But there's nothing we can do about it; people always have to move forward.
For Xu Long, he must keep getting stronger until he breaks free from the shackles of the Main God.
After draining the Poison Lady dry, Xu Long chased after the direction in which the Prince Kidney Deficiency had fled.
That guy is a real scoundrel; he actually abandoned him and ran away.
However, even if the Prince Kidney Deficiency ran away, it wouldn't make a difference.
The Poison Lady's poison was virtually incurable, and since he already had kidney deficiency, he couldn't withstand it at all.
When Xu Long found him, the Prince Kidney Deficiency was lying on the ground convulsing.
Eight flying swords were scattered around. Without the Prince Kidney Deficiency's activation, the flying swords returned to their original size, looking like toys for a three-year-old child.
"Save... me... why...?"
Upon seeing Xu Long's arrival, the Prince Kidney Deficiency was filled with confusion.
He couldn't understand why Xu Long was completely unharmed after being shot in the face by the Poison Lady.
He almost died from just a little bit of it.
"I can save you, but you have to teach me Sword Controlling Technique. Trading magic for life is a good deal, isn't it?"
Xu Long squatted down and said in a nonchalant tone.
He wasn't angry about the Prince Kidney Deficiency's escape. On one hand, he wasn't afraid of the Poison Lady's poison at all, and on the other hand, he understood the behavior.
The essence of life is selfishness, and what distinguishes humans from Beast is the ability to control this selfishness.
However, this is just talk; when life is threatened, no amount of civilization or manners is of any use.
Biological instincts can cause us to abandon reason and resort to any means necessary to survive.
This is not shameful!
"I..."
The Prince Kidney Deficiency, had turned a deathly green. He wanted to nod in agreement, he wanted to speak, but he had absolutely no strength left.
"It seems you agree!"
Xu Long smiled, took out a diluted version of the Chaotic Mutation Agent from his storage space, and injected it into the body of the Prince Kidney Deficiency.
"Oh..."
The medicine immediately activated his genes, and the Prince Kidney Deficiency, who was on his last breath due to kidney deficiency, showed significant improvement, with the pale green color on his face quickly fading away.
This medicine can only save your life temporarily.
Xu Long continued, "Now, you can give me the Sword Controlling Technique."
"Good!"
Although the Prince Kidney Deficiency has kidney deficiency, his character is still acceptable.
At the very least, he is very pragmatic.
"Brother Xu Long, do you have any medicine that can completely cure me? I'll trade you the Sword Nourishing Technique, which only the sect leader can learn."
After teaching Xu Long the Sword Controlling Technique, the Prince Kidney Deficiency looked on with pleading.
" Sword Nourishing Technique that only the sect leader can learn? Are your fellow disciples and elders willing to learn it?"
Xu Long asked.
"We're almost wiped out by this lousy Sword Nourishing Technique. What's the point of keeping it hidden? Besides, I am now the sect leader and the only disciple."
The Prince Kidney Deficiency sighed, his expression utterly helpless.
"Alright!"
Xu Long nodded, then took out a genuine bottle of the Chaotic Mutation Agent.
This stuff can cure the Prince Kidney Deficiency, but it will also erode his mind.
Xu Long no longer cared whether they could hold out, or for how long.
Xu Long did not kill the Prince Kidney Deficiency because keeping him alive would be far more useful than killing him.
The biggest gain from this trip wasn't the Poison Lady, but rather the Sword Controlling Technique and Sword Nourishing Technique.
Strictly speaking, these two skills should be called the Artifact Control Technique and the Artifact Nourishing Technique.
It's not limited to swords; any weapon will do.
Swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, tridents, clubs, whips, maces, hammers, and claws.
Even protective gear such as armor, helmets, and knee pads can be used with Sword Controlling Technique and Sword Nourishing Technique.
However, the Sword Nourishing Technique consumes a great deal of vital energy, and most people can only nurture one weapon at a time; nurturing more than that can easily lead to kidney deficiency.
After using one's own essence and blood to nourish an object, it will resonate with oneself.
Over time, this object will gradually become as flexible as limbs.
The Prince Kidney Deficiency became the number one exorcist by trading his kidneys.
Name: Lulu Sword
Rank: Low-Grade Dharma Artifact
Origin: Flame Hell Planet
Skill:
1. The First Emperor's Might. Wherever the majesty of the Qin Shi Huang is present, one can continuously obtain the Power of Karmic Luck.
2. Suppression. Each time a target is attacked, the Power of Karmic Luck is used to suppress the target's soul.
Note: This is the sword Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, representing his Ancient One greatest emperor in Chinese history.
Name: Great Qin Spear-Wielding Bronze Man
Rank: Low-Grade Dharma Artifact
Origin: Flame Hell Planet
Skill:
1. Blood Fiend. The Great Qin Bronze Men embodies the fiendish energy of 140 kingdoms and can continuously absorb energy of the same attribute within a certain range.
2. Suppression. Each time a target is attacked, the attacker uses malevolent energy to suppress the target's physical body.
Note: One of the Twelve Bronze Men of the Great Qin Empire, embodying the resentment of 140 states.
Xu Long planned to nurture these two Dharma Artifact with his own blood essence, naturally in order to deal with those powerful individuals who had completed their transformation and were about to advance to S-rank.
The Flame Hell Demon Dragon once said that if it weren't for the Great Qin Bronze Men suppressing it, that 50-meter-diameter gash would have recovered in the blink of an eye.
Such a terrifying physical body is practically immortal.
Conventional methods are clearly insufficient to deal with such an enemy.
The Lulu Sword and the Great Qin Bronze Men left behind by Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng were Xu Long's last resort.
The essence blood, carrying a faint white light, landed on the Lulu Sword, and immediately a vast imperial might appeared out of thin air, pressing down on his soul.
This is the power of Qin Shi Huang, the will of the Ancient One Emperor of all time that remains in the Lulu Sword.
If Xu Long submits, he will become the sword's slave.
It is no longer a person controlling a sword, but a sword controlling a person.
"Heh, what's the emperor anyway? He's no match for me!"
Feeling this immense power, Xu Long snorted disdainfully, and his violent mental energy surged out, instantly dispersing the power within the Lulu Sword.
However, the ability of the Lulu Sword to suppress the soul of the Flame Hell Demon Dragon and turn him into an idiot is far from simple.
The power emanating from the First Emperor was inexhaustible, and it would be dispersed only to instantly reassemble.
After several attempts, Xu Long discovered that this thing simply couldn't be fed with his own blood and essence.
After all, it's something used to suppress souls; trying to suppress it with one's own soul is just absurd, isn't it?
If Xu Long truly possessed such skill, he wouldn't need the Lulu Sword.
Putting away the Lulu Sword, Xu Long tried out the Great Qin Bronze Men, which was much simpler.
As long as we withstand that wave of malevolent energy, we can quickly take it under control.
After all, Xu Long's physical recovery ability was only so-so; he was just tough!
Extremely hard, incredibly hard!
It was so hard it made every woman's scalp tingle and caused them to tremble uncontrollably!
After putting the two items away, Xu Long glanced at the superior-grade True Artifact, the Wood Qi Bottle, that he had obtained after Poison Lady.
Sure enough, it really is an A+-rank item.
Name: Wood Qi Bottle
Grade: A+
Attack: 5
Skill:
1. Condense Qi into Liquid: The Wood Qi Bottle absorbs free wood-attribute spiritual energy from the air and condenses it into a spiritual liquid, which can greatly enhance cell activity.
Note: Having this is like having an extra life.