Frenzied Slaughter

Suddenly, Li Chan saw something that stunned her.

The masked man was walking toward her.

"Do you have a death wish?"

She cried out, warning him at the top of her lungs.

But the man seemed deaf.

He walked behind her.

Boom, boom, boom!

A hundred meters in front of Lin Tian.

Lightning flashed, and rows of towering trees were brutally snapped.

Over ten thousand Thunder Bulls surged like a torrent.

They roared, then charged straight toward him in an all-engulfing wave.

Lightning splashed like azure water, sending trees flying.

Dust and wood chips flew as they came rampaging with sounds like a string of explosions.

Soon, the first wave of Thunder Bulls smashed through the trees nearest Lin Tian.

"Get out of here!"

Li Chan cried out again.

"Holy shit, Zhenwu, do you have a death wish?"

In the distance, Ziwei flew over as a streak of red light. His heart trembled when he saw the scene.

Wasn't Zhenwu courting death by doing this?

He was only in the Body Opening Realm.

There were at least a hundred Thunder Bulls in this first wave.

Every one of them seemed close to the second tier.

Every one of them rivaled a second-tier beast!

And while Li Chan and Ziwei were gripped by fear.

Lin Tian swept one hand, sank down on his legs, and thrust the Heavenly Sword toward the ground.

Hum, hum, hum!

A sword's ringing cry instantly resounded like thunder.

Brilliant Sword Qi erupted in overlapping, crisscrossing streams.

Under Li Chan's and Ziwei's astonished or shocked gazes.

The Heavenly Sword pierced a crack in the ground.

Crisscrossing sword momentum gushed out like a flood.

Carrying an exceedingly fierce, murderous presence, it swept into the herd of Thunder Bulls.

Dazzling azure light transformed into a myriad of raining swords.

They slashed down in an instant.

Swish, swish, swish!

Like a surging hurricane, they pierced the powerful bodies of the Thunder Bulls in the first row.

Crack!

The sounds of cutting rang out almost distinctly enough to hear.

Moo!

Waves of bestial bellows rang out.

Blood and severed limbs scattered across the ground.

In an instant, dozens of Thunder Bulls died beneath the sword momentum.

"You broke the deadlock with sword momentum. Your sword has entered a state of enlightenment and is undergoing its second advancement."

"Your sword has advanced to an earth-grade spirit artifact. Your sword has gained its second innate divine ability: Devour."

"Devour: when you use your sword to slaughter enemies, your sword will devour their traits. You and your sword are interconnected; when your sword gains a trait, you gain it at the same time."

"Your cultivation has broken through to the Mystic Pill Realm. You have gained ten years of Sword Dao comprehension!"

"You have gained your second innate sword skill: Heaven and Earth Sword Tribulation."

The familiar voice resounded in Lin Tian's mind.

Sure enough, killing dozens of Thunder Bulls in an instant had allowed him to advance.

Likewise, the Heavenly Sword had gained its second innate divine ability.

He had also gained his second innate sword skill.

Heaven and Earth Sword Tribulation.

Unfamiliar memories appeared in Lin Tian's mind.

Heaven and Earth Sword Tribulation was actually a restriction-type sword skill.

It used the sword to form a tribulation.

It used sword intent to control enemies.

However, Lin Tian had yet to comprehend sword intent.

He still could not use this move.

A faint smile involuntarily appeared on Lin Tian's face.

He held the Heavenly Sword.

Hum!

The Heavenly Sword rang, as though urging Lin Tian to hurry up and slaughter.

Moo!

The Thunder Bulls roared even louder, letting out a long bellow.

That bellow mingled grief, fury, excitement, and bloodthirsty savagery.

The piercing sounds of flashing lightning and crashing thunder were mixed within it.

Thud, thud, thud!

Before him, countless Thunder Bulls trampled over their kin's corpses and lunged at Lin Tian.

Lin Tian no longer hesitated either.

Sword in hand, he charged toward the herd.

"Th-this... this!"

Ziwei, who had still been racing over, muttered in a daze.

He was still struggling to digest what was before him.

"So powerful."

Li Chan's beautiful eyes widened. Only after a long while did she utter those words.

"Lady, you'd better get going. Don't wait around to die."

Ziwei came up to Li Chan and spoke, casting her a glance.

