"That was the last sword my ancestor left behind before his death. It possesses incredible power; ordinary people can't even get close to it. I can only approach within thirty feet now."
Just as Wang Hao was wondering, Dugu Qingshan stepped over from behind, seemingly noticing Wang Hao's confusion, and explained.
Although he was very unwilling to lose to Wang Hao, and the gap between them was so huge, he was not a sore loser and naturally wouldn't resort to petty jealousy.
On the contrary, he greatly admired this person and even intended to make him his lifelong rival.
After all, it would be lonely for a swordsman to have no opponent. For example, their ancestor Dugu Family, lamented this in his later years and eventually died in depression.
"That's an aura, a kind of pressure that only a Celestial Person Realm expert can possess. Your ancestor must have surpassed the peak of the Peak Xiantian Grandmaster and reached an even higher level, the Celestial Person Realm!"
After carefully sensing the pressure emanating from the depths of the cave and confirming that it was indeed a kind of force, Wang Hao casually offered an explanation.
Power is a form of Kamui. As long as one's True Spirit Will and will reach a certain level, power can be generated, thereby oppressing others.
Some powerful individuals can even use their sheer power to force their opponents to surrender, thus achieving victory without a fight.
The ancients often spoke of "overflowing Haki," which is actually a manifestation of power.
In the Primordial Great World, anyone whose cultivation reaches the Mortal Realm Fourth Tier is qualified to possess power. However, even in a top-tier world like the Great Primordial World, those who can possess power at the Mortal Realm Fourth Tier are rare geniuses.
In his previous life in the Primordial World world, Wang Hao lived in a small town of the Jiuli Tribe for more than ten years, but he never saw anyone who could possess power at the Fourth Tier. Even at the Mortal Realm Fifth Tier, there were not many who could generate power. Most of them only possessed power at the Mortal Realm Sixth Tier, and many people did not even possess power at the Mortal Realm Sixth Tier.
This shows how difficult it is to generate momentum. Yet, in this low-level martial arts world, someone actually generated momentum at the Mortal Realm Third Tier, which is the Xiantian Grandmaster Realm in this world.
Furthermore, this power persisted for hundreds of years, demonstrating just how terrifying the Sword Demon was back then.
This is truly unbelievable; he truly deserves to be called the king of cool and collected characters in Old Master Jin's works!
"What a pity! If Dugu Qiubai had been born in the Primordial Great World, he would have at least reached the Heaven Realm level, or even higher!"
Wang Hao sighed inwardly, feeling genuinely saddened by Dugu Qiubai's fate, and at the same time, he could roughly understand why Xiao Mengmeng wanted to defy Heavenly Mandate.
It is because of the existence of Heavenly Mandate that the world's level is restricted from rising, preventing all living beings in the world from breaking through the limits of their shackles, and ultimately forcing them to pass away with regret.
This is a Mo Da tragedy for any genius!
"Power? Celestial Person Realm?"
Looking at Wang Hao with a puzzled expression, Dugu Qingshan had never heard of such a thing before. He could roughly understand the "power" mentioned, which should refer to the strange power emanating from his ancestor's weapon, but what the hell was this "Celestial Person Realm "?
"It's normal that you don't know. The highest realm in the world is not the Xiantian Grandmaster. Above that, there is the Celestial Person Realm, which allows one to achieve Unity of Heaven and Humanity, and the Shattering Realm, which allows one to shatter the Void and ascend to the upper realm."
Your ancestor Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai, must have reached the Celestial Person Realm back then, thus cultivating this Sword Force intent and storing it in his sword, thereby creating this power."
After giving a brief, perfunctory explanation, Wang Hao did not continue forward but instead began to peruse the numerous martial arts manuals stored on both sides of the cave.
This Sword Hall not only enshrines the sword of the Sword Demon, the ancestor of the Dugu Family, but also houses countless martial arts manuals. These manuals are stored on the two walls of the cave, with numerous small holes carved out to house them for people to read.
Wang Hao also discovered that the martial arts manuals on the outermost perimeter were at most First-Rate level, with not a single one at the Acquired Grandmaster Realm, suggesting they must be located further inside the cave.
Seeing this, he roughly understood the Dugu Family's intentions.
The deeper one goes, the closer one gets to the Sword Demon's sword, the stronger the Sword Force becomes. Without sufficient cultivation, one simply cannot reach that point, let alone peruse martial arts manuals of that level.
This arrangement not only allows the clan's members to train through Sword Force, but also prevents them from becoming overly ambitious and practicing martial arts far beyond their own level, thus damaging their foundation.
At the same time, the Sword Force present here also protects many martial arts manuals, and the presence of the Sword Force can also prevent insects and ants from damaging these manuals, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Seeing that Wang Hao was unwilling to say more, Dugu Qingshan had doubts, but wisely refrained from asking. Instead, he walked ten zhang forward until he reached his limit before turning over the martial arts manuals on the cave wall.
At his level, it's difficult to make further progress through arduous practice; one needs a special opportunity.
However, this doesn't mean you should be idle. You can still read and study a large number of martial arts classics to enrich your martial arts foundation and prepare for future breakthroughs.
The two of them used the fluorescent stones embedded in the cave ceiling to peruse the martial arts manuals without disturbing each other. However, compared to Dugu Qingshan, Wang Hao's reading speed was exaggerated and astonishing.
That wasn't reading at all; it was just flipping through pages, and doing so extremely quickly.
A martial arts classic with over a hundred pages and more than ten thousand words was finished in no time, and then he moved on to another one.
This unusual behavior naturally caught Dugu Qingshan's attention, but he didn't pay it any mind, assuming that Wang Hao was searching for something.
