A Sword

A Sword

Ding~! The system has detected that the host has an unused spirit bone. Does the host wish to absorb it?

As soon as the system finished speaking, two system options—Yes and No—appeared before Ling Feng.

"Yes~!"

Ling Feng decisively chose "Yes."

He had originally planned to find some free time to absorb the spirit bone.

He had not expected the system to be so helpful, directly asking whether he wanted to absorb it.

Ding~! The system is helping the host absorb the spirit bone.

Ding~! The host has successfully absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Head Spirit Bone. Your strength has advanced further.

As the system's voice faded, Ling Feng felt a pure surge of Soul Power rise within him and flow through his limbs and bones, filling every cell in his body with strength.

His body was further strengthened, and his Soul Power Level began charging toward an even higher realm.

However, since he was already a level 99 peak Limit Douluo, it came to an abrupt end.

Beyond that lay godhood.

Gods were existences above the rules, transcending all things.

To advance into godhood, Soul Power alone was far from enough.

Thus, that energy gradually settled down.

Although he had failed to break through, Ling Feng had not gained nothing.

During that attempt, he vaguely saw a sword.

It was a proud, peerless sword capable of cutting through everything.

Rules surrounded that sword, yet no law could touch it.

Ling Feng did not know what kind of sword it was, nor did he know how to describe it.

Yet upon that sword, he vaguely saw his own sword, as well as his own sword path.

His understanding of the sword path became deeper and clearer.

With me, none can stand; all laws must yield.

Unfortunately, that mysterious state of enlightenment did not last long.

It came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

It vanished in just an instant.

As it disappeared, Ling Feng immediately emerged from his state of enlightenment.

"If only that feeling could have lasted a little longer."

Ling Feng shook his head in disappointment after waking, feeling a slight regret.

"Perhaps then I could have seen the sword that belongs to me in the future."

Compared to inheriting a divine position to become a god, Ling Feng still hoped to create a godhood that belonged to him and become a god through it.

Ling Feng's regret did not last long, and he quickly pulled himself out of it.

His gaze fell on the system panel.

The system had issued him a new Dao Guardian mission!

The new Dao Guardian mission was to help Qian Renxue break through level 50, absorb a spirit ring, and advance to Spirit King.

Qian Renxue was already a level 48 Soul Ancestor, so breaking through level 50 would not be difficult.

If he took her to the Ice and Fire Twin Eyes and had her absorb an Immortal Herb, her Soul Power should be able to break through level 50.

But if she broke through too quickly at once, would it make her foundation unstable later on?

Ling Feng shook his head. "Never mind."

"I'll help her break through level 50 first, absorb a spirit ring, and advance to Spirit King."

"If her foundation truly becomes unstable afterward, I can throw her into Slaughter City for some training."

"Use the slaughter in Slaughter City to slowly temper her foundation."

As for whether Qian Renxue would face danger upon entering, Ling Feng did not need to worry at all.

That was because Qian Renxue's sword path had already reached the Sword Qi level.

Slaughter City's rule suppression only suppressed Soul Power. It could not suppress the sword path, which did not belong to this world's system at all.

With her Sword Qi realm in Slaughter City, there were very few people who could hurt her.

If he still felt it was not safe enough, he could also give King of Slaughter Tang Chen a warning.

He could tell him in a threatening tone that if Qian Renxue suffered even the slightest accident in Slaughter City—

Then Slaughter City would no longer have any reason to exist.

Having made up his mind, Ling Feng went back to find Qian Renxue, intending to take her to the Ice and Fire Twin Eyes to gather Immortal Herbs.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue had fallen into a hard battle.

Under the coordinated attacks of the spirit beasts, she could only struggle to hold on.

Little Black was quite cunning. The sparring spirit beasts he had chosen for her were all agile and especially skilled at evasion.

These spirit beasts far surpassed her in both speed and experience.

Moreover, they had lived in the Dark Forest since childhood and grown up amid bloody, brutal slaughter. Every one of them was extremely difficult to deal with.

The environment in Gloom Forest was harsh, and it followed a system of raising venomous creatures against one another. Nearly every spirit beast there was a king among them.

Therefore, none of their attacks contained the slightest bit of hesitation. They were filled with killing intent, every move aimed straight for Qian Renxue's life, while still leaving her a slim chance of survival.

Qian Renxue was hard-pressed to deal with them, and dangerous situations arose one after another.

Even a clay figure had some temper, let alone Qian Renxue, who was a person.

Having been relentlessly beaten down by them and pushed into one dangerous situation after another, Qian Renxue finally erupted in anger.

She immediately stopped holding back.

Soul Power surged, and violent Sword Qi burst forth, transforming into a rain of arrows that blanketed the sky as it attacked the spirit beasts charging toward her.

The Six-Winged Angel Spirit appeared behind her, and four spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and black—lit up around her body.

Pure golden Soul Power seemed to solidify around her, and a sun-like heat erupted from her body.

"First Soul Skill: Angel Assault!"

With a sharp cry, Qian Renxue's first spirit ring flashed yellow.

Holy Angel Spirit Power radiated from the Six-Winged Angel behind her and merged into the Juque Sword.

After absorbing that holy Angel Spirit Power, the Juque Sword turned the red-gold color of the sun.

Dazzling golden sunlight emerged from the Juque Sword, and a layer of holy golden radiance appeared out of thin air over the blunt-edged Juque Sword.

"Sword Qi, release~!"

Qian Renxue tightly gripped the hilt of the Juque Sword with both hands and thrust it forward.

Dazzling radiance shot from the sword tip, transforming into a red-gold sun that blasted toward the spirit beasts before her.

"Boom~!"

The Sword Qi transformed into a prison, restricting the spirit beasts' movements, while the golden sun became flames that instantly swallowed those spirit beasts.

"Did it hit?" Expectation showed in Qian Renxue's eyes.

However, in the next instant, the spirit beasts charged out of the flames completely unharmed.

They appeared before her again.

Qian Renxue was startled and instinctively wanted to raise her sword in defense.

But the spirit beasts' actions left her utterly confused. After charging out of the flaming prison, they did not launch another attack on her.

They merely stopped and glanced at her before turning around and leaving.

Qian Renxue: "??!"

Seeing this, confusion inevitably appeared in Qian Renxue's eyes.

Why had they suddenly left?

Was there something behind her?

With that question in her heart, she turned around and looked behind her.

Ling Feng was standing behind her, though she had no idea when he had arrived.

Silently watching her.

"Eh~! Ling Feng, when did you get here?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.