"Oh, right."

Li Chan stood up. As she prepared to leave, she glanced at Lin Tian's back and said to Ziwei:

"Senior, could you tell me who he is?"

Ziwei froze, then said with apparent nonchalance:

"He is Great Emperor Ziwei of Extreme Realm."

"Extreme Realm!"

Li Chan first let out a startled cry.

That name was far too renowned throughout the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.

She had never expected to meet a member of Extreme Realm today.

No wonder he was so powerful.

"Great Emperor Ziwei."

Li Chan lightly pressed her red lips together, then hurried away.

"Hey, don't you want to know who I am?"

Ziwei hurriedly called out.

But Li Chan's departing figure grew more and more distant, and she did not turn back.

"She must have heard me."

Ziwei spoke somewhat helplessly, then looked toward Lin Tian.

Crack!

A bolt of lightning flashed. A Thunder Bull rammed Lin Tian into the air, and he landed behind Ziwei.

"Are you enjoying the show?"

Lin Tian's chilling voice sounded behind Ziwei.

Ziwei froze and was just about to answer.

But then he saw Lin Tian charge to the right.

I was a little too arrogant just now.

Once he plunged into the herd of Thunder Bulls, he would face enemies from both front and rear.

So Lin Tian still chose to maneuver while attacking.

Fortunately, Lin Tian had spent all these nights practicing the Sword Heart Body Refining Art.

His body had become extremely resistant to blows.

Otherwise, that hit just now would at least have left Lin Tian's internal organs bleeding.

After Lin Tian left, Ziwei froze for a moment.

"I finally know why Extreme Realm gave us such a difficult mission."

Then he suddenly started.

Now was not the time to think.

The Thunder Bulls before him were drawing closer and closer to Ziwei.

Ziwei twisted his mouth, flames ignited all over his body, and he began retreating at full speed.

Even though his cultivation was higher than Lin Tian's.

He reckoned he would not last more than a few exchanges fighting the way Lin Tian did.

He still had to fight while retreating.

"Zhenwu, you're the main force. I'll cover you!"

Ziwei spoke and charged toward Lin Tian.

He had basically coasted through his last mission this way.

"I've run into another big shot. My time isn't up yet."

Ziwei spoke, and the fear in his heart was instantly swept away.

"Your sword has killed ten Thunder Bulls. Your sword has become extremely excited."

"Your sword's sharpness has increased by ten percent. You have gained one year of Sword Dao comprehension."

"Your sword has killed fifteen Thunder Bulls. Your sword has sensed your frenzy."

"Your sword's toughness has increased by ten percent. You have gained one year of Sword Dao comprehension."

As the slaughter continued.

Lin Tian discovered that the gains he received from killing each Thunder Bull grew smaller and smaller.

At first, killing ten would trigger a notification.

Later on, even killing dozens did not necessarily trigger one.

It was just like in Blood Town.

The more he killed of the same type, the smaller the gains became.

There was nothing he could do about that.

If the gains had stayed the same, he reckoned he would already have broken through to the Soul Palace Realm by now.

It was not really a restriction.

Rather, the higher the level, the harder it became to increase it.

He slaughtered continuously for nearly an hour.

Lin Tian had killed roughly three hundred Thunder Bulls.

Lin Tian's cultivation had already reached the fourth level of the Profound Core Realm.

As for Sword Dao comprehension, he had gained seven years of it.

The Heavenly Sword was sharper than ever. Now, with a single swing, he could easily cleave through a Thunder Bull's body without using sword momentum.

And the greatest gain was that lightning had also appeared within the Heavenly Sword and Lin Tian's body.

As he continued killing, the lightning's power grew increasingly terrifying.

However, this lightning was of little use against the Thunder Bulls.

Likewise, the lightning unleashed by the Thunder Bulls was doing less and less damage to Lin Tian.

The only concern now was the injuries on Lin Tian's body.

There really were rather too many.

His torso and limbs were practically covered in wounds from the Thunder Bulls' charges.

Even Lin Tian's internal organs had suffered severe injuries.

"Are you useless?"

Lin Tian looked at Ziwei, who had been throwing fireballs nearby, constantly besieging one target and striking its reinforcements, and spoke in an icy voice.

This man was nothing but a freeloader.