But he couldn't sit still for long, because Wang Hao's figure had already moved ahead of him, and the speed of his movement was getting faster and faster. In half a day, the gap had widened to ten zhang, and there were less than five zhang left to the deepest part of the cave.
This is mainly because the deeper into the cave, the higher the level of the martial arts manuals, and the fewer there are, so they are naturally arranged more loosely.
Even at the level of Innate supreme techniques, there is only one book every ten feet, and most of them are cultivation insights from experts in the Innate Realm.
This way, you can flip through the pages much faster.
As for the Sword Force, it was nothing to him. Although it was difficult for low-level cultivators to possess aura in Primordial World prehistoric world, it was very common for high-level cultivators, especially those at the high level of the Mortal Realm or even the Earth Realm.
It can be said that in the small town of the Jiuli Tribe, almost half of the people you encounter on the street are powerful figures.
Having experienced many things in Primordial World past life, he naturally had some tricks for dealing with this kind of situation, which came in handy now.
Wang Hao quickly finished reading all the martial arts manuals on the cave walls and used his Dao Comprehension Function to comprehend them thoroughly. Now, only two boxes placed on a stone platform at the deepest part of the cave remained.
The two boxes were of different sizes, one being five feet long. Judging from their appearance, they likely contained the Sword Demon's sword, which was also the source of the Sword Force within the cave.
The much smaller box next to it was only about a foot in size. Judging from its appearance, it seemed to contain books, most likely written by the Sword Demon himself.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Hao stood still, his gaze fixed intently on the stone box that contained the Sword Demon's sword. At the same time, he abandoned the tricks he had used to deal with the pressure of the Sword Force, preparing to use his own True Spirit Sword Intent to withstand it head-on and hone his skills.
It should be understood that momentum is an advanced product of the Martial Dao True Intention. The two are from the same source, so one can use stronger momentum to hone one's own Martial Dao True Intention.
It just so happens that the Sword Demon is a pure Sword Dao, and the aura he cultivates is also Sword Force, which is most suitable for honing the true meaning of Sword Dao, that is, Sword Intent.
How could Wang Hao miss such a good opportunity?
It's important to understand that, unlike other aspects, Martial Dao Will cannot be cultivated through techniques; it can only be accumulated little by little through one's own comprehension and experience.
Therefore, among all attributes, True Spirit Sword Intent progresses the slowest.
Back then, he accepted the Sword Intent left behind by his future self after reversing time, and started cultivating directly from ninety points of Sword Intent.
Several years have passed, but his progress in developing True Spirit Sword Intent has left him feeling extremely frustrated.
At this rate of development, even if he returns to the Primordial Great World, it's questionable whether he can raise his True Spirit Sword Intent to the Third Tier!
It should be noted that due to the tenfold potential boost from the Nine Revolutions of Samsara Technique, his stats in all aspects require ten times the accumulation of an average person to break through and advance.
While this made his foundation incredibly solid, making him virtually Invincible among his peers, it also greatly slowed down his advancement speed.
Unfortunately, the True Spirit Sword Intent is the only attribute power he can bring back to the Primordial Great World, and it is the most important thing, so he has been very troubled by it during this period of time.
Unexpectedly, I encountered such a high-level power as Sword Force in the Sword Hall of the Dugu Family. I must seize the opportunity to hone myself with it.
However, the Sword Force was indeed an advanced version of Sword Intent. Without those tricks to distract from the pressure, Wang Hao was suppressed so much that he almost knelt down, and his face turned extremely pale.
He was in great pain, feeling as if an incomparably sharp sword had pierced his head, and even with his strong will, he almost couldn't help but scream out in agony.
At the same time, his own True Spirit Sword Intent was stimulated by the Sword Force and was completely activated. The clear sword sounds echoed in his mind, spreading his own power to protect Wang Hao and resist the invading powerful Sword Force.
"Don't try to withstand the attack with your Sword Intent!"
Seemingly noticing Wang Hao's unusual behavior, Dugu Qingshan's expression changed drastically, and he quickly spoke up to stop him.
Unfortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, the Sword Force in the cave seemed to be activated, unleashing a pressure ten times more terrifying than before, which then pressed down.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
This sudden turn of events caused both Wang Hao and Dugu Qingshan to cough up blood. Dugu Qingshan collapsed to the ground, while Wang Hao was also in great pain, his knees buckling as if he were being forced to kneel.
The next moment, more than a dozen figures flashed into the cave. The one in the lead was the old man who had guided Wang Hao to the Sword Hall, and the others were Half-step Innate experts who were guarding the place together.
Seeing the terrifying Sword Force rolling towards them, the thirteen people's expressions changed drastically. After grabbing Dugu Qingshan, they retreated more than a hundred feet away. As for Wang Hao others who were deeper inside, they were powerless to help them.
Faced with the terrifying Sword Force that had increased tenfold, they could only go as far as Dugu Qingshan's level; it was impossible for them to go any deeper and pull Wang Hao out as well.
Not to mention that Wang Hao was currently the primary target of that Sword Force, making it even less likely that he could be taken away; otherwise, he would inevitably be attacked along with the Sword Force.
"Damn it, didn't that Goudan say that Sword Intent is not allowed in the Sword Hall?"
The old man who led Wang Hao here had an extremely ugly expression, and the faces of the other old men also turned slightly dark.
The power of the ancestral sword was usually dormant, but even so, none of them could get close, not even experts at the Innate Realm could get near it.
This is the limit. Once the power within the ancestral sword is activated, even a powerful expert at the Innate Realm would have to kneel.
They had assumed that since Dugu Qiubai had invited this kid, he must have reminded him of the taboos within the Sword Hall, but who would have thought that this would turn out so badly.
What are we going to do now?!