Ji Wuming had been injured today. If he had not died, calamity would have descended sooner or later. But now, the Blood Barbarian demon soul had been wiped out, its physical body destroyed, and the calamity strangled in its cradle. It was all over.
For ten thousand years, that demon had hung like a sharp sword over the heads of everyone at the Southern Heaven Academy. Now, it had finally vanished completely at his hands.
"Hm?"
"That wasn't saber intent, was it?"
One of the academy heads' expressions tightened. He hurriedly crouched beside Ji Wuming's corpse, because the mysterious disciple cultivated the saber Dao.
The moment he approached the corpse, he felt that Ji Wuming's chest had caved in.
With a wave of his hand, he reduced Ji Wuming's clothes to shreds, exposing his chest. A black palm print marked it.
"This is... this is the academy's basic martial art, the Heart-Shattering Palm!"
"The Heart-Shattering Palm actually killed the Blood Barbarian demon soul?"
The instant they recognized the Heart-Shattering Palm, everyone found it hard to breathe, their faces filled with shock.
There was not a single mediocre person among those present.
The academy head sensed it for a moment, then reached out to touch the palm print. His eyes flew wide open, and he could not contain his shock.
Utterly stunned, he said, "What terrifying death intent! He's already reached the realm of using his palm as a saber."
What had truly been fatal was that power of death. None of them had expected someone to turn a palm technique into a saber technique.
"What? Doesn't that mean his saber intent has reached perfection? That's impossible! Unless one is Invincible, it's hard to cultivate such terrifying saber intent to perfection." After sensing it clearly, each of them was filled with dread.
The cultivation of intent was divided into five realms: initiation, proficiency, mastery, subtlety, and perfection.
Below Invincible, anyone who could comprehend an intent and reach initiation was already a genius.
Those at proficiency were unquestionably top-tier geniuses, the kind who stood at the peak of their generation.
Those at mastery were almost always beings who had cultivated at Peak Sunmoon for countless years.
As for subtlety, no one had ever heard of anyone below Invincible reaching it.
Perfection belonged to an exceptionally powerful tier even among the Invincible, and everyone present was scared witless.
"Lord Libationer, have you still found no news of that person?"
Every gaze instantly fell on Ji Zhan.
"No?"
"It's as though he doesn't exist. He's unwilling to show himself, and there's nothing I can do. Let me take a look!"
Ji Zhan made his way with difficulty to Ji Wuming's corpse, placed his palm on the palm print, and closed his eyes, silently sensing it.
Seeing Ji Zhan examining the corpse, no one dared disturb him.
After sensing the power inside Ji Wuming's body, Ji Zhan's heart trembled. It isn't the power of a curse. Was my guess wrong?
Since he wasn't hiding in the Myriad Text Academy, he couldn't be Su Xiuyi. If he isn't Su Xiuyi, then who are you?
Ji Zhan had come to examine the corpse to confirm whether it contained the power of a curse.
Before leaving, Su Xiuyi had already taken back all the power of the curse so as to leave no trace. Naturally, Ji Zhan could not detect it now.
Who are you?
You even disregarded the Saber Saint Wusheng!
The question kept running through Ji Zhan's mind. Without the power of a curse, some of his guesses had lost their foundation, and Ji Zhan could no longer see clearly or be sure.
Could it be one of our Southern Heaven Academy's seniors in disguise?
But that doesn't make sense either. It doesn't add up. If it were a senior, now that the Blood Barbarian demon soul has been killed, he should have shown himself. Ji Zhan could not understand.
Now, throughout the academy, after the Blood Barbarian demon soul's death was announced, every disciple's eyes shone with excitement.
Everyone had finally emerged from the shadow that had hung over them these past few days.
After returning to the Myriad Text Academy, Su Xiuyi used the Pupil of Void Breaking and saw that Tiezhu had been taken away to recover from his injuries. He reined in all his emotions.
He began to examine the supreme art of the Blood Barbarian Demon Race.
The Blood Barbarian Demon Race was also a humanoid branch of the Demon Race, incomparably powerful, savage, and cruel.
The very thing they relied on to run rampant on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield was this Undying Heavenly Scripture.
"Hm?"
"This Undying Heavenly Scripture is actually divided into two parts: one makes the physical body undying, and the other makes the soul immortal."
"How terrifying. Such a cultivation method actually exists in the world. No wonder the Blood Barbarian Demon Race runs roughshod beyond the realm. I just don't know whether the Blood Barbarian Demon Race now cultivates the complete Undying Heavenly Scripture!"
After reading the Undying Heavenly Scripture, Su Xiuyi's eyes filled with shock.
The Undying Heavenly Scripture truly astounded Su Xiuyi.
Of course, Su Xiuyi knew that Ji Wuming had not cultivated the complete Undying Heavenly Scripture. Otherwise, he would not have killed Ji Wuming so easily.
The Undying Heavenly Scripture was profoundly abstruse, but with the system's help, he had directly gained mastery of it, without a single obscure point he did not understand. This too was a strength of the Sign-In System. Otherwise, even if such a powerful cultivation method were given to him, it would have been impossible to comprehend it without several hundred years.
"The path of the physical body requires opening two hundred and forty acupoints. Many are the same as the ones I've already opened. I only need to open another fifty-odd acupoints to possibly cultivate it successfully."
"The path of the soul is much harder, though. But if I really open that many soul acupoints, my willpower will become terrifyingly powerful."
A smile instantly appeared on Su Xiuyi's lips, and he headed straight for the place of sacrifice to heaven. He could sign in repeatedly there and obtain myriad demon essence blood. To open acupoints, he needed the aid of countless demon beasts' essence blood.
Whoosh!
While Su Xiuyi was cultivating, Ji Zhan's figure appeared soundlessly outside the Myriad Text Academy.
His eyes were fixed on the Myriad Text Academy.
"Brother Ji, what brings you here?"
A figure with a terrifying presence emerged from the shadows and asked Ji Zhan through voice transmission.
"Did you sense anything unusual from Su Xiuyi tonight?" Ji Zhan's gaze instantly fell on the figure, his expression grave.
"Do you suspect that Su Xiuyi was the one who killed the Blood Barbarian Demon Race member? Impossible. I've been keeping watch outside the whole time. There's no way Su Xiuyi could have slipped out under my eyes. Besides, even if Su Xiuyi's talent were unmatched, he couldn't possibly be that powerful." The old man dismissed the idea outright.
"Do you know that killing a Blood Barbarian Demon Race member requires certain special methods? Only the imperial clan controls those methods!" Wariness flickered in Ji Zhan's eyes.
"Impossible. Su Xiuyi couldn't have gone out. Though I am not Invincible, how could a mere Su Xiuyi slip out under my watch without my knowing?"
"If imperial clan methods were used to kill the Blood Barbarian demon soul, then someone with imperial blood must be lying low in the Southern Heaven Academy. If that's true, wouldn't that mean Su Xiuyi, such a genius, is innocent?" A trace of pity appeared in the old man's eyes.
"Hmph!"
"Have you forgotten His Majesty's words?"
"Better to wrongly kill a million than leave the slightest hidden danger. If Wang Lin hadn't risked his life to kill a demon king, do you think Su Xiuyi could still be alive now, whatever his identity?"
"Besides, Wang Lin risked his life to kill a demon king and protect Su Xiuyi. Su Xiuyi's identity is bound to arouse suspicion. I don't believe it was truly because of deep affection between father and son. Wang Lin merely raised Su Xiuyi as his adopted son!" Ji Zhan said, his expression sinister.
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