"This is one of the strongest new powers I've gained since coming to the Nine Netherworlds Abyss."
Lin Mo's gaze was cold and fierce as he rasped, "But it's far more painful than I imagined..."
The evil aura of the Heavenly Baleful Soul-Slaying Sword had previously been completely purified by the Four-Aspect Soul-Suppressing Formation.
Just before it was reduced to ash and smoke, Lin Mo had thrown out the Heavenly Pivot Sword.
It had taken in the artifact spirit of the Heavenly Baleful Soul-Slaying Sword, upgrading his Heavenly Pivot Sword into the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword.
When it had been an evil artifact, the Black-Armored Warrior summoned by the Heavenly Baleful Soul-Slaying Sword possessed the killing power to destroy all things.
Now that it was a treasured artifact, however, the artifact spirit of the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword had become a White-Light Warrior focused primarily on defense.
Yet only when Lin Mo actually used it did he realize that summoning this White-Light Warrior demanded an extraordinarily steep price.
The artifact spirit of the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword could be called an invincible, indestructible absolute defense, capable of steadfastly protecting its host's soul.
The corresponding price, however, was that his physical body had to endure devastating punishment and pressure.
As an immortal artifact that had once belonged to the Middle Plane, it still had an extremely high threshold for use, even after merging with the Heavenly Pivot Sword and becoming a mortal artifact.
Especially now, when Lin Mo was forcibly manifesting its artifact spirit with nothing more than his Golden Core Realm cultivation.
Every second, his body endured the torment of shattering bones and meridians snapping inch by inch.
Taotie's expression darkened, murderous intent seething around him. He lunged straight forward, opened his bloody maw, and viciously bit down on the