You're a sword cultivator who trains his body?

"Let's go in. If we wait any longer, the formation around the Fire Nether Forbidden Land will close."

Su Nan spoke at once.

Indeed, the great formation of golden runes over the immortal island below was already showing signs of restoring itself.

Lin Tian and the others nodded, then leaped straight down.

In an instant, their figures became streaks of light, passing through the gap in the formation.

Hum!

Lin Tian's vision swam, as though he had fallen into a turbulent current of space and time.

The scenery around him changed in an instant.

Beside him, Su Nan and Ziwei were abruptly cut off by the turbulence, drifting farther and farther from Lin Tian.

Boom!

A current of heat struck Lin Tian's body.

Lin Tian stood atop a hill.

Vast, boundless forests surrounded him, and the dark sky glimmered with threads of red light.

The stars shone brilliantly, as though embedded in the waters of a deathly still lake.

Gaunt birds he had never seen before flew over several lakes.

Beside a great mountain in the distance.

A human skeleton as tall as the mountain sat leaning against it.

As though it had weathered millions upon millions of years, its bones bore irregular cracks from the erosion of the wind.

From the dark vault of the heavens, a steep, swordlike peak plunged downward.

It pierced straight into the skeleton's chest.

The sight was so stunning that Lin Tian stood frozen for a long time.

"There are giants in this world?"

Lin Tian murmured.

All around him, the roars of beasts rang out.

Above the treetops, a flock of powerful, golden-beaked birds he had never seen before flew past.

"Fourth-tier ferocious beasts."

Sensing the presence spilling from these birds, Lin Tian could more or less make that judgment.

Second-tier ferocious beasts were comparable to humans in the Body Opening Realm.

Fourth-tier ones were strong enough to compare with the Void Penetration Realm.

This flock of birds alone already possessed strength equal to everyone aboard an immortal vessel.

It was rather terrifying.

As Lin Tian thought this, the birds had already noticed him, but they had not attacked.

Had they attacked, it might well have been a bloody battle.

At the same time.

A beast's roar rang out.

Lin Tian looked toward the sound.

The sounds of battle came from ahead.

Lin Tian walked over.

A man wreathed in dazzling flames of light was battling a bearlike beast.

"Brother, come help me!"

The man threw a punch, his blood Qi surging wildly.

He sent the ferocious beast flying more than ten meters.

"What the hell do the Su Clan's internal struggles have to do with us?"

"Brother, I felt like we were old friends the moment I saw you! Is your surname Wenren? My ancestor's surname was Wenren too!"

"We might even be brothers from the same clan."

"Brother, this beast is roughly at the Void Insight Sixth Stage. Let's join forces and kill it. There must be treasure in the cave where it lives!"

As he spoke, the man plunged back into battle with the beast.

Lin Tian looked at him, then remembered that he was one of the people serving Su Rou, the Su Clan's second young miss.

"All right."

With a faint smile, Lin Tian drew his sword and slashed at the beast.

Whoosh.

The blade struck the beast.

Swish!

Blood sprayed out in an instant, but the Heavenly Sword caught against the beast's shoulder blade and could go no deeper.

"Brother, that's a fine sword you have."

The man exclaimed in admiration, then charged at the beast, red light rising from both fists.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

He hammered away as though he had gone mad.

Red fist shadows rained down on the beast.

The beast instantly grew even more frenzied.

It swatted the man across the chest.

There was a bang.

That swipe whipped up a terrifying blast, sending ripples through the air.

The man was sent flying.

Like a stone, he crashed through an entire row of towering trees.

A clamor swept through the whole forest.

Then, with a boom.

The man's body smashed straight into a small hill, sinking deep inside.

"Ah, damn it. This thing has some thick hide and tough flesh."

Inside the deep crater, the man cursed under his breath.

"Brother, hold on for now! I'll be there in a bit!"

The man shouted to Lin Tian from a thousand meters away.

Lin Tian raised his brows slightly and sneered.

At that moment, he abandoned the beast outright.

His entire body became a streak of white light as he charged to kill the man embedded in the mountain.

He rushed all the way to within a hundred meters of the mountainside.

Boom!

A streak of red light instantly rushed toward Lin Tian.

It was a violent divine force, accompanied by the sound of scorching blood Qi churning.

An enormous fist smashed toward Lin Tian.

"Brother, you're not easy to fool."

The man sneered and growled, the red light over his fist blazing even brighter.

For an instant, the surroundings seemed to dim.

Only that fist remained in Lin Tian's field of vision.

"I've never wronged you, yet you take me for a fool."

Lin Tian gave a savage grin and swung the sword in his hand.

In an instant, he unleashed more than a dozen azure sword shadows.

The sword light interwove, slashing against the man's fist.

Bang, bang, bang!