His moves were extremely flashy, and they dealt enough damage.

But the man himself just wasn't up to it.

He took far too long to execute a single move.

If Lin Tian hadn't been holding the line for him, who knew how many times he would have died already.

Lin Tian had killed three hundred Thunder Bulls, while Great Emperor Ziwei had only managed seventy or eighty.

An Extreme Realm veteran was actually playing assistant to a newcomer.

Where was his dignity?

Ziwei floated in the air, flames covering his body.

A red disc formed of flames appeared behind him, shimmering light shifting across it.

He formed a hand seal with one hand, and five or six fireballs shot out.

They instantly burned two Thunder Bulls to death.

Looking at Lin Tian, Ziwei said somewhat sheepishly,

"Zhenwu, you're a sword cultivator. When it comes to destructive power, no one in this world can rival sword cultivators."

Seeing Lin Tian snort coldly, Ziwei gave an awkward chuckle and continued,

"Zhenwu, we're doing this mission together. The Extreme Realm's rewards are very fair. Whoever contributes more gets richer rewards."

Lin Tian glared at him without speaking.

If that was the case, then that was more like it.

Bang!

A Thunder Bull rammed Lin Tian in the chest, instantly sending him flying.

Pfft!

Lin Tian spat out a mouthful of blood.

A savage smile appeared on the face beneath his mask.

"I'll kill every last one of you."

He adjusted his posture in midair.

He thrust toward the ground.

"Your health has dropped to fifty percent. Tyranny activated. Your sword will devour your enemies' blood Qi to restore your body."

"Duration: five minutes."

The familiar voice rang out in Lin Tian's mind.

Hiss!

Lin Tian licked his lips.

"Couldn't be better."

Tyranny was the Heavenly Sword's first divine ability.

It was practically a slaughter skill.

Standing in midair, Ziwei watched Lin Tian thrust his sword toward the herd on the ground, his eyelids twitching wildly.

"Zhenwu, do you have a death wish?!"

He cried out.

But Lin Tian acted as though he hadn't heard him.

The presence surrounding his entire body instantly turned frenzied.

Hum!

In an instant, azure flames of light ignited along the Heavenly Sword.

They poured down like surging waves.

A sharp presence so immense that it made Ziwei's heart tremble.

In an instant, it blotted out the sky as it stabbed toward the herd on the ground.

Like thousands upon thousands of keen swords.

It wreaked havoc and slaughtered.

Whoosh, whoosh!

The instant that terrifying force collided with the Thunder Bull herd.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere as several Thunder Bulls screamed, their bodies slashed into countless fragments.

"That move again. Sword Intent? Or Sword Momentum?"

Ziwei watched with his heart pounding in fear.

That move really was rather ferocious.

A bloody pit had been carved into the ground.

The flesh and blood of the densely packed Thunder Bulls flew everywhere like dust.

The stench of blood in the air grew even thicker.

"Simply..."

Feeling his injuries easing, Lin Tian let out a long howl.

"That feels incredible!"

Grinning savagely, he continued charging at the Thunder Bulls.

"What a freak!"

Ziwei muttered.

He formed a seal with one hand, fierce purple flames igniting over his body.

He covered Lin Tian.

"Your sword has slain nineteen Thunder Bulls. Your sword has sensed your frenzy."

"Your sword's toughness has increased by ten percent. You have gained one year of insight into the sword Dao."

The familiar voice rang out in Lin Tian's mind.

As he continued slaughtering, Lin Tian used Tyranny to keep his health steady at around forty percent.

A few minutes later.

Tyranny's effect wore off.

He cut off a Thunder Bull's head with a single slash.

Lin Tian turned and shot backward without hesitation.

"Zhenwu, you're finally retreating."

Ziwei breathed a sigh of relief.

The way Lin Tian had been fighting just now had practically been trading his life for theirs.

Watching it had almost made Ziwei question his life.

Lin Tian paid Ziwei no attention.

His injuries were extremely severe now.

If he kept killing, even if he completed the mission.

He would fall here himself.

"Wait for me, Zhenwu!"

Ziwei shouted and hurried after Lin Tian.

Staying here alone would mean waiting for death.

They had been fighting while retreating for the past hour.

There was no way the two of them alone could contend with so many Thunder Bulls.