not cause him any harm.

"With my current defense, even if I stand still, practitioners in the Spirit Sword Realm cannot hurt me!"

Su Fan was incredibly excited.

Forbidden techniques are truly extraordinary and all incredibly powerful.

He could directly defend against attacks from a whole major realm higher than his own.

Normally speaking, after casting the Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor defensive forbidden technique, it would inevitably consume a significant amount of lifespan, especially since the stronger the attack faced, the more lifespan consumed.

Ordinary practitioners would only use it in moments of crisis.

At the cost of consuming lifespan, they would block an attack.

Since Su Fan has infinite lifespan, he naturally would not be stingy with its consumption.

For the sake of his own life and to avoid being ambushed, he even decided to constantly consume his lifespan to maintain the defense of the Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor.

"For daily defense, I only need to maintain enough to withstand attacks from one major realm higher, but this cannot be the limit of its defense."

Su Fan moved his mind, and his lifespan burned frantically as he began to raise the defensive ceiling of the Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor.

"Crossing one major realm is not the limit; what about defense that crosses two major realms?"

"There is nothing that an epiphany cannot solve. Let's have an epiphany to see how to enhance the defensive ceiling of the Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor!"

Su Fan directly cast the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique.

He entered a state of epiphany.

This time, he only needed three epiphanies to raise the defensive ceiling of the Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor.

It was just that he could not maintain it for a long time.

But it was enough.

Defense that crosses two major realms!!!

This is the power and terror of a forbidden technique.

However, the lifespan consumed is also extremely terrifying.

An ordinary Spirit Realm cultivator would likely exhaust their lifespan and die after casting it two or three times.

Even casting such a forbidden technique just once would damage one's foundation due to the excessive burning of lifespan!