Several streaks of blood spurted out, and the man howled in pain.

"Brother, that sword of yours is no ordinary weapon. You're cheating with it."

The man sneered. Lin Tian blocking that punch had rather exceeded his expectations.

Lin Tian frowned. This was the first time he had seen anyone's flesh withstand the Heavenly Sword's sharp edge.

"Keep going! Su Rou said she wanted your sword!"

The man sneered, veins instantly bulging along his arms as surging force poured into his fists.

The next moment.

Roar!

A clear dragon's cry rang out.

Lin Tian's pupils contracted. The strength of one dragon.

Sure enough, none of the people the Su Clan had invited were simple.

"Brother, do me a favor and die."

The man laughed loudly, then.

Both fists came down together, striking at Lin Tian as though he had gone mad.

Bang, bang, bang!

In an instant, ten, a hundred, a thousand fist shadows blotted out the sky as they smashed toward Lin Tian.

"Interesting."

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of Lin Tian's mouth.

He swung the sword light in his hand, sending countless streaks slashing toward the fist shadows.

Boom, boom, boom!

The fist shadows and sword light collided.

They instantly unleashed blast after blast, azure and red flames of light interweaving.

Countless continuous explosions tore through the air.

"Keep going."

Lin Tian murmured.

He channeled all his strength into his right hand.

Roar!

Another dragon's cry rang out.

"You're a sword cultivator who trains his body?"

The man was instantly shocked.

A sword flashed.

A bloody mark appeared on his body. After Lin Tian increased his strength.

He was clearly struggling to hold out.

"Brother, let's stop fighting. We're blood brothers! Fighting each other violates human morality!"

The man's gaze flickered, and he immediately chose to flee.

A sword flashed.

Lin Tian slashed him, instantly sending flesh and blood flying and exposing stark white bones.

The man let out a low roar but still chose to flee.

Naturally, Lin Tian would not let him escape.

"You were so brave just now. Why turn coward now?"

Lin Tian sneered and instantly unleashed Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows.

After a night of practice, although he still could not take ten steps in an instant.

He could just barely manage five steps in an instant.

His entire body became a blur as he rushed behind the male body cultivator.

Swish!

A streak of azure light instantly thrust out, and the fleeing man abruptly froze.

A sword pierced straight into the back of his head, its Sword Qi instantly churning his brain to mush.

"If you hadn't run, you might have lasted a little longer."

Lin Tian took the man's spatial ring, then turned and left.

Afterward.

Lin Tian arrived at the entrance to the bearlike beast's cave.

Roar!

A roar came from inside the cave.

The beast crawled out of the cave again.

"You actually didn't run. There's a reason humans stand above all living creatures."

Lin Tian murmured, then took up his sword and battled the beast.

Earlier, that man had fought the beast with unrestrained gusto.

In truth, he had been holding back all along.

The beast bore many injuries.

Lin Tian reckoned it was unwilling to leave because the treasure inside this cave was something it would guard with its life.

Bang!

A series of explosive booms rang out.

The ferocious beast had struck first.

Its paw slammed down, hitting nothing but air.

Yet the shock wave it stirred up pulverized a giant tree in the distance.

"Tsk, tsk."

Lin Tian leaped up with a sound of praise.

He adjusted his posture in midair and thrust toward the ferocious beast on the ground.

His sword stabbed down in a blaze of azure light, meeting the beast's paw.

Bang!

The clash actually rang out like metal striking metal.

The sword tip pierced the skin of the bear's paw and pressed against the bone.

"Does it hurt?"

Lin Tian asked with a smile.

Then several more streaks of sword light slashed down.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

The bear's paw unleashed gale-force winds that clashed with the Sword Qi.

Blood splashed out in sheets.

The sky grew darker and darker.

A streak of azure light emerged, slicing off an entire slab of flesh.

Lin Tian severed both of the ferocious beast's arms.

Swish!

A sword pierced its heart.

"Finally dead."

Lin Tian spoke calmly.

Just then.

"You killed a Void Penetration Realm expert and a fourth-tier ferocious beast."

"Your sword gains ten percent sharpness, and you gain one year of insight into the sword."

Hum!

The sword's ringing echoed.

Feeling the memories of the sword that had appeared in his mind once again,

Lin Tian sighed softly.

He could not call it joy.

This year of insight into the sword could not bring his Sword Momentum to break through into Sword Intent.

Now, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the Mystic Core Ninth Layer.

If the reward were cultivation,

then it would mean the Void Penetration Realm.

But so much time had already passed.

He still could not reach it.

This left Lin Tian feeling a little miserable.

All along, other people had cultivation techniques.

Only with such techniques could they improve their cultivation by circulating the Spiritual Qi within their bodies.

But Lin Tian had none.