Half an hour later, all ten personal guards broke through to the Silver Realm without any surprises.
Afterward, Lin An led the ten of them to another mountain forest.
This mountain forest was more than three times larger than the previous one, and naturally held more Sin Beasts.
After dealing with some Sin Beasts, the group headed straight to the center of the forest.
"Clear away the surrounding trees," Lin An said.
The ten personal guards sprang into action at his command and soon cleared the surroundings, creating an open space thirty meters across.
"Take the Sin-Luring Crystals and lure all the Sin Beasts in this forest over to me."
Lin An said, "Once the Sin Beasts arrive, find somewhere to hide."
"Young master, we can't do that. The ten of us can protect ourselves. You don't need to worry about us." The ten personal guards immediately shook their heads.
Their task was to protect their young master. Although he was powerful, what if something unexpected happened?
"Very well. You can keep an eye on the flying Sin Beasts. I'll handle the rest."
Lin An said this because even if flying Sin Beasts were weak, killing them quickly would still pose something of a problem for him.
At Lin An's instructions, the ten personal guards quickly got moving, scattering in all directions with the Sin-Luring Crystals.
Buzzz...
As the personal guards poured spiritual power into the crystals, their light intensified, and a peculiar energy spread out in every direction.
It spread rapidly. Whatever the Sin Beasts in the mountain forest were doing, they abruptly raised their heads and charged toward the crystals.
Rumble...
In just about a minute, the dense rumble of charging beasts came from every direction.
Sensing the approaching Sin Beasts, the ten personal guards did not hesitate and converged on Lin An's position.
Meanwhile, excitement showed on Lin An's face, and the long saber in his hand gleamed coldly.
"Here they come."
The next second, Lin An spotted the Sin Beast at the front. It spotted him too and lunged straight at him.
Slash!
Lin An generously rewarded it with a slash. A mere Bronze First Grade Sin Beast was killed instantly.
[You killed a Bronze First Grade Sin Beast and gained 3 attribute points.]
The notification sounded, but Lin An had no time to listen, because more Sin Beasts had already arrived.
Accompanied by a chorus of hair-raising sounds, the hideous Sin Beasts, radiating ferocity, surged toward him like a tide.
Yet as he looked at these Sin Beasts, Lin An's face filled with delight. Rather than retreat, he advanced.
His figure flashed as he charged straight at the horde like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"Slash, slash, slash..."
In an instant, cold light flashed as the long saber in Lin An's hand traced fierce arcs through the air, as dazzling as lightning.
Every flash of saber light brought a spray of blood and screams.
The Sin Beasts that tried to approach him had no time to react before the unstoppable blade cut them in two.
Some Sin Beasts died before they could even grunt.
A slaughter. It was an utterly one-sided slaughter.
Watching from the side, the ten personal guards exchanged glances. Even though they had already witnessed their young master's strength, the sight before them still astonished them.
They had originally wanted to ease some of the pressure on their young master, but now only a few scattered Sin Beasts could reach them.
Even those few Sin Beasts were cut down by their young master with a backhand slash after the guards drove them back.
[The player killed a Bronze Fifth Grade Sin Beast and gained 3 attribute points.] [The player killed a Bronze Grade Six Sin Beast and gained 3 attribute points.] [The player killed a Bronze Grade Three Sin Beast and gained 3 attribute points.]
Notifications sounded in Lin An's ears one after another, but he paid them no attention.
He said nothing and just kept killing!
The slaughter lasted more than an hour before it finally ended.
Lin An stood holding his long saber, blood dripping from it onto the soil. When he turned around, the corpses littering the ground made him look like a demonic god.
"Young master, are you all right?"
The personal guards hurried over. The ten of them had barely moved from their spots, only occasionally firing a few arrows to deal with the flying Sin Beasts.
"I'm fine."
Lin An smiled and shook his head.
With the divine ability Spirit Devouring, he could drain health and mana whenever he killed a Sin Beast.
He had barely expended anything throughout the battle.
"All the Sin Beasts in this mountain forest should have come here. Let's head to the next place," Lin An said.
Even if a few scattered Sin Beasts had not come, he could not possibly spend time searching for them.
As for the Sin Beast corpses, although some valuable materials could be harvested from them, he had no interest in them and did not want to waste time.
Seeing that Lin An was indeed completely unharmed, the personal guards felt relieved, while inwardly remarking on how fierce their young master truly was.
Had they faced so many Sin Beasts, even if they killed them all, they would certainly have been exhausted. Yet their young master showed no fatigue whatsoever.
The group set off again, heading toward the next location.
Meanwhile, Lin An glanced at his gains.
[Attribute points]: 7545
In that short stretch alone, he had gained 5,418 attribute points, equivalent to killing more than 1,800 Sin Beasts.
"Good thing I have the Sin-Luring Crystals. Otherwise, even with another two hours, it would be difficult to kill so many Sin Beasts."
Lin An nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to the technique One Saber Slash.
[Technique] Bronze Tier · One Saber Slash (Proficient 0/2,000,000 proficiency)
System, add points! Lin An said inwardly.
[The player spent 2,000 attribute points and successfully raised the proficiency of the technique "One Saber Slash" to minor mastery.]
As the system finished speaking, Lin An felt something stir within him. His understanding of One Saber Slash had deepened.
However, when he saw the proficiency required to raise One Saber Slash to major mastery, he could not help frowning.
[Technique] Bronze Tier · One Saber Slash (Minor mastery 0/10,000,000 proficiency)
"It actually takes 10,000 attribute points to reach major mastery."
Glancing at his remaining 5,545 attribute points, Lin An could only give up for now.
This growth-type technique really isn't meant for people to cultivate. Without the system adding points, the natives of the Sin Abyss World probably couldn't cultivate it to perfection in their entire lives.
Lin An could not help thinking this. Even he had many advantages over other players.
But if he had not happened to encounter the opening of the Spirit Realm this time, with its triple attribute point bonus, he could not have gathered so many attribute points in such a short time.
Still, although One Saber Slash required a great many attribute points, and reaching perfection would probably require an even more terrifying number, Lin An would not abandon this saber technique.
If it was expensive, there had to be a reason for it!