"My efficiency alone is too low."
Ye Xiao panted slightly after fighting his way to Star Luo City.
His Sword Qi was inexhaustible, but his will had its limits.
On this journey, he had already killed nearly more bugs than the number of people he had killed in his entire life.
"To break this deadlock, I currently have three options."
Ye Xiao descended from the sky and leaned against a corner of the city wall. Star Luo City was also overrun by the Swarm Disaster. Perhaps it was because the city was already close to the Star Dou Great Forest?
"First, stop killing them one by one and sweep through them indiscriminately instead. But that would inevitably catch ordinary people in the crossfire."
Ye Xiao slowly considered the matter.
Picking them off one by one was naturally more troublesome than simply unleashing a torrent of Sword Qi.
But doing that would be putting the cart before the horse.
After all, he had fought his way here to save as many people as he could.
He was no good person, but he would not turn a blind eye to something he could easily do.
"Second, I could separate some Sword Qi and refine it into conscious clones."
Ye Xiao frowned slightly. In that case, though they would be called clones, they would actually be more like Dao soldiers.
But if the bugs ate those Dao soldiers, heaven knew whether they would evolve the ability to resist or even weaken Sword Qi damage.
"After thinking it over, I can really only use the last option."
"Learn the barbarians' superior skills to subdue the barbarians."
Ye Xiao thought no further and sat cross-legged on the ground.
Now that things had come to this, there was no hurry to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
Judging by what he had seen on the road, the closer he got to Star Dou, the more bugs there were.
And the bugs certainly would not pass up energy-rich treasure troves as vast as the Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek Academy.
My Martial Soul is the Epiphyllum Sword, but compared to Jingliu, my current comprehension has only produced a little something. At most, it's at the level of the Propagation school.
But even so, I might still be able to imbue my Sword Qi with the properties of Propagation.
Ye Xiao thought silently. Propagation seemingly could also be applied to his consciousness, greatly increasing his endurance.
But his comprehension of consciousness was far inferior to his comprehension of the sword, so naturally, Ye Xiao did not dare take a knife to his own consciousness.
Sword Qi was another matter. Ye Xiao's control over Sword Qi had already reached the level of a sword ancestor.
"Hahaha! A genius, a true genius!"
Ye Xiao's eyes sparkled, and his entire little face flushed red.
Just hearing Tian Xiao's inner thoughts made him feel a strange sensation rise from the bottom of his heart!
Fusing Sword Qi with Propagation was merely a minor path, but fusing the sword Dao with Propagation was a road to the heavens!
Just imagine: if the sword Dao Ye Xiao comprehended could give birth to little sword Daos, and those little sword Daos could give birth to even littler sword Daos, generation after generation without end!
Ye Xiao could use this method to raise his sword Dao to the strongest state he could wield in a short time!
Indeed, exploiting disciples is merely a minor path. Sword Dao giving birth to sword Dao is the true path!
Ye Xiao took a deep breath, doing his best to suppress the excitement in his heart.
His idea was wonderful, but the truth was that he did not understand Propagation at all.
Separated by a heavenly screen, he could stare until his eyeballs popped out and still could not comprehend anything.
"You had another insight?"
The Snow Empress looked at Ye Xiao with a complicated expression.
The longer she spent with Ye Xiao, the more she felt that he was a walking cheat.
At the Snow Empress's question, Di Tian and the others all looked over curiously.
"No. I was just suddenly a little envious that the version of me on the heavenly screen got to encounter the offspring of Propagation so quickly."
Ye Xiao shook his head and spoke with considerable envy.
If he could steal Propagation and incorporate it into his sword Dao,
he was confident he could fight his way through the Douluo Plane within a month, then fight his way through the Divine Realm within a year.
And that took into account the fact that his control over the sword Dao would certainly be affected by his own cultivation.
Without that limitation, Ye Xiao felt that, in such a state, he could fight his way through the Douluo Universe in a month.
"Envious?"
Bi Ji's mouth twitched. She could not quite follow Ye Xiao's train of thought.
"No... I can't do it at all!"
Ye Xiao's expression was rather grim. He had indeed seen the origin power inside the bugs.
But this power actually had a password on it?
Who was it supposed to keep out?!
"Sure enough, it's not as simple as I thought. But sorry, you're dealing with me."
"Do you really think I can't copy it just because you won't let me see it?"
Ye Xiao stood up, a cold smile curling his lips.
His talent had never been limited to copying homework. His ability to deduce things was first-rate as well!
Since he had already seen how it manifested, he could work backward in that direction!
Snap!
Ye Xiao snapped his fingers lightly, and his face abruptly turned pale.
The next moment, surging Sword Qi erupted from his body!
The Sword Qi inside Ye Xiao ran dry-replenished itself endlessly to full-ran dry-filled up again...
After several cycles, the whole of Star Luo City was enveloped in a sky-covering blanket of Sword Qi!
Meanwhile, the scene shifted.
In a hidden passage in Star Luo City, a beautiful blonde woman dressed in tight-fitting combat clothes had a face full of exhaustion.
Just then, her pupils suddenly contracted.
All because!
Some mysterious words had appeared in her mind!
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Xu Jiujiu blinked in bewilderment.
"Your Highness, my mind suddenly..."
"You have it too?"
Xu Jiujiu stared at Wang Xian'er in astonishment. She had thought the voice just now was a fortuitous opportunity meant for her alone.
After all, although she was a princess, she had read plenty of storybooks.
The former Medicine Immortal Douluo nodded, a sharp glint flashing through her clouded old eyes.
Having once possessed power, she had suffered all the more after losing it.
Now an opportunity to regain power lay right before her. She had to consider whether this was the only chance she would ever have in her lifetime!
"Sword Qi Loan, is it? Let me see what your limit is!"
Wang Xian'er narrowed her eyes and resolutely chose the maximum amount!
The next moment, countless streams of Sword Qi descended from the sky and shot into her body!
A Proliferating Sword Art also appeared in her mind!
"The Proliferating Sword Art has no other use. It can only generate Sword Qi of the same kind from the Sword Qi I lend out, but the efficiency is far too low for an individual."
"I really can't copy your answer, but I can deduce an answer of my own."
Ye Xiao panted slightly. Even with his abilities, sending out so much Sword Qi at once had been somewhat taxing.
And... the Sword Qi Loan's impact is too great. I don't yet have a way to control it, so there will definitely be another round of chaos in the future.
Still, those problems are a long way off. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Customers who accept the Sword Qi Loan will at least have some ability to protect themselves during the Swarm Disaster.
Limited by their aptitude, it might take the combined efforts of a dozen or so people to kill one bug, but that already means the Douluo side has gone from being at a disadvantage to fighting on equal terms.
Ye Xiao panted heavily.
For now, his most important task was to use the Sword Qi Loan offered to everyone to deduce a method for his Sword Qi to propagate.
As for controlling things after everyone had Sword Qi, he would naturally deduce a control method in the future.
Ye Xiao closed his eyes and sensed the Sword Qi surging through the city. He knew that the living beings of Douluo had begun their counterattack.